Club to represent Azerbaijan in UEFA Regions Cup faces problems

Baku. 12 September. REPORT.AZ/ Sumgayit's Ugur team which will represent Azerbaijan in UEFA Regions Cup has faced some problems in UEFA Regions Cup, Report informs citing head coach of the team Gazanfar Abbasov. According to him, there are difficulties in attracting new players to the squad.

The 35-year-old specialist said that Ugur is currenly financed from the personal funds of club president Vasif Mashayev.

Sumgayit representative that competed in continental racing as the winner of AFFA Regional League settled in Group VI with Ukraine's Lviv Region, Castile and León and Finland's Western Region Team.

The coach said they are trying to collect information about their opponents in the group: Castile and León plays for many years. Ukrainian and Finnish teams are also not weak. We will try to gather as much information as possible about the rivals. Our club has just emerged and we do not have much experience. Nevertheless, we will do our best to achieve good results”.

Abbasov said that Ugur started preparations for the match on August 12 and noted that the team was training at the Absheron Olympic Stadium.

Notably, the race, started in 1966 and held under the name of Regional Cup since 1999, takes place once in two years in the country of one of the teams in the mini-tournament format.