# 2019–20 Qarabağ FK season

The Qarabağ 2019–20 season was Qarabağ's 27th Azerbaijan Premier League season, of which they were defending champions, and was their twelfth season under manager Gurban Gurbanov. Qarabağ were crowned Champions for the 7th season in a row when the season was curtailed on 19 June, whilst they had reached the semi-finals of the Azerbaijan Cup when it was ended. In Europe, Qarabağ were knocked out of the Champions League by APOEL in the Third qualifying round, dropping into the Europa League where they finished 3rd in a group with Sevilla, APOEL and Dudelange.

## Season overview

On 7 June, Míchel signed a new two-year contract with Qarabağ.
On 24 June, Qarabağ announced the signing of Jaime Romero on a three-year contract after his Córdoba contract had been mutually ended the previous week.
On 4 July, Qarabağ announced the loan-signing of Ailton from VfB Stuttgart.
On 15 July, Qarabağ announced the signing of Faycal Rherras from AS Béziers on a two-year contract.
On 16 July, Qarabağ announced that Wilde-Donald Guerrier had left the club after failing to return to Azerbaijan after the summer break, and that Magaye Gueye had joined the club from Osmanlıspor.
On 30 August, Qarabağ announced that Dzon Delarge had left the club by mutual consent.
On 2 September, Qarabağ announced the loan signing of Asmir Begović from Bournemouth.
On 23 January, Qarabağ announced the signing of Owusu Kwabena on a 3.5-year contract from Leganés.
On 3 January, Dani Quintana left the club to sign for China League One club Chengdu Better City.
On 13 March 2020, the Azerbaijan Premier League was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 8 June 2020, Qarabağ announced that Magaye Gueye had left the club by mutual consent.
On 19 June 2020, the AFFA announced that the 2019–20 season had been officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.

## Squad

    As of match played 8 March 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | GK | (1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 26) | Sumgayit | 2015 | 2020 | 42 | 0 |
| 13 | Vagner | GK | (1986-06-06)6 June 1986 (aged 34) | Royal Excel Mouscron | 2018 | 2020 | 34 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Ailton | DF | (1995-03-16)16 March 1995 (aged 25) | loan from VfB Stuttgart | 2019 | 2020 | 28 | 3 |
| 4 | Rahil Mammadov | DF | (1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 24) | Sabail | 2018 | 2021 | 36 | 1 |
| 5 | Maksim Medvedev | DF | (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 30) | Youth team | 2006 | 2020 | 432+ | 13+ |
| 14 | Rashad Sadygov | DF | (1982-06-16)16 June 1982 (aged 38) | Eskişehirspor | 2011 | | 323 | 10 |
| 23 | Faycal Rherras | DF | (1993-04-07)7 April 1993 (aged 27) | AS Béziers | 2019 | 2021 | 8 | 1 |
| 30 | Abbas Huseynov | DF | (1995-06-13)13 June 1995 (aged 25) | Inter Baku | 2017 | | 52 | 1 |
| 55 | Badavi Huseynov | DF | (1991-07-11)11 July 1991 (aged 28) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2012 | 2020 | 326 | 4 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | Gara Garayev | MF | (1992-10-12)12 October 1992 (aged 27) | Youth team | 2008 | 2021 | 348 | 3 |
| 7 | Araz Abdullayev | MF | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 28) | loan from Panionios | 2018 | 2020 | 50 | 4 |
| 8 | Míchel | MF | (1985-11-08)8 November 1985 (aged 34) | Maccabi Haifa | 2015 | 2021 | 168 | 30 |
| 17 | Abdellah Zoubir | MF | (1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 28) | RC Lens | 2018 | 2020 | 76 | 15 |
| 18 | Ismayil Ibrahimli | MF | (1998-02-13)13 February 1998 (aged 22) | MOIK Baku | 2018 | | 23 | 5 |
| 19 | Filip Ozobić | MF | (1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 29) | Gabala | 2018 | 2021 | 51 | 12 |
| 21 | Hajiagha Hajili | MF | (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 22) | Gabala | 2019 | 2023 | 11 | 0 |
| 71 | Toral Bayramov | MF | (2001-02-23)23 February 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Jaime Romero | FW | (1990-07-31)31 July 1990 (aged 29) | Córdoba | 2019 | 2022 | 26 | 6 |
| 11 | Mahir Emreli | FW | (1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 22) | Baku | 2015 | 2020 | 164 | 48 |
| 27 | Owusu Kwabena | FW | (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 (aged 23) | Leganés | 2020 | 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | Musa Qurbanlı | FW | (2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 44 | Elvin Cafarguliyev | MF | (2000-10-26)26 October 2000 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Nijat Suleymanov | MF | (1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 21) | Youth team | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Nijat Mehbaliyev | GK | (2000-09-11)11 September 2000 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2017 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Asmir Begović | GK | (1987-06-20)20 June 1987 (aged 32) | loan from Bournemouth | 2019 | 2020 | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | Simeon Slavchev | MF | (1993-09-25)25 September 1993 (aged 26) | Sporting CP | 2018 | 2021 | 39 | 2 |
| 10 | Dani Quintana | MF | (1987-03-08)8 March 1987 (aged 33) | Al-Ahli | 2015 | 2020 | 152 | 44 |
| 20 | Richard | MF | (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 31) | loan from Astana | 2019 | | 283 | 56 |
| 28 | Dzon Delarge | FW | (1990-06-24)24 June 1990 (aged 29) | Bursaspor | 2018 | 2020 | 19 | 3 |
| 77 | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | MF | (1989-03-31)31 March 1989 (aged 31) | Alanyaspor | 2017 | 2020 | 67 | 6 |
| 99 | Magaye Gueye | FW | (1990-07-06)6 July 1990 (aged 29) | Osmanlıspor | 2019 | | 28 | 8 |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | MF | AZE | Elvin Cafarguliyev (at Sumgayit) |
| 70 | MF | AZE | Nijat Suleymanov (at Zira) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 94 | GK | AZE | Nijat Mehbaliyev (at Sumgayit) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 24 June 2019 | FW | Jaime Romero | Córdoba | Free |
| 15 July 2019 | DF | Faycal Rherras | AS Béziers | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2019 | FW | Magaye Gueye | Osmanlıspor | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2020 | FW | Owusu Kwabena | Leganés | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 3 January 2020 | MF | | Dani Quintana | Chengdu Better City | Undisclosed | |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 31 August 2018 | MF | Araz Abdullayev | Panionios | 30 June 2020 |
| 12 January 2019 | MF | Richard Almeida | Astana | 31 December 2019 |
| 4 July 2019 | DF | Ailton | VfB Stuttgart | End of Season |
| 2 September 2019 | GK | Asmir Begović | Bournemouth | January 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Elvin Jafarguliyev | Sumgayit | End of Season |
| 13 June 2019 | MF | Nijat Suleymanov | Zira | End of Season |
| 13 September 2019 | GK | Nijat Mehbaliyev | Sumgayit | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 16 July 2019 | MF | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | Neftçi | 5 September 2019 |
| 30 August 2019 | FW | Dzon Delarge | České Budějovice | |
| December 2019 | MF | Simeon Slavchev | Levski Sofia | 22 December 2019 |
| 8 June 2020 | FW | Magaye Gueye | | |
| 22 June 2020 | GK | Vagner | | |
| 22 June 2020 | DF | Faycal Rherras | | |
| 30 June 2020 | GK | Nijat Mehbaliyev | Sabah | 1 July 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Rashad Sadygov | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Nijat Suleymanov | | |

## Competitions
### Azerbaijan Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 March 2020. Source: See Results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Qarabağ (C) | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 45 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Neftçi Baku | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Keşla | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Sumgayit | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 23 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Zira | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 23 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sevilla | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | APOEL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | |
| 4 | F91 Dudelange | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 4 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 8 March 2020

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | MF | AZE | Gara Garayev | 29 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Ailton | 29 | 3 | 13+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Rahil Mammadov | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Maksim Medvedev | 33 | 1 | 16+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev | 22 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Míchel | 25 | 1 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Jaime Romero | 27 | 7 | 10+3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Mahir Emreli | 30 | 10 | 12+4 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BRA | Vagner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Abdellah Zoubir | 35 | 7 | 14+5 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Ismayil Ibrahimli | 21 | 5 | 15+2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Filip Ozobić | 8 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Hajiagha Hajili | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MAR | Faycal Rherras | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | GHA | Owusu Kwabena | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | AZE | Musa Qurbanlı | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | AZE | Abbas Huseynov | 22 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | AZE | Badavi Huseynov | 22 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | AZE | Tural Bayramov | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left Qarabağ during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BIH | Asmir Begović | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BUL | Simeon Slavchev | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Dani Quintana | 24 | 6 | 9+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 5+3 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Richard | 29 | 2 | 12+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Magaye Gueye | 28 | 8 | 9+9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 3+4 | 2 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Mahir Emreli | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 99 | Magaye Gueye | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Abdellah Zoubir | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Jaime Romero | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Dani Quintana | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 18 | Ismayil Ibrahimli | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | Ailton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 19 | Filip Ozobić | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 20 | Richard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 30 | Abbas Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 2 | Gara Garayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 55 | Badavi Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 71 | Tural Bayramov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 23 | Faycal Rherras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Míchel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Maksim Medvedev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 34 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 56 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 12 | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Asmir Begović | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | GK | 13 | Vagner | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Gara Garayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Ailton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Rahil Mammadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Maksim Medvedev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Araz Abdullayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Míchel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jaime Romero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Mahir Emreli | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Rashad Sadygov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Abdellah Zoubir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ismayil Ibrahimli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Faycal Rherras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Abbas Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Badavi Huseynov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | Tural Bayramov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Qarabağ during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Asmir Begović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Simeon Slavchev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Richard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Magaye Gueye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 73 | 4 |