# 2021–22 Sumgayit FK season

The Sumgayit FK 2021–22 season was Sumgayit's eleventh Azerbaijan Premier League season, and twelfth season in their history.

## Season events

On 14 June, Sumgayit announced the signing of Yusif Nabiyev from Gabala on a one-year contract with the option of an additional year. The following day, 15 June, Sumgayit announced the permanent signing of Eltun Turabov from Sabah to a one-year contract after he'd previously played for Sumgayit on loan the previous season.
On 18 June, Tarlan Ahmadli returned to Sumgayit on a one-year contract from Gabala. On 25 June, Sumgayit announced their third signing of the summer from Gabala, with Roman Huseynov joining on a one-year contract.
On 17 September, Sumgayit announced the signing of Saeid Bagherpasand to a one-year contract, from Aluminium Arak.
On 16 December, Aykhan Abbasov left his role as Head Coach of Sumgayit. On 30 December, Alyaksey Baha was appointed as the new Head Coach of Sumgayit on a 2.5year contract.
On 6 January, Roman Huseynov and Saeid Bagherpasand where released by the club, with Vugar Beybalayev signing from Telavi the following day to a 2.5-year contract.
On 11 January, Sumgayit announced the signing of Elshan Abdullayev after he'd left Sabail.
On 15 January, Sumgayit announced the signing of Araz Abdullayev from Ethnikos Achna on a contract until the end of the season, with the option of an additional two-years.

## Squad

    As of match played 21 May 2022
| 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 27) | Gabala | 2021 | 2022 | 22 | 0 |
| 13 | Aydin Bayramov | GK | (1996-02-18)18 February 1996 (aged 26) | Neftchi Baku | 2019 | | 33 | 0 |
| 23 | Andrey Popovich | GK | (1992-03-04)4 March 1992 (aged 30) | LNZ Cherkasy | 2022 | | 68 | 0 |
| 25 | Ilnur Valiev | GK | (2003-06-25)25 June 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Dmitri Naghiyev | DF | (1995-11-27)27 November 1995 (aged 26) | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 2021 | 2023 | 38 | 0 |
| 3 | Vurğun Hüseynov | DF | (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 34) | Gabala | 2013 | | 214 | 2 |
| 4 | Hojjat Haghverdi | DF | (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 29) | Paykan | 2021 | | 49 | 1 |
| 5 | Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov | DF | (1996-07-18)18 July 1996 (aged 25) | BATE Borisov | 2019 | | 75 | 4 |
| 14 | Elvin Badalov | DF | (1995-06-14)14 June 1995 (aged 26) | Sabah | 2019 | | 63 | 1 |
| 30 | Nabi Mammadov | DF | (1999-08-20)20 August 1999 (aged 22) | Academy | 2020 | | 4 | 0 |
| 74 | Yusif Nabiyev | DF | (1997-09-03)3 September 1997 (aged 24) | Gabala | 2021 | 2022 (+1) | 33 | 3 |
| 98 | Emil Aliyev | DF | (1998-08-09)9 August 1998 (aged 23) | Keşla | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| | Arsen Agjabayov | DF | (2000-09-11)11 September 2000 (aged 21) | loan from Sabah | 2022 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Vugar Mustafayev | MF | (1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 27) | Zira | 2019 | | 78 | 0 |
| 7 | Tellur Mutallimov | MF | (1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 27) | Zira | 2020 | | 56 | 4 |
| 8 | Sabuhi Abdullazade | MF | (2001-12-18)18 December 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2017 | | 59 | 1 |
| 10 | Rahim Sadikhov | MF | (1996-07-18)18 July 1996 (aged 25) | Torpedo Moscow | 2019 | | 79 | 19 |
| 11 | Rufat Abdullazade | MF | (2001-01-17)17 January 2001 (aged 21) | Academy | 2017 | | 55 | 0 |
| 15 | Vugar Beybalayev | MF | (1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 28) | Telavi | 2022 | 2024 | 33 | 1 |
| 17 | Murad Khachayev | MF | (1998-04-14)14 April 1998 (aged 24) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2019 | | 66 | 5 |
| 18 | Suleyman Ahmadov | MF | (1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 22) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 72 | 2 |
| 24 | Elshan Abdullayev | MF | (1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 28) | Sabail | 2022 | 2024 | 25 | 1 |
| 33 | Eltun Turabov | MF | (1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 25) | Sabah | 2021 | 2022 | 26 | 0 |
| 60 | Elvin Mammadov | MF | (1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 33) | Zira | 2020 | 2021 | 53 | 2 |
| 78 | Araz Abdullayev | MF | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 30) | Ethnikos Achna | 2022 | 2022 (+2) | 13 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Ali Ghorbani | FW | (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (aged 31) | Sepahan | 2020 | 2021 (+1) | 52 | 15 |
| 19 | Khazar Mahmudov | FW | (2000-11-23)23 November 2000 (aged 21) | Keşla | 2021 | | 16 | 0 |
| 55 | Ibrahim Aliyev | FW | (1999-07-17)17 July 1999 (aged 22) | Neftçi | 2022 | | 4 | 0 |
| 91 | Anatoliy Nuriyev | FW | (1996-05-20)20 May 1996 (aged 26) | Kolos Kovalivka | 2022 | | 5 | 1 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 20 | Roman Huseynov | MF | (1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 24) | Gabala | 2021 | 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Saeid Bagherpasand | FW | (1991-03-26)26 March 1991 (aged 31) | Aluminium Arak | 2021 | 2022 | 11 | 1 |
| 71 | Huseynali Guliyev | GK | (1999-08-11)11 August 1999 (aged 22) | Sabah | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 14 June 2021 | DF | Yusif Nabiyev | Gabala | Free |
| 15 June 2021 | MF | Eltun Turabov | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 18 June 2021 | GK | Tarlan Ahmadli | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2021 | MF | Roman Huseynov | Gabala | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | Khazar Mahmudov | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 17 September 2021 | FW | Saeid Bagherpasand | Aluminium Arak | Undisclosed |
| 7 January 2022 | MF | Vugar Beybalayev | Telavi | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2022 | MF | Elshan Abdullayev | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2022 | MF | Araz Abdullayev | Ethnikos Achna | Undisclosed |
| 2 April 2022 | GK | Andrey Popovich | LNZ Cherkasy | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 3 January 2022 | DF | | Arsen Agjabayov | Sabah | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 5 February 2022 | GK | | Huseynali Guliyev | Sabail | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref |
| 6 January 2022 | MF | | Roman Huseynov | Kapaz | | |
| 6 January 2022 | FW | | Saeid Bagherpasand | Zob Ahan Esfahan | 6 February 2022 | |

## 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 | 14 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 017.86 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 2 February 2022 | 13 February 2022 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 July 2021 | 29 July 2021 | Second Qualifying Round | Second Qualifying Round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 015.63 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 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: 21 May 2022. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Gabala | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 45 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Sabah | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 41 | |
| 6 | Sumgayit | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 22 | |
| 7 | Shamakhi | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 22 | |
| 8 | Sabail | 28 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 57 | −40 | 15 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Sumgayit 7, Shamakhi 4.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 21 May 2022

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Tarlan Ahmadli | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Dmitri Naghiyev | 28 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Vurğun Hüseynov | 10 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Hojjat Haghverdi | 29 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov | 28 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Vugar Mustafayev | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Tellur Mutallimov | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Sabuhi Abdullazade | 28 | 0 | 19+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Ali Ghorbani | 27 | 5 | 22+1 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Rahim Sadikhov | 28 | 5 | 23+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Rufat Abdullazade | 31 | 0 | 17+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | AZE | Aydin Bayramov | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Elvin Badalov | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Vugar Beybalayev | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Murad Khachayev | 26 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Suleyman Ahmadov | 14 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | AZE | Khazar Mahmudov | 16 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Roman Huseynov | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | AZE | Andrey Popovich | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | AZE | Elshan Abdullayev | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | AZE | Nabi Mammadov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | AZE | Eltun Turabov | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | AZE | Ibrahim Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov | 12 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | DF | AZE | Yusif Nabiyev | 15 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev | 13 | 2 | 10+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | AZE | Anatoliy Nuriyev | 5 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | AZE | Emil Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Sumgayit during the season: ||||||||||||
| 23 | FW | IRN | Saeid Bagherpasand | 11 | 1 | 3+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Rahim Sadikhov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Ali Ghorbani | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 78 | Araz Abdullayev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Tellur Mutallimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | Murad Khachayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 23 | Saeid Bagherpasand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 4 | Hojjat Haghverdi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 3 | Vurğun Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 91 | Anatoliy Nuriyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 14 | Elvin Badalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 15 | Vugar Beybalayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 13 | Aydin Bayramov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Tarlan Ahmadli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | GK | 23 | Andrey Popovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Bayramov & Ahmadli both played in Sumgayit's 2-0 victory over Keşla on 14 August 2021

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Dmitri Naghiyev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Vurğun Hüseynov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Hojjat Haghverdi | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Vugar Mustafayev | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Tellur Mutallimov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sabuhi Abdullazade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ali Ghorbani | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Rahim Sadikhov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Rufat Abdullazade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Aydin Bayramov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Elvin Badalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Vugar Beybalayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Murad Khachayev | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Suleyman Ahmadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Khazar Mahmudov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Andrey Popovich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Elshan Abdullayev | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Eltun Turabov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | DF | Yusif Nabiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | Anatoliy Nuriyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | Emil Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Sumgayit during the season: ||||||||||||
| 23 | FW | Saeid Bagherpasand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 65 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 3 |