DefenderRashad Sadygov is Azerbaijan's most capped player of all time and is the only player to have accumulated 100 caps for the national team.[8][9] As of March 2019, Sadygov has played 110 times for the country having made his debut in 2001, against Sweden,[10] and received his last cap in 2017.[11]Gurban Gurbanov, who accumulated 66 caps during his international career, is the country's highest scorer of all time with 12 goals and is the only player to have scored ten or more goals for Azerbaijan as of March 2019.[12]
The first player to accumulate 25 caps for Azerbaijan was Tarlan Ahmadov, on 2 April 1997 in a 2–1 defeat to Finland.[13] He finished his career with 74 caps for the national team,[14] holding the cap record until 2007 when it was surpassed by Aslan Kerimov who earned 78 caps before retiring.[15] In September 2012, the current holder Sadygov overtook Kerimov's cap record and went on to reach 100 caps in October 2015.[11]
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Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players are listed by the number of caps. If the number of caps is equal, the players are then listed alphabetically. Statistics updated following match played on 25 March 2019.
Note: Azerbaijan has played three matches that are not recognised by FIFA as full internationals but are counted by the AFFA. These caps are not counted in the table below and the notes column lists which players appeared in the matches. The matches are:
^Players who are still active for the national team are players who have not retired from international football and are, subsequently, eligible to be called up.
^ abcdefghijkPlayed in match against Iran U23 that is not recognised by FIFA.
^RSSSF attributes Kerimov with one goal but all other sources award the goal to Kanan Karimov.
^ abcdePlayed in match against a Cyprus XI that is not recognised by FIFA.
^ abcPlayed in match against Kazakhstan U21 that is not recognised by FIFA.