That is thanks to a final qualifying round victory over Denmark's FC Copenhagen -- scraping through on away goals after the tie ended 2-2. Before that they disposed of Georgian side Samtredia 6-0 on aggregate and overcame FC Sheriff Tiraspol of Moldova 2-1. They play their home games 440km away in the capital Baku but despite being uprooted the club remains a great source of pride for Azerbaijan with most of the national team being made up of Qarabag players. I know a lot of their players very well because I played against Azerbaijan in qualifying when I was Italy coach. They have a lot of players who play for the national team," the Italian said.

Source: The Star September 11, 2017 16:30 UTC