# 2013–14 Gabala FC season

The 2013–14 season was Gabala's ninth season as a club and their eighth season in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top flight of Azerbaijani football. They finished the season in their highest ever position, third, and earned qualification to the UEFA Europa League for the first time in the club's history. They also participated in the Azerbaijan Cup, reaching the final for the first time, where they lost to Neftchi Baku on penalties. It was their first, and only, season with manager Yuri Semin, who mutually terminated his contract at the end of the season. Danijel Subotić was the team's top goalscorer for the season with 13, 12 of which came in the Premier League.

## Season review
### Preseason

On 29 May 2013 Yuri Semin was officially unveiled as the club's new manager, appointing recently retired ex-national team goalkeeper Dmitriy Kramarenko as one of his coaches.

### Transfers

The summer transfer window saw a lot of transfer movement from Gabala, with 11 players joining the club and 15 players leaving the club. The most notable departures were January signings Luka Žinko to Hangzhou Greentown and Moustapha Dabo to Kahramanmaraşspor, whilst Ifeanyi Emeghara was released, Jeyhun Sultanov retired and Cristian Pulhac was told he was free to leave the club. Aleksandr Chertoganov, Vurğun Hüseynov and Anar Nazirov all joined Sumgayit, whilst Rashad Abdullayev also left the club after one season, joining Baku. Elnar Karimov, Yashar Abuzerov, Rovshan Amiraslanov, Daniel Cruz, Rey Mammadbayli and Amil Yunanov were the other players to leave the club.
Gabala's made their first two signings of the season in May, when Volodimir Levin and Nizami Hajiyev both from Inter Baku. In June Ibrahima Niasse followed from Inter Baku and Dawid Pietrzkiewicz from Simurq, whilst Lorenzo Ebecilio, on loan, and Abdulwaheed Afolabi joined from Metalurh Donetsk and Kuban Krasnodar respectively. Gabala added another three signings in July, with Rail Malikov moving from Denizlispor, Danijel Subotić from Volyn Lutsk and Leonardo from Metalurh Donetsk. Elnur Allahverdiyev signed with Gabala in September on an initial six-month-long loan deal after Rail Malikov was ruled out by injury.

### August

Gabala started the season with 2 victories, a 2–1 away victory over Baku on 2 August and a 3–2 home victory Inter Baku on 10 August. Victor Mendy picked up the club's first goals of the season, netting twice in the game against Baku, whilst Leonardo, Volodimir Levin and Ibrahima Niasse all scored their first goals for the club since their summer moves in the victory over Inter Baku. Gabala lost their next games, 2–1 away to Sumgayit and 1–0 at home to Qarabağ, Yannick Kamanan scored Gabala's goal in these two games, and Levin was sent off in the defeat to Sumgayit after picking up two yellow cards. Gabala got back to winning ways in their last game of August, a 2–0 victory over Khazar Lankaran at home on 31 August, with Leonardo scoring his second for the club and Lorenzo Ebecilio his first.

### September

After the international break, Gabala traveled to Baku to face AZAL on 15 September, and they picked up their 4th win of the season. AZAL took the lead in the 3rd minute with Will John scoring, but Mendy struck 5 minutes later to level the game. Danijel Subotić, playing his first game for the club after his registration issues were sorted out during the break, scored what turned out to be the winner in the 32nd minute before Amit Guluzade picked up Gabala's second red card of the season for two bookings. Gabala recorded their 5th win, and moved top of the league for the first time in their history, on 20 September, defeating Ravan Baku at home. Subotić scored his second in two appearances in the 8th minute before Levin double the lead 2 minutes later and Leonardo finished off the scoring in the second half. Gabala's last game of September was a 0–0 draw away to Simurq, who played the majority of the game with 10 men following Ilkin Qirtimov's first half red card.

### October

Gabala's first game of October was on 4 October at home to Neftchi Baku, and was the last game before the international break. Gabala took the lead in the 7th minute through Lorenzo Ebecilio, before Mahir Shukurov equalised and Rashad Sadiqov scored the winner. On 19 October 2013, Gabala returned from the international break with an away trip to Inter Baku, a game which they won 1-0 thanks to a Danijel Subotić first half goal. Gabala followed this up with another victory on 25 October against Sumgayit, winning the game 2–0 with the goals coming from Danijel Subotić in the first half and Dodô in the second.

### November

On 3 November Gabala traveled to face Qarabağ in Baku. Gabala went 4-0 down to Qarabağ, after a Nikoloz Gelashvili brace and goals apiece from Vüqar Nadirov and Chumbinho, before scoring three themselves in 15mins to ensure a close last 5 minutes. Gabala's goals came from Lorenzo Ebecilio, Leonardo and Dodô. Gabala's second game of November was a 0–0 away draw against Khazar Lankaran, which kept them third in the table. On 22 November, Gabala faced AZAL at home, and recorded their 8th win of the season as a second half Leonardo goal gave them a 1–0 win. At the end of November, Oumar Kalabane suffered a meniscus tear at his knee during training and underwent surgery at Acibadem Fulya Hospital. Gabala won their final game of November, a 1–0 away victory over Ravan Baku on 29 November 2013, with the goal coming from Yannick Kamanan.

### December

Gabala started December with a 2–1 win over Mil-Muğan in the Azerbaijan Cup, with the goals coming from Leonardo and Abdulwaheed Afolabi, his first goal for the club. Gabala's next game was on 8 December against Simurq, which ended as a 2–1 victory to Gabala after Danijel Subotić scored an injury time winner following his early goal and Amit Guluzade scored an own goal for Simurq. Gabala suffered their fifth defeat of the season on 15 December away to Neftchi Baku. Neftchi took the lead through a 12th minute Araz Abdullayev penalty after Flavinho had been fouled, with Leonardo leveling things up in first half stoppage time from the penalty spot. Mushfig Teymurov was sent off for Gabala after collecting two yellow cards, before Mahir Shukurov scored an injury time free-kick to seal the victory for Neftchi. On 18 December, Diego underwent surgery for a knee injury sustained during training the previous week. Gabala's last game before the winter break, and the last in the first round of 19 matches, was on 20 December at home to Baku. Gabala won the game 2–0 with goals from Danijel Subotić and Lorenzo Ebecilio, two go 2nd in the table.

### January transfers

On 23 December, it was announced that Gabala had signed Ruslan Tagizade from AZAL on a two-year contract, whilst defenders Shahriyar Khalilov and Dejan Kelhar all left the club and Tarzin Jahangirov joined Simurq on loan. On 30 December 2013, Gabala announced that they had agreed to sign Rafael Santos, who left Arsenal Kyiv following their bankruptcy in November, on a two-year contract subject to completing medical. On 6 January 2014, Santos completed his move to Gabala. On 8 January, Elnur Allahverdiyev made his move to Gabala permanent, signing a one-year deal. On 13 January, Anar Nazirov resigned for Gabala from Sumgayit on a one-year contract. On 26 January, Gabala revealed that Davron Ergashev had signed on a six-month contract from Zhetysu following a successful trial period. It also came to light that Cristian Pulhac was still at the club after refusing to terminate his contract and was currently training with the youth team. On 31 January, Gabala signed Marat Izmailov on a six-month loan deal from F.C. Porto, and Kamran Agayev from Baku on an 18-month contract.

### February

Gabala's first game of the 2014 was on 2 February away to Sumgayit, which they won 3-0 thanks to goals from Victor Mendy, Lorenzo Ebecilio and Leonardo, to return to the top of the league. On 8 February Gabala dropped off the top of the table after a 0–1 home defeat to Qarabağ, this was followed up with another defeat on 15 February at home to Khazar Lankaran. Gabala got back to winning ways on 19 February despite going 1-0 down to a Nedo Turkovic penalty before Danijel Subotić scored his tenth of the season and a Shahriyar Rahimov gave Gabala a 2–1 away win over AZAL. Gabala's next two games were 0-0 draws against Ravan Baku and Simurq.

### March

On 9 March Gabala faced Neftchi Baku at home in a game that ended 1–2 to Neftchi, with Gabala's goal coming from Lorenzo Ebecilio. Gabala's next game was a 0–0 draw on 12 March against Qarabağ in the Cup, before they drew 1–1 against FK Baku 4 days later in the league. Gabala progressed to the Semi-Finals of the cup on 19 March winning 2–1 in the second leg of their quarter-final match against Qarabağ, thanks to goals from Danijel Subotić and Victor Mendy. On 23 March Gabala were beaten 4–1 at home by Inter Baku, Victor Mendy scoring their only goal whilst they slipped out of the European places for the first time since week 5 of the season. On 25 March 2014, Bakhshiev announced that he would be retiring at the end of the 2013–14 season. Gabala suffered their second defeat in a row, and third in four games, on 30 March, losing 3–0 away to Qarabağ in a game that saw Elnur Allahverdiyev sent off.

### April

Gabala lost their first game of April, going down 1–0 away to Khazar Lankaran on 5 April. Gabala's next game was on 12 April, which they drew 0–0 at home to AZAL to earn only their 4th point in eight games. On 15 April Sumin released Yannick Kamanan from his contract that was due to expire at the end of the season. The next day Gabala defeated Khazar Lankaran 3–0 in the first leg of their Azerbaijan Cup Semi-final, with Nizami Hajiyev scoring a bracing and Victor Mendy scoring the other. Gabala followed that win up with a 2–1 away victory over Ravan Baku on 20 April, Mendy scoring again with Gabalas other goal coming from Urfan Abbasov, his first for the club. Gabala went on to seal a place in the Azerbaijan Cup Final on 24 April, with a 1–1 draw in the second leg of against Khazar Lankaran, after Mendy scored his third goal in three games. Gabala's last game of April was a 1–0 home win over Simurq on the 27th, Dodô grabbing the only goal.

### May

Gabala started May as they finished April, with a 2–1 away victory over Neftchi Baku. Javid Imamverdiyev gave Neftchi the lead in the 50th minute, with Dodô equalising in the 62nd minute before Lorenzo Ebecilio scored the winner in the 90th minute, and getting sent off for two yellow cards in stoppage time. On 7 May Gabala beat Baku 3–1 to go back into 3rd in the table. The goals came from Marat Izmailov, Mushfig Teymurov and Danijel Subotić, with Izmailov's and Teymurov's goals being their first for the club. Gabala drew their penultimate league game on 12 May against Inter Baku 0-0. On the last day of the League season, Gabala started in fourth place, 1 point behind Neftchi Baku. Gabala came from behind to beat Sumgayit 3–1, Magomed Kurbanov scoring for Sumgayit before Victor Mendy, Lorenzo Ebecilio and Abdulwaheed Afolabi scored to give Gabala the win that moved them into third place after Neftchi Baku drew 0–0 at Simurq. Gabala finished the season by playing in the Azerbaijan Cup Final against Neftchi Baku. Marat Izmailov scored Gabala's only goal to cancel out Samir Masimovs early strike to send the game into extra-time, and then to penalties, of which Gabala missed three of their five and Neftchi scored three of their four.

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov (from Denizlispor) |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Volodimir Levin (from Inter Baku) |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Nizami Hajiyev (from Inter Baku) |
| 14 | MF | NED | Lorenzo Ebecilio (loan from Metalurh Donetsk) |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Nuran Gurbanov (loan return from Ravan Baku) |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Niasse (from Inter Baku) |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Abdulwaheed Afolabi (from Kuban Krasnodar) |
| 27 | GK | POL | Dawid Pietrzkiewicz (from Simurq) |
| 31 | FW | SUI | Danijel Subotić (from Volyn Lutsk) |
| 36 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev (loan from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 42 | MF | BRA | Leonardo (from Metalurh Donetsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Elnar Karimov |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Vurğun Hüseynov (to Sumgayit) |
| 5 | MF | SVN | Luka Žinko (to Hangzhou Greentown) |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Yashar Abuzerov |
| 14 | FW | SEN | Moustapha Dabo (to Kahramanmaraşspor) |
| 16 | DF | NGA | Ifeanyi Emeghara |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Aleksandr Chertoganov (to Sumgayit) |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Rovshan Amiraslanov (to Simurq) |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Daniel Cruz |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev (to Baku) |
| 30 | GK | AZE | Anar Nazirov (to Sumgayit) |
| 38 | FW | AZE | Rey Mammadbayli (to AZAL) |
| 90 | MF | AZE | Jeyhun Sultanov (Retired) |
| 99 | FW | AZE | Amil Yunanov (loan to Neftchala) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Kamran Agayev (from Baku) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Marat Izmailov (loan from F.C. Porto) |
| 16 | MF | AZE | Ruslan Tagizade (from AZAL) |
| 36 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev (from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 30 | GK | AZE | Anar Nazirov (from Sumgayit) |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Rafael Santos (from Arsenal Kyiv) |
| 46 | DF | TJK | Davron Ergashev (from Zhetysu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Tarzin Jahangirov (loan to Sumgayit) |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Yannick Kamanan |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Khalilov (to Sumgayit) |
| 84 | DF | SVN | Dejan Kelhar (to Red Star Belgrade) |

## Squad

    As of match played 22 May 2014
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Kamran Agayev | GK | (1986-02-09)9 February 1986 (aged 28) | Baku | 2014 | 2015 | 20 | 0 |
| 25 | Diego | GK | (1979-05-11)11 May 1979 (aged 35) | Vitória | 2012 | 2014 | 27 | 0 |
| 27 | Dawid Pietrzkiewicz | GK | (1988-02-09)9 February 1988 (aged 26) | Simurq | 2013 | 2014 | 10 | 0 |
| 30 | Anar Nazirov | GK | (1985-09-08)8 September 1985 (aged 28) | Sumgayit | 2014 | 2016 | 23 | 0 |
| 55 | Javidan Huseynzadeh | GK | (1991-03-07)7 March 1991 (aged 23) | Trainee | 2013 | | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Rail Malikov | CB | (1985-12-18)18 December 1985 (aged 28) | Denizlispor | 2013 | 2014 | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | Nikola Valentić | LB | (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 30) | Jagodina | 2013 | 2014 | 27 | 0 |
| 5 | Sadig Guliyev | CB | (1995-03-09)9 March 1995 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2012 | | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Volodimir Levin | CB | (1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 30) | Inter Baku | 2013 | 2015 | 28 | 2 |
| 15 | Oumar Kalabane | CB | (1987-08-01)1 August 1987 (aged 26) | Al Dhafra | 2012 | 2014 | 32 | 2 |
| 34 | Urfan Abbasov | CB | (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 21) | Qarabağ | 2011 | | 67 | 1 |
| 36 | Elnur Allahverdiyev | CB | (1983-01-02)2 January 1983 (aged 31) | Khazar Lankaran | 2013 | 2015 | 24 | 0 |
| 44 | Rafael Santos | CB | (1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 29) | Arsenal Kyiv | 2014 | 2016 | 18 | 0 |
| 45 | Murad Musayev | CB | (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2012 | | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | Davron Ergashev | CB | (1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 26) | Zhetysu | 2014 | 2014 | 13 | 0 |
| | Cristian Pulhac | CB | (1984-08-17)17 August 1984 (aged 29) | Dinamo București | 2013 | 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Amit Guluzade | MF | (1992-11-20)20 November 1992 (aged 21) | Ravan Baku | 2013 | 2014 | 24 | 0 |
| 7 | Marat Izmailov | MF | (1982-09-21)21 September 1982 (aged 31) | loan from F.C. Porto | 2014 | 2014 | 18 | 2 |
| 8 | Nizami Hajiyev | MF | (1988-02-08)8 February 1988 (aged 26) | Inter Baku | 2013 | 2014 | 34 | 2 |
| 13 | Seymur Asadov | MF | (1994-05-05)5 May 1994 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2011 | | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Lorenzo Ebecilio | MF | (1991-09-24)24 September 1991 (aged 22) | loan from Metalurh Donetsk | 2013 | 2014 | 37 | 8 |
| 16 | Ruslan Tagizade | MF | (1993-12-09)9 December 1993 (aged 20) | AZAL | 2014 | 2016 | 19 | 0 |
| 17 | Nuran Gurbanov | ST | (1993-08-10)10 August 1993 (aged 20) | MOIK Baku | 2011 | | 14 | 0 |
| 18 | Ibrahima Niasse | MF | (1988-04-18)18 April 1988 (aged 26) | Inter Baku | 2013 | 2014 | 35 | 1 |
| 20 | Rashid Amiraslanov | MF | (1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 22) | Trainee | 2012 | | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Elmar Bakhshiev | MF | (1980-08-03)3 August 1980 (aged 33) | Neftchi Baku | 2012 | | 28 | 0 |
| 22 | Lourival Assis | MF | (1984-02-03)3 February 1984 (aged 30) | Chernomorets Burgas | 2012 | 2015 | 44 | 6 |
| 33 | Elvin Jamalov | MF | (1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2013 | | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Kamal Mirzayev | MF | (1994-09-14)14 September 1994 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2012 | | 5 | 0 |
| 42 | Leonardo | MF | (1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 22) | Metalurh Donetsk | 2013 | 2014 | 33 | 8 |
| 88 | Mushfig Teymurov | MF | (1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2009 | | 16 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Victor Mendy | ST | (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 32) | Bucaspor | 2011 | | 97 | 25 |
| 10 | Dodô | ST | (1987-10-16)16 October 1987 (aged 26) | Lokomotiva | 2011 | | 107 | 18 |
| 19 | Abdulwaheed Afolabi | ST | (1991-12-08)8 December 1991 (aged 22) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2013 | 2014 | 26 | 2 |
| 31 | Danijel Subotić | ST | (1989-01-31)31 January 1989 (aged 25) | Volyn Lutsk | 2013 | 2014 | 35 | 13 |

## 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: 17 May 2014. 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Qarabağ (C) | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 65 | 21 | +44 | 72 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Inter Baku | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 67 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Gabala | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 61 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Neftçi Baku | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 60 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Baku | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 57 | |

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 22 May 2014

### 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 | Kamran Agayev | 20 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Nikola Valentić | 17 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Amit Guluzade | 15 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Sadig Guliyev | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Volodimir Levin | 28 | 2 | 25+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Marat Izmailov | 18 | 2 | 11+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Nizami Hajiyev | 34 | 2 | 20+9 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Victor Mendy | 41 | 10 | 26+9 | 7 | 6+0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Dodô | 40 | 4 | 33+2 | 4 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NED | Lorenzo Ebecilio | 36 | 8 | 28+3 | 8 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GUI | Oumar Kalabane | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | AZE | Ruslan Tagizade | 19 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Nuran Gurbanov | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Niasse | 35 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Abdulwaheed Afolabi | 26 | 2 | 1+21 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Lourival Assis | 14 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | BRA | Diego | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | POL | Dawid Pietrzkiewicz | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AZE | Anar Nazirov | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SUI | Danijel Subotić | 35 | 13 | 27+2 | 12 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | AZE | Elvin Jamalov | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | AZE | Urfan Abbasov | 23 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 24 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | BRA | Leonardo | 33 | 8 | 24+7 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Rafael Santos | 18 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | AZE | Murad Musayev | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | TJK | Davron Ergashev | 13 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | AZE | Javidan Huseynzadeh | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | AZE | Mushfig Teymurov | 12 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| Players away from Gabala on loan: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | AZE | Tarzin Jahangirov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Gabala no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | FRA | Yannick Kamanan | 19 | 2 | 13+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 84 | DF | SVN | Dejan Kelhar | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 31 | Danijel Subotić | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Victor Mendy | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 14 | Lorenzo Ebecilio | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 42 | Leonardo | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Dodô | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 6 | Volodimir Levin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Yannick Kamanan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 19 | Abdulwaheed Afolabi | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Marat Izmailov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Nizami Hajiyev | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 18 | Ibrahima Niasse | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 34 | Urfan Abbasov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 88 | Mushfig Teymurov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 48 | 9 | 57 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Kamran Agayev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Rail Malikov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Nikola Valentić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Amit Guluzade | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Volodimir Levin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Marat Izmailov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Nizami Hajiyev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Victor Mendy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Dodô | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Lorenzo Ebecilio | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Ruslan Tagizade | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Nuran Gurbanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ibrahima Niasse | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Abdulwaheed Afolabi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Lourival Assis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Diego | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Dawid Pietrzkiewicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Anar Nazirov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Danijel Subotić | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Urfan Abbasov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 42 | MF | Leonardo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Rafael Santos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | Davron Ergashev | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Mushfig Teymurov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Players who left Gabala during the season: ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | Yannick Kamanan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 88 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 108 | 5 |