FK Karvan
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FK Karvan is an Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

i football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Yevlakh
Yevlakh
Yevlakh is a small city in Azerbaijan, 265 km west of capital Baku. It is surrounded by, but administratively separate from, the rayon of the same name...

, that currently plays in Azerbaijan First Division
Azerbaijan First Division
The Azerbaijan First Division is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The division is run by AFFA.-History:...

, one of the most successful clubs in modern Azerbaijan football history, becoming first Azerbaijan club to pass first qualification stage in UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
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History

The club was founded in 2004 and immediately admitted to the AFFA Supreme League. FK Karvan began amazingly finishing third in 2004/05 and second in 2005/06 seasons. In addition, they reached national cup final in 2005/06, but lost FK Karabakh
FK Karabakh
FK Qarabağ Ağdam , also known as FK Karabakh Aghdam, is an Azerbaijani football club from Agdam, playing in Azerbaijan Premier League and three times Azerbaijan Cup holders....

 1:2. FK Karvan played in the Intertoto Cup in 2005. In the 2006/07 season the club participated in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 and made it to the second qualifying round.
In 2009/10 season the team relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division
Azerbaijan First Division
The Azerbaijan First Division is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The division is run by AFFA.-History:...

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League and domestic cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup
Azerbaijan Cup
The Azerbaijan Cup is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union; it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid....

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
Azerbaijan Premier League 2007-08
-League standings:-Results:Round 1[Aug 11]İnter 3-0 MasallıStandard 0-1 QäbäläNeftçi 1-2 TuranSimurq 1-0 Qarabağ[Aug 12]Bakı 3-1 GänclärbirliyiKarvan 0-1 Xäzär Länkäran[Sep 9]...

1st 11 26 6 5 15 23 36 23 1/8 Finals
2008-09
Azerbaijan Premier League 2008-09
Azerbaijan Premier League 2008–09 was the seventeenth season of top-tier football in Azerbaijan. It began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 17 May 2009. Inter Baku were the defending champions.-Team changes from last season:...

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

European cup history

As of December, 2008.
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

1R   Lech Poznan
Lech Poznan
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1-2 0-2 1-4
2006/07
UEFA Cup 2006-07
The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time...

UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

Q1   Spartak Trnava 1-0 1-0 2-0
Q2   Slavia Praha 0-2 0-0 0-2

  • Q = Qualifying

Current squad

(captain)

Managers

Yunis Huseynov (2004 – 2005) Fuat Yaman
Fuat Yaman
Fuat Yaman is a Turkish football coach now employed as the coach of the Konyaspor.Yaman is a product of the Beşiktaş J.K. youth system having played 4 years with the club. He became professional at Beşiktaş at second half of 1978-79 season...

 (2005) Yunis Huseynov (2005 – 2007) Tabriz Hasanov (2007 – 2008) Yunis Huseynov (2008 – 2010) Vidadi Rzayev
Vidadi Rzayev
Vidadi Rzayev is a retired football midfielder from Azerbaijan. On 31 August 1996, Rzayev's goal gave to Azerbaijan the first victory ever in European qualifying tournament, when Azerbaijan defeated Switzerland 1-0 in Baku. He currently works for FC Gabala as a scout.-International goals:-...

(2010 – 2011) Zakir Mahmudov (2011 - present)

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