Neftçi PFK in European football explained

Continent:	Europe
Neftçi PFK in European football
Club:	Neftçi PFK
European Cup:	0 (Best: third qualifying round)
Uefa Cup:	0 (Best: group stage)
Cup Winners' Cup:	0 (Best: first round)
First Entry:	1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Last Entry:	2021–22 UEFA Champions League

This article lists results for Neftçi PFK in European competition.

Summary

Neftçi 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.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3]

Neftçi'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.

Neftçi'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.^[4] 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.^[5] In 2011, Neftçi's domestic games moved to the Ismat Gayibov Stadium.^[6] In 2012, Neftçi's domestic games moved to Eighth Kilometer District Stadium^[7] – also known as the Bakcell Arena for sponsorship purposes^[8] is a stadium in Nizami raion, Baku, Azerbaijan.

In 2012-13, Group stage

In 2012, Neftçi became the first Azerbaijani team to advance to the group stage of a European competition.^{[9] [10] [11]} Neftçi managed to get three points in six matches, drawing with FK Partizan both times and holding Inter Milan at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.^{[12] [13]}

Group H

Note: Partizan are ranked ahead of Neftçi on head-to-head away goals (PAR: 1; NEF: 0).

Team statistics

Key

• S = Seasons
• P = Played
• W = Games won
• D = Games drawn
• L = Games lost
• GF = Goals for
• GA = Goals against
• aet = Match determined after extra time
• a = Match determined by away goals rule
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• TP = Match for third place
• F = Final

• Group = Group stage
• Group 2 = Second group stage
• PO = Play-off round
• R3 = Round 3
• R2 = Round 2
• R1 = Round 1
• Q3 = Third qualification round
• Q2 = Second qualification round
• Q1 = First qualification round
• QR = Qualification round
• p. = penalty shoot-out
• H = Home
• A = Away
• N = Neutral

Games

UEFA competitions

The following is a complete list of matches played by Neftçi in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score, with Neftçi's score noted first. It is up to date as of the match played 3 July 2013.

	Season	Tournament	Stage	Opponent		Date	Venue	Score	Result	Ref
				Team	Country
1	1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Q1	APOEL	Cyprus	10 August 1995	A	Makario Stadium, Nicosia	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–3 Report	0–3		^[14]
			24 August 1995			H	Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium, Sumqayit	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	0–0 Report
2	1996–97	UEFA Cup	Q1	Lokomotiv Sofia	Bulgaria	17 July 1996	H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	2–1	2–7		^[15]
			24 July 1996			A	Lokomotiv Stadium, Sofia	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–6
3	1997–98	UEFA Champions League	Q1	Widzew Łódź	Poland	23 July 1997	H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–2 Report	0–10		^[16]
			30 July 1997			A	Stadion Widzewa, Łódź	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–8 Report
4	1999–00	UEFA Cup	Q1	Crvena Zvezda	Yugoslavia	12 August 1999	H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	2–3	2–4		^[17]
			26 August 1999			A	Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–1
5	2000–01	UEFA Cup	Q1	Hit Gorica	Slovenia	10 August 2000	H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	1–0	2–3		^[18]
			24 August 2000			A	Športni park, Nova Gorica	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	1–3
6	2001–02	UEFA Cup	Q1	Hit Gorica	Slovenia	9 August 2000	H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	0–0	0–1
			23 August 2000			A	Športni park, Nova Gorica	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–1
7	2004–05	UEFA Champions League	Q1	Široki Brijeg	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13 July 2004	A	Pecara Stadium, Široki Brijeg	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	1–2 Report	2–2 (a)		^[19]
			21 July 2004			H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	1–0 Report
			Q2	CSKA Moscow	Russia	27 July 2004	H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	0–0 Report	0–2		^[20]
			4 August 2004			A	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–2 Report
8	2005–06	UEFA Champions League	Q1	Hafnarfjarðar	Iceland	12 July 2005	H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	2–0 Report	4–1		^[21]
			20 July 2005			A	Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	2–1 Report
			Q2	RSC Anderlecht	Belgium	26 July 2005	A	Stade Constant Vanden Stock (Astrid), Brussels	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–5 Report	1–5		^[22]
			3 August 2005			H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	1–0 Report
9	2007–08	UEFA Cup	Q1	SV Ried	Austria	19 July 2007	A	Fill Metallbau Stadion	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	1–3	3–4		^[23]
			2 August 2007			H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	2–1
10	2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Nitra	Slovakia	21 June 2008	H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	2–0 Report	3–3 (a)		^[24]
			28 June 2008			A	Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	1–3
			R2	G. Beerschot	Belgium	5 July 2008	A	Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	1–1	2–1		^[25]
			12 July 2008			H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	1–0
			R3	Vaslui	Romania	19 July 2008	H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	2–1	2–3		^[26]
			26 July 2008			A	Stadionul Municipal, Vaslui	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–2
11	2011–12	UEFA Champions League	Q2	Dinamo Zagreb	Croatia	13 July 2011	A	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–3 Report	0–3		^[27]
			19 July 2011			H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	0–0 Report
12	2012–13	UEFA Champions League	Q2	Zestafoni	Georgia	17 July 2012	H	Dalga Arena, Baku	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	3–0 Report	5–2		^[28]
			24 July 2012			A	David Abashidze Stadium, Zestaponi	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	2–2 Report
			Q3	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	Israel	1 August 2012	A	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium^1, Haifa	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–4 Report	2–6		^[29]
			8 August 2012			H	Dalga Arena, Baku	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	2–2 Report
	2012–13	UEFA Europa League	PO	APOEL	Cyprus	23 August 2012	H	Dalga Arena, Baku^23	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	1–1 Report	4–2
			30 August 2012			A	GSP Stadium, Nicosia	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	3–1 Report
			Group H	Partizan	Serbia	20 September 2012	A	Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	0–0 Report	1–1	4th out of 4	^[30]
			22 November 2012			H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium^4, Baku	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	1–1 Report
			Internazionale	Italy	4 October 2012	H	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	1–3 Report	3–5	^[31]
					6 December 2012	A	San Siro, Milan	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	2–2 Report
			Rubin Kazan	Russia	25 October 2012	A	Tsentralnyi Stadion, Kazan	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–1 Report	0–2	^[32]
					8 November 2012	A	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–1 Report
13	2013–14	UEFA Champions League	Q2	Skënderbeu Korçë	Albania	17 July 2013	H	Bakcell Arena, Baku	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	0–0 Report	0-1		^[33]
			23 July 2013			A	Stadiumi Skënderbeu, Korçë	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–1 (aet) Report
14	2020–21	UEFA Europa League	Q1

Notes

Note 1: Neftçi played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku as their own Ismat Gayibov Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

Note 2: Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Note 3: Ironi Kiryat Shmona played their home match at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa as their own Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

Note 4: Neftçi played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku instead of their regular stadium, Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku.

Non-UEFA competitions

In 2006, Neftçi managed to win the CIS Cup after defeating Kaunas in the final.^[34]

Season	Tournament	Stage	Opponent		Date	Venue	Score	Result	Ref
			Team	Country
1992–93	CIS Cup	Group A	Skonto Riga	Latvia	25 January 1993	CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–1	3rd out of 3	^[35] ^[36]
		Spartak Moscow	Russia	27 January 1993	CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–8	^[37]
1994–95	CIS Cup	Group A	Zalgiris Vilnius	Lithuania	29 January 1995	Moscow	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–1	3rd out of 4	^[38] ^[39]
		Spartak Moscow	Russia	30 January 1995	Moscow	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	0–5
		Sitora Dushanbe	Tajikistan	31 January 1995	Moscow	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	1–0	^[40]
1996–97	CIS Cup	Group A	Spartak Moscow	Russia	25 January 1997	Moscow	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	2–4	4th out of 4	^[41]
		Zimbru Chișinău	Moldova	26 January 1997	Moscow	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	1–2	^[42]
		Novbakhor Namangan	Uzbekistan	28 January 1997	Moscow	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	3–5	^[43]
2004–05	CIS Cup	Group D	Sheriff Tiraspol	Moldova	15 January 2005	Moscow	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	1–0	1st out of 3	^[44] ^[45]
		Nebitçi Balkanabat	Turkmenistan	16 January 2005	Moscow	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	4–1	^[46]
		QF	Pyunik	Armenia	19 January 2005	Moscow	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	2–0		^[47]
		SF	Dynamo Kyiv	Ukraine	21 January 2005	Moscow	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	2–1		^[48]
		F	Lokomotiv Moscow	Russia	23 January 2005	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	1–2		^[49]
2005–06	CIS Cup	Group B	Vakhsh	Tajikistan	14 January 2006	Moscow	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	3–0	1st out of 4	^[50] ^[51]
		Metalurgs	Latvia	15 January 2006	Olympic Stadium, Moscow	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	2–1	^[52]
		Aktobe	Kazakhstan	17 January 2006	Olympic Stadium, Moscow	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	1–1	^[53]
		QF	Pakhtakor	Uzbekistan	18 January 2006	Olympic Stadium, Moscow	bgcolor=#FFFFDD align="center"	0–0 (p. 4–2)		^[54]
		SF	Pyunik	Armenia	20 January 2006	Moscow	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	3–0^5
		F	FBK Kaunas	Lithuania	22 January 2006	Olympic Stadium, Moscow	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	4–2		^[55]
2011–12	Kadyrov Cup	Group B	Metalist Kharkiv	Ukraine	29 January 2012	Antalya, Turkey	bgcolor=#FFDDDD align="center"	1–3	2nd out of 4	^[56] ^[57]
		Polonia Warsaw	Poland	30 January 2012	Antalya, Turkey	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	3–1	^[58]
		Pakhtakor	Uzbekistan	1 February 2012	Antalya, Turkey	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	3–0
		TP	Terek Grozny	Russia	3 February 2012	Antalya, Turkey	bgcolor=#DDFFDD align="center"	3–0		^[59]

Notes

Note 5: Pyunik withdrew.

Honours

• UEFA Intertoto Cup

Runners-up (1): 2008

• CIS Cup

Winners (1): 2006^[60]

Runners-up (1): 2005^[61]

• Kadyrov Cup

Third place (1): 2012^{[62] [63]}

Finals

Year	Competition	Opposing Team	Score	Venue
bgcolor=Silver	2005	CIS Cup	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–2	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
bgcolor=Gold	2006	CIS Cup	FBK Kaunas	4–2	Olympic Stadium, Moscow
bgcolor=Silver	2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Vaslui	2–3 on aggregate	Two-legged
bgcolor=Bronze	2012	Kadyrov Cup	Terek Grozny	3–0	Antalya

Participations

As of 29 June 2013, Neftçi have competed in:

UEFA competitions

• 6 participations in the UEFA Champions League
• 1 participations in the European Cup Winners' Cup
• 6 participations in the UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
• 1 participations in the UEFA Intertoto Cup

Non-UEFA competitions

• 5 participations in the CIS Cup
• 1 participations in the Kadyrov Cup

By competition

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA competitions	42	12	11	19	38	70	-32
Non-UEFA competitions	23	12	2	9	40	38	+2
Total	65	24	13	28	78	108	-30

UEFA competitions

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League	16	5	4	7	14	31	-17
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	18	4	5	9	17	29	-12
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	2	0	1	1	0	3	-3
UEFA Intertoto Cup	6	3	1	2	7	7	=
Subtotal	42	12	11	19	38	70	-32

Overall	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Home	21	10	7	4	24	16	+8
Away	21	2	4	15	14	54	−40
Total	42	12	11	19	38	70	-32

Non-UEFA competitions

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
CIS Cup	19	9	2	8	30	34	-4
Kadyrov Cup	4	3	0	1	10	4	+6
Subtotal	23	12	2	9	40	38	+2

By season

UEFA competitions

Season	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1995–96	2	0	1	1	0	3	-3
1996–97	2	1	0	1	2	7	-5
1997–98	2	0	0	2	0	10	-10
1999–00	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2
2000–01	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1
2001–02	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1
2004–05	4	1	1	2	2	4	-2
2005–06	4	3	0	1	5	6	-1
2007–08	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1
2008–09	6	3	1	2	7	7	=
2011–12	2	0	1	1	0	3	-3
2012–13	12	2	6	4	15	18	-3
2013–14	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1
Total	44	12	12	20	38	71	-33

Non-UEFA competitions

By club

UEFA competitions

The following list shows statistics against opposing teams Neftçi 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.

Result summary by club

Club	Country								class=unsortable	Ref(s)
scope=row	APOEL	scope=row	Cyprus	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1
scope=row	Hit Gorica	scope=row	Slovenia	4	1	1	2	2	4	-2
scope=row	Lokomotiv Sofia	scope=row	Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	2	7	-5
scope=row	Widzew Łódź	scope=row	Poland	2	0	0	2	0	10	-10
scope=row	Crvena Zvezda	scope=row	Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2
scope=row	Široki Brijeg	scope=row	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	0	1	2	2	=
scope=row	CSKA Moscow	scope=row	Russia	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2
scope=row	Hafnarfjarðar	scope=row	Iceland	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
scope=row	RSC Anderlecht	scope=row	Belgium	2	1	0	1	1	5	-4
scope=row	SV Ried	scope=row	Austria	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1
scope=row	FC Nitra	scope=row	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	3	3	=
scope=row	G. Beerschot	scope=row	Belgium	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
scope=row	Vaslui	scope=row	Romania	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1
scope=row	Dinamo Zagreb	scope=row	Croatia	2	0	1	1	0	3	-3
scope=row	FC Zestafoni	scope=row	Georgia	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
scope=row	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	scope=row	Israel	2	0	1	1	2	6	-4
scope=row	Partizan	scope=row	Serbia	4	0	2	2	4	6	-2
scope=row	Internazionale	scope=row	Italy	2	0	1	1	3	5	-2
scope=row	Rubin Kazan	scope=row	Russia	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2
scope=row	Skënderbeu Korçë	scope=row	Albania	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1

Non-UEFA competitions

Ref(s)

scope=row	Spartak Moscow	scope=row	Russia	3	0	0	3	2	17	-15
scope=row	Pyunik	scope=row	Armenia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
scope=row	Pakhtakor	scope=row	Uzbekistan	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
scope=row	Skonto Riga	scope=row	Latvia	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
scope=row	Zalgiris Vilnius	scope=row	Lithuania	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
scope=row	Sitora Dushanbe	scope=row	Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
scope=row	Zimbru Chișinău	scope=row	Moldova	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
scope=row	Novbakhor Namangan	scope=row	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	3	5	-2
scope=row	Sheriff Tiraspol	scope=row	Moldova	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
scope=row	Nebitçi Balkanabat	scope=row	Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
scope=row	Dynamo Kyiv	scope=row	Ukraine	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
scope=row	Lokomotiv Moscow	scope=row	Russia	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
scope=row	Vakhsh	scope=row	Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
scope=row	Metalurgs	scope=row	Latvia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
scope=row	Aktobe	scope=row	Kazakhstan	1	0	1	0	1	1	=
scope=row	FBK Kaunas	scope=row	Lithuania	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
scope=row	Metalist Kharkiv	scope=row	Ukraine	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
scope=row	Polonia Warsaw	scope=row	Poland	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
scope=row	Terek Grozny	scope=row	Russia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3

By country

UEFA competitions

Result summary by country

Country								class=unsortable	Ref(s)
scope=row	Slovenia	4	1	1	2	2	4	-2
scope=row	Belgium	4	2	1	1	3	6	-3
scope=row	Cyprus	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1
scope=row	Russia	4	0	1	3	0	4	-4
scope=row	Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	2	7	-5
scope=row	Poland	2	0	0	2	0	10	-10
scope=row	Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2
scope=row	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	0	1	2	2	=
scope=row	Iceland	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
scope=row	Austria	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1
scope=row	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	3	3	=
scope=row	Romania	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1
scope=row	Croatia	2	0	1	1	0	3	-3
scope=row	Georgia	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
scope=row	Israel	2	0	1	1	2	6	-4
scope=row	Serbia	4	0	2	2	4	6	-2
scope=row	Italy	2	0	1	1	3	5	-2
scope=row	Albania	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1

Non-UEFA competitions

Result summary by country (Non-UEFA competitions)

Country								class=unsortable	Ref(s)
scope=row	Russia	5	1	0	4	6	18	-12
scope=row	Uzbekistan	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1
scope=row	Moldova	2	1	0	1	2	2	=
scope=row	Tajikistan	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
scope=row	Latvia	2	1	0	1	2	2	=
scope=row	Armenia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
scope=row	Lithuania	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
scope=row	Ukraine	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1
scope=row	Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
scope=row	Kazakhstan	1	0	1	0	1	1	=
scope=row	Poland	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2

Records

See main article: List of Neftçi PFK records and statistics.

UEFA competitions:

• First UEFA club competition: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
• First match UEFA club competitions: Neftçi 0–3 APOEL, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, first qualification round, 10 August 1995
• First goal scored in the UEFA club competitions: Vidadi Rzayev, against PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, UEFA Cup, first qualification round, 17 July 1996
• First win in the UEFA club competitions: Neftçi 2–1 PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, UEFA Cup, first qualification round, 17 July 1996
• First group match in the UEFA club competitions: Neftçi 0–0 Partizan, UEFA Europa League, 20 September 2012
• Biggest win in the UEFA club competitions: Neftçi 3–0 FC Zestafoni, UEFA Champions League, second qualification round, 17 July 2012
• Biggest defeat in the UEFA club competitions: Neftçi 0–8 Widzew Łódź, in the UEFA Champions League, first qualification round, 23 July 1997
• Seasons first date UEFA club competitions: 21 June (2008–09)
• Seasons last date UEFA club competitions: 6 December (2012–13)
• Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 24 appearances^[64]
  • Rashad Sadiqov

• Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 4 goals^[64]
  • Rashad Sadiqov
  • Julius Wobay

Non-UEFA competitions:

• First Non-UEFA club competitions: CIS Cup
• First match Non-UEFA club competitions: Neftçi 0–1 Skonto Riga, CIS Cup, group stage, 25 January 1993
• First win in the Non-UEFA club competitions: Neftçi 1–0 Sitora Dushanbe, CIS Cup, group stage, 31 January 1995
• Biggest win in the UEFA club competitions: Neftçi 4–1 Nebitçi Balkanabat, CIS Cup, group stage, 16 January 2005
• Biggest defeat in the UEFA club competitions: Neftçi 0–8 Spartak Moscow, in the CIS Cup, group stage, 27 January 1993

World and European rankings

Neftçi were ranked in the top 250 until 2013. Their last ranking was from December 20, 2012.^[65]

Current club UEFA ranking

^[66]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
223		Slaven Belupo	5.916
224		Spartak Trnava	5.841
225		Zestafoni	5.833
226		Neftçi	5.708
227		Qarabağ	5.708
228		Dnepr Mogilev	5.675
229		AGF Aarhus	5.640

• Full List

Current national league UEFA ranking

^[67]

Rank	Team	Points
31	Georgia	9.166
32	Azerbaijan	8.541
33	Finland	8.508

• Full list

IFFHS World club ranking of the last decade

(1 January 2001 – 31 December 2012), Source: IFFHS published 21 March 2012

Rank	Team	Points
526	Al Ahli	515.0
527	Chabab Riadhi Belouizdad	514.5
528	Club Deportivo San José	514.0
529	Neftçi	512.5
530	Konyaspor	512.5
531	East Bengal Kingfisher FC Kolkata	511.5
532	Esporte Clube Juventude	511.0

IFFHS Europe club ranking of the last decade

(1 January 2001 – 31 December 2012), Source: IFFHS published 21 March 2012

Rank	Team	Points
284	NK Osijek	520.0
285	Esbjerg fB	515.5
286	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	515.5
287	Neftçi	512.5
288	Konyaspor	512.5
289	MKE Ankaragücü	510.0
290	Associação Academica de Coimbra	509.5

References

Bibliography

• Book: Səbuhi Səfiyarlı, Elçin Rüstəmov . "Neftçi"-70. Unudulmayan keçmiş . Baku . 2008 .

General

• Web site: History honour . Neftçi PFK. 15 January 2013 .
• Web site: European Matches Results . Bert Kassies. 15 January 2013 .

Specific

External links

• • • Official website Neftçi PFK Unofficial website Neftçi PFK Neftçi PFK at UEFA.com
• Neftçi PFK at Soccerway.com
• Neftçi PFK at National-football-teams.com
• Neftçi PFK at Worldfootball.net
• Neftçi PFK on Facebook

Notes and References

1. Web site: UEFA Champions League History Season 2004 First Round. . 2008-06-21.
2. Web site: UEFA Champions League History Season 2005 First Round. uefa.com. 2008-06-21.
3. Web site: Football Europe: PFC Neftçi in the Intertoto Cup 2008. uefa.com. 2008-07-03.
4. http://futbol-1960.ru/print/52086.html Наш соперник: сборная Азербайджана
5. http://abc.az/rus/news/41390.html В столице Азербайджана будет построен 60-тысячный стадион
6. http://derbi.az/index.php?newsid=6614 Sadıq Sadıqov: "Araz yüz faiz "Everton"un düşərgəsinə gedəcək. Amma..."
7. http://deyerler.org/132182-neftgi-ev-oyunlardnd-8-ci-kilometr-qjsjbjsindj-kegirjcjk.html "Neftçi" ev oyunlarını 8-ci kilometr qəsəbəsində keçirəcək
8. Web site: "8 km stadionu" "Bakcell Arena" olur. Apasport.az. 11 January 2013. Azerbaijani. https://web.archive.org/web/20130113062648/http://www.apasport.az/xeber_%E2%80%9C8_km_stadionu%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%9CBakcell_Arena%E2%80%9D_olur_69074.html. 13 January 2013. dead.
9. Web site: ru:"Нефтчи" стал первым азербайджанским футбольным клубом, вышедшим в групповой этап еврокубков - ФОТО. http://www.1news.az/sport/football/20120831010854839.html. 1news.az. 30 August 2012. ru. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120901042323/http://www.1news.az/sport/football/20120831010854839.html. 1 September 2012.
10. Web site: ru:ЦСКА вылетел из еврокубков. http://ru.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=1853379.html. UEFA. 30 August 2012 . uefa.com. 30 August 2012. ru.
11. Web site: Biedov. Nemanja. End of Europa road for APOEL. Cyprus mail. 30 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120901190549/http://www.cyprus-mail.com/ael/end-europa-road-apoel/20120830. 1 September 2012.
12. Web site: Neftçi claim creditable draw at Inter . . 6 December 2012 . uefa.com. 6 December 2012.
13. Web site: Neftçi hold Partizan on group stage debut. UEFA. 20 September 2012 . uefa.com. 4 October 2012.
14. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/CYP_Apoel_Nikosia Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – APOEL (Nikosia), Cyprus
15. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/BUL_Lokomotiv_Sofia Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Lokomotiv (Sofia), Bulgaria
16. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/POL_Widzew_Lodz Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Widzew (Łódź), Poland
17. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/YUG_Crvena_Zvezda_Beograd Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Crvena Zvezda (Belgrade), Yugoslavia
18. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/SLO_HIT_Gorica Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Gorica (Gorica), Slovenia
19. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/BIH_Siroki_Brijeg Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Široki Brijeg (Široki Brijeg), Bosnia and Herzegovina
20. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/RUS_CSKA_Moskva Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – CSKA (Moscow), Russia
21. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/ISL_FH_Hafnarfjoerdur Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – FH (Hafnarfjörður), Iceland
22. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/BEL_RSC_Anderlecht Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Anderlecht (Brussels), Belgium
23. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/AUT_SV_Ried_im_Innkreis Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Ried (Ried im Innkreis), Austria
24. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/SVK_FC_Nitra Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Nitra (Nitra), Slovakia
25. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/BEL_FC_Germinal_Ekeren Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Germinal Beerschot (Antwerp), Belgium
26. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/ROU_FC_Vaslui Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Vaslui (Vaslui), Romania
27. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/CRO_Dinamo_Zagreb Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Dinamo (Zagreb), Croatia
28. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/GEO_FC_Zestaponi Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Zestaponi (Zestaponi), Georgia
29. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/ISR_Hapoel_Ironi_Kiryat_Shmona Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Hapoel Ironi (Kiryat Shmona), Israel
30. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/SRB_Partizan_Beograd Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Partizan (Belgrade), Serbia
31. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/ITA_Inter_Milano Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Inter (Milan), Italy
32. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/RUS_Rubin_Kazan Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Rubin (Kazan), Russia
33. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/ALB_KF_Skenderbeu_Korce Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Skënderbeu (Korçë), Albania
34. Web site: Скандал на Кубке Содружества: чемпионы Армении отказались играть с азербайджанцами (Scandal at the CIS Cup: The champions of Armenia refused to play the Azerbaijanis). NewsRU.com. 19 January 2006 . ru . 2013-06-29.
35. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/LAT_Skonto_Riga Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Skonto (Rīga), Latvia
36. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis93.html Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 1993
37. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/RUS_Spartak_Moskva Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Spartak (Moscow), Russia
38. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/LTU_Zhalgiris_Vilnius Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Žalgiris (Vilnius), Lithuania
39. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis95.html Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 1995
40. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/TJK_Sitora_Dushanbe Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Sitora (Dushanbe), Tajikistan
41. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis97.html Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 1997
42. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/MDA_Zimbru_Chisinau Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Zimbru (Chişinău), Moldova
43. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/UZB_Novbahor_Namangan Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Navbahor (Namangan), Uzbekistan
44. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/MDA_Sherif_Tiraspol Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Sheriff (Tiraspol), Moldova
45. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis05.html Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 2005
46. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/TKM_Nebitci_Balkanabat Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Balkan (Balkanabat), Turkmenistan
47. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/ARM_Pyunik_Erevan Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Pyunik (Erevan), Armenia
48. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/UKR_Dynamo_Kyjv Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Dynamo (Kiev), Ukraine
49. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/RUS_Lokomotiv_Moskva Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Lokomotiv (Moscow), Russia
50. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/TJK_Vahsh_Kurgan-Tube Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Vakhsh (Qurghonteppa), Tajikistan
51. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis06.html Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 2006
52. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/LAT_Metalurgs_Liepaja Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Metalurgs (Liepāja), Latvia
53. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/KAZ_FC_Aktobe Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Aqtöbe (Aqtöbe), Kazakhstan
54. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/UZB_Pahtakor_Tashkent Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Paxtakor (Tashkent), Uzbekistan
55. http://wildstat.com/p/1/ch/all/club1/AZE_Neftchi_Baku/club2/LTU_FBK_Kaunas Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Kaunas (Kaunas), Lithuania
56. http://fanat.az/neftci-avroliqanin-18-finalcisina-qarsi-yenil%C9%99nir/ "Neftçi" Əhməd Kadırov turnirinə məğlubiyyətlə başladı. Antalya. Beynəlxalq turnir. Qrup mərhələsi.
57. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesk/kadyrov2012.html Kadyrov Cup 2012 - Antalya
58. http://fanat.az/neftci-ucun-son-sans-yenil%C9%99nir/ "Neftçi" "Mettallist" məğlubiyyətinin əvəzini çıxdı. Antalya. Beynəlxalq turnir. Qrup mərhələsi.
59. http://fanat.az/neftci-ucuncu-ola-bil%C9%99c%C9%99kmi-yenil%C9%99nir/ "Neftçi" "Terek"ə divan tutdu. Antalya. Beynəlxalq turnir. III yer uğrunda oyun.
60. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis06.html Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 2006
61. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis05.html Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 2005
62. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesk/kadyrov2012.html Kadyrov Cup 2012
63. http://ru.apasport.az/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%C2%AB%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8%C2%BB_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BB_3-%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE_%D1%81_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BC_%EF%BF%BD_%D0%9E%D0%91%D0%9D%D0%9E%D0%92%D0%9B%D0%95%D0%9D%D0%9E_73719.html «Нефтчи» занял 3-е место с разгромом
64. Web site: Neftçi PFK profile. UEFA.com. 1 July 2013.
65. http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/index.html Bert Kassies' UEFA European Cup Football
66. News: Club coefficients 2012/13 . UEFA . 17 January 2013.
67. News: Country coefficients 2012/13 . UEFA . 17 January 2013.