# 2009–10 Gabala FC season

The Gabala FC 2009–10 season was Gabala's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their fourth season under manager Ramiz Mammadov. They finished the season in sixth place and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the last 16 stage by Olimpik-Shuvalan. Their kit was supplied by Erreà and their main sponsor was Hyundai.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Elnar Karimov |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Velichko Velichkov |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Vurğun Hüseynov |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Azer Mammadov |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Sergey Sokolov |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Ljubo Baranin |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Yashar Abuzerov |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Maksym Skorokhodov |
| 9 | FW | POL | Tomasz Stolpa |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Kanan Karimov |
| 11 | MF | MDA | Anatolie Ostap |
| 12 | GK | LVA | Pāvels Doroševs |
| 14 | DF | SRB | Milan Antić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Răzvan Ţârlea |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Abdoul Kader Camara |
| 17 | MF | POR | Paulino Lopes Tavares |
| 18 | MF | GEO | Goga Beraia (captain) |
| 19 | MF | GEO | Revaz Getsadze |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Cristian Torres |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Arif Dashdemirov |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Parvin Pashayev |
| 23 | MF | AZE | Azer Hashimov |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Ihor Melnyk |
| 25 | FW | AZE | Rahman Musayev |
| 26 | MF | AZE | Namig Aliyev |
| — | MF | AZE | Mushfig Teymurov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | SRB | Milan Marinković (from Radnički Niš) |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Azer Mammadov (From Qarabağ) |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Ljuba Baranin (From FK Bežanija) |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Maksym Skorokhodov (From Metalurh Zaporizhya) |
| 14 | DF | SRB | Milan Antić (From Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje) |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Răzvan Ţârlea (From Petrolul Ploiești) |
| 16 | DF | UKR | Mykola Hybalyuk (from Dacia Chișinău) |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Volodimir Bondarchuk (to Sevastopol) |
| 19 | MF | GEO | Revaz Getsadze (From Olimpik Baku) |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Cristian Torres (From FK Jūrmala) |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Arif Dashdemirov (from Standard Sumgayit) |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Ihor Melnyk (to Illichivets Mariupol) |
| — | MF | AZE | Mushfig Teymurov (from Karvan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | RUS | Anatoli Tebloyev (Retired) |
| 6 | MF | GUI | Abdoul Kader Camara (to Olimpik-Shuvalan) |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Farzad Hatami (to Sepahan) |
| 16 | MF | MDA | Victor Comleonoc (to Obolon Kyiv) |
| 17 | MF | GEO | Tornike Aptsiauri (to FC Zestafoni) |
| 24 | MF | TKM | Mekan Nasyrow (to Persik Kediri) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Velichko Velichkov (From OFC Sliven 2000) |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Sergey Sokolov (From Simurq) |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Abdoul Kader Camara (from Olimpik-Shuvalan) |
| 17 | MF | POR | Paulino Lopes Tavares (From Trelleborgs FF) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | SRB | Milan Marinković (to Dinamo Vranje) |
| 16 | DF | UKR | Mykola Hybalyuk (to Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod) |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Volodimir Bondarchuk (to Sevastopol) |

## Competitions
### Azerbaijan Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 42 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Baku | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 37 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Gabala | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 36 | Qualification for championship group |
| 6 | Neftçi Baku | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 35 | Qualification for championship group |
| 7 | Simurq | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 34 | Qualification for relegation group |

### Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Baku | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 28 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 27 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Khazar Lankaran | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 27 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Neftçi Baku | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 23 | |
| 6 | Gabala | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 20 | |
* ↑ Baku were the winners of the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
* 1 2 QAR: 7 pts, 4–3; KHA: 4 pts, 3–4

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics
### 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 | Elnar Karimov | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Velichko Velichkov | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Vurğun Hüseynov | 27 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Azer Mammadov | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Sergey Sokolov | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Ljubo Baranin | 30 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Yashar Abuzerov | 16 | 0 | 7+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Maksym Skorokhodov | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POL | Tomasz Stolpa | 27 | 7 | 15+12 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Kanan Karimov | 23 | 6 | 20+3 | 5 | 0+0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | MDA | Anatolie Ostap | 19 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | LVA | Pāvels Doroševs | 29 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SRB | Milan Antić | 29 | 3 | 28+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Răzvan Ţârlea | 25 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Abdoul Kader Camara | 13 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | POR | Paulino Lopes Tavares | 14 | 2 | 7+7 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GEO | Goga Beraia | 28 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GEO | Revaz Getsadze | 17 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Cristian Torres | 28 | 5 | 16+12 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Arif Dashdemirov | 18 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Parvin Pashayev | 12 | 1 | 3+9 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | AZE | Azer Hashimov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Ihor Melnyk | 27 | 6 | 22+5 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | AZE | Rahman Musayev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | AZE | Namig Aliyev | 13 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Gabala who left during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SRB | Milan Marinković | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | UKR | Mykola Hybalyuk | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Volodimir Bondarchuk | 14 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Tomasz Stolpa | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 24 | Ihor Melnyk | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Kanan Karimov | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | Cristian Torres | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 14 | Milan Antić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 3 | Vurğun Hüseynov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 17 | Paulino Lopes Tavares | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | | Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 15 | Răzvan Ţârlea | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 22 | Parvin Pashayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 18 | Goga Beraia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 36 | 1 | 37 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Elnar Karimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Velichko Velichkov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Vurğun Hüseynov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Sergey Sokolov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ljubo Baranin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Yashar Abuzerov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Maksym Skorokhodov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Tomasz Stolpa | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Kanan Karimov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Pāvels Doroševs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Anatolie Ostap | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Milan Antić | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Răzvan Ţârlea | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Mykola Hybalyuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Abdoul Kader Camara | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Volodimir Bondarchuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Paulino Lopes Tavares | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Goga Beraia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Revaz Getsadze | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Cristian Torres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Azer Hashimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Ihor Melnyk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | | Namig Aliyev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 97 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 4 |