# 2019–20 Sabail FK season

The Sabail FK 2019–20 season was Sabail's third Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their fourth season in existence. After finishing the previous season in third place, Sabail qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the first time, entering at the first qualifying round stage with a tie against CS Universitatea Craiova. Sabail will also take part in the Azerbaijan Premier League and in the Azerbaijan Cup.

## Season events

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 8 March 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Oleksandr Rybka | GK | (1987-04-10)10 April 1987 (aged 33) | Afjet Afyonspor | 2019 | | 22 | 0 |
| 25 | Elkhan Ahmadov | GK | (1993-07-02)2 July 1993 (aged 26) | Mil-Muğan | 2017 | | 10 | 0 |
| 29 | Shahin Zakiyev | GK | (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 25) | Keşla | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Kamal Bayramov | GK | (1985-08-19)19 August 1985 (aged 34) | Zira | 2019 | | 11 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Turan Manafov | DF | (1998-09-19)19 September 1998 (aged 21) | Zagatala | 2019 | | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | Eltun Yagublu | DF | (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 28) | Neftchi Baku | 2017 | | 38 | 1 |
| 13 | Shahriyar Rahimov | DF | (1989-04-06)6 April 1989 (aged 31) | Kapaz | 2018 | | 50 | 2 |
| 16 | Peyman Keshavarz | DF | (1996-03-03)3 March 1996 (aged 24) | | 2020 | | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Erico | DF | (1989-07-20)20 July 1989 (aged 30) | Astra Giurgiu | 2019 | | 12 | 1 |
| 26 | Kamal Gurbanov | DF | (1994-05-06)6 May 1994 (aged 26) | Neftchi Baku | 2017 | | 35 | 0 |
| 34 | Urfan Abbasov | DF | (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 27) | Gabala | 2019 | | 24 | 0 |
| 55 | Adil Naghiyev | DF | (1995-09-11)11 September 1995 (aged 24) | Sumgayit | 2019 | | 17 | 0 |
| | Murad Gayali | DF | (1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 21) | Keşla | 2020 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Vugar Beybalayev | MF | (1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 26) | Sumgayit | 2018 | | 26 | 0 |
| 7 | Fahmin Muradbayli | MF | (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 24) | loan from Neftchi Baku | 2017 | | 61 | 6 |
| 8 | Lema Mabidi | MF | (1993-06-11)11 June 1993 (aged 27) | Raja Casablanca | 2020 | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Mirsahib Abbasov | MF | (1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 27) | Zira | 2019 | | 16 | 1 |
| 10 | Michael Essien | MF | (1982-12-03)3 December 1982 (aged 37) | | 2019 | 2020 | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | Rahid Amirguliyev | MF | (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 30) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 52 | 0 |
| 17 | Elchin Rahimli | MF | (1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 24) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 17 | 0 |
| 18 | Agshin Gurbanli | MF | (1996-07-15)15 July 1996 (aged 23) | Neftchi Baku | 2018 | | 29 | 2 |
| 19 | Ruslan Hajiyev | MF | (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 (aged 22) | loan from Qarabağ | 2018 | | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | Hendrick Ekstein | MF | (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 29) | Sabah | 2020 | | 6 | 2 |
| 77 | Adilkhan Garahmadov | MF | (2001-06-05)5 June 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2018 | | 16 | 1 |
| 79 | Ali Sadixov | MF | (1999-08-13)13 August 1999 (aged 20) | Gabala | 2019 | | 8 | 0 |
| 88 | Orxan Gurbanli | MF | (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 24) | Neftchi Baku | 2018 | | 15 | 1 |
| 97 | Bahadur Haziyev | MF | (1999-03-26)26 March 1999 (aged 21) | MOIK Baku | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 11 | Rauf Aliyev | FW | (1989-02-12)12 February 1989 (aged 31) | Neftçi | 2020 | 2020 | 5 | 3 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | Eugeniu Cociuc | MF | (1993-05-11)11 May 1993 (aged 27) | MŠK Žilina | 2018 | | 54 | 6 |
| 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | FW | (1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 27) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 40 | 14 |
| 11 | Dylan Duventru | MF | (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 31) | Zira | 2019 | | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Daniel Bozhinovski | GK | (1989-07-08)8 July 1989 (aged 30) | Rabotnički | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Ihor Korotetskyi | DF | (1987-09-13)13 September 1987 (aged 32) | Kapaz | 2018 | | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | Mirabdulla Abbasov | FW | (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 25) | loan from Neftçi | 2019 | | 13 | 3 |
| 32 | Elvin Yunuszade | DF | (1992-08-22)22 August 1992 (aged 27) | Sabah | 2019 | | 25 | 2 |
| 91 | Bilal Hamdi | MF | (1991-05-01)1 May 1991 (aged 29) | Zira | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Mirsahib Abbasov | Zira | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Ali Sadixov | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 22 May 2019 | GK | Kamal Bayramov | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 4 June 2019 | DF | Urfan Abbasov | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 8 June 2019 | DF | Turan Manafov | Zagatala | Undisclosed |
| 15 June 2019 | GK | Daniel Bozhinovski | Rabotnički | Undisclosed |
| 15 June 2019 | MF | Dylan Duventru | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2019 | MF | Bilal Hamdi | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2019 | DF | Erico | Astra Giurgiu | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2019 | DF | Adil Naghiyev | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2020 | DF | Murad Gayali | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2020 | FW | Rauf Aliyev | Neftçi | Free |
| 21 January 2020 | MF | Hendrick Ekstein | Sabah | Free |
| 22 January 2020 | DF | Peyman Keshavarz | | Free |
| 12 February 2020 | MF | Lema Mabidi | Raja Casablanca | Free |
| Winter 2020 | GK | Shahin Zakiyev | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2020 | MF | Bahadur Haziyev | MOIK Baku | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| Summer 2018 | MF | | Ruslan Hajiyev | Qarabağ | End of Season | |
| 20 June 2019 | FW | | Mirabdulla Abbasov | Sabail | January 2020 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 7 June 2019 | FW | | Kévin Koubemba | Sabah | Undisclosed | |

### Trial

| Date from | Position | Name | Last club |
| January 2020 | DF | Peyman Keshavarz | Sumgayit |
| January 2020 | | Yusif Sayedi | |
| January 2020 | | Makat | |
| January 2020 | | Rafal Agayev | |
| January 2020 | | Orkhan Aliyev | Sumgayit |
| January 2020 | DF | Doriano Kortstam | Platanias |
| January 2020 | DF | Fousseni Bamba | Budapest Honvéd |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 18 June 2019 | DF | Maudo Jarjué | Austria Wien | 18 June 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | MF | Dylan Duventru | Olympiakos Nicosia | |
| 8 August 2019 | MF | Bilal Hamdi | Olympiakos Nicosia | |
| 31 August 2019 | GK | Daniel Bozhinovski | Sileks | 12 September 2019 |
| 21 December 2019 | DF | Elvin Yunuszade | Čelik Zenica | 9 February 2020 |
| 23 December 2019 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | Zira | 1 January 2020 |
| 14 January 2020 | DF | Ihor Korotetskyi | | |
| 15 January 2020 | MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | Sabah | 28 January 2020 |

## 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 | 18 August 2019 | 8 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 025.00 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 15 December 2019 | 19 December 2019 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 022.73 |
Last updated: 8 March 2020 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: 8 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### 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 | |

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

    As of Match played 8 March 2020

### 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 | UKR | Oleksandr Rybka | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Turan Manafov | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu | 11 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | AZE | Vugar Beybalayev | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Fahmin Muradbayli | 22 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | COD | Lema Mabidi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Mirsahib Abbasov | 16 | 1 | 7+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GHA | Michael Essien | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Rahimov | 22 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rahid Amirguliyev | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IRN | Peyman Keshavarz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Elchin Rahimli | 13 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Agshin Gurbanli | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Ruslan Hajiyev | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Erico | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | RSA | Hendrick Ekstein | 6 | 2 | 5+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | AZE | Urfan Abbasov | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | AZE | Adil Naghiyev | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Adilkhan Garahmadov | 11 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | AZE | Ali Sadixov | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | AZE | Kamal Bayramov | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Orxan Gurbanli | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | AZE | Bahadur Haziyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Sabail on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Sabail during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | MDA | Eugeniu Cociuc | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Aghabala Ramazanov | 17 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Dylan Duventru | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | MKD | Daniel Bozhinovski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | UKR | Ihor Korotetskyi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Mirabdulla Abbasov | 13 | 3 | 9+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | AZE | Elvin Yunuszade | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | ALG | Bilal Hamdi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 22 | Mirabdulla Abbasov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Rauf Aliyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 27 | Hendrick Ekstein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Eugeniu Cociuc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 13 | Shahriyar Rahimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 21 | Erico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 9 | Mirsahib Abbasov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Dylan Duventru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 16 | 0 | 4 | 20 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Oleksandr Rybka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | GK | 85 | Kamal Bayramov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Oleksandr Rybka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Turan Manafov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Eltun Yagublu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Vugar Beybalayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Fahmin Muradbayli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Michael Essien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Rauf Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Shahriyar Rahimov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Rahid Amirguliyev | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Elchin Rahimli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Ruslan Hajiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Erico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Hendrick Ekstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Urfan Abbasov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Adil Naghiyev | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 79 | MF | Ali Sadixov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Players who left Sabail during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Mirabdulla Abbasov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Elvin Yunuszade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 47 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 2 |