{{Infobox football club | clubname = Karvan İK | fullname = Karvan İdman Klubu | image = FK Karvan Yevlax.png | image_size = 180px | nickname = ''Dəvələr'' (Camels), ''Qara-Ağlar'' (Black and Whites) | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1990}}, as ''FC Avtomobilchi'' <br> {{Start date and age|df=yes|2004}}, as ''FK Karvan'' <br> {{Start date and age|df=yes|2022}}, as ''FK Karvan-Yevlakh'' | ground = Yevlakh Stadium | capacity = 5,000 | chrtitle = President | chairman = Akbar Najafli | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Vacant | league = Azerbaijan Premier League | season = 2025–26 | position = Azerbaijan Premier League, 12th of 12 (relegated) | current = | pattern_la1 = _black_stripes | pattern_b1 = _blackstripes | pattern_ra1 = _black_stripes | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = _blackborder | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = _blackborder | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = FF0000 | body2 = FF0000 | rightarm2 = FF0000 | shorts2 = FF0000 | socks2 = FF0000 | website = {{Official website|http://www.karvan.az/}} }}
'''Karvan İdman Klubu''' ({{IPA|az|carvan|pron}}) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Yevlakh that participates in the Azerbaijan Premier League, after promotion from the Azerbaijan First Division in 2025. It was the first Azerbaijani club to pass the first qualification stage in the UEFA Cup.<ref>[http://www.rol.ru/news/misc/newssng/06/07/28_054.htm Азербайджанский клуб "Карван" завоевал путевку во второй классификационный этап кубка УЕФА] {{in lang|ru}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716201106/http://www.rol.ru/news/misc/newssng/06/07/28_054.htm |date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref>
== History == === Football in Yevlakh === The first football club established in Yevlakh, one of the biggest cities in Azerbaijan, was FC Avtomobilchi, in 1990. The team participated in the Soviet Second League and the Azerbaijan Premier League twice. FC Avtomobilchi relegated after the 1993–94 season, and dissolved. The second football team in Yevlakh was founded 10 years later, in 2004.
=== Golden years === Karvan was admitted to the 2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.karvan.az/?p=1&lg=en |title=History from club's Official Site |access-date=2009-08-22 |archive-date=2007-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010075729/http://www.karvan.az/?p=1&lg=en |url-status=live }}</ref> The club got off to a good start, finishing third in the 2004–05 season and second in the 2005–06 season. In addition, they reached the national cup final in 2005–06, but lost to FK Karabakh, 2–1. Karvan played in the Intertoto Cup in 2005. In the 2006–07 season the club participated in the UEFA Cup and reached the second qualifying round.
=== Financial difficulties and relegation === As management reduced funding, the best players left immediately after coach Yunis Hüseynov's resignation. In the 2007–08 season Karvan finished 11th, and club executives were forced to ask Huseynov to return. In the 2009–10 season, they were relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division. In 2012, the owners announced that the club would be dissolved and not participate in the First Division.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Карван, МКТ-Араз и Мугань прекратили свое существование|url=http://www.azerisport.com/football/20120824125646239.html|work=Azerisport.com|access-date=24 August 2012|language=ru|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073841/http://www.azerisport.com/football/20120824125646239.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 21 August 2013, it was announced the club would be reformed and participate in the First Division.<ref>{{cite web|title=I divizionda neçə klub çıxış edəcək?|url=http://fanat.az/i-divizionda-nec%C9%99-klub-cixis-ed%C9%99c%C9%99k/|work=fanat.az|access-date=20 August 2013|language=az|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823015737/http://fanat.az/i-divizionda-nec%C9%99-klub-cixis-ed%C9%99c%C9%99k/|archive-date=23 August 2013}}</ref> Even though, on 18 August 2014, the club again dissolved due to financial problems.<ref>{{cite web|title="Karvan" da belə getdi: "Komandanın dağılmaması üçün PFL-ə də müraciət etmişdim"|url=http://forvard.az/?p=68896|website=forvard.az|access-date=18 August 2014|language=az|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090043/http://forvard.az/?p=68896|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Stadium == Karvan's home ground is Yevlakh Stadium which has a capacity of 5,000.
== League and cup history == {|class="wikitable" !Season !Div. !Pos. !Pl. !W !D !L !GS !GA !P !Domestic Cup |- |align=center|2004–05 |align=center|1st |align=center|'''3''' |align=center|34 |align=center|23 |align=center|7 |align=center|4 |align=center|66 |align=center|18 |align=center|'''76''' |align=center|1/8 Finals |- |align=center|2005–06 |align=center|1st |align=center bgcolor=silver|'''2''' |align=center|26 |align=center|17 |align=center|6 |align=center|3 |align=center|50 |align=center|9 |align=center|'''57''' |align=center bgcolor=silver|Runners-up |- |align=center|2006–07 |align=center|1st |align=center|'''7''' |align=center|24 |align=center|10 |align=center|5 |align=center|9 |align=center|36 |align=center|30 |align=center|'''35''' |align=center|Quarter-finals |- |align=center|2007–08 |align=center|1st |align=center|'''11''' |align=center|26 |align=center|6 |align=center|5 |align=center|15 |align=center|23 |align=center|36 |align=center|'''23''' |align=center|1/8 Finals |- |align=center|2008–09 |align=center|1st |align=center|'''9''' |align=center|26 |align=center|10 |align=center|4 |align=center|12 |align=center|28 |align=center|33 |align=center|'''34''' |align=center|1/8 Finals |- |align=center|2009–10 |align=center|1st |align=center|'''12''' |align=center|22 |align=center|2 |align=center|5 |align=center|15 |align=center|17 |align=center|36 |align=center|'''11''' |align=center|1/8 Finals |- |align=center|2010–11 |align=center|2nd |align=center|'''8''' |align=center|26 |align=center|6 |align=center|8 |align=center|12 |align=center|26 |align=center|40 |align=center|'''26''' |align=center|Preliminary Round |- |align=center|2011–12 |align=center|2nd |align=center|'''3''' |align=center|26 |align=center|16 |align=center|7 |align=center|3 |align=center|55 |align=center|22 |align=center|'''55''' |align=center|Preliminary Round |- |align=center|2013–14 |align=center|2nd |align=center|'''8''' |align=center|30 |align=center|12 |align=center|6 |align=center|12 |align=center|46 |align=center|56 |align=center|'''42''' |align=center|N/A |}
== European cup history == ''As of December 2008.'' {| class="wikitable" !Season !Competition !Round !Country !Club !Home !Away !Aggregate |- |2005 |UEFA Intertoto Cup |1R |{{flagicon|Poland}} |Lech Poznan |1–2 |0–2 |1–4 |- |rowspan="2"|2006–07 |rowspan="2"|UEFA Cup |Q1 |{{flagicon|SVK}} |Spartak Trnava |1–0 |1–0 |2–0 |- |Q2 |{{flagicon|CZE}} |Slavia Praha |0–2 |0–0 |0–2 |- |}
== Players == === Current squad === {{Updated|29 March, 2026}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|pos=GK|nat=AZE|name=Kamran Ibrahimov}} {{Fs player|no= 2|pos=DF|nat=NED|name=Shaquill Sno}} {{Fs player|no= 4|pos=DF|nat=NGR|name=Olawale Doyeni}} {{Fs player|no= 5|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=Emin Rüstamov|other=on loan from Sabail}} {{Fs player|no= 6|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=Vadim Abdullayev}} {{Fs player|no= 7|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=Araz Abdullayev}} {{Fs player|no= 8|pos=FW|nat=NGR|name=Peter Kings}} {{Fs player|no=10|pos=FW|nat=SRI|name=Sam Durrant}} {{Fs player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=SCO|name=Kyle Spence}} {{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=Vusal Masimov}} {{Fs player|no=14|pos=FW|nat=AZE|name=Ugur Jahangirov}} {{Fs player|no=16|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=Rauf Rustamli|other=on loan from Sabah}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=17|pos=FW|nat=AZE|name=Samir Abdullayev}} {{Fs player|no=18|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=Suleyman Ahmadov}} {{Fs player|no=19|pos=MF|nat=NGR|name=Gavi Thompson}} {{Fs player|no=20|pos=FW|nat=RWA|name=Joy-Slayd Mickels}} {{Fs player|no=21|pos=DF|nat=FRA|name=Imani Barker|other=on loan from Sumgayit}} {{Fs player|no=25|pos=GK|nat=AZE|name=Amrah Bulud}} {{Fs player|no=32|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=Elvin Yunuszade}} {{Fs player|no=33|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=Eltun Turabov}} {{Fs player|no=37|pos=DF|nat=GER|name=Moise Ngwisani}} {{Fs player|no=42|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=Ibrahim Qadirzada}} {{Fs player|no=77|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=Ali Abdullayev}} {{Fs player|no=99|pos=GK|nat=STP|name=Pedro Mateus}} {{Fs end}}
== Club officials == === Management === {| class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |President|| {{flagicon|AZE}} Bakhtiyar Hüseynov |- |Vice-president ||{{flagicon|AZE}} Kanan Karimov |- |}
=== Coaching staff === {| class="wikitable" |- !Position !Name |- |Head coach |{{flagicon|AZE}} Fizuli Mammadov |- |Assistant coach |{{flagicon|AZE}} Firuz Gurbanov |- |Goalkeeping coach |{{flagicon|AZE}} Huseyn Mahammadov |- |}
== Coaches == *{{flagicon|AZE}} Yunis Huseynov (2004–2005) *{{flagicon|TUR}} Fuat Yaman (2005) *{{flagicon|AZE}} Yunis Huseynov (2005–2007) *{{flagicon|AZE}} Tabriz Hasanov (2007–2008) *{{flagicon|AZE}} Yunis Huseynov (2008–2010) *{{flagicon|AZE}} Vidadi Rzayev (2010–2011) *{{flagicon|AZE}} Zakir Mahmudov (2011–2012) *{{flagicon|AZE}} Kanan Karimov (2013–2014) *{{flagicon|AZE}} Kanan Karimov (2021–2025) *{{flagicon|AZE}} Azer Hashimov (2025–)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.karvan.az/}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110925111541/http://www.pfl.az/content.php?lang=az&page=397 FK Karvan] at PFL.az (archived 25 September 2011)
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