Karvan İK
association football club
Karvan İdman Klubu (pronounced [carvan]) 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.
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 was 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. 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.
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