2017–18 Gabala FC season

The 2017–18 season was Gabala FK's 13th season, and their 12th in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top-flight of Azerbaijani football. Gabala finished the season in second place, 16 points behind champions Qarabağ. In the Azerbaijan Cup were runners-up for the second year in a row, losing to Keşla 1-0 in the final whilst they also reached the Third qualifying round of the Europa League before being knocked out by Panathinaikos.

Gabala

2017-18 season
Chairman	Tale Heydarov
Manager	Roman Hryhorchuk
Stadium	Gabala City Stadium
Premier League	2nd
Azerbaijan Cup	Runners-up
Europa League	Third qualifying round vs Panathinaikos
Top goalscorer	League: Bagaliy Dabo (13) All: Bagaliy Dabo (16)
Highest home attendance	11,000 vs Panathinaikos 3 August 2017
Lowest home attendance	375 vs Kapaz 29 September 2017
Average home league attendance	2,087 5 May 2018
Home colours Away colours
← 2016-17 2018-19 →

Transfers

Main articles: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2017 and List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2017–18

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
31 May 2017	MF		Ilgar Gurbanov	Qarabağ	Undisclosed	[1]
5 June 2017	GK		Agil Mammadov	AZAL	Undisclosed	[2]
5 June 2017	MF		Elvin Mammadov	Zira	Undisclosed	[2]
15 June 2017	MF		Javi Hernández	Górnik Łęczna	Undisclosed	[3]
23 June 2017	FW		Steeven Joseph-Monrose	Stade Brest	Undisclosed	[4]
24 June 2017	DF		Dion Malone	ADO Den Haag	Undisclosed	[5]
7 July 2017	DF		Dave Bulthuis	1. FC Nürnberg	Undisclosed	[6]
31 August 2017	MF		Alen Askerov	Novigrad	Undisclosed	[7]
21 September 2017	FW		Ekigho Ehiosun	Gazişehir Gaziantep	Undisclosed	[8]
30 December 2017	MF		Tamkin Khalilzade	Zira	Undisclosed	[9]
25 January 2018	GK		Agil Mammadov	Neftchi Baku	Free
28 March 2018	FW		Rauf Aliyev	Kukësi	Free	[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	DF		Murad Musayev	Səbail	Undisclosed
3 August 2017	DF		Ricardinho	Oxford United	Undisclosed	[11]
17 August 2017	DF		Javi Hernández	Cracovia	Undisclosed	[12]
22 August 2017	GK		Dawid Pietrzkiewicz	Sandecja Nowy Sącz	Undisclosed
1 September 2017	DF		Farid Nabiyev	Slavia Prague	Undisclosed	[13]
10 January 2018	DF		Dave Bulthuis	Heerenveen	Undisclosed	[14]
	GK		Suleyman Suleymanov	Sumgayit	Undisclosed	[15]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
28 June 2017	MF		Andy Halliday	Rangers	4 January 2018	[16][17]
2 July 2017	FW		Famoussa Koné	Göztepe	Season Long	[18]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
2 June 2017	FW		Ramil Hasanov	Sumgayit		[19]
2 July 2017	DF		Yusif Nabiyev	Zira	3 January 2018	[20][21]
12 August 2017	MF		Araz Abdullayev	Anorthosis	End of Season	[22]
2 January 2018	FW		Ulvi Isgandarov	Sumgayit	End of Season	[23]
5 January 2018	FW		Ramil Hasanov	Khazar Baku	End of Season	[24]
6 January 2018	MF		Roman Huseynov	Kapaz	End of Season	[25]
16 February 2018	FW		Rovlan Muradov	Slavia Prague	End of Season	[26]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
1 January 2018[17]	GK		Agil Mammadov	Neftchi Baku	1 January 2018
1 January 2018[17]	MF		Tellur Mutallimov	Zira	1 January 2018[27]
1 January 2018[17]	FW		Ekigho Ehiosun	Hapoel Acre	17 September 2018
31 May 2018[28]	DF		Vitaliy Vernydub	Zorya Luhansk	19 June 2018[29]
31 May 2018	MF		Elvin Mammadov	Sumgayit	11 June 2018[30]
31 May 2018	MF		Filip Ozobić	Qarabağ	2 June 2018[31]
31 May 2018[28]	FW		Ruslan Qurbanov	Sabail	11 June 2018[32]
31 May 2018	FW		Bagaliy Dabo	Neftchi Baku	17 June 2018[33]

Trial

Date From	Date To	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club	Ref.
November 2017		MF		Abdul Kerim Konte		[34]
November 2017		MF		Kevin Pena		[34]
January 2018		FW		Kaique	Santos	[35]

Squad

As of match played 28 May 2018^[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 34)	Chornomorets Odesa	2015		141	0
23	Agil Mammadov		GK	(1989-05-01)1 May 1989 (aged 29)	Neftchi Baku	2018	2018[2]	5	0
35	Murad Popov		GK	(1999-03-05)5 March 1999 (aged 19)	Trainee	2016		0	0
Defenders
2	Sahil Mirzayev		DF	(1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 21)	Trainee	2015		0	0
3	Vojislav Stanković		DF	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 30)	Inter Baku	2017	2019[38]	112	2
5	Rasim Ramaldanov		DF	(1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 32)	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	2017[39]		18	0
15	Vitaliy Vernydub		DF	(1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 30)	Zorya Luhansk	2015[40]	2018	78	3
16	Dion Malone		DF	(1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 29)	ADO Den Haag	2017	2019[5]	21	0
34	Urfan Abbasov		DF	(1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 25)	Qarabağ	2011		188	2
74	Yusif Nabiyev		DF	(1997-09-03)3 September 1997 (aged 20)	Trainee	2015		4	0
Midfielders
4	Elvin Jamalov		MF	(1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 23)	Trainee	2013		114	0
6	Elvin Mammadov		MF	(1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 29)	Zira	2017	2018[2]	15	2
7	Alen Askerov		MF	(1996-07-11)11 July 1996 (aged 21)	Novigrad	2017	2018	0	0
8	Gismat Aliyev		MF	(1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 21)	Trainee	2014		43	0
11	Asif Mammadov		MF	(1986-08-05)5 August 1986 (aged 31)	Inter Baku	2015		100+	11
14	Javid Huseynov		MF	(1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 30)	Baku	2016		89	20
16	Emin Zamanov		MF	(1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 20)	Trainee	2015		0	0
18	Ilgar Gurbanov		MF	(1986-04-25)25 April 1986 (aged 32)	Qarabağ	2017	2019[1]	20	1
19	Filip Ozobić		MF	(1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 27)	Slaven Belupo	2016	2018[41]	74	25
26	Ülvi İbazadə		MF	(1996-08-26)26 August 1996 (aged 21)	Trainee	2016		1	0
29	Hajiagha Hajili		MF	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 20)	Trainee	2016		4	0
32	Amin Seydiyev		MF	(1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 19)	Trainee	2017		1	0
33	Tamkin Khalilzade		MF	(1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 24)	Zira	2017	2020	15	0
Forwards
9	Bagaliy Dabo		ST	(1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 29)	US Créteil	2016	2018[42]	62	27
10	Ruslan Qurbanov		ST	(1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 26)	Neftchi Baku	2016	2018[43]	59	11
28	Steeven Joseph-Monrose		ST	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 27)	Stade Brest	2017	2019[4]	31	12
45	Famoussa Koné		ST	(1994-05-03)3 May 1994 (aged 24)	Göztepe	2017	2018[18]	33	7
	Rauf Aliyev		ST	(1989-02-12)12 February 1989 (aged 29)	Kukësi	2018[10]	2019[10]	0	0
Left during the season
12	Andy Halliday		MF	(1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 29)	loan from Rangers	2017	2018[16]	8	0
20	Javi Hernández		MF	(1989-06-06)6 June 1989 (aged 28)	Górnik Łęczna	2017	2018[3]	1	0
21	Dave Bulthuis		DF	(1990-06-28)28 June 1990 (aged 27)	1. FC Nürnberg	2017	2020[6]	8	0
88	Tellur Mutallimov		MF	(1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 23)	Trainee	2014		30	5
90	Ekigho Ehiosun		ST	(1990-06-25)25 June 1990 (aged 27)	Gazişehir Gaziantep	2017[8]	2018[8]	39	6

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) — MF  AZE Araz Abdullayev (at Anorthosis) — MF  AZE Ehtiram Shahverdiyev (at Sumgayit) — MF  AZE Emin Zamanov (at Kapaz)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  AZE Roman Huseynov (at Sumgayit) — FW  AZE Ulvi Isgandarov (at Kapaz) — FW  AZE Rovlan Muradov (at Slavia Prague) — FW  UKR Ramil Hasanov (at Khazar Baku)

Friendlies

TSV Fulpmes v Gabala

12 June 2017	TSV Fulpmes	0 – 8	Gabala	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Dabo Mutallimov Gurbanov Ozobić Jamalov G.Aliyev U.İbazadə

Akhmat Grozny v Gabala

15 June 2017	Akhmat Grozny	1 – 0	Gabala	Jenbach, Austria
AZT (UTC+4)	Sadayev 49'	Report

Admira Wacker Mödling v Gabala

18 June 2017 Stubai Cup	Admira Wacker Mödling	1 – 0	Gabala	Austria
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report
Note: 45mins

CSKA Sofia v Gabala

18 June 2017 Stubai Cup	CSKA Sofia	2 – 0	Gabala	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)	Nedyalkov 4' Mercado 44'	Report
Note: 45mins

Ludogorets Razgrad v Gabala

22 June 2017	Ludogorets Razgrad	2 – 0	Gabala	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)	João Paulo 37' Lukoki 73'	Report

SV Grödig v Gabala

30 June 2017	SV Grödig	0 – 7	Gabala	Salzburg, Austria
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Joseph-Monrose 24' Abbasov 37' As.Mammadov 47', 56' Hernández 48' Abdullayev 58' F.Nabiyev 75'

Dynamo Kyiv v Gabala

4 July 2017	Dynamo Kyiv	2 – 1	Gabala	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)	Khlyobas 13', 55'	Report	E.Mammadov 86'

Utrecht v Gabala

8 July 2017	Utrecht	0 – 1	Gabala	Austria
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Koné 64'

Gabala v Sumgayit

4 September 2017	Gabala	1 – 3	Sumgayit	Baku
17:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Halliday 45' (pen.)	Report	Yunanov 22' Imamverdiyev 56', 70'	Stadium: Ismat Gayibov Stadium

Gabala v Zira

11 November 2017	Gabala	0 – 1	Zira	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Gadze 77'	Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium

Gabala v Səbail

12 November 2017	Gabala	1 – 1	Səbail	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)	K.Penan 45'	Report	Popovici 70'	Stadium: Ismat Gayibov Stadium

Gabala v Akhisar Belediyespor

10 January 2018	Gabala	1 – 1	Akhisar Belediyespor	Belek, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Serginho 17'	Report	Ozobić 57'	Stadium: Rixos Premium Hotel

Gabala v Atyrau

14 January 2018	Gabala	v	Atyrau	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)

Gabala v Zürich

17 January 2018	Gabala	0 – 1	Zürich	Antalya, Turkey
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Brunner 57'

Gabala v Rabotnički

24 January 2018	Gabala	2 – 1	Rabotnički	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	As.Mammadov 45' Dabo 54'	Report	Serginho 39'

Gabala v Arsenal Tula

27 January 2018	Gabala	3 – 3	Arsenal Tula	Antalya, Turkey
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 16' Joseph-Monrose 32' Vernydub 83'	Report	Berkhamov 5', 28', 44'

Gabala v Bohemians 1905

31 January 2018	Gabala	1 – 3	Bohemians 1905	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Hajili 49'	Report	Luts 31' J.Nečas 69' Hašek 72'

Gabala v Shkëndija

3 February 2018	Gabala	0 – 2	Shkëndija	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Ibraimi 8' Hasani 34' (pen.)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2017–18 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	7	7	42	25	+17	49	7	4	3	19	11	+8	7	3	4	23	14	+9

Last updated: 21 May 2018.
Source: See Results

Results

Inter Baku v Gabala

12 August 2017 1	Inter Baku	1 – 2	Gabala	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Seyidov  31' Fardjad-Azad 71' S.Zargarov  78'	Report	E.Mammadov 13' 61' Ozobić 23' (pen.) 90+2' Joseph-Monrose  41'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Gabala v Sumgayit

20 August 2017 2	Gabala	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Qabala
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mutallimov 40' E.Mammadov  57'	Report	A.Salahli  2' E.Shahverdiyev  77'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Qarabağ v Gabala

26 August 2017 3	Qarabağ	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Sadygov  47' Amirguliyev  52' Madatov 63' Míchel 73' Ndlovu  88'	Report	Malone  51' Joseph-Monrose 69' G.Aliyev  83'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Gabala v Zira

9 September 2017 4	Gabala	1 – 1	Zira	Qabala
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Stanković  37' Abbasov  83' J.Huseynov 90+1' Vernydub  90+1'	Report	Matei  58' V.Igbekoyi 74' 90+1'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Sabail v Gabala

17 September 2017 5	Sabail	1 – 3	Gabala	Baku
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	E.Yagublu  32' Nadirov 56'	Report	Dabo 42', 90+3' Vernydub  57' As.Mammadov 60' Halliday  84'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

24 September 2017 6	Gabala	2 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Joseph-Monrose 4' 90' Dabo 40' Halliday  58' J.Huseynov  65'	Report	Alasgarov 48' Sadiqov  52' Krivotsyuk  63' Abışov  81'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Farizx Yusifov

Gabala v Kapaz

29 September 2017 7	Gabala	0 – 2	Kapaz	Qabala
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Qurbanov  47' As.Mammadov  83' G.Aliyev  84' E.Mammadov  90+2'	Report	K.Diniyev 48' S.Rahimov  53' I.Sadigov 56' 59'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 175 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Sumgayit v Gabala

14 October 2017 8	Sumgayit	0 – 1	Gabala	Sumqayit
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Malikov  37' B.Hasanalizade  54'	Report	Koné 29' Halliday  43' As.Mammadov  80' Bezotosnyi  88'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Gabala v Qarabağ

22 October 2017 9	Gabala	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Qabala
13:30 AZT (UTC+4)	As.Mammadov 8' Jamalov  74'	Report	Agolli Sadygov  35' Rzeźniczak  36'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Zira v Gabala

28 October 2017 10	Zira	1 – 2	Gabala	Zirə
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Đurić 19' (pen.) 43' Tounkara 38' 72' K.Bayramov  44' Gadze  63' Boum  79' Naghiyev  81' Khalilzade  90+3'	Report	Abbasov  33' Stanković  35' J.Huseynov Ehiosun  51' Koné 72'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Yusifov

Gabala v Sabail

4 November 2017 11	Gabala	3 – 1	Sabail	Qabala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Koné 16' Dabo 29', 83'	Report	K.Gurbanov  56' E.Yagublu 88' 90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

19 November 2017 12	Neftchi Baku	2 – 3	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Makhmudov 19' Petrov 48' Krivotsyuk  55'	Report	Dabo 22' Qurbanov 56' (pen.) Jamalov  61' Joseph-Monrose 80'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Kapaz v Gabala

25 November 2017 13	Kapaz	1 – 6	Gabala	Ganja
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	I.Sadigov  27' N.Mammadov  35' K.Diniyev 56' (pen.)	Report	Dabo 1', 54' Joseph-Monrose 14' Koné  31' 40', 78' Abbasov 58' Qurbanov 65'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Gabala v Keşla

3 December 2017 14	Gabala	3 – 0	Keşla	Qabala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Dabo 24' Ozobić 51', 56' Ehiosun  88'	Report	Fardjad-Azad  30'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Qarabağ v Gabala

10 February 2018 15	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Gabala	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Diniyev  71' Rzeźniczak  72' Amirguliyev  78'	Report	G.Aliyev  17' Stanković  73'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Gabala v Zira

17 February 2018 16	Gabala	2 – 1	Zira	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Qurbanov  43' G.Aliyev  46' Joseph-Monrose 56' Dabo 64'	Report	Dedov  32' 39' Urdinov  43' I.Muradov  51' Đurić  65' Mustafayev  66'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Sabail v Gabala

24 February 2018 17	Sabail	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Vernydub 25' (o.g.) F.Muradbayli 57' E.Yagublu  88'	Report	Khalilzade  31' As.Mammadov  57' Dabo 68' Hajili  71'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

4 March 2018 18	Gabala	1 – 2	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
15:30 AZT (UTC+4)	E.Mammadov 34' Dabo  38' Jamalov  56' Nabiyev  83' Stanković  88'	Report	Hajiyev  19' M.Abbasov 59' Herrera 73' Mahmudov  76' Petrov  87' Krivotsyuk  90+1'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Kapaz v Gabala

9 March 2018 19	Kapaz	0 – 1	Gabala	Ganja
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Jalilov  21'	Report	Hajili  19' Qurbanov  30' Ozobić 66'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ravan Hamzazade

Keşla v Gabala

13 March 2018 20	Keşla	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
15:30 AZT (UTC+4)	F.Bayramov  38' Stanković 59' (o.g.) Fardjad-Azad  75'	Report	Dabo 32' G.Aliyev  40' Jamalov  59' Malone  81'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Omar Paşayev

Gabala v Sumgayit

2 April 2018 21	Gabala	1 – 1	Sumgayit	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Jamalov  26' Joseph-Monrose 55' 80' Stanković  67'	Report	V.Beybalayev  40' N.Gurbanov 83'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Zira v Gabala

8 April 2018 22	Zira	1 – 1	Gabala	Zirə
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Đurić 53' (pen.) Williams  56'	Report	Joseph-Monrose 78' Khalilzade  90+3'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

Gabala v Sabail

15 April 2018 23	Gabala	1 – 1	Sabail	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ramaldanov  27' Jamalov  61' Koné 82' 84' G.Aliyev  90+4'	Report	T.Tsetskhladze  20' F.Muradbayli 55'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

22 April 2018 24	Neftchi Baku	1 – 0	Gabala	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Abışov 4' 34' Mahmudov  19'  63' Petrov  32' Alaskarov  41'	Report	Joseph-Monrose  21' Ozobić  90'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Gabala v Kapaz

28 April 2018 25	Gabala	3 – 0	Kapaz	Qabala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	G.Aliyev  8' Abbasov  13' Ozobić 31' Joseph-Monrose 39' Huseynov 45+1' Koné  71'	Report	Mandzhgaladze  62' R.Huseynov  70'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Keşla

5 May 2018 26	Gabala	1 – 1	Keşla	Qabala
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Joseph-Monrose 30' Ramaldanov  43'	Report	S.Alkhasov 10' A.Mammadli  24' Javadov  61' F.Bayramov  67' Guliyev  83'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

Sumgayit v Gabala

12 May 2018 27	Sumgayit	0 – 2	Gabala	Sumqayit
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hüseynov  52' N.Gurbanov  80'	Report	Dabo 37' Huseynov 88'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Qarabağ

21 May 2018 28	Gabala	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Huseynov  45+2' Ozobić  74' Khalilzade  85'	Report	Ramazanov  15' Quintana 22' (pen.) Sadygov  50'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Raad Ahmədov
Note: Match moved to the Azersun Arena in Baku.[44]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Qarabağ (C)	28	20	5	3	37	13	+24	65	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Gabala	28	14	7	7	43	26	+17	49	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Neftçi Baku	28	14	4	10	39	28	+11	46
4	Zira	28	12	8	8	36	30	+6	44
5	Sumgayit	28	11	7	10	34	33	+1	40

Source: 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.^[45]
(C) Champions

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Azerbaijan Cup

Gabala v Mil-Muğan

29 November 2017 Second Round	Gabala	8 – 0	Mil-Muğan	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Huseynov 30' (pen.) Qurbanov 42' Ozobić 45+1', 58', 84' U.Iskandarov 52' Hajili  64' 85' Ehiosun 73'	Report	J.Hasanov  29' A.Babazadeh  45' S.Babayev  55'  83' V.Mehraliyev  75' E.Mammadov  77'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Ziya Nasirov

Gabala v Səbail

11 December 2017 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Gabala	1 – 0	Səbail	Qabala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Joseph-Monrose 59' J.Huseynov 76' Stanković  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Ravan Hamzazade

Səbail v Gabala

15 December 2017 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Səbail	2 – 4 (2 – 5 agg.)	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Popovici 16' Nadirov  37' Tagaýew 78'	Report	Ozobić 22' Qurbanov  24' 44' Koné 56' 59' Dabo 75' Abbasov  77'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 250 Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

12 April 2018 Semifinal 1st leg	Gabala	1 – 2	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić  68' G.Aliyev  88' Joseph-Monrose 90+1'	Report	Gómez 29' Alaskarov 45' 86' R.Azizli  90+3'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

18 April 2018 Semifinal 2nd leg	Neftchi Baku	1 – 3 (3 – 4 agg.)	Gabala	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mustivar 9' Meza  46' Abışov  59' Herrera  84'	Report	Dabo 20', 30' Abbasov  38' Joseph-Monrose  41' Qurbanov  45' Huseynov 60' (pen.) Ramaldanov  88'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Final

Gabala v Keşla

27 May 2018	Gabala	0 – 1	Keşla	Qabala
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Guliyev  7' Sohna  17' Fardjad-Azad 71' 90+5' O.Sadigli  88' Aghayev  90+1'	Report	Joseph-Monrose  4' Koné  77' Gurbanov  88'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Gabala v Jagiellonia Białystok

13 July 2017 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Gabala	1 – 1	Jagiellonia Białystok	Baku[note 1], Azerbaijan
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Halliday  17' E.Mammadov  27' Joseph-Monrose 48' Huseynov  56' Stanković  88'	Report	Romanchuk 15' Góralski  18' Burliga 44'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 6,500[46] Referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)

Jagiellonia Białystok v Gabala

20 July 2017 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Jagiellonia Białystok	0 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Gabala	Białystok, Poland
21:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Guilherme  21'	Report	Gurbanov 18' Huseynov  83' Ozobić 89'	Stadium: Białystok City Stadium Attendance: 13,326[46] Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Romania)

Panathinaikos v Gabala

27 July 2017 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Panathinaikos	1 – 0	Gabala	Athens, Greece
22:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Molins 37' (pen.)	Report	Vernydub  42'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 11,237[47] Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

Gabala v Panathinaikos

3 August 2017 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Gabala	1 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Baku[note 1], Azerbaijan
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Malone  20' Moledo 48' (o.g.)	Report	Lod  51' 63' Cabezas 66'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 11,000[47] Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 28 May 2018

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	31	0	20+1	0	6	0	4	0
4	MF	AZE	Elvin Jamalov	21	0	14+4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
5	DF	AZE	Rasim Ramaldanov	11	0	8+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
6	MF	AZE	Elvin Mammadov	16	2	6+5	2	0+1	0	1+3	0
8	MF	AZE	Gismat Aliyev	29	0	22+2	0	5	0	0	0
9	FW	FRA	Bagaliy Dabo	33	16	24+3	13	4	3	2	0
10	MF	AZE	Ruslan Qurbanov	29	4	14+10	2	4+1	2	0	0
11	MF	AZE	Asif Mammadov	29	2	13+9	2	3+1	0	0+3	0
14	FW	AZE	Javid Huseynov	28	5	18	3	6	2	4	0
15	DF	UKR	Vitaliy Vernydub	25	0	20	0	1	0	4	0
16	DF	SUR	Dion Malone	21	0	13+5	0	0	0	3	0
18	MF	AZE	Ilgar Gurbanov	20	1	8+3	0	3+2	0	4	1
19	MF	CRO	Filip Ozobić	29	10	15+4	5	5+1	4	4	1
22	GK	UKR	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	34	0	26	0	4	0	4	0
23	GK	AZE	Agil Mammadov	5	0	2+1	0	2	0	0	0
28	FW	FRA	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	31	12	21+1	9	5	2	4	1
29	MF	AZE	Hajiagha Hajili	4	1	2+1	0	1	1	0	0
32	MF	AZE	Amin Seydiyev	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	MF	AZE	Tamkin Khalilzade	15	0	7+5	0	3	0	0	0
34	DF	AZE	Urfan Abbasov	31	0	25	0	5	0	1	0
45	FW	MLI	Famoussa Koné	33	7	13+10	6	6	1	1+3	0
74	DF	AZE	Yusif Nabiyev	4	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from Gabala on loan:
17	FW	AZE	Roman Huseynov	5	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
70	FW	AZE	Ulvi Isgandarov	1	1	0	0	0+1	1	0	0
Players who left Gabala during the season:
12	MF	SCO	Andy Halliday	8	0	3	0	1	0	4	0
20	MF	ESP	Javi Hernández	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	NED	Dave Bulthuis	8	0	2+2	0	0	0	3+1	0
88	MF	AZE	Tellur Mutallimov	8	1	5+2	1	0+1	0	0	0
90	FW	NGA	Ekigho Ehiosun	7	1	2+4	0	1	1	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW		9	Bagaliy Dabo	13	3	0	16
2	FW		28	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	9	2	1	12
3	MF		19	Filip Ozobić	5	4	1	10
4	FW		45	Famoussa Koné	6	1	0	7
5	MF		14	Javid Huseynov	3	2	0	5
6	FW		10	Ruslan Qurbanov	2	2	0	4
7	MF		11	Asif Mammadov	2	0	0	2
	MF		6	Elvin Mammadov	2	0	0	2
9	MF		88	Tellur Mutallimov	1	0	0	1
	FW		70	Ulvi Isgandarov	0	1	0	1
	FW		90	Ekigho Ehiosun	0	1	0	1
	MF		29	Hajiagha Hajili	0	1	0	1
	MF		18	Ilgar Gurbanov	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	43	17	4	64

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League		Total
3		DF	Vojislav Stanković	5	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
4		MF	Elvin Jamalov	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5		DF	Rasim Ramaldanov	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
6		MF	Elvin Mammadov	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
8		MF	Gismat Aliyev	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
9		FW	Bagaliy Dabo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Ruslan Qurbanov	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
11		MF	Asif Mammadov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14		MF	Javid Huseynov	1	2	0	0	2	0	3	2
15		DF	Vitaliy Vernydub	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
16		DF	Dion Malone	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
18		MF	Ilgar Gurbanov	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
19		MF	Filip Ozobić	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
22		GK	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28		FW	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	3	1	2	0	0	0	5	1
29		MF	Hajiagha Hajili	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
33		MF	Tamkin Khalilzade	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
34		DF	Urfan Abbasov	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
45		FW	Famoussa Koné	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
74		DF	Yusif Nabiyev	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Players who left Gabala during the season:
12		MF	Andy Halliday	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
90		FW	Ekigho Ehiosun	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	59	4	13	1	7	0	79	5

Notes

1. Gabala will play their home match at Bakcell Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Qabala.