# 2019–20 Zira FK season

The Zira FK 2019–20 season was Zira's fifth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and sixth season in their history. Zira finished the season in 5th position and were scheduled to face Gabala in the Azerbaijan Cup semifinals before the season was ended prematurely due to COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.

## Season events

On 8 October, Samir Abbasov left his role as manager of Zira by mutual consent. On 9 October, Zaur Hashimov was appointed as Zira's new manager until the end of the season.
On 21 December, Zira announced the singing of Aghabala Ramazanov and Davit Volkovi on an 18-month contracts starting from 1 January 2020.
On 11 January, Sony Norde was released by Zira.
On 14 January, Alie Sesay joined Zira on an 18-month contract.
On 21 January, Jovan Krneta returned to Zira, signing until the end of the season.
On 25 January, Gheorghe Anton signed for Zira on an 18-month contract.
On 27 January, Robin Ngalande was released by Zira.
On 29 January, Julio Rodríguez left Zira by mutual consent.
On 2 February, Elvin Mammadov left Zira by mutual consent.
On 3 March, Zira announced the signing of Emil Balayev on a contract until the end of the season.
On 13 March 2020, the Azerbaijan Premier League was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 19 June 2020, the AFFA announced that the 2019–20 season had been officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.

## Squad

    As of match played 8 March 2020
| 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 27) | Keşla | 2019 | | 16 | 0 |
| 12 | Emil Balayev | GK | (1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 26) | Tobol | 2020 | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Bojan Zogović | GK | (1989-02-16)16 February 1989 (aged 31) | Bačka | 2019 | 2020 | 8 | 0 |
| 62 | Abdulla Seyidahmadov | GK | (1997-06-04)4 June 1997 (aged 23) | Trainee | 2017 | | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Alie Sesay | DF | (1994-08-02)2 August 1994 (aged 25) | Arda Kardzhali | 2020 | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Anastasios Papazoglou | DF | (1988-09-24)24 September 1988 (aged 31) | OFI | 2019 | 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Álvaro Ampuero | DF | (1992-09-25)25 September 1992 (aged 27) | loan from Deportivo Municipal | 2019 | 2020 | 18 | 0 |
| 14 | Bəxtiyar Həsənalızadə | DF | (1992-12-29)29 December 1992 (aged 27) | Sumgayit | 2019 | 2020 | 26 | 0 |
| 16 | Ibrahim Aslanli | DF | (1997-03-21)21 March 1997 (aged 23) | Qarabağ | 2017 | 2020 | 7 | 1 |
| 25 | Miloš Bakrač | DF | (1992-02-25)25 February 1992 (aged 28) | Titograd | 2019 | 2020 | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | Adrian Scarlatache | DF | (1986-12-05)5 December 1986 (aged 33) | Keşla | 2018 | 2019 | 40 | 1 |
| 33 | Jovan Krneta | DF | (1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 28) | Levadiakos | 2020 | 2020 | 85 | 6 |
| 55 | Rauf Huseynli | DF | (2000-01-25)25 January 2000 (aged 20) | loan from Qarabağ | 2020 | | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | Cəlal Hüseynov | DF | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 17) | Academy | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Elvin Jamalov | MF | (1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 25) | Gabala | 2019 | 2021 | 20 | 0 |
| 7 | Javid Huseynov | MF | (1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 32) | Gabala | 2019 | 2021 | 17 | 2 |
| 8 | Ilkin Muradov | MF | (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 24) | Academy | 2019 | | 65 | 2 |
| 18 | Gheorghe Anton | MF | (1993-01-27)27 January 1993 (aged 27) | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2020 | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | Müşfiq İlyasov | MF | (1996-05-08)8 May 1996 (aged 24) | Academy | 2016 | | 7 | 1 |
| 20 | Ali Shirinov | MF | (1998-08-09)9 August 1998 (aged 21) | Daugavpils | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Mpho Kgaswane | MF | (1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 26) | Baroka | 2019 | 2019 | 28 | 5 |
| 48 | Chafik Tigroudja | MF | (1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 28) | Kukësi | 2019 | | 20 | 3 |
| 64 | Kanan Jafarov | MF | (2000-03-09)9 March 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Nijat Suleymanov | MF | (1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 21) | loan Qarabağ | 2019 | | 15 | 5 |
| 88 | Tellur Mutallimov | MF | (1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 25) | Gabala | 2017 | 2020 | 54 | 4 |
| 97 | Tapdiq Əhmədov | MF | (1997-05-08)8 May 1997 (aged 23) | Academy | 2017 | | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Rafael Maharramli | MF | (1999-10-01)1 October 1999 (aged 20) | loan Qarabağ | 2019 | | 13 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | FW | (1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 27) | Sabail | 2020 | 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | Davit Volkovi | FW | (1995-06-03)3 June 1995 (aged 25) | Gabala | 2020 | 2021 | 6 | 1 |
| 43 | Richard Gadze | FW | (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 25) | Voluntari | 2019 | 2020 | 54 | 15 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | Elvin Mammadov | MF | (1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 31) | Sumgayit | 2019 | 2021 | 56 | 6 |
| 11 | Sony Norde | FW | (1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 30) | Mohun Bagan | 2019 | 2020 | 13 | 1 |
| 17 | Robin Ngalande | FW | (1992-11-02)2 November 1992 (aged 27) | Baroka | 2019 | 2019 | 13 | 1 |
| 18 | Julio Rodríguez | FW | (1990-12-05)5 December 1990 (aged 29) | Deportivo Capiatá | 2019 | | 28 | 15 |
| 57 | Kənan Zülfüqarov | DF | (1999-04-19)19 April 1999 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 2 June 2019 | MF | Javid Huseynov | Gabala | Free |
| 3 June 2019 | MF | Elvin Jamalov | Gabala | Free |
| 21 June 2019 | GK | Bojan Zogović | Bačka | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2019 | DF | Miloš Bakrač | OFK Titograd | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2019 | FW | Sony Norde | Mohun Bagan | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2019 | DF | Anastasios Papazoglou | OFI Crete | Undisclosed |
| 15 October 2019 | FW | Richard Gadze | Voluntari | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | Sabail | Free |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Davit Volkovi | Gabala | Free |
| 14 January 2020 | DF | Alie Sesay | Arda Kardzhali | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2020 | DF | Jovan Krneta | Levadiakos | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2020 | MF | Gheorghe Anton | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free |
| 3 March 2020 | GK | Emil Balayev | Tobol | Free |
| Winter 2020 | MF | Ali Shirinov | | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 13 June 2019 | MF | Nijat Suleymanov | Qarabağ | End of Season |
| 14 August 2019 | DF | Álvaro Ampuero | Deportivo Municipal | End of Season |
| Winter 2020 | DF | Rauf Huseynli | Qarabağ | End of Season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Murad Musayev | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Mirsahib Abbasov | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 22 May 2019 | GK | Kamal Bayramov | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 4 June 2019 | DF | Vugar Mustafayev | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 15 June 2019 | MF | Kamal Mirzayev | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2019 | MF | Bilal Hamdi | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2019 | DF | Ilkin Qirtimov | Keşla | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 11 January 2020 | FW | Sony Norde | Melaka United | |
| 27 January 2020 | FW | Robin Ngalande | Saint George | 8 October 2020 |
| 29 January 2020 | FW | Julio Rodríguez | Sabah | 29 January 2020 |
| 2 February 2020 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | Sumgayit | 17 July 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Anastasios Papazoglou | Xanthi | |

## 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: 8 March 2020. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Keşla | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Sumgayit | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 23 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Zira | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 23 | |
| 6 | Sabah | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 21 | |
| 7 | Sabail | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 20 | |

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 8 March 2020

### 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 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SLE | Alie Sesay | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Elvin Jamalov | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Anastasios Papazoglou | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | PER | Álvaro Ampuero | 18 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Javid Huseynov | 17 | 2 | 15+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Ilkin Muradov | 16 | 2 | 12+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Aghabala Ramazanov | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GEO | Davit Volkovi | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Emil Balayev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Bəxtiyar Həsənalızadə | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | AZE | Ibrahim Aslanli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | MDA | Gheorghe Anton | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Müşfiq İlyasov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Ali Shirinov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BOT | Mpho Kgaswane | 15 | 1 | 5+7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | MNE | Miloš Bakrač | 13 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Adrian Scarlatache | 17 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | MNE | Bojan Zogović | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Jovan Krneta | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | GHA | Richard Gadze | 13 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | FRA | Chafik Tigroudja | 12 | 2 | 10+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | AZE | Rauf Huseynli | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | AZE | Kənan Cəfərov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | AZE | Nijat Suleymanov | 15 | 4 | 11+2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | AZE | Cəlal Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Tellur Mutallimov | 15 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | AZE | Tapdiq Əhmədov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | AZE | Rafael Maharramli | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from Zira on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Zira during the season: ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov | 13 | 1 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | HAI | Sony Norde | 13 | 1 | 6+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MWI | Robin Ngalande | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | PAR | Julio Rodríguez | 14 | 6 | 9+2 | 4 | 1+2 | 2 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 19 | Julio Rodríguez | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 70 | Nijat Suleymanov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 43 | Richard Gadze | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Javid Huseynov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Ilkin Muradov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 11 | Sony Norde | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 48 | Chafik Tigroudja | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 23 | Mpho Kgaswane | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 27 | Adrian Scarlatache | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 88 | Tellur Mutallimov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 11 | Davit Volkovi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | Müşfiq İlyasov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Elvin Mammadov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 16 | Ibrahim Aslanli | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 25 | 5 | 30 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Orkhan Sadigli | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 2 | 3 | 5 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Orkhan Sadigli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Elvin Jamalov | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Álvaro Ampuero | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Javid Huseynov | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Ilkin Muradov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Davit Volkovi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Emil Balayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Bəxtiyar Həsənalızadə | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Ibrahim Aslanli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Gheorghe Anton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Müşfiq İlyasov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Mpho Kgaswane | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Miloš Bakrač | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Adrian Scarlatache | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | Bojan Zogović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | Richard Gadze | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | Chafik Tigroudja | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | Nijat Suleymanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Tellur Mutallimov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Zira during the season: ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Sony Norde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 62 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 71 | 3 |