Editing Shamkir FC

{{Infobox football club|
| clubname = Shamkir FC
| image    = Shamkir FC logo.png
| fullname = Şəmkir Futbol Klubu
| founded  = {{Start date and age|1954}}
| dissolved= {{Start date and age|2017}}
| ground   = [[Shamkir Olympic Sport Complex Stadium]]
| capacity = 2,000
| chairman = 
| manager  = Kamran Alibabaev
| league   = [[Azerbaijan First Division]]
| season   = [[2015–16 Azerbaijan First Division|2015–16]]
| position = 5th | 
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'''Shamkir Football Club''' ({{langx|az|Şəmkir Futbol Klubu}}) is an [[Azerbaijan]]i [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Şəmkir]], that currently plays in the [[Azerbaijan First Division]]. The club is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Azerbaijan's football history with two [[Azerbaijan Premier League]] titles.

== History ==
The club was established in 1954, even though it never participated in any Soviet football league. It was re-established in 1993.
Shamkir's most successful years were at the start of the 2000s, after Shahbaz Suleymanov's takeover, the club with [[Agaselim Mirjavadov]] consecutively won three [[Azerbaijan Premier League]] titles and reached the final of [[Azerbaijan Cup]] three times.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Скончался Шахбаз Сулейманов|url=http://www.azerisport.com/football/20130701070159698.html|work=Azerisport.com|accessdate=1 July 2013|language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Şəmkir" futbol klubu 4 illik fasilədən sonra fəaliyyətini bərpa etdi|url=http://az.apa.az/news.php?id=173923|accessdate=19 August 2011|language=Azerbaijani}}</ref> The club also became the first Azerbaijani team to pass the qualifying stage of [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]].<ref>{{cite web|title="Şəmkir" in sabiq prezidenti dünyasını dəyişdi|url=http://futbolpress.az/v2/news-details/29508/|work=futbolpress.az|accessdate=2 July 2013|language=Azerbaijani}}</ref> In 2005, the club was briefly defunct due to sponsorship reasons but re-established once again on 19 August 2009 after finding sponsors.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:ФК "Шамкир" возвращается в профессиональный футбол|url=http://www.sport24.az/onnews.php?id=7551|accessdate=19 August 2011|language=Russian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325041935/http://www.sport24.az/onnews.php?id=7551|archivedate=25 March 2012}}</ref>

== Stadium ==
[[Shamkir Olympic Sport Complex Stadium]] is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[Şəmkir|Shamkir]], [[Azerbaijan]]. It is used as a home ground of  Shamkir FC since 2010.

== Honours ==

=== National ===
*'''[[Azerbaijan Premier League]]'''
: ''Winners (2)'': [[1999–2000 Azerbaijan Top League|1999–00]], [[2000–01 Azerbaijan Top League|2000–01]]
*'''[[Azerbaijan First Division]]'''
: ''Winners (1)'': [[1994-95 Azerbaijan First Division|1994–95]]

== League and domestic cup history ==
[[File:Shamkirfk.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The club squad during Azerbaijan First Division]]
{|class="wikitable"
! Season
! Div.
! Pos.
! Pl.
! W
! D
! L
! GS
! GA
! P
![[Azerbaijan Cup|Domestic Cup]]
|-
|align=center|[[Azerbaijan First Division|1993–94]]
|align=center|2nd
|align=center|'''8'''
|align=center|18
|align=center|12
|align=center|0
|align=center|6
|align=center|42
|align=center|19
|align=center|'''24'''
|align=center|Preliminary Round
|-
|align=center|[[Azerbaijan First Division|1994–95]]
|align=center|2nd
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''1'''
|align=center|28
|align=center|21
|align=center|6
|align=center|1
|align=center|38
|align=center|11
|align=center|'''48'''
|align=center|1/16 Finals
|-
|align=center|[[Azerbaijan Premier League 1995-96|1995–96]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center|'''10'''
|align=center|20
|align=center|3
|align=center|4
|align=center|13
|align=center|15
|align=center|39
|align=center|'''13'''
|align=center|Quarter-Finals
|-
|align=center|[[Azerbaijan Premier League 1996-97|1996–97]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center|'''12'''
|align=center|30
|align=center|8
|align=center|2
|align=center|20
|align=center|30
|align=center|106
|align=center|'''26'''
|align=center|1/8 Finals
|-
|align=center|[[Azerbaijan Premier League 1997-98|1997–98]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center bgcolor=bronze|'''3'''
|align=center|26
|align=center|15
|align=center|9
|align=center|2
|align=center|44
|align=center|10
|align=center|'''54'''
|align=center|Quarter-Finals
|-
|align=center|[[Azerbaijan Premier League 1998-99|1998–99]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''2'''
|align=center|36
|align=center|21
|align=center|3
|align=center|12
|align=center|52
|align=center|34
|align=center|'''66'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|Runners-Up
|-
|align=center|[[Azerbaijan Premier League 1999-00|1999-00]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''1'''
|align=center|22
|align=center|17
|align=center|4
|align=center|1
|align=center|46
|align=center|11
|align=center|'''55'''
|align=center|1/8 Finals
|-
|align=center|[[Azerbaijan Premier League 2000-01|2000–01]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''1'''
|align=center|20
|align=center|16
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|align=center|60
|align=center|14
|align=center|'''51'''
|align=center|1/8 Finals
|-
|align=center|[[Azerbaijan Premier League 2001-02|2001–02]]{{#tag:ref|The AFFA and the clubs were discontinued due to the conflict between the clubs and the results were not taken into account.|group=n}}
|align=center|1st
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''1'''
|align=center|32
|align=center|23
|align=center|7
|align=center|2
|align=center|80
|align=center|20
|align=center|'''76'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|Runners-Up
|-
|align=center|[[Azerbaijan Premier League 2003-04|2003–04]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''2'''
|align=center|26
|align=center|20
|align=center|4
|align=center|2
|align=center|67
|align=center|11
|align=center|'''64'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|Runners-Up
|-
|align=center|[[Azerbaijan Premier League 2004-05|2004–05]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center|'''13'''
|align=center|34
|align=center|9
|align=center|5
|align=center|20
|align=center|34
|align=center|48
|align=center|'''32'''
|align=center|1/8 Finals
|-
|align=center|[[2010–11 Azerbaijan First Division|2010–11]]
|align=center|2nd
|align=center|'''9'''
|align=center|26
|align=center|5
|align=center|7
|align=center|14
|align=center|15
|align=center|36
|align=center|'''22'''
|align=center|Preliminary Round
|-
|align=center|[[2011–12 Azerbaijan First Division|2011–12]]
|align=center|2nd
|align=center|'''8'''
|align=center|26
|align=center|9
|align=center|6
|align=center|11
|align=center|38
|align=center|38
|align=center|'''33'''
|align=center|''did not enter''
|-
|align=center|[[2012–13 Azerbaijan First Division|2012–13]]
|align=center|2nd
|align=center|'''13'''
|align=center|24
|align=center|3
|align=center|6
|align=center|15
|align=center|23
|align=center|56
|align=center|'''15'''
|align=center|''did not enter''
|-
|align=center|[[2013–14 Azerbaijan First Division|2013–14]]
|align=center|2nd
|align=center|'''11'''
|align=center|30
|align=center|8
|align=center|7
|align=center|15
|align=center|28
|align=center|42
|align=center|'''31'''
|align=center|''did not enter''
|-
|align=center|[[2014–15 Azerbaijan First Division|2014–15]]
|align=center|2nd
|align=center|'''11'''
|align=center|30
|align=center|8
|align=center|8
|align=center|14
|align=center|25
|align=center|46
|align=center|'''32'''
|align=center|''did not enter''
|-
|align=center|[[2015–16 Azerbaijan First Division|2015–16]]
|align=center|2nd
|align=center|'''5'''
|align=center|26
|align=center|10
|align=center|8
|align=center|8
|align=center|30
|align=center|24
|align=center|'''38'''
|align=center|[[2015–16 Azerbaijan Cup#Second round|Second round]]
|-
|align=center|[[2016–17 Azerbaijan First Division|2016–17]]
|align=center|2nd
|align=center|'''6'''
|align=center|26
|align=center|15
|align=center|3
|align=center|8
|align=center|41
|align=center|20
|align=center|'''48'''
|align=center|[[2016–17 Azerbaijan Cup#Second round|First round]]
|-
|align=center|[[2017–18 Azerbaijan Regional League|2017–18]]
|align=center|RL
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|''did not enter''
|}

== UEFA club competition results ==
*'''Q''' = Qualifying
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Country
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
|[[UEFA Cup 1999-00|1999/00]]
|[[UEFA Cup]]
|Q
|{{flagicon|UKR}}
|[[FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1959–2013)|Kryvbas Kryviy Rih]]
|0–2
|0–3
|0–5
|-
|[[UEFA Champions League 2000-01|2000/01]]
|[[UEFA Champions League]]
|Q1
|{{flagicon|LAT}}
|[[Skonto Riga]]
|4–1
|1–2
|5–3
|-
|
|
|Q2
|{{flagicon|CZE}}
|[[SK Slavia Prague]]
|1–4
|0–1
|1–5
|-
|[[UEFA Champions League 2001-02|2001/02]]
|[[UEFA Champions League]]
|Q1
|{{flagicon|WAL}}
|[[Barry Town]]
|0–1
|0–2
|0–3
|-
|[[UEFA Cup 2004-05|2004/05]]
|[[UEFA Cup]]
|Q1
|{{flagicon|GEO}}
|[[FC Tbilisi]]
|1–4
|0–1
|1–5
|}

== Managers ==

=== Managers in modern history ===
*{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Afgan Talybov (1997–1998)
*{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Agaselim Mirjavadov]] (1998–2001)
*{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Gahraman Aliyev (2001–2005)
*{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Faig Jabbarov (2009–2011)
*{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Anar Kalantarov (2011–2013)
*{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Ruslan Abbasov (2013–2015)
*{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Kamran Alibabayev (2015–2016)
*{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Gahraman Aliyev (2016–2017)
*{{flagicon|Georgia}} Badri Kvaratskhelia (2017)

==Notes==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110925111556/http://www.pfl.az/content.php?lang=az&page=398 FK Shamkir at PFL.AZ]

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