Karvan FK

Karvan FK (Template:Langx) was an Azerbaijani football club based in Yevlakh, that participated in the Azerbaijan Premier League from 2025–26 after promotion from Azerbaijan First Division in 2024–25. It was the first Azerbaijan club to pass the first qualification stage in the UEFA Cup.

History

Football in Yevlakh

The first football club established in Yevlakh, one of the biggest cities in Azerbaijan, was FC Avtomobilchi, in 1990. The team participated in the Soviet Second League and the Azerbaijan Premier League twice. FC Avtomobilchi relegated after the 1993–94 season, and dissolved. The second football team in Yevlakh was founded 10 years later, in 2004.

Golden years

Karvan were immediately admitted to the 2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League. The club got off to a good start, finishing third in the 2004–05 season and second in the 2005–06 season. In addition, they reached the national cup final in 2005–06, but lost to FK Karabakh, 2–1. Karvan played in the Intertoto Cup in 2005. In the 2006–07 season the club participated in the UEFA Cup and reached the second qualifying round.

Financial difficulties and relegation

Karvan stopped at the most unexpected moment. As management reduced funding, the best players left the team immediately after coach Yunis Hüseynov's resignation. In the 2007–08 season Karvan finished 11th, and club executives were forced to ask Huseynov to return. But no miracle happened, and in the 2009–10 season the team relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division. In 2012, the club's owners announced that the club would be dissolved and they would not be participating in the Azerbaijan First Division.

On 21 August 2013, it was announced the club would be reformed and it would participate in First Division. Even though, on 18 August 2014, the club again dissolved due to financial problems.

Stadium

Karvan's home ground is Yevlakh Stadium, which has a capacity of 5,000.

League and domestic cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup
2004–05	1st	3	34	23	7	4	66	18	76	1/8 Finals
2005–06	1st	2	26	17	6	3	50	9	57	Runners-up
2006–07	1st	7	24	10	5	9	36	30	35	Quarter-finals
2007–08	1st	11	26	6	5	15	23	36	23	1/8 Finals
2008–09	1st	9	26	10	4	12	28	33	34	1/8 Finals
2009–10	1st	12	22	2	5	15	17	36	11	1/8 Finals
2010–11	2nd	8	26	6	8	12	26	40	26	Preliminary Round
2011–12	2nd	3	26	16	7	3	55	22	55	Preliminary Round
2013–14	2nd	8	30	12	6	12	46	56	42	N/A

European cup history

As of December, 2008.

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Template:Flagicon	Lech Poznan	1–2	0–2	1–4
2006–07	UEFA Cup	Q1	Template:Flagicon	Spartak Trnava	1–0	1–0	2–0
		Q2	Template:Flagicon	Slavia Praha	0–2	0–0	0–2

Current squad

19 June 2025 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Template:Fba/core	Kamran Ibrahimov
4	DF	Template:Fba/core	Kanan Quliyev
5	DF	Template:Fba/core	Peyman Keshavarzi
8	MF	Template:Fba/core	Peter Kings
10	MF	Template:Fba/core	Rahman Shabanov
11	FW	Template:Fba/core	Maqsud Alakbarov
13	MF	Template:Fba/core	Ali Abdullayev
20	MF	Template:Fba/core	Roman Huseynov
21	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nika Chachashvili

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	Template:Fba/core	Aref Mohammadalipour
42	DF	Template:Fba/core	Ibrahim Qadirzada
62	GK	Template:Fba/core	Mammad Muradov
66	DF	Template:Fba/core	Ceyhun Bagyrzada
—	GK	Template:Fba/core	Henrique Tavares
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Kyle Spence

Managers

• Template:Flagicon Yunis Huseynov (2004–2005)
• Template:Flagicon Fuat Yaman (2005)
• Template:Flagicon Yunis Huseynov (2005–2007)
• Template:Flagicon Tabriz Hasanov (2007–2008)
• Template:Flagicon Yunis Huseynov (2008–2010)
• Template:Flagicon Vidadi Rzayev (2010–2011)
• Template:Flagicon Zakir Mahmudov (2011–2012)
• Template:Flagicon Kanan Karimov (2013–2014)

External links

• FK Karvan at PFL.az (archived 25 September 2011)