# 2018–19 Sabail FK season

The Səbail FK 2018-19 season was Səbail's second Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their third season in existence. They finished the season in third position, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League for the first time. Sabail also entered the Azerbaijan Cup, reaching the Quarterfinals before defeat to Zira.

## Squad

    As of match played 11 May 2019
| 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 32) | Afjet Afyonspor | 2019 | 2019 | 11 | 0 |
| 25 | Elkhan Ahmadov | GK | (1993-07-02)2 July 1993 (aged 25) | Mil-Muğan | 2017 | | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Henrique | DF | (1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 28) | Deportivo Saprissa | 2018 | 2019 | 19 | 1 |
| 5 | Vugar Beybalayev | DF | (1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 25) | Sumgayit | 2018 | | 18 | 0 |
| 13 | Shahriyar Rahimov | DF | (1989-04-06)6 April 1989 (aged 30) | Kapaz | 2018 | | 28 | 1 |
| 16 | Ihor Korotetskyi | DF | (1987-09-13)13 September 1987 (aged 31) | Kapaz | 2018 | | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | Eltun Yagublu | DF | (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 27) | Neftchi Baku | 2017 | | 27 | 1 |
| 26 | Kamal Gurbanov | DF | (1994-05-06)6 May 1994 (aged 25) | Neftchi Baku | 2017 | | 35 | 0 |
| 27 | Emil Martinov | DF | (1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 27) | Slavia Sofia | 2018 | | 24 | 0 |
| 32 | Elvin Yunuszade | DF | (1992-08-22)22 August 1992 (aged 26) | Sabah | 2019 | | 12 | 2 |
| 33 | Tome Kitanovski | DF | (1992-05-21)21 May 1992 (aged 26) | Slaven Belupo | 2018 | | 23 | 1 |
| 99 | Maudo Jarjué | DF | (1997-09-30)30 September 1997 (aged 21) | Gil Vicente | 2017 | 2019 | 50 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Michael Essien | MF | (1982-12-03)3 December 1982 (aged 36) | Unattached | 2019 | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Fahmin Muradbayli | MF | (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 23) | loan from Neftchi Baku | 2017 | | 39 | 6 |
| 8 | Eugeniu Cociuc | MF | (1993-05-11)11 May 1993 (aged 26) | MŠK Žilina | 2018 | | 40 | 5 |
| 14 | Rahid Amirguliyev | MF | (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 29) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 28 | 0 |
| 17 | Elchin Rahimli | MF | (1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 22) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Agshin Gurbanli | MF | (1996-07-15)15 July 1996 (aged 22) | Neftchi Baku | 2018 | | 27 | 2 |
| 19 | Ruslan Hajiyev | MF | (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 (aged 21) | loan from Qarabağ | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Murtuz Abakarov | MF | (1998-03-21)21 March 1998 (aged 21) | | 2017 | | 7 | 1 |
| 70 | Urfan İsmayılov | MF | (1996-05-17)17 May 1996 (aged 22) | Keşla | 2018 | | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | Adilkhan Garahmadov | MF | (2001-06-05)5 June 2001 (aged 17) | Academy | 2018 | | 5 | 1 |
| 88 | Orxan Gurbanli | MF | (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 23) | Neftchi Baku | 2018 | | 10 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Imanol Iriberri | FW | (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 (aged 32) | Deportivo La Guaira | 2019 | 2019 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | FW | (1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 26) | Qarabağ | 2018 | | 23 | 8 |
| 11 | Ruslan Qurbanov | FW | (1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 27) | Gabala | 2018 | | 23 | 3 |
| 21 | Oke Akpoveta | FW | (1991-12-13)13 December 1991 (aged 27) | AFC Eskilstuna | 2019 | 2019 | 9 | 2 |
| 28 | Kévin Koubemba | FW | (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 26) | Bourg-Péronnas | 2018 | | 31 | 5 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Emil Balayev | GK | (1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 25) | Qarabağ | 2017 | | 42 | 0 |
| 3 | Tamaz Tsetskhladze | DF | (1996-12-08)8 December 1996 (aged 22) | Gardabani | 2017 | | 26 | 0 |
| 22 | Édgar Pacheco | MF | (1990-01-22)22 January 1990 (aged 29) | Ermis Aradippou | 2018 | | 8 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 26 May 2018 | MF | Rahid Amirguliyev | Qarabağ | Free |
| 26 May 2018 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | Qarabağ | Free |
| 30 May 2018 | DF | Shahriyar Rahimov | Kapaz | Free |
| 2 June 2018 | MF | Orkhan Aliyev | Zira | Free |
| 8 June 2018 | DF | Vugar Beybalayev | Sumgayit | Undisclosed |
| 11 June 2018 | FW | Ruslan Qurbanov | Gabala | Free |
| 23 July 2018 | FW | Kévin Koubemba | Bourg-Péronnas | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2018 | DF | Henrique | Deportivo Saprissa | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2018 | DF | Tome Kitanovski | Slaven Belupo | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2018 | MF | Édgar Pacheco | Ermis Aradippou | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2018 | MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | MŠK Žilina | Undisclosed |
| August 2018 | DF | Emil Martinov | Slavia Sofia | Undisclosed |
| 9 January 2019 | DF | Elvin Yunuszade | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2019 | GK | Oleksandr Rybka | Afjet Afyonspor | Undisclosed |
| 14 February 2019 | FW | Imanol Iriberri | Deportivo La Guaira | Undisclosed |
| 16 February 2019 | FW | Oke Akpoveta | AFC Eskilstuna | Undisclosed |
| 16 March 2019 | MF | Michael Essien | Unattached | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| Summer 2018 | MF | | Ruslan Hajiyev | Qarabağ | 31 May 2020 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 2 June 2018 | DF | | Rahil Mammadov | Qarabağ | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 3 July 2018 | MF | Orkhan Aliyev | Sumgayit | |
| 7 December 2018 | MF | Édgar Pacheco | Antigua | |
| 31 December 2018 | GK | Emil Balayev | Tobol | 30 January 2019 |
| 30 April 2019 | DF | Tamaz Tsetskhladze | Torpedo Kutaisi | |
| 9 May 2019 | FW | Ruslan Gurbanov | Keşla | 11 June 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | GK | Farhad Valiyev | Retired | Retired |
| 31 May 2019 | DF | Henrique | GAIS | 9 August 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | DF | Tome Kitanovski | Kukësi | 21 June 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Murtuz Abakarov | | |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Urfan İsmayılov | | |
| 31 May 2019 | DF | Emil Martinov | Arda Kardzhali | 26 June 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | FW | Imanol Iriberri | Hibernians | |
| 31 May 2019 | FW | Oke Akpoveta | IK Frej | |

## 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 | 12 August 2018 | 11 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 042.86 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 6 December 2018 | 19 December 2018 | Second Round | Quarterfinal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 40 | +0 | 041.94 |
Last updated: 11 May 2019 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: 11 May 2019. Source: See Results

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Qarabağ (C) | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 21 | +44 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Neftçi Baku | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Sabail | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 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 | |

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 11 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 | UKR | Oleksandr Rybka | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Henrique | 19 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Vugar Beybalayev | 18 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Michael Essien | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Fahmin Muradbayli | 26 | 3 | 25+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MDA | Eugeniu Cociuc | 27 | 3 | 22+2 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Imanol Iriberri | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Aghabala Ramazanov | 23 | 8 | 19+1 | 7 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Ruslan Gurbanov | 23 | 3 | 14+7 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Rahimov | 28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rahid Amirguliyev | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | UKR | Ihor Korotetskyi | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Elchin Rahimli | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Agshin Gurbanli | 19 | 1 | 1+15 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NGA | Oke Akpoveta | 9 | 1 | 5+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | AZE | Elkhan Ahmadov | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | AZE | Kamal Gurbanov | 14 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | BUL | Emil Martinov | 24 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | CGO | Kévin Koubemba | 31 | 5 | 26+2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | AZE | Elvin Yunuszade | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | MKD | Tome Kitanovski | 22 | 1 | 16+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 70 | MF | AZE | Urfan İsmayılov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | AZE | Adilkhan Garahmadov | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Orxan Gurbanli | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 99 | DF | GNB | Maudo Jarjué | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Sabail during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AZE | Emil Balayev | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Murtuz Abakarov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | MEX | Édgar Pacheco | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 28 | Kévin Koubemba | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Eugeniu Cociuc | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Fahmin Muradbayli | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Ruslan Gurbanov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 32 | Elvin Yunuszade | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 21 | Oke Akpoveta | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 13 | Shahriyar Rahimov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Henrique | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 77 | Adilkhan Garahmadov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 33 | Tome Kitanovski | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 18 | Agshin Gurbanli | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 88 | Orxan Gurbanli | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | | | Awarded goals | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| | | | TOTALS | 34 | 5 | 39 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Emil Balayev | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Oleksandr Rybka | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | GK | 25 | Elkhan Ahmadov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 10 | 1 | 11 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Oleksandr Rybka | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Henrique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vugar Beybalayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Fahmin Muradbayli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Ruslan Gurbanov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Shahriyar Rahimov | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Rahid Amirguliyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Ihor Korotetskyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Elchin Rahimli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Agshin Gurbanli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Eltun Yagublu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Oke Akpoveta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Elkhan Ahmadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Kamal Gurbanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Emil Martinov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Kévin Koubemba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Elvin Yunuszade | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Tome Kitanovski | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| 70 | MF | Urfan İsmayılov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Adilkhan Garahmadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | Maudo Jarjué | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Sabail during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Emil Balayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Édgar Pacheco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 73 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 79 | 7 |