2013–14 Simurq PFC season

The Simurq 2013–14 season was Simurq's eighth Azerbaijan Premier League season. They finished 7th in the Premier League and reached the Second Round of the Azerbaijan Cup where they were defeated by Araz. It is Giorgi Chikhradze's second full season as manager.

Simurq

2013–14 season
President	Anar Bakirov
Manager	Giorgi Chikhradze
Stadium	Zaqatala City Stadium
Premier League	7th
Azerbaijan Cup	Second Round vs Araz
Top goalscorer	League: Dragan Ćeran (13) All: Dragan Ćeran (13)
Highest home attendance	2,000 vs Qarabağ 30 November 2013 AZAL 14 December 2013
Lowest home attendance	150 vs Ravan Baku 3 August 2013 vs Sumgayit 15 September 2013
Average home league attendance	1,104 3 April 2014
Home colours Away colours
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Squad

As of 4 February 2014^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Paweł Kapsa 2 DF  AZE Ilkin Qirtimov 3 DF  AZE Nduka Usim 4 DF  BIH Dilaver Zrnanović 5 DF  BRA Anderson do Ó 6 MF  AZE Tagim Novruzov 7 DF  AZE Ruslan Poladov 8 MF  KEN Patrick Osiako 9 MF  LTU Mindaugas Kalonas (on loan from Baku) 10 MF  AZE Rashad Eyyubov 11 FW  SRB Dragan Ćeran 15 MF  CRO Stjepan Poljak

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  AZE Maharram Huseynov 17 DF  AZE Rustam Mammadov 18 DF  AZE Tural Akhundov 20 MF  ISR Idan Weitzman 21 MF  AZE Murad Sattarli 22 FW  MLI Salif Ballo 26 MF  BEL Benjamin Lambot 30 MF  ROU Raul Costin 35 GK  AZE Amil Agajanov 77 MF  AZE Nijat Gurbanov (on loan from Neftchi Baku) 94 GK  AZE Rashad Azizli (on loan from Neftchi Baku)

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2013

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Paweł Kapsa (from Olympiakos Nicosia)[2] 6 MF  AZE Tagim Novruzov (from AZAL) 8 MF  KEN Patrick Osiako (from Hapoel Be'er Sheva)[3] 9 FW  AZE Rovshan Amiraslanov (from Gabala)[4] 11 FW  SRB Dragan Ćeran (from Maccabi Netanya)[5] 16 DF  AZE Maharram Huseynov (from Kəpəz) 18 DF  AZE Tural Akhundov (from Ravan Baku) 19 MF  AZE Orkhan Safiyaroglu (from AZAL) 20 MF  ISR Idan Weitzman (from Bnei Sakhnin)[6] 21 MF  AZE Murad Sattarli (on loan from Qarabağ) 22 FW  MLI Salif Ballo (from Turan Tovuz) 30 MF  ROU Raul Costin (from Vaslui)[7] 35 GK  AZE Amil Agajanov (to AZAL) 77 MF  AZE Nijat Gurbanov (on loan from Neftchi Baku) 94 GK  AZE Rashad Azizli (loan from Neftchi Baku)[8]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AZE Dmitriy Kramarenko (Retired) 3 DF  AZE Rasim Ramaldanov (to Khazar Lankaran) 5 DF  AZE Rustam Abasov (loan return to Inter Baku) 8 MF  AZE Garib Ibrahimov (to AZAL) 9 MF  POL Marcin Burkhardt (to Miedz Legnica)[9] 10 FW  CRO Zdravko Popović (to AEK Athens) 12 FW  CRO Tomislav Bušić (to Solin) 13 DF  AZE Aleksandr Shemonayev (to AZAL) 18 FW  AZE Gafar Gafarov 19 MF  AZE Nijat Gurbanov (loan return to Neftchi Baku) 21 MF  AZE Murad Sattarli (loan return to Qarabağ) 22 GK  POL Dawid Pietrzkiewicz (to Gabala)[10] 24 MF  AZE Mehman Mammadov 25 MF  BIH Mario Božić (to Panachaiki)[11] 27 FW  AZE Bakhtiyar Soltanov (loan return to Qarabağ) 99 GK  AZE Eyyub Aliyev (loan return to Neftchi Baku)

Winter

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2014

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  AZE Nduka Usim (from Tavşanlı Linyitspor)[12] 9 MF  LTU Mindaugas Kalonas (loan from Baku)[13] 21 MF  AZE Murad Sattarli (from Qarabağ)[14] 26 MF  BEL Benjamin Lambot (from Lierse)[15]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  AZE Rovshan Amiraslanov [16] 19 MF  AZE Orkhan Safiyaroglu (to AZAL)[17] 28 MF  BIH Nenad Kiso [16]

Competitions

Friendlies

Simurq v Spartak Nalchik

1 July 2013	Simurq	0 – 1	Spartak Nalchik	Turkey
AZST (UTC+5)		Video

Simurq v Dila Gori

3 July 2013	Simurq	3 – 3	Dila Gori	Turkey
AZST (UTC+5)		Video

Simurq v Dila Gori

7 July 2013	Simurq	1 – 1	Dila Gori	Turkey
AZST (UTC+5)		Video

Simurq v Olympiacos

16 July 2013	Simurq	1 – 2	Olympiacos	Austria
AZST (UTC+5)	Zrnanović 47'	Video Summary	Diamantakos 8' Mitroglou 56'

Simurq v Beşiktaş

24 July 2013	Simurq	1 – 2	Beşiktaş	Austria
AZST (UTC+5)	Ballo 55'	Summary	Dentinho 68' Almeida 85'

Simurq v SSVg Velbert

16 January 2014	Simurq	1 – 0	SSVg Velbert	Antalya, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	Ćeran 39'	[ summary]

Simurq v Young Africans

20 January 2014	Simurq	2 – 2	Young Africans	Antalya, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	Anderson do Ó 44' Sattarly 49'	[ Video]

Simurq v Shanghai Shenxin

22 January 2014	Simurq	0 – 0	Shanghai Shenxin	Antalya, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)		Summary

Simurq v

25 January 2014	Simurq	–		Antalya, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)		[ Video]

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	11	13	12	33	29	+4	46	6	6	6	16	12	+4	5	7	6	17	17	0

Last updated: 18 May 2014.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	D
Position	2	4	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

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

Results

Simurq v Ravan Baku

3 August 2013 1	Simurq	2 – 0	Ravan Baku	Qabala
18:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Poljak 64' Safiyaroglu 88'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Khazar Lankaran v Simurq

11 August 2013 2	Khazar Lankaran	0 – 0	Simurq	Lankaran
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Neftchi Baku v Simurq

17 August 2013 3	Neftchi Baku	1 – 0	Simurq	Baku
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ramos 35' Yunuszade  42'	Summary		Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Simurq v Baku

24 August 2013 4	Simurq	0 – 3	Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Huseynov 48', 90+2' Ismayilov 60'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

Inter Baku v Simurq

1 September 2013 5	Inter Baku	1 – 2	Simurq	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	I.Alakbarov 31'	Summary	Ćeran 78' Costin 89'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Simurq v Sumgayit

15 September 2013 6	Simurq	3 – 1	Sumgayit	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Poljak 22', 42' Ćeran 37'	Summary	Abdullayev 90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Qarabağ v Simurq

21 September 2013 7	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Simurq	Baku
19:30 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Ćeran  90+3'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium1 Attendance: 350 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Simurq v Gabala

29 September 2013 8	Simurq	0 – 0	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Qirtimov  36'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

AZAL v Simurq

4 October 2013 9	AZAL	1 – 1	Simurq	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ibrahimov 24'	Summary	Eyyubov 52' (pen.)	Stadium: AZAL Arean Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

Simurq v Khazar Lankaran

19 October 2013 10	Simurq	1 – 2	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Gurbanov 7' Weitzman  54'  79'	Summary	A.Ramazanov 53' Scarlatache 64'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Simurq v Neftchi Baku

27 October 2013 11	Simurq	0 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Baku v Simurq

1 November 2013 12	Baku	3 – 2	Simurq	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ismayilov 18' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Aliyev 78'	Summary	Osiako 42' Gurbanov 83'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Ramil Diniyev

Simurq v Inter Baku

9 November 2013 13	Simurq	0 – 0	Inter Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Sumgayit v Simurq

22 November 2013 14	Sumgayit	0 – 1	Simurq	Sumgayit
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Poljak 42'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

Simurq v Qarabağ

30 November 2013 15	Simurq	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Simurq

8 December 2013 16	Gabala	2 – 1	Simurq	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Subotić 52', 90+3'	Summary	Guluzade 64' (o.g.)	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Simurq v AZAL

14 December 2013 17	Simurq	3 – 0	AZAL	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ćeran 22' Costin 45+1' Poladov 90'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

Ravan Baku v Simurq

20 December 2013 18	Ravan Baku	0 – 3	Simurq	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Balokog  59'	Summary	Ćeran 22' Costin 39' Poljak 45'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Neftchi Baku v Simurq

2 February 2014 19	Neftchi Baku	3 – 0	Simurq	Baku
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Nfor 59', 85' Imamverdiyev 70'	Summary		Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Simurq v Baku

9 February 2014 20	Simurq	0 – 1	Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	R.Aliyev 18'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Simurq v Inter Baku

14 February 204 21	Simurq	0 – 1	Inter Baku	Zaqatala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Madrigal 72'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Simurq v Sumgayit

19 February 2014 22	Simurq	4 – 0	Sumgayit	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ćeran 15' (pen.), 51' Weitzman 22' Ballo 90+2'	Summary	Hüseynov  14'  32'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alik Yunusov

Qarabağ v Simurq

23 February 2014 23	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Simurq	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium1 Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Simurq v Gabala

28 February 2014 24	Simurq	0 – 0	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

AZAL v Simurq

8 March 2014 25	AZAL	0 – 2	Simurq	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Shemonayev  73'	Summary	Poljak 29' Qirtimov  73' Ćeran 87'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Simurq v Ravan Baku

16 March 2014 26	Simurq	2 – 0	Ravan Baku	Zaqatala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Eyyubov 13' Ćeran 31'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Khazar Lankaran v Simurq

23 March 2014 27	Khazar Lankaran	1 – 3	Simurq	Lankaran
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Nildo 78'	Summary	Eyyubov 15' Poljak 21' Anderson do Ó 85'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Baku v Simurq

29 March 2014 28	Baku	2 – 1	Simurq	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	N.Alasgarov 13' Weitzman 22' (o.g.) V.Mustafayev  45+1'	Summary	Ćeran 81'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Simurq v Inter Baku

6 April 2014 29	Simurq	0 – 1	Inter Baku	Zaqatala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Tskhadadze 74'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

Sumgayit v Simurq

12 April 2014 30	Sumgayit	1 – 1	Simurq	Sumgayit
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Hajiyev 71'	Summary	Ćeran 68'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Simurq v Qarabağ

19 April 2014 31	Simurq	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Zaqatala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ćeran 37'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Gabala v Simurq

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

Simurq v AZAL

2 May 2014 33	Simurq	0 – 0	AZAL	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Ravan Baku v Simurq

7 May 2014 34	Ravan Baku	1 – 0	Simurq	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Varea 28' (pen.)	Summary	Qirtimov  63'  73'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Simurq v Khazar Lankaran

12 May 2014 35	Simurq	2 – 2	Khazar Lankaran	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ćeran 36', 89' (pen.)	Summary	Elias 3' (pen.) Z.Benouahi 8'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

Simurq v Neftchi Baku

17 May 2014 36	Simurq	0 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Zaqatala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Yunuszade  45' M.Seyidov  90+4'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Baku	36	16	9	11	53	43	+10	57
6	Khazar Lankaran	36	12	13	11	44	49	−5	49
7	Simurq	36	11	13	12	35	28	+7	46
8	AZAL	36	6	13	17	29	49	−20	31
9	Sumgayit	36	5	10	21	27	61	−34	25

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

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Azerbaijan Cup

Araz v Simurq

4 December 2013 Second Round	Araz	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	Simurq	Nakhchivan
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	D.Janalidze 45' (pen.) Soltanov 88'	Summary	Eyyubov 14' (pen.), 80' Akhundov  5'  90+3'	Stadium: Nakhchivan City Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Squad statistics

As of Match played 17 May 2014

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	DF	POL	Paweł Kapsa	33	0	32+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	AZE	Ilkin Qirtimov	29	0	28+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	BIH	Dilaver Zrnanović	21	0	19+1	0	1+0	0
5	DF	BRA	Anderson do Ó	33	1	31+1	1	0+1	0
6	MF	AZE	Tagim Novruzov	11	0	5+5	0	1+0	0
7	DF	AZE	Ruslan Poladov	31	1	25+6	1	0+0	0
8	MF	KEN	Patrick Osiako	25	1	19+6	1	0+0	0
9	MF	LTU	Mindaugas Kalonas	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0
10	MF	AZE	Rashad Eyyubov	32	5	28+3	3	1+0	2
11	FW	SRB	Dragan Ćeran	32	13	27+4	13	1+0	0
15	MF	CRO	Stjepan Poljak	36	7	33+2	7	0+1	0
16	DF	AZE	Maharram Huseynov	14	0	4+9	0	1+0	0
17	DF	AZE	Rustam Mammadov	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	AZE	Tural Akhundov	33	0	32+0	0	1+0	0
20	MF	ISR	Idan Weitzman	25	1	23+1	1	1+0	0
21	MF	AZE	Murad Sattarli	14	0	6+8	0	0+0	0
22	FW	MLI	Salif Ballo	26	1	10+15	1	1+0	0
26	MF	BEL	Benjamin Lambot	15	0	15+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF	ROU	Raul Costin	30	3	16+14	3	0+0	0
35	GK	AZE	Amil Agajanov	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
55	MF	AZE	İlqar Hüseynov	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
77	MF	AZE	Nijat Gurbanov	28	2	19+9	2	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Simurq no longer at the club:
9	FW	AZE	Rovshan Amiraslanov	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	MF	AZE	Orkhan Safiyaroglu	8	1	3+5	1	0+0	0
28	MF	BIH	Nenad Kiso	18	0	14+3	0	1+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	FW		11	Dragan Ćeran	13	0	13
2	MF		15	Stjepan Poljak	7	0	7
3	MF		10	Rashad Eyyubov	3	2	5
4	MF		30	Raul Costin	3	0	3
5	MF		77	Nijat Gurbanov	2	0	2
5	MF		18	Orkhan Safiyaroglu	1	0	1
	MF		8	Patrick Osiako	1	0	1
	DF		7	Ruslan Poladov	1	0	1
	MF		20	Idan Weitzman	1	0	1
	FW		22	Salif Ballo	1	0	1
	DF		5	Anderson do Ó	1	0	1
				Own Goal	1	0	1
				TOTALS	32	2	34

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Total
1		GK	Paweł Kapsa	2	0	0	0	2	0
2		DF	Ilkin Qirtimov	9	3	0	0	9	3
4		DF	Dilaver Zrnanović	4	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Anderson do Ó	4	0	0	0	4	0
7		DF	Ruslan Poladov	6	0	0	0	6	0
8		MF	Patrick Osiako	6	0	0	0	6	0
10		MF	Rashad Eyyubov	9	0	0	0	9	0
11		FW	Dragan Ćeran	3	1	1	0	4	1
15		MF	Stjepan Poljak	4	0	0	0	4	0
18		DF	Tural Akhundov	8	0	2	1	10	1
20		MF	Idan Weitzman	6	1	1	0	7	1
21		MF	Murad Sattarli	2	0	0	0	2	0
22		FW	Salif Ballo	6	0	0	0	6	0
26		MF	Benjamin Lambot	4	0	0	0	4	0
30		MF	Raul Costin	3	0	0	0	3	0
77		MF	Nijat Gurbanov	7	0	0	0	7	0
			TOTALS	83	5	4	1	87	6