# 2024–25 Qarabağ FK season

The 2024–25 season is Qarabağ FK's 38th year since its founding and its 17th consecutive season in Azerbaijan's premier league. The team will also compete in the Azerbaijan Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League.

## Season overview

On 11 June, Qarabağ announced the signing of Fabijan Buntić from Vizela on a contract until the summer of 2027.
On 14 June, Qarabağ announced the return of Musa Qurbanlı from Djurgarden on a contract until the summer of 2027.
On 18 July, Qarabağ announced the signing of Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev from Adana Demirspor to a one-year contract.
On 15 August, Qarabağ announced the signing of Mateusz Kochalski from Stal Mielec on a contract until the summer of 2028.
On 23 August, Qarabağ announced the signing of Emmanuel Addai from AD Alcorcón on a contract until the summer of 2026.
On 3 September, Qarabağ announced the signing of Oleksiy Kashchuk from Shakhtar Donetsk on a contract until the summer of 2027.
On 9 September, Hamidou Keyta was released from his contract with the club.
On 13 January, Qarabağ announced that they had agreed a fee with CR Flamengo, rumoured to be around €5million, for Juninho, with the forward travelling to Rio de Janeiro to finalise the deal. Two days later, on 15 January, Qarabağ and Flamengo both confirmed the transfer of Juninho.
On 4 February, Qarabağ announced the return of Kady Borges from Ferencváros on a four-year contract.

## Squad

    As of match played 15 March 2025
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev | GK | (1994-06-12) 12 June 1994 (age 30) | Sumgayit | 2024 | 2027 | 148 | 0 |
| 12 | Sadig Mammadzade | GK | (2006-10-29) 29 October 2006 (age 18) | Sabail | 2024 | | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Amin Ramazanov | GK | (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 22) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2021 | | 14 | 0 |
| 97 | Fabijan Buntić | GK | (1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 28) | Vizela | 2024 | 2027 | 13 | 0 |
| 99 | Mateusz Kochalski | GK | (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 22) | Stal Mielec | 2024 | 2028 | 19 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Matheus Silva | DF | (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 27) | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2023 | 2025 (+2) | 77 | 3 |
| 13 | Behlul Mustafazade | DF | (1997-02-27) 27 February 1997 (age 28) | Unattached | 2021 | | 131 | 5 |
| 27 | Toral Bayramov | DF | (2001-02-23) 23 February 2001 (age 24) | Academy | 2019 | | 197 | 27 |
| 29 | Marko Vešović | DF | (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28) | Legia Warsaw | 2021 | 2027 | 128 | 5 |
| 30 | Abbas Huseynov | DF | (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 29) | Inter Baku | 2017 | | 170 | 5 |
| 44 | Elvin Cafarguliyev | DF | (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 24) | Youth team | 2019 | | 176 | 8 |
| 55 | Badavi Guseynov | DF | (1991-07-11) 11 July 1991 (age 33) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2012 | | 374 | 5 |
| 81 | Kevin Medina | DF | (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 32) | Chaves | 2020 | | 157 | 4 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Yassine Benzia | MF | (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30) | Dijon | 2023 | 2025 | 93 | 25 |
| 8 | Marko Janković | MF | (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 (age 29) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2022 | | 117 | 8 |
| 9 | Kady Borges | MF | (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28) | Ferencváros | 2025 | 2028 | 82 | 30 |
| 10 | Abdellah Zoubir | MF | (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 33) | RC Lens | 2018 | | 301 | 67 |
| 15 | Leandro Andrade | MF | (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25) | Cherno More | 2021 | 2025 | 151 | 40 |
| 20 | Richard Almeida | MF | (1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 35) | Zira | 2021 | | 378 | 64 |
| 21 | Oleksiy Kashchuk | MF | (2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 24) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2024 | 2027 | 27 | 5 |
| 24 | Aleksey Isayev | MF | (1995-11-09) 9 November 1995 (age 29) | Sabah | 2024 | 2027 | 47 | 1 |
| 66 | Patrick Andrade | MF | (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 32) | Partizan | 2023 | 2025 (+1) | 141 | 16 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 11 | Emmanuel Addai | FW | (2001-08-01) 1 August 2001 (age 23) | AD Alcorcón | 2024 | 2026 | 31 | 3 |
| 19 | Redon Xhixha | FW | (1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 (age 26) | Tirana | 2023 | 2026 | 69 | 13 |
| 22 | Musa Qurbanlı | FW | (2002-04-13) 13 April 2002 (age 22) | Djurgarden | 2024 | 2027 | 78 | 35 |
| 90 | Nariman Akhundzade | FW | (2004-04-23) 23 April 2004 (age 20) | Youth team | 2022 | | 89 | 25 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| | Ismayil Ibrahimli | MF | (1998-02-13) 13 February 1998 (age 27) | MOIK Baku | 2018 | | 107 | 7 |
| | Rustam Akhmedzade | FW | (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 24) | Mynai | 2021 | 2026 | 8 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | Júlio Romão | MF | (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 26) | Santa Clara | 2022 | 2026 | 120 | 2 |
| 17 | Hamidou Keyta | FW | (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 30) | Zira | 2023 | 2026 | 54 | 9 |
| 18 | Juninho | FW | (1996-11-21) 21 November 1996 (age 28) | Chaves | 2023 | 2026 | 81 | 42 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 11 June 2024 | GK | Fabijan Buntić | Vizela | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2024 | FW | Musa Qurbanlı | Djurgarden | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2024 | GK | Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev | Adana Demirspor | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2024 | GK | Mateusz Kochalski | Stal Mielec | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2024 | FW | Emmanuel Addai | AD Alcorcón | Undisclosed |
| 3 September 2024 | MF | Oleksiy Kashchuk | Shakhtar Donetsk | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2025 | MF | Kady Borges | Ferencváros | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 8 June 2024 | DF | Nihad Guliyev | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2024 | GK | Luka Gugeshashvili | Panserraikos | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2025 | FW | Juninho | Flamengo | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 22 June 2023 | MF | | Ismayil Ibrahimli | Zira | End of season | |
| 23 June 2023 | FW | | Rustam Akhmedzade | Zira | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 2 June 2024 | DF | Maksim Medvedev | Retirement | Retirement |
| 3 June 2024 | FW | Adama Diakhaby | Bandırmaspor | 30 June 2024 |
| 4 June 2024 | GK | Andrey Lunyov | Dynamo Moscow | 18 June 2024 |
| 9 September 2024 | FW | Hamidou Keyta | Konyaspor | 10 September 2024 |
| 4 January 2025 | MF | Júlio Romão | Ferencváros | 5 February 2025 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 2 August 2024 | | Matchday 1 | | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 65 | 16 | +49 | 074.07 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 3 December 2024 | | Round of 16 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 23 July 2024 | 28 August 2024 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 26 September 2024 | 31 January 2025 | League phase | 36th | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 012.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 92 | 46 | +46 | 061.36 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Qarabağ | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 65 | 16 | +49 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Zira | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 52 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Araz-Naxçıvan | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 47 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Turan Tovuz | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 43 | |
| 5 | Sabah | 27 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 35 | |
* ↑ The 2024–25 Azerbaijan Cup winners qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Azerbaijan Cup winners finish first). If the Azerbaijan Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: 15 March 2025

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | | | | |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | | | | |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 19 July 2024.

### UEFA Europa League
#### League phase

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 32 | RFS | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 5 |
| 33 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 |
| 34 | Dynamo Kyiv | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 4 |
| 35 | Nice | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 3 |
| 36 | Qarabağ | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 3 |
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 35 | 34 | 36 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 36 |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 15 March 2025

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Matheus Silva | 36 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ALG | Yassine Benzia | 39 | 9 | 12+12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MNE | Marko Janković | 30 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | BRA | Kady Borges | 7 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Abdellah Zoubir | 38 | 6 | 11+11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Emmanuel Addai | 31 | 3 | 13+7 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Sadig Mammadzade | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Behlul Mustafazade | 29 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CPV | Leandro Andrade | 42 | 13 | 15+11 | 11 | 0+2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | ALB | Redon Xhixha | 17 | 4 | 7+6 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Richard Almeida | 8 | 2 | 5+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Kashchuk | 27 | 5 | 10+9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Musa Qurbanlı | 19 | 5 | 8+7 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | AZE | Aleksey Isayev | 25 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | AZE | Toral Bayramov | 41 | 8 | 19+6 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 | 3+5 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | MNE | Marko Vešović | 24 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | AZE | Abbas Hüseynov | 26 | 1 | 14+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | AZE | Elvin Cafarguliyev | 33 | 1 | 11+8 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | AZE | Badavi Guseynov | 23 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | CPV | Patrick Andrade | 31 | 3 | 12+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | COL | Kevin Medina | 26 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | AZE | Nariman Akhundzade | 32 | 8 | 16+6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | CRO | Fabijan Buntić | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | POL | Mateusz Kochalski | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left Qarabağ during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | BRA | Júlio Romão | 28 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Hamidou Keyta | 7 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Juninho | 26 | 11 | 7+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 15 | Leandro Andrade | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | 18 | Juninho | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Yassine Benzia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | 90 | Nariman Akhundzade | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | DF | 27 | Toral Bayramov | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Abdellah Zoubir | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 21 | Oleksiy Kashchuk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | 22 | Musa Qurbanlı | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | FW | 19 | Redon Xhixha | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | 11 | Emmanuel Addai | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 66 | Patrick Andrade | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | 20 | Richard Almeida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 9 | Kady Borges | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | 2 | Matheus Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 13 | Behlul Mustafazade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 30 | Abbas Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 44 | Elvin Cafarguliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 81 | Kevin Medina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 24 | Aleksey Isayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | 17 | Hamidou Keyta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 8 | Marko Janković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 65 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 92 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 99 | Mateusz Kochalski | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | GK | 97 | Fabijan Buntić | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | GK | 12 | Sadig Mammadzade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Matheus Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Yassine Benzia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Marko Janković | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Kady Borges | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Abdellah Zoubir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Emmanuel Addai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Behlul Mustafazade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Leandro Andrade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Redon Xhixha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Richard Almeida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Musa Qurbanlı | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Aleksey Isayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Toral Bayramov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Marko Vešović | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Abbas Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Elvin Cafarguliyev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 55 | DF | Badavi Guseynov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Patrick Andrade | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | Kevin Medina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 90 | FW | Nariman Akhundzade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | Mateusz Kochalski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left Qarabağ during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Júlio Romão | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Juninho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 75 | 5 |