# 2022–23 Turan Tovuz season

The Turan Tovuz 2022–23 season is Turan Tovuz's first Azerbaijan Premier League season since the 2012–13 season, and their twenty-third Premier League season.

## Season events

On 28 June, Turan Tovuz announced the signings of Tarlan Guliyev, Tarlan Ahmadli, Şehriyar Aliyev and Kamal Bayramov to one-year contracts.
The following day, 29 June, Turan Tovuz announced the season-long loan signing of Turan Valizade from Neftçi and of Veysal Rzayev and Shakir Seyidov from Sabah.
On 30 June, Ehtiram Shahverdiyev and Eltun Turabov joined Turan Tovuz on one-year contracts.
On 1 July, Khayal Najafov joined Turan Tovuz on a season-long loan deal from Neftçi.
On 13 July, Turan Tovuz announced the signings of Imeda Ashortia and Piruz Marakvelidze to one-year contracts from Telavi.
On 20 July, Turan Tovuz announced the signings of Aykhan Guseynov and Javid Taghiyev to one-year contracts, with Vusal Masimov also signing a one-year contract the following day.
On 2 August, Turan Tovuz announced the signing of Sadig Guliyev to a one-year contract, from Machhindra, and the signing of Nathan Oduwa to a one-year contract from Shamakhi.
On 4 August, Turan Tovuz announced the signing of Ben Aziz Dao to a one-year contract, from AS Douanes.
On 17 August, Turan Tovuz announced the signing of Siyanda Xulu to a one-year contract, from Hapoel Tel Aviv.
On 29 August, Turan Tovuz announced the signing of Henry Okebugwu to a one-year contract, from KS Kastrioti.
On 9 January, Turan Tovuz announced the signing of Denis Marandici on a contract until the end of the season, from Zrinjski Mostar.
On 22 January, Turan Tovuz announced the signing of Belajdi Pusi to a six-month contract, with the option of an additional year, from Skënderbeu Korçë.
On 22 March, Turan Tovuz announced the signing of Roderick Miller to a three-month contract, with the option of an additional year, from Al-Minaa.
On 24 March, Şehriyar Aliyev signed a new one-year contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2024. On 29 March, Turan Tovuz signed a new one-year contract with Denis Marandici, with the option of another additional year.

## Squad

    As of match played 28 May 2023
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Tarlan Ahmadli | GK | (1994-11-21)21 November 1994 (aged 28) | Sumgayit | 2022 | 2023 | 29 | 0 |
| 13 | Mehman Hajiyev | GK | (1995-01-28)28 January 1995 (aged 28) | Youth team | | | | |
| 85 | Kamal Bayramov | GK | (1985-08-19)19 August 1985 (aged 37) | Shamakhi | 2022 | 2023 | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Roderick Miller | DF | (1992-04-03)3 April 1992 (aged 31) | Al-Minaa | 2023 | 2023 (+1) | 8 | 2 |
| 3 | Tarlan Guliyev | DF | (1992-04-19)19 April 1992 (aged 31) | Shamakhi | 2022 | 2023 | 27 | 1 |
| 4 | Şehriyar Aliyev | DF | (1992-12-25)25 December 1992 (aged 30) | Shamakhi | 2022 | 2023 | 37 | 3 |
| 5 | Ben Aziz Dao | DF | (1999-07-08)8 July 1999 (aged 23) | AS Douanes | 2022 | 2023 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | Vusal Masimov | DF | (2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 23) | Kapaz | 2022 | 2023 | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | Denis Marandici | DF | (1996-09-18)18 September 1996 (aged 26) | Zrinjski Mostar | 2023 | 2024 | 17 | 1 |
| 33 | Eltun Turabov | DF | (1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 26) | Sabah | 2022 | 2023 | 26 | 0 |
| 39 | Sadig Guliyev | DF | (1995-03-09)9 March 1995 (aged 28) | Machhindra | 2022 | 2023 | 25 | 1 |
| 55 | Siyanda Xulu | DF | (1991-12-30)30 December 1991 (aged 31) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2022 | 2023 | 27 | 1 |
| 83 | Hüseyn Hüseynov | DF | (2006-07-25)25 July 2006 (aged 16) | Youth team | 2023 | | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Faig Hajiyev | DF | (1999-05-22)22 May 1999 (aged 24) | Gabala | 2021 | | | |
| 97 | Sadig Şafiyev | DF | (2005-10-13)13 October 2005 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2022 | | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Turan Valizade | MF | (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 22) | on loan from Neftçi | 2022 | 2023 | 29 | 1 |
| 7 | Ehtiram Shahverdiyev | MF | (1996-10-01)1 October 1996 (aged 26) | Gabala | 2022 | 2023 | 28 | 2 |
| 8 | Shakir Seyidov | MF | (2000-12-31)31 December 2000 (aged 22) | on loan from Sabah | 2022 | 2023 | 31 | 0 |
| 10 | Khayal Najafov | MF | (1997-12-19)19 December 1997 (aged 25) | on loan from Neftçi | 2022 | 2023 | 38 | 2 |
| 11 | Aykhan Guseynov | MF | (1999-09-03)3 September 1999 (aged 23) | Khimki | 2022 | 2023 | 35 | 3 |
| 17 | Nathan Oduwa | MF | (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 27) | Shamakhi | 2022 | 2023 | 32 | 6 |
| 21 | Abbas Aghazade | MF | (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 27) | Sabah | 2022 | 2023 | 21 | 0 |
| 23 | Henry Okebugwu | MF | (1998-06-19)19 June 1998 (aged 24) | Kastrioti | 2022 | 2023 | 17 | 1 |
| 24 | Divine Naah | MF | (1996-04-20)20 April 1996 (aged 27) | Kauno Žalgiris | 2023 | | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | Piruz Marakvelidze | MF | (1995-01-21)21 January 1995 (aged 28) | Telavi | 2022 | 2023 | 22 | 0 |
| 44 | Elçin Qasımov | MF | (2002-09-04)4 September 2002 (aged 20) | Academy | 2022 | | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Sabayel Bagirov | MF | (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 27) | Diyarbakir Yol | 2019 | | | |
| 77 | Javid Taghiyev | MF | (1992-07-22)22 July 1992 (aged 30) | Sabail | 2022 | 2023 | 11 | 0 |
| 99 | Veysal Rzayev | MF | (2002-10-24)24 October 2002 (aged 20) | on loan from Sabah | 2022 | 2023 | 27 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Belajdi Pusi | FW | (1998-01-23)23 January 1998 (aged 25) | Skënderbeu Korçë | 2023 | 2023 (+1) | 20 | 0 |
| 19 | Rooney Eva | FW | (1996-12-25)25 December 1996 (aged 26) | Apollon Pontou | 2022 | | 36 | 17 |
| 22 | Famil Jamalov | FW | (1998-04-08)8 April 1998 (aged 25) | Neftçi | 2022 | | 2 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | Imeda Ashortia | FW | (1996-10-30)30 October 1996 (aged 26) | Telavi | 2022 | 2023 | 15 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 28 June 2022 | GK | Tarlan Ahmadli | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2022 | GK | Kamal Bayramov | Shamakhi | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2022 | DF | Tarlan Guliyev | Shamakhi | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2022 | DF | Şehriyar Aliyev | Shamakhi | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Ehtiram Shahverdiyev | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Eltun Turabov | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Nazim Hasanzada | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Rooney Eva | Apollon Pontou | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2022 | MF | Piruz Marakvelidze | Telavi | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2022 | FW | Imeda Ashortia | Telavi | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2022 | MF | Javid Taghiyev | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2022 | MF | Aykhan Guseynov | Khimki | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2022 | DF | Vusal Masimov | Kapaz | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2022 | DF | Sadig Guliyev | Machhindra | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2022 | MF | Nathan Oduwa | Shamakhi | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2022 | DF | Ben Aziz Dao | AS Douanes | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2022 | DF | Siyanda Xulu | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2022 | MF | Henry Okebugwu | Kastrioti | Undisclosed |
| 9 January 2023 | DF | Denis Marandici | Zrinjski Mostar | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2023 | FW | Belajdi Pusi | Skënderbeu Korçë | Undisclosed |
| 22 March 2023 | DF | Roderick Miller | Al-Minaa | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 29 June 2022 | MF | Veysal Rzayev | Sabah | End of season |
| 29 June 2022 | MF | Shakir Seyidov | Sabah | End of season |
| 29 June 2022 | MF | Turan Valizade | Neftçi | End of season |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Khayal Najafov | Neftçi | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 31 December 2022 | FW | Imeda Ashortia | Telavi | |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | Ben Aziz Dao | | |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | Siyanda Xulu | SuperSport United | 28 July 2023 |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | Abbas Aghazade | | |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | Javid Taghiyev | Iravan | 1 September 2023 |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | Divine Naah | Kauno Žalgiris | 25 August 2023 |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | Nathan Oduwa | Chungbuk Cheongju | 15 January 2024 |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | Henry Okebugwu | Iliria | 16 October 2023 |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | Famil Jamalov | Iravan | 1 September 2023 |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | Rooney Eva | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 14 July 2023 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 8 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 027.78 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 22 November 2022 | 26 April 2023 | First Round | Semifinal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 031.71 |
Last updated: 28 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### 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: 28 May 2023. 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
* ↑ matchday 4
* ↑ matchday 5
* ↑ matchday 6
* ↑ matchday 7
* ↑ matchday 8
* ↑ matchday 9
* ↑ matchday 10
* ↑ matchday 11
* ↑ matchday 12
* ↑ matchday 13
* ↑ matchday 3

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Gabala | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 50 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Zira | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 50 | |
| 6 | Turan Tovuz | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 39 | |
| 7 | Sumgayit | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 70 | −44 | 31 | |
| 8 | Kapaz | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 62 | −28 | 31 | |

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 28 May 2023

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Tarlan Ahmadli | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | PAN | Roderick Miller | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Tarlan Guliyev | 27 | 1 | 21+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Şehriyar Aliyev | 37 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BFA | Ben Aziz Dao | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Turan Valizade | 29 | 1 | 14+11 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Ehtiram Shahverdiyev | 28 | 2 | 19+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Shakir Seyidov | 31 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALB | Belajdi Pusi | 20 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Khayal Najafov | 38 | 2 | 28+5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Aykhan Guseynov | 35 | 3 | 18+13 | 3 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | AZE | Mehman Hajiyev | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Vusal Masimov | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NGA | Nathan Oduwa | 32 | 6 | 26+2 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Rooney Eva | 36 | 17 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Abbas Aghazade | 11 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Famil Jamalov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Henry Okebugwu | 17 | 1 | 8+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GHA | Divine Naah | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | MDA | Denis Marandici | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | GEO | Piruz Marakvelidze | 22 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | AZE | Eltun Turabov | 26 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | AZE | Sadig Guliyev | 25 | 1 | 14+6 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | AZE | Elçin Qasımov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | RSA | Siyanda Xulu | 27 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | AZE | Sabayel Bagirov | 14 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Javid Taghiyev | 11 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | DF | AZE | Hüseyn Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | AZE | Kamal Bayramov | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | AZE | Faig Hajiyev | 16 | 1 | 9+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 97 | DF | AZE | Sadig Şafiyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | AZE | Veysal Rzayev | 27 | 0 | 8+16 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Turan Tovuz during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GEO | Imeda Ashortia | 15 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 19 | Rooney Eva | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | MF | 17 | Nathan Oduwa | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | 4 | Şehriyar Aliyev | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Aykhan Guseynov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | Roderick Miller | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Ehtiram Shahverdiyev | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Khayal Najafov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 23 | Henry Okebugwu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Tarlan Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 6 | Turan Valizade | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 39 | Sadig Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 55 | Siyanda Xulu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 88 | Faig Hajiyev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 25 | Denis Marandici | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 36 | 6 | 42 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Tarlan Ahmadli | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | GK | 85 | Kamal Bayramov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 12 | 2 | 14 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Tarlan Ahmadli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Roderick Miller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Tarlan Guliyev | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Şehriyar Aliyev | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Turan Valizade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ehtiram Shahverdiyev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Shakir Seyidov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Belajdi Pusi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Khayal Najafov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Aykhan Guseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Vusal Masimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Nathan Oduwa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Rooney Eva | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Henry Okebugwu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Denis Marandici | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Piruz Marakvelidze | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 33 | DF | Eltun Turabov | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Sadig Guliyev | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Siyanda Xulu | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | Sabayel Bagirov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | Kamal Bayramov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Faig Hajiyev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Veysal Rzayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Turan Tovuz during the season: ||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 71 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 86 | 4 |