# 2024–25 Sabah FC season

The Sabah FC 2024–25 season is Sabah's seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their eighth season in existence.

## Season overview

On 21 January, Sabah announced the signing of Stas Pokatilov after he'd left Tobol by mutual agreement.
On 28 January, Sabah announced the signing of Umarali Rakhmonaliev on loan from Rubin Kazan until the end of the season.

## 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 | Yusif İmanov | GK | (2002-09-27) 27 September 2002 (age 22) | Academy | 2020 | | 94 | 0 |
| 55 | Nijat Mehbaliyev | GK | (2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 (age 24) | Qarabağ | 2020 | 2026 | 23 | 0 |
| 92 | Stas Pokatilov | GK | (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 32) | Unattached | 2025 | | 8 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Amin Seydiyev | DF | (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 (age 26) | Gabala | 2020 | | 160 | 6 |
| 3 | Jon Irazabal | DF | (1996-11-28) 28 November 1996 (age 28) | SD Amorebieta | 2022 | 2025 | 88 | 6 |
| 4 | Sofian Chakla | DF | (1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 31) | Ponferradina | 2023 | 2025 | 62 | 4 |
| 5 | Rahman Dashdamirov | DF | (1999-10-20) 20 October 1999 (age 25) | Shamakhi | 2023 | 2025 | 29 | 0 |
| 7 | Bojan Letić | DF | (1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 (age 32) | Unattached | 2022 | | 113 | 6 |
| 17 | Tellur Mutallimov | DF | (1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 29) | Sumgayit | 2024 | | 82 | 3 |
| 40 | Ygor Nogueira | DF | (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995 (age 29) | Chaves | 2025 | | 19 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Abdulakh Khaybulayev | MF | (2001-08-19) 19 August 2001 (age 23) | Academy | 2021 | | 39 | 0 |
| 8 | Ayaz Guliyev | MF | (1996-11-27) 27 November 1996 (age 28) | Khimki | 2023 | 2026 | 33 | 1 |
| 9 | Anatoliy Nuriyev | MF | (1996-05-20) 20 May 1996 (age 28) | Kolos Kovalivka | 2022 | 2025 | 93 | 11 |
| 10 | Namiq Ələsgərov | MF | (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 30) | Bursaspor | 2022 | 2025 | 78 | 7 |
| 11 | Kaheem Parris | MF | (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 25) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2024 | | 54 | 6 |
| 12 | Vincent Thill | MF | (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 25) | Vorskla Poltava | 2023 | 2025 | 30 | 2 |
| 13 | Ivan Lepinjica | MF | (1999-07-09) 9 July 1999 (age 25) | Slaven Belupo | 2024 | | 20 | 1 |
| 15 | Seymur Mammadov | MF | (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 (age 21) | Academy | 2024 | | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Joy-Lance Mickels | MF | (1994-03-29) 29 March 1994 (age 30) | Al Faisaly | 2024 | | 98 | 43 |
| 22 | Abdulla Rzayev | MF | (2002-03-12) 12 March 2002 (age 23) | Academy | 2021 | | 21 | 0 |
| 33 | Umarali Rakhmonaliev | MF | (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21) | on loan from Rubin Kazan | 2024 | | 8 | 0 |
| 70 | Jesse Sekidika | MF | (1996-07-14) 14 July 1996 (age 28) | Eyüpspor | 2023 | 2025(+1) | 68 | 18 |
| 77 | Shakir Seyidov | MF | (2000-12-31) 31 December 2000 (age 24) | Academy | 2018 | | 60 | 2 |
| 88 | Khayal Aliyev | MF | (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 21) | Academy | 2023 | | 42 | 4 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 18 | Pavol Šafranko | FW | (1994-11-16) 16 November 1994 (age 30) | Sepsi OSK | 2024 | | 33 | 9 |
| 99 | Njegoš Kupusović | FW | (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 24) | Trenčín | 2024 | | 22 | 2 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 16 | Rustam Samiqullin | GK | (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 22) | Academy | 2020 | | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | Jamal Jafarov | FW | (2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 23) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2020 | 2025 | 24 | 0 |
| 40 | Rauf Rustamli | DF | (2003-01-11) 11 January 2003 (age 22) | Gabala | 2023 | | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | Timilehin Oluwaseun | FW | (2005-06-10) 10 June 2005 (age 19) | Dino SC | 2024 | | 2 | 0 |
| | Fakhri Mammadli | DF | (2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 19) | Academy | 2024 | | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | Elvin Camalov | MF | (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 30) | Zira | 2021 | | 113 | 2 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 21 January 2025 | GK | | Stas Pokatilov | Unattached | Free | |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 28 January 2025 | MF | | Umarali Rakhmonaliev | Rubin Kazan | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 22 January 2025 | MF | | Elvin Camalov | Neftçi | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 17 June 2024 | GK | Rauf Rustamli | Shamakhi | End of season |
| 11 July 2024 | DF | Fakhri Mammadli | Shamakhi | End of season |
| 9 August 2024 | GK | Rustam Samigullin | Neftçi | End of season |
| 13 September 2024 | FW | Jamal Jafarov | Kapaz | End of season |
| 16 January 2025 | FW | Timilehin Oluwaseun | İmişli | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 13 June 2024 | FW | Davit Volkovi | Zira | 13 June 2024 |
| 14 June 2024 | MF | Cristian Ceballos | | |
| 23 June 2024 | MF | Christian | Turan Tovuz | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | Ildar Alekperov | Zira | 10 September 2024 |
| 1 July 2024 | DF | Marouane Hadhoudi | Difaâ Hassani | 17 August 2024 |
| 2 July 2024 | FW | Emmanuel Apeh | Al Ittihad | 22 September 2024 |
| 10 July 2024 | MF | Veysal Rzayev | Turan Tovuz | 10 July 2024 |
| 27 July 2024 | FW | Jearl Margaritha | Phoenix Rising | 16 August 2024 |
| 28 July 2024 | FW | Ishak Belfodil | IMT | 10 February 2025 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 4 August 2024 | | Matchday 1 | | 27 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 025.93 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 3 December 2024 | | Last 16 | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Conference League | 25 July 2024 | 15 August 2024 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 026.47 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: 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: 15 March 2025. 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 | 29 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | | |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | L | D | | |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Neftçi | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 31 | |
| 7 | Shamakhi | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 28 | |
* ↑ 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.

### Conference League
#### Qualifying rounds
## 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 | Conference League | Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Yusif İmanov | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Amin Seydiyev | 33 | 2 | 24+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Jon Irazabal | 28 | 1 | 20+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Sofian Chakla | 24 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Rahman Dashdamirov | 15 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Abdulakh Khaybulayev | 18 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | BIH | Bojan Letić | 31 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Ayaz Guliyev | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Anatoliy Nuriyev | 23 | 1 | 4+16 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Namiq Ələsgərov | 23 | 2 | 12+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | JAM | Kaheem Parris | 23 | 2 | 9+7 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | LUX | Vincent Thill | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | CRO | Ivan Lepinjica | 20 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Seymur Mammadov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | AZE | Tellur Mutallimov | 19 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SVK | Pavol Šafranko | 33 | 9 | 22+4 | 7 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Joy-Lance Mickels | 29 | 10 | 16+6 | 8 | 2+1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Abdulla Rzayev | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | UZB | Umarali Rakhmonaliev | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | BRA | Ygor Nogueira | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | AZE | Nijat Mehbaliyev | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | NGA | Jesse Sekidika | 34 | 11 | 25+2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Shakir Seyidov | 11 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Khayal Aliyev | 29 | 4 | 11+11 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 92 | GK | KAZ | Stas Pokatilov | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SRB | Njegoš Kupusović | 22 | 2 | 4+14 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 33 | FW | AZE | Jamal Jafarov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Sabah during the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | AZE | Elvin Camalov | 18 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Conference League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 70 | Jesse Sekidika | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | MF | 20 | Joy-Lance Mickels | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Pavol Šafranko | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 88 | Khayal Aliyev | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Namiq Ələsgərov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 99 | Njegoš Kupusović | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | Amin Seydiyev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Kaheem Parris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 13 | Ivan Lepinjica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Sofian Chakla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 3 | Jon Irazabal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 9 | Anatoliy Nuriyev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 36 | 6 | 6 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Conference League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Yusif Imanov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | GK | 92 | Stas Pokatilov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | GK | 55 | Nijat Mehbaliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Conference League | Conference League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Amin Seydiyev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jon Irazabal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Sofian Chakla | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Rahman Dashdamirov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Abdulakh Khaybulayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Bojan Letić | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ayaz Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Anatoliy Nuriyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Namiq Ələsgərov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Vincent Thill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ivan Lepinjica | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Tellur Mutallimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Pavol Šafranko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Joy-Lance Mickels | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Umarali Rakhmonaliev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Ygor Nogueira | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 70 | FW | Jesse Sekidika | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Shakir Seyidov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Khayal Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Njegoš Kupusović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Sabah during the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Elvin Camalov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 51 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 63 | 3 |