Stadium
Neftchi Baku's home games are usually played at Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku. Built by German prisoners of war in 1951 and constructed in the shape of C to honour Stalin, however it was renamed after famous football referee Tofik Bakhramov in 1993 after his death. The stadium also serves as the home ground of the Azerbaijan national football team and holds 30,000 making it the largest stadium in the country. In 2011, Neftchi's domestic games moved to Ismat Gayibov Stadium.
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