2016–17 Gabala FC season

Gabala
2016-17 season
Chairman	Tale Heydarov
Manager	Roman Hryhorchuk
Stadium	Gabala City Stadium
Premier League	2nd
Azerbaijan Cup	Runners-up
Europa League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Filip Ozobić (11); All: Filip Ozobić (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015-16 2017-18 →

The 2016–17 season is Gabala FK's 12th season, and their 11th in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top-flight of Azerbaijani football. As well as participating in the Premier League, Gabala will take part in the Azerbaijan Cup and UEFA Europa League.

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
7	MF	GEO	Nika Kvekveskiri (from Inter Baku)^[1]^[2]
10	FW	AZE	Ruslan Qurbanov (from Neftchi Baku)^[3]
14	MF	AZE	Javid Huseynov ^[4]
18	FW	FRA	Bagaliy Dabo (from US Créteil)^[5]
19	MF	CRO	Filip Ozobić (from Slaven Belupo)^[6]
27	MF	LBR	Theo Weeks (loan from Ermis Aradippou)^[7]
30	MF	CRO	Petar Franjić (from RNK Split)^[8]
39	DF	AZE	Sadig Guliyev (loan return from Zira)
88	MF	AZE	Tellur Mutallimov (loan return from Zira)

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	Andrey Popovich ^[9]
5	DF	AZE	Pavlo Pashayev (to Stal)^[10]^[11]
7	FW	BIH	Ermin Zec (to Kardemir Karabükspor)^[12]
10	FW	BRA	Dodô (to Joinville)^[13]
18	MF	AZE	Vadim Abdullayev ^[14]
19	MF	UKR	Oleksiy Gai (to Kuban Krasnodar)^[15]^[16]
21	DF	AZE	Arif Dashdemirov (to Qarabağ)^[17]^[18]
66	MF	AZE	Samir Zargarov (to Inter Baku)^[17]^[19]
69	FW	UKR	Oleksiy Antonov ^[20]
74	DF	AZE	Yusif Nabiyev (loan to Sumgayit)^[21]
87	DF	AZE	Ruslan Abışov (to Inter Baku)^[22]
—	MF	AZE	Tarzin Jahangirov (to Neftchi Baku, previously on loan to Zira)

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	Rasim Ramaldanov (from Kolkheti-1913 Poti)^[23]
31	FW	SUI	Danijel Subotić (from Sheriff Tiraspol)^[24]
77	MF	AZE	Araz Abdullayev (from Neftchi Baku)^[25]

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
30	MF	CRO	Petar Franjić (to NK Domžale)^[26]
39	DF	AZE	Sadig Guliyev (to Zira)^[27]
77	MF	AZE	Ehtiram Shahverdiyev (loan to Sumgayit)^[28]
—	DF	AZE	Bahlul Mustafazade (loan to Sumgayit)^[29]

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
30 May 2017^[30]	DF	Rafael Santos
30 May 2017^[30]	MF	Rashad Sadiqov	Zira	1 June 2017^[31]
30 May 2017^[30]	MF	Nika Kvekveskiri	Tobol
30 May 2017^[30]	FW	Sergei Zenjov	KS Cracovia	27 June 2017^[32]^[33]
30 May 2017^[30]	DF	Magomed Mirzabekov	Neftchi Baku	12 June 2017^[34]
30 May 2017^[30]	FW	Danijel Subotić	Ulsan Hyundai	11 July 2017
30 May 2017^[30]	FW	Rashad Eyyubov	Sumgayit	1 June 2017^[35]

Squad

As of match played 5 May 2017^[36]^[37]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	GK	(1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 33)	Chornomorets Odesa	2015	2017^[38]	107	0
30	Suleyman Suleymanov	GK	(1997-03-20)20 March 1997 (aged 20)	Trainee	2015		0	0
33	Dawid Pietrzkiewicz	GK	(1988-02-09)9 February 1988 (aged 29)		2015		14	0
35	Murad Popov	GK	(1999-03-05)5 March 1999 (aged 18)	Trainee	2016		0	0
Defenders
2	Sahil Mirzayev	DF	(1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 20)	Trainee	2015		0	0
3	Vojislav Stanković	DF	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 29)	Inter Baku	2017		81	2
5	Rasim Ramaldanov	DF	(1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 31)	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	2017	2017^[23]	7	0
13	Murad Musayev	DF	(1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 22)	Trainee	2012		9	0
15	Vitaliy Vernydub	DF	(1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 29)	Zorya Luhansk	2015	2016^[39]	53	3
17	Magomed Mirzabekov	DF	(1990-11-16)16 November 1990 (aged 26)	Inter Baku	2015		62	0
20	Ricardinho	DF	(1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 32)	Malmö	2015		69	3
34	Urfan Abbasov	DF	(1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 24)	Qarabağ	2011		157	2
44	Rafael Santos	DF	(1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 32)	Arsenal Kyiv	2014^[40]	2017^[41]	104	2
74	Yusif Nabiyev	DF	(1997-09-03)3 September 1997 (aged 19)	Trainee	2015		0	0
Midfielders
4	Elvin Jamalov	MF	(1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 22)	Trainee	2013		93	0
6	Rashad Sadiqov	MF	(1983-10-08)8 October 1983 (aged 33)	Khazar Lankaran	2015		91	2
7	Nika Kvekveskiri	MF	(1992-05-29)29 May 1992 (aged 24)	Inter Baku	2016		29	1
8	Gismat Aliyev	MF	(1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 20)	Trainee	2014		14	0
11	Asif Mammadov	MF	(1986-08-05)5 August 1986 (aged 30)	Inter Baku	2015	2016^[42]	62	6
14	Javid Huseynov	MF	(1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 29)	FK Baku	2016	2017^[4]	61	15
16	Emin Zamanov	MF	(1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 19)	Trainee	2015		0	0
19	Filip Ozobić	MF	(1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 26)	Slaven Belupo	2016	2018^[6]	45	15
26	Ülvi İbazadə	MF	(1996-08-26)26 August 1996 (aged 20)	Trainee	2016		1	0
27	Theo Weeks	MF	(1990-01-19)19 January 1990 (aged 27)	Loan from Ermis Aradippou	2016	2017^[7]	33	7
29	Hajiaga Hajiyev	MF	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 19)	Trainee	2016		0	0
70	Farid Nabiyev	MF	(1999-07-22)22 July 1999 (aged 17)	Trainee	2015		2	0
77	Araz Abdullayev	MF	(1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 25)	Neftchi Baku	2016	2018^[25]	11	0
88	Tellur Mutallimov	MF	(1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 22)	Trainee	2014		22	4
Forwards
9	Sergei Zenjov	ST	(1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 28)	Torpedo Moscow	2015	2017^[43]	80	14
10	Ruslan Qurbanov	ST	(1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 25)	Neftchi Baku	2016	2018^[3]	30	7
18	Bagaliy Dabo	ST	(1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 28)	US Créteil	2016	2018^[5]	29	11
21	Roman Huseynov	ST	(1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 19)	Trainee	2015		14	1
31	Danijel Subotić	ST	(1989-01-31)31 January 1989 (aged 28)	Sheriff Tiraspol	2017	2017^[24]	48	19
32	Rashad Eyyubov	ST	(1995-12-03)3 December 1995 (aged 21)	Kapaz	2016		41	5
90	Ramil Hasanov	ST	(1996-02-15)15 February 1996 (aged 21)	Tavriya	2015		2	0
Left during the season
30	Petar Franjić	MF	(1991-08-21)21 August 1991 (aged 25)	RNK Split	2016	2018 ^[8]	9	0
39	Sadig Guliyev	DF	(1995-03-09)9 March 1995 (aged 22)	Trainee	2012		18	0

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	Bahlul Mustafazade (at Sumgayit)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AZE	Ehtiram Shahverdiyev (at Sumgayit)

Friendlies

18 June 2016	Dila Gori	0 – 2	Gabala	Gori, Georgia
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Eyyubov 60' R.Hasanov 63'	Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium

22 June 2016	Sioni Bolnisi	0 – 4	Gabala	Bolnisi, Georgia
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Ozobić 6' Weeks 15' Sadiqov 65' (pen.) E.Shahverdiyev 74'	Stadium: Tamaz Stepania Stadium

26 June 2016	Sioni Bolnisi	1 – 1	Gabala	Bolnisi, Georgia
AZT (UTC+4)	35'	Report	Kvekveskiri 20'	Stadium: Tamaz Stepania Stadium

4 September 2016	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	0 – 2	Gabala	Ukraine
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Dabo 79' Eyyubov 90'

13 January 2017	Partizani Tirana	2 – 1	Gabala	Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Ekuban 45' Jamalov 84' (o.g.)	Report	Kvekveskiri 43'

18 January 2017	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0 – 1	Gabala	Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Ozobić 30'

19 January 2017	Ordabasy	0 – 0	Gabala	Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)		Report

24 January 2017	Shkëndija	1 – 2	Gabala	Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Čolak 89'	Report	Ozobić 38' Abdullayev 77'

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
28	14	10	4	47	18	+29	52	11	3	0	26	4	+22	3	7	4	21	14	+7

Last updated: 29 April 2017.
Source: See Results

Results

8 August 2016 1	Gabala	2 – 0	Kapaz	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Abbasov 48' Mutallimov 52' 58' Jamalov 58' Dabo 79'	Report	Ebah 29'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

12 August 2016 2	Gabala	0 – 0	Inter Baku	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Santos 6' Abbasov 31' Weeks 86' Zenjov 90'	Report	F.Bayramov 21' Qirtimov 50' S.Zargarov 84' Khizanishvili 86'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

21 August 2016 3	Gabala	–	Sumgayit	Qabala
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)		[ Report]		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

10 September 2016 4	Neftchi Baku	0 – 8	Gabala	Masazır
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Abdullayev 75'	Report	Dabo 6', 16', 59' Vernydub 10' Ozobić 29' Qurbanov 45+1', 83' Jairo 70' (o.g.)	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

19 September 2016 5	Gabala	3 – 0	AZAL	Qabala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 31' Qurbanov 56' R.Huseynov 65'	Report	T.Hümbatov 41' Amirjanov 54' I.Alakbarov 79' G.Magomedov 90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

22 September 2016 3	Gabala	2 – 0	Sumgayit	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Dabo 85', 90' Ozobić 90' Santos 90+2'	Report	Y.Nabiyev 70'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

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

2 October 2016 7	Gabala	2 – 0	Qarabağ	Qabala
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 11' Dabo 14' Stanković 33' Jamalov 75' Abbasov 76'	Report	Ndlovu 33' Richard 77'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

15 October 2016 8	Inter Baku	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ramazanov 48' Abışov 50' Hajiyev 60' Qirtimov 61' F.Bayramov 78'	Report	Ozobić 28' Zenjov 69'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

25 October 2016 9	Sumgayit	2 – 2	Gabala	Sumqayit
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	B.Hasanalizade 34' Malikov 40' Y.Nabiyev 47' Yunanov 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Stanković 58' Eyyubov 64' Qurbanov 68' Ozobić 73' S.Guliyev 81' 90+3' Santos 83' Mammadov 90+4'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

29 October 2016 10	Gabala	4 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zenjov 11', 59' Mammadov 34' 62' Eyyubov 77' Vernydub 90+1'	Report	A.Abdullayev 49' 74' Castillo 53'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

6 November 2016 11	AZAL	0 – 0	Gabala	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	K.Mirzayev 11' Kvirtia 84' R.Nasirli 85' A.Mammadov 90' Coronado 90+5'	Report	Qurbanov 52' Jamalov 54'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

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

29 November 2016 13	Qarabağ	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Medvedev 74' Richard 87' (pen.) 90+4' 90+4' Quintana 90+2' Ndlovu 90+4' Šehić 90+4'	Report	Ozobić 64' Qurbanov 72' Ricardinho 90' Abbasov 90+2'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

17 December 2016 14	Gabala	2 – 1	Kapaz	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 23' (pen.) Santos 51' Stanković 75' Qurbanov 83' (pen.)	Report	Renan 22' 82' T.Akhundov 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

28 January 2017 15	Gabala	1 – 1	Sumgayit	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Qurbanov 51' Mutallimov 54' Vernydub 58' Abbasov 88'	Report	A.Salahli 13' Gystarov 31' N.Mukhtarov 51' Kurbanov 53' Hüseynov 81'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

3 February 2017 16	Gabala	1 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Stanković 39' Sadiqov 47' Abdullayev 57' Subotić 77' 89'	Report	Abışov 76'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

8 February 2017 17	Gabala	2 – 0	AZAL	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Sadiqov 72' Stanković 74' Ozobić 64' (pen.), 90+3' 79' Kvekveskiri 79'	Report	Roberts 3' 63' E.Suleymanov 44' Jafarguliyev 45' A.Mammadov 75' S.Mammadov 84'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

12 February 2017 18	Zira	2 – 2	Gabala	Zirə
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	V.Igbekoyi 53' 72' T.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

19 February 2017 19	Gabala	2 – 0	Qarabağ	Qabala
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Zenjov 30' Kvekveskiri 58' Ozobić 68'	Report	Míchel 36'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

28 February 2017 20	Kapaz	1 – 1	Gabala	Ganja
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	S.Rahimov 36' N.Gurbanov 38' Dário 85' D.Karimi 90'	Report	Kvekveskiri 38' Renan 54' (o.g.) Huseynov 64'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

4 March 2017 21	Inter Baku	0 – 2	Gabala	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Qirtimov 14' Guliyev 51' Fardjad-Azad 83'	Report	Ramaldanov 12' Weeks 60' Mutallimov 71' Subotić 82'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

14 March 2017 22	Neftchi Baku	1 – 0	Gabala	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Alasgarov 40' Petrov 67' Bajković 89'	Report	Subotić 47'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Elvin Əsgərov

19 March 2017 23	AZAL	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
15:30 AZT (UTC+4)	T.Hümbatov 42' Kvirtia 81' 90' Tounkara 88'	Report	Weeks 16' Mutallimov 52' Kvekveskiri 90+2'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Omar Paşayev

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

9 April 2017 25	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Gabala	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Agolli 53'	Report	Abbasov 90' Mutallimov 90+3'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

16 April 2017 26	Kapaz	2 – 0	Gabala	Ganja
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Dário 21' 90+3' Ebah 70' V.Beybalayev 80'	Report	Ricardinho 41' Ramaldanov 77'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Omar Pashayev

24 April 2017 27	Gabala	4 – 3	Inter Baku	Qabala
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Ricardinho 14' Zenjov 26' Scarlatache 33' (o.g.) Subotić 67' Sadiqov 70' Mutallimov 90+1'	Report	Aliyev 3', 78' E.Abdullayev 72'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

29 April 2017 28	Sumgayit	2 – 1	Gabala	Sumqayit
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Yunanov 27' 38' M.Abbasov 29' 88' Malikov 78'	Report	Mammadov 40' G.Aliyev 90'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Qarabağ (C)	28	19	5	4	46	14	+32	62	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round^[a]
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	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Kapaz	28	9	9	10	24	27	−3	36

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.^[44]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Qarabağ qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 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.

Azerbaijan Cup

3 December 2016 Second Round	Gabala	2 – 2 (4–1 p)	Zagatala	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Stanković 12' Eyyubov 45+2' (pen.) Kvekveskiri 60' Jamalov 70' Huseynov 71' Santos 114' Qurbanov 120'	Report	S.Abdullayev 32' O.Balash 65' 109' A.Agajanov 111'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rauf Cabbarov
	Penalties
	Ozobić Stanković Eyyubov Qurbanov		O.Balash V.Abdullayev R.Tagizade

13 December 2016 Quarterfinal First Leg	Gabala	2 – 1	AZAL	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 61' Qurbanov 74' 90+1'	Report	Mirzaga Huseynpur 37' Amirjanov 76'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

21 December 2016 Quarterfinal Second Leg	AZAL	0 – 1 (1 – 3 agg.)	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	D.Janelidze 32' K.Hüseynov 51' K.Mirzayev 68' E.Huseynov 87'	Report	Stanković 24' Mammadov 53'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 250 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

30 March 2017 Semifinal First Leg	Inter Baku	1 – 3	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	E.Abdullayev 13' Scarlatache 18' M.Guliyev 34' O.Sadigli 87'	Report	Subotić 14' (pen.), 47' Ozobić 88' (pen.) Santos 90+3'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Elvin Asgərov

5 April 2017 Semifinal Second Leg	Gabala	2 – 0 (5 – 1 agg.)	Inter Baku	Qabala
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Subotić 12' Dabo 33'	Report	E.Abdullayev 54'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Omar Pashayev

Final

5 May 2017	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Gabala	Nakhchivan
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Madatov 28' 52' Abbasov 68' (o.g.)	Report	Stanković 79'	Stadium: Nakhchivan City Stadium Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

30 June 2016 First qualifying round 1st leg	Gabala	5 – 1	Samtredia	Baku,^[A] Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Stanković 16' Zenjov 19' 65' Weeks 30', 69', 72' 69'	Report	T.Markozashvili 44' L.Shergelashvili 59' D.Jikia 63'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 5,850^[45] Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)

7 July 2016 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Samtredia	2 – 1 (3 – 6 agg.)	Gabala	Zestaponi,^[B], Georgia
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zivzivadze 14' (pen.) Mchedlishvili 30' Shergelashvili 90+2' Mandzhgaladze 90+3'	Report	Vernydub 25' Weeks 42' Mutallimov 81'	Stadium: David Abashidze Stadium Attendance: 847^[45] Referee: Georgios Kyzas (Greece)

14 July 2016 Second qualifying round 1st leg	MTK Budapest	1 – 2	Gabala	Győr^[C], Hungary
22:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Gera 26' Bese 40' Torghelle 70'	Report	Kvekveskiri 25' Stanković 49' Ozobić 63'	Stadium: Ménfői út, Attendance: 501^[46] Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden)

21 July 2016 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Gabala	2 – 0 (4 – 1 agg.)	MTK Budapest	Baku,^[A] Azerbaijan
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zenjov 7' Stanković 15' Weeks 37'	Report	Baki 36' Grgić 85'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 5,550^[46] Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)

28 July 2016 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Lille	1 – 1	Gabala	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Corchia 43' Mendes 47'	Report	Vernydub 13' Ozobić 42' Kvekveskiri 44'	Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole^[D] Attendance: 8,265^[47] Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

4 August 2016 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Gabala	1 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Lille	Baku,^[A] Azerbaijan
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 34' Kvekveskiri 44' Mammadov 90+4'	Report	Amalfitano 26' Sankharé 88'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 10,550^[47] Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

18 August 2016 Playoff round 1st leg	Gabala	3 – 1	NK Maribor	Baku,^[A] Azerbaijan
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zenjov 38' Dabo 51', 52'	Report	Tavares 18' Šuler 30' Vrhovec 59'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 4,723^[48] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

25 August 2016 Playoff round 2nd leg	NK Maribor	1 – 0 (2 – 3 agg.)	Gabala	Maribor, Slovenia
22:15 AZT (UTC+4)	Janža 49' Pihler 60' Šme 65' Tavares 66' Kabha 7'	Report	Vernydub 37' Weeks 70' Mammadov 88' Ozobić 89'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 9,000^[48] Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SET	AND	MNZ	QAB
1	Saint-Étienne	6	3	3	0	8	5	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	0–0	1–0
2	Anderlecht	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	11	Advance to knockout phase	2–3	—	6–1	3–1
3	Mainz 05	6	2	3	1	8	10	−2	9		1–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Gabala	6	0	0	6	5	14	−9	0		1–2	1–3	2–3	—

Source: UEFA

15 September 2016 1	Anderlecht	3 – 1	Gabala	Anderlecht, Belgium
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Teodorczyk 14' Rafael 41' (o.g.) Spajić 56' Capel 77'	Report	Dabo 20' Ricardinho 81' Mammadov 84'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 11,638^[49] Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

29 September 2016 2	Gabala	2 – 3	Mainz 05	Baku^[A], Azerbaijan
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 47' Qurbanov 57' (pen.) Zenjov 62' 69' Vernydub 78' Stanković 90'	Report	Hack 14' Muto 41' Lössl 56' Córdoba 68' Öztunalı 78' 87'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

20 October 2016 3	Saint-Étienne	1 – 0	Gabala	Saint-Étienne, France
23:05 AZT (UTC+4)	Théophile-Catherine 51' Ricardinho 70' (o.g.) M'Bengue 82'	Report	Vernydub 58'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 22,855^[50] Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

3 November 2016 4	Gabala	1 – 2	Saint-Étienne	Baku^[A], Azerbaijan
22:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Qurbanov 33' 39' Mirzabekov 90+3'	Report	Pogba 28' Tannane 45+1' Berić 53'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 5,600^[51] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

24 November 2016 5	Gabala	1 – 3	Anderlecht	Baku^[A], Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ricardinho 15' (pen.) Eyyubov 63' 88'	Report	Tielemans 11' Adjei 28' Dendoncker 42' Boeckx 72' Bruno 90' Teodorczyk 90+4'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 4,500^[52] Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)

8 December 2016 6	Mainz 05	2 – 0	Gabala	Mainz, Germany
22:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hack 30' De Blasis 40' Bussmann 66' Jairo 76'	Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Referee: Simon Evans (Wales)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 5 May 2017

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
3	DF	SRB	Vojislav Stanković	41	2	22	0	6	1	13	1
4	MF	AZE	Elvin Jamalov	21	0	12+2	0	1+1	0	0+5	0
5	DF	AZE	Rasim Ramaldanov	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF	AZE	Rashad Sadiqov	35	0	17+4	0	4	0	10	0
7	MF	GEO	Nika Kvekveskiri	29	1	13+1	0	3+1	0	10+1	1
8	MF	AZE	Gismat Aliyev	6	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
9	FW	EST	Sergei Zenjov	39	10	14+8	6	3+1	0	13	4
10	FW	AZE	Ruslan Qurbanov	30	7	14+7	4	3	1	4+2	2
11	MF	AZE	Asif Mammadov	36	3	17+3	2	4	1	3+9	0
13	DF	AZE	Murad Musayev	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	AZE	Javid Huseynov	21	0	10+6	0	2+3	0	0	0
15	DF	UKR	Vitaliy Vernydub	31	3	14	2	2+1	0	14	1
17	DF	AZE	Magomed Mirzabekov	33	0	14+7	0	0+2	0	10	0
18	FW	FRA	Bagaliy Dabo	29	11	10+6	7	1+1	1	11	3
19	MF	CRO	Filip Ozobić	45	15	26+1	11	3+1	2	14	2
20	DF	BRA	Ricardinho	25	2	10	1	1	0	14	1
21	FW	AZE	Roman Huseynov	10	1	2+4	1	1+2	0	0+1	0
22	GK	UKR	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	46	0	27	0	5	0	14	0
26	MF	AZE	Ülvi İbazadə	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	LBR	Theo Weeks	33	7	11+5	2	5	0	12	5
31	FW	SUI	Danijel Subotić	13	6	7+4	3	2	3	0	0
32	FW	AZE	Rashad Eyyubov	19	3	6+1	2	3+1	1	2+6	0
33	GK	POL	Dawid Pietrzkiewicz	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF	AZE	Urfan Abbasov	31	0	18+2	0	5+1	0	5	0
44	DF	BRA	Rafael Santos	20	0	8+1	0	3	0	5+3	0
70	MF	AZE	Farid Nabiyev	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
77	MF	AZE	Araz Abdullayev	11	0	7+2	0	1+1	0	0	0
88	MF	AZE	Tellur Mutallimov	22	4	14+3	4	3	0	0+2	0
90	FW	UKR	Ramil Hasanov	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from Gabala on loan:
Players who left Gabala during the season:
30	MF	CRO	Petar Franjić	9	0	2+2	0	1	0	0+4	0
39	DF	AZE	Sadig Guliyev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF	19	Filip Ozobić	11	2	2	15
2	FW	18	Bagaliy Dabo	7	1	3	11
3	FW	9	Sergei Zenjov	6	0	4	10
4	FW	10	Ruslan Qurbanov	4	1	2	7
4	MF	27	Theo Weeks	2	0	5	7
6	FW	31	Danijel Subotić	3	3	0	6
7	MF	88	Tellur Mutallimov	4	0	0	4
8	FW	32	Rashad Eyyubov	2	1	0	3
	MF	11	Asif Mammadov	2	1	0	3
	DF	15	Vitaliy Vernydub	2	0	1	3
			Own goal	3	0	0	3
12	DF	3	Vojislav Stanković	0	1	1	2
12	DF	20	Ricardinho	1	0	1	2
13	FW	21	Roman Huseynov	1	0	0	1
13	MF	7	Nika Kvekveskiri	0	0	1	1
			TOTALS	48	10	20	78

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League		Total
3		DF	Vojislav Stanković	6	0	2	0	3	0	11	0
4		MF	Elvin Jamalov	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Rasim Ramaldanov	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
6		MF	Rashad Sadiqov	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7		MF	Nika Kvekveskiri	3	1	1	0	2	0	6	1
8		MF	Gismat Aliyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Sergei Zenjov	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
10		FW	Ruslan Qurbanov	4	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
11		MF	Asif Mammadov	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0
14		MF	Javid Huseynov	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Vitaliy Vernydub	1	0	0	0	4	0	5	0
17		DF	Magomed Mirzabekov	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
19		MF	Filip Ozobić	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0
20		DF	Ricardinho	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
27		MF	Theo Weeks	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	1
31		FW	Danijel Subotić	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
32		FW	Rashad Eyyubov	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1
34		DF	Urfan Abbasov	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
39		DF	Sadig Guliyev	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
44		DF	Rafael Santos	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
77		MF	Araz Abdullayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
88		MF	Tellur Mutallimov	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Players who left Gabala during the season:
30		MF	Petar Franjić	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
			TOTALS	61	3	9	0	24	2	94	5

Notes

^ ^{a b c d e f}
Gabala will play their home matches at Bakcell Arena, Baku instead of their regular stadium, City Stadium, Qabala.
^
Samtredia will play their home match at David Abashidze Stadium, Zestaponi, instead of their regular stadium Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia.
^
MTK Budapest play their home matches at Ménfői út, Győr, instead of their temporary stadium Stadion Rudolf Illovszky, Budapest.
^
Lille will play their home match at Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, instead of their regular stadium Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq.^[53]

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External links

[table_note_res_CL2Q0.46490582985101-44] Qarabağ qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 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.

[cnote_A] ^{a b c d e f}
Gabala will play their home matches at Bakcell Arena, Baku instead of their regular stadium, City Stadium, Qabala.

[cnote_B] 
Samtredia will play their home match at David Abashidze Stadium, Zestaponi, instead of their regular stadium Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia.

[cnote_C] 
MTK Budapest play their home matches at Ménfői út, Győr, instead of their temporary stadium Stadion Rudolf Illovszky, Budapest.

[cnote_D] 
Lille will play their home match at Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, instead of their regular stadium Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq.^[53]

[Kvekveskiri_Joins_Gabala-1] "Квеквескири выбрал Габалу". azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azeri Football. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

[2] "Gabala wins Dila by 2 goals". gabalafc.az. Gabala FK. 18 June 2016.

[Qurbanov_Joins_Gabala-3] "Qəbələ Ruslan Qurbanovu rənglərinə bağladı". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[Huseynov_Rejoins-4] "Cavid Hüseynov mövsümün sonunadək Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[Gabala_Sign_Dabo-5] "Qəbələ də fransalı hücumçu". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[Gabala_Sign_Ozobić-6] "Filip Ozobiç Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[Gabala_Sign_Weeks-7] "Liberiya yığmasının futbolçusu Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

[Franjić_Joins_Gabala-8] "Qəbələ də xorvatiyalı yarımmüdafiəçi". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[9] "Popovich quit Gabala". gabalafc.az. Gabala FK. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[10] "Павел Пашаев уходит от Григорчука в Сумгаит". azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azeri Football. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

[11] "Павел Пашаев стал игроком Стали". fcstal.com (in Russian). FC Stal. 25 June 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016.

[12] "Zec leaving Gabala". gabalafc.az. Gabala FK. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[13] "JEC apresenta reforço ao plantel". jec.com.br (in Portuguese). Joinville Esporte Clube. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-06-17.

[14] ""Qəbələ" daha bir futbolçu ilə yollarını ayırdı". newsport.az (in Azerbaijani). Newsport. 10 June 2016.

[15] "Гай отказался продлевать контракт с Габалой". azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azeri Football. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

[16] "АЛЕКСЕЙ ГАЙ СТАЛ ИГРОКОМ КУБАНИ". fckuban.ru (in Russian). Kuban Krasnodar. 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

[Dashdemirov_&_Zargarov_Leave-17] "Qəbələ Daşdəmirov və Zərgərovla yollarını ayırdı". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[18] "Дашдамиров официально в Карабахе". azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azeri Football. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

[19] "Statement of PSC Inter". inter.az. Inter Baku. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[20] "Qəbələ Aleksey Antonovla yollarını ayırdı". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[21] "Yusif Nəbiyev "Sumqayıt" FK-da çıxış edəcək". sumqayitpfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sumgayit FK. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

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[Rasim_Ramaldanov-23] "Rasim Ramaldanov Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[Danijel_Subotić-24] "Daniel Subotiç yenidən Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[Araz_Abdullayev-25] "Gabala signed Araz Abdullayev from national senior team". gabalafc.az. Gabala FC. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

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[Sadig_Guliyev-27] "Sadiq Quliyev yenidən "Zirə"də". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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