# 2020–21 Keşla FK season

The Keşla 2020–21 season was Keşla's twentieth season in the Azerbaijan Premier League.

## Season events

On 8 August, Tarlan Ahmedov left the club after his contract expired, with Yunis Huseynov being appointed as his replacement on 16 August.
On 24 January, Yunis Huseynov resigned as manager, with Sanan Gurbanov being appointed as the club's new manager on 25 January.

### Transfers

On 22 June, Tural Akhundov signed for Keşla from Neftçi.
On 24 June, Shahriyar Aliyev joined Keşla from Sumgayit.
On 30 June, Javid Imamverdiyev signed for Keşla from Sabah.
On 8 July, Keşla announced the signing of Rahman Hajiyev on a season-long loan deal from Neftçi.
On 21 July, Turan Valizade also joined Keşla on a season-long loan deal from Neftçi.
On 7 August, Keşla announced the signing of Dmytro Klyots to a one-year contract, from Karpaty Lviv. Two days later, 9 August, Keşla signed Sílvio to a one-year contract from Vllaznia.
On 14 August, Keşla announced the signing of Kamal Bayramov on a one-year contract from Sabail, whilst Artur also signed a one-year contract with Keşla on 16 August, having previously been with Vorskla Poltava.
On 24 August, Keşla announced the signing of Rail Malikov from Sumgayit.
On 9 September, Keşla announced the signing of Alvaro to a one year loan from Lviv.
On 18 September, Javid Imamverdiyev left Keşla to join Sumgayit.
On 18 September, César Meza returned to Keşla on a contract until the end of the season.
On 30 November, Keşla announced the departure of Artur by mutual consent and the end if Alvaro's loan deal from Lviv.
On 26 December, Keşla signed Anatole Abang to a one-year contract.
On 6 January, Keşla announced the signing of Nijat Gurbanov on a contract until the end of the season.
On 12 January, Keşla announced that they had agreed to mutual terminate the contract of Dmytro Klyots, with Sadio Tounkara signing for Keşla until the end of the season on 13 January.
On 28 January, Rashad Sadiqov left Keşla after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
On 9 February, Keşla announced that they had signed Eugeniu Cociuc on a free transfer after he'd left Sabah in December 2020.

### New contracts

On 4 July, Stanislav Namașco signed a new one-year contract with Keşla.
On 10 July, Alexander Christovão extended his contract with Keşla for an additional year.

## Squad

    As of match played 24 May 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Stanislav Namașco | GK | (1986-11-10)10 November 1986 (aged 34) | Zeta | 2019 | 2021 | 50 | 0 |
| 85 | Kamal Bayramov | GK | (1985-08-19)19 August 1985 (aged 35) | Sabail | 2020 | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Ilkin Qirtimov | DF | (1990-11-04)4 November 1990 (aged 30) | Zira | 2019 | 2021 | 117 | 3 |
| 3 | Tarlan Guliyev | DF | (1992-04-19)19 April 1992 (aged 29) | Qarabağ | 2016 | 2021 | 112 | 1 |
| 4 | Shahriyar Aliyev | DF | (1992-12-25)25 December 1992 (aged 28) | Sumgayit | 2020 | | 31 | 3 |
| 8 | Tural Akhundov | DF | (1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 32) | Neftçi | 2020 | | 22 | 1 |
| 18 | Ruslan Amirjanov | DF | (1985-02-01)1 February 1985 (aged 36) | Sabail | 2018 | 2021 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | Azer Salahli | DF | (1994-04-11)11 April 1994 (aged 27) | Sumgayit | 2018 | 2021 | 58 | 4 |
| 20 | Rail Malikov | DF | (1985-12-18)18 December 1985 (aged 35) | Sumgayit | 2020 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Mijuško Bojović | DF | (1988-08-09)9 August 1988 (aged 32) | Újpest | 2019 | 2021 | 37 | 3 |
| 22 | Elçin Mustafayev | DF | (2000-07-05)5 July 2000 (aged 20) | loan from Sabah | 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Rahman Hajiyev | MF | (1993-07-25)25 July 1993 (aged 27) | loan from Neftçi | 2020 | 2021 | 28 | 4 |
| 10 | César Meza | MF | (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 (aged 29) | Universitatea Craiova | 2020 | 2021 | 104 | 20 |
| 13 | Parviz Azadov | MF | (2000-10-19)19 October 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 9 | 1 |
| 14 | Turan Valizade | MF | (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 20) | loan from Neftçi | 2020 | 2021 | 19 | 0 |
| 17 | Vusal Isgandarli | MF | (1995-11-03)3 November 1995 (aged 25) | Zira | 2019 | 2021 | 66 | 7 |
| 25 | John Kamara | MF | (1988-05-12)12 May 1988 (aged 33) | Kaisar | 2019 | 2021 | 60 | 1 |
| 29 | Eugeniu Cociuc | MF | (1993-05-11)11 May 1993 (aged 28) | Sabah | 2021 | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 90 | Orkhan Farajov | MF | (2001-01-07)7 January 2001 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 4 | 0 |
| 91 | Sadio Tounkara | MF | (1992-04-27)27 April 1992 (aged 29) | Narva Trans | 2021 | 2021 | 17 | 2 |
| 99 | Rafael Maharramli | MF | (1999-10-01)1 October 1999 (aged 21) | loan from Qarabağ | 2020 | | 24 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Anatole Abang | FW | (1996-07-06)6 July 1996 (aged 24) | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2020 | 2021 | 18 | 1 |
| 11 | Sílvio | FW | (1994-05-04)4 May 1994 (aged 27) | Vllaznia Shkodër | 2020 | 2021 | 33 | 4 |
| 23 | Nijat Gurbanov | FW | (1992-02-17)17 February 1992 (aged 29) | Samtredia | 2021 | 2021 | 13 | 1 |
| 42 | Alexander Christovão | FW | (1993-03-14)14 March 1993 (aged 28) | Al-Mujazzal | 2020 | 2021 | 8 | 0 |
| 79 | Bahadur Haziyev | FW | (1999-03-26)26 March 1999 (aged 22) | Sabail | 2021 | | 5 | 0 |
| 71 | Emin Guliyev | FW | (1998-01-09)9 January 1998 (aged 23) | | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Khazar Mahmudov | FW | (2000-11-23)23 November 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 6 | 3 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | Rashad Sadiqov | MF | (1983-10-08)8 October 1983 (aged 37) | | 2019 | | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Javid Imamverdiyev | MF | (1990-08-01)1 August 1990 (aged 30) | Sabah | 2020 | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Alvaro | MF | (1995-03-10)10 March 1995 (aged 26) | loan from Lviv | 2020 | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | Shohrux Gadoyev | MF | (1991-12-31)31 December 1991 (aged 29) | Bunyodkor | 2020 | 2021 | 7 | 2 |
| 23 | Artur | DF | (1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 26) | Vorskla Poltava | 2020 | 2021 | 10 | 0 |
| 48 | Dmytro Klyots | MF | (1996-04-15)15 April 1996 (aged 25) | Karpaty Lviv | 2020 | 2021 | 14 | 1 |
| 94 | Rashad Azizli | GK | (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 (aged 27) | Sumgayit | 2019 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 22 June 2020 | DF | Tural Akhundov | Neftçi | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2020 | DF | Shahriyar Aliyev | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Javid Imamverdiyev | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2020 | MF | Dmytro Klyots | Karpaty Lviv | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2020 | FW | Sílvio | Vllaznia Shkodër | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2020 | GK | Kamal Bayramov | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2020 | DF | Artur | Vorskla Poltava | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2020 | DF | Rail Malikov | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 18 September 2020 | MF | César Meza | Universitatea Craiova | Undisclosed |
| 26 December 2020 | FW | Anatole Abang | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free |
| 6 January 2021 | FW | Nijat Gurbanov | Samtredia | Free |
| 13 January 2021 | MF | Sadio Tounkara | Narva Trans | Free |
| 9 February 2021 | MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | Sabah | Free |
| 10 February 2021 | FW | Bahadur Haziyev | Sabail | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 8 July 2020 | MF | Rahman Hajiyev | Neftçi | End of season |
| 21 July 2020 | MF | Turan Valizade | Neftçi | End of season |
| 20 August 2020 | MF | Rafael Maharramli | Qarabağ | End of season |
| 9 September 2020 | MF | Alvaro | Lviv | 30 November 2020 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 18 September 2020 | MF | | Javid Imamverdiyev | Sumgayit | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 20 July 2020 | GK | Rashad Azizli | Zira | 20 July 2020 |
| 30 November 2020 | DF | Artur | Brasil de Pelotas | 9 March 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Shohrux Gadoyev | AGMK | 9 February 2021 |
| 12 January 2021 | MF | Dmytro Klyots | Sabah | 6 February 2021 |
| 28 January 2021 | MF | Rashad Sadiqov | | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Elvin Yunuszade | | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Orkhan Farajov | Sabail | 11 August 2021 |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Vusal Isgandarli | Ankara Keçiörengücü | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Sadio Tounkara | Keşla | 23 September 2021 |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | Zimbru Chișinău | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | John Kamara | Keşla | 19 October 2021 |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Alexander Christovão | | |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Sílvio | Al Dhaid | |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Khazar Mahmudov | Sumgayit | |

## 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: 19 May 2021. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Zira | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 38 | |
| 5 | Sabah | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 29 | |
| 6 | Keşla | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 26 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Gabala | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 26 | |
| 8 | Sabail | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 24 | |

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

    As of Match played 24 May 2021

### 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 | MDA | Stanislav Namașco | 28 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Ilkin Qirtimov | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Tarlan Guliyev | 20 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Aliyev | 31 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Rahman Hajiyev | 28 | 4 | 16+6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | AZE | Tural Akhundov | 22 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Anatole Abang | 18 | 1 | 11+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | PAR | César Meza | 23 | 7 | 16+2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Sílvio | 33 | 4 | 17+10 | 4 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AZE | Parviz Azadov | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Turan Valizade | 19 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Vusal Isgandarli | 31 | 3 | 21+5 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | AZE | Azer Salahli | 31 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | MNE | Mijuško Bojović | 18 | 1 | 13+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AZE | Elçin Mustafayev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | AZE | Nijat Gurbanov | 13 | 1 | 6+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SLE | John Kamara | 27 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | MDA | Eugeniu Cociuc | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | ANG | Alexander Christovão | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | AZE | Bahadur Haziyev | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | AZE | Kamal Bayramov | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | MLI | Sadio Tounkara | 17 | 2 | 6+6 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | AZE | Khazar Mahmudov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | AZE | Rafael Maharramli | 24 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Keşla during the season: ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Alvaro | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | UZB | Shohrux Gadoyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Artur | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Klyots | 14 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | César Meza | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | DF | 19 | Azer Salahli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Sílvio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Rahman Hajiyev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | Vusal Isgandarli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 91 | Sadio Tounkara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Shahriyar Aliyev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 48 | Dmytro Klyots | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 23 | Nijat Gurbanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 8 | Tural Akhundov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 9 | Anatole Abang | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 21 | Mijuško Bojović | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 25 | 9 | 0 | 34 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Stanislav Namașco | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | GK | 85 | Kamal Bayramov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | TOTALS | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Stanislav Namașco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ilkin Qirtimov | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Tarlan Guliyev | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Shahriyar Aliyev | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Rahman Hajiyev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Tural Akhundov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Anatole Abang | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | César Meza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Sílvio | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Parviz Azadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Turan Valizade | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Vusal Isgandarli | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ruslan Amirjanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Azer Salahli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Rail Malikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mijuško Bojović | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Elçin Mustafayev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | Nijat Gurbanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | John Kamara | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | Kamal Bayramov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Sadio Tounkara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Rafael Maharramli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Keşla during the season: ||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | Alvaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Artur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | Dmytro Klyots | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 78 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 96 | 5 |