# 2022–23 Zira FK season

The Zira FK 2022-23 season was Zira's eighth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and ninth season in their history.

## Season events

On 29 December, Zira announced the departure of Tamkin Khalilzade by mutual agreement.
On 25 January, Zira announced the signing of Vladyslav Kulach to an 18-month contract from Dynamo Kyiv.
On 29 January, Zira announced the signing of Wilde-Donald Guerrier to a six-month contract, with the option of an additional year, from Olympiakos Nicosia.
On 4 February, Zira announced the signing of Abbas Ibrahim to a two-and-a-half-year contract, with the option of an additional year, from Paços de Ferreira.
On 11 February, Zira announced the signing of Eldar Kuliyev to a three-and-a-half-year contract, from Mynai.
On 15 February, Ilkin Muradov joined Sabail on loan for the remainder of the season.

## Squad

    As of match played 28 May 2023
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Mekhti Dzhenetov | GK | (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 (aged 31) | Sumgayit | 2021 | 2023 | 53 | 0 |
| 22 | Nail Alishov | GK | (2000-07-30)30 July 2000 (aged 22) | Sabail | 2022 | | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Anar Nazirov | GK | (1985-09-08)8 September 1985 (aged 37) | Gabala | 2021 | | 23 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Sertan Tashkin | DF | (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 25) | Keşla | 2020 | 2022 | 85 | 5 |
| 5 | Moïse Adiléhou | DF | (1995-11-01)1 November 1995 (aged 27) | NAC Breda | 2022 | | 28 | 1 |
| 15 | Ruslan Abishov | DF | (1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 35) | Sabah | 2021 | | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Slavik Alkhasov | DF | (1993-02-06)6 February 1993 (aged 30) | Sabah | 2022 | | 25 | 0 |
| 26 | Nemanja Anđelković | DF | (1997-04-26)26 April 1997 (aged 26) | Zlatibor Čajetina | 2021 | 2023 | 65 | 3 |
| 44 | Dimitrios Chantakias | DF | (1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 28) | Cherno More | 2020 | | 95 | 6 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Eldar Kuliyev | MF | (2002-03-24)24 March 2002 (aged 21) | Mynai | 2023 | 2026 | 14 | 2 |
| 9 | Loris Brogno | MF | (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 30) | K Beerschot VA | 2021 | 2023 | 58 | 8 |
| 10 | Ragim Sadykhov | MF | (1996-07-18)18 July 1996 (aged 26) | Sumgayit | 2022 | | 41 | 8 |
| 14 | Hamidou Keyta | MF | (1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 28) | Santa Clara | 2022 | 2023 | 54 | 15 |
| 21 | Hajiagha Hajili | MF | (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 25) | loan from Qarabağ | 2020 | | 88 | 0 |
| 23 | Andrija Luković | MF | (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 28) | Belenenses SAD | 2022 | | 30 | 0 |
| 28 | Abbas Ibrahim | MF | (1998-01-02)2 January 1998 (aged 25) | Paços de Ferreira | 2023 | 2025 (+1) | 8 | 0 |
| 32 | Qismət Alıyev | MF | (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 26) | Gabala | 2020 | 2022 | 96 | 4 |
| 38 | Ramiz Muradov | MF | (2005-07-06)6 July 2005 (aged 17) | Trainee | 2022 | | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Samir Aghayev | MF | (2002-05-25)25 May 2002 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2021 | | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | Parviz Azadov | MF | (2000-10-19)19 October 2000 (aged 22) | Shamakhi | 2023 | | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Mirsahib Abbasov | MF | (1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 30) | Sabail | 2022 | | 29 | 3 |
| 91 | Coşqun Diniyev | MF | (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 (aged 27) | Sabah | 2021 | 2023 | 65 | 4 |
| 96 | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | MF | (1989-03-31)31 March 1989 (aged 34) | Olympiakos Nicosia | 2023 | 2023 | 10 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Filipe Pachtmann | FW | (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 23) | Lviv | 2022 | | 16 | 1 |
| 11 | Rustam Akhmedzade | FW | (2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 22) | on loan from Qarabağ | 2022 | | 35 | 3 |
| 17 | Toni Gomes | FW | (1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (aged 24) | Tuzlaspor | 2022 | | 25 | 3 |
| 19 | Vladyslav Kulach | FW | (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 30) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2023 | 2024 | 8 | 3 |
| 47 | Mo Hamdaoui | FW | (1993-06-10)10 June 1993 (aged 29) | De Graafschap | 2021 | 2023 | 66 | 5 |
| 70 | Issa Djibrilla | FW | (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 27) | Ankara Keçiörengücü | 2023 | | 9 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 4 | Celal Hüseynov | DF | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2020 | | 41 | 1 |
| 8 | Ilkin Muradov | MF | (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 27) | Academy | 2019 | | 138 | 4 |
| | Samir Gurbanov | FW | (2000-11-24)24 November 2000 (aged 22) | Kapaz | 2021 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 13 | Ramin Ahmedov | MF | (2001-06-01)1 June 2001 (aged 21) | Zagatala | 2021 | 2025 | 21 | 1 |
| 19 | Tamkin Khalilzade | DF | (1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 29) | Sabah | 2021 | | 119 | 8 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 12 June 2022 | DF | Slavik Alkhasov | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 12 June 2022 | MF | Mirsahib Abbasov | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 17 June 2022 | MF | Rahim Sadikhov | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Filipe Pachtmann | Lviv | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2022 | DF | Moïse Adiléhou | NAC Breda | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2022 | MF | Andrija Luković | Belenenses SAD | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2022 | FW | Toni Gomes | Menemenspor | Undisclosed |
| 6 December 2022 | DF | Parviz Azadov | Shamakhi | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2023 | FW | Issa Djibrilla | Unattached | Free |
| 25 January 2023 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | Dynamo Kyiv | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2023 | MF | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | Olympiakos Nicosia | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2023 | MF | Abbas Ibrahim | Paços de Ferreira | Undisclosed |
| 11 February 2023 | MF | Eldar Kuliyev | Mynai | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 18 July 2022 | FW | | Rustam Akhmedzade | Qarabağ | 30 June 2023 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 7 February 2023 | MF | | Ramin Ahmedov | Shamakhi | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 24 August 2022 | DF | | Cəlal Hüseynov | Shamakhi | 30 June 2023 | |
| 15 February 2022 | MF | | Ilkin Muradov | Sabail | 30 June 2023 | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref |
| 4 July 2022 | MF | | Ahmed Isaiah | Kapaz | 16 August 2022 | |
| 29 December 2022 | DF | | Tamkin Khalilzade | | | |

## 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 | 8 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 036.11 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 23 November 2022 | 20 December 2022 | First Round | Quarterfinal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 July 2022 | 28 July 2022 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 036.59 |
Last updated: 28 May 2023 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: 28 May 2023. 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 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Neftçi | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 68 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Gabala | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 50 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Zira | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 50 | |
| 6 | Turan Tovuz | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 39 | |
| 7 | Sumgayit | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 70 | −44 | 31 | |

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

    As of match played 28 May 2023

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Mekhti Dzhenetov | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Sertan Taşqın | 34 | 5 | 12+17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BEN | Moïse Adiléhou | 28 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Eldar Kuliyev | 14 | 2 | 11+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Filipe Pachtmann | 13 | 1 | 3+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | BEL | Loris Brogno | 30 | 3 | 18+8 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Ragim Sadykhov | 41 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Rustam Akhmedzade | 35 | 3 | 18+14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Hamidou Keyta | 36 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GNB | Toni Gomes | 25 | 3 | 4+20 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Slavik Alkhasov | 25 | 0 | 7+13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Kulach | 8 | 3 | 4+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Hajiagha Hajili | 31 | 0 | 18+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SRB | Andrija Luković | 30 | 0 | 17+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Anđelković | 28 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NGA | Abbas Ibrahim | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | AZE | Qismət Alıyev | 39 | 0 | 30+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | AZE | Ramiz Muradov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | AZE | Anar Nazirov | 16 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Chantakias | 39 | 5 | 31+3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | NED | Mo Hamdaoui | 34 | 1 | 21+8 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | AZE | Samir Aghayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | AZE | Parviz Azadov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | NIG | Issa Djibrilla | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Mirsahib Abbasov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | AZE | Coşqun Diniyev | 35 | 2 | 21+9 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | HAI | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | AZE | Cəlal Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Ilkin Muradov | 18 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Zira during the season: ||||||||||||
| 13 | MF | AZE | Ramin Ahmedov | 10 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | AZE | Tamkin Khalilzade | 13 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 14 | Hamidou Keyta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Ragim Sadykhov | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | DF | 2 | Sertan Taşqın | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | 44 | Dimitrios Chantakias | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 9 | Loris Brogno | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 19 | Vladyslav Kulach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 17 | Toni Gomes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Rustam Akhmedzade | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 91 | Coşqun Diniyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 6 | Eldar Kuliyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | 47 | Mo Hamdaoui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 7 | Filipe Pachtmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | Moïse Adiléhou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 45 | 4 | 0 | 49 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Mekhti Dzhenetov | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | GK | 41 | Anar Nazirov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| | | | TOTALS | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Mekhti Dzhenetov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Sertan Taşqın | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Moïse Adiléhou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Eldar Kuliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Filipe Pachtmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Loris Brogno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Ragim Sadykhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Rustam Akhmedzade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Hamidou Keyta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ruslan Abishov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Toni Gomes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Slavik Alkhasov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Vladyslav Kulach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Andrija Luković | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Abbas Ibrahim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Qismət Alıyev | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | Anar Nazirov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Dimitrios Chantakias | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 47 | FW | Mo Hamdaoui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Issa Djibrilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Coşqun Diniyev | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 96 | MF | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Ilkin Muradov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Zira during the season: ||||||||||||
| 13 | MF | Ramin Ahmedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Tamkin Khalilzade | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Nemanja Anđelković | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 70 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 7 |