The club was founded in 1950 and prior to 1998, called "Nefteqaz". In 2003, club was renamed to
Shahdag-Samur. Firstly the team participated at
Soviet Second League in 1990 and 1991 seasons. Shahdag also was among 26 participating teams at first
football championship of independent
Azerbaijan. During the 1990s, the club stopped existence twice because of the financial problems and most recently refounded in 2000. ==Crest and colours==