# 2019–20 Neftçi PFK season

The Neftchi Baku 2019–20 season was Neftchi Baku's 28th Azerbaijan Premier League season. Neftchi will compete Azerbaijan Premier League and in the Azerbaijan Cup and Europa League.

## Season Events

At the end of the previous season, Petru Racu, Goran Paracki and Mahammad Mirzabeyov were all released by the club.
On 1 June, Salahat Aghayev signed a new two-year contract with Neftçi.
On 4 June, Neftçi announced their first signing of the summer, Vojislav Stanković signing a two-year contract on a free transfer from Gabala.
On 10 June, Neftçi released Ruslan Abışov from his contract by mutual consent, and announced the signing of Rauf Aliyev on a one-year contract from Gabala.
On 12 June, Neftçi released Gianluca Sansone from his contract by mutual consent.
On 14 June, Dário returned to Neftçi, signing a two-year contract from Daegu.
On 16 June, Steeven Joseph-Monrose signed for Neftçi on a two-year contract after his Gabala FK contract had expired on 4 June.
On 20 June, Mirabdulla Abbasov signed a new contract with Neftçi until the end of the summer of 2021, and simultaneously joined Sabail on loan for the 2019–20 season.
On 6 July, Namik Alaskarov and Rahman Hajiyev extended their contracts until the summer of 2021.
On 15 July, Kwame Karikari left Neftçi by mutual consent.
On 5 September, Wilde-Donald Guerrier signed a one-year contract with Neftçi.
On 2 January, Neftçi announced the signing of Ibrahim Aliyev from Sumgayit, with Rauf Aliyev being released on 8 January. On 10 January, Saman Nariman Jahan signed for Neftçi from Machine Sazi
On 18 January, Roberto Bordin was sacked as manager, with Fizuli Mammedov being placed in temporary charge.
On 13 March 2020, the Azerbaijan Premier League was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 1 June 2020, Neftçi announced that Anton Krivotsyuk had signed a new one-year contract with the club, whilst Wilde-Donald Guerrier had left the club after his contract expired. Also on 1 June 2020, Emin Mahmudov extended his contract with Neftçi until May 2023, with Omar Buludov extended his contract with Neftçi until May 2021, and Kamran Ibrahimov extended his contract with Neftçi until May 2022 on 3 June.
On 19 June 2020, the AFFA announced that the 2019–20 season had been officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan, whilst Tural Akhundov and Soni Mustivar left the club after their contracts expired. The following day Neftçi also announced that Vangelis Platellas was leaving the club after his contract had expired.

## Squad

    As of match played 7 March 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Salahat Aghayev | GK | (1991-01-04)4 January 1991 (aged 29) | Inter Baku | 2017 | 2021 | 67 | 0 |
| 12 | Kamran Ibrahimov | GK | (1999-06-07)7 June 1999 (aged 21) | Academy | 2015 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Agil Mammadov | GK | (1989-05-01)1 May 1989 (aged 31) | Gabala | 2019 | 2020 | 57 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Mamadou Mbodj | DF | (1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 27) | Žalgiris | 2019 | 2021 | 27 | 7 |
| 5 | Anton Krivotsyuk | DF | (1998-08-20)20 August 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | 2016 | 2020 | 80 | 7 |
| 6 | Vojislav Stanković | DF | (1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 32) | Gabala | 2019 | 2021 | 22 | 0 |
| 18 | Tural Akhundov | DF | (1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 31) | Sumgayit | 2018 | | 41 | 1 |
| 26 | Omar Buludov | DF | (1998-12-15)15 December 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | 2016 | 2021 | 50 | 2 |
| 40 | Vugar Hasanov | DF | (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 22) | Keşla | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Elchin Asadov | DF | (1999-08-03)3 August 1999 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Əli Şirinov | DF | (1998-08-09)9 August 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | 2017 | | 4 | 0 |
| 80 | İsmayıl Zülfüqarlı | DF | (2001-04-16)16 April 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 5 | 1 |
| | Elvin Sarkarov | DF | (1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 23) | Academy | 2016 | | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Namik Alaskarov | MF | (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 25) | Qarabağ | 2017 | 2021 | 94 | 12 |
| 8 | Emin Mahmudov | MF | (1992-04-27)27 April 1992 (aged 28) | Boavista | 2017 | 2023 | 80 | 17 |
| 11 | Vangelis Platellas | MF | (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 31) | OFI Crete | 2019 | 2020 | 32 | 3 |
| 17 | Rahman Hajiyev | MF | (1993-07-25)25 July 1993 (aged 26) | Baku | 2014 | 2021 | 166 | 16 |
| 20 | Elnur Suleymanov | MF | (1996-09-17)17 September 1996 (aged 23) | Shuvalan | 2017 | | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Turan Valizada | MF | (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 19) | Fenerbahçe | 2019 | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Mamadou Kane | MF | (1997-01-22)22 January 1997 (aged 23) | Kaloum Star | 2019 | 2021 | 32 | 0 |
| 88 | Saman Nariman Jahan | MF | (1991-04-18)18 April 1991 (aged 29) | Machine Sazi | 2020 | 2021 | 6 | 1 |
| 93 | Soni Mustivar | MF | (1990-02-12)12 February 1990 (aged 30) | Sporting Kansas City | 2018 | 2020 | 56 | 3 |
| | Fahmin Muradbayli | MF | (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 24) | Academy | 2013 | | 73 | 6 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Bagaliy Dabo | FW | (1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 31) | Gabala | 2018 | 2020 | 49 | 23 |
| 10 | Dário | FW | (1991-09-11)11 September 1991 (aged 28) | Daegu | 2019 | 2021 | 42 | 7 |
| 22 | Mirabdulla Abbasov | FW | (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 25) | Sumgayit | 2017 | 2021 | 69 | 14 |
| 28 | Steeven Joseph-Monrose | FW | (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 29) | Gabala | 2019 | 2021 | 27 | 10 |
| 55 | Ibrahim Aliyev | FW | (1999-07-17)17 July 1999 (aged 20) | Sumgayit | 2020 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 19 | Rauf Aliyev | FW | (1989-02-12)12 February 1989 (aged 31) | Gabala | 2019 | 2021 | 28 | 2 |
| 25 | Kyrylo Petrov | DF | (1990-06-22)22 June 1990 (aged 29) | Olimpik Donetsk | 2017 | 2020 | 79 | 1 |
| 77 | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | MF | (1989-03-31)31 March 1989 (aged 31) | Qarabağ | 2019 | 2020 | 14 | 1 |
| | Kwame Karikari | FW | (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 28) | Al-Arabi | 2018 | 2020 | 10 | 2 |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev (to Sabail) |
| 25 | DF | UKR | Kyrylo Petrov (to Kolos Kovalivka) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 77 | MF | HAI | Wilde-Donald Guerrier |
| — | FW | GHA | Kwame Karikari (to Dinamo Tbilisi) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 4 June 2019 | DF | Vojislav Stanković | Gabala | Free |
| 10 June 2019 | FW | Rauf Aliyev | Gabala | Free |
| 14 June 2019 | FW | Dário | Daegu | Free |
| 16 June 2019 | FW | Steeven Joseph-Monrose | Gabala | Free |
| 5 September 2019 | MF | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | Qarabağ | Free |
| 2 January 2020 | FW | Ibrahim Aliyev | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2020 | MF | Saman Nariman Jahan | Machine Sazi | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 18 July 2019 | MF | | Ali Shirinov | Daugavpils | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 20 June 2019 | FW | | Mirabdulla Abbasov | Sabail | 7 January 2020 | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 10 June 2019 | DF | Ruslan Abışov | Sabah | 13 June 2019 |
| 12 June 2019 | FW | Gianluca Sansone | Audace Cerignola | 11 October 2019 |
| 16 July 2019 | FW | Kwame Karikari | Dinamo Tbilisi | 15 July 2019 |
| 8 January 2020 | FW | Rauf Aliyev | Sabail | 11 January 2020 |
| 13 January 2020 | DF | Kyrylo Petrov | Kolos Kovalivka | |
| 1 June 2020 | MF | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | Qarabağ | 2 July 2020 |
| 19 June 2020 | DF | Tural Akhundov | Keşla | 22 June 2020 |
| 19 June 2020 | MF | Soni Mustivar | Hermannstadt | 26 August 2020 |
| 20 June 2020 | MF | Vangelis Platellas | AE Larissa | 20 August 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Bagaliy Dabo | Apollon Limassol | 3 July 2020 |

### Trial

| Date from | Date to | Position | Nationality | Name | Last club | Ref. |
| January 2020 | | FW | | Badara Sylla | Aswan | |

## 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: 7 March 2020. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | | |
| Result | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | | |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Qarabağ (C) | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 45 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Neftçi Baku | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Keşla | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Sumgayit | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 23 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Zira | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 23 | |

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

    As of Match played 7 March 2020

### 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 | Salahat Aghayev | 24 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Mamadou Mbodj | 14 | 2 | 3+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Anton Krivotsyuk | 24 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Vojislav Stanković | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Namik Alaskarov | 24 | 1 | 11+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Emin Mahmudov | 26 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Bagaliy Dabo | 19 | 7 | 13+2 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Dário | 25 | 4 | 10+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | GRE | Vangelis Platellas | 18 | 3 | 5+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Rahman Hajiyev | 21 | 1 | 8+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Tural Akhundov | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Mirabdulla Abbasov | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | AZE | Omar Buludov | 21 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Steeven Joseph-Monrose | 27 | 10 | 17+2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 30 | GK | AZE | Agil Mammadov | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | AZE | Turan Valizada | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GUI | Mamadou Kane | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | AZE | İsmayıl Zülfüqarlı | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | IRN | Saman Nariman Jahan | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | HAI | Soni Mustivar | 21 | 2 | 10+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Neftçi Baku on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Neftçi Baku during the season: ||||||||||||
| 19 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev | 15 | 2 | 4+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | UKR | Kyrylo Petrov | 17 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | HAI | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 28 | Steeven Joseph-Monrose | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Bagaliy Dabo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Emin Mahmudov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Anton Krivotsyuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Dário | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | Vangelis Platellas | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 93 | Soni Mustivar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 19 | Rauf Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | Mamadou Mbodj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 77 | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 26 | Omar Buludov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 88 | Saman Nariman Jahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 22 | Mirabdulla Abbasov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 18 | Tural Akhundov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 17 | Rahman Hajiyev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 80 | İsmayıl Zülfüqarlı | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Namik Alaskarov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 33 | 0 | 16 | 49 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Salahat Aghayev | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | GK | 30 | Agil Mammadov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 9 | 1 | 4 | 14 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Salahat Aghayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mamadou Mbodj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Anton Krivotsyuk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Vojislav Stanković | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Namik Alaskarov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Emin Mahmudov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Bagaliy Dabo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Dário | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Vangelis Platellas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Tural Akhundov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Omar Buludov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Steeven Joseph-Monrose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Agil Mammadov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Mamadou Kane | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Saman Nariman Jahan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | Soni Mustivar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Neftçi Baku during the season: ||||||||||||
| 19 | FW | Rauf Aliyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Kyrylo Petrov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 54 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 73 | 3 |