MOIK Baku

The club was established under the name OIK (Azerbaijani: Ordu İdman Klubu; English: Sports Club of Army) in 1961 as sport society of Azerbaijani Armed Forces and was funded by USSR Ministry of Defense until 1990 and Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense since 1993. It has never participated in any Soviet football league, entered Soviet Cup just once and was eliminated in the preliminary round, but has won Azerbaijan USSR League 4 times and Azerbaijan USSR Cup 8 times. MOIK began to participate at Azerbaijan First Division in 1993, making its Azerbaijan Premier League debut in 1995. The club has won Azerbaijan First Division two times. Its best indicator at Azerbaijan Premier League is the 7th place (2001). To the beginning of 2003–04 season the club changed its name into MOIK (Azerbaijani: Mərkəzi Ordu İdman Klubu; English: Central Sports Club of Army).