2008–09 Gabala FC season

The Gabala FC 2008–09 season was Gabala's third Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their third season under manager Ramiz Mammadov. They finished 10th in the Premier League, whilst being knocked out at the Semifinal stage of the 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup by Inter Baku. Their kit was supplied by Erreà and their main sponsor was Hyundai.

Gabala

2008–09 season
Chairman	Taleh Heydərov
Manager	Ramiz Mammadov
Stadium	Gabala City Stadium
Premier League	10th
Azerbaijan Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Farzad Hatami (8) All: Kanan Karimov (12)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

[1][2] 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 Elnar Karimov 2 DF  AZE Azer Baghirov 3 MF  RUS Anatoli Tebloev 5 DF  AZE Mikayil Namazov 6 MF  GUI Abdoul Kader Camara 7 MF  AZE Yashar Abuzerov 8 MF  AZE Matlab Mamedov 9 FW  POL Tomasz Stolpa 10 FW  AZE Kanan Karimov 11 MF  MDA Anatolie Ostap 12 GK  LVA Pāvels Doroševs 14 FW  IRN Farzad Hatami

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  AZE Vurğun Hüseynov 16 MF  MDA Victor Comleonoc 17 MF  GEO Tornike Aptsiauri 18 MF  GEO Goga Beraia 19 DF  AZE Vugar Hasanov 20 MF  AZE Anar Gasimov 21 MF  AZE Azer Hashimov 22 MF  AZE Parvin Pashayev 23 FW  AZE Rahman Musayev 24 MF  TKM Mekan Nasyrow 25 FW  AZE Samir Zargarov — DF  AZE Ruslan Huseynov

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  SRB Milija Žižić (from Kitchee) 8 MF  AZE Matlab Mamedov (from Karvan) 9 FW  AZE Kanan Karimov (from Qarabağ) 10 MF  BUL Asen Nikolov (From Baku) 11 FW  IRN Farzad Hatami (from Rah Ahan) 12 GK  AZE Jahangir Hasanzade (from Inter Baku) 15 DF  AZE Elnur Abbasov (from Baku) 16 FW  AZE Farrukh Ismayilov (from Olympik Baku) 19 DF  AZE Vurğun Hüseynov (from Turan Tovuz) 20 MF  AZE Vusal Huseynov (to Turan Tovuz) 23 MF  GEO Goga Beraia (from Qarabağ) <

Out: 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  GEO Zurab Mamaladze (to Mglebi Zugdidi) 4 DF  GEO Irakli Vashakidze (to Merani Martvili) 9 FW  RUS Vitali Balamestny (to FC Krasnodar) 14 FW  MDA Vladimir Ţaranu (to Nistru Otaci) 23 MF  TUR Abdulkadir Öz (to Bakili Baku) 27 MF  GEO Giorgi Gabidauri (to Metalurgi Rustavi) — FW  BRA Erivelto (loan return to Rio Branco)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  AZE Azer Baghirov 5 DF  AZE Mikayil Namazov [3] 7 MF  AZE Yashar Abuzerov (From Olimpik Baku) [3] 9 FW  POL Tomasz Stolpa (From Knattspyrnudeild UMFG) [3][4] 11 MF  MDA Anatolie Ostap (From Vėtra) [3] 12 GK  LVA Pāvels Doroševs (From Skonto Riga) [5][6] 16 MF  MDA Victor Comleonoc (From FC SKA Rostov-on-Don) [5] 24 MF  TKM Mekan Nasyrow (From Karvan) [5]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BRA Tiago 4 DF  SRB Milija Žižić (to Grafičar Beograd) [7] 5 DF  AZE Ali Ismaylov [7] 7 MF  AZE Shahruz Mustafayev [7] 10 MF  BUL Asen Nikolov (to Slavia Sofia) [7] 12 GK  AZE Jahangir Hasanzade (to AZAL) [7] 14 DF  AZE Eldaniz Suleymanov 15 DF  AZE Elnur Abbasov [7] 16 FW  AZE Farrukh Ismayilov (from Mughan) [7] 18 MF  AZE Samir Mamedov [7] 20 MF  AZE Vusal Huseynov (to Turan Tovuz) [7]

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2008–09 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
26	9	6	11	28	21	+7	33	5	2	6	16	10	+6	4	4	5	12	11	+1

Last updated: 13 August 2011.
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	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L
Position																										10

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Gabala v NBC Salyan¹

9 August 2008 1	Gabala	4–1	NBC Salyan^1	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Karimov  4' (pen.), 65' Tebloev  26' Zargarov  87'	Summary	Guliev  77'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800[8] Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

MOIK Baku v Gabala

17 August 2008 2	MOIK Baku	0–3	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Hatami  63', 69', 76'	Stadium: MOIK Stadium Attendance: 200[9] Referee: İmankhan Sultani

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

24 August 2008 3	Gabala	0–1	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Herasymyuk  39'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500[10] Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Inter Baku v Gabala

30 August 2008 4	Inter Baku	1–1	Gabala	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Guglielmone  85'	Summary	Tiago  23'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 800[11] Referee: Azad Mutallimov

Gabala v Qarabağ

20 September 2008 5	Gabala	1–2	Qarabağ	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Karimov  78'	Summary	Imamaliev  31' Javadov  85'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500[12] Referee: İmankhan Sultani

Karvan v Gabala

28 September 2008 6	Karvan	2–1	Gabala	Yevlakh
16:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Nadirov  45' Guliyev  79'	Summary	Tebloev  38'	Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium Attendance: 4,000[13] Referee: Babek Guliyev

Gabala v Bakili Baku

5 October 2008 7	Gabala	3–0	Bakili Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nikolov  27' (pen.) Zargarov  57' Hatami  90+2'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 700[14] Referee: Elchin Mammadov

Olimpik Baku v Gabala

18 October 2008 8	Olimpik Baku	1–0	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Getsadze  4'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 300[15] Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Standard Baku v Gabala

25 October 2008 9	Standard Baku	2–0	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Gutierrez  1' César  83'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 200[16] Referee: Zöhrab Gadiyev

Baku v Gabala

9 November 2008 10	Baku	3–0	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Pérez  21' Mujiri  54' (pen.), 74'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 300[17] Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Gabala v Khazar Lankaran

15 November 2008 11	Gabala	0–1	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Abdullayev  48'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000[18] Referee: Zohrab Gadiyev

Gabala v Simurq

23 November 2008 12	Gabala	0–0	Simurq	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 950[19] Referee: Azad Mutallimov

Turan Tovuz v Gabala

29 November 2008 13	Turan Tovuz	0–0	Gabala	Tovuz
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	A.Gasimov  40'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 500[20] Referee: Elchin Mammadov

Mughan¹ v Gabala

14 February 2009 14	Mughan^1	0–4	Gabala	Salyan
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Camara  24' Karimov  53', 90+2' (pen.) Hatami  78'	Stadium: Salyany Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 150[21]

Gabala v MOIK Baku

21 February 2009 15	Gabala	2–0	MOIK Baku	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Aptsiauri  21' Tebloev  34'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500[22] Referee: Zohrab Gadiyev

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

1 March 2009 16	Neftchi Baku	0–0	Gabala	Baku
16:15 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 600[23] Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Gabala v Inter Baku

7 March 2009 17	Gabala	0–1	Inter Baku	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Guglielmone  32'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,350[24] Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Qarabağ v Gabala

15 March 2009 18	Qarabağ	0–0	Gabala	Baku^2
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 1,000[25] Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Gabala v Karvan

22 March 2009 19	Gabala	3–0	Karvan	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hatami  2' Aptsiauri  79' Karimov  80' A.Hashimov  90'	Summary	Pereira  90'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000[26] Referee: Elchin Mammadov

Bakili Baku v Gabala

4 April 2009 20	Bakili Baku	0–1	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Hatami  63' Karimov	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 150[27] Referee: Amrah İbrahimov

Gabala v Olimpik Baku

12 April 2009 21	Gabala	1–1	Olimpik Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Hatami  50'	Summary	Gomes  86'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Gabala v Standard Baku

18 April 2009 22	Gabala	2–1	Standard Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Comleonoc  65' (pen.) Zargarov  90+2'	Summary	Gutierrez  72'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000[28] Referee: Elchin Mammadov

Gabala v Baku

26 April 2009 23	Gabala	0–1	Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Batista  74'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000[29] Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Khazar Lankaran v Gabala

3 May 2009 24	Khazar Lankaran	1–2	Gabala	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tsvetkov  25'	Summary	Aptsiauri  76' Ostap  79' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,000[30] Referee: RovshanAhmadov

Simurq v Gabala

11 May 2009 25	Simurq	1–0	Gabala	Zaqatala
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mazyar  84'	Summary	Aptsiauri  77'  77'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 700[31] Referee: Azad Mutallimov

Gabala v Turan Tovuz

17 May 2009 26	Gabala	0–1	Turan Tovuz	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Ismayilov  16' (pen.)	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500[32] Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Neftçi Baku	26	9	9	8	30	21	+9	36
9	Karvan	26	10	4	12	28	33	−5	34
10	Gabala	26	9	6	11	28	21	+7	33
11	Turan	26	5	5	16	19	45	−26	20
12	Mughan	26	4	2	20	19	53	−34	14

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup

Gabala v Turan Tovuz

29 October 2008 Round of 16 1st Leg	Gabala	2 - 1	Turan Tovuz	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Karimov  79', 83'	Summary	Hüseynov  76'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Turan Tovuz v Gabala

5 November 2008 Round of 16 2nd Leg	Turan Tovuz	1 - 2 (2 - 4 agg.)	Gabala	Tovuz
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Akpan  46'	Summary	Karimov  79', 83'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium

Gabala v Olimpik Baku

25 February 2009 Quarterfinals 1st Leg	Gabala	1 - 1	Olimpik Baku	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Karimov  67' (pen.)	Summary	Mogaadi  35' (pen.)	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Olimpik Baku v Gabala

11 March 2009 Quarterfinals 2nd Leg	Olimpik Baku	0 - 1 (1 - 2 agg.)	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Hatami  66'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Inter Baku v Gabala

29 April 2009 Semifinals 1st Leg	Inter Baku	5 - 0	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Guglielmone  5', 12' (pen.) Zlatinov  8' Accioly  61' Testemiţanu  76'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Gabala v Inter Baku

6 May 2009 Semifinals 2nd Leg	Gabala	2 - 0 (2 - 5 agg.)	Inter Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Karimov  41' Gasimov  89'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Elnar Karimov	6	0	6	0	0	0
3	MF		Anatoli Tebloev	14	3	14	3	0	0
5	DF		Mikayil Namazov	11	0	11	0	0	0
6	MF		Abdoul Kader Camara	22	1	22	1	0	0
7	MF		Yashar Abuzerov	9	0	9	0	0	0
8	MF		Matlab Mamedov	11	0	11	0	0	0
9	FW		Tomasz Stolpa	4	0	4	0	0	0
10	FW		Kanan Karimov	9	0	9	0	0	0
11	MF		Anatolie Ostap	12	1	12	1	0	0
12	GK		Pāvels Doroševs	9	0	9	0	0	0
14	FW		Farzad Hatami	9	0	9	0	0	0
15	DF		Vurğun Hüseynov	10	0	10	0	0	0
16	MF		Victor Comleonoc	10	1	10	1	0	0
17	MF		Tornike Aptsiauri	22	3	22	3	0	0
18	MF		Goga Beraia	16	0	16	0	0	0
19	DF		Vugar Hasanov	11	0	11	0	0	0
20	MF		Anar Gasimov	11	0	11	0	0	0
21	MF		Azer Hashimov	15	0	15	0	0	0
22	FW		Parvin Pashayev	9	0	9	0	0	0
23	FW		Rahman Musayev	9	0	9	0	0	0
24	MF		Mekan Nasyrow	8	0	8	0	0	0
25	MF		Samir Zargarov	24	3	24	3	0	0
Players who appeared for Gabala no longer at the club:
2	DF		Tiago	11	1	11	1	0	0
4	DF		Milija Žižić	15	0	15	0	0	0
5	DF		Ali Ismaylov	10	0	10	0	0	0
7	MF		Shahruz Mustafayev	2	0	2	0	0	0
10	MF		Asen Nikolov	10	1	10	1	0	0
12	GK		Jahangir Hasanzade	11	0	11	0	0	0
15	DF		Elnur Abbasov	4	0	4	0	0	0
16	FW		Farrukh Ismayilov	9	0	9	0	0	0
18	MF		Samir Mamedov	5	0	5	0	0	0
20	MF		Vusal Huseynov	8	0	8	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	FW		10	Kanan Karimov	6	6	12
2	FW		14	Farzad Hatami	8	1	9
3	MF		3	Anatoli Tebloev	3	0	3
	FW		25	Samir Zargarov	3	0	3
	MF		17	Tornike Aptsiauri	3	0	3
6	MF		10	Asen Nikolov	1	0	1
	MF		6	Abdoul Kader Camara	1	0	1
	DF		2	Tiago	1	0	1
	MF		16	Victor Comleonoc	1	0	1
	MF		11	Anatolie Ostap	1	0	1
	MF		24	Anar Gasimov	0	1	1
				TOTALS	28	8	36

Notes

• On 31 October 2008, FK NBC Salyan changed their name to FK Mughan.[34]
• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.[35]

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