# 2012–13 Gabala FC season

The Gabala FC 2012–13 season is Gabala's eighth season and seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season. They started the season under manager Fatih Kavlak, who was sacked on 24 September 2012 following a poor run of results and was replaced by Ramiz Mammadov. Mammadov was himself sacked on 2 April 2013 following 5 games without a win, with reserve team manager Luis Aragon taking over in a Caretaker role. Gabala also competed in the Azerbaijan Cup, entering at the Last 16 stage and beating Qaradağ before being eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Qarabağ.

## Squad

    As of 19 May 2013
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Elnar Karimov | GK | (1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 29) | Khazar Lankaran | 2006 | 2013 | 18 | 0 |
| 25 | Diego | GK | (1979-05-11)11 May 1979 (aged 34) | Vitória | 2012 | 2014 | 18 | 0 |
| 30 | Anar Nazirov | GK | (1985-09-08)8 September 1985 (aged 27) | Turan Tovuz | 2012 | 2013 | 21 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Vurğun Hüseynov | CB | (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 25) | Turan Tovuz | 2011 | 2013 | 66 | 4 |
| 6 | Nikola Valentić | CB | (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 29) | Jagodina | 2013 | 2014 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | Cristian Pulhac | CB | (1984-08-17)17 August 1984 (aged 28) | Dinamo București | 2013 | 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Oumar Kalabane | CB | (1987-08-01)1 August 1987 (aged 25) | Al Dhafra | 2012 | 2014 | 29 | 2 |
| 16 | Ifeanyi Emeghara | CB | (1984-03-24)24 March 1984 (aged 29) | Steaua București | 2013 | 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Shahriyar Khalilov | CB | (1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 21) | Khazar Lankaran | 2012 | 2015 | 18 | 0 |
| 26 | Daniel Cruz | CB | (1982-01-06)6 January 1982 (aged 31) | Naval | 2011 | 2013 | 37 | 1 |
| 34 | Urfan Abbasov | CB | (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 20) | Qarabağ | 2011 | | 44 | 0 |
| 39 | Sadig Guliyev | CB | (1995-03-09)9 March 1995 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2012 | | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Murad Musayev | CB | (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2012 | | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Dejan Kelhar | CB | (1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 29) | Samsunspor | 2012 | 2014 | 31 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Amit Guluzade | MF | (1992-11-20)20 November 1992 (aged 20) | Ravan Baku | 2013 | 2014 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | Luka Žinko | MF | (1983-03-23)23 March 1983 (aged 30) | Rudar Velenje | 2013 | 2013 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | Yashar Abuzerov | MF | (1977-09-09)9 September 1977 (aged 35) | Olimpik Baku | 2009 | 2013 | 62 | 2 |
| 13 | Seymur Asadov | MF | (1994-05-05)5 May 1994 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2011 | | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Rovshan Amiraslanov | MF | (1986-03-18)18 March 1986 (aged 27) | Inter Baku | 2011 | 2013 | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | Rashid Amiraslanov | MF | (1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2012 | | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Elmar Bakhshiev | MF | (1980-08-03)3 August 1980 (aged 32) | Neftchi Baku | 2012 | | 28 | 0 |
| 22 | Lourival Assis | MF | (1984-02-03)3 February 1984 (aged 29) | Chernomorets Burgas | 2012 | 2015 | 30 | 6 |
| 27 | Rashad Abdullayev | MF | (1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 31) | Neftchi Baku | 2012 | 2013 | 28 | 5 |
| 28 | Mushfig Teymurov | MF | (1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 20) | Karvan | 2009 | | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Tarzin Jahangirov | MF | (1992-01-17)17 January 1992 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2010 | | 19 | 0 |
| 37 | Kamal Mirzayev | MF | (1994-09-14)14 September 1994 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2012 | | 5 | 0 |
| 90 | Jeyhun Sultanov | MF | (1979-06-12)12 June 1979 (aged 33) | Sumgayit | 2013 | 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Victor Mendy | ST | (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 31) | Bucaspor | 2011 | 2013 | 56 | 15 |
| 10 | Dodô | ST | (1987-10-16)16 October 1987 (aged 25) | Lokomotiva | 2011 | 2013 | 67 | 14 |
| 11 | Yannick Kamanan | ST | (1981-10-05)5 October 1981 (aged 31) | Mersin İdmanyurdu SK | 2012 | 2014 | 49 | 15 |
| 14 | Moustapha Dabo | ST | (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 (aged 27) | Spartaks Jūrmala | 2013 | 2014 | 7 | 1 |
| 38 | Rey Mammadbayli | ST | (1992-07-26)26 July 1992 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2010 | | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Amil Yunanov | ST | (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2010 | | 7 | 1 |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Muammer Erdoğdu (from Turan Tovuz) |
| 15 | DF | GUI | Oumar Kalabane (from Al Dhafra) |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Lourival Assis (from Chernomorets Burgas) |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Khalilov (from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 25 | GK | BRA | Diego (from Vitória) |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 30 | GK | AZE | Anar Nazirov (loan return from Turan Tovuz) |
| 84 | DF | SVN | Dejan Kelhar (from Samsunspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Mahir Shukurov (to Neftchi Baku) |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Sergey Sokolov (Retired) |
| 10 | FW | JAM | Deon Burton (to Gillingham) |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Abdoul Kader Camara (to Verviétois joined in January 2013) |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Arif Isayev (to AZAL) |
| 20 | DF | NED | Steve Olfers |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Murad Hüseynov (to Sumgayit) |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Nuran Gurbanov (loan to Ravan Baku) |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Graeme Smith (to Partick Thistle) |
| 33 | DF | AZE | Saşa Yunisoğlu (to Neftchi Baku) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Amit Guluzade (from Ravan Baku) |
| 5 | MF | SVN | Luka Žinko (from Rudar Velenje) |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Nikola Valentić (from Jagodina) |
| 8 | DF | ROU | Cristian Pulhac (from Dinamo București) |
| 14 | FW | SEN | Moustapha Dabo (from Spartaks Jūrmala) |
| 16 | DF | NGA | Ifeanyi Emeghara (from Steaua București) |
| 90 | MF | AZE | Jeyhun Sultanov (from Sumgayit) |
| — | MF | ARG | Matías Córdoba (trial) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Muammer Erdoğdu (to Kartalspor) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Bruno Barbosa (to Atlético Ibirama) |
| 88 | DF | AZE | Nodar Mammadov (to Ravan Baku) |

## 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: 3 March 2013. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 39 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Simurq | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 36 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Gabala | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 32 | Qualification for championship group |
| 6 | Baku | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 30 | Qualification for championship group |
| 7 | AZAL | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 29 | Qualification for relegation group |

### Azerbaijan 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: 19 May 2013. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

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

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Inter Baku | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 57 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Simurq | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 48 | |
| 5 | Baku | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 41 | |
| 6 | Gabala | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 38 | |

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of 19 May 2013

### 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 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Vurğun Hüseynov | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Amit Guluzade | 9 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | SVN | Luka Žinko | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Nikola Valentić | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Yashar Abuzerov | 11 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ROU | Cristian Pulhac | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Victor Mendy | 26 | 6 | 15+9 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Dodô | 33 | 4 | 28+2 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Yannick Kamanan | 33 | 6 | 23+7 | 5 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | SEN | Moustapha Dabo | 8 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GUI | Oumar Kalabane | 29 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NGA | Ifeanyi Emeghara | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Rovshan Amiraslanov | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Rashid Amiraslanov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev | 19 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Lourival Assis | 30 | 6 | 20+7 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Khalilov | 18 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | BRA | Diego | 18 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Daniel Cruz | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev | 28 | 5 | 25+0 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | AZE | Mushfig Teymurov | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AZE | Anar Nazirov | 17 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | AZE | Urfan Abbasov | 30 | 0 | 25+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | AZE | Tarzin Jahangirov | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | AZE | Kamal Mirzayev | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | AZE | Sadig Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | AZE | Murad Musayev | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 84 | DF | SVN | Dejan Kelhar | 31 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | AZE | Jeyhun Sultanov | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | AZE | Amil Yunanov | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AZE | Seymur Äsädov | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | AZE | Elnur Mustafayev | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Gabala no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | TUR | Muammer Erdoğdu | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Bruno Barbosa | 18 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Aleksandr Chertoganov | 21 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | AZE | Nodar Mammadov | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Victor Mendy | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | MF | 22 | Lourival Assis | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Yannick Kamanan | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 27 | Rashad Abdullayev | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Dodô | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 15 | Oumar Kalabane | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 84 | Dejan Kelhar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Bruno Barbosa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 18 | Aleksandr Chertoganov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 5 | Luka Žinko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 14 | Moustapha Dabo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Muammer Erdoğdu | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 32 | 3 | 35 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Vurğun Hüseynov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Amit Guluzade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Luka Žinko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Nikola Valentić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Yashar Abuzerov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Cristian Pulhac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Victor Mendy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Dodô | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Yannick Kamanan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Oumar Kalabane | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Ifeanyi Emeghara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Aleksandr Chertoganov | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 19 | MF | Rovshan Amiraslanov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Elmar Bakhshiev | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Lourival Assis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Shahriyar Khalilov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Diego | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Daniel Cruz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Rashad Abdullayev | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | Anar Nazirov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Urfan Abbasov | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 37 | MF | Kamal Mirzayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | DF | Dejan Kelhar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | Jeyhun Sultanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Gabala during the season: ||||||||||
| 88 | DF | Nodar Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 84 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 7 |

## Team kit

Supplier: Erreà Sponsor(s): Hyundai
| Gabala's Home Kit | Gabala's Away Kit |
These are the 2012–13 Gabala F.C. kits.