2021–22 Neftçi PFK season
The Neftçi 2021–22 season is Neftchi Baku's 30th Azerbaijan Premier League season. Neftchi will compete in the Azerbaijan Premier League and in the Azerbaijan Cup and UEFA Champions League. Season overview. On 25 May, Neftçi signed a new contract with Omar Buludov until 2024. On 31 May, Neftçi signed a new contract with Fahmin Muradbayli until 2023. On 2 June, Rahman Hajiyev signed a new contract with Neftçi until the summer of 2024. On 7 June, Neftçi extended their contract with Mamadou Mbodj until the summer of 2023, with Mirabdulla Abbasov signing a similar contract  the following day. On 12 June, Neftçi announced the signing of César Meza from Keşla to a two-year contract. On 16 June, Neftçi signed a new one-year contract, with the option of an additional year, with Vojislav Stanković. On 20 June, Neftçi signed a Harramiz from Estoril. On 27 June, Neftçi signed a Khayal Najafov from Sumgayit. On 15 July, Neftçi signed a Romain Basque from Le Havre, with Hugo Basto signing from Estoril on 17 July. On 14 August, Bursaspor announced the signing of Namik Alaskarov, whilst Neftçi contested the signing stating they still had a valid  contract with Alaskarov. On 1 September, Neftçi announced the signing of Ramon to a one-year contract, whilst also announcing that Mamadou Kané had been sold to Olympiacos before being loaned back to Neftçi until the end of the season. On 8 September, Neftçi announced the signing of Tiago Bezerra to a one-year contract. On 17 September, Neftçi announced the signing of Jorge Correa to a two-year contract. On 29 December, Neftçi announced that Romain Basque had left the club by mutual consent, that they'd signed Azer Salahlı from Keşla to a 2.5year contract and that Fahmin  Muradbayli had joined Keşla on loan for the remainder of the season. On 5 January, Neftçi announced the signing of Eddy Israfilov to a 2.5-year contract. On 10 January, Sabir Bougrine was sold to Tunisian club Espérance Sportive de Tunis. On 21 January, Neftçi announced the signing of Guilherme Pato to a 2.5-year contract from Internacional and the departure of Harramiz. The following day, 22 January, Neftçi announced the signing of Ivan Brkić to a 1.5-year contract from Riga and the departure of Jorge Correa by mutual consent. On 27 January, Neftçi announced the signing of Azer  Aliyev to a 3.5-year contract from Ufa.