# 2018–19 Sumgayit FK season

The Sumgayit FK 2018-19 season was Sumgayit's eight Azerbaijan Premier League season, and ninth season in their history. It is their first season with Nazim Suleymanov as manager.

## Squad

    As of match played 19 May 2019
| 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 (age 32) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2017 | | 35 | 0 |
| 12 | Rashad Azizli | GK | (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) | Neftchi Baku | 2018 | 2020 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Aydin Bayramov | GK | (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 28) | Neftchi Baku | 2019 | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Suleyman Suleymanov | GK | (1998-05-29) 29 May 1998 (age 26) | Gabala | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Rail Malikov | DF | (1985-12-18) 18 December 1985 (age 38) | AZAL | 2016 | | 80 | 0 |
| 3 | Vurğun Hüseynov | DF | (1988-04-25) 25 April 1988 (age 36) | Gabala | 2013 | | 170 | 1 |
| 4 | Shahriyar Aliyev | DF | (1992-12-25) 25 December 1992 (age 31) | Kapaz | 2018 | | 23 | 4 |
| 5 | Adil Naghiyev | DF | (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 29) | Zira | 2018 | 2020 | 15 | 0 |
| 21 | Arif Dashdemirov | DF | (1987-02-10) 10 February 1987 (age 37) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 28 | 0 |
| 44 | Gvanzav Mahammadov | DF | (1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 30) | Sabah | 2018 | | 3 | 0 |
| 74 | Yusif Nabiyev | DF | (1988-04-25) 25 April 1988 (age 36) | loan from Gabala | 2018 | | 44 | 4 |
| | Elvin Dəmirov | DF | (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 26) | | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Javid Taghiyev | MF | (1992-07-22) 22 July 1992 (age 32) | Zira | 2017 | | 49 | 2 |
| 9 | Ehtiram Shahverdiyev | MF | (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 28) | Gabala | 2017 | | 47 | 1 |
| 10 | Aleksey Isayev | MF | (1995-11-09) 9 November 1995 (age 28) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2018 | | 31 | 0 |
| 15 | Amir Agayev | MF | (1992-02-10) 10 February 1992 (age 32) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2019 | 2020 | 10 | 2 |
| 17 | Nijat Gurbanov | MF | (1992-02-17) 17 February 1992 (age 32) | Zira | 2018 | | 26 | 2 |
| 18 | Suleyman Ahmadov | MF | (1999-11-25) 25 November 1999 (age 24) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 19 | 1 |
| 20 | Rüfət Abdullazadə | MF | (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23) | | 2017 | | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Afran Ismayilov | MF | (1988-10-08) 8 October 1988 (age 36) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 24 | 3 |
| 25 | Baxşəli Baxşəliyev | MF | (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 26) | | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Elvin Badalov | MF | (1995-06-14) 14 June 1995 (age 29) | Sabah | 2019 | | 6 | 0 |
| 38 | Mushfig Rzayev | MF | (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 (age 26) | Solyaris Moscow | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Turan Manafov | MF | (1998-09-19) 19 September 1998 (age 26) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Elvin Mammadov | MF | (1988-07-18) 18 July 1988 (age 36) | Gabala | 2018 | | 18 | 2 |
| 77 | Murad Khachayev | MF | (1998-04-14) 14 April 1998 (age 26) | loan from Shakhtar Donetsk | 2018 | | 9 | 1 |
| 97 | Khayal Najafov | MF | (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 26) | Academy | 2016 | | 81 | 0 |
| 99 | Ali Babayev | MF | (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 33) | Hapoel Ra'anana | 2018 | | 31 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | Peyman Babaei | ST | (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30) | loan from Machine Sazi | 2019 | 2020 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | Atilla Yildirim | ST | (1990-11-22) 22 November 1990 (age 33) | MVV Maastricht | 2018 | | 18 | 3 |
| 49 | İbrahim Əliyev | ST | (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 25) | Qarabağ | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | Ulvi Isgandarov | ST | (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 26) | loan from Gabala | 2018 | | 20 | 5 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | Orkhan Aliyev | MF | (1995-12-21) 21 December 1995 (age 28) | Sabail | 2018 | | 74 | 14 |
| 14 | Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade | DF | (1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 31) | Academy | 2011 | | 174 | 4 |
| 15 | Orkhan Sadigli | GK | (1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 31) | loan from Keşla | 2018 | | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | Tural Bayramli | MF | (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26) | Academy | 2016 | | 4 | 0 |
| 50 | Peyman Keshavarzi | DF | (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 28) | Gostaresh Foulad | 2019 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 11 June 2018 | MF | Afran Ismayilov | Qarabağ | Undisclosed |
| 11 June 2018 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | Gabala | Free |
| 12 June 2018 | DF | Shahriyar Aliyev | Kapaz | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2018 | MF | Aleksey Isayev | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2018 | DF | Dmitri Naghiyev | Karabakh Wien | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2018 | MF | Ali Babayev | Hapoel Ra'anana | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2018 | DF | Gvanzav Mahammadov | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2018 | DF | Arif Dashdemirov | Qarabağ | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2018 | FW | Atilla Yildirim | MVV Maastricht | Undisclosed |
| 25 December 2018 | GK | Rashad Azizli | Neftchi Baku | Undisclosed |
| 27 December 2018 | DF | Adil Naghiyev | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2019 | GK | Aydin Bayramov | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2019 | DF | Peyman Keshavarzi | Gostaresh Foulad | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Amir Agayev | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Orkhan Aliyev | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| | FW | İbrahim Əliyev | Qarabağ | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 12 June 2018 | DF | Yusif Nabiyev | Gabala | End of Season |
| 13 June 2018 | MF | Murad Khachayev | Shakhtar Donetsk | End of Season |
| 17 August 2018 | GK | Orkhan Sadigli | Keşla | 8 January 2019 |
| 16 January 2019 | FW | Peyman Babaei | Machine Sazi | Summer 2020 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 8 June 2018 | MF | Vugar Beybalayev | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 11 June 2018 | DF | Tural Akhundov | Neftchi Baku | Undisclosed |
| 12 June 2018 | MF | Rashad Eyyubov | Neftchi Baku | Undisclosed |
| 13 June 2018 | MF | Kamal Mirzayev | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2018 | DF | Azer Salahli | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2018 | FW | Amil Yunanov | Keşla | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2018 | MF | Javid Imamverdiyev | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2018 | DF | Dmitri Naghiyev | Cova da Piedade | Undisclosed |
| 27 December 2018 | DF | Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2019 | MF | Tural Bayramli | Daugavpils | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 14 June 2018 | GK | Farhad Valiyev | Retired | Retired |
| | MF | Elnur Abdullayev | | |
| | MF | Orkhan Aliyev | | |
| 14 February 2019 | DF | Peyman Keshavarzi | Sabail | June 2020 |

### Trial

| Date From | Position | Nationality | Name | Last Club | Date To | Ref. |
| December 2018 | DF | | Mutalip Alibekov | Khimki | | |

## 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: 11 May 2019. Source: See Results

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Gabala | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Zira | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 31 | |
| 6 | Sumgayit | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 29 | |
| 7 | Sabah | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 27 | |
| 8 | Keşla | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 23 | |

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

    As of match played 19 May 2019

### 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 | RUS | Mehdi Jannatov | 26 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov | 28 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Vurğun Hüseynov | 25 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Aliyev | 23 | 4 | 15+3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Adil Naghiyev | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Javid Taghiyev | 29 | 2 | 21+4 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | IRN | Peyman Babaei | 14 | 6 | 10+1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Ehtiram Shahverdiyev | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Aleksey Isayev | 31 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TUR | Atilla Yildirim | 18 | 3 | 11+5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Rashad Azizli | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Amir Agayev | 10 | 2 | 3+4 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Nijat Gurbanov | 21 | 2 | 5+12 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Suleyman Ahmadov | 14 | 1 | 7+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Rüfət Abdullazadə | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Arif Dashdemirov | 28 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Afran Ismayilov | 24 | 3 | 16+4 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Baxşəli Baxşəliyev | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | AZE | Elvin Badalov | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | AZE | Turan Manafov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | AZE | Gvanzav Mahammadov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | AZE | İbrahim Əliyev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov | 18 | 2 | 10+5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | AZE | Ulvi Isgandarov | 14 | 5 | 4+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 74 | DF | AZE | Yusif Nabiyev | 26 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Murad Khachayev | 9 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | AZE | Khayal Najafov | 17 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | AZE | Ali Babayev | 30 | 1 | 24+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | AZE | Elvin Dəmirov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Sumgayit during the season: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | AZE | Orkhan Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade | 16 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | AZE | Orkhan Sadigli | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | AZE | Tural Bayramli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 8 | Peyman Babaei | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 70 | Ulvi Isgandarov | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | 4 | Şehriyar Aliyev | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Atilla Yildirim | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 22 | Afran Ismayilov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 60 | Elvin Mammadov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Javid Taghiyev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 15 | Amir Agayev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 17 | Nijat Gurbanov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 74 | Yusif Nabiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 77 | Murad Khachayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 18 | Suleyman Ahmadov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 99 | Ali Babayev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 24 | 9 | 33 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Mehdi Jannatov | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Rail Malikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Vurğun Hüseynov | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Shahriyar Aliyev | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Adil Naghiyev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Javid Taghiyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | Peyman Babaei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Ehtiram Shahverdiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Aleksey Isayev | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Atilla Yildirim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Rashad Azizli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Amir Agayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Nijat Gurbanov | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Suleyman Ahmadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Rüfət Abdullazadə | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Arif Dashdemirov | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Afran Ismayilov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Elvin Badalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Gvanzav Mahammadov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Ulvi Isgandarov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | DF | Yusif Nabiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Murad Khachayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Khayal Najafov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Ali Babayev | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Players who left Sumgayit during the season: ||||||||||
| 14 | DF | Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | Orkhan Sadigli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 67 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 86 | 7 |