2018–19 Qarabağ FK season

The Qarabağ 2018–19 season is Qarabağ's 27th Azerbaijan Premier League season, of which they are defending champions, and will be their eleventh season under manager Gurban Gurbanov.

Qarabağ

2018–19 season
President	Tahir Gözal
Manager	Gurban Gurbanov
Stadium	Azersun Arena
Premier League	1st
Azerbaijan Cup	Semifinal vs Gabala
Champions League	Third qualifying round vs BATE Borisov
Europa League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mahir Emreli (16) All: Mahir Emreli (16)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season overview

On 17 January 2019, Qarabağ announced that Dzon Delarge had been sent to train with Qarabağ-2.[1]

Transfers

On 2 June 2018, Rahil Mammadov and Filip Ozobić both signed a three-year contract with Qarabağ.[2][3] On 26 June, Qarabağ announced the signing of Abdellah Zoubir on a two-year contract from RC Lens.[4]

On 4 July, Qarabağ announced the signing of Hannes Halldórsson on a two-year contract from Randers FC.[5] The following day Simeon Slavchev joined Qarabağ on a three-year contract.[6] Qarabağ announced the signing of Vagner on 6 July.

On 24 July, Dzon Delarge and Innocent Emeghara signed for Qarabağ.[7][8]

On 19 December, Qarabağ announced the return of Reynaldo on a ​2 ¹⁄₂-year contract.[9]

On 9 January, Qarabağ announced that they signed midfielder Hajiagha Hajili, who was on loan from Gabala, permanently on a four-year contract. [10]

On 13 January, Joshgun Diniyev moved to Sabah FK.[11]

Squad

As of match played 11 May 2019

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev		GK	12 June 1994 (aged 24)	Sumgayit	2015	2020	31	0
13	Vagner		GK	6 June 1986 (aged 32)	Royal Excel Mouscron	2018	2020	26	0
94	Nijat Mehbaliyev		GK	11 September 2000 (aged 18)	Youth team	2017	2019	0	0
Defenders
4	Rahil Mammadov		DF	24 November 1995 (aged 23)	Sabail	2018[2]	2021[2]	19	1
5	Maksim Medvedev		DF	29 September 1989 (aged 29)	Youth team	2006	2020	397+	12+
14	Rashad Sadygov		DF	16 June 1982 (aged 36)	Eskişehirspor	2011	2019	301	10
30	Abbas Huseynov		DF	13 June 1995 (aged 23)	Inter Baku	2017	2019	30	0
52	Jakub Rzeźniczak		DF	26 October 1986 (aged 32)	Legia Warsaw	2017	2019	48	1
55	Badavi Huseynov		DF	11 July 1991 (aged 27)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2012	2020	305	3
Midfielders
2	Gara Garayev		MF	12 October 1992 (aged 26)	Youth team	2008	2020	320	2
6	Simeon Slavchev		MF	25 September 1993 (aged 25)	Sporting CP	2018[6]	2021[6]	31	2
8	Míchel		MF	8 November 1985 (aged 33)	Maccabi Haifa	2015	2019	143	29
9	Araz Abdullayev		MF	18 April 1992 (aged 27)	loan from Panionios	2018	2020	28	4
10	Dani Quintana		MF	8 March 1987 (aged 32)	Al-Ahli	2015	2020	128	38
17	Abdellah Zoubir		MF	5 December 1991 (aged 27)	RC Lens	2018[4]	2020[4]	41	8
18	Ismayil Ibrahimli		MF	13 February 1998 (aged 21)	MOIK Baku	2018	2019	3	0
19	Filip Ozobić		MF	8 April 1991 (aged 28)	Gabala	2018[3]	2021[3]	44	10
20	Richard		MF	20 March 1989 (aged 30)	loan from Astana	2019		255	54
21	Hajiagha Hajili		MF	30 January 1998 (aged 21)	Gabala	2019[10]	2023[10]	4	0
77	Wilde-Donald Guerrier		MF	31 March 1989 (aged 30)	Alanyaspor	2017	2020	67	6
Forwards
7	Innocent Emeghara		FW	27 May 1989 (aged 29)	Ermis Aradippou	2018[8]		26	10
11	Mahir Emreli		FW	1 July 1997 (aged 21)	Baku	2015	2020	135	39
28	Dzon Delarge		FW	24 June 1990 (aged 28)	Bursaspor	2018[7]	2020[7]	19	3
99	Reynaldo		FW	25 August 1989 (aged 29)	Aktobe	2019[9]	2021[9]	140	62
Away on loan
Left during the season
1	Hannes Halldórsson		GK	27 April 1984 (aged 35)	Randers	2018[5]	2020[5]	8	0
25	Ansi Agolli		DF	11 October 1982 (aged 36)	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	2012	2019	307	4
91	Joshgun Diniyev		MF	13 September 1995 (aged 23)	Inter Baku	2015	2019	112	5

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
2 June 2018	DF		Rahil Mammadov	Sabail	Undisclosed	[2]
2 June 2018	MF		Filip Ozobić	Gabala	Free	[3]
26 June 2018	MF		Abdellah Zoubir	RC Lens	Undisclosed	[4]
4 July 2018	GK		Hannes Halldórsson	Randers	Undisclosed	[5]
5 July 2018	MF		Simeon Slavchev	Sporting CP	Undisclosed	[6]
6 July 2018	GK		Vagner	Royal Excel Mouscron	Undisclosed
24 July 2018	FW		Dzon Delarge	Bursaspor	Undisclosed	[7]
24 July 2018	FW		Innocent Emeghara	Ermis Aradippou	Undisclosed	[8]
	MF		Ismayil Ibrahimli	MOIK Baku	Undisclosed
	MF		Rovlan Muradov	Gabala	Undisclosed
19 December 2018	FW		Reynaldo	Aktobe	Free	[9]
9 January 2019	MF		Hajiagha Hajili	Gabala	Undisclosed	[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2018	MF		Ruslan Hacıyev	Sabail	Undisclosed
13 January 2019	MF		Joshgun Diniyev	Sabah	Undisclosed	[11]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
31 August 2018	MF		Araz Abdullayev	Panionios	30 June 2020	[12]
	MF		Hajiagha Hajili	Gabala	9 January 2019	[10]
12 January 2019	MF		Richard Almeida	Astana	31 December 2019

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
28 June 2018[13]	GK		Anton Kanibolotskiy	Miedź Legnica	16 July 2018
	FW		Yaroslav Deda	Karpaty Lviv
16 March 2019[14]	DF		Ansi Agolli	New York Cosmos	25 March 2019[15]
5 April 2019[16]	GK		Hannes Þór Halldórsson	Valur	9 April 2019[17]
13 May 2019[18]	DF		Jakub Rzeźniczak	Wisła Płock	11 June 2019[19]
13 May 2019[18]	FW		Reynaldo	Irtysh Pavlodar	4 July 2019[20]
13 May 2019[18]	FW		Innocent Emeghara	Fatih Karagümrük

Friendlies

23 June 2018	Ludogorets Razgrad	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)	36' 68'	Report	Quintana

26 June 2018	Wacker Innsbruck	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)		Report

30 June 2018	Syria	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)		Report

4 July 2018	Dynamo Kyiv	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)	Tsyhankov  14'	Report

12 January 2019	Qarabağ	v	Botoșani	Antalya, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)
Note: match cancelled due to heavy rain in Antalya.[21]

16 January 2019	Qarabağ	0 – 1	Újpest	Antalya, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)		Report

19 January 2019	Qarabağ	3 – 1	Bohemians 1905	Antalya, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	Ozobić  36' Guerrier  62'	Report	J.Nečas  16'

23 January 2019	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Piast Gliwice	Antalya, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	Abdullayev  15'	Report	9'

26 January 2019	Qarabağ	1 – 3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Antalya, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	Zoubir  64'	Report	26'  45'  74'

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	20	6	2	62	21	+41	66	9	4	1	27	11	+16	11	2	1	35	10	+25

Last updated: 11 May 2019.
Source: See Results

Results

18 August 2018 2	Sabail	0 – 2	Qarabağ	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	E.Balayev  4' Koubemba  36' Pacheco  83'	Report	Emreli  27', 86'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

26 August 2018 3	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Emeghara  70' Emreli  84'	Report	Karikari  28'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

14 September 2018 4	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić  21' (pen.) Rzeźniczak  29' Agolli  90+1'	Report	Y.Nabiyev  21'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

23 September 2018 5	Qarabağ	4 – 1	Gabala	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Zoubir  30', 73' Abdullayev  45+1' Delarge  61' Garayev  89' Rzeźniczak  90+2' Sadygov  90+2'	Report	Stanković  45' Abbasov  86' Ramaldanov  90' Khalilzade  90+2'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

26 September 2018 1	Qarabağ	3 – 2	Zira	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić  28' (pen.) Emeghara  48', 85' Zoubir  73'	Report	Dedov  28' M.Abbasov  56', 82' Naghiyev  89'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

29 September 2018 6	Sabah	0 – 2	Qarabağ	Masazır
20:50 AZT (UTC+4)	Ramos  14'	Report	Ozobić  25' Zoubir  78' Míchel  82' Emeghara  89'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

20 October 2018 8	Qarabağ	0 – 3	Sabail	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zoubir  41' 62' Mahammadaliyev  80'	Report	Cociuc  54'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə
Note: Match awarded as a 3-0 victory to Sabail.

28 October 2018 9	Neftchi Baku	3 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Huseynov  10' (o.g.) Akhundov  19' M.Abbasov  26' Mustivar  42' Buludov  50' Petrov  77' Dabo  87' 90'	Report	Huseynov  13' Emreli  56' 87' Sadygov  66' Huseynov  79'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

31 October 2018 7	Keşla	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
19 AZT (UTC+4)	Ayité  30' S.Tashkin  78' Masimov  87'  88' Yunanov  90+1'	Report	Sadygov  34' Míchel  56' Emreli  75' Rzeźniczak  90+1'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Həsənov
Note: Match original scheduled for 6 October, but moved to 31 October to assist the Azerbaijan national football team.[22]

3 November 2018 10	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Sumgayit	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Slavchev  25' Delarge  57'	Report	B.Hasanalizade  65' S.Aliyev  75' Dashdemirov  79'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Vugar Həsənli

11 November 2018 11	Gabala	1 – 3	Qarabağ	Qabala
17:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Adeniyi  31' 39' E.Jamalov  50'	Report	Emeghara  47' Míchel  65' Ozobić  68'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

24 November 2018 12	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Sabah	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Rzeźniczak  45+1' 60' Abdullayev  45+1' Ozobić  90+5'	Report	E.Nabiyev  44' Wanderson  59' N.Mammadov  60' Ramos  81'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

3 December 2018 13	Qarabağ	5 – 1	Keşla	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli  6', 53', 77' Ozobić  50' Zoubir  55'	Report	D.Karimi  16' S.Alkhasov  21' 85' T.Guliyev  26' Mitrović  58' Javadov  83'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Alik Yunusov

9 December 2018 14	Zira	0 – 6	Qarabağ	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Qirtimov  54' Nasirov  56' Radivojević  88'	Report	Garayev  12' Quintana  29', 34', 57' Emreli  42' Míchel  82' Qirtimov  90+2'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

3 February 2019 15	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Quintana  6' Emreli  32' Garayev  90'  90+2'	Report	Mbodj  28' 30' Dabo  35' A.Krivotsyuk  50'  70'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

9 February 2019 16	Sumgayit	0 – 2	Qarabağ	Sumqayit
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	K.Najafov  23' E.Babayev  45+1' Ismayilov  69' E.Shahverdiyev  78' Isayev  90'	Report	Ozobić  20' 57' H.Hajili  29' Richard  54' Guerrier  69' Huseynov  81'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

17 February 2019 17	Qarabağ	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
17:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Richard  4' (pen.) Quintana  25' Huseynov  28' Ozobić  30' H.Hajili  45+3'	Report	Huseynov  29' (pen.) 76' E.Jamalov  39'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,00 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

23 February 2019 18	Sabah	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Masazır
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Diniyev  1' E.Turabov  7' Ramos  7'  78' M.Isayev  24' Khalilzade  47' Eyyubov  70'	Report	Reynaldo  19' 34' Emreli  25' Huseynov  87'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 1,700 Referee: İnqilab Mammadov

3 March 2019 19	Keşla	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Yunanov  39' Kamara  47'	Report	Abdullayev  16'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 900 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

9 March 2019 20	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Zira	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli  84'	Report	Mutallimov  56' Nasirov  83'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

15 March 2019 21	Sabail	1 – 2	Qarabağ	Baku
16:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Kitanovski  31' Cociuc  40' Ramazanov  42'	Report	Quintana  34' Guerrier  59' Richard  77' (pen.)	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

1 April 2019 22	Sumgayit	0 – 6	Qarabağ	Sumqayit
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	S.Aliyev  82'	Report	Quintana  17' Emreli  21', 40' Míchel  35' Ozobić  51' Zoubir  78', 84'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

7 April 2019 23	Gabala	1 – 2	Qarabağ	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Aliyev  23' 75' Volkovi  24' Stanković  26'	Report	Guerrier  3' 67' Huseynov  58' Abdullayev  83'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Sabuhi Bayramov

13 April 2019 24	Qarabağ	3 – 0	Sabah	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić  6'  65' Richard  10' Míchel  22' Emreli  44'  77' Guerrier  90+2'	Report	M.Isayev  41' V.Abdullayev  44' E.Nabiyev  62'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

18 April 2019 24	Qarabağ	3 – 0	Keşla	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Slavchev  18' Quintana  29' Richard  59' (pen.) Zoubir  75'	Report	Kamara  13' Kutsenko  67'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

27 April 2019 25	Zira	0 – 3	Qarabağ	Zirə
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	B.Hasanalizade  49' M.Musayev  52' Kgaswane  65' Mustafayev  69'	Report	Quintana  21' Ozobić  28' Slavchev  72' Zoubir  73' Emreli  79'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Sabuhi Bayramov

5 May 2019 27	Qarabağ	4 – 0	Sabail	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Míchel  21' Emreli  41', 69', 87' B.Huseynov  49' Ozobić  63' Garayev  90+1' Slavchev  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Rövşən Rəcəbov

11 May 2019 28	Neftchi Baku	2 – 3	Qarabağ	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Sansone  21'  40' Mahmudov  38' (pen.) Buludov  48' Abışov  90+4'	Report	Emreli  15', 64'  42' Garayev  18' Míchel  37' Sadygov  42' Richard  44'  90' Medvedev  52'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Kamal Umudlu

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Qarabağ (C)	28	20	6	2	65	21	+44	66	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Neftçi Baku	28	17	7	4	52	26	+26	58	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Sabail	28	12	5	11	34	37	−3	41
4	Gabala	28	9	9	10	31	33	−2	36	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Zira	28	8	7	13	30	40	−10	31

Source: 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.[23]
(C) Champion.

Azerbaijan Cup

16 December 2018 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Keşla	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Quintana  43' Mammadov  65'	Report	Ayité  33' Guliyev  90+4' S.Tashkin  90+4'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Vugar Həsənli

20 December 2018 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Keşla	1 – 1 (1 – 2 agg.)	Qarabağ	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Yunanov  29' S.Alkhasov  55' S.Əsədov  71'	Report	Emreli  22' Sadygov  36' Agolli  36' Míchel  48'  72' Rzeźniczak  53'  89' Medvedev  62' Ozobić  78'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

23 April 2019 Semifinal 1st leg	Gabala	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Qabala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	A.Seydiyev  29' Joseph-Monrose  39' Adeniyi  72' Lilaj  85' Aliyev  87'	Report	Emreli  35' Zoubir  84'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Vugar Hasanli

1 May 2019 Semifinal 2nd leg	Qarabağ	2 – 1 (2 – 2 a agg.)	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli  30' Míchel  37'  90+5' Quintana  58'	Report	Huseynov  20' Stanković  49' A.Seydiyev  65' Volkovi  82' Lilaj  83' Atakora  85' Nazirov  90+1'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: İnqilab Məmmədov

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying Rounds

11 July 2018 First qualifying round 1st leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Ljubljana, Slovenia
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Putinčanin  24' Issah  85'	Report	Garayev  31'  90+1' Guerrier  73' 79' Huseynov  85'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 5,248[24] Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

18 July 2018 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Qarabağ	0 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.)	Olimpija Ljubljana	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Medvedev  87' Rzeźniczak  90+3'	Report	Boateng  5' Putinčanin  85' Gajić  86'  90+6' Črnic  90+2'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 21,520[24] Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku

25 July 2018 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Kukësi	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Shkodër, Albania
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Attendance: 700[25] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)
Note: Kukësi played their home matches at Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, instead of their regular stadium Zeqir Ymeri Stadium, Kukës

1 August 2018 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Qarabağ	3 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Kukësi	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Slavchev  15' Quintana  24' (pen.), 57' (pen.) Delarge  89'	Report	Shameti  18' Alla  52' Malikji  56'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 25,030[25] Referee: Peter Kráľovič (Slovakia)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku

7 August 2018 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Qarabağ	0 – 1	BATE Borisov	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Drahun  36' Rios  44' Signevich  54' Filipović  56'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 29,000[26] Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku

14 August 2018 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	BATE Borisov	1 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Qarabağ	Barysaw, Belarus
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ivanić  20' Scherbitskiy  90+3'	Report	Emeghara  32'  77' Garayev  39' Míchel  54' Slavchev  62' Sadygov  81'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 12,489[26] Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds

23 August 2018 Playoff round 1st leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Tiraspol, Moldova
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kapić  8' Kendysh  30'	Report	Garayev  46' Ozobić  79'	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 5,073[27] Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

30 August 2018 Playoff round 2nd leg	Qarabağ	3 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Sheriff Tiraspol	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Medvedev  9' Slavchev  34' Guerrier  42' Ozobić  55' Garayev  90+3'	Report	Boiciuc  24' Racu  31' Kovačević  34' Jô Santos  47' Sušić  83' Rodrigues  90+1'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 21,350[27] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arsenal	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10	16	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sporting CP	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10	13
3	Vorskla Poltava	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	3[lower-alpha 1]
4	Qarabağ	6	1	0	5	2	13	−11	3[lower-alpha 1]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Goal difference in all group matches: Vorskla Poltava –9, Qarabağ –11.

20 September 2018 1	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Qarabağ	Lisbon, Portugal
23:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Raphinha  54' Cabral  88'	Report	Emreli  33'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 30,098[28] Referee: François Letexier (France)

4 October 2018 2	Qarabağ	0 – 3	Arsenal	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Medvedev  33'	Report	Papastathopoulos  4' Holding  43' Rowe  53' Guendouzi  80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,412[29] Referee: Davide Massa
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at the Olympic Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku

25 October 2018 3	Qarabağ	0 – 1	Vorskla Poltava	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Zoubir  64'	Report	Kulach  4' 48' Perduta  41' Dallku  79' Serhiychuk  87'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 22,450[30] Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at the Olympic Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku

9 November 2018 4	Vorskla Poltava	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Poltava, Ukraine
00:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Yakubu  52' Sklyar  63' Chyzhov  80' Sharpar  90+5'	Report	Abdullayev  13' (pen.) Guerrier  34' Medvedev  56'	Stadium: Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 5,479[31] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

29 November 2018 5	Qarabağ	1 – 6	Sporting CP	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Rzeźniczak  4' Guerrier  4' Zoubir  14' Garayev  25' Emreli  40' Míchel  43' Slavchev  49'	Report	Dost  5' (pen.) Fernandes  20', 75' 28' Nani  33' Diaby  65', 82'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,416[32] Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (Czech Republic)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at the Olympic Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku

14 December 2018 6	Arsenal	1 – 0	Qarabağ	London, England
00:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Lacazette  17'	Report	Garayev  82'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,101[33] Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 11 May 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	MF		Gara Garayev	40	0	13+11	0	2+1	0	5	0	8	0
4	DF		Rahil Mammadov	19	1	13+2	0	3+1	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Maksim Medvedev	37	1	20	0	3	0	6	0	8	1
6	MF		Simeon Slavchev	30	2	6+9	2	2	0	5+1	0	6+1	0
7	FW		Innocent Emeghara	17	5	8+2	5	0	0	3	0	4	0
8	MF		Míchel	36	8	15+5	5	3	2	6	1	6+1	0
9	MF		Araz Abdullayev	28	3	7+11	2	3+1	0	0	0	3+3	1
10	MF		Dani Quintana	23	10	16+1	7	2	1	2+1	2	0+1	0
11	FW		Mahir Emreli	45	16	22+5	16	4	0	4+2	0	6+2	0
12	GK		Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	12	0	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Vagner	25	0	14	0	1	0	4	0	6	0
14	DF		Rashad Sadygov	28	0	14+2	0	1	0	4+1	0	6	0
17	MF		Abdellah Zoubir	41	8	20+4	7	2+2	0	5	0	7+1	1
18	MF		Ismayil Ibrahimli	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Filip Ozobić	43	9	23+3	8	2+2	0	2+3	0	4+4	1
20	MF		Richard	16	5	14	5	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Hajiagha Hajili	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Dzon Delarge	19	3	6+4	2	0	0	1+2	1	2+4	0
30	DF		Abbas Huseynov	16	0	11+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
52	DF		Jakub Rzeźniczak	21	1	11	1	1	0	2+1	0	6	0
55	DF		Badavi Huseynov	32	0	17+1	0	3	0	6	0	5	0
77	MF		Wilde-Donald Guerrier	37	3	16+4	1	2+2	0	6	1	7	1
99	FW		Reynaldo	6	1	2+3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Qarabağ during the season:
1	GK		Hannes Halldórsson	8	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
25	DF		Ansi Agolli	16	0	7+3	0	2	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
91	MF		Joshgun Diniyev	13	0	7	0	2	0	2	0	1+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		11	Mahir Emreli	16	0	0	0	16
2	MF		10	Dani Quintana	7	1	2	0	10
3	MF		19	Filip Ozobić	8	0	0	1	9
4	MF		17	Abdellah Zoubir	7	0	0	1	8
	MF		8	Míchel	5	2	1	0	8
6	FW		7	Innocent Emeghara	5	0	0	0	5
	MF		20	Richard	5	0	0	0	5
8	MF		9	Araz Abdullayev	3	0	0	1	4
9	FW		28	Dzon Delarge	2	0	1	0	3
	MF		77	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	1	0	1	1	3
11	MF		6	Simeon Slavchev	2	0	0	0	2
12	DF		52	Jakub Rzeźniczak	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		99	Reynaldo	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		4	Rahil Mammadov	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Maksim Medvedev	0	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	64	4	5	5	78

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
2		MF	Gara Garayev	6	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	12	1
5		DF	Maksim Medvedev	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
6		MF	Simeon Slavchev	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6	0
7		FW	Innocent Emeghara	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1
8		MF	Míchel	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
9		MF	Araz Abdullayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Dani Quintana	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		FW	Mahir Emreli	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
12		GK	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Rashad Sadygov	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
17		MF	Abdellah Zoubir	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
19		MF	Filip Ozobić	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
20		MF	Richard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		MF	Hajiagha Hajili	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30		DF	Abbas Huseynov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
52		DF	Jakub Rzeźniczak	4	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	8	1
55		DF	Badavi Huseynov	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
77		MF	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
99		FW	Reynaldo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Qarabağ during the season:
25		DF	Ansi Agolli	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	53	1	12	2	11	1	16	0	92	4

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