# 2022–23 Gabala FK season

The 2022–23 season was Gabala FK's 18th season, and their 17th in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top-flight of Azerbaijani football.

## Season events

On 23 May 2022, Gabala announced the signing of Ilkin Qirtimov to a one-year contract from Shamakhi.
On 4 June, Gabala announced the signing of Salahat Aghayev to a one-year contract from Sabah.
On 16 June, Gabala announced the signing of Felipe Santos to a one-year contract, with the option of a second, from Shamakhi.
On 5 July, Gabala announced the signing of Fares Abu Akel to a one-year contract, with the option of a second, from Ashdod.
On 30 July, Gabala announced the signing of Ramon to a one-year contract from Neftçi.
On 10 August, Gabala announced the signing of Andriy Stryzhak to a one-year contract, with the option of a second, from Međimurje.
On 6 February, Gabala announced the signing of Ayyoub Allach to an 18-month contract from Virton.

## Squad

    As of match played 3 June 2023
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Səlahət Ağayev | GK | (1991-01-04)4 January 1991 (aged 32) | Sabah | 2022 | 2023 | 34 | 0 |
| 13 | Christophe Atangana | GK | (2000-03-02)2 March 2000 (aged 23) | Bilbao Athletic | 2021 | 2023 | 15 | 0 |
| 36 | Elməddin Sultanov | GK | (2001-05-07)7 May 2001 (aged 22) | Trainee | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Ilkin Qirtimov | DF | (1990-11-04)4 November 1990 (aged 32) | Shamakhi | 2022 | 2023 | 38 | 0 |
| 4 | Ruan Renato | DF | (1994-01-14)14 January 1994 (aged 29) | Ponte Preta | 2021 | 2022(+1) | 72 | 4 |
| 12 | Rufat Ahmadov | DF | (2002-09-22)22 September 2002 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2020 | | 30 | 0 |
| 16 | Nicat Aliyev | DF | (2001-09-24)24 September 2001 (aged 21) | Sumgayit | 2022 | | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Magsad Isayev | DF | (1994-06-07)7 June 1994 (aged 28) | Sabail | 2021 | 2023 | 73 | 4 |
| 28 | Murad Musayev | DF | (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 28) | Zira | 2019 | | 104 | 3 |
| 33 | Huseyn Mursalov | DF | (2002-07-12)12 July 2002 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2021 | | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | Urfan Abbasov | DF | (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 30) | Sabail | 2021 | | 267 | 4 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Isnik Alimi | MF | (1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (aged 29) | Atalanta | 2021 | | 73 | 22 |
| 6 | Fares Abu Akel | MF | (1997-02-08)8 February 1997 (aged 26) | Ashdod | 2022 | 2023 (+1) | 38 | 2 |
| 7 | Rovlan Muradov | MF | (1998-03-28)28 March 1998 (aged 25) | Trainee | 2017 | | 117 | 12 |
| 8 | Andriy Stryzhak | MF | (1999-10-22)22 October 1999 (aged 23) | Međimurje | 2022 | 2023 (+1) | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Ayyoub Allach | MF | (1998-01-28)28 January 1998 (aged 25) | Virton | 2023 | 2024 | 16 | 3 |
| 10 | Omar Hani | MF | (1999-06-27)27 June 1999 (aged 23) | APOEL | 2021 | 2022 (+1) | 65 | 4 |
| 11 | Asif Mammadov | MF | (1986-08-05)5 August 1986 (aged 36) | Inter Baku | 2015 | | 233+ | 16 |
| 17 | Yaovi Akakpo | MF | (1999-03-11)11 March 1999 (aged 24) | | 2019 | | 10 | 2 |
| 20 | Rauf Rustamli | MF | (2003-01-11)11 January 2003 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Felipe Santos | MF | (1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 26) | Shamakhi | 2022 | 2023 (+1) | 43 | 6 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 14 | Ulvi Isgandarov | FW | (1998-04-17)17 April 1998 (aged 25) | Trainee | 2017 | | 114 | 20 |
| 18 | Mehrac Bakhshali | FW | (2003-06-11)11 June 2003 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2022 | | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Raphael Utzig | FW | (1996-08-08)8 August 1996 (aged 26) | Paraná | 2020 | 2022 | 94 | 18 |
| 77 | Emil Safarov | FW | (2002-10-30)30 October 2002 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2021 | | 57 | 4 |
| 91 | Ramon | FW | (1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 32) | Neftçi | 2022 | 2023 | 37 | 10 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 23 May 2022 | DF | Ilkin Qirtimov | Shamakhi | Undisclosed |
| 4 June 2022 | GK | Salahat Aghayev | Sabah | Undisclosed |
| 16 June 2022 | MF | Felipe Santos | Shamakhi | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2022 | MF | Fares Abu Akel | Ashdod | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2022 | FW | Ramon | Neftçi | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2022 | MF | Andriy Stryzhak | Međimurje | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2023 | MF | Ayyoub Allach | Virton | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 5 June 2023 | DF | Magsad Isayev | Zira | 22 June 2024 |
| 14 June 2023 | GK | Səlahət Ağayev | Sabail | 14 June 2023 |
| 14 June 2023 | MF | Andriy Stryzhak | | |

## 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 | 8 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 47 | +0 | 036.11 |
| Azerbaijan Cup | 22 November 2022 | 3 June 2023 | First Round | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 083.33 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 July 2022 | 28 July 2022 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 043.18 |
Last updated: 3 June 2023 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: 28 May 2023. Source: See Results

#### 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 | 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 |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Sabah | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 81 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Neftçi | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 68 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Gabala | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 50 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Zira | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 50 | |
| 6 | Turan Tovuz | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 39 | |

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Qualifying phase
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 3 June 2023

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Səlahət Ağayev | 34 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Ilkin Qirtimov | 38 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Ruan Renato | 41 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ALB | Isnik Alimi | 41 | 12 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ISR | Fares Abu Akel | 38 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Rovlan Muradov | 40 | 3 | 20+13 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Andriy Stryzhak | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | MAR | Ayyoub Allach | 16 | 3 | 9+4 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | JOR | Omar Hani | 40 | 2 | 10+23 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Asif Mammadov | 35 | 0 | 18+12 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | AZE | Rufat Ahmadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | CMR | Christophe Atangana | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | AZE | Ulvi Isgandarov | 40 | 7 | 9+24 | 6 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | TOG | Yaovi Akakpo | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | AZE | Mehrac Bakhshali | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Rauf Rustamli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Raphael Utzig | 36 | 7 | 24+6 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | AZE | Magsad Isayev | 42 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | AZE | Murad Musayev | 36 | 1 | 25+5 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | AZE | Huseyn Mursalov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | AZE | Urfan Abbasov | 19 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | AZE | Emil Safarov | 37 | 2 | 12+19 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | BRA | Ramon | 37 | 10 | 26+6 | 8 | 4+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | BRA | Felipe Santos | 43 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Gabala during the season: ||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 5 | Isnik Alimi | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | 91 | Ramon | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 14 | Ulvi Isgandarov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 23 | Raphael Utzig | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 97 | Felipe Santos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 9 | Ayyoub Allach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 27 | Magsad Isayev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Rovlan Muradov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 6 | Fares Abu Akel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Ruan Renato | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | 77 | Emil Safarov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 10 | Omar Hani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 28 | Murad Musayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 47 | 13 | 3 | 63 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Səlahət Ağayev | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | GK | 13 | Christophe Atangana | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| | | | TOTALS | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Səlahət Ağayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ilkin Qirtimov | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Ruan Renato | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Isnik Alimi | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Fares Abu Akel | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Rovlan Muradov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Andriy Stryzhak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Ayyoub Allach | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Omar Hani | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Asif Mammadov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Rauf Rustamli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Raphael Utzig | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Magsad Isayev | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Murad Musayev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Huseyn Mursalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Urfan Abbasov | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | Emil Safarov | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | Ramon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Felipe Santos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Players who left Gabala during the season: ||||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 94 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 115 | 5 |