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Inter Arena
Full name	Inter Arena
Location	; Baku, Azerbaijan;
Owner	Inter Baku
Operator	Dynamic Resource
Capacity	8,125
Surface	Artificial
Construction
Built	2001
Tenants
	Inter Baku

Keşla FK
Full name	Keşlə Futbol Klubu
Founded	1997; 21 years ago (1997) as "Khazar Universiteti";
Ground	Inter Arena
Capacity	8,200
President	Zaur Akhundov
Manager	Tarlan Ahmedov
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2017–18	6th
Website	Club website
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Keshla FK (Azerbaijani: Keşlə Futbol Klubu, formerly named Inter Baku) is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Keshla, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League. The club have won the Premier League title twice.^[1]

History

Early years (1997–2004)

The club has been functioning since 1997, initially as an amateur side that shared its name with Khazar University, the first private university in Azerbaijan, which founded the club. In 1999, Khazar University began to play in the Azerbaijan Premier League, finishing eleventh.^[2] In subsequent years, Inter finished in 7th place (2000/01 season) and 3rd place (2003–04 season).

In the 2003–04 season the team finished in fourth place, thereby qualifying for the UEFA Intertoto Cup for the first time. In the first round of the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup, they defeated Bregenz of Austria 3:0 on a forfeiture in the first leg , and 2:1 in the second leg.^[3] In the second round, they played Tampere United of Finland, losing the first leg 0:3; winning the return leg, played in Baku, 1:0; but going out on aggregate 1:3.^[4]

The Double and Tskhadadze years (2004–2014)

Logo of Inter Baku until 2017

In the summer of 2004, all rights of the Khazar University club were transferred to the newly created Inter Baku Professional Football Club, and the team participated in the 13th championship of the Azerbaijani Premier League under the name of Inter Baku. Later in 2004, certain structural changes were made in the club's management, and Inter Baku was renamed the Inter Professional Club, finishing the 2004–2005 season in seventh place. Inter's progression up the standings continued in the 14th iteration of the Azerbaijan Premier League when Inter finished in fourth place.

The club finished fourth again in 2006–07, and first in 2007–08. Following its championship season, Inter qualified for its first-ever appearance in the UEFA Champions League in 2008 and advanced to the second qualifying round by defeating Rabotnički of the Republic of Macedonia on away goals.^[5]

2009 saw Inter Baku retain the Azerbaijan Premier League title, securing it for the second time in the club's history. The club's Champions League campaign was less successful – barely losing to Lech Poznań away on penalties.^[6] In 2011, Inter Baku also managed to win the CIS Cup after defeating Shakhtyor Soligorsk in the final.^[7]^[8]

In 2012, the club recorded an Azerbaijani record for the biggest win in a European competition by beating Narva Trans 5–0 in Estonia.^[9] The club had started the 2013–14 season with a three-game losing streak, setting a record for worst start to a season in its history.^[10] However, the team managed to clinch second spot in the league.^[11]

Downturn and financial difficulties of Inter Baku (2015–2017)

During the 2015–16 season, Inter started experiencing financial difficulties at the same time with its main sponsor, The International Bank of Azerbaijan. In December 2015, the club's president Georgi Nikolov was replaced by Rashad Gasimov. On 31 March 2016, Inter Baku were banned from participating in the next UEFA club competition that they would qualify for in the next three seasons, covering the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons.^[12]

The situation continued during the 2016–17 season as Inter struggled to pay salaries to its players and make new transfers. Despite that, Inter was able to claim the bronze medals in the national championship and reach the semifinals stage in the Cup. At the end of the season, IBA announced that it would no longer sponsor the club and this led to new changes in the administration. Zaur Akhundov, former director of the National Futzal Federation, was appointed as the head of the Supervisory Board and Ramish Maliyev became the new executive director of the club. Despite the rumors about the liquidation, Inter was able to find sponsorship for the 2017-18 season and play in the Europe League where it eliminated Serbian Mladost Lučani in the first qualifying round before getting eliminated by Fola Esch in the second round.

Keshla FK (2017–present)

On 28 October 2017, Inter Baku PIK officially changed its name to Keshla FK.^[13] The club also replaced its logo and jersey colors. In its first match, Keshla lost 0-2 against Kapaz. The next day, teams manager Zaur Svanadze was replaced by Ramiz Mammadov.^[14] On 25 December 2017, Keshla announced that Ramiz Mammadov had become the clubs Sporting Director, with Yuriy Maksymov coming in as the clubs new manager.^[15]

Domestic history

Season	League									Azerbaijan Cup	Top goalscorer
Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Azerbaijan Cup	Name	League
1999-00	1st	11th	22	5	3	14	19	41	18	1/8 Finals	S. Alakbarov	7
2000–01	1st	7th	20	9	2	9	26	38	29	1/8 Finals	R. Nasibov	8
2003–04	1st	4th	26	15	6	5	43	16	51	1/8 Finals	A. Sokhadze	6
2004–05	1st	7th	34	19	9	6	44	24	66	Runner-Up	E. Mammadov	10
2005–06	1st	4th	26	14	8	4	35	14	50	Quarter-Finals	Idahor	6
2006–07	1st	4th	24	13	6	5	36	12	45	Semi-Finals	S. Aliyev	6
2007–08	1st	1st	26	18	4	4	55	18	58	Runner-Up	K. Mammadov	19
2008–09	1st	2nd	26	18	7	1	54	16	61	Runner-Up	Guglielmone	17
2009–10	1st	1st	32	22	12	8	58	37	78	Semi-Finals	Poškus	12
2010–11	1st	5th	32	13	10	9	29	24	49	Runner-Up	Poškus	5
2011–12	1st	3rd	32	16	8	8	29	21	56	Semi-Finals	Tskhadadze	7
2012–13	1st	3rd	32	16	9	7	38	22	57	Quarter finals	Tskhadadze	8
2013–14	1st	2nd	36	20	7	9	60	37	67	Quarter finals	V. Javadov	16
2014–15	1st	2nd	32	17	12	3	55	20	63	Semi-Finals	Álvaro	9
2015–16	1st	4th	36	16	11	9	39	28	59	Semi-Finals	N. Hajiyev / M. Abbasov	6
2016–17	1st	3rd	28	11	10	7	39	33	43	Semi-Finals	R. Aliyev	11
2017–18	1st	6th	28	8	7	13	29	39	31	Winner	Fardjad-Azad / Scarlatache / S.Alkhasov	4

European History

UEFA Champions League 2008–2009 Qualifying match in Skopje, Macedonia; FK Rabotnicki (Macedonia) – Inter Baku (Azerbaijan) 1–1

As of match played 19 July 2018

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	6	1	3	2	3	5
UEFA Europa League	26	12	7	7	37	29
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	3	0	1	6	4
Total	36	16	10	10	46	38

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Bregenz	2–1	3–0	5–1
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R2	Tampere United	1–0	0–3	1–3
2008–09	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Rabotnički	0–0	1–1	1–1(a)
2008–09	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Partizan	1–1	0–2	1–3
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Spartak Trnava	1–2	1–3	2–5
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Lech Poznań	0–1	1–0	1–1(8-9p)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Narva Trans	5–0	2–0	7–0
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Asteras Tripoli	1–1	1–1	2–2(2-4p)
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	IFK Mariehamn	1–1	2–0	3–1
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Tromsø	1–0	0–2	1–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Tiraspol	3–1	3–2	6–3
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	IF Elfsborg	0–1	1–0	1–1(3-4p)
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Laçi	1–1	0–0	1–1(a)
		2Q	FH	2–2	2–1	4–3
		3Q	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	0–2	0–2
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Mladost Lučani	2–0	3–0	5–0
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Fola Esch	1–0	1–4	2–4
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Balzan	2–1	1–4	3–5

Stadium

The club play their home matches at the Inter Arena, an all-seater football stadium situated in Baku. Since 2008, the stadium has been under development, surrounded by practice fields, administration buildings and the newly built four-star Inter Hotel.

Shirt sponsor and kit manufacturer

Years	Manufacturer	Sponsor
2004 – 2011	Adidas	International Bank of Azerbaijan
2011 – 2015	Umbro
2015 – 2017	Joma
2017 – present	Joma	Samaya LTD

Players

Azerbaijani teams are limited to nine players without Azerbaijani citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

Current squad

As of 21 December 2018

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Kamran Aghayev (captain)
2	DF	Sertan Tashkin
3	DF	Denis Silva
4	DF	Slavik Alkhasov
7	FW	Vagif Javadov
9	FW	Amil Yunanov
10	FW	Ruslan Nasirli
14	FW	Andre Clennon
15	GK	Orxan Sadiqli
16	GK	Shahin Zakiyev
17	MF	Samir Masimov
18	DF	Ruslan Amirjanov
19	DF	Azer Salahli

No.	Position	Player
22	MF	Nikola Mitrović
23	FW	Jonathan Ayité
24	MF	Fuad Bayramov
30	GK	Davud Karimi
33	DF	Tarlan Guliyev
65	DF	Jabir Amirli
66	DF	Murad Gayali
80	MF	Diallo Guidileye
93	DF	Edvinas Girdvainis

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2018.

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Rijat Garayev (at Sabah)

Club officials

Management

Position	Staff
President	Zaur Akhundov
Head director	Ramish Maliyev
Director of sport	Ramiz Mammadov
Team manager	Eldaniz Yusifov
Press secretary	Sabuhi Mammadov

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Tarlan Ahmedov
Assistant coach	Zaur Ismayilov
Goalkeeping coach	Jamal Aliyev
Fitness coach	Aleksandar Karaklić
Reserve team head coach	Ilgar Huseynov

Records

Individual

Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for the club, as of 14 November 2014 (players in bold signify current Inter players). Ģirts Karlsons is the club's all-time top scorer with 36 goals in 73 games.^[16]

Khagani Mammadov is one of the most goal scoring players.

**Top Ten Highest Goalscorers**
Player		Period	Appearances	Goals
1	Ģirts Karlsons	2009–12	73	36
2	Walter Guglielmone	2007–09	45	28
3	Bachana Tskhadadze	2010–present	97	28
4	Khagani Mammadov	2007–09	35	22
5	Robertas Poškus	2009–11	52	17
6	Emin Imamaliev	2003–05	48	14
7	Uladzimir Makowski	2004–06	52	11
8	Volodimir Levin	2004–13	204	11
9	Petar Zlatinov	2008–13	97	10
10	Mikel Álvaro	2013–present	30	9

Volodimir Levin is Inter's most capped player.

**Top Ten Players With Most Appearances**
Player		Period	Caps	Goals
1	Volodimir Levin	2004–13	204	11
2	Asif Mammadov	2008–10; 2010–present	118	7
3	Giorgi Lomaia	2009–present	108	0
4	Arif Dashdemirov	2010–present	98	5
5	Bachana Tskhadadze	2010–present	97	28
6	Petar Zlatinov	2008–13	97	10
7	Ilia Kandelaki	2010–13	75	3
8	Elmar Bakhshiev	2004–07	74	1
9	Ģirts Karlsons	2009–12	73	36
10	Bronislav Červenka	2007–12	72	5

Notable managers

Information correct as of match played 2 November 2014. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Ismail Aliyev	Azerbaijan	1997	1998	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Samir Alakbarov	Azerbaijan	1999	2000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Boyukagha Aghayev	Azerbaijan	2001	2004	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		^[17]
Anatoly Konjkov	Ukraine	2004	2006	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		^[18]
Oleg Smolyaninov	Russia	2006	2006	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		^[19]
Valentyn Khodukin	Ukraine	2006	Jun 2009	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Azerbaijan Premier League	^[19]
Kakhaber Tskhadadze	Georgia	Jul 2009	Jun 2015	7002220000000000000♠220	7002111000000000000♠111	7001630000000000000♠63	7001460000000000000♠46	7002301000000000000♠301	7002166000000000000♠166	07001504500000000000♠50.45	Azerbaijan Premier League CIS Cup	^[20]
Zaur Svanadze	Georgia	Jun 2015	Oct 2017	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ramiz Mammadov	Azerbaijan	Oct 2017	Dec 2017	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yuriy Maksymov	Ukraine	Dec 2017	July 2018	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Azerbaijan Cup

Notes:

P – Total of played matches
W – Won matches
D – Drawn matches
L – Lost matches
GS – Goal scored
GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).

Honours

National

Azerbaijan League

Winners (2): 2007–08, 2009–10

Azerbaijan Cup

Winners (1): 2017–18

Regional

CIS Cup

Winners (1): 2011

References

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External links

Official Inter Baku Website

Inter Baku at Weltfussball.de

Inter Baku at Soccerway.com

http://dynamicsport.eu/

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v t e Keşla Football Club
Grounds	Inter Arena
Seasons	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012-13 2013-14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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