# 2014–15 Gabala FC season

The 2014–15 season was Gabala's tenth season overall and ninth competing in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Following the 2013–14 Azerbaijan Cup final, Yuri Semin left the club. On 14 June 2014, Gabala announced Dorinel Munteanu as their new manager, on a one-year contract. On 8 December 2014, Munteanu was relieved of his duties as manager, following four wins in sixteen matches. Sanan Gurbanov was put in temporary charge following the departure of Munteanu, with Roman Hryhorchuk being announced as the club's new permanent manager following the club's 1–1 draw with Inter Baku on 21 December 2014.

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov (from Inter Baku) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Marquinhos (from Oțelul Galați) |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Andrei Cristea (from FC Brașov) |
| 12 | DF | ROU | Alexandru Benga (from Botev Plovdiv) |
| 14 | FW | AZE | Javid Huseynov (from FK Baku) |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abışov (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 21 | FW | POR | Yazalde (loan from S.C. Braga) |
| 25 | MF | ROU | Adrian Ropotan (from Volga Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 26 | DF | SVK | Pavol Farkaš (from Chievo Verona) |
| 27 | FW | AZE | Bakhtiyar Soltanov (from Araz-Naxçıvan) |
| 90 | FW | NGA | Ekigho Ehiosun (loan from Gençlerbirliği) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov (to Denizlispor) |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Nikola Valentić (to Jagodina) |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Amit Guluzade (to Atlético CP) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Marat Izmailov (loan return to Porto) |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Nizami Hajiyev (to Inter Baku) |
| 13 | MF | AZE | Seymur Asadov (loan to AZAL) |
| 14 | MF | NED | Lorenzo Ebecilio (loan to Mordovia Saransk, from Metalurh Donetsk) |
| 15 | DF | GUI | Oumar Kalabane |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Nuran Gurbanov (to Baku) |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Niasse (to Mordovia Saransk) |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Abdulwaheed Afolabi (to Saxan Gagauz Yeri) |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev (Retired) |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Lourival Assis (to Bragantino) |
| 25 | GK | BRA | Diego (to Moreirense) |
| 27 | GK | POL | Dawid Pietrzkiewicz |
| 31 | FW | SUI | Danijel Subotić (to Qadsia) |
| 36 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev (to Neftchi Baku) |
| 42 | MF | BRA | Leonardo (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 46 | DF | TJK | Davron Ergashev (to Zhetysu) |
| — | DF | ROU | Cristian Pulhac (to Zawisza Bydgoszcz) |
| — | MF | AZE | Tarzin Jahangirov (loan return from Sumgayit) |
| — | FW | AZE | Amil Yunanov (to Ravan Baku) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadiqov (from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abışov (from Rubin Kazan) |
| 18 | FW | UKR | Ruslan Fomin (from Chornomorets Odesa) |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Gai (from Chornomorets Odesa) |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Ricardinho (from Malmö) |
| 22 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Bezotosnyi (from Chornomorets Odesa) |
| 32 | MF | BLR | Mikhail Sivakow (from Chornomorets Odesa) |
| — | DF | ZIM | Dennis Dauda (Trial) |
| — | FW | CIV | Senin Sebai (Trial) |
| — | FW | MLI | Ulysse Diallo (Trial) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Kamran Aghayev (to Kayserispor) |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Volodimir Levin |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Marquinhos |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Andrei Cristea (to Salernitana) |
| 21 | FW | POR | Yazalde (loan return to S.C. Braga) |

## Squad

    As of match played 28 May 2015
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 22 | Dmytro Bezotosnyi | GK | (1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 31) | Chornomorets Odesa | 2015 | 2015 | 17 | 0 |
| 30 | Anar Nazirov | GK | (1985-09-08)8 September 1985 (aged 29) | Sumgayit | 2014 | 2016 | 27 | 0 |
| 55 | Javidan Huseynzadeh | GK | (1991-03-07)7 March 1991 (aged 24) | Trainee | 2013 | | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Shirmahammad Mammadov | DF | (1995-03-03)3 March 1995 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2014 | | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sadig Guliyev | DF | (1995-03-09)9 March 1995 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2012 | | 17 | 0 |
| 7 | Ruslan Amirjanov | DF | (1985-02-01)1 February 1985 (aged 30) | Inter Baku | 2014 | 2015 | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | Alexandru Benga | DF | (1989-06-15)15 June 1989 (aged 25) | Botev Plovdiv | 2014 | 2015 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Murad Musayev | DF | (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2012 | | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Ruslan Abışov | DF | (1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 27) | Rubin Kazan | 2015 | 2015 | 32 | 4 |
| 20 | Ricardinho | DF | (1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 30) | Malmö | 2015 | 2015 | 11 | 0 |
| 26 | Pavol Farkaš | DF | (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 30) | Chievo Verona | 2014 | 2015 | 14 | 2 |
| 28 | İbrahim Aslanli | DF | (1996-12-01)1 December 1996 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2014 | | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Urfan Abbasov | DF | (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 22) | Qarabağ | 2011 | | 97 | 2 |
| 44 | Rafael Santos | DF | (1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 30) | Arsenal Kyiv | 2014 | 2016 | 51 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Elvin Jamalov | MF | (1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2013 | | 36 | 0 |
| 6 | Rashad Sadiqov | MF | (1983-10-08)8 October 1983 (aged 31) | Khazar Lankaran | 2015 | 2015 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Ruslan Tagizade | MF | (1993-12-09)9 December 1993 (aged 21) | AZAL | 2014 | 2016 | 38 | 0 |
| 17 | Qismät Aliyev | MF | (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 18) | Trainee | | | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Oleksiy Gai | MF | (1982-11-06)6 November 1982 (aged 32) | Chornomorets Odesa | 2015 | 2016 | 18 | 4 |
| 20 | Rashid Amiraslanov | MF | (1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 23) | Trainee | 2012 | | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Adrian Ropotan | MF | (1986-05-08)8 May 1986 (aged 29) | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 2014 | 2015 | 17 | 0 |
| 32 | Mikhail Sivakow | MF | (1988-01-16)16 January 1988 (aged 27) | Chornomorets Odesa | 2015 | 2015 | 13 | 0 |
| 37 | Kamal Mirzayev | MF | (1994-09-14)14 September 1994 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2012 | | 5 | 0 |
| 88 | Mushfig Teymurov | MF | (1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 22) | Trainee | 2009 | | 21 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Victor Mendy | ST | (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 33) | Bucaspor | 2011 | 2015 | 127 | 33 |
| 10 | Dodô | ST | (1987-10-16)16 October 1987 (aged 27) | Lokomotiva | 2011 | 2016 | 127 | 23 |
| 14 | Javid Huseynov | ST | (1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 27) | FK Baku | 2014 | 2015 | 34 | 12 |
| 18 | Ruslan Fomin | ST | (1986-03-02)2 March 1986 (aged 29) | Chornomorets Odesa | 2015 | 2015 | 17 | 0 |
| 27 | Bakhtiyar Soltanov | ST | (1989-06-21)21 June 1989 (aged 25) | from Araz-Naxçıvan | 2014 | 2016 | 24 | 4 |
| 90 | Ekigho Ehiosun | ST | (1990-06-25)25 June 1990 (aged 24) | loan from Gençlerbirliği | 2014 | 2015 | 32 | 6 |
| 99 | Tellur Mutallimov | ST | (1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2014 | | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Kamran Aghayev | GK | (1986-02-09) 9 February 1986 (age 38) | Baku | 2014 | 2015 | 37 | 0 |
| 6 | Volodimir Levin | DF | (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40) | Inter Baku | 2013 | 2015 | 31 | 2 |
| 8 | Marquinhos | MF | (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 32) | Oțelul Galați | 2014 | 2016 | 13 | 1 |
| 11 | Andrei Cristea | ST | (1984-05-15) 15 May 1984 (age 40) | FC Brașov | 2014 | 2015 | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | Yazalde | ST | (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 36) | loan from S.C. Braga | 2014 | 2015 | 14 | 0 |

### Out 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 |
| 13 | MF | AZE | Seymur Asadov (at AZAL) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | AZE | Tarzin Jahangirov (at Sumgayit) |

## 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: 28 May 2015. Source: Soccerway

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Qarabağ (C) | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 68 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Inter Baku | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 63 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Gabala | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 54 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Neftchi Baku | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Simurq | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 39 | |
| 6 | AZAL | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 39 | |
| 7 | Khazar Lankaran | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 32 | |
| 8 | Sumgayit | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 31 | |
| 9 | Baku | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 68 | −49 | 17 | Relegation to the Azerbaijan First Division |
| 10 | Araz-Naxçıvan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team withdrawn |
* ↑ Araz-Naxçıvan were officially withdrawn from the league on 17 November 2014

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

    As of Match played 28 May 2015

### 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 |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Elvin Jamalov | 34 | 0 | 23+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Sadig Guliyev | 12 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadiqov | 14 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Victor Mendy | 29 | 8 | 20+5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Dodô | 20 | 5 | 14+2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ROU | Alexandru Benga | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Murad Musayev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | AZE | Javid Huseynov | 32 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abışov | 32 | 4 | 26+1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | AZE | Ruslan Tagizade | 19 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Qismät Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | UKR | Ruslan Fomin | 18 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Gai | 17 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Ricardinho | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Bezotosnyi | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ROU | Adrian Ropotan | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SVK | Pavol Farkaš | 14 | 2 | 11+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | AZE | Bakhtiyar Soltanov | 24 | 4 | 17+4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AZE | Anar Nazirov | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | BLR | Mikhail Sivakow | 13 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | AZE | Urfan Abbasov | 29 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Rafael Santos | 33 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Mushfig Teymurov | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | NGA | Ekigho Ehiosun | 32 | 6 | 17+12 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Gabala on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Gabala no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AZE | Kamran Aghayev | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Volodimir Levin | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Nizami Hajiyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Marquinhos | 13 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Andrei Cristea | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | POR | Yazalde | 14 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Javid Huseynov | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Victor Mendy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | 90 | Ekigho Ehiosun | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Dodô | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 15 | Ruslan Abışov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 19 | Oleksiy Gai | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 27 | Bakhtiyar Soltanov | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 26 | Pavol Farkaš | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Marquinhos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 34 | Urfan Abbasov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 46 | 3 | 0 | 49 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 4 | MF | Elvin Jamalov | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Sadig Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Rashad Sadiqov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Ruslan Amirjanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Victor Mendy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Dodô | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Alexandru Benga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Javid Huseynov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ruslan Abışov | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Ruslan Tagizade | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Qismät Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Ruslan Fomin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Oleksiy Gai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Ricardinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Dmytro Bezotosnyi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Adrian Ropotan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Pavol Farkaš | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Bakhtiyar Soltanov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Anar Nazirov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Urfan Abbasov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Rafael Santos | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Mushfig Teymurov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | Ekigho Ehiosun | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Gabala during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Kamran Aghayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Nizami Hajiyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Marquinhos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Andrei Cristea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 86 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 3 |