# 2020–21 Qarabağ FK season

The Qarabağ 2020–21 season was Qarabağ's 28th Azerbaijan Premier League season, of which were defending champions, and will be their thirteenth season under manager Gurban Gurbanov.

## Season overview

On 2 July, Qarabağ announced the return of Wilde-Donald Guerrier from Neftçi.
On 10 July, Qarabağ announced the signing of Emil Balayev.
On 19 July, Kevin Medina signed a three-year contract with Qarabağ.
On 26 July, Uroš Matić signed for Qarabağ on a three-year contract from Copenhagen.
On 1 August, Hajiagha Hajili joined Zira on loan for the season.
On 28 August, Qarabağ announced the signing of Patrick Andrade to a two-year contract, with the option of a third, from Cherno More Varna.
On 30 September, Qarabağ's match against Sabail scheduled for 4 October was postponed to allow Azerbaijan additional preparation time for their upcoming UEFA Nations League matches.
On 20 October, UEFA announced that all UEFA matches played by Azerbaijani or Armenian clubs must take place at a neutral venue due to the ongoing 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This resulted in Qarabağ's UEFA Europe League home match against Villarreal being moved to the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul.
On 8 December, Qarabağ's final UEFA Europa League group match, against Villarreal, was postponed as Qarabağ did not have enough players due to COVID-19 infections. The match was awarded 3-0 to Villarreal on 18 December.
On 2 January, Musa Gurbanli moved to Zira on loan for the rest of the season.
On 31 January, Wilde-Donald Guerrier left Qarabağ by mutual consent.

## Squad

    As of match played 19 May 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | GK | (1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 26) | Sumgayit | 2015 | | 71 | 0 |
| 12 | Emil Balayev | GK | (1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 27) | Zira | 2020 | | 14 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Rahil Mammadov | DF | (1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 25) | Sabail | 2018 | 2021 | 51 | 2 |
| 5 | Maksim Medvedev | DF | (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 31) | Youth team | 2006 | | 465+ | 15+ |
| 21 | Rauf Huseynli | DF | (2000-01-25)25 January 2000 (aged 21) | Youth team | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Abbas Huseynov | DF | (1995-06-13)13 June 1995 (aged 25) | Inter Baku | 2017 | | 80 | 1 |
| 55 | Badavi Huseynov | DF | (1991-07-11)11 July 1991 (aged 29) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2012 | | 279 | 5 |
| 81 | Kevin Medina | DF | (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 28) | Chaves | 2020 | 2023 | 33 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | Gara Garayev | MF | (1992-10-12)12 October 1992 (aged 28) | Youth team | 2008 | 2021 | 385 | 4 |
| 6 | Patrick Andrade | MF | (1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 28) | Cherno More Varna | 2020 | 2022 (+1) | 31 | 7 |
| 8 | Uroš Matić | MF | (1990-05-23)23 May 1990 (aged 30) | Copenhagen | 2020 | 2023 | 31 | 3 |
| 10 | Abdellah Zoubir | MF | (1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 29) | RC Lens | 2018 | | 115 | 24 |
| 18 | Ismayil Ibrahimli | MF | (1998-02-13)13 February 1998 (aged 23) | MOIK Baku | 2018 | | 60 | 5 |
| 19 | Filip Ozobić | MF | (1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 30) | Gabala | 2018 | 2021 | 79 | 23 |
| 27 | Toral Bayramov | MF | (2001-02-23)23 February 2001 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 32 | 2 |
| 44 | Elvin Jafarguliyev | MF | (2000-10-26)26 October 2000 (aged 20) | Youth team | 2019 | | 32 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Owusu Kwabena | FW | (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 (aged 23) | Leganés | 2020 | 2023 | 44 | 9 |
| 9 | Jaime Romero | FW | (1990-07-31)31 July 1990 (aged 30) | Córdoba | 2019 | 2022 | 57 | 12 |
| 11 | Mahir Emreli | FW | (1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 23) | Baku | 2015 | | 196 | 71 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 22 | Musa Gurbanli | FW | (2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2019 | | 6 | 1 |
| 99 | Ruslan Hajiyev | MF | (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 (aged 23) | Youth team | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Hajiagha Hajili | MF | (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 23) | Gabala | 2019 | 2023 | 11 | 0 |
| | Rafael Maharramli | MF | (1999-10-01)1 October 1999 (aged 21) | Keşla | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 77 | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | MF | (1989-03-31)31 March 1989 (aged 32) | Neftçi | 2020 | | 83 | 12 |

### 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 |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Musa Gurbanli (at Zira) |
| 99 | MF | AZE | Ruslan Hajiyev (at Sabail) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | AZE | Hajiagha Hajili (at Zira) |
| — | MF | AZE | Rafael Maharramli (at Keşla) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 2 July 2020 | MF | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | Neftçi | Free |
| 10 July 2020 | GK | Emil Balayev | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2020 | DF | Kevin Medina | Chaves | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2020 | MF | Uroš Matić | Copenhagen | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2020 | MF | Patrick Andrade | Cherno More Varna | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| Summer 2020 | MF | Ruslan Hajiyev | Sabail | End of season |
| 1 August 2020 | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | Zira | End of season |
| 20 August 2020 | MF | Rafael Maharramli | Keşla | End of season |
| 2 January 2021 | FW | Musa Gurbanli | Zira | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref |
| 17 July 2020 | MF | | Míchel | Marino de Luanco | | |
| 31 January 2021 | MF | | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | Apollon Limassol | 8 February 2021 | |

## 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: 19 May 2021. 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 | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku (C) | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 18 | +46 | 57 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Sumgayit | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 39 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Zira | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 38 | |
| 5 | Sabah | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 29 | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Villarreal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 19 May 2021

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | 29 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | AZE | Gara Garayev | 37 | 1 | 21+4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Rahil Mammadov | 15 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Maksim Medvedev | 33 | 2 | 20+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CPV | Patrick Andrade | 31 | 7 | 21+2 | 4 | 1+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | GHA | Owusu Kwabena | 39 | 9 | 18+8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Uroš Matić | 31 | 3 | 11+8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Jaime Romero | 31 | 6 | 13+7 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Abdellah Zoubir | 39 | 9 | 20+6 | 7 | 1+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Mahir Emreli | 31 | 22 | 18+4 | 18 | 2+1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Emil Balayev | 14 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Ismayil Ibrahimli | 37 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Filip Ozobić | 28 | 12 | 16+4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Toral Bayramov | 30 | 2 | 10+12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | AZE | Abbas Huseynov | 28 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | AZE | Elvin Jafarguliyev | 32 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | AZE | Badavi Huseynov | 30 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | COL | Kevin Medina | 33 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 22 | FW | AZE | Musa Gurbanli | 6 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Qarabağ during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 77 | MF | HAI | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | 16 | 6 | 7+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Mahir Emreli | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | MF | 19 | Filip Ozobić | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Abdellah Zoubir | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | Owusu Kwabena | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | MF | 6 | Patrick Andrade | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 77 | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Jaime Romero | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | 27 | Toral Bayramov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Maksim Medvedev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Uroš Matić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 55 | Badavi Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 22 | Musa Gurbanli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | Rahil Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Uroš Matić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 2 | Gara Garayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 64 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 83 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | GK | 12 | Emil Balayev | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| | | | TOTALS | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Gara Garayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Rahil Mammadov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Maksim Medvedev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Patrick Andrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Owusu Kwabena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Uroš Matić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jaime Romero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Abdellah Zoubir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Mahir Emreli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ismayil Ibrahimli | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Filip Ozobić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Toral Bayramov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Abbas Huseynov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Elvin Jafarguliyev | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Badavi Huseynov | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | Kevin Medina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Players who left Qarabağ during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 77 | MF | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 36 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 57 | 3 |