The AZAL Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Bahlul Ozobic 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at AZAL training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Evgeny Lukin is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market3 Aug 2026
Ravan watching Cavid Dadashov
The interest is real enough to have reached print. AZAL have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
AZAL lose Maksim Abdullayev
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Rufat Huseynov signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rufat Huseynov commits to AZAL for another 1 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
Rufat Nazarov is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at AZAL has been clear about where Rufat Nazarov stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between AZAL and Javid Nadirov
- Market The clock runs on Rufat Huseynov's contract