# 2019–20 Sabah FK season

The Sabah FK 2019–20 season was Sabah's second Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their third season in existence.

## Season events

On 16 September, Elshad Ahmadov resigned as manager with Igor Ponomaryov taking over on an interim basis. On 26 November, Sabah announced that Željko Sopić had been appointed manager on an 18-month contract.
On 13 March 2020, the Azerbaijan Premier League was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 19 June 2020, the AFFA announced that the 2019–20 season had been officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.

## Squad

    As of match played 7 March 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Saša Stamenković | GK | (1985-01-05)5 January 1985 (aged 35) | | 2018 | | 46 | 0 |
| 71 | Dmytro Bezruk | GK | (1996-03-30)30 March 1996 (aged 24) | Chornomorets Odesa | 2019 | | 7 | 0 |
| 98 | Oleg Karnaukh | GK | (1998-01-15)15 January 1998 (aged 22) | TSK-Tavria | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Elçin Mustafayev | DF | (2000-07-05)5 July 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Bahlul Mustafazade | DF | (1997-02-27)27 February 1997 (aged 23) | Gabala | 2019 | | 20 | 2 |
| 5 | Karim Diniyev | DF | (1993-09-05)5 September 1993 (aged 26) | Sabail | 2018 | | 37 | 0 |
| 13 | Filip Ivanović | DF | (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 28) | Radnik Surdulica | 2018 | | 42 | 1 |
| 15 | Ruslan Abışov | DF | (1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 32) | Neftchi Baku | 2019 | | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | Mahammad Mirzabeyov | DF | (1990-11-16)16 November 1990 (aged 29) | Neftchi Baku | 2019 | | 19 | 1 |
| 27 | Magsad Isayev | DF | (1994-06-07)7 June 1994 (aged 26) | Keşla | 2018 | | 42 | 1 |
| 38 | Arsen Ağcabəyov | DF | (2000-09-11)11 September 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Vadim Abdullayev | MF | (1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 25) | Shuvalan | 2018 | | 24 | 0 |
| 7 | Joshgun Diniyev | MF | (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 (aged 24) | Qarabağ | 2019 | 2021 | 29 | 1 |
| 8 | Elshan Abdullayev | MF | (1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 26) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 14 | 1 |
| 10 | Javid Imamverdiyev | MF | (1990-08-01)1 August 1990 (aged 29) | Sumgayit | 2018 | 2021 | 40 | 4 |
| 11 | Sakir Seyidov | MF | (2000-12-31)31 December 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | 2018 | | 29 | 2 |
| 19 | Tamkin Khalilzade | MF | (1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 26) | Gabala | 2019 | 2021 | 28 | 0 |
| 20 | Eugeniu Cociuc | MF | (1993-05-11)11 May 1993 (aged 27) | Sabail | 2020 | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Mario Marina | MF | (1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 30) | HNK Gorica | 2020 | 2021 | 6 | 1 |
| 32 | Rashad Eyyubov | MF | (1992-12-03)3 December 1992 (aged 27) | Neftchi Baku | 2019 | | 24 | 3 |
| 59 | Raymond Qodstaym | MF | (1999-05-11)11 May 1999 (aged 21) | | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Javid Taghiyev | MF | (1992-07-22)22 July 1992 (aged 27) | Sumgayit | 2019 | | 5 | 0 |
| | Abbas Aghazade | MF | (1999-02-10)10 February 1999 (aged 21) | Gabala | 2019 | | 4 | 0 |
| | Anar Panayev | MF | (2000-06-16)16 June 2000 (aged 20) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 18 | Julio Rodríguez | FW | (1990-12-05)5 December 1990 (aged 29) | Zira | 2020 | 2020 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | Ulysse Diallo | FW | (1992-10-26)26 October 1992 (aged 27) | MTK Budapest | 2019 | 2021 | 16 | 4 |
| 23 | Amadou Diallo | FW | (1994-06-21)21 June 1994 (aged 25) | Red Star | 2019 | | 21 | 3 |
| 26 | Ozan Kökçü | FW | (1998-08-18)18 August 1998 (aged 21) | Giresunspor | 2019 | 2021 | 17 | 1 |
| 28 | Kévin Koubemba | FW | (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 27) | Sabail | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Reza Bigbelo | FW | (2000-11-15)15 November 2000 (aged 19) | | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | Emil Qasımov | FW | (2000-04-09)9 April 2000 (aged 20) | | 2018 | | 11 | 1 |
| 99 | Ramil Sheydayev | FW | (1996-03-15)15 March 1996 (aged 24) | Dynamo Moscow | 2020 | 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| | Eltun Turabov | MF | (1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 23) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 23 | 0 |
| | Elgun Nabiyev | FW | (1996-01-04)4 January 1996 (aged 24) | Zira | 2018 | | 27 | 1 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | Marko Dević | FW | (1983-10-27)27 October 1983 (aged 36) | Vaduz | 2020 | 2020 | 24 | 9 |
| 21 | Roger Rojas | FW | (1990-06-09)9 June 1990 (aged 30) | Alajuelense | 2019 | 2020 | 13 | 2 |
| 27 | Hendrick Ekstein | MF | (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 29) | Kaizer Chiefs | 2019 | | 16 | 3 |
| 88 | Elchin Asadov | DF | (1999-08-03)3 August 1999 (aged 20) | Qarabag | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |

### 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 | Eltun Turabov (at KF Bylis Ballsh) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | AZE | Elgun Nabiyev (at Sumgayit) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Javid Taghiyev | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 7 June 2019 | FW | Kévin Koubemba | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 13 June 2019 | DF | Ruslan Abışov | Neftçi Baku | Undisclosed |
| 18 June 2019 | DF | Mahammad Mirzabeyov | Neftçi Baku | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2019 | DF | Bahlul Mustafazade | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2019 | FW | Amadou Diallo | Red Star | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2019 | MF | Hendrick Ekstein | Kaizer Chiefs | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2019 | MF | Abbas Aghazade | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2019 | MF | Anar Panayev | Anzhi Makhachkala | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2019 | GK | Oleg Karnaukh | TSK-Tavria | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2019 | FW | Ulysse Diallo | MTK Budapest | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2019 | FW | Roger Rojas | Alajuelense | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2019 | FW | Ozan Kökçü | Giresunspor | Undisclosed |
| 29 December 2019 | MF | Mario Marina | HNK Gorica | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2020 | FW | Marko Dević | Voždovac | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2020 | MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | Sabail | Free |
| 29 January 2020 | FW | Julio Rodríguez | Zira | Free |
| 17 February 2020 | FW | Ramil Sheydayev | Dynamo Moscow | Free |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 26 June 2019 | MF | | Miloš Bosančić | Voždovac | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 14 June 2019 | MF | | Elgun Nabiyev | Sumgayit | End of Season | |
| 26 July 2019 | DF | | Eltun Turabov | Bylis Ballsh | End of Season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| Summer 2019 | GK | Amirhossein Najafi | Shahrdari Bandar Abbas | |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Éric Ramos | Independiente | |
| 15 August 2019 | FW | Marko Dević | Voždovac | 19 August 2019 |
| 23 December 2019 | MF | Hendrick Ekstein | Sabail | 21 January 2020 |
| 26 December 2019 | FW | Roger Rojas | Deportes Tolima | |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Elchin Asadov | Sumgayit | |
| 24 April 2020 | FW | Marko Dević | | |
| 19 June 2020 | DF | Karim Diniyev | Zira | 18 July 2020 |
| 19 June 2020 | DF | Vadim Abdullayev | Araz-Naxçıvan | July 2022 |
| 29 June 2020 | DF | Magsad Isayev | Sabail | 19 July 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | GK | Oleg Karnaukh | FSC Mariupol | 22 February 2021 |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Javid Imamverdiyev | Keşla | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Raymond Godstime | | |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Reza Bigbelo | | |

## Competitions
### Azerbaijan 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: 7 March 2020. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Sumgayit | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 23 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Zira | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 23 | |
| 6 | Sabah | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 21 | |
| 7 | Sabail | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 20 | |
| 8 | Gabala | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 19 | |

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 7 March 2020

### 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 | SRB | Saša Stamenković | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Bahlul Mustafazade | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev | 12 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Vadim Abdullayev | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Joshgun Diniyev | 16 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev | 14 | 2 | 10+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Sakir Seyidov | 18 | 2 | 10+6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Filip Ivanović | 17 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abışov | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | AZE | Mahammad Mirzabeyov | 19 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | PAR | Julio Rodríguez | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Tamkin Khalilzade | 20 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MDA | Eugeniu Cociuc | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | MLI | Ulysse Diallo | 16 | 4 | 9+5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | GUI | Amadou Diallo | 21 | 3 | 13+6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | AZE | Ozan Kökçü | 17 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | AZE | Magsad Isayev | 17 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BIH | Mario Marina | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | AZE | Rashad Eyyubov | 11 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | AZE | Arsen Ağcabəyov | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 59 | MF | NGA | Raymond Qodstaym | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Bezruk | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Javid Taghiyev | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | AZE | Elçin Mustafayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | AZE | Emil Qasımov | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | AZE | Ramil Sheydayev | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | AZE | Abbas Aghazade | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | RUS | Anar Panaev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Sabah on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Sabah during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | HON | Roger Rojas | 13 | 2 | 4+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | RSA | Hendrick Ekstein | 16 | 3 | 10+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 21 | Ulysse Diallo | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 23 | Amadou Diallo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 27 | Hendrick Ekstein | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Javid Imamverdiyev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Sakir Seyidov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 21 | Roger Rojas | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | 4 | Bahlul Mustafazade | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 14 | Rashad Eyyubov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 7 | Joshgun Diniyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 9 | Marko Dević | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 30 | Mario Marina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 26 | Ozan Kökçü | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 17 | Mahammad Mirzabeyov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 38 | Arsen Ağcabəyov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 19 | 7 | 26 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Saša Stamenković | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | GK | 71 | Dmytro Bezruk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 3 | 1 | 4 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Saša Stamenković | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Bahlul Mustafazade | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Karim Diniyev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Joshgun Diniyev | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Javid Imamverdiyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Sakir Seyidov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Filip Ivanović | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Rashad Eyyubov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ruslan Abışov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Mahammad Mirzabeyov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Tamkin Khalilzade | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Ulysse Diallo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Magsad Isayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Amadou Diallo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Mario Marina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | Dmytro Bezruk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Javid Taghiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Abbas Aghazade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Sabah during the season: ||||||||||
| 21 | FW | Roger Rojas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 48 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 55 | 3 |