Home ground
Zira Olympic Sport Complex
Zirə, Baku
1,256Capacity
the single covered stand at Zirə
Zİrə settlement · Azerbaijan
ZİrəFutbol Klubu
Qartallar · “The Eagles”
- Three cup finals, three defeats
Zirə play at Zira Olympic Sport Complex, capacity 1,256, are coached by Rashad Sadygov and stand 6th in the 2026/27 Misli Premyer Liqası on 16 points from 10 matches. Founded in 2014 in Zirə settlement. 20 registered players.
Updated
2026/27 season
MİSLİ PREMYER LİQASILeague position
6th
Played 10
Points
16
- 4 won
- 4 drawn
- 2 lost
Registered players
20
for 2026/27
Ground capacity
1,256
Seats
Recent form
- Lost
- Drew
- Drew
- Won
- Drew
Most recent last
Head coach
Rashad Sadygov
Management
President Taleh Nasibov
Squad
20
Registered players, 2026/27
Club colours
Navy blue & white
Last season2025/26
5th of 12
53 points
Honours
0Major trophies
3Runners-up finishes
3Cup finals lost
League: None — runners-up 2015-16, 2023-24, 2024-25
Cup: None — finalists 2021-22, 2023-24, 2025-26
Squad 2026/27 — 20 players
Goalkeepers 3
Defenders 6
Midfielders 7
Forwards 4
Squad taken from the Professional Football League's registration list for this club. Shirt numbers can change during a transfer window.
History
Founded on 28 July 2014 by the Azfar Group and dropped straight into the First Division. A village side from the Absheron peninsula has since finished league runner-up three times and reached three Azerbaijan Cup finals — and lost every one of them. Twelve years, no trophy.
The turning point was 2020, when Azfar installed Taleh Nasibov as president and the former Azerbaijan captain Rəşad Sadıqov as head coach within weeks of each other. Every one of the club's best finishes has come since.
In Europe
Zira reached the Conference League play-off round in 2024-25 and lost to Hajduk Split in the second qualifying round in 2025-26.
In 2026/27 they swept Torpedo Kutaisi aside 6-0 on aggregate in the first qualifying round — Ruan Renato scoring twice — before losing the second-round first leg 1-0 away at Paide of Estonia, with the return at home on 30 July.
Stories & legends
The nearly-club
Three league runners-up finishes and three cup finals. Zero trophies. No club in Azerbaijan has come as close, as often, for as little.
Too small for their own home games
The Zira complex cannot be licensed for UEFA ties, so “home” European legs are played at borrowed grounds. From those neutral venues Zira have still eliminated Differdange, Dunajská Streda and Torpedo Kutaisi, and taken Sheriff Tiraspol to penalties.
Brazil trained here
In September 2012 the Brazil national team used the Zira complex as a training base — a World Cup-winning squad on a pitch beside a stand seating barely a thousand.
Fixtures & results
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Match details for round 5 of Misli Premyer Liqasi
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Araz-Naxçıvan takes on Turan Tovuz in Şamaxı
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Official channels
Too small for UEFA licensing — European home legs are staged at neutral grounds such as Sumgayit
Frequently asked
Where does Zirə play?
Zirə play at Zira Olympic Sport Complex in Zirə, Baku, capacity 1,256. Too small for UEFA licensing — European home legs are staged at neutral grounds such as Sumgayit
Who is the Zirə head coach?
Rashad Sadygov.
When were Zirə founded?
Zirə were founded in 2014 in Zirə settlement, Xəzər district, Baku.
What has Zirə won?
League titles: None — runners-up 2015-16, 2023-24, 2024-25. Azerbaijan Cup: None — finalists 2021-22, 2023-24, 2025-26.