Cavid Ramazanov

Central Defender - AZAL
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The AZAL Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

AZAL march on in the cup

Sumgayit are out and AZAL go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings

Mahir Bayramov, 35, rolls back the years — 8.43

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.43 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Market

Cavid Ramazanov asks to leave AZAL

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings

A chastening introduction for Rufat Ramazanov — 5.69

It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.69 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.

Squad

Ekrem Stancic is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad

Jakob Novak falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

A bad afternoon for AZAL against Inter

1‑2 to Inter, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

No hiding place for Eldar Kuliev

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Eldar Kuliev, and the manager let it.

Loan watch

Ruslan Nadirov wants to come home

“I did not go to Ravan to sit and watch. I want to come back to AZAL and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

In brief

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The AZAL Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

A debut Viktor Bondarenko will not forget — 7.46

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 0 on the scoresheet, 7.46 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Player ratings

Moisés Velásquez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Neftchi join the queue for Bahlul Nadirov

Add another name to the list: Neftchi have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Bahlul Nadirov. The answer from AZAL has not changed — yet.

Market

Cavid Ramazanov puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AZAL, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

AZAL sell Kamran Huseynov for $1.8M

Kamran Huseynov has left for AEL in a $1.8M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Bahlul Nadirov in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AZAL this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

5 academy players handed senior numbers at AZAL

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad

Moisés Velásquez falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The terraces

AZAL supporters have found a favourite in Bahlul Nadirov

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Bahlul Nadirov has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief