# 2021–22 Sabah FC season

The Sabah FC 2021–22 season was Sabah's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their fifth season in existence.

## Season events

On 27 May, Sabah announced the signing of Elvin Camalov to a two-year contract from Zira.
On 14 June, Sabah announced the signing of Salahat Aghayev to a one-year contract from Neftçi.
On 8 July, Sabah announced the year-long loan signing of Juan Cámara from Jagiellonia Białystok.
On 10 July, Sabah announced the signing of Joy-Lance Mickels from MVV Maastricht to a two-year contract.
On 2 August, Sabah announced the signing of Ildar Alekperov from Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk to a three-year contract.
On 4 August, Sabah announced the signing of Mikheil Ergemlidze from Dinamo Tbilisi to a three-year contract.
On 8 August, Sabah announced the signing of Cristian Ceballos from Qatar to a three-year contract.
On 17 August, Sabah announced the signing of Špiro Peričić from Maribor on a one-year contract.
On 14 September, Sabah announced the signing of Petar Škuletić from Montpellier on a two-year contract. Six weeks later, on 27 October, Škuletić left Sabah by mutual consent.
On 21 October, Head Coach Ramin Guliyev resigned from his role with the club bottom of the league. On 30 October, former Krasnodar Head Coach Murad Musayev was appointed as Head Coach on a 2-year contract.
On 16 December, Sabah announced that Saša Stamenković had left the club after his contract was ended by mutual consent.
On 19 January, Sabah announced the signing of Alyaksandr Nyachayew from Rukh Brest.
On 3 February, Sabah announced the signing of Christian from Académica de Coimbra to a 18-month contract. The following day, 4 February, Sabah announced the signing of Higor Gabriel who'd previously played for Fluminense.
On 18 February, Sabah announced the signing of Bojan Letić on a contract until the end of the season.
On 21 March. Sabah announced the signing of Lucas Rangel on loan until the end of the season from Vorskla Poltava.
On 29 March. Sabah announced the signing of Oleksiy Kashchuk on loan until the end of the season from Shakhtar Donetsk.

## Squad

    As of match played 21 May 2022
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Salahat Aghayev | GK | (1991-01-04) 4 January 1991 (age 34) | Neftçi | 2021 | 2022 | 20 | 0 |
| 32 | Rustam Samigullin | GK | (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 22) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Yusif Imanov | GK | (2002-09-27) 27 September 2002 (age 22) | Academy | 2020 | | 8 | 0 |
| 97 | Alyaksandr Nyachayew | GK | (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 (age 30) | Rukh Brest | 2022 | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Amin Seydiyev | DF | (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 (age 26) | Gabala | 2020 | 2023 | 53 | 2 |
| 3 | Zurab Ochihava | DF | (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995 (age 29) | FCI Levadia | 2021 | 2022 | 31 | 2 |
| 7 | Bojan Letić | DF | (1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 (age 32) | Unattached | 2022 | 2022 | 11 | 1 |
| 14 | Slavik Alkhasov | DF | (1993-02-06) 6 February 1993 (age 32) | Qarabag | 2020 | 2022 (+1) | 37 | 2 |
| 34 | Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade | DF | (1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 32) | Zira | 2020 | 2022 | 36 | 1 |
| 55 | Špiro Peričić | DF | (1993-10-08) 8 October 1993 (age 31) | Maribor | 2021 | 2022 | 16 | 1 |
| 99 | Higor Gabriel | DF | (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 25) | Unattached | 2022 | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Elvin Camalov | MF | (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 30) | Zira | 2021 | 2023 | 29 | 0 |
| 6 | Idris Ingilabli | MF | (2001-10-06) 6 October 2001 (age 23) | Gabala | 2020 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Shakir Seyidov | MF | (2000-12-31) 31 December 2000 (age 24) | Academy | 2018 | 2023 | 49 | 2 |
| 10 | Aleksey Isayev | MF | (1995-11-09) 9 November 1995 (age 29) | Sumgayit | 2020 | 2023 | 50 | 7 |
| 11 | Cristian Ceballos | MF | (1992-12-03) 3 December 1992 (age 32) | Qatar | 2021 | 2024 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | Christian | MF | (1989-06-14) 14 June 1989 (age 35) | Académica de Coimbra | 2022 | 2023 | 13 | 1 |
| 17 | Juan Cámara | MF | (1994-02-13) 13 February 1994 (age 31) | loan from Jagiellonia Białystok | 2021 | 2022 | 22 | 5 |
| 18 | Oleksiy Kashchuk | MF | (2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 24) | on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk | 2022 | 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 20 | Joy-Lance Mickels | MF | (1994-03-29) 29 March 1994 (age 30) | MVV Maastricht | 2021 | 2023 | 28 | 14 |
| 21 | Ildar Alekperov | MF | (2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 (age 23) | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2021 | 2024 | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | Jeyhun Nuriyev | MF | (2001-03-30) 30 March 2001 (age 23) | Academy | 2020 | | 23 | 2 |
| 66 | Abdulla Khaybulayev | MF | (2001-08-19) 19 August 2001 (age 23) | Academy | 2021 | | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Veysal Rzayev | MF | (2002-10-24) 24 October 2002 (age 22) | Academy | 2020 | | 17 | 0 |
| | Samir Maharramli | MF | (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 22) | Gabala | 2020 | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Julio Rodríguez | FW | (1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 (age 34) | Zira | 2020 | 2022 | 48 | 6 |
| 19 | Kamran Guliyev | FW | (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 24) | Jonava | 2021 | | 5 | 1 |
| 24 | Mikheil Ergemlidze | FW | (1999-09-28) 28 September 1999 (age 25) | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2021 | 2024 | 12 | 0 |
| 26 | Tiemoko Fofana | FW | (1999-10-22) 22 October 1999 (age 25) | Ilves | 2021 | | 35 | 5 |
| 33 | Jamal Jafarov | FW | (2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 22) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2020 | 2025 | 17 | 0 |
| 73 | Lucas Rangel | FW | (1994-12-29) 29 December 1994 (age 30) | on loan from Vorskla Poltava | 2022 | 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 5 | Arsen Agjabayov | DF | (2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 (age 24) | Academy | 2019 | | 5 | 0 |
| | Nijat Mehbaliyev | GK | (2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 (age 24) | Qarabağ | 2020 | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | Joshgun Diniyev | MF | (1995-09-13) 13 September 1995 (age 29) | Qarabağ | 2019 | | 54 | 2 |
| 7 | Petar Škuletić | FW | (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) | Montpellier | 2021 | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Saša Stamenković | GK | (1985-01-05) 5 January 1985 (age 40) | Unattached | 2018 | 2022 | 67 | 0 |

### 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 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Arsen Agjabayov (at Sumgayit) |
| — | GK | AZE | Nijat Mehbaliyev (at Gabala) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 June 2021 | MF | Elvin Camalov | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2021 | GK | Salahat Aghayev | Neftçi | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2021 | MF | Joy-Lance Mickels | MVV Maastricht | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2021 | MF | Ildar Alekperov | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2021 | MF | Mikheil Ergemlidze | Dinamo Tbilisi | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2021 | MF | Cristian Ceballos | Qatar | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2021 | DF | Špiro Peričić | Maribor | Undisclosed |
| 14 September 2021 | FW | Petar Škuletić | Montpellier | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2022 | GK | Alyaksandr Nyachayew | Rukh Brest | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2022 | MF | Christian | Académica de Coimbra | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2022 | DF | Higor Gabriel | Unattached | Free |
| 18 February 2022 | DF | Bojan Letić | Unattached | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 8 July 2021 | MF | Juan Cámara | Jagiellonia Białystok | End of season |
| 21 March 2022 | FW | Lucas Rangel | Vorskla Poltava | End of season |
| 29 March 2022 | MF | Oleksiy Kashchuk | Shakhtar Donetsk | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 15 June 2021 | MF | | Eltun Turabov | Sumgayit | Undisclosed | |
| 3 August 2021 | MF | | Ozan Kökçü | Telstar | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 7 July 2021 | GK | | Nijat Mehbaliyev | Gabala | End of season | |
| 3 January 2022 | DF | | Arsen Agjabayov | Sumgayit | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 1 June 2021 | MF | Elshan Abdullayev | Sabail | |
| 4 June 2021 | DF | Ruslan Abyshov | Zira | 26 June 2021 |
| 4 June 2021 | DF | Filip Ivanović | Teuta Durrës | |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | Ramil Sheydayev | Qarabağ | 1 July 2021 |
| 29 August 2021 | MF | Joshgun Diniyev | Zira | 30 August 2021 |
| 27 October 2021 | FW | Petar Škuletić | TSC Bačka Topola | |
| 16 December 2021 | GK | Saša Stamenković | Aktobe | |
| 23 May 2022 | DF | Slavik Alkhasov | Zira | 12 June 2022 |
| 24 May 2022 | DF | Špiro Peričić | NK Dugopolje | |
| 25 May 2022 | FW | Julio Rodríguez | Guillermo Brown | |
| 31 May 2022 | MF | Nazim Hasanzada | Turan Tovuz | |
| 31 May 2022 | MF | Eltun Turabov | Turan Tovuz | |

## 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 | 14 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 042.86 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 11 December 2021 | 12 February 2022 | First Round | Quarterfinal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 041.94 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 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: 21 May 2022. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D |
| Position | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Zira | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 47 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Gabala | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 45 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Sabah | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 41 | |
| 6 | Sumgayit | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 22 | |
| 7 | Shamakhi | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 22 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Sumgayit 7, Shamakhi 4.

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 21 May 2022

### 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 | Salahat Aghayev | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Amin Seydiyev | 28 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Zurab Ochihava | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Elvin Camalov | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | BIH | Bojan Letić | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Sakir Seyidov | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | PAR | Julio Rodríguez | 16 | 3 | 5+9 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Aleksey Isayev | 30 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Cristian Ceballos | 10 | 2 | 5+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Slavik Alkhasov | 18 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Christian | 13 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Juan Cámara | 22 | 5 | 15+4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Kashchuk | 8 | 2 | 7+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | AZE | Kamran Quliyev | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Joy-Lance Mickels | 28 | 14 | 24+1 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Ildar Alekperov | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GEO | Mikheil Ergemlidze | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | CIV | Tiemoko Fofana | 22 | 3 | 13+7 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | AZE | Jeyhun Nuriyev | 19 | 2 | 7+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | AZE | Jamal Jafarov | 13 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | AZE | Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | CRO | Špiro Peričić | 15 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | AZE | Abdulla Khaybulayev | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | FW | BRA | Lucas Rangel | 8 | 2 | 7+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Veysal Rzayev | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | GK | AZE | Yusif İmanov | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | BLR | Alyaksandr Nyachayew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | BRA | Higor Gabriel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | AZE | Arsen Agjabayov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Sabah during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | AZE | Joshgun Diniyev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Petar Škuletić | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | SRB | Saša Stamenković | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 20 | Joy-Lance Mickels | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Aleksey Isayev | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 17 | Juan Cámara | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 26 | Tiemoko Fofana | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Julio Rodríguez | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 29 | Jeyhun Nuriyev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | Zurab Ochihava | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 73 | Lucas Rangel | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | Cristian Ceballos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 18 | Oleksiy Kashchuk | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 55 | Špiro Peričić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | Amin Seydiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 34 | Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 15 | Christian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 7 | Bojan Letić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 19 | Kamran Quliyev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 42 | 5 | 47 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Salahat Aghayev | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | GK | 94 | Yusif İmanov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 7 | 1 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Salahat Aghayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Amin Seydiyev | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Zurab Ochihava | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Elvin Camalov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Bojan Letić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sakir Seyidov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Julio Rodríguez | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Aleksey Isayev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Cristian Ceballos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Slavik Alkhasov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Christian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Juan Cámara | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Oleksiy Kashchuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Kamran Quliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Joy-Lance Mickels | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Ildar Alekperov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Mikheil Ergemlidze | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Tiemoko Fofana | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Jeyhun Nuriyev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Jamal Jafarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Špiro Peričić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Abdulla Khaybulayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | FW | Lucas Rangel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Veysal Rzayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | GK | Yusif İmanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Sabah during the season: ||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 67 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 78 | 6 |