# 2016–17 Gabala FC season

The 2016–17 season is Gabala FK's 12th season, and their 11th in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top-flight of Azerbaijani football. As well as participating in the Premier League, Gabala will take part in the Azerbaijan Cup and UEFA Europa League.

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Nika Kvekveskiri (from Inter Baku) |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Ruslan Qurbanov (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Javid Huseynov |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Bagaliy Dabo (from US Créteil) |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Filip Ozobić (from Slaven Belupo) |
| 27 | MF | LBR | Theo Weeks (loan from Ermis Aradippou) |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Petar Franjić (from RNK Split) |
| 39 | DF | AZE | Sadig Guliyev (loan return from Zira) |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Tellur Mutallimov (loan return from Zira) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Andrey Popovich |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Pavlo Pashayev (to Stal) |
| 7 | FW | BIH | Ermin Zec (to Kardemir Karabükspor) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Dodô (to Joinville) |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Vadim Abdullayev |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Gai (to Kuban Krasnodar) |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Arif Dashdemirov (to Qarabağ) |
| 66 | MF | AZE | Samir Zargarov (to Inter Baku) |
| 69 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Antonov |
| 74 | DF | AZE | Yusif Nabiyev (loan to Sumgayit) |
| 87 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abışov (to Inter Baku) |
| — | MF | AZE | Tarzin Jahangirov (to Neftchi Baku, previously on loan to Zira) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Rasim Ramaldanov (from Kolkheti-1913 Poti) |
| 31 | FW | SUI | Danijel Subotić (from Sheriff Tiraspol) |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev (from Neftchi Baku) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Petar Franjić (to NK Domžale) |
| 39 | DF | AZE | Sadig Guliyev (to Zira) |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Ehtiram Shahverdiyev (loan to Sumgayit) |
| — | DF | AZE | Bahlul Mustafazade (loan to Sumgayit) |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 May 2017 | DF | Rafael Santos | | |
| 30 May 2017 | MF | Rashad Sadiqov | Zira | 1 June 2017 |
| 30 May 2017 | MF | Nika Kvekveskiri | Tobol | |
| 30 May 2017 | FW | Sergei Zenjov | KS Cracovia | 27 June 2017 |
| 30 May 2017 | DF | Magomed Mirzabekov | Neftchi Baku | 12 June 2017 |
| 30 May 2017 | FW | Danijel Subotić | Ulsan Hyundai | 11 July 2017 |
| 30 May 2017 | FW | Rashad Eyyubov | Sumgayit | 1 June 2017 |

## Squad

    As of match played 5 May 2017
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 22 | Dmytro Bezotosnyi | GK | (1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 33) | Chornomorets Odesa | 2015 | 2017 | 107 | 0 |
| 30 | Suleyman Suleymanov | GK | (1997-03-20)20 March 1997 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2015 | | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dawid Pietrzkiewicz | GK | (1988-02-09)9 February 1988 (aged 29) | | 2015 | | 14 | 0 |
| 35 | Murad Popov | GK | (1999-03-05)5 March 1999 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Sahil Mirzayev | DF | (1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2015 | | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Vojislav Stanković | DF | (1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 29) | Inter Baku | 2017 | | 81 | 2 |
| 5 | Rasim Ramaldanov | DF | (1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 31) | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 2017 | 2017 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Murad Musayev | DF | (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 22) | Trainee | 2012 | | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | Vitaliy Vernydub | DF | (1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 29) | Zorya Luhansk | 2015 | 2016 | 53 | 3 |
| 17 | Magomed Mirzabekov | DF | (1990-11-16)16 November 1990 (aged 26) | Inter Baku | 2015 | | 62 | 0 |
| 20 | Ricardinho | DF | (1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 32) | Malmö | 2015 | | 69 | 3 |
| 34 | Urfan Abbasov | DF | (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 24) | Qarabağ | 2011 | | 157 | 2 |
| 44 | Rafael Santos | DF | (1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 32) | Arsenal Kyiv | 2014 | 2017 | 104 | 2 |
| 74 | Yusif Nabiyev | DF | (1997-09-03)3 September 1997 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2015 | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Elvin Jamalov | MF | (1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 22) | Trainee | 2013 | | 93 | 0 |
| 6 | Rashad Sadiqov | MF | (1983-10-08)8 October 1983 (aged 33) | Khazar Lankaran | 2015 | | 91 | 2 |
| 7 | Nika Kvekveskiri | MF | (1992-05-29)29 May 1992 (aged 24) | Inter Baku | 2016 | | 29 | 1 |
| 8 | Gismat Aliyev | MF | (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2014 | | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Asif Mammadov | MF | (1986-08-05)5 August 1986 (aged 30) | Inter Baku | 2015 | 2016 | 62 | 6 |
| 14 | Javid Huseynov | MF | (1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 29) | FK Baku | 2016 | 2017 | 61 | 15 |
| 16 | Emin Zamanov | MF | (1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2015 | | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Filip Ozobić | MF | (1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 26) | Slaven Belupo | 2016 | 2018 | 45 | 15 |
| 26 | Ülvi İbazadə | MF | (1996-08-26)26 August 1996 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2016 | | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Theo Weeks | MF | (1990-01-19)19 January 1990 (aged 27) | Loan from Ermis Aradippou | 2016 | 2017 | 33 | 7 |
| 29 | Hajiaga Hajiyev | MF | (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Farid Nabiyev | MF | (1999-07-22)22 July 1999 (aged 17) | Trainee | 2015 | | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Araz Abdullayev | MF | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 25) | Neftchi Baku | 2016 | 2018 | 11 | 0 |
| 88 | Tellur Mutallimov | MF | (1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 22) | Trainee | 2014 | | 22 | 4 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Sergei Zenjov | ST | (1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 28) | Torpedo Moscow | 2015 | 2017 | 80 | 14 |
| 10 | Ruslan Qurbanov | ST | (1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 25) | Neftchi Baku | 2016 | 2018 | 30 | 7 |
| 18 | Bagaliy Dabo | ST | (1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 28) | US Créteil | 2016 | 2018 | 29 | 11 |
| 21 | Roman Huseynov | ST | (1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2015 | | 14 | 1 |
| 31 | Danijel Subotić | ST | (1989-01-31)31 January 1989 (aged 28) | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2017 | 2017 | 48 | 19 |
| 32 | Rashad Eyyubov | ST | (1995-12-03)3 December 1995 (aged 21) | Kapaz | 2016 | | 41 | 5 |
| 90 | Ramil Hasanov | ST | (1996-02-15)15 February 1996 (aged 21) | Tavriya | 2015 | | 2 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 30 | Petar Franjić | MF | (1991-08-21)21 August 1991 (aged 25) | RNK Split | 2016 | 2018 | 9 | 0 |
| 39 | Sadig Guliyev | DF | (1995-03-09)9 March 1995 (aged 22) | Trainee | 2012 | | 18 | 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 |
| — | DF | AZE | Bahlul Mustafazade (at Sumgayit) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | AZE | Ehtiram Shahverdiyev (at Sumgayit) |

## 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: 29 April 2017. Source: See Results

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Qarabağ (C) | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 14 | +32 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Gabala | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Inter Baku | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Zira | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Kapaz | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 36 | |
* ↑ Qarabağ qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Azerbaijan Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SET | AND | MNZ | QAB |
| 1 | Saint-Étienne | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–3 | — | 6–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Gabala | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 5 May 2017

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Vojislav Stanković | 41 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Elvin Jamalov | 21 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Rasim Ramaldanov | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadiqov | 35 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Nika Kvekveskiri | 29 | 1 | 13+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Gismat Aliyev | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | EST | Sergei Zenjov | 39 | 10 | 14+8 | 6 | 3+1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Ruslan Qurbanov | 30 | 7 | 14+7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Asif Mammadov | 36 | 3 | 17+3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3+9 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Murad Musayev | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Javid Huseynov | 21 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Vernydub | 31 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | AZE | Magomed Mirzabekov | 33 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Bagaliy Dabo | 29 | 11 | 10+6 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Filip Ozobić | 45 | 15 | 26+1 | 11 | 3+1 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Ricardinho | 25 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Roman Huseynov | 10 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Bezotosnyi | 46 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | AZE | Ülvi İbazadə | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | LBR | Theo Weeks | 33 | 7 | 11+5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| 31 | FW | SUI | Danijel Subotić | 13 | 6 | 7+4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | AZE | Rashad Eyyubov | 19 | 3 | 6+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | POL | Dawid Pietrzkiewicz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | AZE | Urfan Abbasov | 31 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Rafael Santos | 20 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | AZE | Farid Nabiyev | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev | 11 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Tellur Mutallimov | 22 | 4 | 14+3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | UKR | Ramil Hasanov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Gabala on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Gabala during the season: ||||||||||||
| 30 | MF | CRO | Petar Franjić | 9 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | AZE | Sadig Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 19 | Filip Ozobić | 11 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 18 | Bagaliy Dabo | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Sergei Zenjov | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Ruslan Qurbanov | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 27 | Theo Weeks | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | 31 | Danijel Subotić | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 88 | Tellur Mutallimov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 32 | Rashad Eyyubov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 11 | Asif Mammadov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | Vitaliy Vernydub | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | 3 | Vojislav Stanković | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 20 | Ricardinho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | 21 | Roman Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 7 | Nika Kvekveskiri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 48 | 10 | 20 | 78 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Vojislav Stanković | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Elvin Jamalov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Rasim Ramaldanov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Rashad Sadiqov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Nika Kvekveskiri | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Gismat Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Sergei Zenjov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Ruslan Qurbanov | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Asif Mammadov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Javid Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Vitaliy Vernydub | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Magomed Mirzabekov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Filip Ozobić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Ricardinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Theo Weeks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | Danijel Subotić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Rashad Eyyubov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | DF | Urfan Abbasov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Sadig Guliyev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | Rafael Santos | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Araz Abdullayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Tellur Mutallimov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who left Gabala during the season: ||||||||||||
| 30 | MF | Petar Franjić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 61 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 94 | 5 |