Ground Capacity 15,000 Arena/Stadium Lankaran City Stadium Location Lankaran, Azerbaijan | President Mais Mansimov Owner Mübariz Mansimov Founded 2004 | |
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Full name Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu Nickname(s) Gəmiçilər (The Shipbuilders) Dissolved 27 May 2016; 9 months ago (2016-05-27) Ground Lankaran City Stadium,
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Khazar lenkoran 1 1 fk qabala 21 10 2012
Khazar Lankaran FK (Azerbaijani: Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran, who last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the summer of 2016 the club has concentrated on youth football. After the being founded in 2004, they played in the Azerbaijan Premier League for twelve-seasons, winning the title once, and the Azerbaijan Cup three times. Khazar were also a member of the European Club Association, an organization that replaced the previous G-14 which consists of major football clubs in Europe.
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Early years (2004–2012)
The club was founded in 2004 by Azerbaijani entrepreneur Mubariz Mansimov and dubbed by the local media as "Caucasian Chelsea" due Khazar's strong financial position. Under Agaselim Mirjavadov club won Premier League title during 2006–07 season as well as clinched 2 Azerbaijan Cups. Khazar also managed to win the CIS Cup in 2008 after defeating Pakhtakor Tashkent in the final.
After Mircea Rednic's appointment, who have signed a string of Romanian players and footballers from Liga I, club did not found success in European cups. On 4 December 2011, Khazar announced that Rednic had been sacked by the club due to a run of poor performances.
Recent years (2012––2016)
In July 2012, the club under Yunis Huseynov earned their first win in European competition by beating Nõmme Kalju. In March 2013, former Liverpool striker John Toshack was appointed as new manager after signing two-year deal with the club. In 2012–13 season, Khazar finished in 8th place, the club's lowest finishing position to date. Khazar Lankaran once again featured in European competitions during the 2013–14 season, featuring in the UEFA Europa League, where they were knocked out 10–0 on aggregate after suffering their heaviest European defeat ever, losing 8–0 to Maccabi Haifa. On 23 October John Toshack guided Khazar to their first trophy in two years with victory over Neftchi Baku in the revitalised Azerbaijan Supercup. A month later Toshack resigned from his position after only 14 points from 14 games in the 2013–14 season.
Following the Professional Football League of Azerbaijan's decision to deny Khazar a license for the 2016–17 season, the club announced their withdrawal from professional football.
European history
As of 17 July 2013.