# 2021–22 Zira FK season

The Zira FK 2021-22 season was Zira's seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season, and eighth season in their history.

## Season events

On 25 May, Zira announced the signing of Tamkin Khalilzade from Sabah. The following day, 26 May, Zira also announced the signing of Mehdi Jannatov from Sumgayit to a two-year contract.
On 1 June, Hajiagha Hajili extended his loan deal with Zira from Qarabağ for an additional year, whilst Davit Volkovi also signed a new one-year contract with Zira.
Three days later, 4 June, Aghabala Ramazanov also signed a new one-year contract with Zira.
On 26 June, Zira announced the signing of Ruslan Abishov from Sabah on a one-year contract.
On 2 July, Zira announced the season-long loan signing of Welves from Lviv, and the permanent signing of Anar Nazirov from Gabala to a one-year contract.
On 12 July, Zira announced that they had extended their loan deal with Lviv for Filipe Pachtmann for an additional season, with the option to sign Pachtmann to a three-year permanent contract.
On 16 July, Zira announced the signing of Mo Hamdaoui from De Graafschap to a two-year contract.
On 4 August, Zira announced the singing of Gjorgi Stoilov to a two-year contract from Akademija Pandev, with the option of an additional year.
On 12 August, Zira announced the signings of Ramin Ahmadov and Rustam Nuriyev from Zagatala and Samir Gurbanov from Kapaz. Ahmadov and Gurbanov signed four-year contracts, whilst Nuriyev signed a three-year contract.
On 18 August, Zira announced the singing of Loris Brogno to a two-year contract from K Beerschot VA.
On 30 August, Zira announced the singing of Joshgun Diniyev to a two-year contract from Sabah.
On 9 February, Zira announced the signing of Rahil Mammadov on loan from Qarabağ for the remainder of the season, whilst Ahmed Isaiah joined on an 18-month contract from Sporting da Covilhã the following day.
Zira's match against Gabala on 13 March was postponed in the 65th minute due to weather conditions, with the remaining 25 minutes being played on 14 March at 12:30.

## Squad

    As of match played 27 May 2022
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Mehdi Jannatov | GK | (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 (aged 30) | Sumgayit | 2021 | 2023 | 27 | 0 |
| 41 | Anar Nazirov | GK | (1985-09-08)8 September 1985 (aged 36) | Gabala | 2021 | 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 62 | Abdulla Seyidahmadov | GK | (1997-06-04)4 June 1997 (aged 24) | Trainee | 2017 | | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Sertan Tashkin | DF | (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 24) | Keşla | 2020 | 2022 | 51 | 0 |
| 4 | Celal Hüseynov | DF | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2020 | | 40 | 1 |
| 5 | Rahil Mammadov | DF | (1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 26) | loan from Qarabağ | 2022 | 2022 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Ayxan Süleymanlı | DF | (2004-01-16)16 January 2004 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Ruslan Abishov | DF | (1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 34) | Sabah | 2021 | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Tamkin Khalilzade | DF | (1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 28) | Sabah | 2021 | | 28 | 3 |
| 26 | Nemanja Anđelković | DF | (1997-04-26)26 April 1997 (aged 25) | Zlatibor Čajetina | 2021 | 2023 | 37 | 3 |
| 44 | Dimitrios Chantakias | DF | (1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 27) | Cherno More | 2020 | | 56 | 1 |
| 51 | Rustam Nuriyev | DF | (2000-03-06)6 March 2000 (aged 22) | Zagatala | 2021 | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Ilkin Muradov | MF | (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 26) | Academy | 2019 | | 120 | 3 |
| 9 | Loris Brogno | MF | (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 29) | K Beerschot VA | 2021 | 2023 | 28 | 5 |
| 13 | Ramin Ahmadov | MF | (2001-06-01)1 June 2001 (aged 20) | Zagatala | 2021 | 2025 | 11 | 1 |
| 14 | Hamidou Keyta | MF | (1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 27) | Santa Clara | 2022 | 2023 | 18 | 7 |
| 20 | Ali Shirinov | MF | (1998-08-09)9 August 1998 (aged 23) | Daugavpils | 2020 | | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Hajiagha Hajili | MF | (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 24) | loan from Qarabağ | 2020 | 2022 | 57 | 0 |
| 32 | Gismat Aliyev | MF | (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 25) | Gabala | 2020 | 2022 | 57 | 4 |
| 56 | Samir Agayev | MF | (2002-05-25)25 May 2002 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | Mahmud Ağayev | MF | | Trainee | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Coşqun Diniyev | MF | (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 (aged 26) | Sabah | 2021 | 2023 | 30 | 2 |
| 92 | Bryan Alceus | MF | (1996-02-01)1 February 1996 (aged 26) | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 2022 | 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| 99 | Ahmed Isaiah | MF | (1995-10-10)10 October 1995 (aged 26) | Sporting da Covilhã | 2022 | 2023 | 14 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Filipe Pachtmann | FW | (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 22) | loan from Lviv | 2021 | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | FW | (1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 29) | Sabail | 2020 | 2022 | 51 | 13 |
| 18 | Davit Volkovi | FW | (1995-06-03)3 June 1995 (aged 26) | Gabala | 2020 | 2022 | 68 | 22 |
| 47 | Mo Hamdaoui | FW | (1993-06-10)10 June 1993 (aged 28) | De Graafschap | 2021 | 2023 | 32 | 4 |
| 77 | Samir Gurbanov | FW | (2000-11-24)24 November 2000 (aged 21) | Kapaz | 2021 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 22 | Rashad Azizli | GK | (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 (aged 28) | Keşla | 2020 | | 3 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | Rauf Huseynli | DF | (2000-01-25)25 January 2000 (aged 22) | loan from Qarabağ | 2021 | | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Welves | FW | (2000-11-24)24 November 2000 (aged 21) | loan from Lviv | 2021 | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Gjorgi Stoilov | MF | (1995-08-25)25 August 1995 (aged 26) | Akademija Pandev | 2021 | 2023(+1) | 5 | 0 |

### 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 |
| 22 | GK | AZE | Rashad Azizli (at Sabail) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 25 May 2021 | DF | Tamkin Khalilzade | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 26 May 2021 | GK | Mehdi Jannatov | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2021 | DF | Ruslan Abishov | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2021 | GK | Anar Nazirov | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2021 | FW | Mo Hamdaoui | De Graafschap | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2021 | MF | Gjorgi Stoilov | Akademija Pandev | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2021 | DF | Rustam Nuriyev | Zagatala | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2021 | MF | Ramin Ahmadov | Zagatala | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2021 | FW | Samir Gurbanov | Kapaz | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2021 | MF | Loris Brogno | K Beerschot VA | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2021 | MF | Joshgun Diniyev | Sabah | Free |
| 26 January 2022 | MF | Hamidou Keyta | Santa Clara | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2022 | MF | Bryan Alceus | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Undisclosed |
| 10 February 2022 | MF | Ahmed Isaiah | Sporting da Covilhã | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 1 June 2021 | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | Qarabağ | End of season |
| 9 July 2021 | DF | Rauf Huseynli | Qarabağ | 15 January 2022 |
| 2 July 2021 | FW | Welves | Lviv | 31 December 2021 |
| 12 July 2021 | FW | Filipe Pachtmann | Lviv | End of season |
| 9 February 2022 | DF | Rahil Mammadov | Qarabağ | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 27 January 2022 | MF | | Gjorgi Stoilov | Shkupi | Undisclosed | |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 4 February 2022 | GK | | Rashad Azizli | Sabail | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 22 June 2021 | DF | Shahriyar Rahimov | Sabail | 22 June 2021 |
| 22 June 2021 | FW | Facundo Melivilo | Güemes | 7 January 2022 |
| 31 May 2022 | MF | Bryan Alceus | Argeș Pitești | 1 July 2022 |
| 31 May 2022 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | Sabail | 1 July 2022 |
| 31 May 2022 | FW | Davit Volkovi | Sabah | 12 June 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 | 15 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 046.43 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 2 February 2022 | | Quarterfinal | Runners Up | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 045.45 |
Last updated: 27 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Qarabağ (C) | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 72 | 13 | +59 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Neftçi Baku | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 50 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Zira | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 47 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 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 | |

### Azerbaijan Cup
#### Final
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 27 May 2022

### 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 | Mehdi Jannatov | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Sertan Tashkin | 23 | 1 | 12+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Celal Hüseynov | 30 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Rahil Mammadov | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Ilkin Muradov | 23 | 0 | 8+11 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | BEL | Loris Brogno | 28 | 5 | 19+5 | 3 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Aghabala Ramazanov | 23 | 4 | 14+7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | AZE | Ramin Ahmadov | 11 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Hamidou Keyta | 18 | 7 | 12+2 | 5 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GEO | Davit Volkovi | 33 | 11 | 23+5 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | AZE | Tamkin Khalilzade | 28 | 3 | 22+1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Hajiagha Hajili | 28 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Anđelković | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | AZE | Gismat Aliyev | 31 | 2 | 25+2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | AZE | Anar Nazirov | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Chantakias | 28 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | NED | Mo Hamdaoui | 32 | 4 | 26+2 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 51 | DF | AZE | Rustam Nuriyev | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | AZE | Samir Agayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | AZE | Coşqun Diniyev | 30 | 2 | 24+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 92 | MF | HAI | Bryan Alceus | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | NGA | Ahmed Isaiah | 14 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Zira during the season: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | AZE | Rauf Huseynli | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Welves | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | MKD | Gjorgi Stoilov | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 18 | Davit Volkovi | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | MF | 14 | Hamidou Keyta | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 9 | Loris Brogno | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 47 | Mo Hamdaoui | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 19 | Tamkin Khalilzade | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 32 | Gismat Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 91 | Coşqun Diniyev | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | Celal Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 99 | Ahmed Isaiah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 13 | Ramin Ahmadov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 33 | 8 | 41 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Mehdi Jannatov | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | GK | 41 | Anar Nazirov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 13 | 3 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Mehdi Jannatov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Sertan Tashkin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Celal Hüseynov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Rahil Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ilkin Muradov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Loris Brogno | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Ramin Ahmadov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Hamidou Keyta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Davit Volkovi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Tamkin Khalilzade | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Nemanja Anđelković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Gismat Aliyev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | Anar Nazirov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Dimitrios Chantakias | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | Mo Hamdaoui | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | Rustam Nuriyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Coşqun Diniyev | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 92 | MF | Bryan Alceus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Ahmed Isaiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Zira during the season: ||||||||||
| 88 | MF | Gjorgi Stoilov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 69 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 77 | 3 |