This article lists results for Neftçi PFK in European competition.
Summary
Neftçi PFK is an association football club from Baku, Azerbaijan. The team has participated in 12 seasons of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions, including 5 seasons in the European Cup and Champions League, 5 seasons in the UEFA Cup, one season in the Cup Winners' Cup, one season in the Intertoto Cup and one season in the Europa League. It has played 42 UEFA games, resulting in 12 wins, 11 draws and 19 defeats.
In European competitions, the club also have advanced to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League twice, having defeated Bosnian champions – NK Široki Brijeg – and Icelandic champions – FH Hafnarfjarðar – in 2004 and 2005 respectively. In 2008, the club advanced to the third round of the 2008 Intertoto Cup, after defeating the Slovak club FC Nitra and the Belgian side K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot in the first two rounds.
Neftçi's biggest win in Europe is a 3–0 victory over FC Zestafoni in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.
The club has an excellent European cup record, having not lost at home since the 1999–2000 season.
Neftçi's home games are usually played at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku. The stadium was built by German prisoners of war in 1951 and constructed in the shape of the letter C to honour Stalin (Cyrillic: Cтaлин), however it was renamed after famous football referee Tofiq Bahramov in 1993 after his death. The stadium also serves as the home ground of the Azerbaijan national football team and holds 30,000 spectators making it the largest stadium in the country. In 2011, Neftçi's domestic games moved to the Ismat Gayibov Stadium. In 2012, Neftçi's domestic games moved to Eighth Kilometer District Stadium – also known as the Bakcell Arena for sponsorship purposes is a stadium in Nizami raion, Baku, Azerbaijan.
In 2012-13, Group stage
In 2012, Neftçi became the first Azerbaijani team to advance to the group stage of a European competition. Neftçi managed to get three points in six matches, drawing with FK Partizan both times and holding Inter Milan at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.
Group H
Note: Partizan are ranked ahead of Neftçi on head-to-head away goals (PAR: 1; NEF: 0).
Team statistics
Key
S = Seasons
P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
aet = Match determined after extra time
a = Match determined by away goals rule
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
TP = Match for third place
F = Final
Group = Group stage
Group 2 = Second group stage
PO = Play-off round
R3 = Round 3
R2 = Round 2
R1 = Round 1
Q3 = Third qualification round
Q2 = Second qualification round
Q1 = First qualification round
QR = Qualification round
p. = penalty shoot-out
H = Home
A = Away
N = Neutral
Games
UEFA competitions
The following is a complete list of matches played by Neftçi in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score, with Neftçi's score noted first. It is up to date as of the match played 3 July 2013.
Notes
Note 1: Neftçi played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku as their own Ismat Gayibov Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria. Note 2: Order of legs reversed after original draw. Note 3: Ironi Kiryat Shmona played their home match at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa as their own Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria. Note 4: Neftçi played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku instead of their regular stadium, Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku.
Non-UEFA competitions
In 2006, Neftçi managed to win the CIS Cup after defeating Kaunas in the final.
Notes
Note 5: Pyunik withdrew.
Honours
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Runners-up (1): 2008
CIS Cup
Winners (1): 2006
Runners-up (1): 2005
Kadyrov Cup
Third place (1): 2012
Finals
Participations
As of 29 June 2013, Neftçi have competed in: UEFA competitions 6 participations in the UEFA Champions League 1 participations in the European Cup Winners' Cup 6 participations in the UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 1 participations in the UEFA Intertoto Cup Non-UEFA competitions 5 participations in the CIS Cup 1 participations in the Kadyrov Cup