# 2017–18 Gabala FC season

The 2017–18 season was Gabala FK's 13th season, and their 12th in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top-flight of Azerbaijani football. Gabala finished the season in second place, 16 points behind champions Qarabağ. In the Azerbaijan Cup were runners-up for the second year in a row, losing to Keşla 1-0 in the final whilst they also reached the Third qualifying round of the Europa League before being knocked out by Panathinaikos.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 31 May 2017 | MF | Ilgar Gurbanov | Qarabağ | Undisclosed |
| 5 June 2017 | GK | Agil Mammadov | AZAL | Undisclosed |
| 5 June 2017 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 15 June 2017 | MF | Javi Hernández | Górnik Łęczna | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2017 | FW | Steeven Joseph-Monrose | Stade Brest | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2017 | DF | Dion Malone | ADO Den Haag | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | Dave Bulthuis | 1. FC Nürnberg | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Alen Askerov | Novigrad | Undisclosed |
| 21 September 2017 | FW | Ekigho Ehiosun | Gazişehir Gaziantep | Undisclosed |
| 30 December 2017 | MF | Tamkin Khalilzade | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2018 | GK | Agil Mammadov | Neftchi Baku | Free |
| 28 March 2018 | FW | Rauf Aliyev | Kukësi | Free |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Murad Musayev | Səbail | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2017 | DF | Ricardinho | Oxford United | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2017 | DF | Javi Hernández | Cracovia | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2017 | GK | Dawid Pietrzkiewicz | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2017 | DF | Farid Nabiyev | Slavia Prague | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2018 | DF | Dave Bulthuis | Heerenveen | Undisclosed |
| | GK | Suleyman Suleymanov | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 28 June 2017 | MF | | Andy Halliday | Rangers | 4 January 2018 | |
| 2 July 2017 | FW | | Famoussa Koné | Göztepe | Season Long | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 2 June 2017 | FW | Ramil Hasanov | Sumgayit | |
| 2 July 2017 | DF | Yusif Nabiyev | Zira | 3 January 2018 |
| 12 August 2017 | MF | Araz Abdullayev | Anorthosis | End of Season |
| 2 January 2018 | FW | Ulvi Isgandarov | Sumgayit | End of Season |
| 5 January 2018 | FW | Ramil Hasanov | Khazar Baku | End of Season |
| 6 January 2018 | MF | Roman Huseynov | Kapaz | End of Season |
| 16 February 2018 | FW | Rovlan Muradov | Slavia Prague | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 1 January 2018 | GK | Agil Mammadov | Neftchi Baku | 1 January 2018 |
| 1 January 2018 | MF | Tellur Mutallimov | Zira | 1 January 2018 |
| 1 January 2018 | FW | Ekigho Ehiosun | Hapoel Acre | 17 September 2018 |
| 31 May 2018 | DF | Vitaliy Vernydub | Zorya Luhansk | 19 June 2018 |
| 31 May 2018 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | Sumgayit | 11 June 2018 |
| 31 May 2018 | MF | Filip Ozobić | Qarabağ | 2 June 2018 |
| 31 May 2018 | FW | Ruslan Qurbanov | Sabail | 11 June 2018 |
| 31 May 2018 | FW | Bagaliy Dabo | Neftchi Baku | 17 June 2018 |

### Trial

| Date From | Position | Name | Last Club |
| November 2017 | MF | Abdul Kerim Konte | |
| November 2017 | MF | Kevin Pena | |
| January 2018 | FW | Kaique | Santos |

## Squad

    As of match played 28 May 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 22 | Dmytro Bezotosnyi | GK | (1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 34) | Chornomorets Odesa | 2015 | | 141 | 0 |
| 23 | Agil Mammadov | GK | (1989-05-01)1 May 1989 (aged 29) | Neftchi Baku | 2018 | 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 35 | Murad Popov | GK | (1999-03-05)5 March 1999 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Sahil Mirzayev | DF | (1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2015 | | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Vojislav Stanković | DF | (1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 30) | Inter Baku | 2017 | 2019 | 112 | 2 |
| 5 | Rasim Ramaldanov | DF | (1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 32) | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 2017 | | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | Vitaliy Vernydub | DF | (1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 30) | Zorya Luhansk | 2015 | 2018 | 78 | 3 |
| 16 | Dion Malone | DF | (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 29) | ADO Den Haag | 2017 | 2019 | 21 | 0 |
| 34 | Urfan Abbasov | DF | (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 25) | Qarabağ | 2011 | | 188 | 2 |
| 74 | Yusif Nabiyev | DF | (1997-09-03)3 September 1997 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2015 | | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Elvin Jamalov | MF | (1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 23) | Trainee | 2013 | | 114 | 0 |
| 6 | Elvin Mammadov | MF | (1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 29) | Zira | 2017 | 2018 | 15 | 2 |
| 7 | Alen Askerov | MF | (1996-07-11)11 July 1996 (aged 21) | Novigrad | 2017 | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Gismat Aliyev | MF | (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2014 | | 43 | 0 |
| 11 | Asif Mammadov | MF | (1986-08-05)5 August 1986 (aged 31) | Inter Baku | 2015 | | 100+ | 11 |
| 14 | Javid Huseynov | MF | (1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 30) | Baku | 2016 | | 89 | 20 |
| 16 | Emin Zamanov | MF | (1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2015 | | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ilgar Gurbanov | MF | (1986-04-25)25 April 1986 (aged 32) | Qarabağ | 2017 | 2019 | 20 | 1 |
| 19 | Filip Ozobić | MF | (1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 27) | Slaven Belupo | 2016 | 2018 | 74 | 25 |
| 26 | Ülvi İbazadə | MF | (1996-08-26)26 August 1996 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2016 | | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Hajiagha Hajili | MF | (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2016 | | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Amin Seydiyev | MF | (1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2017 | | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Tamkin Khalilzade | MF | (1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 24) | Zira | 2017 | 2020 | 15 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Bagaliy Dabo | ST | (1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 29) | US Créteil | 2016 | 2018 | 62 | 27 |
| 10 | Ruslan Qurbanov | ST | (1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 26) | Neftchi Baku | 2016 | 2018 | 59 | 11 |
| 28 | Steeven Joseph-Monrose | ST | (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 27) | Stade Brest | 2017 | 2019 | 31 | 12 |
| 45 | Famoussa Koné | ST | (1994-05-03)3 May 1994 (aged 24) | Göztepe | 2017 | 2018 | 33 | 7 |
| | Rauf Aliyev | ST | (1989-02-12)12 February 1989 (aged 29) | Kukësi | 2018 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 12 | Andy Halliday | MF | (1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 29) | loan from Rangers | 2017 | 2018 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | Javi Hernández | MF | (1989-06-06)6 June 1989 (aged 28) | Górnik Łęczna | 2017 | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Dave Bulthuis | DF | (1990-06-28)28 June 1990 (aged 27) | 1. FC Nürnberg | 2017 | 2020 | 8 | 0 |
| 88 | Tellur Mutallimov | MF | (1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 23) | Trainee | 2014 | | 30 | 5 |
| 90 | Ekigho Ehiosun | ST | (1990-06-25)25 June 1990 (aged 27) | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 2017 | 2018 | 39 | 6 |

### 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 |
| — | DF | AZE | Bahlul Mustafazade (at Sumgayit) |
| — | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev (at Anorthosis) |
| — | MF | AZE | Ehtiram Shahverdiyev (at Sumgayit) |
| — | MF | AZE | Emin Zamanov (at Kapaz) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | AZE | Roman Huseynov (at Sumgayit) |
| — | FW | AZE | Ulvi Isgandarov (at Kapaz) |
| — | FW | AZE | Rovlan Muradov (at Slavia Prague) |
| — | FW | UKR | Ramil Hasanov (at Khazar 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: 21 May 2018. Source: See Results

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Qarabağ (C) | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Gabala | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Neftçi Baku | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Zira | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 44 | |
| 5 | Sumgayit | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 40 | |

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

    As of Match played 28 May 2018

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Vojislav Stanković | 31 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Elvin Jamalov | 21 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Rasim Ramaldanov | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov | 16 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Gismat Aliyev | 29 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Bagaliy Dabo | 33 | 16 | 24+3 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Ruslan Qurbanov | 29 | 4 | 14+10 | 2 | 4+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Asif Mammadov | 29 | 2 | 13+9 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | AZE | Javid Huseynov | 28 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Vernydub | 25 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SUR | Dion Malone | 21 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Ilgar Gurbanov | 20 | 1 | 8+3 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Filip Ozobić | 29 | 10 | 15+4 | 5 | 5+1 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Bezotosnyi | 34 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | AZE | Agil Mammadov | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Steeven Joseph-Monrose | 31 | 12 | 21+1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | AZE | Hajiagha Hajili | 4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | AZE | Amin Seydiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | AZE | Tamkin Khalilzade | 15 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | AZE | Urfan Abbasov | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | MLI | Famoussa Koné | 33 | 7 | 13+10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 74 | DF | AZE | Yusif Nabiyev | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Gabala on loan: ||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | AZE | Roman Huseynov | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | AZE | Ulvi Isgandarov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Gabala during the season: ||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | SCO | Andy Halliday | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Javi Hernández | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NED | Dave Bulthuis | 8 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Tellur Mutallimov | 8 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | NGA | Ekigho Ehiosun | 7 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Bagaliy Dabo | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 28 | Steeven Joseph-Monrose | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 19 | Filip Ozobić | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | FW | 45 | Famoussa Koné | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 14 | Javid Huseynov | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 10 | Ruslan Qurbanov | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Asif Mammadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 6 | Elvin Mammadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 88 | Tellur Mutallimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 70 | Ulvi Isgandarov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 90 | Ekigho Ehiosun | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 29 | Hajiagha Hajili | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 18 | Ilgar Gurbanov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 43 | 17 | 4 | 64 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Vojislav Stanković | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Elvin Jamalov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Rasim Ramaldanov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Gismat Aliyev | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Bagaliy Dabo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Ruslan Qurbanov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Asif Mammadov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Javid Huseynov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Vitaliy Vernydub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Dion Malone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ilgar Gurbanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Filip Ozobić | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Dmytro Bezotosnyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Steeven Joseph-Monrose | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Tamkin Khalilzade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Urfan Abbasov | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Famoussa Koné | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 74 | DF | Yusif Nabiyev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Players who left Gabala during the season: ||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | Andy Halliday | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | Ekigho Ehiosun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 59 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 79 | 5 |