2023–24 Azerbaijan Cup

2023–24 Azerbaijan Cup
Tournament details
Country	Azerbaijan
Defending champions	Gabala
Final positions
Champions	Qarabağ
Runner-up	Zira
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	143 (3.76 per match)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →; All statistics correct as of 2 June 2024.

The 2023–24 Azerbaijan Cup was the 32nd season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan. The winners qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

Qarabağ won the cup (their eighth Azerbaijan Cup win) on 2 June 2024, defeating Zira 2 – 1 in the final. Since they qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the second-placed team of the 2023–24 Azerbaijan Premier League.

Teams

Access list for 2023–24 Azerbaijani Cup
	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First round (14 teams)	14 Azerbaijan Second League teams	—
Second round (22 teams)	10 Azerbaijan First League teams 5 Azerbaijan Premier League teams	7 winners from the first round
Last 16 (16 teams)	5 Azerbaijan Premier League teams	11 winners from the second round
Quarter-finals (8 teams)	—	8 winners from the last 16
Semi-finals (4 teams)	—	4 winners from the quarter-finals
Final (2 teams)	—	2 winners from the semi-finals

First round

18 November 2023 4	Füzuli	0 – 1	Lerik	Baku
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Akhundov 33' Huseynov 90+4'	Report	Agazadeh 2' Guluzadeh 58' 68'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 80 Referee: Kamran Aliyev

18 November 2023 5	Qusar	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Shahdag Qusar	Sumgait
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Agalarov 27' V.Huseynov 45+1' Tagiyev 52' Agayev 101'	Report	Amirguliyev 40'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 70 Referee: Inqilab Mammadov
	Penalties
	A.Huseynov Karakhanov V.Huseynov Poladov Alibabayev		T.Gurbatov Amirguliyev Seyidov Agalarov K.Gurbatov

18 November 2023 2	Göygöl	2 – 1	Dinamo	Goygol
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Mursalov 48' Mammadov 76' Ashrafli 77'	Report	Jafarov 60' 84' Demirov 75' Seyidov 76'	Stadium: Goygol OIK stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Emin Aliyev

19 November 2023 7	Ağdaş	0 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Jabrayil	Agdash
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Abubekirov 101' Nasirov 120+2' Salmanov FT'	Report	Süleymanli 51' Orujov 92' Hashimli 112' Ahmadov 116' (pen.) Demirov 120+'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Ali Aliyev

19 November 2023 3	Sheky City	1 – 2	Kür-Araz	Shaki
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mustafayev 16' Rajabli 74' Soltanov 75' Ramazanov 75' Mirbabayev 82' (o.g.) Rauflu 90+5'	Report	Musazadeh 19' Khalilli 51', 73' 90+5' Mammadov 52' Askerov 78'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Farid Hajiyev

19 November 2023 6	Baku Sportinq	6 – 0	Kürmük Qax	Binə
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Guliyev 20' Najafov 27' Rustamov 31' Khalilov 38', 45', 89' Rahimov 55'	Report	Jabbarov 30'	Stadium: Binə Settlement Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Ravan Hamzazade

20 November 2023 1	Shafa Baku	1 – 1 (5 – 3 p)	Shamkir	Binə
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Jumshudov 25' (pen.) 93' Karimov 72' Jamalzadeh 76' J.Aliyev 76' Yusifov 96' Valehov 100' L.Aliyev 112'	Report	Ganbarov 52' Namazov 58' Rahimov 76' Bayramli 76' Zeynalov 76' Ismayilov 97'	Stadium: Binə Settlement Stadium Attendance: 60 Referee: Rashad Ahmadov
	Penalties
	Jumshudov Guliyev L.Aliyev Jamalzadeh Valehov		Ganbarov Ahmadli Ismayilov Ibrahimov

Second round

On 27 November, the AFFA published the list of referee appointments for the first legs of the Second Round.^[1]

28 November 2023 11	Araz-Saatlı	1 – 4	İrəvan	Saatlı
13:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Sabbaghi 9' Ben 45' Ahmadov 45+2' Taghizadeh 73' Avazov 79' (pen.)	Report	Yunuszade 4' Karimzadeh 16' Taghiyev 27' Asgarov 45+3' (pen.) Agjabayov 70' Ayralov 84'	Stadium: OIK Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Kemal Umudlu

28 November 2023 15	Karvan	1 – 0	Difai Agsu	Yevlakh
13:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Voronsov 72'	Report	Bagirov 13' Kahramanli 67' Rahimov 69' Gambarli 69' Huseynov 88'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Rauf Allahverdiyev

28 November 2023 18	MOIK Baku	4 – 0	Jabrayil	Binə
13:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Valiyev 16' 73' Zeynalli 37' (pen.) Abbaszade 45+2', 86' Bayramov 55'	Report	Novruzov 35' Aliyev 41' Ahmadov 57' Shabiyev 61'	Stadium: Binə Settlement Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Inqilab Mammadov

28 November 2023 8	Shafa Baku	0 – 7	Sabail	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Jumshudov 36' Karimov 70'	Report	Abdullayev 10' Lugasi 11' Mehremić 20' Qarayev 25' Yunanov 39', 78' Ramalingom 88'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 110 Referee: Ali Aliyev

28 November 2023 10	Turan Tovuz	5 – 1	Göygöl	Tovuz
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Guseynov 4', 45' Pusi 41', 88' Guliyev 45' 90+2' (pen.) Nasirov 80'	Report	Jalilov 38' (pen.) Mammadov 90' Mursalov 90+1'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Tural Gurbanov

29 November 2023 17	Kapaz	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Baku Sporting	Tovuz
13:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Shahverdiyev 87' Musayev 99' Martin Júnior 107'	Report	Khalilov 74'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Aliyar Agayev

29 November 2023 16	Shahdag Qusar	0 – 1	Qaradağ Lökbatan	Shamakhi
13:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Gorchiyev 39' Shaguliyev 73'	Report	Jafarov 53' Mustafayev 60'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 20 Referee: Ravan Hamzazade

29 November 2023 12	Kür-Araz	1 – 6	Araz-Naxçıvan	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Eln.Mammadov 51' Abbasov 53' 58' Huseynov 55' Elk.Mammadov 55' Aliyev 84'	Report	Kadiri 21' Suleymanov 47', 87', 90+2' Alizada 49' Ahmadov 54' O.Aliyev 65', 88'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 25 Referee: Rauf Jabarov

29 November 2023 14	Lerik	0 – 6	Sumgayit	Sumgait
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Muradov 19' Muradli 41' Sorga 54' Guliyev 68', 80' Ahmadzade 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Nijat Ismailli

30 November 2023 9	Zagatala	0 – 1	Shamakhi	Zaqatala
13:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Umera 36' Gadirzadeh 56' Nuruyev 73' Ismayilov 78' FT' Shabanov FT' Teymurov FT'	Report	Maharramli 7' Zamanov 19' 90+5' FT' Ahmedov 66' Aghazade 71' Valiyev 90+3'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Farid Hajiyev

30 November 2023 13	İmişli	1 – 0	Mingəçevir	Imishli
13:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Isayev 22' 87' (pen.) Morgan 24' Nazarli 37' Mahmudov 75' Tisdell 77'	Report	Bayramov 26' 90+2' Huseynov 52'	Stadium: Heydar Aliyev Stadium Attendance: 650 Referee: Kamran Aliyev

Last 16

18 December 2023 25	Kapaz	3 – 4	Sabah	Ganja
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Niane 35' (pen.), 44', 76' 83' Masimov 45' Khvalko 64' Rodrigues 90'	Report	Thill 14' 17' Sekidika 23' Apeh 40' Chakla 45+2' Seydiyev 89'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Rəşad Ahmadov

18 December 2023 23	Sumgayit	3 – 1	Karvan	Sumgait
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mustafayev 30' Khachayev 42' Muradov 45' 88' Aliyev 55' Sorga 82'	Report	Mushtagov 65'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 130 Referee: Kamranbay Rahimov

19 December 2023 21	İrəvan	2 – 8	Araz-Naxçıvan	Baku
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Qanbarov 16' Asgarov 37' Muradbayli 79'	Report	Ngando 24', 43', 45+4' (pen.) O.Aliyev 25', 51' Z.Aliyev 55' Kuzmanović 73' Mashike 80', 83'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 70 Referee: Javid Jalilov

19 December 2023 22	İmişli	0 – 1	Gabala	Qabala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Isayev 51' Tamazov 55' Mammadov 90'	Report	Isgandarov 64' Bakhshali 90+3'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 70 Referee: Emin Aliyev

20 December 2023 19	Sabail	6 – 0	Shamakhi	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Yunanov 23' (pen.), 45' Nuno 50' Abdullazade 56', 80' 75' Mehremić 90+2'	Report	Alasgarov 32'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Tural Gurbanov

20 December 2023 20	Zira	2 – 1	Turan Tovuz	Zirə
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Soumah 64' Chantakias 78' Pachtmann 82' Akhmedzade 89' 90' Kulach 90+9'	Report	John 4' Najafov 83' Miller 90'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Inqilab Mammadov

21 December 2023 26	Qarabağ	1 – 0	MOIK Baku	Khankendi
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Akhundzade 90+5'	Report	Ahmadzadeh 82'	Stadium: Khankendi Stadium Attendance: 4,590 Referee: Ali Aliyev

21 December 2023 24	Neftçi	4 – 0	Qaradağ Lökbatan	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Olanare 23' (pen.) Qayali 73' (o.g.) Bogomolsky 78' Shinyashiki 81' Valdez 90'	Report	Ismayilov 51' Farajov 71'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Attendance: 662 Referee: Kamran Aliyev

Quarter-finals

30 January 2024 1st leg	Sabail	1 – 2	Zira	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Haziyev 28' Ramalingom 70'	Report	Najah 48' (o.g.) Ruan 60'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Inqilab Mammadov

8 February 2024 2nd leg	Zira	3 – 0 (5 – 1 agg.)	Sabail	Zirə
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ibrahim 4' 26' Kuliyev 32' Sadykhov 42' Utzig 74' 88'	Report	Bardea 90+2'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Elçin Masiyev

30 January 2024 1st leg	Sabah	1 – 7	Qarabağ	Masazır
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Volkovi 49' Sekidika 63'	Report	Guseynov 12' Keyta 21' Juninho 28', 55' Akhundzade 45+3' Zoubir 77', 90+3' Diakhaby 88'	Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena Attendance: 1,575 Referee: Elçin Məsiyev

8 February 2024 2nd leg	Qarabağ	3 – 4 (10 – 5 agg.)	Sabah	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Keyta 30' Silva 38' Diakhaby 62' Hadhoudi 74' (o.g.) Richard 77'	Report	Christian 5' Margaritha 27' Letić 37' Belfodil 58', 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Rauf Allahverdiyev

31 January 2024 1st leg	Araz-Naxçıvan	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mashike 45+1' Wanderson 62'	Report	Tetteh 11' Khalaila 29' Mammadov 43' Áfrico 77'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 180 Referee: Rauf Allahverdiyev

9 February 2024 2nd leg	Gabala	2 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Araz-Naxçıvan	Qabala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Akel 23' Khalaila 39' Abbasov 42' Mammadov 90+2' Atangana 90+3'	Report	Rodrigues 14' Igor 16' Kadiri 74' Wanderson 90+5'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: İnqilab Mammadov

31 January 2024 1st leg	Sumgayit	2 – 3	Neftçi	Sumgait
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mossi 41' Dzhenetov 45+2' Badalov 60' Aliyev 71' Ninga 89' Kahat 90+3'	Report	Eddy 27' Bogomolsky 29' Mahmudov 44' (pen.), 45+2' Valdez 90+4' Jafarov 90+5'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Raşad Ahmadov

9 February 2024 2nd leg	Neftçi	1 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Sumgayit	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 26' Shinyashiki 32' Qarayev 45+2' Moreno 87' Lebon 90+5'	Report	Dosso 30' Kahat 39' 90+6' Suliman 90' Abdullazade 90+6'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kamal Umudlu

Semi-finals

2 April 2024 1st leg	Neftçi	0 – 4	Qarabağ	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Matias 13' Valdez 31' Mahmudov 64' Eddy 65'	Report	Bayramov 14' (pen.), 29' Romão 15' Janković 38' Benzia 65' Akhundzade 86'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Attendance: 5,750 Referee: Ravan Hamzazade

24 April 2024 2nd leg	Qarabağ	4 – 1 (8 – 1 agg.)	Neftçi	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Juninho 16', 69' Benzia 54' Qarayev 62' (o.g.) Akhundzade 78'	Report	Conteh 42' Mirzov 64' Brkić 70' Matias 74'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aliyar Agayev

3 April 2024 1st leg	Zira	2 – 1	Gabala	Zirə
19:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Soumah 51' Utzig 68'	Report	Abbasov 33' Qirtimov 45+1' Abu Akel 90' 90'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: İnqilab Məmmədov

24 April 2024 2nd leg	Gabala	0 – 2 (1 – 4 agg.)	Zira	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov 20'	Report	Kulach 19' 62' Zebli 78' Bayramov 82' Utzig 85'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 850 Referee: Tural Gurbanov

Final

2 June 2024	Zira	1 – 2	Qarabağ	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ibrahimli 58' Sadykhov 59' Ruan 76'	Report	Juninho 42' 85' Zoubir 62' Keyta 90+5'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ravan Hamzazada

Scorers

As of match played 2 June 2024

5 goals:

Juninho - Qarabağ

4 goals:

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goals:

Mićo Kuzmanović - Araz-Naxçıvan
Mohammed Kadiri - Araz-Naxçıvan
Ravan Avazov - Araz-Saatlı
Ulvi Guliyev - Baku Sporting
Royal Najafov - Baku Sporting
Vugar Rahimov - Baku Sporting
Valeh Seyidov - Dinamo
Mehrac Bakhshali - Gabala
Urfan Abbasov - Gabala
Samuel Tetteh - Gabala
Fares Abu Akel - Gabala
Osama Khalaila - Gabala
Vugar Ashrafli - Göygöl
Ulvi Jalilov - Göygöl
Ziyabil Mammadov - Göygöl
Arsen Agjabayov - İrəvan
Vusal Qanbarov - İrəvan
Javid Taghiyev - İrəvan
Elvin Yunuszade - İrəvan
Hazrat Isayev - İmişli
Tapdig Ahmadov - Jabrayil
Elvin Demirov - Jabrayil
Nemat Musayev - Kapaz
Martin Júnior - Kapaz
Izzat Mushtagov - Karvan
Ruslan Voronsov - Karvan
Ramazan Abbasov - Kür-Araz
Ravan Guluzadeh - Lerik
Elvin Valiyev - MOIK Baku
Isa Zeynalli - MOIK Baku
Filip Ozobić - Neftçi
Andre Shinyashiki - Neftçi
Aaron Olanare - Neftçi
Reziuan Mirzov - Neftçi
Marko Janković - Qarabağ
Sultan Mustafayev - Qaradağ Lökbatan
Amin Seydiyev - Sabah
Christian - Sabah
Jearl Margaritha - Sabah
Vincent Thill - Sabah
Emmanuel Apeh - Sabah
Samir Abdullayev - Sabail
Taleh Qarayev - Sabail
Yadin Lugasi - Sabail
Pedro Nuno - Sabail
Elgun Namazov - Şəmkir
Sahib Jumshudov - Shafa Baku
Emin Zamanov - Shamakhi
Nihad Ahmadzade - Sumgayit
Kamran Aliyev - Sumgayit
Elvin Badalov - Sumgayit
Sanan Muradli - Sumgayit
Casimir Ninga - Sumgayit
Roi Kahat - Sumgayit
Tarlan Guliyev - Turan Tovuz
Otto John - Turan Tovuz
Rustam Akhmedzade - Zira
Ismayil Ibrahimli - Zira
Ragim Sadykhov - Zira
Filipe Pachtmann - Zira
Ruan Renato - Zira
Salifou Soumah - Zira
Abbas Ibrahim - Zira
Vladyslav Kulach - Zira

Own goals:

Mirabbas Mirbabayev - for Sheky City vs Kür-Araz 19 November 2023
Murad Qayali - for Neftçi vs Qaradağ Lökbatan 21 December 2023
Anass Najah - for Zira vs Sabail 30 January 2024
Marouane Hadhoudi - for Qarabağ vs Sabah 8 February 2024
Qara Qarayev - for Qarabağ vs Neftçi 24 April 2024

References

^ "Azərbaycan Kuboku, II təsnifat mərhələsi: Təyinatlar". affa.az (in Azerbaijani). Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

[1] "Azərbaycan Kuboku, II təsnifat mərhələsi: Təyinatlar". affa.az (in Azerbaijani). Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

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