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Kapaz PFK (, ), is an football club based in Ganja, which competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier of Azerbaijan football. The club was founded as Toxucu in 1959. They have won the Azerbaijani Championship 3 times and the Azerbaijani Football Cup 4 times.

The team's colours are yellow and blue. The club plays at Ganja City Stadium which has a capacity of 26,120. Ganja City Stadium

History
Soviet era (1959–1991)
Kapaz PFC was founded in 1959 as Toxucu and played in the Soviet First League. However, the team were promoted to the Soviet Top League in 1968 as Dinamo Kirovobad after finishing first in the Soviet First League the previous season. The club has been known as Taraggi and Toxucu during its history, however it became famous in more modern times as Kapaz when it was renamed in 1982. Полностью сформировался состав вновь возвратившегося в футбол азербайджанского клуба "Гянджа"

Post-Soviet era (1993–1999)
In 1991, the club was once again renamed as Kapaz after 's independence from the and won the Azerbaijan Premier League title three times. At the end of the 1997–98 season, Kapaz finished the season unbeaten. Out of 26 games, the club's final record for the 1997–1998 league campaign stood at 22 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. To date this has not been matched by any team in a single season in an Azerbaijani league division.

Azerbaijan's longest league winning run belongs to Kapaz PFC.

Kapaz PFC remain the only team to win the league undefeated and, for ten months until 23 September 1998, opponents could not even take a point off them. Two of the 22 matches were technical victories awarded to Kapaz.

Financial struggles (2002–present)
Kapaz, one of the most prominent football clubs in Azerbaijan, entered financial difficulties during the late 2000s. Since 2002, the club has found themselves slipping further and further down the table, which has been influenced by financial difficulties. The financial collapse of Kapaz resulted in a great deal of discussion within Azerbaijani football. Major Azerbaijani companies, reportedly "concerned at the current uncertainty about the club's future and its backers" declined to provide Kapaz with the corporate banking facilities it needed.

In 2005, the club's new owners decided to rename the club Ganja despite facing criticism from the club's fans. In 2007, the club was excluded from Azerbaijan Premier League due to financial struggles. However, after help from the AFFA and local communities, the club participated in the Azerbaijan First Division during the 2009–10 season. “Gəncə”nin növbəti mövsüm I divizionda çıxış etməsi dəqiqləşdi In 2010 they became champions of the Azerbaijan First Division finishing the season with 47 points and promoted to the Azerbaijan Premier League. In 2011, it was decided that the club's name will be changed back to its old name of Kapaz PFC.

In April 2013, Kapaz were relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division. The ended the season in 12th place in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the club's lowest ever league finish. The club's financial situation didn't improve, which caused a lot of players to leave the club.

On 18 November 2017, resigned as manager with Yunis Hüseynov being appointed as his replacement on 20 November 2017.

For the 2022/23 Azerbaijani Premier League season, an expansion of the league to 10 teams was implemented. As there are only five independent football clubs in the first division, and FK Zaqatala, Qaradag Lokbatan and MOIK Baku declined to play in the Premier league for financial reasons, Kapaz and Turan Tovuz were promoted for next season.

League and cup history
19921st5th3623859829541/8 Finals
19931st4th181341481330First round
1993–941st3rd302073742547Winners
1994–951st1st241941711942Semi-finals
1995–961st3rd20956342132Quarter-finals
1996–971st5th301848592658Winners
1997–981st1st262240671070Winners
1998–991st1st362655942483Quarter-finals
1999–001st2nd221426462444Winners
2000–011st8th208111342925Quarter-finals
2001–021st5th3214513515047Semi-finals
2003–041st11th266515224523Quarter-finals
2004–051st9th34119143737421/8 Finals
2005–061st10th2677123546281/8 Finals
2009–102nd1st224535115471/8 Finals
2010–111st9th32812123337361/8 Finals
2011–121st10th329518355532Quarter-finals
2012–131st12th3254232264191/8 Finals
2013–142nd13th307419293725Second round
2014–152nd9th3010812373738did not enter
2015–161st5th36151110484056Second round
2016–171st5th289910242736Quarter-finals
2017–181st8th283520184714Quarter-finals
2018–192nd11th265714214022First round
2019–202nd812534141318First round
2020–212nd8277713303828Quarterfinal
2021–222nd624996353136First round
2022-231st83661317346231Quarterfinal

European history
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League8116219–17
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup200202–2
UEFA Champions League410349–5
Total142111630–24

1995–96PR0–41–51–9
1997–98UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1QDinaburg Daugavpils0–10–10–2
1998–99UEFA Champions League1QŁKS Łódź1–31–42–7
1999–00UEFA Champions League1QSloga Jugomagnat2–10–12–2
2000–011Q0–20–50–7
2016–17UEFA Europa League1QDacia Chișinău0–01–01–0
2QAdmira Wacker0–20–10–3

Supporters
The club have one of the biggest number of supporters in alongside Neftçi, Khazar Lankaran and Qarabağ. Amongst all Azerbaijani professional football clubs, Kapaz PFC have the highest average fan attendance at their home games. According to official statistics for the first half of 2015–16 season, Kapaz PFC ranked first in fan attendance at nearly 15,000 fans per home game. This was almost triple that of their nearest rival.

The 2015–16 seasons attendance record was set in Ganja, as 20,400 Kapaz fans attended home game against Qarabag FC on February 14, 2016 The fanbase is large and generally loyal and like most major Azerbaijani football clubs, Kapaz have a number of domestic supporters' clubs, including the Khamsa Supporters Club, which works closely with the club and maintains a more independent line. The club's most popular celebrity supporters are the likes of Olympic wrestling champion .

Shirt sponsors and kit manufacturers
2010 – 2013Nakhchivan Automobile Plant
2013 – 2016Gəncə 4000
2016 – 2017
2017 – 2018Nike
2018 – 2022
2022 –

Honours
Azerbaijan
  • Azerbaijan League
    • Champions (3): 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99
    • Runners–up (1): 1999–00
    • Winners (4): 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00
  • Azerbaijan First Division
    • Champions (1): 2009–10

USSR
  • Soviet First League
    • Champions (1): 1967
  • Soviet Second League
    • Champions (1): 1965
    • Runners–up (1): 1986
    • Quarter-finalist (1): 1962

Players
For a list of all former and current Kapaz PFC players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Kapaz PFC 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
Out on loan
Managers
Managers in Soviet League
  • Isay Abramashvili
  • Sabir Mammadov

Managers in modern history

Anniversary goals in the Azerbaijan Championship
On September 2, 2024, during their 651st match, "Kapaz" scored their 1000th goal in the Azerbaijani championships. This goal came in the 5th round of the 2024/2025 Azerbaijan Premier League season, in a match against "Sabah" held at the Tovuz City Stadium. The goal was scored by . In the same match, "Kapaz" also scored their 1001st goal, but the game ended with a 2:3 victory for "Sabah." With this goal, "Kapaz" became the third team in Azerbaijani championship history to score 1000 or more goals, joining "Qarabağ" and "Neftçi".

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