# 2017–18 FK Səbail season

The Səbail FK 2017-18 season was Səbail's first Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their second season in existence.

## Squad

    As of 13 February 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Emil Balayev |
| 2 | MF | AZE | Sahil Mirzayev |
| 3 | DF | GEO | Tamaz Tsetskhladze |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Rahil Mammadov |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Murad Agayev |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Fahmin Muradbayli (loan from Neftchi Baku) |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Agshin Mukhtaroglu |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Nurlan Novruzov |
| 11 | MF | TKM | Elman Tagaýew |
| 13 | MF | UGA | Farouk Miya (loan from Standard Liège) |
| 15 | DF | GEO | Nika Apakidze |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Agshin Gurbanli |
| 20 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Murtuzali Abakarov |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Amirhossein Najafi |
| 23 | DF | CUW | Ayrton Statie |
| 24 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov |
| 25 | GK | AZE | Elkhan Ahmadov |
| 26 | DF | AZE | Kamal Gurbanov |
| 29 | MF | MDA | Eugeniu Cociuc (loan from Žilina) |
| 66 | MF | AZE | Parviz Garakhanov |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Orkhan Gurbanli (loan from Neftchi Baku) |
| 92 | FW | TKM | Wahyt Orazsähedow |
| 99 | DF | GNB | Maudo Jarjué |

### 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 |
| — | MF | AZE | Seymur Asadov (at Sabah) |
| — | MF | AZE | Tanriverdi Maharramli (at Khazar Baku) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | AZE | Emin Mehdiyev (at Sabah) |
| — | FW | AZE | Raul Yagubzade (at Sabah) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Emil Balayev (from Qarabağ, previously on loan) |
| 3 | DF | GEO | Tamaz Tsetskhladze (from Gardabani) |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Amit Guluzade (from AE Larissa) |
| 5 | MF | AZE | Seymur Asadov (from Sumgayit) |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Murad Agayev (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 7 | FW | AZE | Emin Mehdiyev (from Sumgayit) |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Agshin Mukhtaroglu (from Turan-Tovuz) |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Raul Yagubzade (from Baku) |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Nurlan Novruzov (from Zira) |
| 11 | MF | TKM | Elman Tagaýew (from Altyn Asyr) |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Murad Musayev (from Gabala) |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Yamin Agakerimzade (from Zira) |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov (from Qarabağ) |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Popovici (from Poli Timișoara) |
| 20 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Amirhossein Najafi (from Sardar Bukan) |
| 23 | DF | CUW | Ayrton Statie (from Oss) |
| 25 | GK | AZE | Elkhan Ahmadov (from Mil-Muğan) |
| 26 | DF | AZE | Kamal Gurbanov (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 35 | DF | LTU | Edgaras Žarskis (from Atlantas) |
| 66 | MF | AZE | Parviz Garakhanov (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 69 | FW | BRA | Renan Telles (from Hibernians) |
| 77 | DF | AZE | Tayyar Mammadov (loan from Neftchi Baku) |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Orkhan Gurbanli (loan from Neftchi Baku) |
| 99 | DF | GNB | Maudo Jarjué (from Gil Vicente) |
| — | MF | AZE | Agshin Gurbanli (loan from Neftchi Baku) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | AZE | Rashad Azizli (to Neftchi Baku) |
| — | DF | RUS | Gvanzav Mahammadov (to Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo) |
| — | DF | AZE | Saşa Yunisoğlu (to Goicha) |
| — | MF | AZE | Ramazan Abbasov |
| — | MF | AZE | Mirzaga Huseynpur |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Rahil Mammadov (to Sabail) |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev (from Kapaz) |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Fahmin Muradbayli (loan from Neftchi Baku) |
| 13 | MF | UGA | Farouk Miya (loan from Standard Liège) |
| 15 | DF | GEO | Nika Apakidze (from Rustavi) |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Agshin Gurbanli (from Neftçi) |
| 24 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov |
| 29 | MF | MDA | Eugeniu Cociuc (loan from Žilina) |
| 92 | FW | TKM | Wahyt Orazsähedow (from Ahal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | AZE | Seymur Asadov (loan to Sabah) |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Emin Mehdiyev (loan to Sabah) |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Raul Yagubzade (loan to Sabah) |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Murad Musayev (to Shuvalan) |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Popovici (to Poli Timișoara) |
| 55 | MF | AZE | Tanriverdi Maharramli (loan to Khazar Baku) |
| 77 | DF | AZE | Tayyar Mammadov (loan return to Neftchi Baku) |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 17 December 2017 | DF | Edgaras Žarskis | Bytovia Bytów | 27 February 2018 |
| 19 December 2017 | MF | Amit Guluzade | Drita | 23 January 2018 |
| 25 December 2017 | DF | Yamin Agakerimzade | | |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Renan Telles | | |
| 2 June 2018 | DF | Karim Diniyev | Sabah | |
| 2 June 2018 | DF | Ruslan Amirjanov | Keşla | 30 August 2018 |
| 2 June 2018 | DF | Ayrton Statie | Lienden | |
| 2 June 2018 | DF | Nika Apakidze | Telavi | |
| 2 June 2018 | MF | Murad Agayev | | |
| 2 June 2018 | MF | Seymur Asadov | | |
| 2 June 2018 | MF | Agshin Mukhtaroglu | | |
| 2 June 2018 | MF | Parviz Garakhanov | | |
| 2 June 2018 | MF | Emin Mehdiyev | Qaradağ Lökbatan | |
| 2 June 2018 | MF | Elman Tagaýew | Navbahor Namangan | |
| 2 June 2018 | FW | Vüqar Nadirov | | |
| 2 June 2018 | FW | Nurlan Novruzov | Dersim 62 Spor | |
| 2 June 2018 | FW | Raul Yagubzade | MOIK Baku | |
| 2 June 2018 | FW | Wahyt Orazsähedow | Altyn Asyr | |

## 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 | 13 August 2017 | 20 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 021.43 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 29 November 2017 | 15 December 2017 | Second Round | Quarterfinal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 022.58 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 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: 20 May 2018. Source: See Results

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Zira | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 44 | |
| 5 | Sumgayit | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 40 | |
| 6 | Keşla | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 31 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 7 | Səbail | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 23 | |
| 8 | Kapaz (R) | 28 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 47 | −29 | 14 | Relegation to the Azerbaijan First Division |
* ↑ Keşla qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning 2017–18 Azerbaijan Cup.

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 20 May 2018

### 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 | AZE | Emil Balayev | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GEO | Tamaz Tsetskhladze | 26 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Rahil Mammadov | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Murad Agayev | 10 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Fahmin Muradbayli | 10 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Agshin Mukhtaroglu | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Nurlan Novruzov | 24 | 0 | 11+10 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | TKM | Elman Tagaýew | 27 | 3 | 18+7 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | UGA | Farouk Miya | 13 | 2 | 11+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GEO | Nika Apakidze | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov | 27 | 3 | 19+6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Agshin Gurbanli | 8 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu | 25 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Murtuzali Abakarov | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CUW | Ayrton Statie | 21 | 2 | 16+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | AZE | Elkhan Ahmadov | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | AZE | Kamal Gurbanov | 21 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | MDA | Eugeniu Cociuc | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | AZE | Parviz Garakhanov | 14 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Orkhan Gurbanli | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | TKM | Wahyt Orazsähedow | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | AZE | Kamran Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | GNB | Maudo Jarjué | 22 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | AZE | Aslan Hüseynov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | AZE | Seymur Asadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | AZE | Emin Mehdiyev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Raul Yagubzade | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Səbail during the season: ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | AZE | Amit Guluzade | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Murad Musayev | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Yamin Agakerimzade | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Popovici | 11 | 2 | 7+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | LTU | Edgaras Žarskis | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | BRA | Renan Telles | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | AZE | Tayyar Mammadov | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 17 | Vüqar Nadirov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | MF | 7 | Fahmin Muradbayli | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | MF | 11 | Elman Tagaýew | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 13 | Farouk Miya | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 29 | Eugeniu Cociuc | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | 23 | Ayrton Statie | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 18 | Alexandru Popovici | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 21 | Murtuzali Abakarov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 20 | Eltun Yagublu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | Nika Apakidze | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 18 | Agshin Gurbanli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Aslan Hüseynov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 19 | 4 | 23 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Emil Balayev | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 4 | 0 | 4 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Emil Balayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Tamaz Tsetskhladze | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Rahil Mammadov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Murad Agayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Agshin Mukhtaroglu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Nurlan Novruzov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Elman Tagaýew | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Nika Apakidze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Vüqar Nadirov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Eltun Yagublu | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Murtuzali Abakarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Kamal Gurbanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Parviz Garakhanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | Wahyt Orazsähedow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | Maudo Jarjué | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | Aslan Hüseynov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Səbail during the season: ||||||||||
| 69 | FW | Renan Telles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 53 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 0 |