# 2011–12 Gabala FC season

The Gabala FC 2011-12 season is Gabala FC's sixth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their second season under manager Tony Adams. On 16 November 2011, Adams resigned due to family problems. Adams' replacement was announced as Fatih Kavlak.
On 23 December Gabala revealed that Serge Djiehoua had terminated his contract with the club and that they are now seeking a new forward. On 7 January 2012, Gabala announced the signing of Yannick Kamanan from Mersin İdmanyurdu on a two-half year deal to replace the recently departed Serge Djiehoua. On 9 January 2012, Gabala and Shakhtar Donetsk announced a partnership that would see the possibility of players being sent on loan to Gabala from Shakhtar.

## 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 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Vurğun Hüseynov |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Mahir Shukurov (captain) |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Sergei Sokolov |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Yashar Abuzerov |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Bruno Barbosa |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Victor Mendy |
| 10 | FW | JAM | Deon Burton |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Yannick Kamanan |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Nodar Mammadov |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Abdoul Kader Camara |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Arif Isayev |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Aleksandr Chertoganov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Rovshan Amiraslanov |
| 20 | DF | NED | Steve Olfers |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Murad Hüseynov |
| 24 | MF | AZE | Tarzin Jahangirov |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Nuran Gurbanov |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Daniel Cruz |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Graeme Smith |
| 33 | DF | AZE | Saşa Yunisoğlu |
| 34 | DF | AZE | Urfan Abbasov |
| 77 | FW | BRA | Dodô |
| — | MF | AZE | Mushfig Teymurov |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| | GK | Graeme Smith | Hibernian | Undisclosed |
| | DF | Urfan Abbasov | Qarabağ | Undisclosed |
| | DF | Vurğun Hüseynov | Turan-Tovuz | Undisclosed |
| | DF | Mahir Shukurov | Anzhi Makhachkala | Undisclosed |
| | DF | Daniel Cruz | Naval | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Rovshan Amiraslanov | Inter Baku | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Aleksandr Chertoganov | Inter Baku | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Veseljko Trivunović | Vojvodina | Undisclosed |
| | FW | Dodô | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Undisclosed |
| | FW | Serge Djiehoua | Antalyaspor | Undisclosed |
| | FW | Victor Mendy | Bucaspor | Undisclosed |
| 7 January 2012 | FW | Yannick Kamanan | Mersin İdman Yurdu | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2012 | MF | Elmar Bakhshiyev | Neftchi Baku | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| Summer | DF | Velichko Velichkov | Svilengrad 1921 | Undisclosed |
| Summer | DF | Milan Antić | Kapaz | Undisclosed |
| Summer | DF | Răzvan Ţârlea | Kapaz | Undisclosed |
| Summer | MF | Cristian Torres | Ravan Baku | Undisclosed |
| Summer | MF | Namig Aliyev | Turan-Tovuz | Undisclosed |
| Summer | MF | Bruno dos Anjos | Atlético Monte Azul | Undisclosed |
| Summer | MF | Goga Beraia | Dinamo Tbilisi | Undisclosed |
| Summer | FW | Branimir Subašić | Khazar Lankaran | Undisclosed |
| Summer | FW | Collins John | Mes Sarcheshmeh | Undisclosed |
| Winter | GK | Pāvels Doroševs | Liepājas Metalurgs | Undisclosed |
| Winter | DF | Ljuba Baranin | Kapaz | Undisclosed |
| Winter | MF | Veseljko Trivunović | OFK Beograd | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| Summer | GK | | Anar Nazirov | Turan-Tovuz | End of Season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
| 23 December 2011 | FW | | Serge Djiehoua | Boluspor | Summer 2012 |

## 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: 13 August 2011. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Results
##### Notes

* The match is played without spectators.

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 41 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Baku | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 35 | Qualification for championship group |
| 6 | Gabala | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 35 | Qualification for championship group |
| 7 | AZAL | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 29 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 8 | Ravan Baku | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 25 | Qualification for relegation group |

### Premier League Championship Group
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 December 2011. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku (C) | 32 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 63 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Khazar Lankaran | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 59 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Inter Baku | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 53 | |
| 5 | Gabala | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 52 | |
| 6 | Baku | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 50 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
* 1 2 Baku qualified for the first qualifiying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup.

### Azerbaijan Cup

Gabala lost on away goals

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 14 May 2012
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Vurğun Hüseynov | 22 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Mahir Shukurov | 21 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Sergei Sokolov | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Yashar Abuzerov | 11 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Bruno Barbosa | 27 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Victor Mendy | 30 | 9 | 23+4 | 8 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | JAM | Deon Burton | 24 | 6 | 19+3 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Yannick Kamanan | 16 | 9 | 14+0 | 9 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Nodar Mammadov | 19 | 1 | 8+10 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Arif Isayev | 13 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Aleksandr Chertoganov | 31 | 2 | 25+3 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Rovshan Amiraslanov | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | NED | Steve Olfers | 26 | 0 | 24+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Murad Hüseynov | 15 | 1 | 2+12 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | AZE | Tarzin Jahangirov | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Nuran Gurbanov | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Daniel Cruz | 23 | 1 | 17+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Graeme Smith | 8 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | AZE | Urfan Abbasov | 14 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | BRA | Dodô | 34 | 10 | 31+0 | 9 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | FW | AZE | Elnur Mustafayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | AZE | Amil Yunanov | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AZE | Seymur Äsädov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Gabala no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | SRB | Ljubo Baranin | 28 | 2 | 23+2 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Serge Djiehoua | 10 | 4 | 8+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | LVA | Pāvels Doroševs | 27 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SRB | Veseljko Trivunović | 15 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Abdoul Kader Camara | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | AZE | Saşa Yunisoğlu | 18 | 1 | 17+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 77 | Dodo | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Yannick Kamanan | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Victor Mendy | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Deon Burton | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Serge Djiehoua | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 18 | Aleksandr Chertoganov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 6 | Ljuba Baranin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 26 | Daniel Lopez Cruz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 22 | Murad Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | Nodar Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Vurğun Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Amil Yunanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 33 | Saşa Yunisoğlu | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 43 | 5 | 48 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Vurğun Hüseynov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Mahir Shukurov | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Bruno Barbosa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Victor Mendy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Deon Burton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Yannick Kamanan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Nodar Mammadov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Abdoul Kader Camara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Aleksandr Chertoganov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Rovshan Amiraslanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Steve Olfers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Murad Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Nuran Gurbanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Daniel Cruz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Graeme Smi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Saşa Yunisoğlu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Urfan Abbasov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Dodo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Players who left Gabala during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | Ljuba Baranin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Serge Djiehoua | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Pāvels Doroševs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Veseljko Trivunović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 69 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 6 |

### Awards
#### Player of the Month
## Team kit

These are the 2011–12 Gabala F.C. kits. Supplier: Erreà Sponsor(s): Hyundai
| Gabala's Home Kit | Gabala's Away Kit |
Source: