2016–17 Zira FK season

The Zira FK 2016-17 season is Zira's second Azerbaijan Premier League season, and third season in their history. It is their second season with Adil Shukurov as manager, during which they will participate in the Azerbaijan Cup as well as the League.

Zira

2016-17 season
President	Vugar Astanov
Manager	Adil Shukurov (until 27 December) Aykhan Abbasov (from 27 December)
Stadium	Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Premier League	4th
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarterfinal vs Neftchi Baku
Top goalscorer	League: César Meza Colli (4) All: César Meza Colli (4)

Season events

On 27 December 2016, Adil Shukurov had his contract as manager terminated by mutual consent, with Aykhan Abbasov taking over as manager until the end of the season.[1]

Squad

As of 16 February 2017

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 Anar Nazirov 5 DF  AZE Adil Naghiyev 6 MF  AZE Vugar Mustafayev (loan from Qarabağ) 7 MF  FRA Ben Sangaré 8 MF  SRB Milan Đurić 10 MF  AZE Elvin Mammadov (captain) 11 MF  NGA Victor Igbekoyi 12 GK  AZE Shamo Hasanov 13 DF  AZE Aleksandr Shemonayev 16 DF  NGA Akeem Latifu 17 MF  AZE Vusal Isgandarli 18 MF  AZE Tural Jalilov 19 FW  AZE Nurlan Novruzov

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  PAR César Meza Colli 21 MF  AZE Murad Sattarli 23 DF  SRB Jovan Krneta 26 MF  GEO Giorgi Gorozia 28 MF  AZE Tamkin Khalilzade 39 DF  AZE Sadig Guliyev 43 FW  GHA Richard Gadze (loan from Delhi Dynamos) 44 DF  POR Miguel Lourenço (loan from Vitória de Setúbal) 64 MF  AZE Ulvi Suleymanov 77 DF  AZE Yamin Agakerimzade 85 GK  AZE Kamal Bayramov 90 FW  AZE Muxtar Əliyev 92 MF  AZE Javid Taghiyev

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2016

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 6 MF  AZE Vugar Mustafayev (loan from Qarabağ) 7 MF  ALB Gerhard Progni (from Skënderbeu) [2] 8 MF  SRB Milan Đurić (from Istra) [3] 18 MF  AZE Tural Jalilov (from Khazar Lankaran) [4] 20 MF  PAR César Meza Colli (from Inter Baku) [5] 21 MF  AZE Murad Sattarli (from AZAL) [6] 44 DF  POR Miguel Lourenço (loan from Vitória de Setúbal) [7] 55 DF  AZE Jamil Hajiyev (from Sumgayit) [8] 77 DF  AZE Yamin Agakerimzade (from Ravan Baku) [9] 92 MF  AZE Javid Taghiyev (from Qarabağ) [10] 99 FW  UKR Yasyn Khamid (from Ravan Baku) [11][12]

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  NGA Chimezie Mbah [13] 8 MF  AZE Tarzin Jahangirov (loan return to Gabala) [13] 9 FW  SLV Nelson Bonilla (to Nacional) [14][15] 10 FW  MNE Igor Ivanović (to Sutjeska) [16] 14 MF  AZE Tellur Mutallimov (loan return to Gabala) 17 MF  AZE Nijat Gurbanov (to Kapaz) [17] 27 MF  AZE Rashad Abdullayev [13] 32 MF  ESP Tato (to Escobedo) [13] 33 MF  BRA Diego Souza [13] 39 DF  AZE Sadig Guliyev (loan return to Gabala) 77 DF  AZE Ruslan Poladov (to Shusha) [13]

Winter

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2016–17

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 7 MF  FRA Ben Sangaré (from Sedan) [18] 16 DF  NGA Akeem Latifu (from Alanyaspor) [19] 26 MF  GEO Giorgi Gorozia (from Stabæk) [20] 39 DF  AZE Sadig Guliyev (from Gabala) [21] 43 FW  GHA Richard Gadze (loan from Delhi Dynamos) [22]

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 7 MF  ALB Gerhard Progni (to Teuta Durrës) [23] 55 DF  AZE Jamil Hajiyev (to Shamkir) 99 FW  UKR Yasyn Khamid

Friendlies

Dordoi Bishkek v Zira

18 January 2017	Dordoi Bishkek	1 – 2	Zira	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	1st half'	Report	Đurić  2nd half' (pen.) Mustafayev  75'

Lokomotiv GO v Zira

22 January 2017	Lokomotiv GO	1 – 0	Zira	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	2nd half' (pen.)	Report

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2016–17 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	10	9	9	25	22	+3	39	7	4	3	15	8	+7	3	5	6	10	14	−4

Last updated: 29 April 2017.
Source: See Results

Results

Zira v Sumgayit

6 August 2016 1	Zira	0 – 1	Sumgayit	Zirə
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mustafayev  85'	Report	Javadov  75' Yunanov  79' Guluzade  86'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

Neftchi Baku v Zira

14 August 2016 2	Neftchi Baku	0 – 1	Zira	Masazir
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Imamverdiyev  19'	Report	Khalilzade  14' Đurić  40' Mustafayev  43'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 750 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

Zira v AZAL

19 August 2016 3	Zira	3 – 1	AZAL	Zirə
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Đurić  38' Progni  39', 85' E.Mammadov  45' (pen.)	Report	I.Alakbarov  45' D.Janelidze  67'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Kapaz v Zira

11 September 2016 4	Kapaz	2 – 0	Zira	Ganja
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ebah  8' Serginho  55' S.Rahimov  78'	Report	Mustafayev  31' Taghiyev  42' Krneta  49' Khalilzade  55' K.Bayramov  57'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

Qarabağ v Zira

19 September 2016 5	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Zira	Masazır
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Amirguliyev  20', 37' Míchel  90+2'	Report	Mammadov  22'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Zira v Gabala

25 September 2016 6	Zira	0 – 2	Gabala	Zirə
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Naghiyev  66'	Report	Stanković  3' Weeks  19', 76' A.Mammadov  30' Franjić  65'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

Inter Baku v Zira

30 September 2016 7	Inter Baku	1 – 1	Zira	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ramazanov  22' E.Abdullayev  31'	Report	Igbekoyi  58' 90+2' Khalilzade  63' Mustafayev  74' Krneta  77'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Zira v Neftchi Baku

16 October 2016 8	Zira	2 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Zirə
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Meza  15' Mustafayev  24' Krneta  43' (pen.) Naghiyev  50' 58'	Report	Denílson  24' R.Mammadov  39'  47' K.Gurbanov  90+2'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

AZAL v Zira

24 October 2016 9	AZAL	1 – 1	Zira	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	G.Aliyev  40' Coronado  46' T.Hümbatov  54' D.Janelidze  64'	Report	Meza  25' (pen.) 41' Naghiyev  48' Progni  67' Lourenço  83'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Zira v Kapaz

30 October 2016 10	Zira	2 – 0	Kapaz	Zirə
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mustafayev  40' Khalilzade  45+1' Taghiyev  69' Mammadov  82' (pen.)	Report	T.Akhundov  21'  70' Renan  29' A.Karimov  66' N.Gurbanov  75' Serginho  88'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Zira v Qarabağ

6 November 2016 11	Zira	0 – 2	Qarabağ	Zirə
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Lourenço  73' Đurić  77' Mustafayev  90+1'	Report	Quintana  69' Yunuszade  80'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

Gabala v Zira

19 November 2016 12	Gabala	1 – 0	Zira	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Sadiqov  31' Ozobić  52'	Report	Taghiyev  30' Meza  31' Mustafayev  47'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Zira v Inter Baku

28 November 2016 13	Zira	1 – 1	Inter Baku	Zirə
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mustafayev  30' Meza  63' Mammadov  77' Krneta  90+3' 90+3'	Report	Fardjad-Azad  19' Denis  30' Aghayev  30' Abışov  48' Scarlatache  62'  66' Qirtimov  63'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

Sumgayit v Zira

17 December 2016 14	Sumgayit	1 – 0	Zira	Sumqayit
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	M.Abbasov  22' Guluzade  82' K.Abdullzade  86'	Report	Nazirov  70' Naghiyev  71' E.Nəbiyev  88'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 350 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Zira v AZAL

29 January 2017 15	Zira	2 – 1	AZAL	Zirə
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Meza  11', 29' 72' Mustafayev  32'	Report	Abdullayev  50' K.Mirzayev  52'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

Zira v Kapaz

4 February 2017 16	Zira	1 – 0	Kapaz	Zirə
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Meza  28' Latifu  34' N.Novruzov  37' 43' Krneta  80' Nazirov  81' Mammadov  86'	Report	V.Beybalayev  18' Renan  23'  90+3' Serginho  39' T.Gurbatov  80'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Elvin Əsgərov

Qarabağ v Zira

8 February 2017 17	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Zira	Baku
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Ismayilov  13' Ndlovu  47' Ramazanov  51'	Report		Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Zira v Gabala

12 February 2017 18	Zira	2 – 2	Gabala	Zirə
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Igbekoyi  53' 72' Khalilzade  59' Naghiyev  78' Mustafayev  82' Gadze  90+4'	Report	Subotić  37' 90+3' Ramaldanov  57'  74' Abbasov  66' Ozobić  88'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Inter Baku v Zira

18 February 2017 19	Inter Baku	1 – 1	Zira	Baku
15:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Scarlatache  35' Khizanishvili  42' Aliyev  47' S.Alkhasov  48' Qirtimov  68'	Report	Naghiyev  15' Silva  40' (o.g.) Gadze  72' Nazirov  74'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

Zira v Sumgayit

27 February 2017 20	Zira	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Zirə
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gadze  35' N.Novruzov  80' Krneta  88'	Report		Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Neftchi Baku v Zira

5 March 2017 21	Neftchi Baku	1 – 2	Zira	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Lucas  60' (pen.) T.Jahangirov  90+3'	Report	Igbekoyi  49' Navalovski  62' Đurić  79'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

Kapaz v Zira

13 March 2017 22	Kapaz	1 – 0	Zira	Ganja
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	T.Akhundov  43' Ebah  55' Serginho  78'	Report	Khalilzade  20' Đurić  23'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Zira v Qarabağ

19 March 2017 23	Zira	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Zirə
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Naghiyev  49' Latifu  65'  66' Mammadov  69' Nazirov  89' Igbekoyi  90'	Report	Diniyev  42' Agolli  65'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

Gabala v Zira

2 April 2017 24	Gabala	1 – 1	Zira	Qabala
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Zenjov  8'	Report	Meza  61' Mustafayev  65' Nazirov  90+1'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Zira v Inter Baku

10 April 2017 25	Zira	1 – 1	Inter Baku	Zirə
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gadze  19' Mammadov  66'	Report	Aliyev  12' Qirtimov  54' F.Bayramov  90+1'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

Sumgayit v Zira

15 April 2017 26	Sumgayit	1 – 1	Zira	Sumqayit
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	B.Hasanalizade  22' A.Salahli  31' Gystarov  60' N.Mukhtarov  73' M.Abbasov  83' A.Mehdiyev  90+4'	Report	Naghiyev  67' Đurić  90+4' (pen.) 90+4'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Zira v Neftchi Baku

23 April 2017 27	Zira	3 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Zirə
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gadze  38' Khalilzade  42' Meza  44' Mustafayev  59' Latifu  63'	Report	Herrera  34' 34' Abışov  39' Alasgarov  45+1' Folprecht  55' Bajković  90' Lucas  90+2'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov
Note: On 25 April 2017, Zira where awarded a 3-0 victory over Neftchi Baku fielded 7 foreign players in this match.[24]

AZAL v Zira

29 April 2017 28	AZAL	0 – 3	Zira	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Mammadov  34' Đurić  54' Khalilzade  83' (pen.)	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 150 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Gabala	28	14	10	4	48	21	+27	52	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Inter Baku	28	11	10	7	39	33	+6	43	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Zira	28	10	9	9	29	26	+3	39
5	Kapaz	28	9	9	10	24	27	−3	36
6	Sumgayit	28	9	8	11	28	35	−7	35

Source: PFL (in Azerbaijani), UEFA, 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.[25]

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Azerbaijan Cup

Turan-Tovuz v Zira

3 December 2016 Second Round	Turan-Tovuz	0 – 1	Zira	Tovuz
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	A.Dashzarini  61' A.Mukhtaroglu  82' V.Asaliyev  83'	Report	N.Novruzov  61' A.Shemonayev  80'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Zira v Neftchi Baku

13 December 2016 Quarterfinal First Leg	Zira	0 – 3	Neftchi Baku	Zirə
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Pessalli  44', 58', 63'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Neftchi Baku v Zira

21 December 2016 Quarterfinal Second Leg	Neftchi Baku	1 – 2 (4 – 2 agg.)	Zira	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	R.Mammadov  40' E.Yagublu  59' Jairo  61'	Report	Đurić  34' 59' Krneta  35' Naghiyev  39' Meza  57' N.Novruzov  85'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

Squad statistics

As of Match played 29 April 2017

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Anar Nazirov	24	0	23	0	1	0
5	DF		Adil Naghiyev	24	1	21+1	1	2	0
6	MF		Vugar Mustafayev	28	1	21+4	1	3	0
7	MF		Ben Sangaré	9	0	5+4	0	0	0
8	MF		Milan Đurić	29	4	24+2	3	3	1
9	FW		Nurlan Novruzov	26	2	15+8	1	3	1
10	MF		Elvin Mammadov	28	3	20+5	3	3	0
11	MF		Victor Igbekoyi	23	2	17+6	2	0	0
13	DF		Aleksandr Shemonayev	11	1	6+4	0	0+1	1
16	DF		Akeem Latifu	11	0	11	0	0	0
17	MF		Vusal Isgandarli	17	0	0+15	0	0+2	0
18	MF		Tural Jalilov	12	0	5+4	0	2+1	0
20	MF		César Meza Colli	22	4	18+2	4	1+1	0
21	MF		Murad Sattarli	10	0	4+5	0	0+1	0
23	DF		Jovan Krneta	28	2	25	2	3	0
26	MF		Giorgi Gorozia	5	0	0+5	0	0	0
28	MF		Tamkin Khalilzade	30	2	27	2	3	0
38	MF		Ilkin Muradov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
39	DF		Sadig Guliyev	12	0	12	0	0	0
43	FW		Richard Gadze	12	3	11+1	3	0	0
44	DF		Miguel Lourenço	22	0	20	0	2	0
85	GK		Kamal Bayramov	8	0	5+1	0	2	0
92	MF		Javid Taghiyev	15	1	6+6	1	2+1	0
96	FW		Elgun Nəbiyev	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
Players who left Zira during the season:
7	MF		Gerhard Progni	17	2	12+2	2	3	0
55	DF		Jəmil Hacıyev	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
99	FW		Yasyn Khamid	3	0	0+3	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	MF		20	César Meza Colli	4	0	4
	MF		8	Milan Đurić	3	1	4
3	FW		43	Richard Gadze	3	0	3
	MF		10	Elvin Mammadov	3	0	3
5	MF		7	Gerhard Progni	2	0	2
	DF		23	Jovan Krneta	2	0	2
	MF		11	Victor Igbekoyi	2	0	2
	MF		28	Tamkin Khalilzade	2	0	2
	FW		19	Nurlan Novruzov	1	1	2
				Own goal	2	0	2
11	MF		6	Vugar Mustafayev	1	0	1
	DF		5	Adil Naghiyev	1	0	1
	MF		92	Javid Taghiyev	1	0	1
				Awarded	3	0	3
				TOTALS	29	3	32

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Total
1		GK	Anar Nazirov	4	1	0	0	4	1
5		DF	Adil Naghiyev	8	0	1	0	9	0
6		MF	Vugar Mustafayev	12	0	0	0	12	0
7		MF	Gerhard Progni	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Milan Đurić	5	0	1	0	6	0
9		FW	Nurlan Novruzov	2	0	1	0	3	0
10		MF	Elvin Mammadov	5	0	0	0	5	0
11		MF	Victor Igbekoyi	4	0	0	0	4	0
16		DF	Akeem Latifu	3	1	0	0	3	1
20		MF	César Meza Colli	6	1	1	0	7	1
23		DF	Jovan Krneta	5	0	1	0	6	0
28		MF	Tamkin Khalilzade	6	0	0	0	6	0
43		FW	Richard Gadze	2	0	0	0	2	0
44		DF	Miguel Lourenço	2	0	0	0	2	0
85		GK	Kamal Bayramov	1	0	0	0	1	0
92		DF	Javid Taghiyev	2	0	0	0	2	0
96		FW	Elgun Nəbiyev	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	69	3	5	0	74	3

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