2009–10 Gabala FC season

The Gabala FC 2009-10 season was Gabala's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their fourth season under manager Ramiz Mammadov. They finished the season in sixth place and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the last 16 stage by Olimpik-Shuvalan. Their kit was supplied by Erreà and their main sponsor was Hyundai.

Gabala

2009-10 season
Chairman	Taleh Heydərov
Manager	Ramiz Mammadov
Stadium	Gabala City Stadium
Premier League	6th
Azerbaijan Cup	1st round vs Olimpik-Shuvalan
Top goalscorer	League: Tomasz Stolpa (7) All: Tomasz Stolpa (7)
Highest home attendance	4,000 vs Khazar Lankaran 19 September 2009
Lowest home attendance	290 vs Turan Tovuz 9 February 2010
Average home league attendance	1,703
Home colours Away colours

Squad

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  BUL Velichko Velichkov 3 DF  AZE Vurğun Hüseynov 4 DF  AZE Azer Mammadov 5 DF  AZE Sergey Sokolov 6 DF  SRB Ljubo Baranin 7 MF  AZE Yashar Abuzerov 8 MF  UKR Maksym Skorokhodov 9 FW  POL Tomasz Stolpa 10 FW  AZE Kanan Karimov 11 MF  MDA Anatolie Ostap 12 GK  LVA Pāvels Doroševs 14 DF  SRB Milan Antić

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ROU Răzvan Ţârlea 16 MF  GUI Abdoul Kader Camara 17 MF  POR Paulino Lopes Tavares 18 MF  GEO Goga Beraia (captain) 19 MF  GEO Revaz Getsadze 20 MF  ARG Cristian Torres 21 DF  AZE Arif Dashdemirov 22 MF  AZE Parvin Pashayev 23 MF  AZE Azer Hashimov 24 FW  UKR Ihor Melnyk 25 FW  AZE Rahman Musayev 26 MF  AZE Namig Aliyev — MF  AZE Mushfig Teymurov

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2009

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  SRB Milan Marinković (from Radnički Niš) [1][2] 4 DF  AZE Azer Mammadov (From Qarabağ) [3] 6 DF  SRB Ljuba Baranin (From FK Bežanija) [2] 8 MF  UKR Maksym Skorokhodov (From Metalurh Zaporizhya) 14 DF  SRB Milan Antić (From Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje) [2] 15 DF  ROU Răzvan Ţârlea (From Petrolul Ploiești) [2] 16 DF  UKR Mykola Hybalyuk (from Dacia Chișinău) [2] 17 MF  UKR Volodimir Bondarchuk (to Sevastopol) [2] 19 MF  GEO Revaz Getsadze (From Olimpik Baku) [4] 20 MF  ARG Cristian Torres (From FK Jūrmala) 21 DF  AZE Arif Dashdemirov (from Standard Sumgayit) [4] 24 FW  UKR Ihor Melnyk (to Illichivets Mariupol) [4] — MF  AZE Mushfig Teymurov (from Karvan)

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 3 MF  RUS Anatoli Tebloyev (Retired) [5] 6 MF  GUI Abdoul Kader Camara (to Olimpik-Shuvalan) 14 FW  IRN Farzad Hatami (to Sepahan) 16 MF  MDA Victor Comleonoc (to Obolon Kyiv) 17 MF  GEO Tornike Aptsiauri (to FC Zestafoni) 24 MF  TKM Mekan Nasyrow (to Persik Kediri)

Winter

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2010

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  BUL Velichko Velichkov (From OFC Sliven 2000) [6] 5 DF  AZE Sergey Sokolov (From Simurq) [7] 16 MF  GUI Abdoul Kader Camara (from Olimpik-Shuvalan) [8] 17 MF  POR Paulino Lopes Tavares (From Trelleborgs FF) [9]

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  SRB Milan Marinković (to Dinamo Vranje) [1] 16 DF  UKR Mykola Hybalyuk (to Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod) 17 MF  UKR Volodimir Bondarchuk (to Sevastopol)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Results

Main article: 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League

Gabala v Simurq

16 August 2009 1	Gabala	2 - 1	Simurq	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Karimov  11' Melnyk  23'	Summary	Artiukh  34'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Karvan v Gabala

12 September 2009 2	Karvan	4 - 1	Gabala	Yevlakh
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Gomes  14' Mammadov  16' Pereira  63' Ataýew 87'	Summary	Antić  64'	Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Gabala v Khazar Lankaran

19 September 2009 3	Gabala	1 - 1	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Melnyk  88'	Summary	Souza  26'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Qarabağ v Gabala

23 September 2009 4	Qarabağ	0 - 0	Gabala	Baku^1
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Inter Baku v Gabala

26 September 2009 5	Inter Baku	3 - 2	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Levin  68' Rocha  88' Karlsons  90'	Summary	Melnyk  36' Torres  69'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Aliyar Agayev

Gabala v Olimpik-Shuvalan

17 October 2009 6	Gabala	2 - 1	Olimpik-Shuvalan	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Karimov  60' Claudiano  68' (o.g.)	Summary	Doroş  55'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

21 October 2009 7	Gabala	1 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Torres  80'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Turan Tovuz v Gabala

25 October 2009 8	Turan Tovuz	0 - 1	Gabala	Tovuz
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Hüseynov  56'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Gabala v Baku

31 October 2009 9	Gabala	0 - 2	Baku	Qabala
14:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Savinov  40' Šolić  76'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Gabala v Mughan

7 November 2009 10	Gabala	3 - 0	Mughan	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Stolpa  3', 42' Beraia  85'	Summary	Hodžić  43'  79'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Standard v Gabala

20 November 2009 11	Standard	1 - 2	Gabala	Sumgayit
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zeynalov  75'	Summary	Stolpa  21' Melnyk  68' Melnyk  78'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Azer Salmanov

Simurq v Gabala

28 November 2009 12	Simurq	1 - 1	Gabala	Zaqatala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov 47'	Summary	Malygin  86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Gabala v Qarabağ

6 December 2009 13	Gabala	1 - 1	Qarabağ	Qabala
14:15 AZT (UTC+4)	Stolpa  52' (pen.) Stolpa  1'  71'	Summary	Sadygov  78' Teli  89'  90'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

10 December 2009 14	Neftchi Baku	1 - 1	Gabala	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Malikov  65'	Summary	Hüseynov  73' Aliyev  64'  90+2'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Gabala v Karvan

13 December 2009 15	Gabala	1 - 0	Karvan	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ţârlea  31' Stolpa  54'	Summary	Jafarguliyev  54'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Khazar Lankaran v Gabala

19 December 2009 16	Khazar Lankaran	1 - 0	Gabala	Lankaran
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Amirguliev  52'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Azad Mutallimov

Gabala v Inter Baku

24 December 2009 17	Gabala	0 - 1	Inter Baku	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Zlatinov  87'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Olimpik-Shuvalan v Gabala

2 February 2010 18	Olimpik-Shuvalan	0 - 2	Gabala	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Torres  11', 43'	Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Rasim Mammadov

Gabala v Turan Tovuz

9 February 2010 19	Gabala	1 - 0	Turan Tovuz	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Karimov  63' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 290 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Baku v Gabala

13 February 2010 20	Baku	2 - 0	Gabala	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Duymuş  35' Adriano  90+2'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Mughan v Gabala

17 February 2010 21	Mughan	0 - 0	Gabala	Salyan
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Novruzov  23'	Summary		Stadium: Salyan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 640 Referee: Zohrab Aliyev

Gabala v Standard

21 February 2010 22	Gabala	2 - 1	Standard	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Torres  13' Hüseynov  59'	Summary	Balamestny  9'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Qarabağ	22	11	9	2	21	12	+9	42	Qualification for championship group
4	Baku	22	10	7	5	22	17	+5	37
5	Gabala	22	10	6	6	24	21	+3	36
6	Neftçi Baku	22	9	8	5	20	14	+6	35
7	Simurq	22	9	7	6	26	21	+5	34	Qualification for relegation group

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

Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group

Results

Khazar Lankaran v Gabala

12 March 2010 23	Khazar Lankaran	4 - 1	Gabala	Lankaran
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Lalín  22', 59' Opara  75' Calincov  90'	Summary	Antić  81'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Elnur Muradov

Gabala v Qarabağ

21 March 2010 24	Gabala	3 - 1	Qarabağ	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Lopes Tavares  49' Ihor Melnyk  73', 84'	Summary	Adamia  43'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Baku v Gabala

28 March 2010 25	Baku	1 - 1	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Šolić  21'	Summary	Pashayev  78'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

3 April 2010 26	Neftchi Baku	1 - 2	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Abdullayev  63'	Summary	Antić  35' Stolpa  90+5'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Elnur Muradov

Gabala v Inter Baku

10 April 2010 27	Gabala	1 - 1	Inter Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Karimov  90' (pen.)	Summary	Poškus  61' (pen.)	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Gabala v Khazar Lankaran

17 April 2010 28	Gabala	1 - 2	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Stolpa  37'	Summary	Lalín  9' Opara  53'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Qarabağ v Gabala

24 April 2010 29	Qarabağ	1 - 1	Gabala	Baku^1
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Aliyev  10'	Summary	Karimov  18'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Gabala v Baku

1 May 2010 30	Gabala	1 - 0	Baku	Qabala
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)	Lopes Tavares  72'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

9 May 2010 31	Gabala	0 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Inter Baku v Gabala

15 May 2010 32	Inter Baku	4 - 1	Gabala	Baku
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)	Poškus  40', 47', 67' Zlatinov  16'	Summary	Stolpa  90+1'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Baku	20	7	7	6	19	15	+4	28	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Qarabağ	20	6	9	5	16	18	−2	27[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4	Khazar Lankaran	20	6	9	5	19	14	+5	27[lower-alpha 2]
5	Neftçi Baku	20	4	11	5	11	12	−1	23
6	Gabala	20	4	8	8	18	27	−9	20

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Baku were the winners of the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
2. QAR: 7 pts, 4–3; KHA: 4 pts, 3–4

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup

Olimpik-Shuvalan v Gabala

4 November 2009 Last 16 1st Leg	Olimpik-Shuvalan	2 - 0	Gabala	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Doroș  74', 76'	Summary Summary		Stadium: AZAL Stadium Referee: Azad Mutallimov

Gabala v Olimpik-Shuvalan

11 November 2009 Last 16 2nd Leg	Gabala	1 - 0 (1 - 2 agg.)	Olimpik-Shuvalan	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Karimov  90' (pen.)	Summary Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Elnar Karimov	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Velichko Velichkov	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Vurğun Hüseynov	27	3	26+1	3	0+0	0
4	DF		Azer Mammadov	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Sergey Sokolov	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Ljubo Baranin	30	0	29+1	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Yashar Abuzerov	16	0	7+9	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Maksym Skorokhodov	7	0	6+1	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Tomasz Stolpa	27	7	15+12	7	0+0	0
10	FW		Kanan Karimov	23	6	20+3	5	0+0	1
11	MF		Anatolie Ostap	19	0	14+5	0	0+0	0
12	GK		Pāvels Doroševs	29	0	29+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF		Milan Antić	29	3	28+1	3	0+0	0
15	DF		Răzvan Ţârlea	25	1	23+2	1	0+0	0
16	MF		Abdoul Kader Camara	13	0	13+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Paulino Lopes Tavares	14	2	7+7	2	0+0	0
18	MF		Goga Beraia	28	1	28+0	1	0+0	0
19	MF		Revaz Getsadze	17	0	12+5	0	0+0	0
20	MF		Cristian Torres	28	5	16+12	5	0+0	0
21	DF		Arif Dashdemirov	18	0	13+5	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Parvin Pashayev	12	1	3+9	1	0+0	0
23	MF		Azer Hashimov	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
24	FW		Ihor Melnyk	27	6	22+5	6	0+0	0
25	FW		Rahman Musayev	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Namig Aliyev	13	0	6+7	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Gabala who left during the season:
2	DF		Milan Marinković	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
16	DF		Mykola Hybalyuk	11	0	10+1	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Volodimir Bondarchuk	14	0	12+2	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Tomasz Stolpa	7	0	7
2	FW		24	Ihor Melnyk	6	0	6
	FW		10	Kanan Karimov	5	1	6
4	MF		20	Cristian Torres	5	0	5
5	DF		14	Milan Antić	3	0	3
	DF		3	Vurğun Hüseynov	3	0	3
7	MF		17	Paulino Lopes Tavares	2	0	2
				Own Goal	2	0	2
9	DF		15	Răzvan Ţârlea	1	0	1
	MF		22	Parvin Pashayev	1	0	1
	MF		18	Goga Beraia	1	0	1
				TOTALS	36	1	37

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Total
1		GK	Elnar Karimov	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Velichko Velichkov	2	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Vurğun Hüseynov	10	0	0	0	10	0
5		DF	Sergey Sokolov	1	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Ljubo Baranin	7	0	0	0	7	0
7		MF	Yashar Abuzerov	6	0	0	0	6	0
8		MF	Maksym Skorokhodov	1	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Tomasz Stolpa	8	2	0	0	8	2
10		FW	Kanan Karimov	4	0	0	0	4	0
12		GK	Pāvels Doroševs	3	0	0	0	3	0
11		MF	Anatolie Ostap	6	0	0	0	6	0
14		DF	Milan Antić	8	0	0	0	8	0
15		DF	Răzvan Ţârlea	8	0	0	0	8	0
16		DF	Mykola Hybalyuk	2	0	0	0	2	0
16		MF	Abdoul Kader Camara	5	0	0	0	5	0
17		MF	Volodimir Bondarchuk	3	0	0	0	3	0
17		MF	Paulino Lopes Tavares	2	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Goga Beraia	10	0	0	0	10	0
19		MF	Revaz Getsadze	4	0	0	0	4	0
20		MF	Cristian Torres	2	0	0	0	2	0
23		MF	Azer Hashimov	1	0	0	0	1	0
24		FW	Ihor Melnyk	0	1	0	0	0	1
26			Namig Aliyev	3	1	0	0	3	1
			TOTALS	97	4	0	0	97	4

References

• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.[10]

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External links

• Gabala FC Website
• Gabala FC at UEFA.com