EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Renzo Barbera - Palermo Friday 10 October 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Italy Group H - Matchday -11 Azerbaijan Last updated 12/07/2021 16:53CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Italy - Azerbaijan Friday 10 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Renzo Barbera, Palermo Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Vieri 15, F. Inzaghi 11/10/2003 QR (GS) Italy - Azerbaijan 4-0 Reggio Calabria 23, 86, Di Vaio 64 Akhmedov 33 (og), 07/09/2002 QR (GS) Azerbaijan - Italy 0-2 Baku Del Piero 65 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Italy 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 6 0 Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 6 FIFA* Italy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Azerbaijan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Italy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Azerbaijan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Italy 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 6 0 Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 6 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Italy - Azerbaijan Friday 10 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Renzo Barbera, Palermo Match background Italy's past record against Azerbaijan at senior, youth and age-limit levels makes them the overwhelming favourites as the sides meet in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group H. Match background • Italy won both of their previous meetings with Azerbaijan without conceding a goal – 2-0 in Baku and 4-0 in Reggio Calabria in UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying. • Giovanni Trapattoni's Italy benefited from Tarlan Akhmedov's own goal (33) and an Alessandro Del Piero strike (65) as they beat Vagif Sadygov's side 2-0 in Baku on 7 September 2002, while they confirmed their place in the finals with a 4-0 win in the reverse fixture on 11 October 2003, Christian Vieri (15), Filippo Inzaghi (23 and 86) and Marco Di Vaio (64) scoring the goals. • Italy and Azerbaijan have met in seven UEFA youth and age-limit tournaments, with Italy very much on top, boasting the record W6 D1 L0. That sole draw was a 0-0 in a UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifier on 4 March 1997. It was only in the last of those seven encounters – a 2-1 defeat at Under-19 level in Sweden – that Azerbaijan scored their first goal against Italy. • FC Internazionale Milano have figured in both previous meetings between clubs from the two countries. First, Inter beat Neftçi PFK 3-1 in Baku before a 2-2 draw in Milan in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage. The Nerazzurri then won 2-0 at home to Qarabağ FK in the same competition's 2014/15 group stage. • The nations' clubs have tended to be more closely matched in futsal, but their sole competitive encounter at international level – a UEFA Futsal EURO 2014 group stage game – ended in a 7-0 win for Italy in Antwerp. 3 Italy - Azerbaijan Friday 10 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Renzo Barbera, Palermo Squad list Italy Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Gianluigi Buffon 28/01/1978 36 Juventus - 1 0 0 0 142 - - Salvatore Sirigu 12/01/1987 27 Paris - 0 0 0 0 10 - - Mattia Perin 10/11/1992 21 Genoa - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Giorgio Chiellini 14/08/1984 30 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 71 4 - Matteo Darmian 02/12/1989 24 Torino - 1 0 0 0 6 - - Manuel Pasqual 13/03/1982 32 Fiorentina - 1 0 0 0 7 - - Andrea Ranocchia 16/02/1988 26 Internazionale - 1 0 0 0 15 - - Angelo Ogbonna 23/05/1988 26 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 9 - - Leonardo Bonucci 01/05/1987 27 Juventus - 1 1 0 0 40 3 - Mattia De Sciglio 20/10/1992 21 Milan - 1 0 0 0 14 - Midfielders - Andrea Pirlo 19/05/1979 35 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 112 13 - Alberto Aquilani 07/07/1984 30 Fiorentina - 0 0 0 0 35 5 - Antonio Candreva 28/02/1987 27 Lazio - 0 0 0 0 23 - - Andrea Poli 29/09/1989 25 Milan - 1 0 0 0 5 1 - Claudio Marchisio 19/01/1986 28 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 48 4 - Marco Verratti 05/11/1992 21 Paris - 0 0 0 0 9 1 - Marco Parolo 25/01/1985 29 Lazio - 0 0 0 0 7 - - Alessandro Florenzi 11/03/1991 23 Roma - 1 0 0 0 5 1 Forwards - Sebastian Giovinco 26/01/1987 27 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 18 1 - Graziano Pellè 15/07/1985 29 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 - - - Mattia Destro 20/03/1991 23 Roma - 1 0 0 0 7 1 - Ciro Immobile 20/02/1990 24 Dortmund - 1 0 0 0 6 1 - Simone Zaza 25/06/1991 23 Sassuolo - 1 1 0 0 2 1 Coach - Antonio Conte 31/07/1969 45 - 1 0 0 0 2 - 4 Italy - Azerbaijan Friday 10 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Renzo Barbera, Palermo Azerbaijan Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Kamran Agayev 09/02/1986 28 Qäbälä - 1 0 0 0 48 - - Emil Balayev 17/04/1994 20 Neftçi - 0 0 0 0 - - - Salahat Agayev 04/01/1991 23 İnter Bakı - 0 0 0 0 5 - Defenders - Rashad Sadygov 16/06/1982 32 Qarabağ - 1 0 0 0 94 4 - Elnur Allahverdiyev 02/11/1983 30 Neftçi - 0 0 0 0 36 - - Qara Qarayev 12/10/1992 21 Qarabağ - 1 0 0 0 10 - - Tarlan Guliyev 19/04/1992 22 Qarabağ - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Ufuk Budak 26/05/1990 24 Gaziantep - 1 0 0 0 15 - - Badavi Guseynov 11/07/1991 23 Qarabağ - 1 0 0 0 12 - - İlkin Qırtımov 04/11/1990 23 Simurq - 0 0 0 0 4 - - Elvin Yunuszade 22/08/1992 22 Neftçi - 0 0 0 0 2 1 Midfielders Xäzär - Rahid Amirguliyev 01/09/1989 25 - 0 0 0 0 37 1 Länkäran - Cavid Hüseynov 09/03/1988 26 Qäbälä - 0 0 0 0 39 1 - Araz Abdullayev 18/04/1992 22 Neftçi - 1 0 0 0 11 - Xäzär - Rasim Ramaldanov 24/01/1986 28 - 0 0 0 0 14 - Länkäran - Abdulla Abatsiyev 16/08/1993 21 İnter Bakı - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Ilter Tashkin 05/07/1994 20 Braunschweig - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Dmitri Nazarov 04/04/1990 24 Karlsruhe - 1 1 0 0 4 1 Forwards FK Khazar - Magomed Kurbanov 11/04/1992 22 - 0 0 0 0 - - Sumgayit - Vüqar Nadirov 15/06/1987 27 Qarabağ - 1 0 0 0 53 4 Xäzär - Rauf Aliyev 12/02/1989 25 - 1 0 0 0 38 7 Länkäran - Rüfat Dadaşov 29/09/1991 23 Saarbrücken - 1 0 0 0 14 4 Xäzär - Agabala Ramazanov 20/01/1993 21 - 0 0 0 0 - - Länkäran Coach - Berti Vogts 30/12/1946 67 - 1 0 0 0 67 - 5 Italy - Azerbaijan Friday 10 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Renzo Barbera, Palermo Head coach Antonio Conte Date of birth: 31 July 1969 Nationality: Italian Playing career: US Lecce, Juventus Coaching career: AC Siena (assistant), USD Arezzo, AS Bari, Atalanta BC, AC Siena, Juventus, Italy • A combative and versatile midfielder, Conte also weighed in with his share of goals – usually spectacular. • Made Serie A debut with hometown club Lecce aged 16 in 1985/86 but was not a regular until 1988/89 when his side returned to the top flight after two seasons away. Joined Juventus in November 1991. • Spent the next 13 seasons at Juve, later describing the famous black-and-white shirt as his "second skin". Won five league titles, the UEFA Champions League in 1995/96 and the UEFA Cup in 1992/93 in addition to triumphs in the UEFA Super Cup, Italian Cup and a European/South American Cup, wearing the captain's armband from 1996. Capped 20 times by Italy, he was part of the squads that finished runners-up at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000. • Started coaching career as assistant at Siena in 2005, taking over Serie B side Arezzo the following season. After leading Bari and Siena to the top flight in 2009 and 2011 respectively, he signed a two-year contract with Juventus. • Wasted no time in revamping the squad and enjoyed a debut season to remember as the Bianconeri claimed the Scudetto without losing a single game, suffering their sole defeat of the season against SSC Napoli in the Coppa Italia final. Guided Juventus to a second successive title in 2013 and made it three in a row the following year, before stepping down in July 2014. Appointed Italy coach on a two-year deal a month later. Berti Vogts Date of birth: 30 December 1946 Nationality: German Playing career: VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Coaching career: Germany, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Kuwait, Scotland, Nigeria, Azerbaijan • A feisty, tenacious right-back, Vogts was among the most prominent footballers in his country during the 1970s; the two-time West German player of the year landed five league titles and two UEFA Cups with his only club, Mönchengladbach.