The Ghost Town in the Champions League | Qarabag FK's Incredible Rise

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Qarabag's Champions League debut marked an incredible journey for the Azerbaijan Champions who were caught up in war in the 1990s and forced to flee their home town. Thanks to Qarabag for letting us use their footage Music Licensed By: Audio Network - https://www.audionetwork.com/ Subscribe to COPA90: http://bit.ly/Copa90Subscr

This video from COPA90, titled "The Ghost Town in the Champions League | Qarabag FK's Incredible Rise," explores the remarkable journey of Qarabag FK reaching the UEFA Champions League group stages and the profound political and emotional background behind the club.

Club Origins and D

isplacement: Established in 1956, Qarabag FK was originally based in the city of Agdam [00:17]. However, following the Nagorno-Karabakh war in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the region was heavily bombarded, evacuated, and turned into a ghost town [00:25]. During the conflict, the te

am continued to play in their home city under difficult circumstances, with one of their final matches played amidst stadium bombardments [01:05]. In 1993, the club was forced to relocate east to Azerbaijan's capital, Baku [00:58].

Reaching the Champions League: Decades later, Qarabag

FK made history by becoming the first Azerbaijani team to qualify for the Champions League group stages [01:16]. This achievement was led by Azerbaijani manager and national team legend Gurban Gurbanov [01:23].

Significance for the Community: For the fans and people driven from their

homes, the club's presence in European competitions serves as an opportunity to gain international recognition, share a positive story about Agdam, and bring attention to the ongoing conflict where 20% of the territory is occupied [00:44]. Playing against prominent European clubs lik

e Chelsea, Roma, and Atlético Madrid provided a platform to represent their displaced community on a global stage [02:06].

Match Outcome vs. Greater Meaning: While the team faced a tough loss on the pitch against a multi-million-pound squad at Stamford Bridge, the result was considere

d a minor footnote compared to the inspiring story of a club rising from a war-torn ghost town to compete at the highest level of European football [02:37].

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Viewer Discussion & Comments

@joshandrews1315

Respect to Qarabag from Scotland

@dylson7728

I was there at Stamford bridge on the night as a chelsea fan, and i met some of the fans before. The Azerbaijanis are such nice people and gave their team fantastic support. I wish them plenty more wins

@cjaime5137

It's the stories of how the small clubs in Europe make it to the UEFACL, that make the group stage special and unique

@incrediblelife4065

Respect from india

@imarettayfa

Make another video about Qarabağ FK. There's more you don't show in video. For ex.

@miroslavt231

Massive respect to British people from Azerbaijan!

@MichalT_03

Kuba Rzezniczak

@iluvshabba9207

Wait, "8 years ago"?? Who here in 2025?🙂

@senadve

As a Chelsea fan, fucking congrats to Qarabag :)

@eckhardtz

Update from 2021:

@natiqresulzade3439

Qaarabağ ürəkdi ürək Azərbaycan futbolunu yenidən yazan komandadı Çelsiyə 6-0 uduzmaq boş şeydi e əsas qələbə bax budud belə videolardı Döblətin 20 ildən çox vaxtdı edə bilmədiyini Qurban Qurbanov və onun əsgərləri edir Yaşasın Qarabağ Yaşasın Azərbaycan

@lucaazeri1700

LOVE TO QARABAG FROM MIAMI FL.

@imamkarim1117

I would like to write about the conflict. Because as azerbaijani we lost not only our land but also our people, our life, our memories, our culture, our monuments and etc. Karabakh is one of the ancient regions of Azerbaijan. Karabakh is one of the ancient regions of Azerbaijan. The word Karabakh given by the Azerbaijan nation to a part of their native lands was used for the first time 1,300 years ago (in the 7th century)!?. At first, Karabakh was used as a historical-geographical definition, but it later transformed to cover a larger geographical area. By the way, this aspect is very typical for Azerbaijan: Nakhchivan city - Nakhchivan region, Sheki city - Shaki region, Ganja city - Ganja region, Lenkoran city- Lenkoran region and etc.

@SuperDummGelaufen

The Fans at 0:50 and 2:01 are actually Eintracht Frankfurt Ultras in Agdam during the Euroleague qualifier in 2013...Just sayin

@tizian138

Poet: "they lack quality"