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Neftchi Baku PFC in European football
Club	File:Neftchi.png; Neftchi Baku PFC
First entry	1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Latest entry	2012–13 UEFA Europa League
Titles
Champions League	0
Europa League	0
Cup Winners' Cup	0
Super Cup	0

Neftchi Baku PFC in European football (Azerbaijani: "Neftçi" Peşəkar Futbol Klubu Avropa futbolunda), Neftchi Baku PFC 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 36 UEFA games, resulting in 12 wins, 8 draws and 16 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].

Neftchi Baku PFC's biggest win in Europe is an 3–0 victory over FC Zestafoni in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.

In 2012, Neftchi Baku became the first Azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a European competition^[4]^[5]^[6].

The club have excellent European cup record, having not lost at home since 1999–2000 season.

Neftchi Baku's home games are usually played at Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku. Built by German prisoners of war in 1951 and constructed in the shape of C to honour Stalin (Cyrillic: Cтaлин), however it was renamed after famous football referee Tofiq Bahramov in 1993 after his death^[7]. The stadium also serves as the home ground of the Azerbaijan national football team and holds 30,000 making it the largest stadium in the country^[8]. In 2011, Neftchi's domestic games moved to Ismat Gayibov Stadium^[9].

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
ag = Match determined by away goals rule

QF = Quarter-finals
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
Q = Qualification round

Games

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 end of 31 August 2012.

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

By competition

As of August 31, 2012.

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	16	5	4	7	14	31
UEFA Cup	10	3	1	6	9	19
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	2	0	1	1	0	3
UEFA Intertoto Cup	6	3	1	2	7	7
UEFA Europa League	2	1	1	0	4	2
Total	36	12	8	16	34	62

By season

Season	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
1995/96	2	0	1	1	0	3
1996/97	2	1	0	1	2	7
1997/98	2	0	0	2	0	10
1999/00	2	0	0	2	2	4
2000/01	2	1	0	1	2	4
2001/02	2	0	1	1	0	1
2004/05	4	1	1	2	2	4
2005/06	4	3	0	1	5	6
2007/08	2	1	0	1	3	4
2008/09	6	3	1	2	7	7
2011/12	2	0	1	1	0	3
2012/13	6	2	3	1	11	10
Total	36	12	8	16	34	62

By club

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.

Club	Country	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref(s)
Hit Gorica	Slovenia	4	1	1	2	2	4	^[14]
APOEL F.C.	Cyprus	4	1	2	1	4	5	^[10]

By country

Country	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref(s)
Slovenia	4	1	1	2	2	4	^[14]
Belgium	4	2	1	1	3	6	^[18]^[21]
Cyprus	4	1	2	1	4	5	^[10]

Records

First European match: Neftchi Baku 0–3 APOEL F.C., UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, first qualification round, 10 August 1995
First goal scored in Europe: Vidadi Rzayev, against PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, UEFA Cup, first qualification round, 17 July 1996
Biggest win: Neftchi Baku 3–0 FC Zestafoni, UEFA Champions League, second qualification round, 17 July 2012
Biggest defeat: Neftchi Baku 0–8 Widzew Łódź, in the UEFA Champions League, first qualification round, 23 July 1997

References

Template:Azerbaijani clubs in European football

[04_champs_1st_round-1] "UEFA Champions League History Season 2004 First Round". uefa.com. Retrieved 2008-06-21.

[05_champs_1st_round-2] "UEFA Champions League History Season 2005 First Round". uefa.com. Retrieved 2008-06-21.

[08_intertoto-3] "Football Europe: PFC Neftçi in the Intertoto Cup 2008". uefa.com. Retrieved 2008-07-03.

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[APOEL_F.C.-10] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – APOEL (Nikosia), Cyprus

[11] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Lokomotiv (Sofia), Bulgaria

[12] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Widzew (Łódź), Poland

[13] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Crvena Zvezda (Belgrade), Yugoslavia

[Hit_Gorica-14] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Gorica (Gorica), Slovenia

[15] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Široki Brijeg (Široki Brijeg), Bosnia and Herzegovina

[16] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – CSKA (Moscow), Russia

[17] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – FH (Hafnarfjörður), Iceland

[RSC_Anderlecht-18] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Anderlecht (Brussels), Belgium

[19] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Ried (Ried im Innkreis), Austria

[20] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Nitra (Nitra), Slovakia

[G._Beerschot-21] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Germinal Beerschot (Antwerp), Belgium

[22] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Vaslui (Vaslui), Romania

[23] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Dinamo (Zagreb), Croatia

[24] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Zestaponi (Zestaponi), Georgia

[25] Head to head statistics Neftçi Bakı PFK (Baku), Azerbaijan – Hapoel Ironi (Kiryat Shmona), Israel

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