İmişli FK

İmişli

Full name	İmişli Futbol Klubu
Nickname	Pələnglər (The Tigers)
Founded	2022 (2022)
Ground	Heydar Aliyev – MKT Araz Stadium, Imishli, Azerbaijan
Capacity	8,500
Chairman	Kamran Eyyubov
Manager	Farid Namazov
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2025–26	Azerbaijan Premier League, 9th of 12
Home colours Away colours

İmişli Futbol Klubu (pronounced [imiʃli]) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Imishli, that participates in the Azerbaijan Premier League, after promotion from the Azerbaijan First Division in 2025.

Imishli is a phoenix club of the former MKT Araz FK founded in 2004, which was dissolved in 2018.

History

In 2022, the club was established as a phoenix club of the former MKT Araz FK founded in 2004, which was dissolved in 2018.

Stadium

Heydar Aliyev Stadium is a modern stadium in Imishli, Azerbaijan and is currently used as the club's home ground. It was opened on 23 March 2006 and named after Heydar Aliyev. The stadium holds 8,500 spectators.

Players

Current squad

As of 17 July 2026

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	AZE	Tuncay Yusifli
5	MF	AZE	Idris Ingilabli
6	MF	GHA	Yaw Moses
7	MF	BRA	Juninho
9	FW	POR	Diogo Almeida
10	FW	SRB	Nikola Karaklajić
11	MF	AZE	Vüsal Ganbarov
14	DF	BRA	Ronaldo Rodrigues
19	DF	AZE	Azər Salahlı (captain)
23	DF	BRA	Diogo Rollo

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	DF	COL	Edwin Banguera
30	MF	AZE	Xalil Mürsalli
70	DF	AZE	Mehdi Tahirov
79	FW	POR	Diogo Cardoso
99	GK	AZE	Imam Ali
—	GK	AZE	Yusif İmanov
—	GK	AZE	Sadiq Mammadzada
—	DF	AZE	Bekhtiyar Hasanalizade
—	MF	AZE	Farid Nabiyev
—	FW	AZE	Seykhan Faracov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.

Club officials

Management

Position	Staff
President	Kamran Eyyubov
Sports director	Tamerlan Bakirzade

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jorge Casquilha
Assistant coach	Cristiano Sousa Guilherme Cadete
Goalkeeping coach	Elshad Tahirov
Physiologist	Ulian Goga

Managers

• Ruhid Usubov (2022–2023)
• Asgar Abdullayev (2023 September–2024 June)
• Farid Namazov (2024 July–2025 June)
• Jorge Casquilha (2025 June–present)

External links

• Club's page at PFL website (archived 25 September 2011)