# 2018–19 Qarabağ FK season

The Qarabağ 2018–19 season was Qarabağ's 26th Azerbaijan Premier League season, of which they were defending champions, and was their eleventh season under manager Gurban Gurbanov.

## Season overview

On 17 January 2019, Qarabağ announced that Dzon Delarge had been sent to train with Qarabağ-2.

### Transfers

On 2 June 2018, Rahil Mammadov and Filip Ozobić both signed a three-year contract with Qarabağ. On 26 June, Qarabağ announced the signing of Abdellah Zoubir on a two-year contract from RC Lens.
On 4 July, Qarabağ announced the signing of Hannes Halldórsson on a two-year contract from Randers FC. The following day Simeon Slavchev joined Qarabağ on a three-year contract. Qarabağ announced the signing of Vagner on 6 July.
On 24 July, Dzon Delarge and Innocent Emeghara signed for Qarabağ.
On 19 December, Qarabağ announced the return of Reynaldo on a 2+1⁄2-year contract.
On 9 January, Qarabağ announced that they signed midfielder Hajiagha Hajili, who was on loan from Gabala, permanently on a four-year contract.
On 13 January, Joshgun Diniyev moved to Sabah FK.

## Squad

    As of match played 11 May 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | GK | (1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 24) | Sumgayit | 2015 | 2020 | 31 | 0 |
| 13 | Vagner | GK | (1986-06-06)6 June 1986 (aged 32) | Royal Excel Mouscron | 2018 | 2020 | 26 | 0 |
| 94 | Nijat Mehbaliyev | GK | (2000-09-11)11 September 2000 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2017 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Rahil Mammadov | DF | (1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 23) | Sabail | 2018 | 2021 | 19 | 1 |
| 5 | Maksim Medvedev | DF | (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 29) | Youth team | 2006 | 2020 | 397+ | 12+ |
| 14 | Rashad Sadygov | DF | (1982-06-16)16 June 1982 (aged 36) | Eskişehirspor | 2011 | 2019 | 301 | 10 |
| 30 | Abbas Huseynov | DF | (1995-06-13)13 June 1995 (aged 23) | Inter Baku | 2017 | 2019 | 30 | 0 |
| 52 | Jakub Rzeźniczak | DF | (1986-10-26)26 October 1986 (aged 32) | Legia Warsaw | 2017 | 2019 | 48 | 1 |
| 55 | Badavi Huseynov | DF | (1991-07-11)11 July 1991 (aged 27) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2012 | 2020 | 305 | 3 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | Gara Garayev | MF | (1992-10-12)12 October 1992 (aged 26) | Youth team | 2008 | 2020 | 320 | 2 |
| 6 | Simeon Slavchev | MF | (1993-09-25)25 September 1993 (aged 25) | Sporting CP | 2018 | 2021 | 31 | 2 |
| 8 | Míchel | MF | (1985-11-08)8 November 1985 (aged 33) | Maccabi Haifa | 2015 | 2019 | 143 | 29 |
| 9 | Araz Abdullayev | MF | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 27) | loan from Panionios | 2018 | 2020 | 28 | 4 |
| 10 | Dani Quintana | MF | (1987-03-08)8 March 1987 (aged 32) | Al-Ahli | 2015 | 2020 | 128 | 38 |
| 17 | Abdellah Zoubir | MF | (1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 27) | RC Lens | 2018 | 2020 | 41 | 8 |
| 18 | Ismayil Ibrahimli | MF | (1998-02-13)13 February 1998 (aged 21) | MOIK Baku | 2018 | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Filip Ozobić | MF | (1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 28) | Gabala | 2018 | 2021 | 44 | 10 |
| 20 | Richard | MF | (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 30) | loan from Astana | 2019 | | 255 | 54 |
| 21 | Hajiagha Hajili | MF | (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 21) | Gabala | 2019 | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | MF | (1989-03-31)31 March 1989 (aged 30) | Alanyaspor | 2017 | 2020 | 67 | 6 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Innocent Emeghara | FW | (1989-05-27)27 May 1989 (aged 29) | Ermis Aradippou | 2018 | | 26 | 10 |
| 11 | Mahir Emreli | FW | (1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 21) | Baku | 2015 | 2020 | 135 | 39 |
| 28 | Dzon Delarge | FW | (1990-06-24)24 June 1990 (aged 28) | Bursaspor | 2018 | 2020 | 19 | 3 |
| 99 | Reynaldo | FW | (1989-08-25)25 August 1989 (aged 29) | Aktobe | 2019 | 2021 | 140 | 62 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Hannes Halldórsson | GK | (1984-04-27)27 April 1984 (aged 35) | Randers | 2018 | 2020 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | Ansi Agolli | DF | (1982-10-11)11 October 1982 (aged 36) | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2012 | 2019 | 307 | 4 |
| 91 | Joshgun Diniyev | MF | (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 (aged 23) | Inter Baku | 2015 | 2019 | 112 | 5 |

### 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 2 June 2018 | DF | Rahil Mammadov | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 2 June 2018 | MF | Filip Ozobić | Gabala | Free |
| 26 June 2018 | MF | Abdellah Zoubir | RC Lens | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2018 | GK | Hannes Halldórsson | Randers | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2018 | MF | Simeon Slavchev | Sporting CP | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2018 | GK | Vagner | Royal Excel Mouscron | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2018 | FW | Dzon Delarge | Bursaspor | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2018 | FW | Innocent Emeghara | Ermis Aradippou | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Ismayil Ibrahimli | MOIK Baku | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Rovlan Muradov | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 19 December 2018 | FW | Reynaldo | Aktobe | Free |
| 9 January 2019 | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | Gabala | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| Summer 2018 | MF | | Ruslan Hajiyev | Sabail | Undisclosed | |
| 13 January 2019 | MF | | Joshgun Diniyev | Sabah | Undisclosed | |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 31 August 2018 | MF | Araz Abdullayev | Panionios | 30 June 2020 |
| | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | Gabala | 9 January 2019 |
| 12 January 2019 | MF | Richard Almeida | Astana | 31 December 2019 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 28 June 2018 | GK | Anton Kanibolotskiy | Miedź Legnica | 16 July 2018 |
| | FW | Yaroslav Deda | Karpaty Lviv | |
| 16 March 2019 | DF | Ansi Agolli | New York Cosmos | 25 March 2019 |
| 5 April 2019 | GK | Hannes Þór Halldórsson | Valur | 9 April 2019 |
| 13 May 2019 | DF | Jakub Rzeźniczak | Wisła Płock | 11 June 2019 |
| 13 May 2019 | FW | Reynaldo | Irtysh Pavlodar | 4 July 2019 |
| 13 May 2019 | FW | Innocent Emeghara | Fatih Karagümrük | |

## 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: 11 May 2019. Source: See Results

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Qarabağ (C) | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 21 | +44 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Neftçi Baku | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 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 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Vorskla Poltava | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Goal difference in all group matches: Vorskla Poltava –9, Qarabağ –11.

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 11 May 2019

### 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 |
| 2 | MF | AZE | Gara Garayev | 40 | 0 | 13+11 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Rahil Mammadov | 19 | 1 | 13+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Maksim Medvedev | 37 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | BUL | Simeon Slavchev | 30 | 2 | 6+9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SUI | Innocent Emeghara | 17 | 5 | 8+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Míchel | 36 | 8 | 15+5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev | 28 | 3 | 7+11 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Dani Quintana | 23 | 10 | 16+1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Mahir Emreli | 45 | 16 | 22+5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BRA | Vagner | 25 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov | 28 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Abdellah Zoubir | 41 | 8 | 20+4 | 7 | 2+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Ismayil Ibrahimli | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Filip Ozobić | 43 | 9 | 23+3 | 8 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 4+4 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Richard | 16 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Hajiagha Hajili | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | CGO | Dzon Delarge | 19 | 3 | 6+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | AZE | Abbas Huseynov | 16 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | POL | Jakub Rzeźniczak | 21 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | AZE | Badavi Huseynov | 32 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | HAI | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | 37 | 3 | 16+4 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Reynaldo | 6 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left Qarabağ during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ISL | Hannes Halldórsson | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALB | Ansi Agolli | 16 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | AZE | Joshgun Diniyev | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Mahir Emreli | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Dani Quintana | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 19 | Filip Ozobić | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Abdellah Zoubir | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Míchel | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | FW | 7 | Innocent Emeghara | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 20 | Richard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | 9 | Araz Abdullayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | 28 | Dzon Delarge | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 77 | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 6 | Simeon Slavchev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 52 | Jakub Rzeźniczak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 99 | Reynaldo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 4 | Rahil Mammadov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | Maksim Medvedev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 64 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 78 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | Gara Garayev | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Maksim Medvedev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Simeon Slavchev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Innocent Emeghara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Míchel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Araz Abdullayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Dani Quintana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Mahir Emreli | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Rashad Sadygov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Abdellah Zoubir | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Filip Ozobić | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Richard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Abbas Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | Jakub Rzeźniczak | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 55 | DF | Badavi Huseynov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Wilde-Donald Guerrier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Reynaldo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Qarabağ during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | Ansi Agolli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 53 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 92 | 4 |