2015–16 Gabala FC season

Gabala
2015-16 season
Chairman	Tale Heydarov
Manager	Roman Hryhorchuk
Stadium	Gabala City Stadium
Premier League	3rd
Azerbaijan Cup	Semifinal
Europa League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Oleksiy Gai (10); All: Oleksiy Gai (14)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014-15 2016-17 →

The 2015–16 season was Gabala FK's 11th season, and their 10th in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top-flight of Azerbaijani football. Domestically, Gabala finished 3rd in the Premier League for the third season in a row and reached the semifinals of the Azerbaijan Cup where they were defeated by Neftchi Baku. In Europe Gabala reached the group stages of the UEFA Europa League where they faced PAOK, Krasnodar and Borussia Dortmund before finishing bottom of the group.

Season review

In September 2015, Gabala announced a new one-year shirt sponsorship deal with QafqaZ Hotels and Resorts.^[1]

Transfers

The summer transfer window saw a lot of transfer movement from Gabala, with 14 players leaving the club and 9 players arriving. The most notable departures were the club's all-time leading goalscorer Victor Mendy returning to France,^[2] Ruslan Fomin moving to FC Atyrau in Kazakhstan,^[3] and Ekigho Ehiosun returning to parent club Gençlerbirliği S.K. Alexandru Benga, Ruslan Abışov, Adrian Ropotan, Pavol Farkaš and Mikhail Sivakow also left the clubs at the end of their contracts.^[2]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Arif Dashdemirov, Magomed Mirzabekov, Asif Mammadov all joined from Inter Baku PIK permanently,^[2]^[8] whilst Vojislav Stanković also joined from Inter Baku on an 18-month loan deal.^[9] Andrey Popovich and Samir Zargarov also joined from other Azerbaijan Premier League clubs, Sumgayit FK and Simurq PFC respectively.^[2] Sergei Zenjov moved from recently relegated Russian Premier League side FC Torpedo Moscow, Vitaliy Vernydub from FC Zorya Luhansk, Oleksiy Antonov from FC Aktobe,^[10]^[11] and George Florescu from Astra Giurgiu.^[12]

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
1	GK	AZE	Andrey Popovich (from Sumgayit)^[2]
3	DF	SRB	Vojislav Stanković (loan from Inter Baku)^[9]
5	MF	ROU	George Florescu (from Astra Giurgiu)^[12]
7	FW	BIH	Ermin Zec (from Balıkesirspor)^[13]
8	MF	AZE	Magomed Mirzabekov (from Inter Baku)^[2]
9	FW	EST	Sergei Zenjov (from Torpedo Moscow)^[10]
11	MF	AZE	Asif Mammadov (from Inter Baku)^[2]^[8]
15	DF	UKR	Vitaliy Vernydub (from Zorya Luhansk)^[14]
17	FW	AZE	Vüqar Nadirov (from Khazar Lankaran)^[15]
18	MF	AZE	Vadim Abdullayev (from Simurq)
21	MF	AZE	Arif Dashdemirov (from Inter Baku)^[2]
32	FW	ARG	Facundo Pereyra (loan from PAOK)^[16]
33	GK	POL	Dawid Pietrzkiewicz
66	MF	AZE	Samir Zargarov (from Simurq)^[2]
69	FW	UKR	Oleksiy Antonov (from Aktobe)^[11]
70	FW	AZE	Vagif Javadov (loan from Khazar Lankaran)^[15]^[17]
87	DF	AZE	Ruslan Abışov (from Khazar Lankaran)^[18]
88	MF	PAR	David Meza (from Inter Baku)^[19]

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
5	DF	AZE	Sadig Guliyev (loan to Zira)
7	DF	AZE	Ruslan Amirjanov (to Inter Baku)
9	FW	SEN	Victor Mendy ^[2]
12	DF	ROU	Alexandru Benga (to Petrolul Ploiești)^[2]^[4]
14	FW	AZE	Javid Huseynov (Jailed)^[20]
15	DF	AZE	Ruslan Abışov (to Khazar Lankaran)^[5]^[21]
16	MF	AZE	Ruslan Tagizade (to Zira)^[22]
18	FW	UKR	Ruslan Fomin (to Atyrau)^[2]^[3]
25	MF	ROU	Adrian Ropotan (to Petrolul Ploiești)
26	DF	SVK	Pavol Farkaš (to Skoda Xanthi)^[2]^[23]
27	FW	AZE	Bakhtiyar Soltanov (to Kapaz)^[2]^[6]
28	DF	AZE	İbrahim Aslanli
30	GK	AZE	Anar Nazirov (to Zira)^[24]
32	MF	BLR	Mikhail Sivakow (to Zorya Luhansk)^[2]^[3]^[7]
55	GK	AZE	Javidan Huseynzadeh ^[2]
88	MF	AZE	Mushfig Teymurov (loan to AZAL)
90	FW	NGA	Ekigho Ehiosun (loan return to Gençlerbirliği)
99	MF	AZE	Tellur Mutallimov (loan to Zira)^[25]
—	DF	AZE	Rashid Amiraslanov
—	MF	AZE	Tarzin Jahangirov (loan to Zira, previously on loan to Sumgayit)^[26]

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
5	DF	AZE	Pavlo Pashayev (from Metalurh Zaporizhya)^[27]^[28]
32	FW	AZE	Rashad Eyyubov (from Kapaz) ^[29]
—	FW	BRA	Emerson (Trial)^[30]

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
5	MF	ROU	George Florescu (to Omonia)^[31]
17	FW	AZE	Vüqar Nadirov (to Inter Baku)^[32]^[33]
32	FW	ARG	Facundo Pereyra (loan return to PAOK)^[34]
70	FW	AZE	Vagif Javadov (loan return to Khazar Lankaran)^[32]
88	MF	PAR	David Meza (to Cerro Porteño)^[35]^[36]
—	MF	AZE	Mushfig Teymurov (to Shamkir, previously on loan to AZAL)

Squad

As of match played 20 May 2016^[37]^[38]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Andrey Popovich^[39]	GK	(1992-03-04)4 March 1992 (aged 24)	Sumgayit	2015		10	0
22	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	GK	(1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 32)	Chornomorets Odesa	2015	2016^[3]	61	0
33	Dawid Pietrzkiewicz	GK	(1988-02-09)9 February 1988 (aged 28)	Free Agent	2015		12	0
36	Suleyman Suleymanov	GK	(1997-03-20)20 March 1997 (aged 19)	Trainee	2015		0	0
Defenders
2	Sahil Mirzoyev	DF	(1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 19)	Trainee	2015		0	0
3	Vojislav Stanković	DF	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 28)	loan from Inter Baku	2015	2017^[9]	39	0
5	Pavlo Pashayev	DF	(1988-01-04)4 January 1988 (aged 28)	Metalurh Zaporizhya	2016	2016^[27]	2	0
13	Murad Musayev	DF	(1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 21)	Trainee	2012		5	0
15	Vitaliy Vernydub	DF	(1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 28)	Zorya Luhansk	2015	2016^[14]	22	0
20	Ricardinho	DF	(1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 31)	Malmö	2015		42	1
21	Arif Dashdemirov	DF	(1987-02-10)10 February 1987 (aged 29)	Inter Baku	2015		64	1
34	Urfan Abbasov	DF	(1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 23)	Qarabağ	2011		126	2
44	Rafael Santos	DF	(1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 31)	Arsenal Kyiv	2014^[40]	2017^[35]	84	2
74	Yusif Nabiyev	DF		Trainee	2015		0	0
87	Ruslan Abışov	DF	(1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 28)	Khazar Lankaran	2015	2016^[18]	51	4
Midfielders
4	Elvin Jamalov	MF	(1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 21)	Trainee	2013		73	0
6	Rashad Sadiqov	MF	(1983-10-08)8 October 1983 (aged 32)	Khazar Lankaran	2015		56	2
8	Magomed Mirzabekov	MF	(1990-11-16)16 November 1990 (aged 25)	Inter Baku	2015		29	0
11	Asif Mammadov	MF	(1986-08-05)5 August 1986 (aged 29)	Inter Baku	2015	2016^[8]	26	3
16	Emin Zamanov	MF	(1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 18)	Trainee	2015		0	0
18	Vadim Abdullayev	MF	(1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 21)	Simurq	2015		1	0
19	Oleksiy Gai	MF	(1982-11-06)6 November 1982 (aged 33)	Chornomorets Odesa	2015	2016^[3]^[41]	71	18
25	Gismat Aliyev	MF	(1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 19)	Trainee	2014		8	0
37	Kamal Mirzayev	MF	(1994-09-14)14 September 1994 (aged 21)	Trainee	2012		5	0
66	Samir Zargarov	MF	(1986-08-29)29 August 1986 (aged 29)	Simurq	2015		122	14
77	Ehtiram Şahverdiyev	MF	(1996-10-01)1 October 1996 (aged 19)	Trainee	2015		2	0
Forwards
7	Ermin Zec	ST	(1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 28)	Balıkesirspor	2015	2016^[13]	36	10
9	Sergei Zenjov	ST	(1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 27)	Torpedo Moscow	2015	2017^[10]	42	5
10	Dodô	ST	(1987-10-16)16 October 1987 (aged 28)	Lokomotiva	2011	2016^[42]	161	30
32	Rashad Eyyubov	ST	(1995-12-03)3 December 1995 (aged 20)	Kapaz	2016		21	2
69	Oleksiy Antonov	ST	(1986-05-08)8 May 1986 (aged 30)	Aktobe	2015	2017^[11]	49	8
90	Ramil Hasanov	ST	(1996-02-15)15 February 1996 (aged 20)	Trainee	2015		0	0
97	Roman Huseynov	ST	(1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 18)	Trainee	2015		4	0
Left during the season
5	George Florescu	MF	(1984-05-21)21 May 1984 (aged 31)	Astra Giurgiu	2015	2017^[12]	4	0
14	Javid Huseynov	ST	(1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 28)	FK Baku	2014		40	15
17	Vüqar Nadirov	ST	(1987-06-15)15 June 1987 (aged 28)	Khazar Lankaran	2015	2015^[15]	0	0
32	Facundo Pereyra	ST	(1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 28)	loan from PAOK	2015	2016^[16]	21	5
70	Vagif Javadov	ST	(1989-05-25)25 May 1989 (aged 26)	loan from Khazar Lankaran	2015	2015^[17]	5	1
88	David Meza	MF	(1988-08-15)15 August 1988 (aged 27)	Inter Baku	2015	2016^[19]	10	1

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	AZE	Sadig Guliyev (at Kapaz)
—	MF	AZE	Tarzin Jahangirov (at Zira)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AZE	Tellur Mutallimov (at Zira)

Friendlies

14 June 2015	Erzurumspor U21	1 – 2	Gabala	Erzurum, Turkey
19:30 AZST (UTC+5)	H.Kadakın 38' (pen.)	Report	Gai 33', 55'	Stadium: Kazım Karabekir Stadium

18 June 2015	Ashkalespor	0 – 10	Gabala	Erzurum, Turkey
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Report	Gai 12' Mammadov 15' Dodô 25', 26' S.Zargarov 48', 57', 77' Sadiqov 66' Q.Aliyev 68', 69'	Stadium: Kazım Karabekir Stadium

24 June 2015	Gabala	1 – 0	Inter Baku	Qabala
AZST (UTC+5)	Antonov 68'	Report		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

27 June 2015	Gabala	1 – 1	Inter Baku	Qabala
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Huseynov 70'	Report	Aliyev 8'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

6 September 2015	Chornomorets Odesa	0 – 2	Gabala	Odesa, Ukraine
AZST (UTC+5)		Report	Antonov 13' Vernydub 69'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 5,500

16 January 2016	Osnabrück	1 – 1	Gabala	Antalya, Turkey
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Pisot 83'	Report	Zec 57'

20 January 2016	Zürich	0 – 4	Gabala	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	V.Abdullayev 27' Antonov 73', 75' S.Zargarov 80'

24 January 2016	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1 – 0	Gabala	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Edmar 39'	Report

Competitions

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	16	11	9	45	27	+18	59	6	9	4	25	15	+10	10	2	5	20	12	+8

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway

Results

10 August 2015 1	Gabala	2 – 2	Qarabağ	Qabala
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Zenjov 32' S.Zargarov 61' 87' Sadiqov 73'	Report	Richard 62' (pen.), 83' Gurbanov 75'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

15 August 2015 2	AZAL	0 – 2	Gabala	Baku
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Malikov 45' T. Hümbätov 48' T. Novruzov 76'	Report	Gai 45+1' Antonov 76'	Stadium: Dalga Arena^[43] Attendance: 250 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

23 August 2015 3	Gabala	1 – 0	Kapaz	Qabala
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Zec 6' Santos 74' Vernydub 83'	Report	B. Nasirov 21' T. Narimanov 58' B. Soltanov 70' S. Rahimov 81'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Oerxan Mämmädov

12 September 2015 4	Inter Baku	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Martins 10', 29' Hajiyev 88'	Report	U.Abbasov 36' Dashdemirov 64' Antonov 84'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

21 September 2015 5	Gabala	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Qabala
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Jamalov 69' Abışov 80' Sadiqov 82' Gai 90+2' (pen.)	Report	J.Hajiyev 84' T.Rzayev 90+1'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Omar Paşayev

25 September 2015 6	Ravan Baku	0 – 3	Gabala	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Report	Dodô 37' S.Zargarov 58' 73' Gai 78'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 430 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

4 October 2015 7	Gabala	6 – 0	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Dodô 1' Abışov 4' Pereyra 10', 79' Gai 45' Dashdemirov 56' Antonov 73' Mirzabekov 87' Zec 89'	Report	Scarlatache 61'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rähim Häsänov

17 October 2015 8	Neftchi Baku	0 – 1	Gabala	Baku
15:30 AZST (UTC+5)	M.Isayev 86'	Report	Jamalov 55' Zenjov 81' Antonov 83' 90' Gai 85' Dodô 90+3'	Stadium: Bakikhanov Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

25 October 2015 9	Gabala	0 – 0	Zira	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Abışov 55' U.Abbasov 64'	Report	Bonilla 90' Nazirov 90+1'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

28 October 2015 10	Gabala	0 – 0	AZAL	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Kvirtia 68' K.Mirzayev 83' M.Teymurov 90' Namașco 90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Ravan Hämzäzadä

31 October 2015⁵ 11	Gabala	1 – 2	Kapaz	Qabala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Antonov 67' Pereyra 69'	Report	Sytnik 2' Eyyubov 65' T.Simaitis 90+3' Dário 90+4'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Äliyar Ağayev

9 November 2015 12	Gabala	1 – 1	Inter Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Antonov 30' Mirzabekov 36' U.Abbasov 68' Stanković 71' Jamalov 79' Dashdemirov 90+3'	Report	Martins 35' Aghayev 77' A.Hüseynov 90+4'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

21 November 2015 13	Sumgayit	2 – 2	Gabala	Sumqayit
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Pamuk 29' Ramazanov 63' 69' E.Mehdiyev 67' B.Hasanalizade 77' Hüseynov 87'	Report	Vernydub 31' J.Hajiyev 40' (o.g.) Ricardinho 63' S.Zargarov 71' Antonov 78'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

30 November 2015 14	Gabala	1 – 1	Ravan Baku	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mirzabekov 17' Pereyra 90+5'	Report	Aliyev 34' T.Gurbatov 66' Makhnovskyi 72' V.Baybalayev 78' Suma 82' Yunisoğlu 90+3'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

6 December 2015 15	Khazar Lankaran	0 – 1	Gabala	Lankaran
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	I.Säfärzadä 61'	Report	Antonov 20' Jamalov 49' Santos 53'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Omar Paşayev

13 December 2015 16	Gabala	0 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
15:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Dashdemirov 43' Sadiqov 89'	Report	Jairo 22' 45+2' Qurbanov 37' Kurbanov 69' A.Mammadov	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

16 December 2015 17	Zira	1 – 0	Gabala	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	N.Gurbanov 24' K.Bayramov 67'	Report	Jamalov 28'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

19 December 2015 18	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Richard 71' Ismayilov 79'	Report	Zec 4'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

30 January 2016 19	Kapaz	3 – 0	Gabala	Ganja
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ebah 25', 75' S.Aliyev 45+1' Alasgarov 57' B.Nasirov 82'	Report	Zec 78'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

7 February 2016 20	Inter Baku	0 – 1	Gabala	Baku
17:40 AZT (UTC+4)	Meza 55' Nadirov 89'	Report	Sadiqov 9' Zec 18' Santos 44'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

14 February 2016 21	Gabala	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Qabala
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Jamalov 26' Zec 69'	Report	Agayev 68' Guluzade 84' J.Hajiyev 88'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 850 Referee: Ravan Hämzäzadä

21 February 2016 22	Ravan Baku	0 – 1	Gabala	Baku
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Dashdemirov 77'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Ömər Paşayev

27 February 2016 23	Gabala	0 – 0	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gai 52' Jamalov 65' Mammadov 90+4'	Report	I.Gadirzade 68' O.Sadigli 87'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

5 March 2016 24	Neftchi Baku	1 – 2	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Añete 26' A.Mammadov 52' Jairo 80' Qurbanov 80'	Report	Santos 50' 70' Antonov 75' Eyyubov 90'	Stadium: Bakikhanov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Omar Paşayev

13 March 2016 25	Gabala	1 – 2	Zira	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gai 17' Zec 30' Stanković 90+4'	Report	Mbah 24' Bonilla 40', 84' 64' V.Mustafayev 76' A.Naghiyev 90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

19 March 2016 26	Gabala	1 – 2	Qarabağ	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zenjov 17' Zec 21'	Report	Míchel 9' Yunuszade 35' M.Mädätov 72' 87'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

30 March 2016 27	AZAL	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	K.Huseynov 5' Malikov 36' Jafarguliyev 43' T.Hümbatov 54' M.Sattarli 73'	Report	Gai 37' (pen.) Santos 65' Abbasov 67' Eyyubov 82' Zec 84'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

3 April 2016 28	Gabala	0 – 0	Inter Baku	Qabala
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov 54'	Report	Salukvadze 59' Fomenko 90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Rəhim Həsənov

9 April 2016 29	Sumgayit	1 – 1	Gabala	Sumqayit
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Guluzade 9' Fardjad-Azad 85' (pen.)	Report	Gai 33' 65' Stanković 62'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Omar Paşayev

15 April 2016 30	Gabala	2 – 0	Ravan Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ricardinho 68' Jamalov 73' Mammadov 76' 80' Antonov 85' Stanković 88'	Report	Yunisoğlu 54' 61'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

23 April 2016 31	Khazar Lankaran	0 – 1	Gabala	Lankaran
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	M.Qambarli 24' O.Sadigli 88' Mammadov 88'	Report	Gai 9' Vernydub 62' S.Zargarov 66'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

1 May 2016 32	Gabala	2 – 2	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Gai 21' (pen.) Sadiqov 51' Mirzabekov 87' Zec 90'	Report	R.Mammadov 10' Kurbanov 16' Qurbanov 32' E.Abdullayev 64'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

7 May 2016 33	Zira	0 – 3	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Bonilla 72' V.Igbekoi 83'	Report	Vernydub 16' Santos 26' 53' Zec 38' 47', 79' Gai Sadiqov 72' Ricardinho 88'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

11 May 2016 34	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Gabala	Masazir
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Quintana 17', 32'	Report	Abbasov 66' Stanković 76' Zec 90+3'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

15 May 2016 35	Gabala	2 – 0	AZAL	Qabala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov 21' Vernydub 57' Zec 79' K.Huseynov 87' (o.g.) Stanković 90'	Report	Coronado 81' Malikov 83' Guruli 90'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Revan Həmzəzadə

20 May 2016 36	Kapaz	0 – 1	Gabala	Ganja
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	B.Nasirov 17' S.Rahimov 88'	Report	Mammadov 14' S.Zargarov 27' Antonov 39' Gai 76' 90+1' Vernydub 80'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Qarabağ (C)	36	26	6	4	66	21	+45	84	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round^[a]
2	Zira^[b]	36	17	11	8	42	31	+11	62
3	Gabala	36	16	11	9	44	28	+16	59^[c]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Inter Baku^[d]	36	16	11	9	39	28	+11	59^[c]
5	Kapaz	36	15	11	10	48	40	+8	56	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round

Source: PFL, 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.^[47]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Qarabağ qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.
^ Zira would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence as the club has existed professionally for less than three season.^[44]^[45]
^ ^a ^b Gabala ahead of Inter Baku on head-to-head record: Inter Baku–Gabala 2–1, Gabala–Inter Baku 1–1, Inter Baku–Gabala 0–1, Gabala–Inter Baku 0–0.
^ On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Inter Baku will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons (i.e. the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons).^[46]

Azerbaijan Cup

3 December 2015 Second round	Gabala	7 – 0	Mil-Muğan	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Meza 6' S.Zargarov 16' Pereyra 22' G.Aliyev 25' 68' Ricardinho 42' Zec 44' Javadov 58' Mammadov 83'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

2 March 2016 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Zira	1 – 2	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Bonilla 77' V.Mustafayev 84'	Summary	Zenjov 32' Gai 75' Dodô 83'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 630 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

9 March 2016 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Gabala	5 – 1 (7 – 2 agg.)	Zira	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gai 5', 12' Sadiqov 17' Eyyubov 65' Zec 79'	Summary	N.Novruzov 36'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

27 April 2016 Semifinal 1st leg	Neftchi Baku	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Jairo 33' Hajiyev 71' F.Muradbayli 86'	Summary	Gai 5' 74' Abbasov 41' Sadiqov 54' 84'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

4 May 2016 Semifinal 2nd leg	Gabala	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2 – 2 agg.) (3–4 p)	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov 20' Jamalov 44' S.Zargarov 61' Zec 76' 120'	Summary	Qurbanov 59' Ramos 61' Ailton 68'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Fariz Yusifov
	Penalties
	Gai Antonov Zec Vernydub S.Zargarov		Ramos Jairo A.Abdullayev Añete R.Qurbanov

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

2 July 2015 First qualifying round 1st leg	Dinamo Tbilisi	2 – 1	Gabala	Tbilisi, Georgia
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Gvelesiani 51' Jighauri 65' Totadze 79' Iashvili 81' Papunashvili 84'	Report	Florescu 35' Vernydub 69' Huseynov 74'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 7,500^[48] Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

9 July 2015 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Gabala	2 – 0 (3 – 2 agg.)	Dinamo Tbilisi	Qabala, Azerbaijan
22:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Vernydub 37' Florescu 49' Huseynov 54' Zenjov 88' Antonov 90+3'	Report	Totadze 71'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,400^[48] Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)

16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Čukarički	1 – 0	Gabala	Belgrade, Serbia
23:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Stojiljković 53' (pen.) Brežančić 69'	Report	Florescu 21' Santos 25' U.Abbasov 61' Vernydub 74' Huseynov 80'	Stadium: Stadion Čukarički Attendance: 3,550^[49] Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

23 July 2015 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Gabala	2 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Čukarički	Baku², Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Zenjov 39', 53' 81' Santos 67' Gai 90+4'	Report	Piasentin 90+3'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 8,500^[49] Referee: Radek Příhoda (Czech Republic)

30 July 2015 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Apollon Limassol	1 – 1	Gabala	Larnaca³, Cyprus
22:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Kolokoudias 14' Elízio 54' Lopes 69' Freire 90+2'	Report	U.Abbasov 62' Ricardinho 75' Stanković 88' Huseynov 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 4,540^[50] Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

6 August 2015 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Gabala	1 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Apollon Limassol	Baku², Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Huseynov 35' 80' (pen.) U.Abbasov 90+1'	Report	Alexandre 31' Papoulis 34' Jaime 58' Freire 69' Sachetti 79' Vale 80' Guié 90+1'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 9,500^[50] Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

20 August 2015 Playoff round 1st leg	Gabala	0 – 0	Panathinaikos	Baku², Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Santos 49' Antonov 83'	Report	Zeca 31' Wemmer 63'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 10,950^[51] Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

27 August 2015 Playoff round 2nd leg	Panathinaikos	2 – 2 (2 – 2(a) agg.)	Gabala	Athens, Greece
23:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Berg 35' 40' Zeca 52' Nano 73' 78' Tavlaridis 90+1'	Report	Dodô 6', 60' Vernydub 39' Gai 62' Ricardinho 78'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 13,956^[51] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Krasnodar	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10	Advance to knockout phase
3	PAOK	6	1	4	1	3	3	0	7
4	Gabala	6	0	2	4	2	12	−10	2

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 September 2015 1	Gabala	0 – 0	PAOK	Baku⁴, Azerbaijan
22:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Dodô 69' Antonov 90'	Report	Rodrigues 31' Tzavellas 45'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 7,500^[52] Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

2 October 2015 2	Krasnodar	2 – 1	Gabala	Krasnodar, Russia
00:05 AZST (UTC+5)	Wánderson 8' Jędrzejczyk 73' Granqvist 82' Smolov 84' Ahmedov 87'	Report	Pereyra 45' Dodô 51' Stanković 80' Bezotosnyi 81' Sadiqov 88'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 8,901^[53] Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

22 October 2015 3	Gabala	1 – 3	Borussia Dortmund	Baku⁴, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Stanković 68' S.Zargarov 86' Dodô 90+3'	Report	Aubameyang 31', 38', 72' Papastathopoulos 47' Bender 83'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 10,500^[54] Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

5 November 2015 4	Borussia Dortmund	4 – 0	Gabala	Dortmund, Germany
22:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Bender 14' Reus 28' Aubameyang 45' Zenjov 67' (o.g.) Mkhitaryan 70'	Report	Vernydub 8' Meza 71' Jamalov 86' S.Zargarov 90+2'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 57,000^[55] Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

27 November 2015 5	PAOK	0 – 0	Gabala	Thessaloniki, Greece
00:05 AZT (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 6,131^[56] Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

10 December 2015 6	Gabala	0 – 3	Krasnodar	Baku⁴, Azerbaijan
22:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Dodô 24'	Report	Kaboré 9' Sigurðsson 26' Pereyra 40' Wánderson 75'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 3,000^[57] Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 20 May 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AZE	Andrey Popovich	10	0	8	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF	SRB	Vojislav Stanković	39	0	22+2	0	3+1	0	11	0
4	MF	AZE	Elvin Jamalov	37	0	29	0	4+1	0	0+3	0
5	DF	AZE	Pavlo Pashayev	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
6	MF	AZE	Rashad Sadiqov	42	2	23+4	1	3	1	8+4	0
7	FW	BIH	Ermin Zec	36	10	16+7	7	3+1	3	4+5	0
8	MF	AZE	Magomed Mirzabekov	29	0	18+7	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
9	FW	EST	Sergei Zenjov	42	5	22+4	2	2	0	14	3
10	FW	BRA	Dodô	34	7	18+1	2	2	1	8+5	4
11	MF	AZE	Asif Mammadov	26	3	12+7	2	3+1	1	0+3	0
13	DF	AZE	Murad Musayev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	UKR	Vitaliy Vernydub	22	0	11	0	3	0	8	0
18	MF	AZE	Vadim Abdullayev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	UKR	Oleksiy Gai	53	14	34+1	10	4	4	14	0
20	DF	BRA	Ricardinho	32	1	11+5	0	2+1	1	13	0
21	DF	AZE	Arif Dashdemirov	46	1	27+3	1	2	0	10+4	0
22	GK	UKR	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	44	0	28	0	4	0	12	0
25	MF	AZE	Gismat Aliyev	7	0	5+1	0	1	0	0	0
32	FW	AZE	Rashad Eyyubov	21	2	7+10	1	1+3	1	0	0
33	GK	POL	Dawid Pietrzkiewicz	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
34	DF	AZE	Urfan Abbasov	30	0	18+3	0	3	0	6	0
44	DF	BRA	Rafael Santos	33	2	20	2	2+1	0	10	0
66	MF	AZE	Samir Zargarov	38	4	16+10	3	3	1	3+6	0
69	FW	UKR	Oleksiy Antonov	49	8	19+13	7	2+1	0	14	1
77	MF	AZE	Ehtiram Şahverdiyev	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
87	DF	AZE	Ruslan Abışov	19	0	17	0	2	0	0	0
97	FW	AZE	Roman Huseynov	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from Gabala on loan:
Players who appeared for Gabala no longer at the club:
5	MF	ROU	George Florescu	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
14	FW	AZE	Javid Huseynov	6	3	0	0	0	0	6	3
32	FW	ARG	Facundo Pereyra	20	5	7+7	4	1	1	3+2	0
70	FW	AZE	Vagif Javadov	5	1	2+1	0	0+1	1	0+1	0
88	MF	PAR	David Meza	10	1	2+2	0	1	1	5	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF	19	Oleksiy Gai	10	4	0	14
2	FW	7	Ermin Zec	7	3	0	10
3	FW	69	Oleksiy Antonov	7	0	1	8
4	FW	10	Dodô	2	1	4	7
5	FW	32	Facundo Pereyra	4	1	0	5
5	FW	9	Sergei Zenjov	2	0	3	5
7	MF	66	Samir Zargarov	3	1	0	4
8	MF	11	Asif Mammadov	2	1	0	3
8	FW	14	Javid Huseynov	0	0	3	3
10	DF	44	Rafael Santos	2	0	0	2
			Own goal	2	0	0	2
	FW	32	Rashad Eyyubov	1	1	0	2
	MF	6	Rashad Sadiqov	1	1	0	2
14	DF	21	Arif Dashdemirov	1	0	0	1
	MF	88	David Meza	0	1	0	1
	DF	20	Ricardinho	0	1	0	1
	FW	70	Vagif Javadov	0	1	0	1
			TOTALS	44	16	11	71

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League		Total
3		DF	Vojislav Stanković	6	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
4		MF	Elvin Jamalov	8	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
6		MF	Rashad Sadiqov	4	1	2	1	1	0	7	2
7		FW	Ermin Zec	8	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
8		MF	Magomed Mirzabekov	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Sergei Zenjov	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
10		FW	Dodô	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
11		MF	Asif Mammadov	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
15		DF	Vitaliy Vernydub	6	0	0	0	5	0	11	0
19		DF	Oleksiy Gai	5	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
20		DF	Ricardinho	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
21		DF	Arif Dashdemirov	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
22		GK	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
32		FW	Rashad Eyyubov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34		DF	Urfan Abbasov	5	0	0	0	2	1	7	1
44		DF	Rafael Santos	6	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
66		MF	Samir Zargarov	4	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
69		FW	Oleksiy Antonov	5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
87		DF	Ruslan Abışov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Players who left Gabala during the season:
5		MF	George Florescu	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
14		FW	Javid Huseynov	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
32		FW	Facundo Pereyra	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
88		MF	David Meza	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	78	1	8	1	35	1	121	3

Notes

Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.^[58]
Gabala played their second & third qualifying round home matches at the Bakcell Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Qabala, due to a punishment by UEFA.^[59]
Apollon Limassol play their home matches at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, instead of their regular stadium Tsirion Stadium, Limassol.
Gabala played their home matches at Bakcell Arena, Baku instead of their regular stadium, Gabala City Stadium, Qabala.
The match between Gabala and Kapaz on 31 October 2015, was suspended in 29th minute due to server fog. The remainder of the game was played the next day, 1 November 2015, at 20:00.^[60]

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External links

[table_note_res_CL2Q0.73823487839579-44] Qarabağ qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

[table_note_ZIR0.73823487839579-47] Zira would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence as the club has existed professionally for less than three season.^[44]^[45]

[table_hth_INT0.73823487839579-48] Gabala ahead of Inter Baku on head-to-head record: Inter Baku–Gabala 2–1, Gabala–Inter Baku 1–1, Inter Baku–Gabala 0–1, Gabala–Inter Baku 0–0.

[table_note_INT0.73823487839579-50] On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Inter Baku will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons (i.e. the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons).^[46]

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