European Championship: Azerbaijan's minifootball team beat France to finish top of group

Football
  • 30 May, 2026
  • 16:37
European Championship: Azerbaijan's minifootball team beat France to finish top of group

Azerbaijan's national minifootball team have finished top of their group at the European Championship in Slovakia.

Report's correspondent dispatched to Bratislava informs that the team coached by Elshad Guliyev faced France in their third match in Group F.

The match at Tipos Arena ended in a 3-2 victory for Azerbaijan.

In the first half, a France player scored an own goal. Azerbaijan's Elvin Alizada and Ramiz Chovdarov scored in the second half.

In the group's other match, Austria defeated Italy 5-0.

Azerbaijan, who had earlier beaten Austria 1-0 and Italy 3-0, increased their points tally to nine and finished as group leaders. The team had secured qualification for the next round in the previous matchday. France finished second with four points, Austria third with three points, and Italy last with one point.