2014–15 Gabala FC season

The 2014–15 season was Gabala's tenth season overall and ninth competing in the Azerbaijan Premier League.

Gabala

2014-15 season
Chairman	Tale Heydərov
Manager	Dorinel Munteanu (14 June - 8 December 2014) Sanan Gurbanov(caretaker) 8-21 December 2014 Roman Hryhorchuk 21 December 2014-
Stadium	Gabala City Stadium
Premier League	3rd
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarter-final (vs. Simurq)
Europa League	First round (vs. Široki Brijeg)
Top goalscorer	League: Javid Huseynov (11) All: Javid Huseynov (11)
Highest home attendance	4,200 (vs. Široki Brijeg, 3 July 2014)
Lowest home attendance	300 (vs. Sumgayit, 8 March 2015)
Average home league attendance	1,680 29 May 2015
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Following the 2013–14 Azerbaijan Cup final, Yuri Semin left the club.[1] On 14 June 2014, Gabala announced Dorinel Munteanu as their new manager, on a one-year contract.[2] On 8 December 2014, Munteanu was relieved of his duties as manager, following four wins in sixteen matches.[3] Sanan Gurbanov was put in temporary charge following the departure of Munteanu,[4] with Roman Hryhorchuk being announced as the club's new permanent manager following the club's 1–1 draw with Inter Baku on 21 December 2014.[5]

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 DF  AZE Ruslan Amirjanov (from Inter Baku)[6] 8 MF  BRA Marquinhos (from Oțelul Galați)[7] 11 FW  ROU Andrei Cristea (from FC Brașov)[8] 12 DF  ROU Alexandru Benga (from Botev Plovdiv)[9] 14 FW  AZE Javid Huseynov (from FK Baku)[10] 15 DF  AZE Ruslan Abışov (loan from Rubin Kazan)[11] 21 FW  POR Yazalde (loan from S.C. Braga)[12][9] 25 MF  ROU Adrian Ropotan (from Volga Nizhny Novgorod)[8] 26 DF  SVK Pavol Farkaš (from Chievo Verona)[13] 27 FW  AZE Bakhtiyar Soltanov (from Araz-Naxçıvan)[14] 90 FW  NGA Ekigho Ehiosun (loan from Gençlerbirliği)[15]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  AZE Rail Malikov (to Denizlispor)[16][17] 3 DF  SRB Nikola Valentić (to Jagodina)[18] 4 MF  AZE Amit Guluzade (to Atlético CP)[19] 7 MF  RUS Marat Izmailov (loan return to Porto) 8 MF  AZE Nizami Hajiyev (to Inter Baku)[20] 13 MF  AZE Seymur Asadov (loan to AZAL) 14 MF  NED Lorenzo Ebecilio (loan to Mordovia Saransk, from Metalurh Donetsk)[21] 15 DF  GUI Oumar Kalabane 17 MF  AZE Nuran Gurbanov (to Baku)[22] 18 MF  SEN Ibrahima Niasse (to Mordovia Saransk)[23] 19 FW  NGA Abdulwaheed Afolabi (to Saxan Gagauz Yeri) 21 MF  AZE Elmar Bakhshiev (Retired)[24] 22 MF  BRA Lourival Assis (to Bragantino) 25 GK  BRA Diego (to Moreirense) 27 GK  POL Dawid Pietrzkiewicz 31 FW   SUI Danijel Subotić (to Qadsia)[25] 36 DF  AZE Elnur Allahverdiyev (to Neftchi Baku)[26] 42 MF  BRA Leonardo (to Anzhi Makhachkala)[27] 46 DF  TJK Davron Ergashev (to Zhetysu)[28] — DF  ROU Cristian Pulhac (to Zawisza Bydgoszcz)[29][30] — MF  AZE Tarzin Jahangirov (loan return from Sumgayit)[31] — FW  AZE Amil Yunanov (to Ravan Baku)

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 6 MF  AZE Rashad Sadiqov (from Khazar Lankaran)[32][33] 15 DF  AZE Ruslan Abışov (from Rubin Kazan)[34] 18 FW  UKR Ruslan Fomin (from Chornomorets Odesa)[35] 19 MF  UKR Oleksiy Gai (from Chornomorets Odesa)[33] 20 DF  BRA Ricardinho (from Malmö)[36] 22 GK  UKR Dmytro Bezotosnyi (from Chornomorets Odesa)[37] 32 MF  BLR Mikhail Sivakow (from Chornomorets Odesa)[38] — DF  ZIM Dennis Dauda (Trial)[39] — FW  CIV Senin Sebai (Trial) — FW  MLI Ulysse Diallo (Trial)[40][41]

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 Kamran Aghayev (to Kayserispor)[42] 6 DF  AZE Volodimir Levin 8 MF  BRA Marquinhos [43] 11 FW  ROU Andrei Cristea (to Salernitana)[44][45] 21 FW  POR Yazalde (loan return to S.C. Braga)[46][44]

Squad

As of match played 28 May 2015[47][48]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	Dmytro Bezotosnyi		GK	15 November 1983 (aged 31)	Chornomorets Odesa	2015	2015[37]	17	0
30	Anar Nazirov		GK	8 September 1985 (aged 29)	Sumgayit	2014	2016[49]	27	0
55	Javidan Huseynzadeh		GK	7 March 1991 (aged 24)	Trainee	2013		1	0
Defenders
3	Shirmahammad Mammadov		DF	3 March 1995 (aged 20)	Trainee	2014		0	0
5	Sadig Guliyev		DF	9 March 1995 (aged 20)	Trainee	2012		17	0
7	Ruslan Amirjanov		DF	1 February 1985 (aged 30)	Inter Baku	2014	2015[6]	9	0
12	Alexandru Benga		DF	15 June 1989 (aged 25)	Botev Plovdiv	2014	2015[9]	7	0
13	Murad Musaev		DF	13 June 1994 (aged 20)	Trainee	2012		4	0
15	Ruslan Abışov		DF	10 October 1987 (aged 27)	Rubin Kazan	2015	2015[34]	32	4
20	Ricardinho		DF	9 September 1984 (aged 30)	Malmö	2015	2015[36]	11	0
26	Pavol Farkaš		DF	27 March 1985 (aged 30)	Chievo Verona	2014	2015[13]	14	2
28	İbrahim Aslanli		DF	1 December 1996 (aged 18)	Trainee	2014		0	0
34	Urfan Abbasov		DF	14 October 1992 (aged 22)	Qarabağ	2011		97	2
44	Rafael Santos		DF	10 November 1984 (aged 30)	Arsenal Kyiv	2014	2016[50]	51	0
Midfielders
4	Elvin Jamalov		MF	4 February 1995 (aged 20)	Trainee	2013		36	0
6	Rashad Sadiqov		MF	8 October 1983 (aged 31)	Khazar Lankaran	2015	2015[32]	14	0
16	Ruslan Tagizade		MF	9 December 1993 (aged 21)	AZAL	2014	2016[51]	38	0
17	Qismät Aliyev		MF	24 October 1996 (aged 18)	Trainee			1	0
19	Oleksiy Gai		MF	6 November 1982 (aged 32)	Chornomorets Odesa	2015	2016[33]	18	4
20	Rashid Amiraslanov		MF	4 May 1992 (aged 23)	Trainee	2012		1	0
25	Adrian Ropotan		MF	8 May 1986 (aged 29)	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	2014	2015[8]	17	0
32	Mikhail Sivakow		MF	16 January 1988 (aged 27)	Chornomorets Odesa	2015	2015[38]	13	0
37	Kamal Mirzayev		MF	14 September 1994 (aged 20)	Trainee	2012		5	0
88	Mushfig Teymurov		MF	15 January 1993 (aged 22)	Trainee	2009		21	1
Forwards
9	Victor Mendy		ST	22 December 1981 (aged 33)	Bucaspor	2011	2015	127	33
10	Dodô		ST	16 October 1987 (aged 27)	Lokomotiva	2011	2016[52]	127	23
14	Javid Huseynov		ST	9 March 1988 (aged 27)	FK Baku	2014	2015	34	12
18	Ruslan Fomin		ST	2 March 1986 (aged 29)	Chornomorets Odesa	2015	2015[35]	17	0
27	Bakhtiyar Soltanov		ST	21 June 1989 (aged 25)	from Araz-Naxçıvan	2014	2016[14]	24	4
90	Ekigho Ehiosun		ST	25 June 1990 (aged 24)	loan from Gençlerbirliği	2014	2015[15]	32	6
99	Tellur Mutallimov		ST	8 April 1995 (aged 20)	Trainee	2014		0	0
Left during the season
1	Kamran Aghayev		GK	9 February 1986	Baku	2014	2015[53]	37	0
6	Volodimir Levin[54]		DF	23 January 1984	Inter Baku	2013	2015[55]	31	2
8	Marquinhos		MF	28 May 1992	Oțelul Galați	2014	2016[7]	13	1
11	Andrei Cristea		ST	15 May 1984	FC Brașov	2014	2015[8]	10	0
21	Yazalde		ST	21 September 1988	loan from S.C. Braga	2014	2015[12][9]	14	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 13 MF  AZE Seymur Asadov (at AZAL)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AZE Tarzin Jahangirov (at Sumgayit)

Friendlies

15 June 2014	Stoynitsa	0 – 1	Gabala	Slovenia
AZST (UTC+5)		Report	Hajiyev  76'

18 June 2014	Koper	1 – 0	Gabala	Koper, Slovenia
AZST (UTC+5)		Report		Stadium: Bonifika Stadium

26 June 2014	Maribor	0 – 1	Gabala	Maribor, Slovenia
AZST (UTC+5)		Report	Rafael Santos  14'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt

17 July 2014	AFC Arnhem	0 – 4	Gabala	Netherlands
AZST (UTC+5)			Cristea M.Musaev Hajiyev

20 July 2014	AZ	2 – 0	Gabala	Netherlands
AZST (UTC+5)	Tanković  37', 73'	Report

23 July 2014	Konyaspor	0 – 2	Gabala	Netherlands
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Farkaš  63' Yazalde  78'

26 July 2014	Heerenven	3 – 0	Gabala	Netherlands
AZST (UTC+5)	van den Berg  47'	Report

2 August 2014	Qaradağ	1 – 2	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Report	Huseynov Hajiyev

10 January 2015	Jong PSV	0 – 0	Gabala	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)		Report

14 January 2014	Eskişehirspor	3 – 1	Gabala	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Bayramoğlu  10' Yıldırım  45' Aydın  78'	Report	Marquinhos  87'

17 January 2014	Vorskla Poltava	1 – 2	Gabala	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Sichkaruk  40'	Report	Fomin  47' Huseynov  86'

17 January 2014	Adanaspor	3 – 2	Gabala	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	B.Mustafazadə  35' Marquinhos  65' (pen.) Ehiosun  83'	Report	Cem  26' Hakan  72'

23 January 2014	Kuban Krasnodar	2 – 0	Gabala	Antalya, Turkey
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Tkachyov  3' Baldé  14' Popov  37'	Report

24 January 2014	Szombathelyi Haladás	0 – 2	Gabala	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Mendy  27' E.Zamanov  75'

27 January 2014	Altyn Asyr	3 – 3	Gabala	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	27'  35'  43'	Report	Huseynov  40' (pen.) Fomin  54', 63'

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
32	15	9	8	45	35	+10	54	6	6	4	21	17	+4	9	3	4	24	18	+6

Last updated: 28 May 2015.
Source: Soccerway

Results

10 August 2014 1	Inter Baku	4 – 0	Gabala	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Amisulashvili  9' Álvaro  15', 71' Mirzabekov  19' Bocognano  85'	Summary	Abışov  82'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

17 August 2014 2	Gabala	Annulled^2	Araz-Naxçıvan	Qabala
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Huseynov  16' (pen.) Yazalde  55' Ropotan  58'	Summary	Huseynov  26' Zubkov  36'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

22 August 2014 3	Baku	0 – 2	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	E.Huseynov  58'	Summary	Mendy  78' Cristea  86' Abışov  90'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

30 August 2014 4	Gabala	1 – 2	AZAL	Qabala
19:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Ropotan  3' Farkaš  45+1' Abışov  64' Huseynov  82' (pen.)	Summary	Kļava  10' Eduardo  31'  90+3' Abdullayev  45+1' (pen.) L.Kasradze  56' Ramos  65' K.Diniyev  68' 69' Namașco  90'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

13 September 2014 5	Simurq	1 – 2	Gabala	Zaqatala
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Eyyubov  7' (pen.) 44' V.Abdullayev  8' Osiako  13' Banaś  54' T.Akhundov  54'	Summary	Benga  5'  86' Ropotan  65' Dodô  68', 80' Huseynov  90+1' Jamalov  90+4'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Omar Paşayev

21 September 2014 6	Gabala	0 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ropotan  13' Amirjanov  28' Farkaš  90+3'	Summary	M.Seyidov  37' M.Isayev  39' Cauê  79' Ramos  88'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

28 September 2014 7	Gabala	1 – 1	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Huseynov  41' 47' Jamalov  49' Benga  58' Abışov  70'	Summary	Ramaldanov  21' Vanderson  80' Blaževski  84'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Omar Paşayev

17 October 2014 8	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Gabala	Baku
19:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Sadygov  17' Teli  36' Nadirov  45+2' 87' Richard  54' Reynaldo  89'	Summary	Jamalov  30' Benga  52' Marquinhos  82' M.Teymurov  88' Ropotan  90+3'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium^1 Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

24 October 2014 9	Gabala	3 – 1	Sumgayit	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Huseynov  77' Farkaš  88' Ehiosun  90+2'	Summary	Chertoganov  29' R.Abbasov  40' O.Aliyev  64' Poladov  89'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

29 October 2014 10	Araz-Naxçıvan	Annulled^2	Gabala	Nakhchivan
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Huseynov  19' T.Khalilov  65' Nabiyev  69'	Summary	Farkaš  21' Ropotan  51' R.Tagizade  64' Ehiosun  82'	Stadium: Nakhchivan City Stadium Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

2 November 2014 11	Gabala	1 – 1	Baku	Qabala
15:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Dodô  5' Jamalov  28' Ropotan  41' R.Tagizade  45+1' Abışov  86'	Summary	Horvat  10' E.Manafov  25'  90' N.Gurbanov  45' V.Baybalayev  50' Jabá  90+3'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

20 November 2014 12	AZAL	3 – 3	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Eduardo  32' 59' V.Igbekoi  50' Mombongo-Dues  80' E.Yagublu  82'	Summary	Farkaš  18' L.Kasradze  23' (o.g.) S.Guliyev  25' Marquinhos  70' R.Tagizade  78' Huseynov  87' (pen.)	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Omar Paşayev

23 November 2014 13	Gabala	2 – 3	Simurq	Qabala
17:15 AZT (UTC+4)	R.Tagizade  22' Ehiosun  40' Ropotan  53' B.Soltanov  90+2'	Summary	Stanojević  7' Ćeran  57' 79', 83' Qirtimov  65'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

29 November 2014 14	Neftchi Baku	0 – 0	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Yunuszade  46' Flavinho  46' Cauê  66' E.Badalov  89'	Summary	Huseynov  73' Abışov  79'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ingilab Mämmädov

7 December 2014 15	Khazar Lankaran	3 – 0	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ivanov  7' Blaževski  28' R.Tagizade  32' (o.g.) A.Ramazanov  50' Amirguliyev  54' Ramaldanov  79'	Summary	Abışov  26' Huseynov  58' Farkaš  82' Ropotan  85'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

14 December 2014 16	Gabala	2 – 1	Qarabağ	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	U.Abbasov  45' B.Soltanov  46' Dodô  60' 90+2' Aghayev  68'	Summary	N.Alasgarov  23' Gurbanov  50' Teli  80'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

18 December 2014 17	Sumgayit	1 – 1	Gabala	Sumqayit
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Chertoganov  33' Kurbanov  67' 86' T.Mikayilov  80' T.Jahangirov  89' O.Aliyev  90+1'	Summary	Ropotan  63' Huseynov  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

21 December 2014 18	Gabala	1 – 1	Inter Baku	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ropotan  17' Dodô  38' Ehiosun  42' R.Tagizade  66' Nazirov  82'	Summary	Bocognano  42' D.Meza  55' Mirzabekov  67' Mammadov  70'  87' Lomaia  90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

1 February 2015 19	Baku	0 – 2	Gabala	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Jabá  57' N.Novruzov  84'	Summary	Huseynov  55' (pen.) V.Baybalayev  88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ingilab Mämmädov

6 February 2015 20	Gabala	0 – 1	AZAL	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Jamalov  73'	Summary	A.Shemonayev  28' O.Lalayev  70' V.Igbekoi  75'  78' Abdullayev  90+3' (pen.) S.Asadov  90+3'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

10 February 2015 21	Simurq	2 – 0	Gabala	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Weitzman  14' Ćeran  25', 45+3' T.Akhundov  42' Qirtimov  65' V.Mustafayev  84'	Summary	Mendy  14' Bezotosnyi  45+1' Santos  55'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ingilab Mämmädov

15 February 2015 22	Gabala	1 – 3	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mendy  10' 45'	Summary	Ramos  32' Seyidov  45+1' Wobay  58' 88' Denis  71' Flavinho  87' E.Mehdiyev  87'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500

19 February 2015 23	Gabala	3 – 1	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ehiosun  48' Abışov  49' 77' U.Abbasov  90+3'	Summary	S.Tounkara  33' Ramaldanov  47'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

28 February 2015 24	Qarabağ	0 – 1	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Medvedev  40' Sadygov  45'	Summary	Dodô  28' Ehiosun  34' N.Alasgarov  44' (o.g.) Abışov  77' R.Tagizade  82'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium^1 Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ingilab Mämmädov

8 March 2015 25	Gabala	2 – 0	Sumgayit	Qabala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mendy  23', 34' U.Abbasov  45' Jamalov  51' Huseynov  51' B.Soltanov  59' Fomin  70'	Summary	B.Hasanalizade  14'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Ingilab Mämmädov

18 March 2015 26	Inter Baku	1 – 2	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	D.Meza  32' Amisulashvili  75' Stanković  90'	Summary	Gai  40' 64' Abışov  90+1'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 450 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

31 March 2015 27	Gabala	-^2	Araz-Naxçıvan	Qabala
AZST (UTC+5)		[ Summary]		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

5 April 2015 28	AZAL	0 – 4	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	N.Mammadov  21' Majidov  40' Kutsenko  51'	Summary	Huseynov  24', 41' (pen.) 45' Mendy  26' Rafael Santos  47' Ricardinho  66' Abışov  79' Ehiosun  86'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

9 April 2015 29	Gabala	1 – 0	Simurq	Qabala
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Abışov  60' Ehiosun  62' Fomin  70' B.Soltanov  71' Huseynov  86'	Summary	V.Mustafayev  34' S.Zargarov  79'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

17 April 2015 30	Neftchi Baku	1 – 3	Gabala	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Canales  44' Denis  54' Cauê  61' E.Mehdiyev  71'	Summary	Gai  25' Huseynov  50' U.Abbasov  54' Jamalov  61' Mendy  86'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

25 April 2015 31	Khazar Lankaran	0 – 1	Gabala	Lankaran
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	E.Mirzəyev  6'  45+1' Ramaldanov  31' S.Tounkara  37' A.Ramazanov  85' E.İsmailov  87'	Summary	Huseynov  48' Abışov  78' R.Tagizade  86' Jamalov  88'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 2,2000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

2 May 2015 32	Gabala	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Qabala
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Abışov  36' Ricardinho  53' Sadiqov  60' Huseynov  90' (pen.)	Summary	George  17' Agolli  41' Reynaldo  55' Šehić  89'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

8 May 2015 33	Sumgayit	0 – 2	Gabala	Sumqayit
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	J.Hajiyev  44' B.Nasirov  85' M.Rahimov  87'	Summary	Jamalov  11' Abışov  31' Gai  39' Mendy  42' 53' R.Tagizade  63'  83'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

16 May 2015 34	Gabala	1 – 1	Inter Baku	Qabala
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Gai  5' Sadiqov  74'	Summary	A.Mammadov  27' Amisulashvili  53' D.Meza  75'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

21 May 2015 35	Araz-Naxçıvan	-^2	Gabala	Nakhchivan
AZST (UTC+5)		[ Summary]		Stadium: Nakhchivan City Stadium

28 May 2015 36	Gabala	3 – 0	Baku	Qabala
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mendy  7' Ehiosun  13', 24' Gai  33' Q.Aliyev  73' Santos  85'	Summary	E.Huseynov  23' Q.Mähämmädov  60' Q.Äliyev  89'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qarabağ (C)	32	20	8	4	51	28	+23	68	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Inter Baku	32	17	12	3	55	20	+35	63	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3	Gabala	32	15	9	8	46	35	+11	54
4	Neftchi Baku	32	13	10	9	38	33	+5	49
5	Simurq	32	11	6	15	41	39	+2	39
6	AZAL	32	10	9	13	37	42	−5	39
7	Khazar Lankaran	32	8	8	16	35	46	−11	32
8	Sumgayit	32	7	10	15	32	43	−11	31
9	Baku	32	3	8	21	19	68	−49	17
10	Araz-Naxçıvan[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Team withdrawn

Source: uefa.com
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 (only if 2 teams are tied); 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored.[57]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Araz-Naxçıvan were officially withdrawn from the league on 17 November 2014[56]

Azerbaijan Cup

3 December 2014 Second Round	Gabala	3 – 0	Ağsu	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	B.Soltanov  2', 22' Farkaš  64'	Summary	N.Karimi  39'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

4 March 2015 Quarterfinals 1st leg	Gabala	0 – 3	Simurq	Qabala
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	U.Abbasov  41' Dodô  61'	Summary	Ćeran  17', 55' S.Zargarov  20' Melli  30' Lambot  57' T.Akhundov  81'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

13 March 2015 Quarterfinals 2nd leg	Simurq	0 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Gabala	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	V.Mustafayev  4' Qirtimov  59'	Summary	B.Soltanov  32' Mendy  57' Huseynov  75' Santos  84'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds

3 July 2014 First qualifying round 1st leg	Gabala	0 – 2	Široki Brijeg	Qabala, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ropotan  69'	Report	S.Brekal  62' Wagner  74', 89'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)

10 July 2014 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Široki Brijeg	3 – 0 (5 – 0 agg.)	Gabala	Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina
23:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Zakarić  17' Pehar  21' M. Marić  29', 56'	Report	Ropotan  10' U.Abbasov  44' Hajiyev  55'	Stadium: Stadion Pecara Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 28 May 2015

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	MF		Elvin Jamalov	34	0	23+6	0	1+2	0	1+1	0
5	DF		Sadig Guliyev	12	0	4+4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
6	MF		Rashad Sadiqov	14	0	8+5	0	1	0	0	0
7	DF		Ruslan Amirjanov	9	0	7	0	0	0	1+1	0
9	FW		Victor Mendy	29	8	20+5	8	2	0	2	0
10	FW		Dodô	20	5	14+2	5	2	0	2	0
12	DF		Alexandru Benga	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Murad Musaev	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Javid Huseynov	32	11	29	11	1+2	0	0	0
15	DF		Ruslan Abışov	32	4	26+1	4	3	0	2	0
16	MF		Ruslan Tagizade	19	0	10+6	0	1	0	2	0
17	MF		Qismät Aliyev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Ruslan Fomin	18	0	9+7	0	0+2	0	0	0
19	MF		Oleksiy Gai	17	4	15	4	2	0	0	0
20	DF		Ricardinho	11	0	9+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
22	GK		Dmytro Bezotosnyi	17	0	15	0	2	0	0	0
25	MF		Adrian Ropotan	17	0	14	0	1	0	2	0
26	DF		Pavol Farkaš	14	2	11+2	1	1	1	0	0
27	FW		Bakhtiyar Soltanov	24	4	17+4	2	3	2	0	0
30	GK		Anar Nazirov	4	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0
32	MF		Mikhail Sivakow	13	0	5+7	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF		Urfan Abbasov	29	1	25	1	3	0	1	0
44	DF		Rafael Santos	33	0	28	0	3	0	2	0
88	MF		Mushfig Teymurov	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW		Ekigho Ehiosun	32	6	17+12	6	2+1	0	0	0
Players away from Gabala on loan:
Players who appeared for Gabala no longer at the club:
1	GK		Kamran Aghayev	17	0	15	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF		Volodimir Levin	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Nizami Hajiyev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Marquinhos	13	1	10+2	1	1	0	0	0
11	FW		Andrei Cristea	10	0	4+4	0	0	0	1+1	0
21	FW		Yazalde	14	0	4+9	0	1	0	0	0
36	DF		Elnur Allahverdiyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW		14	Javid Huseynov	11	0	0	11
2	FW		9	Victor Mendy	8	0	0	8
3	FW		90	Ekigho Ehiosun	6	0	0	6
4	FW		10	Dodô	5	0	0	5
5	DF		15	Ruslan Abışov	4	0	0	4
	MF		19	Oleksiy Gai	4	0	0	4
	FW		27	Bakhtiyar Soltanov	2	2	0	4
8				Own goal	3	0	0	3
9	DF		26	Pavol Farkaš	1	1	0	2
10	MF		8	Marquinhos	1	0	0	1
	DF		34	Urfan Abbasov	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	46	3	0	49

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League		Total
4		MF	Elvin Jamalov	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
5		DF	Sadig Guliyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	Rashad Sadiqov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7		DF	Ruslan Amirjanov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Victor Mendy	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
10		FW	Dodô	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
12		DF	Alexandru Benga	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
14		FW	Javid Huseynov	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
15		DF	Ruslan Abışov	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
16		MF	Ruslan Tagizade	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
17		MF	Qismät Aliyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		FW	Ruslan Fomin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Oleksiy Gai	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		DF	Ricardinho	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22		GK	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
25		MF	Adrian Ropotan	9	0	0	0	2	0	11	0
26		DF	Pavol Farkaš	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
27		FW	Bakhtiyar Soltanov	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
30		GK	Anar Nazirov	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
34		DF	Urfan Abbasov	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
44		DF	Rafael Santos	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
88		MF	Mushfig Teymurov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
90		FW	Ekigho Ehiosun	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Players who left Gabala during the season:
1		GK	Kamran Aghayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Nizami Hajiyev	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
8		MF	Marquinhos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Andrei Cristea	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	86	3	6	0	4	0	96	3

Notes

• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.[58]
• Araz-Naxçıvan were excluded from the Azerbaijan Premier League on 17 November 2014, with all their results being annulled.

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External links

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