2018–19 Gabala FC season

Gabala
2018-19 season
Chairman	Tale Heydarov
Manager	Sanan Gurbanov
Stadium	Gabala City Stadium
Premier League	4th
Azerbaijan Cup	Champions
Europa League	First Qualifying Round vs Progrès Niederkorn
Top goalscorer	League: James Adeniyi (10); All: James Adeniyi (12)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017-18 2019-20 →

The 2018–19 season was Gabala's 14th season in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top-flight of Azerbaijani football. The club participated in the Premier League, finishing fourth. They also entered the Azerbaijan Cup, defeating Sumgayit 1-0 to win their first title. They also played in the Europa League, where they were eliminated by Progrès Niederkorn in the first qualifying round.

Season Events

At the end of the previous season, Roman Hryhorchuk left the club after his contract expired,^[1] with Sanan Gurbanov being appointed as the club's new manager on a two-year contract.^[2] On 16 June, Sabien Lilaj signed a one-year contract, with the option of a second, from Skënderbeu Korçë.^[3] Ten days later, 26 June, Gabala signed their second player from Skënderbeu Korçë, Nigerian forward James Adeniyi on a three-year contract.^[4] On 3 July, Lalawélé Atakora signed a one-year contract with Gabala, with the option of an additional year.^[5]

On 6 January 2019, Anar Nazirov returned to Gabala for his third spell with the club, signing on an 18-month contract from Zira,^[6] whilst Agil Mammadov moved to Neftchi Baku the following day.^[7]

On 9 January 2019, young midfielder Hajiagha Hajili, made his season-long loan deal with Qarabağ a permanent transfer.^[8] On 11 January, Davit Volkovi signed from Saburtalo Tbilisi on a one-year contract.^[9]

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
16 June 2018	MF	Sabien Lilaj	Skënderbeu Korçë	Undisclosed	^[3]
26 June 2018	FW	James Adeniyi	Skënderbeu Korçë	Undisclosed	^[4]
3 July 2018	MF	Lalawélé Atakora	Adana Demirspor	Undisclosed	^[5]
6 January 2019	GK	Anar Nazirov	Zira	Undisclosed	^[6]
11 January 2019	FW	Davit Volkovi	Saburtalo Tbilisi	Undisclosed	^[9]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
7 July 2018	MF	Araz Abdullayev	Panionios	Undisclosed	^[10]
29 July 2018	FW	Ramil Hasanov	1074 Çankırıspor	Undisclosed	^[11]
	MF	Ülvi İbazadə	Sabah	Undisclosed
	FW	Kamran Guliyev	Jonava	Undisclosed
29 December 2018	MF	Tamkin Khalilzade	Sabah	Undisclosed	^[12]
7 January 2019	GK	Agil Mammadov	Neftchi Baku	Undisclosed	^[7]
9 January 2019	MF	Hajiagha Hajili	Qarabağ	9 January 2019	^[8]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
12 June 2018	DF	Yusif Nabiyev	Sumgayit	End of Season	^[13]
Summer 2018	MF	Hajiagha Hajili	Qarabağ	9 January 2019	^[8]
Summer 2018	FW	Rovlan Muradov	Qarabağ	Winter 2019
Summer 2018	FW	Ulvi Isgandarov	Sumgayit	End of Season

Trial

Date From	Position	Name	Ref.
January 2019		Mateus	^[14]
January 2019	MF	Jô	^[14]
January 2019		Vellerson da Silva	^[14]
January 2019		Kayo Neves	^[14]

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
31 May 2018	DF	Dion Malone	ADO Den Haag	27 July 2018^[15]
31 May 2019	GK	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	Chornomorets Odesa	10 July 2019^[16]
31 May 2019	DF	Vojislav Stanković	Neftçi Baku	4 June 2019^[17]
31 May 2019	FW	Rauf Aliyev	Neftçi Baku	10 June 2019^[18]

Squad

As of match played 19 May 2019^[19]^[20]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Anar Nazirov	GK	(1985-09-08)8 September 1985 (aged 33)	Zira	2019^[6]	2020^[6]	35	0
22	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	GK	(1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 35)	Chornomorets Odesa	2015		166	0
35	Murad Popov	GK	(1999-03-05)5 March 1999 (aged 20)	Trainee	2016		1	0
Defenders
3	Vojislav Stanković	DF	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 31)	Inter Baku	2017	2019^[21]	142	3
5	Rasim Ramaldanov	DF	(1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 33)	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	2017^[22]		32	1
6	Rustam Nuruyev	DF	(2000-03-06)6 March 2000 (aged 19)	Trainee	2019		0	0
27	Bahlul Mustafazade	DF	(1997-02-27)27 February 1997 (aged 22)	Trainee	2016		29	1
33	Vusal Masimov	DF	(2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 19)	Trainee	2019		0	0
34	Urfan Abbasov	DF	(1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 26)	Qarabağ	2011		220	3
Midfielders
2	Amin Seydiyev	MF	(1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 20)	Trainee	2017		16	0
4	Elvin Jamalov	MF	(1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 24)	Trainee	2013		141	0
7	Roman Huseynov	MF	(1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 21)	Trainee	2015		23	1
8	Gismat Aliyev	MF	(1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 22)	Trainee	2014		58	0
11	Asif Mammadov	MF	(1986-08-05)5 August 1986 (aged 32)	Inter Baku	2015		127+	12
14	Javid Huseynov	MF	(1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 31)	Baku	2016		119	21
18	Ilgar Gurbanov	MF	(1986-04-25)25 April 1986 (aged 33)	Qarabağ	2017^[23]	2019^[23]	41	1
21	Lalawélé Atakora	MF	(1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 28)	Adana Demirspor	2018^[5]	2019^[5]	29	1
77	Samir Gurbanov	MF	(2001-03-21)21 March 2001 (aged 18)	Trainee	2018		1	0
88	Sabien Lilaj	MF	(1989-02-10)10 February 1989 (aged 30)	Skënderbeu Korçë	2018^[3]	2019^[3]	29	0
98	Rovlan Muradov	MF	(1998-03-28)28 March 1998 (aged 21)	Trainee	2017		2	0
Forwards
9	Davit Volkovi	ST	(1995-06-03)3 June 1995 (aged 23)	Saburtalo Tbilisi	2019^[9]	2019^[9]	16	3
10	Rauf Aliyev	ST	(1989-02-12)12 February 1989 (aged 30)	Kukësi	2018^[24]	2019^[24]	30	4
17	James Adeniyi	ST	(1992-12-20)20 December 1992 (aged 26)	Skënderbeu Korçë	2018^[4]	2021^[4]	31	12
28	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	ST	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 28)	Stade Brest	2017^[25]	2019^[25]	62	20
Out on loan
74	Yusif Nabiyev	DF	(1997-09-03)3 September 1997 (aged 21)	Trainee	2015		4	0
77	Ulvi Isgandarov	ST	(1998-04-17)17 April 1998 (aged 21)	Trainee	2017		1	1
Left during the season
29	Hajiagha Hajili	MF	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 21)	Trainee	2016		4	0
30	Agil Mammadov	GK	(1989-05-01)1 May 1989 (aged 30)	Neftchi Baku	2018		9	0
33	Tamkin Khalilzade	MF	(1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 25)	Zira	2017	2020	30	1

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	AZE	Yusif Nabiyev (at Sumgayit)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	AZE	Ulvi Isgandarov (at Sumgayit)

Friendlies

23 June 2018	Kukësi	1 – 1	Gabala	Slovenia
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Špehar	Report	Joseph-Monrose 79'

28 June 2018	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 0	Gabala	Slovenia
AZST (UTC+4)	Šunjić 64' Marin 86'	Report

4 July 2018	KS Cracovia	1 – 0	Gabala	Slovenia
AZST (UTC+4)		Report

31 July 2018	Gabala	2 – 1	Gabala Reserves	Baku
AZST (UTC+4)	R.Aliyev 11' Adeniyi 75'	Report	R.Shahmuradov 67'	Stadium: Baku Training Ground

4 August 2018	Gabala	2 – 0	Keşla	Baku
AZST (UTC+4)	Denis 46' (o.g.) R.Aliyev 85'	Report		Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium Reserve Pitch

8 September 2018	Gabala	0 – 2	Zira	Baku
AZST (UTC+4)		Report	Scarlatache 31' Isgandarli 40'	Stadium: Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports

13 October 2018	Gabala	1 – 0	Sabail	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Adeniyi 65'	Report		Stadium: FC Baku Training Ground

12 January 2019	Gabala	2 – 0	Qaradağ Lökbatan	Baku
AZST (UTC+4)	R.Aliyev 20' Lilaj 62'	Report		Stadium: Bilajari Football Center

16 January 2019	Gabala	1 – 2	Meppen	Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	Vellerson da Silva	Report

20 January 2019	Gabala	2 – 2	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	R.Aliyev 53' Lilaj 71'	Report	Gritsayenko 56' Kutyin 86'

24 January 2019	Gabala	v	Fakel Voronezh	Turkey
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)
Note: Match cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.^[26]

26 January 2019	Gabala	3 – 0	MTK Budapest	Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	Huseynov 40' Atakora 74' Lilaj 79'	Report

25 March 2019	Sumgayit	1 – 2	Gabala	Baku
AZST (UTC+4)	E.Mammadov 12'	Report	A.Mammadov 35' R.Aliyev 50'	Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium Reserve Field

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	9	9	10	31	33	−2	36	6	5	3	18	14	+4	3	4	7	13	19	−6

Last updated: 11 May 2019.
Source: See Results

Results

12 August 2018 1	Gabala	3 – 0	Sabail	Qabala
19:00 AZST (UTC+4)	As.Mammadov 23' Abbasov 27' 63' Adeniyi 82'	Report		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

19 August 2018 2	Neftchi Baku	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
18:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Dabo 36' Dário 48'	Report	Jamalov 40' R.Aliyev 85'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

25 August 2018 3	Gabala	1 – 1	Sumgayit	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Khalilzade 43' (pen.) 90+1'	Report	N.Gurbanov 33' 77' Malikov 42' Isayev 45+1' Y.Nabiyev 90+3'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

16 September 2018 4	Sabah	1 – 0	Gabala	Masazır
19:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Dević 23' M.Isayev 45+2' 75' K.Diniyev 70' Stamenković 90+4'	Report	Adeniyi 28' R.Aliyev 37'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

23 September 2018 5	Qarabağ	4 – 1	Gabala	Baku
20:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Zoubir 30', 73' Abdullayev 45+1' Delarge 61' Garayev 89' Rzeźniczak 90+2' Sadygov 90+2'	Report	Stanković 45' Abbasov 86' Ramaldanov 90' Khalilzade 90+2'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

30 September 2018 6	Gabala	1 – 1	Keşla	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Stanković 7' Ramaldanov 35' Joseph-Monrose 75'	Report	Girdvainis 3' Yunanov 5' Mitrović 78' Aghayev 90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

5 October 2018 7	Zira	1 – 0	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Qirtimov 52' Naghiyev 62' Radivojević 86'	Report	Gurbanov 11' Adeniyi 40' G.Aliyev 90+1'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

20 October 2018 8	Gabala	3 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Adeniyi 14', 77' Jamalov 34' Ramaldanov 41' Joseph-Monrose 57' Khalilzade 59' 67' Ag.Mammadov 85'	Report	Mahmudov 59' Petrov 64' A.Krivotsyuk 82' Karikari 90+4'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

27 October 2018 9	Sumgayit	2 – 2	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)	S.Aliyev 7', 19' 90+2' Taghiyev 65' Yildirim 72' Mahammadov 90+2'	Report	Joseph-Monrose 42' R.Aliyev 45' 90+2' Atakora 56' 84' J.Huseynov 71' Ag.Mammadov 90+2' Gurbanov 90+2' Mustafazade 90+2'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

4 November 2018 10	Gabala	2 – 1	Sabah	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Adeniyi 5' Joseph-Monrose 15' G.Aliyev 87' Gurbanov 89'	Report	B.Soltanov 52' Bosančić 77'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

11 November 2018 11	Gabala	1 – 3	Qarabağ	Qabala
17:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Adeniyi 31' 39' Jamalov 50'	Report	Emeghara 47' Míchel 65' Ozobić 68'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

24 November 2018 12	Keşla	1 – 2	Gabala	Baku
16:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Yunanov 38' S.Tashkin 90' Guidileye 90+4'	Report	Khalilzade 11' Adeniyi 17' 67' Stanković 20' Lilaj 33' Abbasov 36' Joseph-Monrose 48'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

2 December 2018 13	Gabala	0 – 0	Zira	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Abbasov 47' Khalilzade 52' Jamalov 54' Huseynov 90'	Report	Fardjad-Azad 15' Hamdi 39' 61' I.Muradov 38' K.Mirzayev 61'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Vugar Həsənli
Note: Match postponed in the 58th minute due to fog, with the remaining minutes being played on 3 December 2018 from 13:00.^[27]

9 December 2018 14	Sabail	0 – 0	Gabala	Baku
17:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Kitanovski 55' Rahimov 70' Jarjué 70'	Report	R.Aliyev 10' 85'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

3 February 2019 15	Gabala	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Qabala
14:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Volkovi 43' A.Seydiyev 57' Abbasov 79' Joseph-Monrose 84'	Report		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 530 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

9 February 2019 16	Sabah	0 – 1	Gabala	Masazır
16:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Dević 17' 45+1' Eyyubov 29' Diniyev 47'	Report	R.Aliyev 31' A.Seydiyev 53' Jamalov 57'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Səbuhi Bayramov

17 February 2019 17	Qarabağ	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
17:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Richard 4' (pen.) Quintana 25' Huseynov 28' Ozobić 30' Hajili 45+3'	Report	Huseynov 29' (pen.) 76' Jamalov 39'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,00 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

23 February 2019 18	Gabala	0 – 0	Keşla	Qabala
14:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Abbasov 73' A.Seydiyev 90+3'	Report	Peña 29' Isgandarli 82' Denis 90'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 650 Referee: Rəşad Ahmədov

3 March 2019 19	Zira	1 – 1	Gabala	Zirə
15:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Fofana 87' 90+3'	Report	J.Huseynov 20' B.Hasanalizade 57' (o.g.) Ramaldanov 70'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

10 March 2019 20	Gabala	2 – 1	Sabail	Qabala
14:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Adeniyi 45+1' 49', 55' Mustafazade 62' 73'	Report	Gurbanov 22' Cociuc 34' Yunuszade 54' 84' Koubemba 70'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

15 March 2019 21	Neftchi Baku	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Mustivar 33' Mbodj 54' 78'	Report	Jamalov 30' Joseph-Monrose 72' 90'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Sabuhi Bayramov

1 April 2019 22	Gabala	0 – 0	Sabah	Qabala
14:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Stanković 10' As.Mammadov 40'	Report	K.Diniyev 15' 90+1' V.Abdullayev 26' Diniyev 67'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

7 April 2019 23	Gabala	1 – 2	Qarabağ	Qabala
14:00 AZST (UTC+4)	R.Aliyev 23' 75' Volkovi 24' Stanković 26'	Report	Guerrier 3' 67' Huseynov 58' Abdullayev 83'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Sabuhi Bayramov

14 April 2019 24	Keşla	1 – 2	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+4)	S.Alkhasov 55' Kamara 76' Ayité 79'	Report	Adeniyi 46' 60' Volkovi 65' Bezotosnyi 77' R.Aliyev 84'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Vugar Həsənli

19 April 2019 25	Gabala	2 – 1	Zira	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Volkovi 20' 87' Adeniyi 56' Jamalov 62' Mammadov 67'	Report	Fardjad-Azad 12' K.Mirzayev 14' Tounkara 71' B.Hasanalizade 74'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

27 April 2019 26	Sabail	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
17:30 AZST (UTC+4)	F.Muradbayli 20' Ramazanov 25' 74' Rahimov 78' Akpoveta 83' E.Ahmadov 84'	Report	Mustafazade 41' Huseynov 43' Atakora 69'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

5 May 2019 27	Gabala	1 – 3	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)	A.Seydiyev 8' Ramaldanov 57' R.Aliyev 84' Stanković 90+2'	Report	Mbodj 25' Mahmudov 59' Krivotsyuk 68' Dabo 71', 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Səbuhi Bayramov

11 May 2019 28	Sumgayit	1 – 0	Gabala	Sumqayit
16:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Hüseynov 64' U.Iskandarov 68' N.Gurbanov 78' R.Azizli 90+5'	Report	Muradov 45' J.Huseynov 57' Stanković 71' Jamalov 88' R.Aliyev 90+3'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Raad Əhmədov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Neftçi Baku	28	17	7	4	52	26	+26	58	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Sabail	28	12	5	11	34	37	−3	41	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Gabala	28	9	9	10	31	33	−2	36	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Zira	28	8	7	13	30	40	−10	31
6	Sumgayit	28	8	5	15	24	42	−18	29

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.^[28]

Azerbaijan Cup

16 December 2018 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Gabala	1 – 0	Sabah	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ivanović 45' (o.g.)	Report	Ivanović 59'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

20 December 2018 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Sabah	0 – 1 (0 – 2 agg.)	Gabala	Masazır
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	S.Seyidov 35' E.Nabiyev 39' V.Abdullayev 45' Ramos 53' 83' E.Turabov 67'	Report	Joseph-Monrose 9' Adeniyi 44' 80'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev

23 April 2019 Semifinal 1st leg	Gabala	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Qabala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	A.Seydiyev 29' Joseph-Monrose 39' Adeniyi 72' Lilaj 85' R.Aliyev 87'	Report	Madatov 35' Zoubir 84'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Vugar Hasanli

1 May 2019 Semifinal 2nd leg	Qarabağ	2 – 1 (2 – 2 a agg.)	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Madatov 30' Míchel 37' 90+5' Quintana 58'	Report	Huseynov 20' Stanković 49' A.Seydiyev 65' Volkovi 82' Lilaj 83' Atakora 85' Nazirov 90+1'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: İnqilab Məmmədov

Final

19 May 2019	Gabala	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Nakhchivan
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Joseph-Monrose 3' 90+5' R.Aliyev 45' Nazirov 90+2' Mustafazade 90+6'	Report	Naghiyev 60' Y.Nabiyev 70' Hüseynov 90+1' Taghiyev 90+5'	Stadium: Nakhchivan City Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: İnqilab Məmmədov

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

12 July 2018 First qualifying round 1st leg	Gabala	0 – 2	Progrès Niederkorn	Qabala, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Joseph-Monrose 15' Khalilzade 84'	Report	De Almeida 51' O.Thill 61' (pen.) S.Thill 65' Flauss 72'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,600^[29] Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Macedonia)

19 July 2018 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Progrès Niederkorn	0 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Gabala	Differdange, Luxembourg
21:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Karapetian 69' Mutsch 86' O.Thill 88' da Graça 90+3'	Report	Ramaldanov 17' Joseph-Monrose 28' R.Aliyev 65' Abbasov 73' Khalilzade 79' J.Huseynov 79' Adeniyi 89'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)
Note: Progrès Niederkorn played their home matches at Stade Municipal, Differdange, instead of their regular stadium Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn.

Squad statistics

As of Match played 19 May 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AZE	Anar Nazirov	7	0	3+1	0	3	0	0	0
2	MF	AZE	Amin Seydiyev	15	0	12	0	2+1	0	0	0
3	DF	SRB	Vojislav Stanković	30	1	24	1	5	0	1	0
4	MF	AZE	Elvin Jamalov	27	0	21	0	4+1	0	1	0
5	DF	AZE	Rasim Ramaldanov	14	1	9+3	1	0+1	0	1	0
7	FW	AZE	Roman Huseynov	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	AZE	Gismat Aliyev	15	0	9+3	0	1+2	0	0	0
9	FW	GEO	Davit Volkovi	16	3	11+2	2	3	1	0	0
10	FW	AZE	Rauf Aliyev	30	4	16+7	4	4+1	0	2	0
11	MF	AZE	Asif Mammadov	27	1	8+14	1	1+2	0	2	0
14	MF	AZE	Javid Huseynov	30	1	21+3	1	4+1	0	1	0
17	FW	NGA	James Adeniyi	31	12	24+1	10	4	2	2	0
18	MF	AZE	Ilgar Gurbanov	21	0	13+5	0	1	0	2	0
21	MF	TOG	Lalawélé Atakora	29	1	16+7	1	1+3	0	0+2	0
22	GK	UKR	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	25	0	21	0	2	0	2	0
27	DF	AZE	Bahlul Mustafazade	29	1	21+2	1	5	0	1	0
28	FW	FRA	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	31	8	23+2	6	4	1	2	1
34	DF	AZE	Urfan Abbasov	32	1	24+1	1	5	0	2	0
35	GK	AZE	Murad Popov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	AZE	Samir Gurbanov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	ALB	Sabien Lilaj	29	0	15+8	0	4	0	2	0
98	MF	AZE	Rovlan Muradov	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from Gabala on loan:
Players who left Gabala during the season:
30	GK	AZE	Agil Mammadov	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	AZE	Tamkin Khalilzade	15	1	11	1	2	0	1+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW	17	James Adeniyi	10	2	0	12
2	FW	28	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	6	1	1	8
3	FW	10	Rauf Aliyev	4	0	0	4
4	FW	9	Davit Volkovi	2	1	0	3
5			Own goal	1	1	0	2
6	MF	11	Asif Mammadov	1	0	0	1
	DF	34	Urfan Abbasov	1	0	0	1
	MF	33	Tamkin Khalilzade	1	0	0	1
	DF	5	Rasim Ramaldanov	1	0	0	1
	MF	21	Lalawélé Atakora	1	0	0	1
	DF	3	Vojislav Stanković	1	0	0	1
	MF	14	Javid Huseynov	1	0	0	1
	DF	27	Bahlul Mustafazade	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	31	5	1	37

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Anar Nazirov	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
2		MF	Amin Seydiyev	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
3		DF	Vojislav Stanković	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
4		MF	Elvin Jamalov	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
5		DF	Rasim Ramaldanov	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
8		MF	Gismat Aliyev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Davit Volkovi	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		FW	Rauf Aliyev	9	2	2	0	1	0	12	2
11		MF	Asif Mammadov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Javid Huseynov	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
17		FW	James Adeniyi	6	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
18		MF	Ilgar Gurbanov	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
21		MF	Lalawélé Atakora	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
22		GK	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		DF	Bahlul Mustafazade	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	2
28		FW	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	2	0	3	0	1	0	6	0
34		DF	Urfan Abbasov	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
88		MF	Sabien Lilaj	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
98		MF	Rovlan Muradov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Gabala during the season:
30		GK	Agil Mammadov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33		MF	Tamkin Khalilzade	5	2	0	0	1	1	6	3
			TOTALS	72	6	16	0	7	1	95	7

References

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External links

[Roman_Hryhorchuk_Leaves_Gabala-1] "Qəbələ Roman Qriqorçukla yollarını ayırdı". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[Sanan_Gurbanov-2] "Sənan Qurbanov "Qəbələ"nin yeni baş məşqçisidir". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[Lilaj_Signs-3] "Albaniya millisinin yarımmüdafiəçisi Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[Adeniyi-4] "Qəbələ Ceyms Adeniyini rənglərinə bağladı". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[Atakora-5] "Lalavele Atakora Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[Anar_Nazirov-6] "Anar Nəzirov "Qəbələ"də". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

[Agil_Mammadov_to_Neftchi_Baku-7] "Aqil Məmmədov "Neftçi"də". neftchipfk.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Neftchi Baku. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

[Hajiagha_Hajili-8] ""QARABAĞ"IMIZDA YENİ MÜQAVİLƏ". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[Davit_Volkovi-9] "Qəbələ də yeni hücumçu". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[10] "Araz bu gün "Panionios"la müqavilə bağlayacaq". korner.az. 6 July 2017.

[11] "Ramil Hasanov 1074 Çankırıspor'umuzda" (in Turkish). FK Jonava. 29 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

[12] "Официально: Тамкин Халилзаде перешел в Сабах". azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azeri Football. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

[Nabiyev_loan_Sumgayit-13] ""Sumqayıt" FK Yusif Nəbiyevi icarəyə götürüb". sumqayitpfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sumgayit FK. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

[Four_on_Trial-14] "Qəbələ Antalyada ilk oyununu keçirdi". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[15] "DION MALONE KEERT TERUG BIJ ADO DEN HAAG". adodenhaag.nl (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

[16] Пополнение в команде «моряков». FC Chornomorets (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-07-02.

[17] "Neftçi ilk transferini rəsmiləşdirdi". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

[18] ""Neftçi" hücumçu ilə müqavilə bağladı". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[19] "Gabala for the new season in the petition presented to the PFL". azerisport.com/az/. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

[20] "Peşəkar Futbol Liqası".

[21] "Voislav Stankoviçlə müqavilə yeniləndi". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

[Rasim_Ramaldanov-22] "Rasim Ramaldanov Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[Gabala_Sign_Gurbanov-23] "İlqar Qurbanov Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[Gabala_Sign_Aliyev-24] "Rauf Əliyev Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

[Gabala_Sign_Joseph-Monrose-25] "Fransa yığmasının sabiq futbolçusu Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[26] "Məlumat". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

[27] "Qəbələ» - "Zirə" oyunu təxirə salındı". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[28] "Premyer Liqa: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

[AttendanceQR1-29] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

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