2016–17 Gabala FC season

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.

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 →

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2016

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 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2016–17

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 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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	Nationality	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	Nationality	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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Dila Gori v Gabala

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

Sioni Bolnisi v Gabala

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

Sioni Bolnisi v Gabala

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

Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol v Gabala

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

Partizani Tirana v Gabala

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

Gaz Metan Mediaș v Gabala

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

Ordabasy v Gabala

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

Shkëndija v Gabala

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

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2016–17 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

Gabala v Kapaz

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

Gabala v Inter Baku

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

Gabala v Sumgayit

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

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

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

Gabala v AZAL

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

Gabala v Sumgayit

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

Zira v Gabala

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

Gabala v Qarabağ

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

Inter Baku v Gabala

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

Sumgayit v Gabala

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

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

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

AZAL v Gabala

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

Gabala v Zira

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

Qarabağ v Gabala

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

Gabala v Kapaz

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

Gabala v Sumgayit

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

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

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

Gabala v AZAL

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

Zira v Gabala

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

Gabala v Qarabağ

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

Kapaz v Gabala

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

Inter Baku v Gabala

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

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

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

AZAL v Gabala

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

Gabala v Zira

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

Qarabağ v Gabala

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

Kapaz v Gabala

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

Gabala v Inter Baku

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

Sumgayit v Gabala

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
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:

1. 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

Main article: 2016–17 Azerbaijan Cup

Gabala v Zagatala

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

Gabala v AZAL

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

AZAL v Gabala

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

Inter Baku v Gabala

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

Gabala v Inter Baku

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

Qarabağ v Gabala

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

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Gabala v Samtredia

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)

Samtredia v Gabala

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)

MTK Budapest v Gabala

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)

Gabala v MTK Budapest

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)

Lille v Gabala

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)

Gabala v Lille

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)

Gabala v NK Maribor

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)

NK Maribor v Gabala

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

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group C

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			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

Anderlecht v Gabala

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)

Gabala v Mainz 05

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)

Saint-Étienne v Gabala

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)

Gabala v Saint-Étienne

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)

Gabala v Anderlecht

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)

Mainz 05 v Gabala

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
				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	Nation	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
	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
	DF		20	Ricardinho	1	0	1	2
13	FW		21	Roman Huseynov	1	0	0	1
	MF		7	Nika Kvekveskiri	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	48	10	20	78

Disciplinary record

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

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f}
   Gabala will play their home matches at Bakcell Arena, Baku instead of their regular stadium, City Stadium, Qabala.
2. ^
   Samtredia will play their home match at David Abashidze Stadium, Zestaponi, instead of their regular stadium Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia.
3. ^
   MTK Budapest play their home matches at Ménfői út, Győr, instead of their temporary stadium Stadion Rudolf Illovszky, Budapest.
4. ^
   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]