2018–19 Gabala FC season

The 2018–19 season marked Gabala's 14th season in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top-flight of Azerbaijani football. The club participated in the Premier League, finishing fourth and secured their first title by winning the Azerbaijan Cup, defeating Sumgayit 1-0. They also played in the Europa League but were eliminated by Progrès Niederkorn in the first qualifying round.

Gabala

2018-19 season
Chairman	Tale Heydarov
Manager	Sanan Gurbanov
Stadium	Gabala City Stadium
Premier League	4th
Azerbaijan Cup	Champions
Europa League	First Qualifying Round vs Progrès Niederkorn
Top goalscorer	League: James Adeniyi (10) All: James Adeniyi (12)
Home colours Away colours
← 2017-18 2019-20 →

Season Events

At the end of the previous season, Roman Hryhorchuk left the club after his contract expired,^[1] with Sanan Gurbanov being appointed as the club's new manager on a two-year contract.^[2] On 16 June, Sabien Lilaj signed a one-year contract, with the option of a second year, from Skënderbeu Korçë.^[3] Ten days later, on 26 June, Gabala signed their second player from Skënderbeu Korçë, Nigerian forward James Adeniyi on a three-year contract.^[4] On 3 July, Lalawélé Atakora signed a one-year contract with Gabala, also having the option for an additional year.^[5]

On 6 January 2019, Anar Nazirov returned to Gabala for his third spell with the club, signing an 18-month contract from Zira,^[6] whilst Agil Mammadov moved to Neftchi Baku the following day.^[7]

On 9 January 2019, young midfielder Hajiagha Hajili made his season-long loan deal with Qarabağ a permanent transfer.^[8] On 11 January, Davit Volkovi signed from Saburtalo Tbilisi on a one-year contract.^[9]

Transfers

Main articles: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2018 and List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2018–19

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
16 June 2018	MF		Sabien Lilaj	Skënderbeu Korçë	Undisclosed	[3]
26 June 2018	FW		James Adeniyi	Skënderbeu Korçë	Undisclosed	[4]
3 July 2018	MF		Lalawélé Atakora	Adana Demirspor	Undisclosed	[5]
6 January 2019	GK		Anar Nazirov	Zira	Undisclosed	[6]
11 January 2019	FW		Davit Volkovi	Saburtalo Tbilisi	Undisclosed	[9]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
7 July 2018	MF		Araz Abdullayev	Panionios	Undisclosed	[10]
29 July 2018	FW		Ramil Hasanov	1074 Çankırıspor	Undisclosed	[11]
	MF		Ülvi İbazadə	Sabah	Undisclosed
	FW		Kamran Guliyev	Jonava	Undisclosed
29 December 2018	MF		Tamkin Khalilzade	Sabah	Undisclosed	[12]
7 January 2019	GK		Agil Mammadov	Neftchi Baku	Undisclosed	[7]
9 January 2019	MF		Hajiagha Hajili	Qarabağ	9 January 2019	[8]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
12 June 2018	DF		Yusif Nabiyev	Sumgayit	End of Season	[13]
Summer 2018	MF		Hajiagha Hajili	Qarabağ	9 January 2019	[8]
Summer 2018	FW		Rovlan Muradov	Qarabağ	Winter 2019
Summer 2018	FW		Ulvi Isgandarov	Sumgayit	End of Season

Trial

Date From	Date To	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club	Ref.
January 2019				Mateus		[14]
January 2019		MF		Jô		[14]
January 2019				Vellerson da Silva		[14]
January 2019				Kayo Neves		[14]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
31 May 2018	DF		Dion Malone	ADO Den Haag	27 July 2018[15]
31 May 2019	GK		Dmytro Bezotosnyi	Chornomorets Odesa	10 July 2019[16]
31 May 2019	DF		Vojislav Stanković	Neftçi Baku	4 June 2019[17]
31 May 2019	FW		Rauf Aliyev	Neftçi Baku	10 June 2019[18]

Squad

As of match played 19 May 2019^[19][20]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Anar Nazirov		GK	(1985-09-08)8 September 1985 (aged 33)	Zira	2019[6]	2020[6]	35	0
22	Dmytro Bezotosnyi		GK	(1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 35)	Chornomorets Odesa	2015		166	0
35	Murad Popov		GK	(1999-03-05)5 March 1999 (aged 20)	Trainee	2016		1	0
Defenders
3	Vojislav Stanković		DF	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 31)	Inter Baku	2017	2019[21]	142	3
5	Rasim Ramaldanov		DF	(1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 33)	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	2017[22]		32	1
6	Rustam Nuruyev		DF	(2000-03-06)6 March 2000 (aged 19)	Trainee	2019		0	0
27	Bahlul Mustafazade		DF	(1997-02-27)27 February 1997 (aged 22)	Trainee	2016		29	1
33	Vusal Masimov		DF	(2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 19)	Trainee	2019		0	0
34	Urfan Abbasov		DF	(1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 26)	Qarabağ	2011		220	3
Midfielders
2	Amin Seydiyev		MF	(1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 20)	Trainee	2017		16	0
4	Elvin Jamalov		MF	(1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 24)	Trainee	2013		141	0
7	Roman Huseynov		MF	(1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 21)	Trainee	2015		23	1
8	Gismat Aliyev		MF	(1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 22)	Trainee	2014		58	0
11	Asif Mammadov		MF	(1986-08-05)5 August 1986 (aged 32)	Inter Baku	2015		127+	12
14	Javid Huseynov		MF	(1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 31)	Baku	2016		119	21
18	Ilgar Gurbanov		MF	(1986-04-25)25 April 1986 (aged 33)	Qarabağ	2017[23]	2019[23]	41	1
21	Lalawélé Atakora		MF	(1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 28)	Adana Demirspor	2018[5]	2019[5]	29	1
77	Samir Gurbanov		MF	(2001-03-21)21 March 2001 (aged 18)	Trainee	2018		1	0
88	Sabien Lilaj		MF	(1989-02-10)10 February 1989 (aged 30)	Skënderbeu Korçë	2018[3]	2019[3]	29	0
98	Rovlan Muradov		MF	(1998-03-28)28 March 1998 (aged 21)	Trainee	2017		2	0
Forwards
9	Davit Volkovi		ST	(1995-06-03)3 June 1995 (aged 23)	Saburtalo Tbilisi	2019[9]	2019[9]	16	3
10	Rauf Aliyev		ST	(1989-02-12)12 February 1989 (aged 30)	Kukësi	2018[24]	2019[24]	30	4
17	James Adeniyi		ST	(1992-12-20)20 December 1992 (aged 26)	Skënderbeu Korçë	2018[4]	2021[4]	31	12
28	Steeven Joseph-Monrose		ST	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 28)	Stade Brest	2017[25]	2019[25]	62	20
Out on loan
74	Yusif Nabiyev		DF	(1997-09-03)3 September 1997 (aged 21)	Trainee	2015		4	0
77	Ulvi Isgandarov		ST	(1998-04-17)17 April 1998 (aged 21)	Trainee	2017		1	1
Left during the season
29	Hajiagha Hajili		MF	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 21)	Trainee	2016		4	0
30	Agil Mammadov		GK	(1989-05-01)1 May 1989 (aged 30)	Neftchi Baku	2018		9	0
33	Tamkin Khalilzade		MF	(1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 25)	Zira	2017	2020	30	1

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 Yusif Nabiyev (at Sumgayit)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  AZE Ulvi Isgandarov (at Sumgayit)

Friendlies

Kukësi v Gabala

23 June 2018	Kukësi	1 – 1	Gabala	Slovenia
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Špehar	Report	Joseph-Monrose 79'

Dinamo Zagreb v Gabala

28 June 2018	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 0	Gabala	Slovenia
AZST (UTC+4)	Šunjić 64' Marin 86'	Report

KS Cracovia v Gabala

4 July 2018	KS Cracovia	1 – 0	Gabala	Slovenia
AZST (UTC+4)		Report

Gabala v Gabala Reserves

31 July 2018	Gabala	2 – 1	Gabala Reserves	Baku
AZST (UTC+4)	R.Aliyev 11' Adeniyi 75'	Report	R.Shahmuradov 67'	Stadium: Baku Training Ground

Gabala v Keşla

4 August 2018	Gabala	2 – 0	Keşla	Baku
AZST (UTC+4)	Denis 46' (o.g.) R.Aliyev 85'	Report		Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium Reserve Pitch

Gabala v Zira

8 September 2018	Gabala	0 – 2	Zira	Baku
AZST (UTC+4)		Report	Scarlatache 31' Isgandarli 40'	Stadium: Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports

Gabala v Sabail

13 October 2018	Gabala	1 – 0	Sabail	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Adeniyi 65'	Report		Stadium: FC Baku Training Ground

Gabala v Qaradağ Lökbatan

12 January 2019	Gabala	2 – 0	Qaradağ Lökbatan	Baku
AZST (UTC+4)	R.Aliyev 20' Lilaj 62'	Report		Stadium: Bilajari Football Center

Gabala v Meppen

16 January 2019	Gabala	1 – 2	Meppen	Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	Vellerson da Silva	Report

Gabala v Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

20 January 2019	Gabala	2 – 2	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	R.Aliyev 53' Lilaj 71'	Report	Gritsayenko 56' Kutyin 86'

Gabala v Fakel Voronezh

24 January 2019	Gabala	v	Fakel Voronezh	Turkey
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)
Note: Match cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.[26]

Gabala v MTK Budapest

26 January 2019	Gabala	3 – 0	MTK Budapest	Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	Huseynov 40' Atakora 74' Lilaj 79'	Report

Sumgayit v Gabala

25 March 2019	Sumgayit	1 – 2	Gabala	Baku
AZST (UTC+4)	E.Mammadov 12'	Report	A.Mammadov 35' R.Aliyev 50'	Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium Reserve Field

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 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	9	9	10	31	33	−2	36	6	5	3	18	14	+4	3	4	7	13	19	−6

Last updated: 11 May 2019.
Source: See Results

Results

Gabala v Sabail

12 August 2018 1	Gabala	3 – 0	Sabail	Qabala
19:00 AZST (UTC+4)	As.Mammadov 23' Abbasov  27' 63' Adeniyi 82'	Report		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

19 August 2018 2	Neftchi Baku	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
18:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Dabo 36' Dário 48'	Report	Jamalov  40' R.Aliyev 85'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

Gabala v Sumgayit

25 August 2018 3	Gabala	1 – 1	Sumgayit	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Khalilzade 43' (pen.)  90+1'	Report	N.Gurbanov  33'  77' Malikov  42' Isayev  45+1' Y.Nabiyev 90+3'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

Sabah v Gabala

16 September 2018 4	Sabah	1 – 0	Gabala	Masazır
19:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Dević 23' M.Isayev  45+2'  75' K.Diniyev  70' Stamenković  90+4'	Report	Adeniyi  28' R.Aliyev  37'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Qarabağ v Gabala

23 September 2018 5	Qarabağ	4 – 1	Gabala	Baku
20:30 AZST (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

Gabala v Keşla

30 September 2018 6	Gabala	1 – 1	Keşla	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Stanković  7' Ramaldanov  35' Joseph-Monrose 75'	Report	Girdvainis  3' Yunanov 5' Mitrović  78' Aghayev  90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

Zira v Gabala

5 October 2018 7	Zira	1 – 0	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Qirtimov  52' Naghiyev  62' Radivojević 86'	Report	Gurbanov  11' Adeniyi  40' G.Aliyev  90+1'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

20 October 2018 8	Gabala	3 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Adeniyi 14', 77' Jamalov  34' Ramaldanov  41' Joseph-Monrose 57' Khalilzade  59'  67' Ag.Mammadov  85'	Report	Mahmudov  59' Petrov  64' A.Krivotsyuk  82' Karikari 90+4'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

Sumgayit v Gabala

27 October 2018 9	Sumgayit	2 – 2	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)	S.Aliyev 7', 19'  90+2' Taghiyev  65' Yildirim  72' Mahammadov  90+2'	Report	Joseph-Monrose 42' R.Aliyev  45'  90+2' Atakora 56'  84' J.Huseynov  71' Ag.Mammadov  90+2' Gurbanov  90+2' Mustafazade  90+2'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

Gabala v Sabah

4 November 2018 10	Gabala	2 – 1	Sabah	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Adeniyi 5' Joseph-Monrose 15' G.Aliyev  87' Gurbanov  89'	Report	B.Soltanov 52' Bosančić  77'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

Gabala v Qarabağ

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

Keşla v Gabala

24 November 2018 12	Keşla	1 – 2	Gabala	Baku
16:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Yunanov 38' S.Tashkin  90' Guidileye  90+4'	Report	Khalilzade  11' Adeniyi 17'  67' Stanković 20' Lilaj  33' Abbasov  36' Joseph-Monrose  48'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

Gabala v Zira

2 December 2018 13	Gabala	0 – 0	Zira	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Abbasov  47' Khalilzade  52' Jamalov  54' Huseynov  90'	Report	Fardjad-Azad  15' Hamdi  39'  61' I.Muradov  38' K.Mirzayev  61'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Vugar Həsənli
Note: Match was postponed in the 58th minute due to fog, with the remaining minutes being played on 3 December 2018 from 13:00.[27]

Sabail v Gabala

9 December 2018 14	Sabail	0 – 0	Gabala	Baku
17:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Kitanovski  55' Rahimov  70' Jarjué  70'	Report	R.Aliyev  10'  85'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Gabala v Sumgayit

3 February 2019 15	Gabala	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Qabala
14:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Volkovi  43' A.Seydiyev  57' Abbasov  79' Joseph-Monrose 84'	Report		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 530 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Sabah v Gabala

9 February 2019 16	Sabah	0 – 1	Gabala	Masazır
16:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Dević  17'  45+1' Eyyubov  29' Diniyev  47'	Report	R.Aliyev 31' A.Seydiyev  53' Jamalov  57'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Səbuhi Bayramov

Qarabağ v Gabala

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

Gabala v Keşla

23 February 2019 18	Gabala	0 – 0	Keşla	Qabala
14:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Abbasov  73' A.Seydiyev  90+3'	Report	Peña  29' Isgandarli  82' Denis  90'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 650 Referee: Rəşad Ahmədov

Zira v Gabala

3 March 2019 19	Zira	1 – 1	Gabala	Zirə
15:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Fofana 87'  90+3'	Report	J.Huseynov  20' B.Hasanalizade 57' (o.g.) Ramaldanov  70'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Gabala v Sabail

10 March 2019 20	Gabala	2 – 1	Sabail	Qabala
14:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Adeniyi  45+1' 49', 55' Mustafazade  62'  73'	Report	Gurbanov  22' Cociuc  34' Yunuszade  54' 84' Koubemba  70'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

15 March 2019 21	Neftchi Baku	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Mustivar  33' Mbodj 54'  78'	Report	Jamalov  30' Joseph-Monrose 72'  90'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Sabuhi Bayramov

Gabala v Sabah

1 April 2019 22	Gabala	0 – 0	Sabah	Qabala
14:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Stanković  10' As.Mammadov  40'	Report	K.Diniyev  15'  90+1' V.Abdullayev  26' Diniyev  67'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Gabala v Qarabağ

7 April 2019 23	Gabala	1 – 2	Qarabağ	Qabala
14:00 AZST (UTC+4)	R.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

Keşla v Gabala

14 April 2019 24	Keşla	1 – 2	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+4)	S.Alkhasov  55' Kamara 76' Ayité  79'	Report	Adeniyi 46'  60' Volkovi 65' Bezotosnyi  77' R.Aliyev  84'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Vugar Həsənli

Gabala v Zira

19 April 2019 25	Gabala	2 – 1	Zira	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Volkovi 20'  87' Adeniyi 56' Jamalov  62' Mammadov  67'	Report	Fardjad-Azad  12' K.Mirzayev  14' Tounkara 71' B.Hasanalizade  74'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Sabail v Gabala

27 April 2019 26	Sabail	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
17:30 AZST (UTC+4)	F.Muradbayli 20' Ramazanov 25'  74' Rahimov  78' Akpoveta  83' E.Ahmadov  84'	Report	Mustafazade 41' Huseynov  43' Atakora  69'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

5 May 2019 27	Gabala	1 – 3	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)	A.Seydiyev  8' Ramaldanov  57' R.Aliyev 84' Stanković  90+2'	Report	Mbodj 25' Mahmudov  59' Krivotsyuk  68' Dabo 71', 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Səbuhi Bayramov

Sumgayit v Gabala

11 May 2019 28	Sumgayit	1 – 0	Gabala	Sumqayit
16:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Hüseynov  64' U.Iskandarov 68' N.Gurbanov  78' R.Azizli  90+5'	Report	Muradov  45' J.Huseynov  57' Stanković  71' Jamalov  88' R.Aliyev  90+3'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Raad Əhmədov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
6	Sumgayit	28	8	5	15	24	42	−18	29

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.^[28]

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Azerbaijan Cup

Gabala v Sabah

16 December 2018 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Gabala	1 – 0	Sabah	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ivanović 45' (o.g.)	Report	Ivanović  59'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

Sabah v Gabala

20 December 2018 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Sabah	0 – 1 (0 – 2 agg.)	Gabala	Masazır
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	S.Seyidov  35' E.Nabiyev  39' V.Abdullayev  45' Ramos  53'  83' E.Turabov  67'	Report	Joseph-Monrose  9' Adeniyi  44' 80'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev

Gabala v Qarabağ

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' R.Aliyev  87'	Report	Madatov  35' Zoubir  84'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Vugar Hasanli

Qarabağ v Gabala

1 May 2019 Semifinal 2nd leg	Qarabağ	2 – 1 (2 – 2 a agg.)	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Madatov  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

Final

Gabala v Sumgayit

19 May 2019	Gabala	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Nakhchivan
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Joseph-Monrose 3'  90+5' R.Aliyev  45' Nazirov  90+2' Mustafazade  90+6'	Report	Naghiyev  60' Y.Nabiyev  70' Hüseynov  90+1' Taghiyev  90+5'	Stadium: Nakhchivan City Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: İnqilab Məmmədov

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-offs (Main Path)

Gabala v Progrès Niederkorn

12 July 2018 First qualifying round 1st leg	Gabala	0 – 2	Progrès Niederkorn	Qabala, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Joseph-Monrose  15' Khalilzade  84'	Report	De Almeida 51' O.Thill 61' (pen.) S.Thill  65' Flauss  72'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,600[29] Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Macedonia)

Progrès Niederkorn v Gabala

19 July 2018 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Progrès Niederkorn	0 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Gabala	Differdange, Luxembourg
21:30 AZST (UTC+4)	Karapetian  69' Mutsch  86' O.Thill  88' da Graça  90+3'	Report	Ramaldanov  17' Joseph-Monrose 28' R.Aliyev  65' Abbasov  73' Khalilzade  79' J.Huseynov  79' Adeniyi  89'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)
Note: Progrès Niederkorn played their home matches at Stade Municipal, Differdange, instead of their regular stadium Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn.

Squad statistics

As of Match played 19 May 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AZE	Anar Nazirov	7	0	3+1	0	3	0	0	0
2	MF	AZE	Amin Seydiyev	15	0	12	0	2+1	0	0	0
3	DF	SRB	Vojislav Stanković	30	1	24	1	5	0	1	0
4	MF	AZE	Elvin Jamalov	27	0	21	0	4+1	0	1	0
5	DF	AZE	Rasim Ramaldanov	14	1	9+3	1	0+1	0	1	0
7	FW	AZE	Roman Huseynov	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	AZE	Gismat Aliyev	15	0	9+3	0	1+2	0	0	0
9	FW	GEO	Davit Volkovi	16	3	11+2	2	3	1	0	0
10	FW	AZE	Rauf Aliyev	30	4	16+7	4	4+1	0	2	0
11	MF	AZE	Asif Mammadov	27	1	8+14	1	1+2	0	2	0
14	MF	AZE	Javid Huseynov	30	1	21+3	1	4+1	0	1	0
17	FW	NGA	James Adeniyi	31	12	24+1	10	4	2	2	0
18	MF	AZE	Ilgar Gurbanov	21	0	13+5	0	1	0	2	0
21	MF	TOG	Lalawélé Atakora	29	1	16+7	1	1+3	0	0+2	0
22	GK	UKR	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	25	0	21	0	2	0	2	0
27	DF	AZE	Bahlul Mustafazade	29	1	21+2	1	5	0	1	0
28	FW	FRA	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	31	8	23+2	6	4	1	2	1
34	DF	AZE	Urfan Abbasov	32	1	24+1	1	5	0	2	0
35	GK	AZE	Murad Popov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	AZE	Samir Gurbanov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	ALB	Sabien Lilaj	29	0	15+8	0	4	0	2	0
98	MF	AZE	Rovlan Muradov	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from Gabala on loan:
Players who left Gabala during the season:
30	GK	AZE	Agil Mammadov	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	AZE	Tamkin Khalilzade	15	1	11	1	2	0	1+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW		17	James Adeniyi	10	2	0	12
2	FW		28	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	6	1	1	8
3	FW		10	Rauf Aliyev	4	0	0	4
4	FW		9	Davit Volkovi	2	1	0	3
5				Own goal	1	1	0	2
6	MF		11	Asif Mammadov	1	0	0	1
	DF		34	Urfan Abbasov	1	0	0	1
	MF		33	Tamkin Khalilzade	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Rasim Ramaldanov	1	0	0	1
	MF		21	Lalawélé Atakora	1	0	0	1
	DF		3	Vojislav Stanković	1	0	0	1
	MF		14	Javid Huseynov	1	0	0	1
	DF		27	Bahlul Mustafazade	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	31	5	1	37

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Anar Nazirov	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
2		MF	Amin Seydiyev	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
3		DF	Vojislav Stanković	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
4		MF	Elvin Jamalov	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
5		DF	Rasim Ramaldanov	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
8		MF	Gismat Aliyev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Davit Volkovi	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		FW	Rauf Aliyev	9	2	2	0	1	0	12	2
11		MF	Asif Mammadov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Javid Huseynov	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
17		FW	James Adeniyi	6	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
18		MF	Ilgar Gurbanov	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
21		MF	Lalawélé Atakora	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
22		GK	Dmytro Bezotosnyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		DF	Bahlul Mustafazade	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	2
28		FW	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	2	0	3	0	1	0	6	0
34		DF	Urfan Abbasov	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
88		MF	Sabien Lilaj	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
98		MF	Rovlan Muradov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Gabala during the season:
30		GK	Agil Mammadov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33		MF	Tamkin Khalilzade	5	2	0	0	1	1	6	3
			TOTALS	72	6	16	0	7	1	95	7