Azerbaijani clubs have scored their 500th goal in European cups.
İdman.biz reports that the jubilee goal occurred in the first qualifying round of the Europa League match between Sabah and Celje.
Before the match of the Baku club against the Slovenian representative, Azerbaijani teams had scored 499 goals in 470 matches held in the history of European cups. Pavol Safranko, who opened the scoring in this match, became the author of the 500th goal.
Our clubs debuted in European cups in 1994. During this time, our teams scored 122 goals in the Champions League, 294 in the Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup), 64 in the Conference League, 19 in the Intertoto Cup, and 1 in the Cup Winners' Cup. 21 clubs from our country have experienced the excitement of European cups.
It should be noted that the author of our representatives' first goal in Europe was Yadigar Suleymanov. The "Kapaz" player found the net against Austria (1:5) in Vienna on August 22, 1995.
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