Eldar Azimzade Explained

Eldar Azimzade
Birth Date:25 May 1934
Birth Place:Shusha, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Baku, Azerbaijan
Years1:1967 - 1983
Role1:Referee
League1:Soviet League
Confederation1:FIFA
Internationalrole1:Referee

Eldar Azimzade (Azerbaijani: Eldar Əzimzadə; Russian: Эльдар Азимзаде; 25 May 1934 – 20 January 2003) was a Soviet football referee from Azerbaijan.[1]

Azimzade's biggest refereeing event was the final match of 1980 Olympic tournament between Czechoslovakia and East Germany.[2] The score was:

Czechoslovakia 1 : 0 East Germany

Stats!Competition!Appearances!Yellow Cards!Second Yellow Cards!Red Cards!Penalty Kicks
World Cup Qualification Europe14001
European Qualifiers21000
European Champion Clubs' Cup57001
UEFA Cup713000
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup10000
Vysshaya Liga70002
Olympic Games28020
U-20 World Cup 197711000
Total2634024

Notes and References

  1. https://virtualaz.org/idman/25180 Sovet vaxtı oyuna cibində Quran çıxan azərbaycanlı hakim
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20190221165602/https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/matches/round=197141/match=32217/photolist.html FIFA - Czechoslovakia 1:0 German Democratic Republic