# 2014–15 FK Qarabağ season

The Qarabağ 2014–15 season was Qarabağ's 22nd Azerbaijan Premier League season and their seventh season under manager Gurban Gurbanov. They completed a domestic double by defending their Premier League title and winning the Azerbaijan Cup. In Europe, Qarabağ were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League in the 3rd qualifying round by Red Bull Salzburg, resulting in them going into the Play-off round for the UEFA Europa League. In the Europa League, Qarabağ reached the group stages for the first time, where they finished third, behind Internazionale and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and ahead of Saint-Étienne.

## Squad

    As of 21 December 2014
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Farhad Valiyev |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Gara Garayev |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Tarlan Guliyev |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Bilal Abbaszade |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Maksim Medvedev |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Haji Ahmadov |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Namiq Yusifov |
| 9 | MF | BRA | Reynaldo |
| 10 | MF | MKD | Muarem Muarem |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Danilo Dias |
| 13 | GK | BIH | Ibrahim Šehić |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov (captain) |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Toghrul Bilalli |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Ilgar Gurbanov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Richard |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Tural Rzayev |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Toğrul Bilallı |
| 23 | FW | AZE | Tural Isgandarov |
| 24 | DF | ALB | Admir Teli |
| 25 | DF | ALB | Ansi Agolli |
| 27 | DF | AZE | Elvin Musazade |
| 33 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Aliyev |
| 41 | FW | NED | Leroy George |
| 55 | DF | AZE | Badavi Guseynov |
| 70 | MF | BRA | Chumbinho |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Javid Tagiyev |
| 99 | FW | AZE | Namig Alasgarov |
| -- | MF | ESP | Dani Quintana |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | MF | AZE | Tamkin Khalilzade (at AZAL) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu (at AZAL) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Tarlan Guliyev (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 8 | FW | SUI | Innocent Emeghara |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Danilo Dias (from Marítimo) |
| 33 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Aliyev (from Baku) |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Javid Tagiyev (from AZAL) |
| 99 | FW | AZE | Namig Alasgarov (from Baku) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | CGO | Ulrich Kapolongo (to Teplice) |
| 19 | FW | GEO | Jaba Dvali (loan return to Dinamo Tbilisi) |
| 33 | MF | AZE | Tamkin Khalilzade (loan to AZAL) |
| 44 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu (loan to AZAL) |
| 99 | FW | GEO | Nikoloz Gelashvili (to Zestafoni) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | ESP | Dani Quintana (from Al-Ahli) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | FW | SUI | Innocent Emeghara (to San Jose Earthquakes) |

## Competitions
### Azerbaijan Supercup
### 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: 22 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

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | INT | DNI | QAR | SET |
| 1 | Internazionale | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 3 June 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Farhad Valiyev | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Gara Garayev | 47 | 0 | 23+7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Tarlan Guliyev | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Maksim Medvedev | 37 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Haji Ahmadov | 17 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Namiq Yusifov | 37 | 0 | 11+12 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Reynaldo | 37 | 16 | 21+3 | 10 | 3+1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MKD | Muarem Muarem | 43 | 10 | 24+5 | 7 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Danilo Dias | 15 | 2 | 2+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BIH | Ibrahim Šehić | 44 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov | 36 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov | 42 | 10 | 15+11 | 4 | 4+1 | 5 | 1+2 | 0 | 4+4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Ilgar Gurbanov | 23 | 2 | 9+3 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Richard | 48 | 4 | 25+6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Tural Rzayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | AZE | Tural Isgandarov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ALB | Admir Teli | 29 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALB | Ansi Agolli | 42 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Aliyev | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | NED | Leroy George | 42 | 12 | 27 | 10 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 55 | DF | AZE | Badavi Guseynov | 43 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | BRA | Chumbinho | 10 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Javid Tagiyev | 37 | 4 | 21+8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | AZE | Namig Alasgarov | 26 | 1 | 9+9 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Qarabağ but left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | SUI | Innocent Emeghara | 8 | 5 | 5+2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Reynaldo | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 41 | Leroy George | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Muarem Muarem | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 17 | Vüqar Nadirov | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | FW | 8 | Innocent Emeghara | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 20 | Richard | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 70 | Chumbinho | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 77 | Javid Tagiyev | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | | Own goal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | 18 | Ilgar Gurbanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 5 | Maksim Medvedev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | 11 | Danilo Dias | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | 99 | Namig Alasgarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 55 | Badavi Guseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 51 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 74 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Farhad Valiyev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Gara Garayev | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Tarlan Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Maksim Medvedev | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Namiq Yusifov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Innocent Emeghara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Reynaldo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Muarem Muarem | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Danilo Dias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | Ibrahim Šehić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Rashad Sadygov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Vüqar Nadirov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ilgar Gurbanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Richard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Admir Teli | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Ansi Agolli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Shahriyar Aliyev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | Leroy George | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Badavi Guseynov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Javid Tagiyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Namig Alasgarov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 57 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 84 | 2 |