The AZAL Courier
Match14 Nov 2026
The wait goes on for AZAL
15 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad16 Nov 2026
12 saves: Alfonso Ferrari was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 12 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The knee: Agil Dadashov out for 45 days
45 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. AZAL lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match16 Nov 2026
AZAL sink to position 10
1 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match14 Nov 2026
7 matches without a goal for AZAL
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 7 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at AZAL
Alfonso Ferrari was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match14 Nov 2026
A bad afternoon for AZAL against Inter
0‑2 to Inter, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Agil Guseynov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Agil Guseynov and AZAL agree another 3 years.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
Cavid Guseynov wants to come home
“I did not go to Sumgayit to sit and watch. I want to come back to AZAL and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
In brief
- The dugout Agil Ramazanov: “No excuses”
- Looking ahead A test against the best for AZAL
- Looking ahead Abbas Hüseynov goes back to face Qarabag