# 2010–11 FK Qarabağ season

The Qarabağ 2010–11 season was Qarabağ's 18th Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their third season under Gurban Gurbanov. They finished the season in 3rd place, and were knocked out of the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup at the Last 16 stage by Turan Tovuz. They also participated in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, entering at the first qualifying round stage. They beat Metalurg Skopje of Macedonia, before beating Portadown of Northern Ireland in the second qualifying round. Next they beat Wisła Kraków of Poland in the second qualifying round to make them the first Azerbaijani team to reach the Play-off Round of the Europa League. In this round they were defeated by Borussia Dortmund of Germany 5-0 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 | Gara Garayev |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Aftandil Hajiyev |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Zaur Hashimov |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Maksim Medvedev |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadigov (captain) |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Namiq Yusifov (vice captain) |
| 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 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Samir Abbasov |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Aykhan Abbasov |
| 16 | MF | AZE | Rashad Kerimov |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vügar Nadirov |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Ilgar Gurbanov |
| 19 | MF | LVA | Andrejs Rubins |
| 20 | MF | MKD | Nderim Nedzipi |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Murad Sattarli |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Afran Ismayilov |
| 23 | FW | AZE | Tural Isgandarov |
| 24 | DF | ALB | Admir Teli |
| 25 | DF | ALB | Ansi Agolli |
| 72 | MF | TUR | Devran Ayhan |
| 77 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Adamia |
| 99 | GK | SRB | Bojan Pavlović |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Samir Abbasov (from Inter Baku) |
| 19 | MF | LVA | Andrejs Rubins (from Inter Baku) |
| 25 | DF | ALB | Ansi Agolli (loan from Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| 72 | MF | TUR | Devran Ayhan (from Khazar Lankaran) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov (to Eskişehirspor) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov (from Eskişehirspor) |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Ilgar Gurbanov (from Mersin İdmanyurdu) |
| 20 | MF | MKD | Nderim Nexhipi (from Lierse S.K.) |
| 99 | MF | SRB | Bojan Pavlović (from Red Star Belgrade) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Competitions
### Azerbaijan Premier League
#### First round
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 9 | +31 | 48 | Qualification for championship group |
| 2 | Khazar Lankaran | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 47 | Qualification for championship group |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 42 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Inter Baku | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 40 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | AZAL | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 36 | Qualification for championship group |

#### Championship group
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku (C) | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 17 | +36 | 67 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Khazar Lankaran | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 60 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 58 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | AZAL | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 49 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Inter Baku | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 49 | |
| 6 | Baku | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 40 | |
* ↑ Khazar Lankaran won the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 18 May 2011

### 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 Valiyev | 30 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | AZE | Gara Garayev | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Aftandil Hajiyev | 6 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Zaur Hashimov | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Maksim Medvedev | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadiqov | 41 | 5 | 29+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Namiq Yusifov | 31 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Aslan Kerimov | 12 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov | 35 | 1 | 19+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Emin Imamaliev | 16 | 4 | 8+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev | 38 | 11 | 25+6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Sahil Kerimov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Samir Abbasov | 22 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov | 22 | 1 | 12+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Aykhan Abbasov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | AZE | Rashad Kerimov | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vügar Nadirov | 37 | 2 | 18+12 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Ilgar Gurbanov | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | LVA | Andrejs Rubins | 17 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MKD | Nderim Nedzipi | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Murad Sattarli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Afran Ismayilov | 18 | 6 | 9+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 23 | FW | AZE | Tural Isgandarov | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ALB | Admir Teli | 37 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALB | Ansi Agolli | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | TUR | Devran Ayhan | 15 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Adamia | 40 | 19 | 23+8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 99 | GK | SRB | Bojan Pavlović | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Qarabağ during the season: ||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 77 | Giorgi Adamia | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Rauf Aliyev | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 6 | Rashad Sadiqov | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 22 | Afran Ismayilov | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Emin Imamaliev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 24 | Admir Teli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 17 | Vügar Nadirov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 14 | Rashad Sadygov | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Aftandil Hajiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 9 | Elvin Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 18 | Ilgar Gurbanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 41 | 0 | 12 | 53 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Farhad Valiyev | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | GK | 99 | Bojan Pavlović | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | GK | 12 | Sahil Kerimov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | TOTALS | 18 | 1 | 1 | 20 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Farhad Valiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Gara Garayev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Zaur Hashimov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Maksim Medvedev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Rashad Sadiqov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Namiq Yusifov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Aslan Kerimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Rauf Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Rashad Sadygov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Vügar Nadirov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Andrejs Rubins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Afran Ismayilov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Admir Teli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | Giorgi Adamia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | Devran Ayhan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Giorgi Adamia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Plays away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Qarabağ during the season: ||||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 1 |