# 2013–14 FK Khazar Lankaran season

The Khazar Lankaran 2013-14 season is Khazar Lankaran's ninth Azerbaijan Premier League season. It is their first full season with John Toshack as manager. They started the season by competing in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, reaching the 2nd qualifying round, after defeating Sliema Wanderers, before losing 0-10 on aggregate to Maccabi Haifa. As runners up in the previous season Azerbaijan Cup, Khazar took part in the revamped Azerbaijan Supercup, emerging victorious against Neftchi Baku. They currently taking part in the 2013–14 Azerbaijan Cup and 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League.
After a poor start to the season, in which Khazar only picked up 14 points from 14 games, Toshack resigned from his post following their 3-0 defeat to Baku on 22 November 2013. Giovanni Melkiorrenin was placed in temporary charge with Mustafa Denizli taking over on 3 December 2013, on a 1.5 year contract. On 16 May 2014, Denizli had his contract with Khazar mutually terminated.

## Squad

    As of 14 February 2014
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 | Orkhan Sadigli |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Slavik Alkhasov |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Vanderson |
| 4 | DF | PHI | Álvaro Silva |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Thiego |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Rasim Ramaldanov |
| 7 | MF | MLI | Sadio Tounkara |
| 8 | MF | MKD | Dejan Blaževski |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Elnur Abdullayev |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Zouhir Benouahi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Nildo |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rahid Amirguliyev (captain) |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Adrian Piț |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Tural Jalilov |
| 19 | GK | CRO | Vjekoslav Tomić |
| 20 | FW | CMR | Mbilla Etame |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Deyvid Sacconi |
| 23 | MF | MKD | Nikola Gligorov |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Adrian Scarlatache |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Elias |

### Out on loan

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 |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Ugur Pamuk (at Sumgayit) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Reserve

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 |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Orkhan Aliyev |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Kazim Kazimli |
| 25 | GK | AZE | Tarlan Qasımzade (loan from MOIK Baku) |
| 42 | MF | AZE | Kamran Abdullazade (loan from MOIK Baku) |
| 55 | FW | AZE | Aghabala Ramazanov |
| 97 | FW | AZE | Elnur Ceferov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Rasim Ramaldanov (from Simurq) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Eduard Oriol (from Real Zaragoza) |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Zouhir Benouahi (from AZAL) |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Nildo (from AZAL) |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Tural Jalilov (from Ravan Baku) |
| 20 | FW | CMR | Mbilla Etame (from Adanaspor) |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Deyvid Sacconi (from Bragantino) |
| 23 | MF | MKD | Nikola Gligorov (from Alki Larnaca) |
| 25 | GK | AZE | Tarlan Qasımzade (loan from MOIK Baku) |
| 33 | GK | BRA | Douglas (from Criciúma) |
| 42 | MF | AZE | Kamran Abdullazadeh (loan from MOIK Baku) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev (loan to Gabala) |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Éder Bonfim |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Sialmas (to Platanias) |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Adrian Piț |
| 24 | FW | TUR | Gökhan Güleç (to İnegölspor) |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Toni Doblas |
| 35 | FW | ARG | Luciano Olguín (to Aldosivi) |
| 99 | MF | CRO | Marin Oršulić (to NK Zadar) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Slavik Alkhasov (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Thiego (from Figueirense) |
| 8 | MF | MKD | Dejan Blaževski (from Turnovo) |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Orkhan Aliyev (from Sumgayit) |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Adrian Piț (Resigned) |
| 19 | GK | CRO | Vjekoslav Tomić (from Sheriff Tiraspol) |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Elias (from Atlético Paranaense) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev (to Gabala) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Eduard Oriol (to AEL Limassol) |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Uğur Pamuk (on loan to Sumgayit) |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Kazım Kazımlı (Reserve) |
| 21 | DF | BUL | Radomir Todorov (to Spartak Varna) |
| 33 | GK | BRA | Douglas (to Guarani) |
| 97 | FW | AZE | Elnur Cafarov (Reserve) |

## 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: 18 May 2014. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Neftçi Baku | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 60 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Baku | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 57 | |
| 6 | Khazar Lankaran | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 49 | |
| 7 | Simurq | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 46 | |
| 8 | AZAL | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 31 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 17 May 2014

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Azerbaijan Supercup | Azerbaijan Supercup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Orkhan Sadigli | 31 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Slavik Alkhasov | 11 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Vanderson | 37 | 0 | 28+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | PHI | Álvaro Silva | 36 | 1 | 28+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Thiego | 18 | 2 | 14+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Rasim Ramaldanov | 29 | 1 | 20+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | MLI | Sadio Tounkara | 44 | 7 | 24+11 | 5 | 4+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MKD | Dejan Blaževski | 16 | 2 | 11+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Elnur Abdullayev | 42 | 4 | 33+2 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Zouhir Benouahi | 34 | 1 | 20+5 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Nildo | 38 | 10 | 22+8 | 8 | 2+2 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rahid Amirguliyev | 40 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Adrian Piț | 11 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Kazım Kazımlı | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Tural Jalilov | 25 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | CRO | Vjekoslav Tomić | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CMR | Mbilla Etame | 38 | 15 | 26+6 | 11 | 5+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Deyvid Sacconi | 15 | 2 | 9+4 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MKD | Nikola Gligorov | 26 | 1 | 11+8 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Adrian Scarlatache | 38 | 3 | 29+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Elias | 17 | 4 | 8+6 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | AZE | Kamran Abdullazadeh | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | AZE | Aghabala Ramazanov | 22 | 1 | 8+13 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | AZE | Elnur Jafarov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 9 | MF | AZE | Uğur Pamuk | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Khazar Lankaran no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 8 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Eduard Oriol | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Éder Bonfim | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BUL | Radomir Todorov | 12 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Toni Doblas | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BRA | Douglas | 6 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | CRO | Marin Oršulić | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Azerbaijan Supercup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 20 | Mbilla Etame | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 12 | Nildo | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Sadio Tounkara | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 30 | Elias | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Elnur Abdullayev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 27 | Adrian Scarlatache | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 22 | Deyvid Sacconi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Dejan Blaževski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Thiego | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 55 | Aghabala Ramazanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 23 | Nikola Gligorov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 11 | Zouhir Benouahi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Álvaro Silva | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 14 | Rahid Amirguliyev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Rasim Ramaldanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 44 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 55 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Azerbaijan Supercup | Azerbaijan Supercup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Orkhan Sadigli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Slavik Alkhasov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Vanderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Álvaro Silva | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Thiego | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Rasim Ramaldanov | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Sadio Tounkara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | Éder Bonfim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Dejan Blaževski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Elnur Abdullayev | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Zouhir Benouahi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Nildo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Rahid Amirguliyev | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Adrian Piț | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Tural Jalilov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Mbilla Etame | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Deyvid Sacconi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Nikola Gligorov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Adrian Scarlatache | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | Toni Doblas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 99 | MF | Marin Oršulić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 64 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 72 | 7 |

## Other information

Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı. Qarabağ vs Khazar Lankaran was played at the Bakcell Arena due to the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium pitch being relaid.