Karvan İdman Klubu () is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Yevlakh that participates in the Azerbaijan Premier League after promotion from the Azerbaijan First Division in 2025. It was the first Azerbaijani club to pass the first qualification stage in the UEFA Cup.Азербайджанский клуб "Карван" завоевал путевку во второй классификационный этап кубка УЕФА
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 was relegated after the 1993–94 season and dissolved. The second football team in Yevlakh was founded 10 years later, in 2004.
Golden years Karvan was 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 As management reduced funding, the best players left 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. In the 2009–10 season, they were relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division. In 2012, the owners announced that the club would be dissolved and not participate in the First Division.
On 21 August 2013, it was announced the club would be reformed and participate in the 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 cup history SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPDomestic Cup2004–051st33423746618761/8 Finals2005–061st226176350957Runners-up2006–071st7241059363035Quarter-finals2007–081st112665152336231/8 Finals2008–091st926104122833341/8 Finals2009–101st122225151736111/8 Finals2010–112nd8266812264026Preliminary Round2011–122nd3261673552255Preliminary Round2013–142nd83012612465642N/A
European cup history As of December 2008. SeasonCompetitionRoundCountryClubHomeAwayAggregate2005UEFA Intertoto Cup1RLech Poznan1–20–21–42006–07UEFA CupQ1Spartak Trnava1–01–02–0Q2Slavia Praha0–20–00–2
Players Current squad
Club officials Management PositionStaffPresident Bakhtiyar HüseynovVice-president Kanan Karimov
Coaching staff PositionNameHead coach Ramiz MammadovAssistant coach Firuz Gurbanov Goalkeeping coach Huseyn Mahammadov
Coaches Yunis Huseynov (2004–2005) Fuat Yaman (2005) Yunis Huseynov (2005–2007) Tabriz Hasanov (2007–2008) Yunis Huseynov (2008–2010) Vidadi Rzayev (2010–2011) Zakir Mahmudov (2011–2012) Kanan Karimov (2013–2014) Kanan Karimov (2021–2025) Azer Hashimov (2025) Fizuli Mammadov (2025–2026) Ramiz Mammadov (2026–)
References
External links
FK Karvan at PFL.az (archived 25 September 2011)