The ten-year anniversary of the first European away victory for an Azerbaijani club will be fast approaching soon, and next season the same club responsible for undertaking such an upset will await their fate in the draw for the Second Qualifying Round of the UEFA Europa League. FK Qarabag emerged from their unfashionable tag as underdogs to create a commotion in Northern Israel when Maccabi Haifa plunged to a first-hurdle catastrophe in the 1999/2000 edition of the Intertoto Cup.
FK Qarabag overcame the odds again on Saturday with a single-goal victory over Inter Baku to stride to the Azerbaijani Cup, lessening the frustration of missing out on European qualification via the conventional methods of the league. Vaqif Cavadov converted from the penalty spot when Elnur Allahverdiyev was illegally challenged in the box and the second-half winner secured Qarabag's third success in the domestic cup competition.
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