Azerbaijani national team will play its next match today against Haiti.
The friendly match in Sumgait will be a landmark match, Idman.biz reports.
For the first time in history, the Azerbaijani national team will host a team from across the ocean. Haiti is the 5th CONCACAF representative to compete with Azerbaijan team.
Azerbaijan team has met with opponents from North, Central America and the Caribbean 5 times. The matches against Trinidad and Tobago and the USA were held away. The matches against Canada and Honduras were hosted by Austria.
In three of these 5 matches, the losing national team won 2 draws. The team, which remained winless, scored 1 goal and conceded 6 goals. Dmitry Nazarov scored the only goal.
Azerbaijan national team against CONCACAF representatives:
January 21, 2005. YO. Trinidad and Tobago – Azerbaijan - 1:0
January 23, 2005. YO. Trinidad and Tobago – Azerbaijan - 2:0
June 2, 2010. YO. Honduras - Azerbaijan - 0:0
May 28, 2014. YO. USA - Azerbaijan - 2:0
June 3, 2016. YO. Azerbaijan – Canada - 1:1
Azerbaijan – Haiti match will be held on March 22.
Idman.biz