What did you do, Fernando Santos? Sixth defeat and no victory on Azerbaijan’s bench

THE Fernando Santos he took over the Azerbaijan In June 2024, however, the results are not so far desired.

Yesterday, in a friendly celebration of the 100th anniversary of the country’s football federation, Azerbaijan lost 3-0 to Haitiwith Franci Pierre scoring twice.

That was the Sixth defeat in seven matches with the Portuguese technician On the bench for the Azeris, who in his days have avoided defeat only in one match against Estonia that ended 0-0 for the third division of the Nations League.

Only two other coaches of Azerbaijan They have a worse performance than Santos at their start on the bench of the National Team: Agaleshim Miriavandov, who had ten defeats in his tenure in his term from 1994 to 1995, and Igor Ponvarhard, who had 9 defeats in his first 10 games in 2000.

The Azerbaijan He will begin in September his efforts in the World Cup qualifiers facing the Iceland, Ukraine and one of France or Croatia.

It is noted that Fernando Santos had, before Azerbaijan, a moderate passage from her bench Polish 2023 with three wins and equal defeats. On the contrary, he had presented excellent work at National Greece From 2010 to 2014 (26 wins, 16 draws, 7 defeats) culminating the course up to the 16th of the 2014 World Cup, but also at Portugal From 2014 to 2022 (68 wins, 21 draws, 20 defeats), with the highlight of the Euro in 2016.

In detail the results of Santos with Azerbaijan:

05/09/2024: Azerbaijan-Sydia 1-3 (Nations League)

08/09/2024: Slovakia-Azerbaijan 2-0 (Nations League)

11/10/2024: Estonia-Azerbaijan 3-1 (Nations League)

14/10/2024: Azerbaijan-Slovakia 1-3 (Nations League)

16/11/2024: Azerbaijan-Estonia 0-0 (Nations League)

19/11/2024: Sweden-Azerbaijan 6-0 (Nations League)

22/03/2025: Azerbaijan-aeite 0-3 (friendly)