Sumgayit FK

Sumgayit
Full name	Sumqayıt Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)	Kimyaçılar (The Chemists)
Founded	2010; 14 years ago
Ground	Sumgayit City Stadium
Capacity	15,350
President	Riad Rafiyev
Manager	Vagif Javadov (interim)
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2023–24	APL, 4th
Website	http://sfc.az
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Sumgayit FK (Azerbaijani: "Sumqayıt" futbol klubu, pronounced [sumɡɑˈjɯt] ^ⓘ) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Sumgayit, that plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League.^[1]

History

The club was founded in 2010 as Sumgayit FK. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after getting wildcard place instead of defunct Absheron.^[2] After securing promotion to the Premier League, the club based most of their squad on players from Azerbaijan's U-19 and U-17 players.^[3] In January 2012, the club announced that its old name was being restored.^[4]

During 2012–13 season, Sumgayit narrowly avoided relegation to the First Division by finishing 10th in the league.

In the 2017–18 season, they were the only team in the league consisting solely of Azerbaijani players.

On 15 January 2019, Sumgayit announced they had signed a cooperation with Tractor Sazi.^[5]

Domestic history

Season	League									Azerbaijan Cup	Top goalscorer		Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Azerbaijan Cup	Name	League	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
2010–11	2nd	7th	26	13	5	8	34	26	44	Did not enter			Kappa	Azərkimya
2011–12	1st	12th	32	6	6	20	27	52	24	First round	Orkhan Aliyev	5	Kappa
2012–13	1st	10th	32	9	8	15	31	49	35	Second round	Pardis Fardjad-Azad	9	Umbro
2013–14	1st	9th	36	5	10	21	27	61	25	Second round	Pardis Fardjad-Azad	6
2014–15	1st	8th	32	7	10	15	32	43	31	Second round	Magomed Kurbanov	13
2015–16	1st	8th	36	9	12	15	41	49	39	Quarter-final	Amil Yunanov	12
2016–17	1st	6th	28	9	8	11	28	35	35	Quarter-final	Mirabdulla Abbasov	8	Joma	Pasha Life
2017–18	1st	5th	28	11	7	10	34	33	40	Semi-final	Amil Yunanov	10
2018–19	1st	6th	28	8	5	15	24	42	29	Runners Up	Five Players	3
2019–20	1st	5th	20	6	5	9	24	32	23	Semi-final	Peyman Babaei	7	Jako
2020–21	1st	4th	28	10	9	9	30	31	39	Runners Up	Ali Ghorbani	9
2021–22	1st	6th	28	5	7	16	22	46	22	Quarter-final	Ali Ghorbani Rahim Sadikhov	5
2022–23	1st	7th	36	8	7	21	26	70	31	First round	Vusal Isgandarli	6
2023–24	1st	4th	36	15	12	9	37	38	57	Quarterfinal	Casimir Ninga	7	Macron

European history

As of match played 25 July 2024

Competition	Pld	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Europa League	1	0	1	0	2
UEFA Conference League	4	2	2	1	4
Total	5	2	3	1	6

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Shkëndija	0–2	—	—
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	2QR	Čukarički	0–2	0–0	0–2
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	2Q	Fehérvár	1–2	0–0	1–2

Notes

1Q: First qualifying round
2Q: Second qualifying round
3Q: Third qualifying round
PO: Play-off round
Group: Group stage

Crest and colours

2010–2019
2019–present

Stadium

Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium is a stadium in the city of Sumqayit, Azerbaijan. It is the fourth largest stadium in Azerbaijan. The capacity of Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium is 15,350.

Supporters

Sumgayit get most of their support in the Absheron District, particularly the city of Sumgayit. The club also enjoys support from fans scattered all over the city, and the local area in general.

Players

Azerbaijani teams are limited to nine players without Azerbaijani citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

Current squad

As of 11 October 2024^[6]^[7]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AZE	Mekhti Dzhenetov
2	DF	AZE	Sertan Taşqın
4	DF	PAK	Easah Suliman
5	DF	BRA	Alan Dias
6	MF	AZE	Vugar Mustafayev
7	MF	AZE	Rovlan Muradov
8	MF	AZE	Sabuhi Abdullazade
9	FW	MNE	Nikola Vujnović
10	MF	AZE	Ragim Sadykhov
11	MF	BRA	Fernando Medeiros
12	MF	GEO	Giorgi Kharaishvili
14	DF	AZE	Elvin Badalov
17	DF	AZE	Murad Khachayev


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	MKD	Kristijan Velinovski
19	MF	ISR	Roi Kahat
20	DF	AZE	Aykhan Suleymanli
21	MF	AZE	Nihad Ahmadzade
23	MF	ECU	Jordan Rezabala
24	DF	AZE	Sanan Muradly
30	FW	AZE	Kamran Guliyev
36	GK	AZE	Khayal Feyzullayev
41	FW	AZE	Ugur Jahangirov
60	MF	BDI	Trésor Mossi
77	MF	UZB	Jasurbek Jaloliddinov
94	GK	AZE	Rashad Azizli
95	DF	MNE	Miloš Milović
99	FW	LBR	Sylvanus Nimely

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2024.

Reserve team

Sumgayit-2 plays in the Azerbaijan First Division from 2018.

Club officials

Management

Position	Staff
President	Riad Rafiyev
Vice-president	Aydin Khalilov
Head of Supervisory Board	Abdulla Mammadov
Director of sport	Faig Haji-Maharramov
Director of academy	Hakan Sunal
Press secretary	Zaur Khudiyev

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Samir Abbasov
Assistant coach	Seymur Rahimov Mubariz Orujov Vafadar Guliyev
Goalkeeping coach	Anar Niftaliyev
Conditioning coach	Gerard Martinez Bernat
Reserve team head coach	Vagif Jafadov

Managers

Statistics

Information correct as of match played 30 January 2023. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Notes
Bernhard Raab	Germany	19 September 2011	11 June 2013	67	16	14	37	58	101	023.88	^[8]
Agil Mammadov	Azerbaijan	12 June 2013	8 October 2015^[9]	73	12	21	40	64	114	016.44
Samir Abbasov	Azerbaijan	8 October 2015^[10]	20 May 2018	96	33	24	39	112	130	034.38
Nazim Suleymanov	Azerbaijan	7 June 2018^[11]	12 November 2018	11	3	2	6	11	17	027.27
Aykhan Abbasov	Azerbaijan	14 November 2018	16 December 2021^[12]	96	28	26	42	91	121	029.17
Aleksey Baga	Belarus	30 December 2021^[13]	21 September 2022^[14]	23	2	8	13	15	38	008.70
Samir Abbasov	Azerbaijan	26 September 2022^[15]		19	5	3	11	16	32	026.32