# 2020–21 Sumgayit FK season

The Sumgayit FK 2020–21 season was Sumgayit's tenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and eleventh season in their history.

## Season events

On 17 July, Sumgayit announced the signing of Tellur Mutallimov and Elvin Mammadov from Zira to one-year contracts.
On 14 August, Sumgayit announced the signing of Ali Ghorbani from Sepahan to a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year. The following day, 15 August, Sumgayit announced the signing of Karam Sultanov from Caspiy, also on a one-year contract with the option of a second.
On 19 August, Sumgayit announced the singing of Adam Hemati from Pars Jonoubi Jam to a one-year contract with the option of a second.
On 8 September, Sumgayit announced the singing of Huseyn Jafarov from União de Leiria to a three-year contract.
On 18 September, Sumgayit announced the singing of Javid Imamverdiyev from Keşla.
On 27 November, Sumgayit's match against Gabala scheduled for 28 November was postponed due to players testing positive for COVID-19.
On 11 January, Sumgayit re-signed striker Mehdi Sharifi from Paykan, with Hojjat Haghverdi joining the following day.
On 15 January, Sumgayit announced the signing of Dmitri Naghiyev to a 2.5-year contract from Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol. Three days later, 18 January, Karam Sultanov left Sumgayit by mutual consent.

## 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 | Mehdi Jannatov | GK | (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 (aged 29) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2017 | | 77 | 0 |
| 13 | Aydin Bayramov | GK | (1996-02-18)18 February 1996 (aged 25) | Neftchi Baku | 2019 | | 16 | 0 |
| 36 | Suleyman Suleymanov | GK | (1998-05-29)29 May 1998 (aged 22) | Gabala | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Vurğun Hüseynov | DF | (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 33) | Gabala | 2013 | | 204 | 1 |
| 4 | Hojjat Haghverdi | DF | (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 28) | Paykan | 2021 | 2021 | 20 | 0 |
| 5 | Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov | DF | (1996-07-18)18 July 1996 (aged 24) | BATE Borisov | 2019 | | 46 | 3 |
| 14 | Elvin Badalov | DF | (1995-06-14)14 June 1995 (aged 25) | Sabah | 2019 | | 56 | 0 |
| 21 | Jabir Amirli | DF | (1997-01-06)6 January 1997 (aged 24) | loan from Neftçi | 2021 | | 10 | 0 |
| 37 | Nicat Aliyev | DF | (2001-09-24)24 September 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Dmitri Naghiyev | DF | (1995-11-27)27 November 1995 (aged 25) | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 2021 | 2023 | 10 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Vugar Mustafayev | MF | (1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 26) | Zira | 2019 | | 49 | 0 |
| 7 | Tellur Mutallimov | MF | (1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 26) | Zira | 2020 | 2021 | 29 | 3 |
| 8 | Sabuhi Abdullazade | MF | (2001-12-18)18 December 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2017 | | 31 | 1 |
| 10 | Rahim Sadykhov | MF | (1996-07-18)18 July 1996 (aged 24) | Torpedo Moscow | 2019 | | 51 | 14 |
| 15 | Huseyn Jafarov | MF | (2001-05-14)14 May 2001 (aged 20) | União de Leiria | 2020 | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sanan Ağayev | MF | (2004-06-16)16 June 2004 (aged 16) | Academy | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Murad Khachayev | MF | (1998-04-14)14 April 1998 (aged 23) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2019 | | 40 | 4 |
| 18 | Suleyman Ahmadov | MF | (1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 21) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 57 | 2 |
| 20 | Rufat Abdullazade | MF | (2001-01-17)17 January 2001 (aged 20) | | 2017 | | 24 | 0 |
| 22 | Javid Imamverdiyev | MF | (1990-08-01)1 August 1990 (aged 30) | Keşla | 2020 | | 46 | 7 |
| 30 | Nabi Mammadov | MF | (1999-08-20)20 August 1999 (aged 21) | Academy | 2020 | | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Eltun Turabov | MF | (1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 24) | loan from Sabah | 2020 | | 16 | 0 |
| 60 | Elvin Mammadov | MF | (1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 32) | Zira | 2020 | 2021 | 41 | 2 |
| 97 | Khayal Najafov | MF | (1997-12-19)19 December 1997 (aged 23) | Academy | 2016 | | 123 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Ali Ghorbani | FW | (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (aged 30) | Sepahan | 2020 | 2021 (+1) | 25 | 10 |
| 11 | Mehdi Sharifi | FW | (1992-08-16)16 August 1992 (aged 28) | Paykan | 2021 | 2021 | 33 | 5 |
| 19 | Nurlan Quliyev | FW | (1998-02-16)16 February 1998 (aged 23) | Keşla | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Elnur Jafarov | FW | (1997-03-28)28 March 1997 (aged 24) | | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | Karam Sultanov | DF | (1996-04-15)15 April 1996 (aged 25) | Caspiy | 2020 | 2021 (+1) | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | Adam Hemati | MF | (1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (aged 26) | Pars Jonoubi Jam | 2020 | 2021 (+1) | 13 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Nurlan Quliyev | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2020 | MF | Tellur Mutallimov | Zira | Free |
| 17 July 2020 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2020 | FW | Ali Ghorbani | Sepahan | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2020 | DF | Karam Sultanov | Caspiy | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2020 | MF | Adam Hemati | Pars Jonoubi Jam | Undisclosed |
| 8 September 2020 | MF | Huseyn Jafarov | União de Leiria | Undisclosed |
| 18 September 2020 | MF | Javid Imamverdiyev | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2021 | FW | Mehdi Sharifi | Paykan | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2021 | DF | Hojjat Haghverdi | Paykan | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2021 | DF | Dmitri Naghiyev | Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 20 August 2020 | MF | | Eltun Turabov | Sabah | End of season | |
| 4 January 2021 | DF | | Jabir Amirli | Neftçi | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Adam Hemati | | |
| 18 January 2021 | DF | Karam Sultanov | Shakhter Karagandy | 28 February 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Mehdi Jannatov | Zira | 1 July 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Javid Imamverdiyev | | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Khayal Najafov | Neftçi | 1 July 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Mehdi Sharifi | | |

## 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 | 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 | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku (C) | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 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 | |

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

    As of Match played 24 May 2021

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Mehdi Jannatov | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Vurğun Hüseynov | 21 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Hojjat Haghverdi | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov | 28 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Vugar Mustafayev | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Tellur Mutallimov | 29 | 3 | 24+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Sabuhi Abdullazade | 16 | 1 | 5+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Ali Ghorbani | 25 | 10 | 17+2 | 9 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Rahim Sadikhov | 33 | 9 | 25+2 | 8 | 3+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Sharifi | 14 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | AZE | Aydin Bayramov | 14 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Elvin Badalov | 31 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Murad Khachayev | 28 | 3 | 22+1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Suleyman Ahmadov | 20 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | AZE | Nurlan Quliyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Rufat Abdullazade | 18 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Jabir Amirli | 10 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev | 14 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | AZE | Nabi Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | AZE | Eltun Turabov | 16 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | AZE | Nijat Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov | 23 | 0 | 5+13 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | MF | AZE | Sanan Ağayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | DF | AZE | Dmitri Naghiyev | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | AZE | Khayal Najafov | 31 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from Sumgayit on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Sumgayit during the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Karam Sultanov | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CAN | Adam Hemati | 13 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Ali Ghorbani | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Rahim Sadikhov | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Tellur Mutallimov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | 5 | Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 17 | Murad Khachayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 18 | Suleyman Ahmadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Sabuhi Abdullazade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 97 | Khayal Najafov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 29 | 3 | 0 | 32 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Mehdi Jannatov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | GK | 13 | Aydin Bayramov | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| | | | TOTALS | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
Jannatov & Bayramov both played in Sumgayit's 2-0 victory over Neftçi on 11 September 2020

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Mehdi Jannatov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Vurğun Hüseynov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Hojjat Haghverdi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Vugar Mustafayev | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Tellur Mutallimov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Sabuhi Abdullazade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ali Ghorbani | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Mehdi Sharifi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Aydin Bayramov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Elvin Badalov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Murad Khachayev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Suleyman Ahmadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Rufat Abdullazade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Adam Hemati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Nabi Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Eltun Turabov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Khayal Najafov | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Players who left Sumgayit during the season: ||||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 83 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 98 | 2 |