# 2015–16 FC Inter Baku season

The Inter Baku 2015–16 season is Inter Baku's fifteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their first season under manager Zaur Svanadze. They will compete in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, entering at the first qualifying round stage, the Azerbaijan Cup and the League.

## Squad

    As of 15 March 2016
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 | Kamran Aghayev |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Sertan Tashkin |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Juanfran |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Lasha Kasradze |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva |
| 6 | DF | GEO | Lasha Salukvadze |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Nika Kvekveskiri |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Nizami Hajiyev |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Gara Garayev |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Elnur Abdullayev |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev |
| 12 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov |
| 14 | DF | GEO | Zurab Khizanishvili |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Mansur Nahavandi |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov |
| 20 | FW | UKR | Yuriy Fomenko |
| 22 | DF | AZE | Ilkin Qirtimov |
| 23 | MF | PAR | César Meza |
| 24 | MF | AZE | Fuad Bayramov |
| 30 | DF | AZE | Abbas Hüseynov |
| 39 | MF | AZE | Elnur Suleymanov |
| 45 | FW | AZE | Ilkin Sadigov |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Mirsahib Abbasov |
| 79 | GK | GEO | Giorgi Lomaia |
| 96 | GK | AZE | Elshan Poladov |
| 99 | FW | AZE | Bilal Gambarov |

### 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 |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Tural Gurbatov (at Khazar Lankaran) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | SRB | Vojislav Stanković (at Gabala) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Juanfran (from AZAL) |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Lasha Kasradze (from AZAL) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Nika Kvekveskiri (from Dila Gori) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | L'Imam Seydi (from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Elnur Abdullayev (from Simurq) |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 12 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov (from Gabala) |
| 14 | DF | GEO | Zurab Khizanishvili (from Samtredia) |
| 15 | MF | CRO | Stjepan Poljak (from Simurq) |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Mirhüseyn Seyidov (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 20 | FW | UKR | Yuriy Fomenko (from Šiauliai) |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Novruz Mammadov (from AZAL) |
| 22 | DF | AZE | Ilkin Qirtimov (from Simurq) |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Dhiego Martins (from Skënderbeu Korçë) |
| 77 | MF | ALB | Emiljano Vila (from Partizani Tirana) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Azer Salahli (to Qarabağ) |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Aleksandr Amisulashvili (to Karşıyaka) |
| 6 | MF | MKD | Slavčo Georgievski |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Mikel Álvaro (to Auckland City) |
| 9 | MF | PAR | César Meza |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov (to Qarabağ) |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Asif Mammadov (to Gabala) |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Nildo |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Yohan Bocognano (to Petrolul Ploiești) |
| 16 | MF | NED | Youssef Fennich |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Magomed Mirzabekov (to Gabala) |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Tural Gurbatov (loan to Ravan Baku) |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Arif Dashdemirov (to Gabala) |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Novruz Mammadov (to Ravan Baku) |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Afran Ismayilov (to Qarabağ) |
| 23 | DF | SRB | Vojislav Stanković (loan to Gabala) |
| 27 | MF | CRC | Diego Madrigal (to Belén) |
| 28 | FW | GEO | Bachana Tskhadadze (to Flamurtari Vlorë) |
| 29 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Cafarov |
| 33 | DF | CRO | Matija Špičić (to Osijek) |
| 82 | MF | NED | Ruben Schaken (to ADO Den Haag) |
| 88 | MF | PAR | David Meza (to Gabala) |
| 91 | MF | AZE | Joshgun Diniyev (to Qarabağ) |
| — | MF | AZE | Mirzaga Huseynpur (to Sumgayit) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Kamran Aghayev (from Karşıyaka) |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Gara Garayev (from Málaga) |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov (from Gabala) |
| 23 | MF | PAR | César Meza (Free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Salahat Aghayev (to Sumgayit) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Juanfran (to Castellón) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | L'Imam Seydi (to Birkirkara) |
| 15 | MF | CRO | Stjepan Poljak (to Zagorec Krapina) |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Dhiego Martins (to Pegasus) |
| 44 | DF | ESP | Iván Benítez |
| 77 | MF | ALB | Emiljano Vila (to Partizani Tirana) |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Abdulla Abatsiyev (to Torpedo Armavir) |
| — | FW | AZE | Tural Gurbatov (loan to Khazar Lankaran, previously on loan to Ravan Baku) |

## 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: 20 May 2016. Source: Soccerway

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Zira | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 62 | |
| 3 | Gabala | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Inter Baku | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 59 | |
| 5 | Kapaz | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Neftçi Baku | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
* ↑ Zira would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence as the club has existed professionally for less than three season.
* 1 2 Gabala ahead of Inter Baku on head-to-head record: Inter Baku–Gabala 2–1, Gabala–Inter Baku 1–1, Inter Baku–Gabala 0–1, Gabala–Inter Baku 0–0.
* ↑ On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Inter Baku will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons (i.e. the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons).

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 20 May 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Kamran Aghayev | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Sertan Tashkin | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva | 42 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Lasha Kasradze | 29 | 1 | 14+6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GEO | Lasha Salukvadze | 28 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Nika Kvekveskiri | 38 | 7 | 28+1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Nizami Hajiyev | 33 | 6 | 20+5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Gara Garayev | 8 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Elnur Abdullayev | 27 | 2 | 13+9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev | 17 | 2 | 8+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov | 20 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | GEO | Zurab Khizanishvili | 33 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov | 17 | 2 | 9+4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Mansur Nahavandi | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 23 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | UKR | Yuriy Fomenko | 34 | 4 | 20+8 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AZE | Ilkin Qirtimov | 36 | 1 | 28+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | PAR | César Meza | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | AZE | Fuad Bayramov | 36 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | AZE | Abbas Hüseynov | 35 | 6 | 20+6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | AZE | Agshin Guluzade | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | AZE | Ilkin Sadigov | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Mirsahib Abbasov | 28 | 6 | 12+9 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 79 | GK | GEO | Giorgi Lomaia | 16 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | GK | AZE | Elshan Poladov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Inter Baku on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Inter Baku no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AZE | Salahat Aghayev | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Juanfran | 14 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | L'Imam Seydi | 8 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CRO | Stjepan Poljak | 18 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Dhiego Martins | 18 | 6 | 14+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | ALB | Emiljano Vila | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Abdulla Abatsiyev | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 7 | Nika Kvekveskiri | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Nizami Hajiyev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 77 | Mirsahib Abbasov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 23 | Dhiego Martins | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | 30 | Abbas Hüseynov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 20 | Yuriy Fomenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 14 | Zurab Khizanishvili | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 10 | Elnur Abdullayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 17 | Vüqar Nadirov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 11 | Rauf Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 23 | César Meza | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | Denis Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 22 | Ilkin Qirtimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 9 | L'Imam Seydi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 4 | Lasha Kasradze | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 37 | 7 | 5 | 49 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Salahat Aghayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Kamran Aghayev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Sertan Tashkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Juanfran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Lasha Kasradze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Denis Silva | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Lasha Salukvadze | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Nika Kvekveskiri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Nizami Hajiyev | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Gara Garayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Elnur Abdullayev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Rauf Aliyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Ruslan Amirjanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Mirsahib Abbasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Zurab Khizanishvili | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Stjepan Poljak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Vüqar Nadirov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mirhüseyn Seyidov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Yuriy Fomenko | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Ilkin Qirtimov | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | Dhiego Martins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | César Meza | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Fuad Bayramov | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | Abbas Hüseynov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 79 | GK | Giorgi Lomaia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | Abdulla Abatsiyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 88 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 105 | 6 |