# 2021–22 Keşla FK season

The 2021-22 Shamakhi FK season (formerly known 2021 as Keşla FK) is the clubs twenty-first edition in the Azerbaijan Premier League and football.

## Season events

On 2 June, Turan Valizade's loan from Neftçi was extended for an additional season.
On 24 June, Keşla announced the signings of Oumar Goudiaby from Shkupi and Aldair Neto from Pelister.
On 1 July, Keşla announced the signings of Amil Yunanov from Sabail and Felipe Santos from Maribor.
On 9 July, Keşla announced the signing of Karim Diniyev from Zira.
On 27 December, Keşla announced that Anatole Abang and Nijat Gurbanov had left the club after their contracts had expired, whilst Oumar Goudiaby and John Kamara left the club by mutual consent.
On 29 December, Keşla announced the signing of Fahmin Muradbayli on loan from Neftçi for the remainder of the season, whilst Azer Salahli joined Neftçi on a permanent deal.
On 13 January, Franco Flores returned to the club, signing a contract until the end of the season.
On 24 January, Mijuško Bojović left the club by mutual consent.
On 3 February, Keşla announced the signing of Nathan Oduwa on a contract until the end of the season.
On 6 April, the Azerbaijan Premier League approved the club's name change from Keşla FK to Shamakhi FK.

## Squad

    As of match played 21 May 2022
| 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 (age 37) | Zeta | 2019 | | 77 | 0 |
| 27 | Akbar Valiyev | GK | (2001-09-07) 7 September 2001 (age 23) | Academy | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Kamal Bayramov | GK | (1985-08-19) 19 August 1985 (age 39) | Sabail | 2020 | | 12 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Ilkin Qirtimov | DF | (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 33) | Zira | 2019 | | 142 | 3 |
| 3 | Tarlan Guliyev | DF | (1992-04-19) 19 April 1992 (age 32) | Qarabağ | 2016 | | 133 | 2 |
| 4 | Shahriyar Aliyev | DF | (1992-12-25) 25 December 1992 (age 31) | Sumgayit | 2020 | | 54 | 3 |
| 5 | Karim Diniyev | DF | (1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 (age 31) | Zira | 2021 | | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Franco Flores | DF | (1993-05-28) 28 May 1993 (age 31) | Real España | 2022 | 2022 | 34 | 1 |
| 8 | Tural Akhundov | DF | (1988-08-01) 1 August 1988 (age 36) | Neftçi | 2020 | | 34 | 1 |
| 18 | Ruslan Amirjanov | DF | (1985-02-01) 1 February 1985 (age 39) | Sabail | 2018 | | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | Rail Malikov | DF | (1985-12-18) 18 December 1985 (age 38) | Sumgayit | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Elchin Mustafayev | DF | (2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 (age 24) | Sabah | 2021 | | 17 | 0 |
| 95 | Rahman Dashdamirov | DF | (1999-10-20) 20 October 1999 (age 24) | Academy | 2021 | | 7 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Rahman Hajiyev | MF | (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 31) | loan from Neftçi | 2021 | | 55 | 10 |
| 9 | Nathan Oduwa | MF | (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28) | Unattached | 2022 | 2022 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Sadio Tounkara | MF | (1992-04-27) 27 April 1992 (age 32) | Unattached | 2021 | | 39 | 3 |
| 13 | Parviz Azadov | MF | (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000 (age 23) | Academy | 2019 | | 25 | 3 |
| 14 | Turan Valizade | MF | (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) | loan from Neftçi | 2020 | | 45 | 1 |
| 19 | Fahmin Muradbayli | MF | (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28) | loan from Neftçi | 2022 | | 8 | 0 |
| 50 | Samir Abdullayev | MF | (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 22) | Academy | 2019 | | 7 | 1 |
| 75 | Vusal Qanbarov | MF | (2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 21) | Academy | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Merab Gigauri | MF | (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 31) | Gabala | 2021 | | 29 | 2 |
| 88 | Fuad Bayramov | MF | (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 26) | Turan-Tovuz | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Qurban Safarov | MF | (2004-09-05) 5 September 2004 (age 20) | Academy | 2021 | | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | Rafael Maharramli | MF | (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 (age 25) | Qarabağ | 2021 | | 46 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Felipe Santos | FW | (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 27) | Maribor | 2021 | | 25 | 7 |
| 29 | Amil Yunanov | FW | (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31) | Sabail | 2021 | | 45 | 8 |
| 72 | Aldair Neto | FW | (1994-07-22) 22 July 1994 (age 30) | Pelister | 2021 | | 24 | 2 |
| 70 | Bahadur Haziyev | FW | (1999-03-26)26 March 1999 (aged 22) | Sabail | 2021 | | 10 | 0 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | Anatole Abang | FW | (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 28) | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2020 | 2021 | 28 | 5 |
| 17 | Oumar Goudiaby | MF | (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 29) | Shkupi | 2021 | | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | Azer Salahli | DF | (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30) | Sumgayit | 2018 | | 73 | 4 |
| 21 | Mijuško Bojović | DF | (1988-08-09) 9 August 1988 (age 36) | Újpest | 2019 | | 45 | 3 |
| 23 | Nijat Gurbanov | FW | (1992-02-17) 17 February 1992 (age 32) | Samtredia | 2021 | 2021 | 13 | 1 |
| 25 | John Kamara | MF | (1988-05-12) 12 May 1988 (age 36) | Unattached | 2021 | | 64 | 1 |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 24 June 2021 | MF | Oumar Goudiaby | Shkupi | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2021 | FW | Aldair Neto | Pelister | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Elçin Mustafayev | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Merab Gigauri | Gabala | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | Amil Yunanov | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | Felipe Santos | Maribor | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2021 | DF | Karim Diniyev | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 23 September 2021 | MF | Sadio Tounkara | Unattached | Free |
| 19 October 2021 | MF | John Kamara | Unattached | Free |
| 13 January 2022 | DF | Franco Flores | Real España | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2022 | MF | Nathan Oduwa | Unattached | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 2 June 2021 | MF | Turan Valizade | Neftçi | End of season |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Rahman Hajiyev | Neftçi | End of season |
| 29 December 2021 | MF | Fahmin Muradbayli | Neftçi | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 12 June 2021 | MF | | César Meza | Neftçi | Undisclosed | |
| 29 December 2021 | DF | | Azer Salahli | Neftçi | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 27 December 2021 | MF | Oumar Goudiaby | | |
| 27 December 2021 | MF | John Kamara | Politehnica Iași | 11 March 2022 |
| 27 December 2021 | FW | Nijat Gurbanov | | |
| 27 December 2021 | FW | Anatole Abang | Al Bataeh | 19 January 2022 |
| 24 January 2022 | DF | Mijuško Bojović | Inđija | 28 January 2022 |

## 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 | 14 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 017.86 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 11 December 2021 | 11 February 2022 | First Round | Quarterfinal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 22 July 2021 | 29 July 2021 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 64 | −35 | 018.18 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 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: 21 May 2022. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Gabala | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 45 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Sabah | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 41 | |
| 6 | Sumgayit | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 22 | |
| 7 | Shamakhi | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 22 | |
| 8 | Sabail | 28 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 57 | −40 | 15 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Sumgayit 7, Shamakhi 4.

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

    As of match played 21 May 2022

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MDA | Stanislav Namașco | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Ilkin Qirtimov | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Tarlan Guliyev | 21 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Aliyev | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Franco Flores | 14 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Rahman Hajiyev | 27 | 6 | 21+1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | AZE | Tural Akhundov | 12 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | NGA | Nathan Oduwa | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Felipe Santos | 25 | 7 | 20+1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | MLI | Sadio Tounkara | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AZE | Parviz Azadov | 16 | 2 | 10+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Turan Valizade | 26 | 1 | 16+6 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | AZE | Fahmin Muradbayli | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AZE | Elçin Mustafayev | 16 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | AZE | Akbar Valiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | AZE | Amil Yunanov | 18 | 2 | 3+12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | AZE | Samir Abdullayev | 7 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | AZE | Bahadur Haziyev | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | FW | ANG | Aldair Neto | 24 | 2 | 17+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | MF | AZE | Vusal Qanbarov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | GEO | Merab Gigauri | 29 | 2 | 23+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | AZE | Kamal Bayramov | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Fuad Bayramov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | AZE | Rahman Dashdamirov | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | AZE | Qurban Safarov | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | AZE | Rafael Maharramli | 22 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Keşla during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | CMR | Anatole Abang | 10 | 4 | 9+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Oumar Goudiaby | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | AZE | Azer Salahli | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | MNE | Mijuško Bojović | 8 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SLE | John Kamara | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Felipe Santos | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Rahman Hajiyev | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Anatole Abang | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 72 | Aldair Neto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 13 | Parviz Azadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 29 | Amil Yunanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 77 | Merab Gigauri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Tarlan Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 11 | Sadio Tounkara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 14 | Turan Valizade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 50 | Samir Abdullayev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 25 | 2 | 2 | 29 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Stanislav Namașco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | GK | 27 | Akbar Valiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Stanislav Namașco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ilkin Qirtimov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Tarlan Guliyev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Shahriyar Aliyev | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Franco Flores | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Rahman Hajiyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Tural Akhundov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Nathan Oduwa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Felipe Santos | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Sadio Tounkara | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Parviz Azadov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Turan Valizade | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ruslan Amirjanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Fahmin Muradbayli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Elchin Mustafayev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Akbar Valiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Bahadur Haziyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | FW | Aldair Neto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Merab Gigauri | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | Bahadur Haziyev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | Kamal Bayramov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 97 | MF | Qurban Safarov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Keşla during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Anatole Abang | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Oumar Goudiaby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Azer Salahli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | John Kamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 78 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 89 | 8 |