Azerbaijan to play friendly with Bulgaria

Azerbaijan will play a friendly home match against Bulgaria on November 17. A team of Latvian referees will judge the match to start at 20:00 at the Republican Stadium named after Tofig Bahramov, the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) told AssA-Irada.

Azerbaijan’s national team started preparations for the upcoming match early in November. Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Torres has involved several new players in the squad.

While in Baku, Bulgarian coach Khristo Stoichkov is expected to deliver a lecture on the topic of “Tendencies in the world football after the 2004 European Cup” to the students of the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Training and Sport.

Azerbaijan lost to Austria (0:2) and England (0:1), drew Wales (1:1) and Northern Ireland (0:0) in the 2006 World Cup qualifying.