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Student Life

Sport

Physical fitness is part of a seafarer’s profession. The Academy has a swimming pool and gyms and the sports sections of the Physical Education and Sport Department; inter-faculty competitions are held every year.

  • DepartmentSince 2004
  • FacilitiesSwimming pool and gyms
  • Inter-faculty competitionsEvery year

How to join a section

  1. Physical Education and Sport Department

    Choose a sport

    Optional sections in swimming, sailing, volleyball, football, basketball, wrestling and other sports.

  2. Department, Student Youth Organisation

    Contact the department

    To join a section, speak to the department’s lecturers. Academy teams recruit through announcements; the Student Youth Organisation and the trade union’s Sports Society help to organise student competitions.

  3. Every yearThe Academy and partners

    Compete

    Inter-faculty competitions, inter-university events dedicated to the birthday of national leader Heydar Aliyev, and sailing races at sea on national holidays.

Sports Competitions

Department and sections

The Physical Education and Sport Department has been independent since 19 May 2004; from 1996 to 2004 the subject was taught within the Humanities Department. Alongside swimming and seamanship classes, the department runs optional sections: swimming, sailing, volleyball, football, basketball, wrestling and other sports. Students also compete in football, volleyball, wrestling and chess at national and Academy level.

Competitions and results

Year Competition Result
2026 Student football championship, final — AzFar Koroglu Arena, 16 May the final ended 8:4 (news)
2026 Swimming competition marking ADDA’s anniversaries — Azerbaijan Sport Academy pool students of technical universities (news)
2024 Swimming competition marking Heydar Aliyev’s 101st anniversary ADDA team — 3rd place (news)
2023 Baku Sailing Regatta 2023 our student — 2nd place (news)
2018 ASCO’s first Spartakiad ADDA team — 1st place in chess (news)

Sailing and water sports

Sailing races are held at sea on national holidays. Students race sailing boats and take part in other water sports — keeping up the physical fitness a seafarer needs.

Who organises

  • The department — sections and inter-faculty competitions.
  • Student Youth Organisation — student competitions and Academy teams.
  • Trade Union Committee — the Sports Society and sports days.
  • ASCO — seafarers’ Spartakiads, in which the Academy team also competes.

Frequently Asked Questions