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The starting lineups of the Azerbaijani and Ukrainian national teams, which will face each other in Baku today in the 2026 World Cup European qualifying round, have been announced.

Axar.az reports that the teams will take to the field with the following lineups in the match, which will start at 20:00 at the Tofig Bahramov Republic Stadium:

Azerbaijan: 1. Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev, 3. Elvin Jafarguliyev, 4. Bahlul Mustafazade, 5. Anton Krivotsyuk, 14. Elvin Badalov, 21. Gismet Aliyev, 8. Emin Mahmudov, 15. Abdula Khaybulayev, 10. Mahir Emreli, 19. Nariman Akhundzade, 9. Renat Dadashov

Ukraine: 12. Anatoly Trubin, 2. Yukhim Konoplya, 13. Ilya Zabarny, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 22. Mykola Matvienko, 6. Ivan Kalyuzhny, 7. Vladislav Vanat, 8. Georgi Sudakov, 14. Oleg Ocheretko, 19. Artyom Bondarenko, 20. Alexander Zubkov

Head coach: Sergey Rebrov.

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The Azerbaijan-Ukraine match in Baku, part of the 2026 World Cup European Zone qualifying round, has begun.

The match, held at the Tofig Bahramov Republic Stadium, kicked off at 8:00 PM.

The match is being refereed by a team of referees from Greece.

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The score was opened in the Azerbaijan-Ukraine match of Group D of the 2026 World Cup qualifying round.

The visitors scored the first goal in the match held at the Tofig Bahramov Republic Stadium.

In the 51st minute, Georgiy Sudakov scored.

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The score was tied in the Azerbaijan-Ukraine match of Group D of the 2026 World Cup qualifying round.

The hosts scored the equalizer in the match held at the Tofig Bahramov Republic Stadium.

In the 72nd minute, Emin Mahmudov converted a penalty awarded for handball.

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The match, held at the Tofig Bahramov Republic Stadium, ended in a 1:1 draw.

It should be noted that the Azerbaijani national team lost to Iceland 5-0 in the first match of Group D. Ukraine lost to France 0:2.