Gabala’s Javid Huseynov and Ruslan Gurbanov fielded for the Azerbaijan national football team in the starting line-up against Czech within a World Cup 2018 Qualifying Round. The ninth tour, last home game, ended with 1:2 in the favor of the opponent side. Both red-black footballers were changed during the game. Huseynov left the game in the 79th minute as Gurbanov played for 62 minutes. Ruslan was a part of the only goal by Azerbaijan earning the team penalty.

This was Huseynov’s 52nd and Gurbanov’s 18th experience for the provisional team.