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Azerbaijan name squad for World Cup qualifiers [Sat Aug 27th, 2005]
Baku (Reuters) - Azerbaijan coach Vagif Sadykhov has named the following 23-man squad for World Cup European Zone Group Six qualifiers away to Northern Ireland on September 3 and at home to Austria four days later:
Goalkeepers: Dmitry Kramarenko (Karvan Yevlakh), Jahangir Hasanzade (Karabakh Agdam), Elshan Poladov (Turan Tovuz)
Defenders: Rashad Sadigov (Kayserispor, Turkey), Rafael Amirbekov and Rail Melikov (both Baki Baku), Aftandil Hajiyev (Turan Tovuz), Elmar Bakhshiyev and Zaur Gashimov (both Inter Baku), Yuri Muzyka (Karvan Yevlakh)
Midfielders: Kamal Guliyev, Emin Guliyev, Makhmud Gurbanov and Alim Gurbanov (all Khazar Lenkaran), Mahir Shukurov (Karvan Yevlakh), Aslan Kerimov (Karabakh Agdam), Zaur Tagizade (Neftchi Baku), Anatoly Ponomaryov (Kalmar, Sweden)
Forwards: Gurban Gurbanov (Inter Baku), Farrukh Ismailov (Karvan Yevlakh), Nadir Nabiyev (Neftchi Baku), Samir Aliyev (Khazar Lenkaran), Emin Imamaliyev (Baki Baku).
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