# 2020–21 Zira FK season

The Zira FK 2020-21 season was Zira's sixth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and seventh season in their history.

## Season events

On 17 July, Rashad Sadygov was announced as Zira's new manager on a three-year contract.
On 1 August, Hajiagha Hajili joined Zira on loan from Qarabağ for the season.
On 17 August, Zira announced the signing of Caio Rangel from Ferroviária to a one-year contract, with the option of a second year.
On 1 September, Zira announced the signing of Matheus Albino from Londrina to a two-year contract.
On 5 September, Dimitrios Chantakias signed a one-year contract with Zira.
On 17 September, Gheorghe Anton was released by Zira.
On 5 October, Zira signed Gismat Aliyev from Gabala.
On 26 October, Zira announced the signing of Richard Almeida on a contract until the end of the season.
On 16 December, Caio Rangel left Zira by mutual consent, with Rashad Eyyubov also leaving the club by mutual consent on 21 December.
On 2 January, Musa Gurbanli moved to Zira on loan for the rest of the season from Qarabağ.
On 19 January, Zira announced the signing of Nemanja Anđelković on a 2.5-year contract.
On 29 January, Zira announced the departure of Alie Sesay by mutual consent, with Filipe Pachtmann joining the next day on loan from Lviv until the end of the season, with an option to make the move permanent on a three-year contract at the end of the season.
On 6 March, Zira announced the signing of Rodrigue Bongongui from Hapoel Hadera, with Facundo Melivilo signing from San Martín the following day.

## Squad

    As of match played 19 May 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Matheus Albino | GK | (1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 26) | Londrina | 2020 | 2022 | 30 | 0 |
| 22 | Rashad Azizli | GK | (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 (aged 27) | Keşla | 2020 | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Nail Alışov | GK | (2000-07-30)30 July 2000 (aged 20) | Neftçi | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Abdulla Seyidahmadov | GK | (1997-06-04)4 June 1997 (aged 23) | Trainee | 2017 | | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Sertan Tashkin | DF | (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 23) | Keşla | 2020 | 2022 | 28 | 0 |
| 5 | Karim Diniyev | DF | (1993-09-05)5 September 1993 (aged 27) | Sabah | 2020 | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Ayxan Süleymanlı | DF | (2004-01-16)16 January 2004 (aged 17) | Trainee | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Lazar Đorđević | DF | (1992-07-14)14 July 1992 (aged 28) | Radnički Niš | 2020 | 2022 | 21 | 1 |
| 13 | Shahriyar Rahimov | DF | (1989-04-06)6 April 1989 (aged 32) | Sabail | 2020 | 2022 | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | Nemanja Anđelković | DF | (1997-04-26)26 April 1997 (aged 24) | Zlatibor Čajetina | 2021 | 2023 | 19 | 3 |
| 44 | Dimitrios Chantakias | DF | (1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 26) | Cherno More | 2020 | 2021 | 28 | 1 |
| 77 | Jalal Huseynov | DF | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2020 | | 10 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Elvin Jamalov | MF | (1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 26) | Gabala | 2019 | 2021 | 49 | 0 |
| 7 | Tural Bayramli | MF | (1998-01-07)7 January 1998 (aged 23) | Keşla | 2020 | 2021 | 19 | 0 |
| 8 | Ilkin Muradov | MF | (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 25) | Academy | 2019 | | 97 | 3 |
| 20 | Ali Shirinov | MF | (1998-08-09)9 August 1998 (aged 22) | Daugavpils | 2020 | | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Hajiagha Hajili | MF | (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 23) | loan from Qarabağ | 2020 | 2021 | 29 | 0 |
| 27 | Tamerlan Burcəliyev | MF | (2003-01-27)27 January 2003 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Richard Almeida | MF | (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 32) | Baniyas | 2020 | 2021 | 23 | 0 |
| 32 | Gismat Aliyev | MF | (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 24) | Gabala | 2020 | 2022 | 26 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Davit Volkovi | FW | (1995-06-03)3 June 1995 (aged 25) | Gabala | 2020 | 2021 | 35 | 11 |
| 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | FW | (1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 28) | Sabail | 2020 | 2021 | 28 | 9 |
| 11 | Clésio | FW | (1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 26) | Gabala | 2020 | 2021 | 32 | 6 |
| 14 | Facundo Melivilo | FW | (1992-08-12)12 August 1992 (aged 28) | San Martín | 2021 | 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | Rodrigue Bongongui | FW | (1993-02-07)7 February 1993 (aged 28) | Hapoel Hadera | 2021 | 2021 | 12 | 1 |
| 29 | Musa Gurbanli | FW | (2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 19) | loan from Qarabağ | 2021 | 2021 | 11 | 2 |
| 91 | Ruslan Gurbanov | FW | (1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 29) | Sabail | 2020 | 2022 | 16 | 1 |
| 99 | Filipe Pachtmann | FW | (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 21) | loan from Lviv | 2021 | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | Alie Sesay | DF | (1994-08-02)2 August 1994 (aged 26) | Arda Kardzhali | 2020 | 2021 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | Rashad Eyyubov | MF | (1992-12-03)3 December 1992 (aged 28) | Sabah | 2020 | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Caio Rangel | FW | (1996-01-16)16 January 1996 (aged 25) | Ferroviária | 2020 | 2021 (+1) | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Gheorghe Anton | MF | (1993-01-27)27 January 1993 (aged 28) | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2020 | 2021 | 6 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 18 July 2020 | DF | Sertan Tashkin | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2020 | DF | Karim Diniyev | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2020 | MF | Rashad Eyyubov | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2020 | FW | Clésio | Gabala | Free |
| 19 July 2020 | GK | Rashad Azizli | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2020 | DF | Shahriyar Rahimov | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2020 | MF | Tural Bayramli | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2020 | FW | Ruslan Gurbanov | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2020 | FW | Lazar Đorđević | Radnički Niš | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2020 | FW | Caio Rangel | Ferroviária | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2020 | GK | Matheus Albino | Londrina | Undisclosed |
| 5 September 2020 | DF | Dimitrios Chantakias | Cherno More | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Gismat Aliyev | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 26 October 2020 | MF | Richard Almeida | Baniyas | Free |
| 19 January 2021 | DF | Nemanja Anđelković | Zlatibor Čajetina | Undisclosed |
| 6 March 2021 | FW | Rodrigue Bongongui | Hapoel Hadera | Free |
| 7 March 2021 | FW | Facundo Melivilo | San Martín | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 1 August 2020 | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | Qarabağ | End of season |
| 2 January 2021 | FW | Musa Gurbanli | Qarabağ | End of season |
| 30 January 2021 | FW | Filipe Pachtmann | Lviv | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 10 July 2020 | GK | | Emil Balayev | Qarabağ | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 13 July 2020 | GK | Orkhan Sadigli | | |
| 13 July 2020 | DF | Miloš Bakrač | Iskra Danilovgrad | 27 January 2021 |
| 13 July 2020 | DF | Jovan Krneta | Inđija | |
| 13 July 2020 | GK | Bojan Zogović | Vllaznia Shkodër | |
| 13 July 2020 | MF | Javid Huseynov | Gabala | |
| 13 July 2020 | MF | Tellur Mutallimov | Sumgayit | 17 July 2020 |
| 13 July 2020 | MF | Chafik Tigroudja | USP Grand Avignon | |
| 15 July 2020 | DF | Adrian Scarlatache | Hermannstadt | 16 August 2020 |
| 16 July 2020 | DF | Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade | Sabah | 24 December 2020 |
| 16 July 2020 | MF | Mpho Kgaswane | Cape Town Spurs | 11 January 2021 |
| 16 July 2020 | FW | Richard Gadze | Sheriff Tiraspol | 7 August 2020 |
| 17 September 2020 | MF | Gheorghe Anton | Gloria Buzău | |
| 16 December 2020 | FW | Caio Rangel | Santo André | 3 March 2021 |
| 21 December 2020 | MF | Rashad Eyyubov | | |
| 29 January 2021 | DF | Alie Sesay | Sabail | 31 January 2021 |
| 24 May 2021 | DF | Karim Diniyev | Keşla | |
| 24 May 2021 | DF | Lazar Đorđević | Al Khalidiya | |
| 24 May 2021 | MF | Tural Bayramli | Pierikos | |
| 24 May 2021 | FW | Clésio | Marítimo | |
| 24 May 2021 | FW | Ruslan Gurbanov | Slavia Mozyr | |
| 27 May 2021 | GK | Matheus Albino | Londrina | 21 January 2022 |
| 27 May 2021 | MF | Elvin Jamalov | Sabah | 27 May 2021 |
| 27 May 2021 | FW | Rodrigue Bongongui | Tabor Sežana | 5 August 2021 |

## 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 18 | +46 | 57 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Sumgayit | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 39 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 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 |

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 19 May 2021

### 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 | BRA | Matheus Albino | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Sertan Tashkin | 28 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Elvin Jamalov | 29 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Ayxan Süleymanlı | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Tural Bayramli | 19 | 0 | 7+9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Ilkin Muradov | 32 | 1 | 23+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Davit Volkovi | 29 | 10 | 21+3 | 8 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Aghabala Ramazanov | 24 | 6 | 20+2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MOZ | Clésio | 32 | 6 | 25+3 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | SRB | Lazar Đorđević | 21 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Rahimov | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ARG | Facundo Melivilo | 4 | 2 | 2+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | CMR | Rodrigue Bongongui | 12 | 1 | 5+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Ali Shirinov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Hajiagha Hajili | 29 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | AZE | Rashad Azizli | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Anđelković | 19 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Tamerlan Burcəliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | AZE | Musa Gurbanli | 11 | 2 | 3+6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | AZE | Richard Almeida | 23 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | AZE | Gismat Aliyev | 26 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Chantakias | 28 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | AZE | Jalal Huseynov | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | AZE | Ruslan Gurbanov | 16 | 1 | 4+11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Filipe Pachtmann | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players away from Zira on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Zira during the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SLE | Alie Sesay | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rashad Eyyubov | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Caio Rangel | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Davit Volkovi | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Clésio | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | 26 | Nemanja Anđelković | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 14 | Facundo Melivilo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 32 | Gismat Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 29 | Musa Gurbanli | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 91 | Ruslan Gurbanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 44 | Dimitrios Chantakias | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 12 | Lazar Đorđević | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Ilkin Muradov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 17 | Rodrigue Bongongui | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 28 | 9 | 37 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Matheus Albino | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | GK | 22 | Rashad Azizli | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 13 | 3 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Matheus Albino | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Sertan Tashkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Elvin Jamalov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Karim Diniyev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Tural Bayramli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ilkin Muradov | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Davit Volkovi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Clésio | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Lazar Đorđević | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Shahriyar Rahimov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Ali Shirinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ali Shirinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | Rashad Azizli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Nemanja Anđelković | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Richard Almeida | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Gismat Aliyev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Dimitrios Chantakias | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 77 | DF | Jalal Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Zira during the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Alie Sesay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 64 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 78 | 7 |