2013–14 Gabala FC season

Gabala

2013–14 season
Chairman	Taleh Heydərov
Manager	Yuri Semin
Stadium	Gabala City Stadium
Premier League	3rd
Azerbaijan Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Danijel Subotić (12) All: Danijel Subotić (13)
Highest home attendance	2,800 vs. Qarabağ 8 February 2014 vs. Khazar Lankaran 15 February 2014
Lowest home attendance	500 vs. Ravan Baku 20 September 2013 vs. Sumgayit 25 October 2013
Average home league attendance	1,330
Home colours Away colours

The 2013–14 season was Gabala's ninth season as a club and their eighth season in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top flight of Azerbaijani football. They finished the season in their highest ever position, third, and earned qualification to the UEFA Europa League for the first time in the club's history. They also participated in the Azerbaijan Cup, reaching the final for the first time, where they lost to Neftchi Baku on penalties. It was their first, and only, season with manager Yuri Semin, who mutually terminated his contract at the end of the season. Danijel Subotić was the team's top goalscorer for the season with 13, 12 of which came in the Premier League.

Season review

Preseason

On 29 May 2013 Yuri Semin was officially unveiled as the club's new manager, appointing recently retired ex-national team goalkeeper Dmitriy Kramarenko as one of his coaches.

Transfers

The summer transfer window saw a lot of transfer movement from Gabala, with 11 players joining the club and 15 players leaving the club. The most notable departures were January signings Luka Žinko to Hangzhou Greentown and Moustapha Dabo to Kahramanmaraşspor, whilst Ifeanyi Emeghara was released, Jeyhun Sultanov retired and Cristian Pulhac was told he was free to leave the club. Aleksandr Chertoganov, Vurğun Hüseynov and Anar Nazirov all joined Sumgayit, whilst Rashad Abdullayev also left the club after one season, joining Baku. Elnar Karimov, Yashar Abuzerov, Rovshan Amiraslanov, Daniel Cruz, Rey Mammadbayli and Amil Yunanov were the other players to leave the club.

Gabala's made their first two signings of the season in May, when Volodimir Levin and Nizami Hajiyev both from Inter Baku. In June Ibrahima Niasse followed from Inter Baku and Dawid Pietrzkiewicz from Simurq, whilst Lorenzo Ebecilio, on loan, and Abdulwaheed Afolabi joined from Metalurh Donetsk and Kuban Krasnodar respectively. Gabala added another three signings in July, with Rail Malikov moving from Denizlispor, Danijel Subotić from Volyn Lutsk and Leonardo from Metalurh Donetsk. Elnur Allahverdiyev signed with Gabala in September on an initial six-month-long loan deal after Rail Malikov was ruled out by injury.

August

Gabala started the season with 2 victories, a 2–1 away victory over Baku on 2 August and a 3–2 home victory Inter Baku on 10 August. Victor Mendy picked up the club's first goals of the season, netting twice in the game against Baku, whilst Leonardo, Volodimir Levin and Ibrahima Niasse all scored their first goals for the club since their summer moves in the victory over Inter Baku. Gabala lost their next games, 2–1 away to Sumgayit and 1–0 at home to Qarabağ, Yannick Kamanan scored Gabala's goal in these two games, and Levin was sent off in the defeat to Sumgayit after picking up two yellow cards. Gabala got back to winning ways in their last game of August, a 2–0 victory over Khazar Lankaran at home on 31 August, with Leonardo scoring his second for the club and Lorenzo Ebecilio his first.

September

After the international break, Gabala traveled to Baku to face AZAL on 15 September, and they picked up their 4th win of the season. AZAL took the lead in the 3rd minute with Will John scoring, but Mendy struck 5 minutes later to level the game. Danijel Subotić, playing his first game for the club after his registration issues were sorted out during the break, scored what turned out to be the winner in the 32nd minute before Amit Guluzade picked up Gabala's second red card of the season for two bookings. Gabala recorded their 5th win, and moved top of the league for the first time in their history, on 20 September, defeating Ravan Baku at home. Subotić scored his second in two appearances in the 8th minute before Levin double the lead 2 minutes later and Leonardo finished off the scoring in the second half. Gabala's last game of September was a 0–0 draw away to Simurq, who played the majority of the game with 10 men following Ilkin Qirtimov's first half red card.

October

Gabala's first game of October was on 4 October at home to Neftchi Baku, and was the last game before the international break. Gabala took the lead in the 7th minute through Lorenzo Ebecilio, before Mahir Shukurov equalised and Rashad Sadiqov scored the winner. On 19 October 2013, Gabala returned from the international break with an away trip to Inter Baku, a game which they won 1-0 thanks to a Danijel Subotić first half goal. Gabala followed this up with another victory on 25 October against Sumgayit, winning the game 2–0 with the goals coming from Danijel Subotić in the first half and Dodô in the second.

November

On 3 November Gabala traveled to face Qarabağ in Baku. Gabala went 4-0 down to Qarabağ, after a Nikoloz Gelashvili brace and goals apiece from Vüqar Nadirov and Chumbinho, before scoring three themselves in 15mins to ensure a close last 5 minutes. Gabala's goals came from Lorenzo Ebecilio, Leonardo and Dodô. Gabala's second game of November was a 0–0 away draw against Khazar Lankaran, which kept them third in the table. On 22 November, Gabala faced AZAL at home, and recorded their 8th win of the season as a second half Leonardo goal gave them a 1–0 win. At the end of November, Oumar Kalabane suffered a meniscus tear at his knee during training and underwent surgery at Acibadem Fulya Hospital. Gabala won their final game of November, a 1–0 away victory over Ravan Baku on 29 November 2013, with the goal coming from Yannick Kamanan.

December

Gabala started December with a 2–1 win over Mil-Muğan in the Azerbaijan Cup, with the goals coming from Leonardo and Abdulwaheed Afolabi, his first goal for the club. Gabala's next game was on 8 December against Simurq, which ended as a 2–1 victory to Gabala after Danijel Subotić scored an injury time winner following his early goal and Amit Guluzade scored an own goal for Simurq. Gabala suffered their fifth defeat of the season on 15 December away to Neftchi Baku. Neftchi took the lead through a 12th minute Araz Abdullayev penalty after Flavinho had been fouled, with Leonardo leveling things up in first half stoppage time from the penalty spot. Mushfig Teymurov was sent off for Gabala after collecting two yellow cards, before Mahir Shukurov scored an injury time free-kick to seal the victory for Neftchi. On 18 December, Diego underwent surgery for a knee injury sustained during training the previous week. Gabala's last game before the winter break, and the last in the first round of 19 matches, was on 20 December at home to Baku. Gabala won the game 2–0 with goals from Danijel Subotić and Lorenzo Ebecilio, two go 2nd in the table.

January transfers

On 23 December, it was announced that Gabala had signed Ruslan Tagizade from AZAL on a two-year contract, whilst defenders Shahriyar Khalilov and Dejan Kelhar all left the club and Tarzin Jahangirov joined Simurq on loan. On 30 December 2013, Gabala announced that they had agreed to sign Rafael Santos, who left Arsenal Kyiv following their bankruptcy in November, on a two-year contract subject to completing medical. On 6 January 2014, Santos completed his move to Gabala. On 8 January, Elnur Allahverdiyev made his move to Gabala permanent, signing a one-year deal. On 13 January, Anar Nazirov resigned for Gabala from Sumgayit on a one-year contract. On 26 January, Gabala revealed that Davron Ergashev had signed on a six-month contract from Zhetysu following a successful trial period. It also came to light that Cristian Pulhac was still at the club after refusing to terminate his contract and was currently training with the youth team. On 31 January, Gabala signed Marat Izmailov on a six-month loan deal from F.C. Porto, and Kamran Agayev from Baku on an 18-month contract.

February

Gabala's first game of the 2014 was on 2 February away to Sumgayit, which they won 3-0 thanks to goals from Victor Mendy, Lorenzo Ebecilio and Leonardo, to return to the top of the league. On 8 February Gabala dropped off the top of the table after a 0–1 home defeat to Qarabağ, this was followed up with another defeat on 15 February at home to Khazar Lankaran. Gabala got back to winning ways on 19 February despite going 1-0 down to a Nedo Turkovic penalty before Danijel Subotić scored his tenth of the season and a Shahriyar Rahimov gave Gabala a 2–1 away win over AZAL. Gabala's next two games were 0-0 draws against Ravan Baku and Simurq.

March

On 9 March Gabala faced Neftchi Baku at home in a game that ended 1–2 to Neftchi, with Gabala's goal coming from Lorenzo Ebecilio. Gabala's next game was a 0–0 draw on 12 March against Qarabağ in the Cup, before they drew 1–1 against FK Baku 4 days later in the league. Gabala progressed to the Semi-Finals of the cup on 19 March winning 2–1 in the second leg of their quarter-final match against Qarabağ, thanks to goals from Danijel Subotić and Victor Mendy. On 23 March Gabala were beaten 4–1 at home by Inter Baku, Victor Mendy scoring their only goal whilst they slipped out of the European places for the first time since week 5 of the season. On 25 March 2014, Bakhshiev announced that he would be retiring at the end of the 2013–14 season. Gabala suffered their second defeat in a row, and third in four games, on 30 March, losing 3–0 away to Qarabağ in a game that saw Elnur Allahverdiyev sent off.

April

Gabala lost their first game of April, going down 1–0 away to Khazar Lankaran on 5 April. Gabala's next game was on 12 April, which they drew 0–0 at home to AZAL to earn only their 4th point in eight games. On 15 April Sumin released Yannick Kamanan from his contract that was due to expire at the end of the season. The next day Gabala defeated Khazar Lankaran 3–0 in the first leg of their Azerbaijan Cup Semi-final, with Nizami Hajiyev scoring a bracing and Victor Mendy scoring the other. Gabala followed that win up with a 2–1 away victory over Ravan Baku on 20 April, Mendy scoring again with Gabalas other goal coming from Urfan Abbasov, his first for the club. Gabala went on to seal a place in the Azerbaijan Cup Final on 24 April, with a 1–1 draw in the second leg of against Khazar Lankaran, after Mendy scored his third goal in three games. Gabala's last game of April was a 1–0 home win over Simurq on the 27th, Dodô grabbing the only goal.

May

Gabala started May as they finished April, with a 2–1 away victory over Neftchi Baku. Javid Imamverdiyev gave Neftchi the lead in the 50th minute, with Dodô equalising in the 62nd minute before Lorenzo Ebecilio scored the winner in the 90th minute, and getting sent off for two yellow cards in stoppage time. On 7 May Gabala beat Baku 3–1 to go back into 3rd in the table. The goals came from Marat Izmailov, Mushfig Teymurov and Danijel Subotić, with Izmailov's and Teymurov's goals being their first for the club. Gabala drew their penultimate league game on 12 May against Inter Baku 0-0. On the last day of the League season, Gabala started in fourth place, 1 point behind Neftchi Baku. Gabala came from behind to beat Sumgayit 3–1, Magomed Kurbanov scoring for Sumgayit before Victor Mendy, Lorenzo Ebecilio and Abdulwaheed Afolabi scored to give Gabala the win that moved them into third place after Neftchi Baku drew 0–0 at Simurq. Gabala finished the season by playing in the Azerbaijan Cup Final against Neftchi Baku. Marat Izmailov scored Gabala's only goal to cancel out Samir Masimovs early strike to send the game into extra-time, and then to penalties, of which Gabala missed three of their five and Neftchi scored three of their four.

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2013

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	Rail Malikov (from Denizlispor)
6	DF	AZE	Volodimir Levin (from Inter Baku)
8	MF	AZE	Nizami Hajiyev (from Inter Baku)
14	MF	NED	Lorenzo Ebecilio (loan from Metalurh Donetsk)
17	MF	AZE	Nuran Gurbanov (loan return from Ravan Baku)
18	MF	SEN	Ibrahima Niasse (from Inter Baku)
19	FW	NGA	Abdulwaheed Afolabi (from Kuban Krasnodar)
27	GK	POL	Dawid Pietrzkiewicz (from Simurq)
31	FW	SUI	Danijel Subotić (from Volyn Lutsk)
36	DF	AZE	Elnur Allahverdiyev (loan from Khazar Lankaran)
42	MF	BRA	Leonardo (from Metalurh Donetsk)

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	AZE	Elnar Karimov
3	DF	AZE	Vurğun Hüseynov (to Sumgayit)
5	MF	SVN	Luka Žinko (to Hangzhou Greentown)
7	MF	AZE	Yashar Abuzerov
14	FW	SEN	Moustapha Dabo (to Kahramanmaraşspor)
16	DF	NGA	Ifeanyi Emeghara
18	MF	AZE	Aleksandr Chertoganov (to Sumgayit)
19	MF	AZE	Rovshan Amiraslanov (to Simurq)
26	DF	BRA	Daniel Cruz
27	MF	AZE	Rashad Abdullayev (to Baku)
30	GK	AZE	Anar Nazirov (to Sumgayit)
38	FW	AZE	Rey Mammadbayli (to AZAL)
90	MF	AZE	Jeyhun Sultanov (Retired)
99	FW	AZE	Amil Yunanov (loan to Neftchala)

Winter

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2014

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
1	GK	AZE	Kamran Agayev (from Baku)
7	MF	RUS	Marat Izmailov (loan from F.C. Porto)
16	MF	AZE	Ruslan Tagizade (from AZAL)
36	DF	AZE	Elnur Allahverdiyev (from Khazar Lankaran)
30	GK	AZE	Anar Nazirov (from Sumgayit)
44	DF	BRA	Rafael Santos (from Arsenal Kyiv)
46	DF	TJK	Davron Ergashev (from Zhetysu)

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	AZE	Tarzin Jahangirov (loan to Sumgayit)
11	FW	FRA	Yannick Kamanan
23	DF	AZE	Shahriyar Khalilov (to Sumgayit)
84	DF	SVN	Dejan Kelhar (to Red Star Belgrade)

Squad

As of match played 22 May 2014

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Kamran Agayev		GK	(1986-02-09)9 February 1986 (aged 28)	Baku	2014	2015	20	0
25	Diego		GK	(1979-05-11)11 May 1979 (aged 35)	Vitória	2012	2014	27	0
27	Dawid Pietrzkiewicz		GK	(1988-02-09)9 February 1988 (aged 26)	Simurq	2013	2014	10	0
30	Anar Nazirov		GK	(1985-09-08)8 September 1985 (aged 28)	Sumgayit	2014	2016	23	0
55	Javidan Huseynzadeh		GK	(1991-03-07)7 March 1991 (aged 23)	Trainee	2013		1	0
Defenders
2	Rail Malikov		CB	(1985-12-18)18 December 1985 (aged 28)	Denizlispor	2013	2014	12	0
3	Nikola Valentić		LB	(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 30)	Jagodina	2013	2014	27	0
5	Sadig Guliyev		CB	(1995-03-09)9 March 1995 (aged 19)	Trainee	2012		5	0
6	Volodimir Levin		CB	(1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 30)	Inter Baku	2013	2015	28	2
15	Oumar Kalabane		CB	(1987-08-01)1 August 1987 (aged 26)	Al Dhafra	2012	2014	32	2
34	Urfan Abbasov		CB	(1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 21)	Qarabağ	2011		67	1
36	Elnur Allahverdiyev		CB	(1983-01-02)2 January 1983 (aged 31)	Khazar Lankaran	2013	2015	24	0
44	Rafael Santos		CB	(1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 29)	Arsenal Kyiv	2014	2016	18	0
45	Murad Musayev		CB	(1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 19)	Trainee	2012		2	0
46	Davron Ergashev		CB	(1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 26)	Zhetysu	2014	2014	13	0
	Cristian Pulhac		CB	(1984-08-17)17 August 1984 (aged 29)	Dinamo București	2013	2015	12	0
Midfielders
4	Amit Guluzade		MF	(1992-11-20)20 November 1992 (aged 21)	Ravan Baku	2013	2014	24	0
7	Marat Izmailov		MF	(1982-09-21)21 September 1982 (aged 31)	loan from F.C. Porto	2014	2014	18	2
8	Nizami Hajiyev		MF	(1988-02-08)8 February 1988 (aged 26)	Inter Baku	2013	2014	34	2
13	Seymur Asadov		MF	(1994-05-05)5 May 1994 (aged 20)	Trainee	2011		1	0
14	Lorenzo Ebecilio		MF	(1991-09-24)24 September 1991 (aged 22)	loan from Metalurh Donetsk	2013	2014	37	8
16	Ruslan Tagizade		MF	(1993-12-09)9 December 1993 (aged 20)	AZAL	2014	2016	19	0
17	Nuran Gurbanov		ST	(1993-08-10)10 August 1993 (aged 20)	MOIK Baku	2011		14	0
18	Ibrahima Niasse		MF	(1988-04-18)18 April 1988 (aged 26)	Inter Baku	2013	2014	35	1
20	Rashid Amiraslanov		MF	(1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 22)	Trainee	2012		1	0
21	Elmar Bakhshiev		MF	(1980-08-03)3 August 1980 (aged 33)	Neftchi Baku	2012		28	0
22	Lourival Assis		MF	(1984-02-03)3 February 1984 (aged 30)	Chernomorets Burgas	2012	2015	44	6
33	Elvin Jamalov		MF	(1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 19)	Trainee	2013		2	0
37	Kamal Mirzayev		MF	(1994-09-14)14 September 1994 (aged 19)	Trainee	2012		5	0
42	Leonardo		MF	(1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 22)	Metalurh Donetsk	2013	2014	33	8
88	Mushfig Teymurov		MF	(1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 21)	Trainee	2009		16	1
Forwards
9	Victor Mendy		ST	(1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 32)	Bucaspor	2011		97	25
10	Dodô		ST	(1987-10-16)16 October 1987 (aged 26)	Lokomotiva	2011		107	18
19	Abdulwaheed Afolabi		ST	(1991-12-08)8 December 1991 (aged 22)	Kuban Krasnodar	2013	2014	26	2
31	Danijel Subotić		ST	(1989-01-31)31 January 1989 (aged 25)	Volyn Lutsk	2013	2014	35	13

Competitions

Friendlies

Azerbaijan Select v Gabala

2 July 2013	Azerbaijan Select	1–2	Gabala	Azerbaijan
AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Kamanan Dodô

Metalurh Zaporizhya v Gabala

3 July 2013	Metalurh Zaporizhya	1–1	Gabala	Turkey
AZST (UTC+5)		Summary Video	Hajiyev 30'

Trabzonspor v Gabala

7 July 2013	Trabzonspor	2–0	Gabala	Turkey
AZST (UTC+5)		Summary

Spartaspor v Gabala

10 July 2013	Spartaspor	0–7	Gabala	Turkey
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Kamanan Kelhar N.Gurbanov Assis

Antalyaspor v Gabala

13 July 2013	Antalyaspor	2–2	Gabala	Turkey
AZST (UTC+5)	Yıldırım 23' Tita 51'	Summary	Ebecilio 25', 56'

Gabala v

20 July 2013	Gabala	Postponed		Salzburg, Austria
AZST (UTC+5)		Summary

Gabala v Gençlerbirliği

23 July 2013	Gabala	3–1	Gençlerbirliği	Munich, Germany
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ebecilio 41' (pen.) Subotić 54' (pen.) Leonardo 60'	Summary	Görgülü 76'	Stadium: Hans-Bayer Stadion

Gabala v Zalaegerszegi

25 July 2013	Gabala	3–0	Zalaegerszegi	Salzburg, Austria
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	T.Jahangirov 20' Dodô 28' Leonardo 42'	Summary

Gabala v Šmartno

27 July 2013	Gabala	2–1	Šmartno	Salzburg, Austria
AZST (UTC+5)	Leonardo 27', 70' (pen.)	Summary	41'

Gabala v Malatyaspor

10 January 2014	Gabala	1–1	Malatyaspor	Antalya, Turkey
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kamanan 25'	Summary	89'

Gabala v Tobol

13 January 2014	Gabala	2–1	Tobol	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Subotić 18' Mendy 23'	Summary	Volkov 90'

Gabala v Konyaspor

16 January 2014	Gabala	2–4	Konyaspor	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Santos 9' Kamanan 31'	Summary	Kabze 37', 53' Djalma 43' Þorvaldsson 70'

Gabala v Spartak Semey

20 January 2014	Gabala	1–1	Spartak Semey	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Leonardo 66' (pen.)	Summary

Gabala v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

22 January 2014	Gabala	0–0	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Antalya, Turkey
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary

Gabala v Torpedo Moscow

25 January 2014	Gabala	Cancelled	Torpedo Moscow	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)		Summary

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2013–14 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
36	18	7	11	48	36	+12	61	10	2	6	27	18	+9	8	5	5	21	18	+3

Last updated: 17 May 2014.
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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W
Position	3	3	3	4	4	3	1	1	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	3

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

Results

Baku v Gabala

2 August 2013 1	Baku	1–2	Gabala	Baku
18:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Kalonas 12' Nabiyev  20'	Summary	Mendy 61', 81' Leonardo  70'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Gabala v Inter Baku

10 August 2013 2	Gabala	3–2	Inter Baku	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Leonardo 54' (pen.) Levin 69' Niasse 83'	Summary	Georgievski 20' Iashvili  55' Abdoulaye  67' Javadov 90+1' Mammadov  90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Sumgayit v Gabala

19 August 2013 3	Sumgayit	2–1	Gabala	Sumgayit
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Asgarov 4' Novruzov  30' R.Gurbanov 62' (pen.)	Summary	Kamanan 14' Levin  51'  61' Leonardo  64' Malikov  81' Ebecilio  87' Hajiyev  90+4'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Gabala v Qarabağ

25 August 2013 4	Gabala	0–1	Qarabağ	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Malikov  7' Guluzade  43' Ebecilio  68'	Summary	Nadirov 16' 68' Garayev  59' Veliyev  61' Kapolongo  68'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Khazar Lankaran

31 August 2013 5	Gabala	2–0	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Leonardo 39' 66' Ebecilio 61' 66' Valentić  81'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

AZAL v Gabala

15 September 2013 6	AZAL	1–2	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	John 3' Barlay  19' Kļava  46' Tagizade  55' Shemonayev  80' Bogdanović  90+2'	Summary	Mendy 8' Subotić 32' Guluzade  22'  50'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Ravan Baku

20 September 2013 7	Gabala	3–0	Ravan Baku	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Subotić 8' Levin 10' Leonardo 52' (pen.)	Summary	Savankulov  52' Mammadov  56' Balokog  65' Torres  66'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

Simurq v Gabala

29 September 2013 8	Simurq	0–0	Gabala	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Qirtimov  36' R.Eyyubov  52' Anderson do Ó  66'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

4 October 2013 9	Gabala	1–2	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ebecilio 7' Guluzade  19'	Summary	Shukurov 20' (pen.) 21' Bertucci  38' Sadiqov 56' Cardoso  90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Inter Baku v Gabala

19 October 2013 10	Inter Baku	0–1	Gabala	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tskhadadze  23' Dashdemirov  52' Zargarov  90'	Summary	Niasse  25' Subotić  39' 45+2' Ebecilio  67' Assis  87' Diego  90+4'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Sumgayit

25 October 2013 11	Gabala	2–0	Sumgayit	Qabala
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Subotić 23' Niasse  25' Valentić  36' Dodô 64'	Summary	Hasanalizade  9' Ibragimov  37' Fardjad-Azad  67'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: Rahim Häsänov Referee: 500

Qarabağ v Gabala

3 November 2013 12	Qarabağ	4–3	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gelashvili 26', 50' Nadirov 37' Chumbinho 65' Reynaldo  90+1'	Summary	Levin  64' Abbasov  66' Ebecilio 72' Leonardo 77' Dodô 85'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium1 Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Khazar Lankaran v Gabala

10 November 2013 13	Khazar Lankaran	0–0	Gabala	Lankaran
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Valentić  23' Dodô  36' Hajiyev  90'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

Gabala v AZAL

22 November 2013 14	Gabala	1–0	AZAL	Qabala
14:20 AZST (UTC+5)	Dodô  36' Mendy  65' Leonardo 72' 82'	Summary	Igbekoi  34'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Ravan Baku v Gabala

29 November 2013 15	Ravan Baku	0–1	Gabala	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Pecha  14' Abdullayev  69'  85'	Summary	Kamanan 26'  70'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

Gabala v Simurq

8 December 2013 16	Gabala	2–1	Simurq	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Niasse  34' Levin  45' Allahverdiyev  45+2' Subotić 52', 90+3' 90+3'	Summary	Guluzade 64' (o.g.) Ćeran  66' Anderson do Ó  86' Gurbanov  89'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

15 December 2013 17	Neftchi Baku	2–1	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Shukurov  5' 90+4' Abdullayev 12' (pen.) Sadiqov  32' Cardoso  45+1' Guliyev  72'	Summary	Leonardo 45+1' (pen.) Teymurov  11'  84' Afolabi  74' Guluzade  90+3'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Baku

20 December 2013 18	Gabala	2–0	Baku	Qabala
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Guluzade  18' Subotić 20' 47' Allahverdiyev  42' Pietrzkiewicz  83' Ebecilio  85' 90+3'	Summary	Noguera  38' S.Aliyev  54'  90+2' Etto  63' Rubén  76'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Sumgayit v Gabala

2 February 2014 19	Sumgayit	0–3	Gabala	Baku
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Fardjad-Azad  11'	Summary	Mendy 3' Gurbanov  49' Ebecilio 55' Leonardo 57'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

Gabala v Qarabağ

8 February 2014 20	Gabala	0–1	Qarabağ	Qabala
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Dodô  14' Allahverdiyev  79'	Summary	Sadygov  30' Reynaldo  50' 74' Šehić  90+3' Gurbanov  81'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Khazar Lankaran

15 February 2014 21	Gabala	2–3	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Subotić 26', 65' Niasse  36' Tagizade  45'	Summary	Sadio 51' Etame 56', 84' Blaževski  62' Scarlatache  78'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

AZAL v Gabala

19 February 2014 22	AZAL	1–2	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	N.Turković 39' (pen.) Barlay  45+1' Rahimov  69'	Summary	Subotić 44' Hajiyev  45' Rahimov 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Gabala v Ravan Baku

23 February 2014 23	Gabala	0–0	Ravan Baku	Qabala
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Leonardo  56' Allahverdiyev  65' Subotić  81' Tagizade  87'	Summary	Mörec  21' Maharramov  42' O.Lalayev  54' júlio César  70' Marković  72' Sapela  74' Mammadov  74' Bayramov  90+4'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

Simurq v Gabala

28 February 2014 24	Simurq	0–0	Gabala	Zaqatala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gurbanov  39' Lambot  58' Anderson do Ó  90'	Summary	Dodô  90+1'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

9 March 2014 25	Gabala	1–2	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Valentić  6' Ebecilio 68' 90+2'	Summary	Nasimov 29', 64' Shukurov  82'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Baku v Gabala

16 March 2014 26	Baku	1–1	Gabala	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Horvat  35' E.Mammadov 90+1'	Summary	Allahverdiyev  65' Rafael Santos  73' Subotić 80' 90'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Inter Baku

23 March 2014 27	Gabala	1–4	Inter Baku	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Allahverdiyev  41' Teymurov  62' Izmailov  65' Mendy 89'	Summary	Tskhadadze 14' A.Abatsiyev  46' Álvaro 46', 54' Špičić 57' Abdoulaye  74'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Qarabağ v Gabala

30 March 2014 28	Qarabağ	3–0	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Chumbinho 48' Reynaldo 65', 87' Gurbanov  66'	Summary	Abbasov  35' Mendy  38' Allahverdiyev  76'  78'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium1 Attendance: 300 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Khazar Lankaran v Gabala

5 April 2014 29	Khazar Lankaran	1–0	Gabala	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Gligorov  31' Etame 71' Ramaldanov  31'	Summary	Ebecilio  14' Abbasov  28' R.Tagizade  84' Kamanan  90+3'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Gabala v AZAL

12 April 2014 30	Gabala	0–0	AZAL	Qabala
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Izmailov  59'	Summary	K.Diniyev  56' Barlay  66' V.Igbekoi  78' Aílton Júnior  84' A.Shemonayev  90' L.Kasradze  90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Ravan Baku v Gabala

20 April 2014 31	Ravan Baku	1–2	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Adamović  66' Y.Ağakärimzadä 85'	Summary	Mendy 38' Abbasov 41' Subotić  44' Niasse  48'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

Gabala v Simurq

27 April 2014 32	Gabala	1–0	Simurq	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Dodô 57' 62' Subotić  90+4'	Summary	Qirtimov  58'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

2 May 2014 33	Neftchi Baku	1–2	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Yunuszade  38' Imamverdiyev 50' T.Guliyev  68'	Summary	Abbasov  33' Dodô 63' Ebecilio 90' 90+1'  90+3'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Baku

7 May 2014 34	Gabala	3–1	Baku	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Izmailov 15' M.Teymurov 27' 27' Subotić 57'	Summary	Mario  39' Alasgarov 65' Travner  90'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Inter Baku v Gabala

12 May 2014 35	Inter Baku	0–0	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	D.Meza  73' J.Diniyev  90+1'	Summary	Allahverdiyev  30'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Gabala v Sumgayit

17 May 2014 36	Gabala	3–1	Sumgayit	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	R.Tagizade  26' Mendy 39' Dodô  47' Afolabi  69' 90+1' Ebecilio 86' 87' Agayev  90+1'	Summary	Kurbanov 7' Mammadov  71' Hüseynov  80' Ibragimov  82'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Qarabağ (C)	36	21	9	6	65	21	+44	72	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Inter Baku	36	20	7	9	60	37	+23	67	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3	Gabala	36	18	7	11	48	36	+12	61
4	Neftçi Baku	36	17	9	10	47	43	+4	60	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
5	Baku	36	16	9	11	53	43	+10	57

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Azerbaijan Cup

Mil-Muğan v Gabala

4 December 2013 Second Round	Mil-Muğan	1–2	Gabala	Qabala
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	E.Mammadov 1' C.Hasanov  11' Z. Mamedov  67' E.Mammadov  68' S.Babaev  69' Mr.Hajiyev  75'	Summary	Leonardo 15' (pen.)  71' Afolabi 18' Ebecilio  36' Kamanan  69' Guluzade  75'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

Gabala v Qarabağ

12 March 2014 Quarterfinals 1st leg	Gabala	0–0	Qarabağ	Qabala
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Dodô  87'	Summary	Medvedev  32'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Qarabağ v Gabala

19 March 2014 Quarterfinals 2nd leg	Qarabağ	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Reynaldo 61' Medvedev  70' Nadirov  90+2'	Summary	Subotić 45+1' Dodô  54' Izmailov  54' Mendy 82' Nazirov  90+1' Ebecilio  90+2'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium1 Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Gabala v Khazar Lankaran

16 April 2014 Semifinals 1st leg	Gabala	3–0	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Hajiyev 53', 71' Mendy 59'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Khazar Lankaran v Gabala

24 April 2014 Semifinals 2nd leg	Khazar Lankaran	1–1 (1–4 agg.)	Gabala	Lankaran
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nildo 54'	Summary	Mendy 23'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

22 May 2014 Final	Neftchi Baku	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Gabala	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Masimov 52'	Summary	Izmailov 71'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev
	Penalties
	Ramos Flavinho Denis Bruno		Izmailov Santos Assis Hajiyev Niasse

Squad statistics

As of Match played 22 May 2014

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AZE	Kamran Agayev	20	0	16+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF	AZE	Rail Malikov	12	0	9+1	0	1+1	0
3	DF	SRB	Nikola Valentić	17	0	11+4	0	2+0	0
4	MF	AZE	Amit Guluzade	15	0	13+1	0	0+1	0
5	DF	AZE	Sadig Guliyev	4	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	AZE	Volodimir Levin	28	2	25+0	2	3+0	0
7	MF	RUS	Marat Izmailov	18	2	11+3	1	4+0	1
8	MF	AZE	Nizami Hajiyev	34	2	20+9	0	4+1	2
9	FW	SEN	Victor Mendy	41	10	26+9	7	6+0	3
10	FW	BRA	Dodô	40	4	33+2	4	5+0	0
14	MF	NED	Lorenzo Ebecilio	36	8	28+3	8	5+0	0
15	DF	GUI	Oumar Kalabane	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	AZE	Ruslan Tagizade	19	0	11+3	0	5+0	0
17	MF	AZE	Nuran Gurbanov	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0
18	MF	SEN	Ibrahima Niasse	35	1	26+3	1	6+0	0
19	FW	NGA	Abdulwaheed Afolabi	26	2	1+21	1	1+3	1
22	MF	BRA	Lourival Assis	14	0	2+7	0	0+5	0
25	GK	BRA	Diego	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0
27	GK	POL	Dawid Pietrzkiewicz	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	AZE	Anar Nazirov	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
31	FW	SUI	Danijel Subotić	35	13	27+2	12	4+2	1
33	MF	AZE	Elvin Jamalov	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
34	DF	AZE	Urfan Abbasov	23	1	18+3	1	2+0	0
36	DF	AZE	Elnur Allahverdiyev	24	0	22+2	0	0+0	0
42	MF	BRA	Leonardo	33	8	24+7	7	1+1	1
44	DF	BRA	Rafael Santos	18	0	15+0	0	3+0	0
45	DF	AZE	Murad Musayev	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
46	DF	TJK	Davron Ergashev	13	0	7+2	0	4+0	0
55	GK	AZE	Javidan Huseynzadeh	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
88	MF	AZE	Mushfig Teymurov	12	1	8+2	1	2+0	0
Players away from Gabala on loan:
7	MF	AZE	Tarzin Jahangirov	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Gabala no longer at the club:
11	FW	FRA	Yannick Kamanan	19	2	13+5	2	0+1	0
84	DF	SVN	Dejan Kelhar	7	0	2+5	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	FW		31	Danijel Subotić	12	1	13
2	FW		9	Victor Mendy	7	3	10
3	MF		14	Lorenzo Ebecilio	8	0	8
	MF		42	Leonardo	7	1	8
5	FW		10	Dodô	4	0	4
6	DF		6	Volodimir Levin	2	0	2
	FW		11	Yannick Kamanan	2	0	2
	FW		19	Abdulwaheed Afolabi	1	1	2
	MF		7	Marat Izmailov	1	1	2
	MF		8	Nizami Hajiyev	0	2	2
11	MF		18	Ibrahima Niasse	1	0	1
	DF		34	Urfan Abbasov	1	0	1
	MF		88	Mushfig Teymurov	1	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	1
				TOTALS	48	9	57

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Total
1		GK	Kamran Agayev	1	0	1	0	2	0
2		DF	Rail Malikov	2	0	1	0	3	0
3		DF	Nikola Valentić	4	0	0	0	4	0
4		MF	Amit Guluzade	6	1	1	0	7	1
6		DF	Volodimir Levin	4	1	0	0	4	1
7		MF	Marat Izmailov	2	0	2	0	4	0
8		MF	Nizami Hajiyev	3	0	1	0	4	0
9		FW	Victor Mendy	2	0	0	0	2	0
10		FW	Dodô	6	0	2	0	8	0
14		MF	Lorenzo Ebecilio	10	1	2	0	12	1
16		MF	Ruslan Tagizade	4	0	1	0	5	0
17		MF	Nuran Gurbanov	1	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Ibrahima Niasse	5	0	0	0	5	0
19		FW	Abdulwaheed Afolabi	2	0	0	0	2	0
22		MF	Lourival Assis	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		GK	Diego	1	0	0	0	1	0
27		GK	Dawid Pietrzkiewicz	1	0	0	0	1	0
30		GK	Anar Nazirov	0	0	1	0	1	0
31		FW	Danijel Subotić	7	0	1	0	8	0
34		DF	Urfan Abbasov	5	0	1	0	6	0
36		DF	Elnur Allahverdiyev	9	1	0	0	9	1
42		MF	Leonardo	5	0	1	0	6	0
44		DF	Rafael Santos	1	0	1	0	2	0
46		DF	Davron Ergashev	0	0	2	0	2	0
88		MF	Mushfig Teymurov	4	1	0	0	4	1
Players who left Gabala during the season:
11		FW	Yannick Kamanan	2	0	1	0	3	0
			TOTALS	88	5	20	0	108	5

Notes

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

External links

• Gabala FC Website
• Gabala FC at UEFA.com
• Gabala FC at Soccerway.com
• Gabala FC at National Football Teams.com