Club Neftchi Baku PFK Cup Winners' Cup 0 (Best: First round) | Europa League 0 (Best: Group stage) | |
First entry 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Latest entry 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Champions League 0 (Best: Third Qualifying round) | ||
Neftchi Baku PFK in European football (Azerbaijani: "Neftçi" Peşəkar Futbol Klubu Avropa futbolunda), this article lists results for Neftchi Baku PFK in European competition.
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Summary
Neftchi Baku PFK is an association football club from Baku, Azerbaijan. The team has participated in 12 seasons of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions, including 5 seasons in the European Cup and Champions League, 5 seasons in the UEFA Cup, one season in the Cup Winners' Cup, one season in the Intertoto Cup and one season in the Europa League. It has played 42 UEFA games, resulting in 12 wins, 11 draws and 19 defeats.
In European competitions, the club also have advanced to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League twice, having defeated Bosnian champions – NK Široki Brijeg – and Icelandic champions – FH Hafnarfjarðar – in 2004 and 2005 respectively. In 2008, the club advanced to the third round of the 2008 Intertoto Cup, after defeating the Slovak club FC Nitra and the Belgian side K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot in the first two rounds.
Neftchi Baku PFC's biggest win in Europe is a 3–0 victory over FC Zestafoni in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.
The club has an excellent European cup record, having not lost at home since the 1999–2000 season.
Neftchi Baku's home games are usually played at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku. The stadium was built by German prisoners of war in 1951 and constructed in the shape of the letter C to honour Stalin (Cyrillic: Cтaлин), however it was renamed after famous football referee Tofiq Bahramov in 1993 after his death. The stadium also serves as the home ground of the Azerbaijan national football team and holds 30,000 spectators making it the largest stadium in the country. In 2011, Neftchi's domestic games moved to the Ismat Gayibov Stadium. In 2012, Neftchi's domestic games moved to Eighth Kilometer District Stadium – also known as the Bakcell Arena for sponsorship purposes is a stadium in Nizami raion, Baku, Azerbaijan.
In 2012-13, Group stage
In 2012, Neftchi Baku became the first Azerbaijani team to advance to the group stage of a European competition. Neftchi managed to get three points in six matches, drawing with FK Partizan both times and holding Inter Milan at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.
Standing Group H
UEFA competitions
The following is a complete list of matches played by Neftchi in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score, with Neftchi's score noted first. It is up to date as of the match played 3 July 2013.
Non-UEFA competitions
In 2006, Neftchi managed to win the CIS Cup after defeating Kaunas in the final.
Honours
Participations
As of 29 June 2013, Neftchi Baku PFC have competed in:
UEFA competitions
As of 29 June 2013Non-UEFA competitions
As of 29 June 2013UEFA competitions
The following list shows statistics against opposing teams Neftchi has played three or more matches against in UEFA tournaments. It shows the club and its country, games played (P), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L), goals for (F) and against (A). Statistics are as of the end of the 2012–13 season. The statistics include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.
Records
World & European Rankings
Neftchi Baku PFC were ranked in the top 250 until 2013. Their last ranking was from December 20, 2012.
Current club UEFA ranking
As of 20 January 2013Current national league UEFA ranking
As of 27 June 2013IFFHS World club ranking of the last decade
(1 January 2001 – 31 December 2012), Source: IFFHS published 21 March 2012
IFFHS Europe club ranking of the last decade
(1 January 2001 – 31 December 2012), Source: IFFHS published 21 March 2012