# 2014–15 AZAL PFC season

The AZAL 2014–15 season is AZAL's tenth Azerbaijan Premier League season. They will participate in the League and the Azerbaijan Cup. It will be their first full season with Tarlan Ahmadov as their manager.

## Squad

    As of 31 January 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Ruslan Majidov |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Juanfran |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Lasha Kasradze |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev |
| 6 | FW | BRA | Eduardo |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Tamkin Khalilzade (loan from Qarabağ) |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Seymur Asadov (loan from Gabala) |
| 9 | DF | AZE | Aydin Gasimov |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Nijat Gurbanov |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Ruslan Nasirli |
| 12 | MF | HON | Luis Ramos |
| 13 | MF | AZE | Shahriyar Rahimov |
| 15 | DF | LVA | Oskars Kļava |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | MDA | Stanislav Namașco |
| 17 | MF | NGA | Victor Igbekoyi |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Orkhan Lalayev (on loan from Ravan Baku) |
| 20 | FW | COD | Freddy Mombongo-Dues |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Novruz Mammadov |
| 22 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu (loan from Qarabağ) |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Aleksandr Shemonayev |
| 24 | MF | AZE | Azer Mammadov |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Valeriy Kutsenko |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev |
| 85 | GK | AZE | Kamal Bayramov |
| — | DF | AZE | Agil Nabiyev |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | FW | BRA | Eduardo (from Riffa) |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Tamkin Khalilzade (loan from Qarabağ) |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Tomi Kostadinov (from Chania) |
| 11 | FW | COL | John Córdoba (from América S.A.) |
| 12 | MF | HON | Luis Ramos (from Teplice) |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Asif Mirili (from Inter Baku) |
| 16 | GK | MDA | Stanislav Namașco (from FC Dinamo-Auto) |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Orkhan Lalayev (loan from Ravan Baku) |
| 20 | FW | COD | Freddy Mombongo-Dues (from Royal Antwerp) |
| 22 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu (loan from Qarabağ) |
| 30 | MF | AZE | Seymur Asadov (loan from Gabala) |
| 85 | GK | AZE | Kamal Bayramov (from Araz-Naxçıvan) |
| — | MF | IRN | Mohammad Hossein Mehrazma (Trial) |
| — | MF | NGA | Nnaemeka Ajuru (Trial) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Aleksandr Shemonayev (to Khazar Lankaran) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Junior Ailton |
| 5 | MF | AZE | Murad Agayev (to Sumgayit) |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Javid Taghiyev (to Qarabağ) |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Garib Ibrahimov (to Araz-Naxçıvan) |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Orkhan Hasanov (to Ravan Baku) |
| 10 | MF | USA | Will John (to MAS Fez) |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Jahangir Hasanzade (to Khazar Lankaran) |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Habil Nurəhmədov |
| 16 | GK | AZE | Elchin Sadigov (to Araz-Naxçıvan) |
| 18 | MF | SLE | Samuel Barlay (to Syrianska) |
| 20 | DF | SRB | Branislav Arsenijević |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Rey Mammadbayli |
| 22 | FW | TJK | Akhtam Khamrakulov (to Regar-TadAZ) |
| 28 | MF | AZE | Emin Jafarguliyev (to Araz-Naxçıvan) |
| 89 | FW | BIH | Nedo Turković (to Željezničar Sarajevo) |
| — | GK | AZE | Elmaddin Mammadov |
| — | GK | AZE | Tural Assad |
| — | DF | AZE | Elmin Ahmadov |
| — | MF | AZE | Elgun Abbasli |
| — | MF | AZE | Farid Ganbarov |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Nijat Gurbanov (loan from Neftchi Baku) |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Ruslan Nasirli (from Araz-Naxçıvan) |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Aleksandr Shemonayev (from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 24 | MF | AZE | Azer Mammadov (from Araz-Naxçıvan) |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Valeriy Kutsenko (from Daugava Daugavpils) |
| — | DF | AZE | Agil Nabiyev (from Araz-Naxçıvan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Tomi Kostadinov (to Minyor Pernik) |
| 11 | FW | COL | John Córdoba |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Asif Mirili |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Orkhan Safiyaroglu |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Tural Narimanov |
| 25 | DF | AZE | Adil Nagiyev (loan to Zira) |

## 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 May 2015. Source: Soccerway

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Qarabağ (C) | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 68 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Inter Baku | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 63 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Gabala | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 54 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Neftchi Baku | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Simurq | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 39 | |
| 6 | AZAL | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 39 | |
| 7 | Khazar Lankaran | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 32 | |
| 8 | Sumgayit | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 31 | |
| 9 | Baku | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 68 | −49 | 17 | Relegation to the Azerbaijan First Division |
| 10 | Araz-Naxçıvan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team withdrawn |
* ↑ Araz-Naxçıvan were officially withdrawn from the league on 17 November 2014

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 28 May 2015

### 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 | Ruslan Majidov | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Juanfran | 23 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Lasha Kasradze | 35 | 1 | 26+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev | 31 | 2 | 19+10 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | BRA | Eduardo | 15 | 2 | 12+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Tamkin Khalilzade | 25 | 0 | 8+15 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Seymur Asadov | 23 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | AZE | Aydin Gasimov | 14 | 1 | 2+9 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Nijat Gurbanov | 17 | 2 | 2+13 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | HON | Luis Ramos | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AZE | Shahriyar Rahimov | 22 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | LVA | Oskars Kļava | 31 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | MDA | Stanislav Namașco | 21 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NGA | Victor Igbekoyi | 24 | 2 | 17+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Orkhan Lalayev | 22 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | COD | Freddy Mombongo-Dues | 31 | 14 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Novruz Mammadov | 24 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Aleksandr Shemonayev | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Valeriy Kutsenko | 16 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev | 31 | 7 | 27+1 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | AZE | Kamal Mirzäyev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | AZE | Kamal Bayramov | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for AZAL no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | BUL | Tomi Kostadinov | 14 | 3 | 9+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | COL | John Córdoba | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Asif Mirili | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Tural Narimanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 20 | Freddy Mombongo-Dues | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | MF | 27 | Rashad Abdullayev | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Tomi Kostadinov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 5 | Karim Diniyev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 6 | Eduardo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Victor Igbekoyi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 25 | Valeriy Kutsenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Nijat Gurbanov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 21 | Novruz Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 15 | Oskars Kļava | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 9 | Aydin Gasimov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Seymur Asadov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | Lasha Kasradze | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 37 | 2 | 39 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ruslan Majidov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Juanfran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Lasha Kasradze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Karim Diniyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | Eduardo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Tamkin Khalilzade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Seymur Asadov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | Aydin Gasimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Tomi Kostadinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Nijat Gurbanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | John Córdoba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Luis Ramos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Shahriyar Rahimov | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Oskars Kļava | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Stanislav Namașco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Victor Igbekoyi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Orkhan Lalayev | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | Freddy Mombongo-Dues | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Novruz Mammadov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Eltun Yagublu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Aleksandr Shemonayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Valeriy Kutsenko | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Rashad Abdullayev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | GK | Kamal Bayramov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 82 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 87 | 8 |