# 2022–23 Sabail FK season

The Sabail FK 2022–23 season was Sabail's sixth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their seventh season in existence. They competed in the Premier League, finishing 9th, and reached the Semifinals of Azerbaijan Cup where they were eliminated by Gabala.

## Season events

Prior to the start of the season Head Coach Aftandil Hacıyev left by mutual agreement, with Mahmud Qurbanov being appointed as his replacement.
On 28 December, Mahmud Qurbanov resigned as Head Coach. The following day, 29 December, Shahin Diniyev was appointed as Sabail new Head Coach.
On 15 February, Ilkin Muradov joined Sabail on loan from Zira for the remainder of the season.

## Squad

    As of match played 28 May 2023
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Emil Balayev | GK | (1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 29) | Turan | 2022 | 2023 | 87 | 0 |
| 12 | Huseynali Guliyev | GK | (1999-08-11)11 August 1999 (aged 23) | Sumgayit | 2022 | | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Sadiq Mammadzada | GK | (2006-10-29)29 October 2006 (aged 16) | Academy | 2022 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Adil Naghiyev | DF | (1995-09-11)11 September 1995 (aged 27) | Sumgayit | 2019 | | 90 | 3 |
| 3 | Turan Manafov | DF | (1998-09-19)19 September 1998 (aged 24) | Zagatala | 2019 | | 79 | 3 |
| 5 | Petro Stasyuk | DF | (1995-02-24)24 February 1995 (aged 28) | Mariupol | 2022 | | 34 | 0 |
| 6 | Jabir Amirli | DF | (1997-01-06)6 January 1997 (aged 26) | Neftçi | 2021 | | 66 | 1 |
| 15 | Vugar Hasanov | DF | (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 25) | Kapaz | 2022 | 2023 | 16 | 0 |
| 20 | Mirali Ahmadov | DF | (2003-04-16)16 April 2003 (aged 20) | Shamakhi | 2023 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Gustavo França | DF | (1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (aged 26) | Leixões | 2022 | 2023 | 28 | 0 |
| 27 | Emil Martinov | DF | (1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 31) | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 2022 | 2023 | 54 | 1 |
| 55 | Nihad Gurbanli | DF | (2001-04-10)10 April 2001 (aged 22) | Neftçi | 2022 | | 15 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Maksym Chekh | MF | (1999-01-03)3 January 1999 (aged 24) | on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk | 2022 | 2023 | 31 | 2 |
| 7 | Ruslan Hajiyev | MF | (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 (aged 25) | loan from Qarabağ | 2022 | 2024 | 75 | 3 |
| 8 | Elmir Tagiyev | MF | (2000-05-23)23 May 2000 (aged 23) | Turan Tovuz | 2021 | | 46 | 1 |
| 14 | Rahid Amirguliyev | MF | (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 33) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 120 | 2 |
| 17 | Rafael Maharramli | MF | (1999-10-01)1 October 1999 (aged 23) | Shamakhi | 2022 | | 23 | 1 |
| 18 | Vusal Ganbarov | MF | (2003-04-25)25 April 2003 (aged 20) | Shamakhi | 2022 | | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Samir Abdullayev | MF | (2002-04-24)24 April 2002 (aged 21) | Shamakhi | 2022 | | 23 | 0 |
| 30 | Franco Mazurek | MF | (1993-09-24)24 September 1993 (aged 29) | Ethnikos Achna | 2022 | 2023 | 35 | 9 |
| 39 | Tural Bayramli | MF | (1998-01-07)7 January 1998 (aged 25) | Pierikos | 2022 | | 12 | 0 |
| 77 | Adilkhan Garahmadov | MF | (2001-06-05)5 June 2001 (aged 21) | Academy | 2018 | | 66 | 2 |
| 88 | Matija Ljujić | MF | (1993-10-28)28 October 1993 (aged 29) | Újpest | 2023 | | 16 | 3 |
| 96 | Ilkin Muradov | MF | (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 27) | on loan from Zira | 2023 | 2023 | 15 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Mirabdulla Abbasov | FW | (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 28) | Neftçi | 2022 | 2023 | 34 | 7 |
| 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | FW | (1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 30) | Zira | 2022 | | 66 | 19 |
| 11 | Goba Zakpa | FW | (1992-08-17)17 August 1992 (aged 30) | Ethnikos Achna | 2022 | | 33 | 6 |
| 21 | Luwagga Kizito | FW | (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 29) | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 2022 | 2023 | 23 | 2 |
| 99 | David Gomis | FW | (1992-12-21)21 December 1992 (aged 30) | Pau | 2023 | 2023 | 19 | 3 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | Mirsahib Abbasov | MF | (1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 30) | Zira | 2019 | | 50 | 4 |
| 20 | Facundo Cardozo | MF | (1995-04-06)6 April 1995 (aged 28) | Platense | 2022 | 2023 | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | Afran Ismayilov | MF | (1988-10-08)8 October 1988 (aged 34) | Keşla | 2020 | | 38 | 6 |
| 72 | Emin Zamanov | MF | (1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 25) | Neftçi | 2022 | 2023 | 4 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 19 June 2022 | DF | Vugar Hasanov | Kapaz | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2022 | DF | Emil Martinov | CSKA 1948 Sofia | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2022 | FW | Luwagga Kizito | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2022 | MF | Emin Zamanov | Neftçi | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2022 | MF | Rafael Maharramli | Shamakhi | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2022 | DF | Gustavo França | Leixões | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Franco Mazurek | Ethnikos Achna | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Vusal Ganbarov | Shamakhi | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | Zira | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Goba Zakpa | Ethnikos Achna | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2022 | GK | Emil Balayev | Turan | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2022 | DF | Facundo Cardozo | Platense | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2022 | MF | Samir Abdullayev | Shamakhi | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2022 | DF | Petro Stasyuk | Mariupol | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2022 | FW | Mirabdulla Abbasov | Neftçi | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2023 | FW | David Gomis | Pau | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2023 | DF | Mirali Ahmadov | Shamakhi | Undisclosed |
| 11 February 2023 | FW | Matija Ljujić | Újpest | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 1 June 2022 | MF | Ruslan Hajiyev | Qarabağ | 31 May 2024 |
| 12 August 2022 | MF | Maksym Chekh | Shakhtar Donetsk | End of season |
| 15 February 2023 | MF | Ilkin Muradov | Zira | 30 June 2023 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 30 December 2022 | MF | | Emin Zamanov | Shamakhi | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| | DF | | Adil Naghiyev | Shamakhi | 30 December 2022 | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 6 June 2022 | MF | Afran Ismayilov | Kapaz | |
| 12 June 2022 | MF | Mirsahib Abbasov | Zira | 12 June 2022 |
| 31 December 2022 | DF | Facundo Cardozo | Arsenal de Sarandí | |
| 31 May 2023 | DF | Gustavo França | | |
| 31 May 2023 | FW | Goba Zakpa | | |
| 31 May 2023 | FW | Luwagga Kizito | | |
| 2 June 2023 | MF | Franco Mazurek | Ironi Tiberias | |
| 2 June 2023 | MF | Ruslan Hajiyev | | |
| 3 June 2023 | DF | Emil Martinov | Slavia Sofia | |
| 5 June 2023 | DF | Petro Stasyuk | LNZ Cherkasy | |
| 8 June 2023 | DF | Nihad Gurbanli | Araz-Naxçıvan | |
| 8 June 2023 | FW | Mirabdulla Abbasov | | |
| 9 June 2023 | DF | Turan Manafov | Araz-Naxçıvan | |
| 13 June 2023 | GK | Emil Balayev | Neftçi | 28 June 2023 |

## 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 | 14 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 019.44 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 22 November 2022 | 27 April 2023 | First Round | Semifinal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 024.39 |
Last updated: 28 May 2023 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: 28 May 2023. 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 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Turan Tovuz | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 39 | |
| 7 | Sumgayit | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 70 | −44 | 31 | |
| 8 | Kapaz | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 62 | −28 | 31 | |
| 9 | Sabail | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 29 | |
| 10 | Shamakhi (R) | 36 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 25 | Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division |

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 28 May 2023

### 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 | Emil Balayev | 35 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Adil Naghiyev | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Turan Manafov | 18 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Maksym Chekh | 31 | 2 | 23+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Petro Stasyuk | 30 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Jabir Amirli | 38 | 0 | 29+4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Ruslan Hajiyev | 24 | 2 | 7+15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elmir Tagiyev | 33 | 1 | 19+12 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Mirabdulla Abbasov | 21 | 4 | 5+14 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Aghabala Ramazanov | 26 | 5 | 20+3 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Goba Zakpa | 33 | 6 | 23+7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Huseynali Guliyev | 8 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rahid Amirguliyev | 16 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Vugar Hasanov | 16 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Rafael Maharramli | 23 | 1 | 14+6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Vusal Ganbarov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | UGA | Luwagga Kizito | 23 | 3 | 8+11 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Samir Abdullayev | 23 | 0 | 7+14 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Gustavo França | 28 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | BUL | Emil Martinov | 30 | 1 | 15+10 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | ARG | Franco Mazurek | 35 | 9 | 28+4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 39 | MF | AZE | Tural Bayramli | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | AZE | Nihad Gurbanli | 15 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Adilkhan Garahmadov | 11 | 1 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | SRB | Matija Ljujić | 16 | 3 | 12+2 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | AZE | Ilkin Muradov | 15 | 1 | 11+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | GNB | David Gomis | 19 | 3 | 15+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Sabail during the season: ||||||||||
| 20 | DF | ARG | Facundo Cardozo | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | AZE | Emin Zamanov | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 30 | Franco Mazurek | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Goba Zakpa | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Mirabdulla Abbasov | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 99 | David Gomis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 88 | Matija Ljujić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Ruslan Hajiyev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 21 | Luwagga Kizito | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 4 | Maksym Chekh | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Elmir Tagiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 3 | Turan Manafov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 17 | Rafael Maharramli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 77 | Adilkhan Garahmadov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 27 | Emil Martinov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 96 | Ilkin Muradov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 32 | 10 | 42 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Emil Balayev | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | GK | 12 | Huseynali Guliyev | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | TOTALS | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Balayev & Quliyev both played in Sabail's 1-0 win over Sumgayit on 8 October 2022

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Emil Balayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Adil Naghiyev | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Turan Manafov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Maksym Chekh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Petro Stasyuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Jabir Amirli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ruslan Hajiyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Elmir Tagiyev | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Goba Zakpa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Rahid Amirguliyev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Vugar Hasanov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Rafael Maharramli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Luwagga Kizito | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Samir Abdullayev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Gustavo França | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| 27 | DF | Emil Martinov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Franco Mazurek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Tural Bayramli | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 55 | DF | Nihad Gurbanli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | Matija Ljujić | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | Ilkin Muradov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | David Gomis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Sabail during the season: ||||||||||
| 20 | DF | Facundo Cardozo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | Emin Zamanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 74 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 86 | 10 |