The AZAL Courier
Squad2 Nov 2026
Jhon Chacón breaks a bone — 59 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 59 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match31 Oct 2026
AZAL leaking at the back
7 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Match31 Oct 2026
No end in sight to AZAL's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at AZAL has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Agil Dadashov: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” AZAL have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match31 Oct 2026
Shahriyar Huseynov’s goal not enough for AZAL
Shahriyar Huseynov scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Neftchi, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad2 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Danny Amankwaa
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Danny Amankwaa, and the manager let it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for Namig Sadygov
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Namig Sadygov has come out of that comparison in the side, and AZAL have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Off the bench and decisive: Emin Mammadov
The substitution nobody applauded turned out to be the whole story. AZAL were going nowhere until he came on.
Market2 Nov 2026
AZAL and Namig Sadygov are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Cavid Nazarov in it
- Player ratings Danny Amankwaa runs at them all day