# 2018–19 Zira FK season

The Zira FK 2017-18 season was Zira's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and fifth season in their history.

## Season events

On 29 August, Aykhan Abbasov resigned as Zira's manager, with Samir Abbasov being appointed as his replacement the same day.

## Squad

    As of match played 11 May 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Orkhan Sadigli | GK | (1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 26) | Keşla | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | Abdulla Seyidahmadov | GK | (1997-06-04)4 June 1997 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2017 | | 3 | 0 |
| 85 | Kamal Bayramov | GK | (1985-08-19)19 August 1985 (aged 33) | AZAL | 2015 | | 46 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Ilkin Qirtimov | DF | (1990-11-04)4 November 1990 (aged 28) | Neftchi Baku | 2018 | | 27 | 1 |
| 13 | Murad Musayev | DF | (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 24) | Shuvalan | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Bəxtiyar Həsənalızadə | DF | (1992-12-29)29 December 1992 (aged 26) | Sumgayit | 2019 | 2020 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Ibrahim Aslanli | DF | (1997-03-21)21 March 1997 (aged 22) | Qarabağ | 2017 | 2020 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Miloš Radivojević | DF | (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 29) | Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2018 | 2019 | 20 | 1 |
| 27 | Adrian Scarlatache | DF | (1986-12-05)5 December 1986 (aged 32) | Keşla | 2018 | 2019 | 23 | 0 |
| 39 | Sadig Guliyev | DF | (1995-03-09)9 March 1995 (aged 24) | Gabala | 2017 | | 67 | 0 |
| 57 | Kənan Zülfüqarov | DF | (1999-04-19)19 April 1999 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | Budag Nasirov | MF | (1996-07-15)15 July 1996 (aged 22) | loan from Sporting B | 2018 | 2019 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Müşfiq İlyasov | MF | (1996-05-08)8 May 1996 (aged 23) | Youth team | 2016 | | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Vugar Mustafayev | MF | (1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 24) | Qarabağ | 2017 | | 91 | 1 |
| 8 | Kamal Mirzayev | MF | (1994-09-14)14 September 1994 (aged 24) | Sumgayit | 2018 | | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | Alexandru Dedov | MF | (1989-07-26)26 July 1989 (aged 29) | Milsami Orhei | 2018 | | 36 | 6 |
| 10 | Sadio Tounkara | MF | (1992-04-27)27 April 1992 (aged 27) | AZAL | 2017 | 2019 | 44 | 5 |
| 11 | Dylan Duventru | MF | (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 30) | Alki Oroklini | 2018 | 2019 | 24 | 1 |
| 23 | Mpho Kgaswane | MF | (1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 24) | Baroka | 2019 | 2019 | 13 | 4 |
| 38 | Ilkin Muradov | MF | (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 23) | Trainee | 2015 | | 48 | 1 |
| 47 | Əmrah Bayramov | MF | (1998-10-06)6 October 1998 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Chafik Tigroudja | MF | (1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 27) | Kukësi | 2019 | | 8 | 1 |
| 77 | Mirsahib Abbasov | MF | (1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 26) | Keshla | 2018 | | 27 | 2 |
| 88 | Tellur Mutallimov | MF | (1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 24) | Gabala | 2017 | 2020 | 39 | 3 |
| 91 | Bilal Hamdi | MF | (1991-05-01)1 May 1991 (aged 28) | Alki Oroklini | 2018 | 2019 | 23 | 1 |
| 98 | Agshin Guluzade | MF | | Keşla | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Rafael Maharramli | MF | (1999-10-01)1 October 1999 (aged 19) | Qarabağ | 2019 | | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Pardis Fardjad-Azad | FW | (1988-04-12)12 April 1988 (aged 31) | Keşla | 2018 | | 18 | 4 |
| 17 | Robin Ngalande | FW | (1992-11-02)2 November 1992 (aged 26) | Baroka | 2019 | 2019 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | Julio Rodríguez | FW | (1990-12-05)5 December 1990 (aged 28) | Deportivo Capiatá | 2019 | | 14 | 9 |
| 20 | Béko Fofana | FW | (1988-09-08)8 September 1988 (aged 30) | Vojvodina | 2019 | | 13 | 1 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Anar Nazirov | GK | (1985-09-08)8 September 1985 (aged 33) | Gabala | 2015 | | 88 | 0 |
| 5 | Adil Naghiyev | DF | (1995-09-11)11 September 1995 (aged 23) | AZAL | 2015 | | 105 | 8 |
| 17 | Vusal Isgandarli | MF | (1995-11-03)3 November 1995 (aged 23) | Simurq | 2015 | | 69 | 8 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| | DF | Ilkin Qirtimov | Neftchi Baku | Free |
| | DF | Murad Musayev | Shuvalan | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Mirsahib Abbasov | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Agshin Guluzade | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 13 June 2018 | MF | Kamal Mirzayev | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2018 | MF | Dylan Duventru | Alki Oroklini | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2018 | MF | Bilal Hamdi | Alki Oroklini | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2018 | FW | Pardis Fardjad-Azad | Keşla | Free |
| 2 August 2018 | DF | Miloš Radivojević | Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Undisclosed |
| 4 September 2018 | DF | Adrian Scarlatache | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 27 December 2018 | DF | Bəxtiyar Həsənalızadə | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| | GK | Orkhan Sadigli | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2019 | MF | Mpho Kgaswane | Baroka | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2019 | FW | Béko Fofana | Vojvodina | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2019 | FW | Julio Rodríguez | Deportivo Capiatá | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | FW | Robin Ngalande | Baroka | Undisclosed |
| 11 February 2019 | MF | Chafik Tigroudja | Kukësi | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Rafael Maharramli | Qarabağ | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 27 December 2018 | DF | Adil Naghiyev | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2019 | GK | Anar Nazirov | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2019 | MF | Vusal Isgandarli | Keşla | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 10 August 2018 | MF | | Budag Nasirov | Sporting B | End of Season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Joseph Boum | | |
| 16 May 2019 | DF | Sadig Guliyev | Gabala | 15 June 2019 |
| 16 May 2019 | DF | Miloš Radivojević | Slaven Belupo | |
| 16 May 2019 | MF | Tapdiq Ahmadov | | |
| 16 May 2019 | MF | Agshin Guluzade | | |
| 16 May 2019 | MF | Dylan Duventru | Sabail | 15 June 2019 |
| 16 May 2019 | MF | Sadio Tounkara | Narva Trans | 27 February 2020 |
| 16 May 2019 | MF | Alexandru Dedov | Petrocub Hîncești | |
| 16 May 2019 | FW | Pardis Fardjad-Azad | Viktoria Berlin | |
| 16 May 2019 | FW | Béko Fofana | IMT Belgrade | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 18 August 2018 | 11 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 028.57 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 15 December 2018 | 1 May 2019 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 031.25 |
Last updated: 11 May 2019 Source: 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: 11 May 2019. Source: See Results

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Sabail | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Gabala | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Zira | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 31 | |
| 6 | Sumgayit | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 29 | |
| 7 | Sabah | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 27 | |

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 11 May 2018

### 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 | Orkhan Sadigli | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Ilkin Qirtimov | 27 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | AZE | Budag Nasirov | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Vugar Mustafayev | 15 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | AZE | Pardis Fardjad-Azad | 18 | 4 | 13+1 | 2 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Kamal Mirzayev | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | MDA | Alexandru Dedov | 25 | 2 | 17+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Sadio Tounkara | 25 | 2 | 13+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Dylan Duventru | 24 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Murad Musayev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Bəxtiyar Həsənalızadə | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | AZE | Ibrahim Aslanli | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MWI | Robin Ngalande | 6 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | PAR | Julio Rodríguez | 14 | 9 | 7+5 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | CIV | Béko Fofana | 13 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BOT | Mpho Kgaswane | 13 | 4 | 8+3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Miloš Radivojević | 21 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Adrian Scarlatache | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | AZE | Ilkin Muradov | 27 | 1 | 20+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 39 | DF | AZE | Sadig Guliyev | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | FRA | Chafik Tigroudja | 7 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 62 | GK | AZE | Abdulla Seyidahmadov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Mirsahib Abbasov | 19 | 3 | 7+11 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | AZE | Kamal Bayramov | 15 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Tellur Mutallimov | 28 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | ALG | Bilal Hamdi | 23 | 1 | 16+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | AZE | Rafael Maharramli | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Zira on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Zira during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AZE | Anar Nazirov | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Adil Naghiyev | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0+1 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Vusal Isgandarli | 13 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 18 | Julio Rodríguez | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 23 | Mpho Kgaswane | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Pardis Fardjad-Azad | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 77 | Mirsahib Abbasov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 88 | Tellur Mutallimov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 9 | Alexandru Dedov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Sadio Tounkara | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Adil Naghiyev | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 11 | Dylan Duventru | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 26 | Miloš Radivojević | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 91 | Bilal Hamdi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 20 | Béko Fofana | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | Ilkin Qirtimov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 17 | Robin Ngalande | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 38 | Ilkin Muradov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 48 | Chafik Tigroudja | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 30 | 7 | 37 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Orkhan Sadigli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Ilkin Qirtimov | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Budag Nasirov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Vugar Mustafayev | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Pardis Fardjad-Azad | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kamal Mirzayev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Alexandru Dedov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Sadio Tounkara | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Dylan Duventru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Murad Musayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Bəxtiyar Həsənalızadə | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Julio Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Béko Fofana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Mpho Kgaswane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Miloš Radivojević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Adrian Scarlatache | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Ilkin Muradov | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 39 | DF | Sadig Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | Chafik Tigroudja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Mirsahib Abbasov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | Kamal Bayramov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Tellur Mutallimov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Bilal Hamdi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Players who left Zira during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Anar Nazirov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Adil Naghiyev | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Vusal Isgandarli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 79 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 89 | 4 |