# 2009–10 FK Qarabağ season

The Qarabağ 2009–10 season was Qarabağ's 17th Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their second season under Gurban Gurbanov. They finished the season in 3rd place, and were knocked out of the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup at the quarterfinal stage by Khazar Lankaran. They also participated in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, entering at the Second Qualifying Round stage. They beat Rosenborg BK of Norway, before beating FC Honka of Finland in the Third Qualifying Round. This meant they faced FC Twente of the Netherlands in the Play-off Round, which they lost 1-3 on aggregate.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Farhad Veliyev |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Aftandil Hajiyev |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Zaur Hashimov |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Maksim Medvedev |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadiqov |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Namiq Yusifov |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Aslan Kerimov |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Emin Imamaliev |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Sahil Kerimov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Gara Garayev |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadigov |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Aykhan Abbasov |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Natig Karimi |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Afran Ismayilov |
| 24 | DF | ALB | Admir Teli |
| — | DF | AZE | Nodar Mammadov |
| — | MF | AZE | Rashad Karimov |
| — | MF | AZE | Emin Mustafayev |
| — | FW | AZE | Tural Isgandarov |
| — | FW | GEO | Giorgi Adamia |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov (from Inter Baku) |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadigov (from Kocaelispor) |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov (from FK Karvan) |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Afran Ismayilov (loan return from Turan Tovuz) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Nidal Ferhatovic (to Famos-SAŠK Napredak) |
| 10 | FW | MKD | Artim Sakiri (Retired) |
| 13 | DF | MKD | Zekirija Ramadan (to Shkëndija) |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Sedat Şahin (to Bursa Nilüfer) |
| — | DF | AZE | Bayram Kerimov (to Turan Tovuz) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GEO | Giorgi Adamia (from Baku) |
| — | MF | AZE | Rashad Karimov (from Karvan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | AZE | Vagif Javadov (to FC Twente). |

## Competitions
### Azerbaijan Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Inter Baku | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 49 | Qualification for championship group |
| 2 | Khazar Lankaran | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 44 | Qualification for championship group |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 42 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Baku | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 37 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Gabala | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 36 | Qualification for championship group |

### Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Inter Baku (C) | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 29 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Baku | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 28 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 27 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Khazar Lankaran | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 27 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Neftçi Baku | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 23 | |
* ↑ Baku were the winners of the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
* 1 2 QAR: 7 pts, 4–3; KHA: 4 pts, 3–4

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying stage
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Farhad Veliyev | 35 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 29 | 1 | 24+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Aftandil Hajiyev | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Zaur Hashimov | 30 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Maksim Medvedev | 31 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov | 28 | 5 | 21+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Namiq Yusifov | 36 | 0 | 25+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Aslan Kerimov | 34 | 3 | 17+11 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov | 33 | 3 | 19+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Emin Imamaliev | 23 | 2 | 12+8 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev | 32 | 5 | 18+9 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Sahil Kerimov | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Gara Garayev | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadigov | 27 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Aykhan Abbasov | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vugar Nadirov | 35 | 3 | 17+12 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Afran Ismayilov | 31 | 5 | 27+0 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ALB | Admir Teli | 36 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AZE | Nodar Mammadov | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AZE | Rashad Karimov | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AZE | Emin Mustafayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | AZE | Tural Isgandarov | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | GEO | Georgi Adamia | 10 | 4 | 9+1 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Qarabağ that left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 20 | FW | AZE | Vagif Javadov | 22 | 4 | 13+3 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Rauf Aliyev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | MF | 22 | Afran Ismayilov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | FW | 20 | Vagif Javadov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | | Giorgi Adamia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 9 | Elvin Mammadov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | 6 | Rashad Sadygov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Aslan Kerimov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Emin Imamaliev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 17 | Vugar Nadirov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 14 | Rashad Sadiqov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 24 | Admir Teli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 2 | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 3 | Aftandil Hajiyev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 31 | 6 | 5 | 42 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Farhad Veliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Aftandil Hajiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Zaur Hashimov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Maksim Medvedev | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Rashad Sadygov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Namiq Yusifov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Aslan Kerimov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Emin Imamaliev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Rauf Aliyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Rashad Sadigov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Aykhan Abbasov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Vügar Nadirov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Afran Ismayilov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Admir Teli | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| | DF | Nodar Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | Giorgi Adamia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | Tural Isgandarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 77 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 89 | 3 |