2019–20 Qarabağ FK season

The Qarabağ 2019–20 season was Qarabağ's 27th Azerbaijan Premier League season, of which they were defending champions, and was their twelfth season under manager Gurban Gurbanov. Qarabağ were crowned Champions for the 7th season in a row when the season was curtailed on 19 June, whilst they had reached the semi-finals of the Azerbaijan Cup when it was ended. In Europe, Qarabağ were knocked out of the Champions League by APOEL in the Third qualifying round, dropping into the Europa League where they finished 3rd in a group with Sevilla, APOEL and Dudelange.

Qarabağ

2019–20 season
President	Tahir Gözal
Manager	Gurban Gurbanov
Stadium	Azersun Arena
Premier League	1st
Azerbaijan Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Third qualifying round (vs APOEL)
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mahir Emreli (7) All: Mahir Emreli (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Season overview

On 7 June, Míchel signed a new two-year contract with Qarabağ.^[1]

On 24 June, Qarabağ announced the signing of Jaime Romero on a three-year contract after his Córdoba contract had been mutually ended the previous week.^[2]

On 4 July, Qarabağ announced the loan-signing of Ailton from VfB Stuttgart.^[3]

On 15 July, Qarabağ announced the signing of Faycal Rherras from AS Béziers on a two-year contract.^[4]

On 16 July, Qarabağ announced that Wilde-Donald Guerrier had left the club after failing to return to Azerbaijan after the summer break,^[5] and that Magaye Gueye had joined the club from Osmanlıspor.^[6]

On 30 August, Qarabağ announced that Dzon Delarge had left the club by mutual consent.^[7]

On 2 September, Qarabağ announced the loan signing of Asmir Begović from Bournemouth.^[8]

On 23 January, Qarabağ announced the signing of Owusu Kwabena on a 3.5-year contract from Leganés.^[9]

On 3 January, Dani Quintana left the club to sign for China League One club Chengdu Better City.^[10]

On 13 March 2020, the Azerbaijan Premier League was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11]

On 8 June 2020, Qarabağ announced that Magaye Gueye had left the club by mutual consent.^[12]

On 19 June 2020, the AFFA announced that the 2019–20 season had been officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.^[13]

Squad

As of match played 8 March 2020

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev		GK	(1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 26)	Sumgayit	2015	2020	42	0
13	Vagner		GK	(1986-06-06)6 June 1986 (aged 34)	Royal Excel Mouscron	2018	2020	34	0
Defenders
3	Ailton		DF	(1995-03-16)16 March 1995 (aged 25)	loan from VfB Stuttgart	2019[3]	2020[3]	28	3
4	Rahil Mammadov		DF	(1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 24)	Sabail	2018[14]	2021[14]	36	1
5	Maksim Medvedev		DF	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 30)	Youth team	2006	2020	432+	13+
14	Rashad Sadygov		DF	(1982-06-16)16 June 1982 (aged 38)	Eskişehirspor	2011		323	10
23	Faycal Rherras		DF	(1993-04-07)7 April 1993 (aged 27)	AS Béziers	2019[4]	2021[4]	8	1
30	Abbas Huseynov		DF	(1995-06-13)13 June 1995 (aged 25)	Inter Baku	2017		52	1
55	Badavi Huseynov		DF	(1991-07-11)11 July 1991 (aged 28)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2012	2020	326	4
Midfielders
2	Gara Garayev		MF	(1992-10-12)12 October 1992 (aged 27)	Youth team	2008	2021[15]	348	3
7	Araz Abdullayev		MF	(1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 28)	loan from Panionios	2018	2020	50	4
8	Míchel		MF	(1985-11-08)8 November 1985 (aged 34)	Maccabi Haifa	2015	2021[1]	168	30
17	Abdellah Zoubir		MF	(1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 28)	RC Lens	2018[16]	2020[16]	76	15
18	Ismayil Ibrahimli		MF	(1998-02-13)13 February 1998 (aged 22)	MOIK Baku	2018		23	5
19	Filip Ozobić		MF	(1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 29)	Gabala	2018[17]	2021[17]	51	12
21	Hajiagha Hajili		MF	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 22)	Gabala	2019[18]	2023[18]	11	0
71	Toral Bayramov		MF	(2001-02-23)23 February 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2019		2	0
Forwards
9	Jaime Romero		FW	(1990-07-31)31 July 1990 (aged 29)	Córdoba	2019[2]	2022[2]	26	6
11	Mahir Emreli		FW	(1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 22)	Baku	2015	2020	164	48
27	Owusu Kwabena		FW	(1997-06-18)18 June 1997 (aged 23)	Leganés	2020[9]	2023[9]	5	0
29	Musa Qurbanlı		FW	(2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 18)	Youth team	2019		1	0
Away on loan
44	Elvin Cafarguliyev		MF	(2000-10-26)26 October 2000 (aged 19)	Youth team	2019		0	0
70	Nijat Suleymanov		MF	(1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 21)	Youth team	2018		1	0
94	Nijat Mehbaliyev		GK	(2000-09-11)11 September 2000 (aged 19)	Youth team	2017	2019	0	0
Left during the season
1	Asmir Begović		GK	(1987-06-20)20 June 1987 (aged 32)	loan from Bournemouth	2019[8]	2020[8]	16	0
6	Simeon Slavchev		MF	(1993-09-25)25 September 1993 (aged 26)	Sporting CP	2018[19]	2021[19]	39	2
10	Dani Quintana		MF	(1987-03-08)8 March 1987 (aged 33)	Al-Ahli	2015	2020	152	44
20	Richard		MF	(1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 31)	loan from Astana	2019		283	56
28	Dzon Delarge		FW	(1990-06-24)24 June 1990 (aged 29)	Bursaspor	2018[20]	2020[20]	19	3
77	Wilde-Donald Guerrier		MF	(1989-03-31)31 March 1989 (aged 31)	Alanyaspor	2017	2020	67	6
99	Magaye Gueye		FW	(1990-07-06)6 July 1990 (aged 29)	Osmanlıspor	2019[6]		28	8

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 44 MF  AZE Elvin Cafarguliyev (at Sumgayit) 70 MF  AZE Nijat Suleymanov (at Zira)

No. Pos. Nation Player 94 GK  AZE Nijat Mehbaliyev (at Sumgayit)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2019 and List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2019–20

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2019	FW		Jaime Romero	Córdoba	Free	[2]
15 July 2019	DF		Faycal Rherras	AS Béziers	Undisclosed	[4]
17 July 2019	FW		Magaye Gueye	Osmanlıspor	Undisclosed	[6]
23 January 2020	FW		Owusu Kwabena	Leganés	Undisclosed	[9]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
3 January 2020	MF		Dani Quintana	Chengdu Better City	Undisclosed	[10]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
31 August 2018	MF		Araz Abdullayev	Panionios	30 June 2020	[21]
12 January 2019	MF		Richard Almeida	Astana	31 December 2019
4 July 2019	DF		Ailton	VfB Stuttgart	End of Season	[3]
2 September 2019	GK		Asmir Begović	Bournemouth	January 2020	[8]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Summer 2019	MF		Elvin Jafarguliyev	Sumgayit	End of Season
13 June 2019	MF		Nijat Suleymanov	Zira	End of Season	[22]
13 September 2019	GK		Nijat Mehbaliyev	Sumgayit	End of Season	[23]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
16 July 2019[5]	MF		Wilde-Donald Guerrier	Neftçi	5 September 2019[24]
30 August 2019[7]	FW		Dzon Delarge	České Budějovice
December 2019	MF		Simeon Slavchev	Levski Sofia	22 December 2019[25]
8 June 2020[12]	FW		Magaye Gueye
22 June 2020[26]	GK		Vagner
22 June 2020	DF		Faycal Rherras
30 June 2020	GK		Nijat Mehbaliyev	Sabah	1 July 2020[27]
30 June 2020	DF		Rashad Sadygov	Retired
30 June 2020	MF		Nijat Suleymanov

Friendlies

Qarabağ v Sabail

15 June 2019	Qarabağ	3 – 1	Sabail	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Quintana 12' Ozobić T.Bayramov 55'	Report	F.Muradbayli 22'	Stadium: Azersun Arena
Note: Match consisted of two 30-minute halves.

Qarabağ v Ludogorets Razgrad

22 June 2019	Qarabağ	0 – 2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Marcelinho 17' Bakalov 71'

Qarabağ v Universitatea Craiova

25 June 2019	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Universitatea Craiova	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)		Report

Qarabağ v Ufa

28 June 2019	Qarabağ	2 – 1	Ufa	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)	Zoubir 54' Míchel 62'	Report	Yemelyanov 75' (pen.)

Qarabağ v Viktoria Plzeň

2 July 2019	Qarabağ	2 – 2	Viktoria Plzeň	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 42', 52'	Report

Qarabağ v Academica Clinceni

18 January 2020	Qarabağ	2 – 2	Academica Clinceni	Belek, Turkey
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zoubir 10' J.Bayramov 89'	Report	22' 85'

Qarabağ v Zhetysu

22 January 2020	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Zhetysu	Belek, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 5'	Report

Qarabağ v Wisła Płock

25 January 2020	Qarabağ	2 – 3	Wisła Płock	Belek, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 18' (pen.) Romero 56'	Report	45' 61' 86'

Sabah v Qarabağ

9 June 2020	Sabah	0 – 5	Qarabağ	Masazır
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Emreli 3', 65' Romero 15' Ozobić 37' Kwabena 90'	Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2019–20 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
20	13	6	1	34	7	+27	45	6	4	0	14	3	+11	7	2	1	20	4	+16

Last updated: 8 March 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Keşla v Qarabağ

16 August 2019 1	Keşla	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gurbanov  53' E.Mehdiyev  71'  74' Qirtimov  90+2'	Report	Mammadov  44' I.Ibrahimli 79'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Orkhan Mammadov

Qarabağ v Gabala

25 August 2019 2	Qarabağ	3 – 0	Gabala	Baku
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Richard  18' 62' (pen.) Abdullayev  55' Gueye 63' Zoubir 80'	Report	U.Isgandarov  45+2'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: İnqilab Məmmədov

Sabail v Qarabağ

1 September 2019 3	Sabail	0 – 4	Qarabağ	Baku
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ramazanov  20' Amirguliyev  58' Rahimov  70'	Report	Quintana 2' I.Ibrahimli 29', 59' Rherras  44' Emreli 62'  67' Medvedev  86'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kamal Umudlu

Qarabağ v Neftçi

15 September 2019 4	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Neftçi	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 31' Zoubir 70' Ailton  90+3'	Report	Mahmudov  17' Petrov  90' Aliyev  90+4'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Zira v Qarabağ

23 September 2019 5	Zira	1 – 3	Qarabağ	Zirə
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Rodríguez 88' Ampuero  90+3'	Report	Gueye 12' B.Huseynov  18' Romero 41' Papazoglou 44' (o.g.) Sadygov  90'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Qarabağ v Sumgayit

27 September 2019 6	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Sumgayit	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	A.Huseynov  44' Quintana 45+2' Míchel  81' Emreli 90'	Report	S.Aliyev  31' Mustafayev  53' E.Badalov  57'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Elcin Məsiyev

Qarabağ v Sabah

6 October 2019 7	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Sabah	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Gueye  4' 16' Emreli  6' A.Huseynov 50' Richard  83'	Report	Diniyev  33' Mustafazade  79' Eyyubov  83'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Vugar Həsənli

Gabala v Qarabağ

20 October 2019 8	Gabala	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	G.Aliyev 3'  70' Gigauri  34' Mammadov  45+3' R.Huseynov  57' A.Seydiyev  67' Ferreiroa  87'	Report	I.Ibrahimli 9'  90+1' Zoubir  87'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Qarabağ v Sabail

28 October 2019 9	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Sabail	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Míchel  85' Garayev 87'	Report	E.Rəhimli  46' Abbasov  80'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

Neftçi v Qarabağ

1 November 2019 10	Neftçi	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mahmudov  41' Akhundov  68'	Report	Míchel  3' Medvedev  8' Mammadov  60' Begović  90+9'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Qarabağ v Zira

10 November 2019 11	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Zira	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gueye 5'	Report	Mutallimov  30' Huseynov  37' Gadze  45+2' 70' Bakrač  55' Kgaswane  67'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Sumgayit v Qarabağ

22 November 2019 12	Sumgayit	2 – 1	Qarabağ	Sumqayit
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mustafayev  36' Isayev  59' Babaei 65', 69'  68' E.Jafarguliyev  89' Agayev  90+1'	Report	Romero 36' I.Ibrahimli  72' Míchel  90+2' Emreli  90+2'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Sabah v Qarabağ

2 December 2019 13	Sabah	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Masazır
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ivanović  45+2'	Report	Richard  20' Zoubir 74'	Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Qarabağ v Keşla

6 December 2019 14	Qarabağ	2 – 2	Keşla	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Quintana 4' Ailton  38' Emreli 45'	Report	J.Amirli  37' H.Hajili 41' (o.g.) Namașco  45' T.Bayramli 47' Qirtimov  64'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Kamal Umudlu
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

Sabail v Qarabağ

2 February 2020 15	Sabail	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Aliyev  90+1'	Report	Míchel  23' B.Huseynov  28' Emreli 81' Medvedev  90+2' Mahammadaliyev  90+5'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Qarabağ v Neftçi

8 February 2020 16	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Neftçi	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Romero  48' Ailton  81'	Report	Guerrier  84'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

Zira v Qarabağ

15 February 2020 17	Zira	0 – 6	Qarabağ	Zirə
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mutallimov  52' J.Huseynov  67' N.Suleymanov  74' Jamalov  90'	Report	B.Huseynov 4' Romero 11'  90' Emreli 14' Ailton 28'  52' Zoubir 61' Gueye 85'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

Qarabağ v Sumgayit

23 February 2020 18	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	T.Bayramov  20' Míchel  41' Emreli 49'  74'  90+2' Mahammadaliyev  90+5'	Report	P.Najafov  60' Isayev  62' Yunanov  86'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

Qarabağ v Sabah

29 February 2020 19	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Sabah	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Sadygov  90+1' Garayev  90+5'	Report	Stamenković  43' Marina  84'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Elcin Məsiyev

Keşla v Qarabağ

8 March 2020 20	Keşla	0 – 2	Qarabağ	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	P.Azadov  58' Christovão  60' Gadoyev  80' Isgandarli  87' Qirtimov  90+3'	Report	Zoubir 31'  90+3' Ozobić 87' B.Huseynov  90+1' Gueye  90+3'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Qarabağ v Gabala

13 March 2020 21	Qarabağ	–	Gabala	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium
Note: Match postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

Neftçi v Qarabağ

21 March 2020 22	Neftçi	–	Qarabağ	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium
Note: Match postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Qarabağ (C)	20	13	6	1	34	7	+27	45	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Neftçi Baku	20	10	7	3	33	14	+19	37	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Keşla	20	8	6	6	27	21	+6	30
4	Sumgayit	20	6	5	9	24	32	−8	23
5	Zira	20	6	5	9	25	37	−12	23

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]
(C) Champions

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Azerbaijan Cup

Qarabağ v Keşla

16 December 2019 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Keşla	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	I.Ibrahimli 53'  77'	Report	Sadygov  82'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Sabuhi Bayramov
Note: Qarabağ played their home match at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

Keşla v Qarabağ

20 December 2019 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Keşla	1 – 3 (1 – 4 agg.)	Qarabağ	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	T.Bayramli  25' Isgandarli  45+2' X.Mahmudov  59' 67'	Report	Medvedev  19' Emreli 20' Romero 40' Ailton  78' T.Bayramov 90+2'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov
Note: Match played at the Bayil Arena in Baku, instead of Keşla's regular ASK Arena in Baku.

Sumgayit v Qarabağ

21 April 2020 Semifinal 1st leg	Sumgayit	–	Qarabağ	Sumqayit
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Qarabağ v Sumgayit

28 April 2020 Semifinal 2nd leg	Qarabağ	– (– agg.)	Sumgayit	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Partizani Tirana v Qarabağ

10 July 2019 First qualifying round 1st leg	Partizani Tirana	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Tirana, Albania
19:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Çinari  83'	Report		Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium Attendance: 2,120[29] Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

Qarabağ v Partizani Tirana

17 July 2019 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Qarabağ	2 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.)	Partizani Tirana	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Medvedev  39' Míchel  41' Ozobić 51' Mammadov  54' Quintana 90+4'	Report	Hakaj  64' Ekuban  90+2'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 5,932[29] Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)
Note: Qarabağ played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

Dundalk v Qarabağ

24 July 2019 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Dundalk	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Dundalk, Republic of Ireland
22:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Hoban 78'	Report	Emreli 4' Ailton  45+3' Slavchev  62'	Stadium: Oriel Park Attendance: 3,100[30] Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Qarabağ v Dundalk

31 July 2019 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Qarabağ	3 – 0 (4 – 1 agg.)	Dundalk	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Romero 12', 87' Ailton 76'	Report		Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 5,832[30] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Note: Qarabağ played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

APOEL v Qarabağ

6 August 2019 Third qualifying round 1st leg	APOEL	1 – 2	Qarabağ	Nicosia, Cyprus
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Merkis  31' 90+5' Gentsoglou  50'	Report	Sadygov  47' Emreli 54' Mammadov  57' Gueye 69' Medvedev  71'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 9,481[31] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Qarabağ v APOEL

13 August 2019 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Qarabağ	0 – 2 (2 – 3 agg.)	APOEL	Baku, Azerbaijan
AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov  64' Richard  90+1'  90+3'	Report	De Vincenti  30' 34' (pen.) Matić 68' Al-Taamari  90+1'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 31,531[31] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Note: Qarabağ played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Linfield v Qarabağ

22 August 2019 Playoff round 1st leg	Linfield	3 – 2	Qarabağ	Belfast, Northern Ireland
22:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Stafford  29' 40' Lavery 45+1', 75' Cooper  54'	Report	Rherras 15'  89' Míchel  68' Emreli  87' Gueye 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 4,633[32] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Qarabağ v Linfield

29 August 2019 Playoff round 2nd leg	Qarabağ	2 – 1 (a 4 – 4 agg.)	Linfield	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Jaime Romero 6' Ailton  63' Richard  82' Míchel  86' Zoubir 88' Garayev  90+2'	Report	M.Stafford  61' Lavery 90+3'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 18,349[32] Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)
Note: Qarabağ played their home match at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sevilla	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	APOEL	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
3	Qarabağ	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5
4	F91 Dudelange	6	1	1	4	8	18	−10	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Qarabağ v Sevilla

19 September 2019 1	Qarabağ	0 – 3	Sevilla	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Ailton  36' Medvedev  73'	Report	Hernández 62' Munir 78' Torres 85' Gudelj  90+2'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 30,826[33] Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

F91 Dudelange v Qarabağ

3 October 2019 2	F91 Dudelange	1 – 4	Qarabağ	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
23:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Garos  36'  62' Lesquoy  82' Bernier 90'	Report	Zoubir 11' Míchel 30' Almeida 37' (pen.) Quintana 69'	Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Attendance: 3,005[34] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
Note: F91 Dudelange played their home matches at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange.

Qarabağ v APOEL

24 October 2019 3	Qarabağ	2 – 2	APOEL	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Quintana 13' Ailton 58' Emreli  90+3'	Report	Ioannou 29' Hallenius 45' Souza  51' Vouros  90+1' Savić  90+3'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 30,824[35] Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

APOEL v Qarabağ

7 November 2019 4	APOEL	2 – 1	Qarabağ	Nicosia, Cyprus
21:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Souza 59'  61' Ioannou 88' Bezjak  90+1' Vouros  90+6'	Report	Medvedev 10' Richard  34' Míchel  71' Begović  84' Garayev  90+6' Sadygov  90+6'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 9,432[36] Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Sevilla v Qarabağ

29 November 2019 5	Sevilla	2 – 0	Qarabağ	Seville, Spain
00:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gil 61' Dabour 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 19,803[37] Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Qarabağ v F91 Dudelange

12 December 2019 6	Qarabağ	1 – 1	F91 Dudelange	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Garayev  30'  46' Míchel  66' Gueye 90+1'	Report	C.Morren  53' Bougrine 63' A.Bernier  71'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

Squad statistics

As of Match played 8 March 2020

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	AZE	Gara Garayev	29	1	13+3	1	2	0	1+2	0	7+1	0
3	DF	BRA	Ailton	29	3	13+2	1	0+1	0	6	1	7	1
4	DF	AZE	Rahil Mammadov	18	0	8	0	2	0	6	0	2	0
5	DF	AZE	Maksim Medvedev	33	1	16+1	0	2	0	6	0	8	1
7	MF	AZE	Araz Abdullayev	22	0	6+5	0	1	0	1+4	0	1+4	0
8	MF	ESP	Míchel	25	1	9+3	0	0	0	5	0	8	1
9	FW	ESP	Jaime Romero	27	7	10+3	3	2	1	5+1	2	4+2	1
11	FW	AZE	Mahir Emreli	30	10	12+4	7	1+1	1	5+1	2	4+2	0
12	GK	AZE	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	11	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	BRA	Vagner	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	0
14	DF	AZE	Rashad Sadygov	22	0	10	0	0	0	6	0	6	0
17	MF	FRA	Abdellah Zoubir	35	7	14+5	5	1+1	0	6	0	8	2
18	MF	AZE	Ismayil Ibrahimli	21	5	15+2	4	2	1	0	0	1+1	0
19	MF	CRO	Filip Ozobić	8	2	3+2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
21	MF	AZE	Hajiagha Hajili	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	MAR	Faycal Rherras	9	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	1
27	FW	GHA	Owusu Kwabena	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	AZE	Musa Qurbanlı	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	AZE	Abbas Huseynov	22	1	11+4	1	0	0	1+2	0	3+1	0
55	DF	AZE	Badavi Huseynov	22	1	14	1	2	0	0	0	6	0
71	MF	AZE	Tural Bayramov	3	1	1+1	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Qarabağ during the season:
1	GK	BIH	Asmir Begović	17	0	10	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
6	MF	BUL	Simeon Slavchev	8	0	2	0	0	0	3+2	0	0+1	0
10	MF	ESP	Dani Quintana	24	6	9+2	3	0+1	0	1+3	1	5+3	2
20	MF	AZE	Richard	29	2	12+2	1	2	0	6	0	6+1	1
99	FW	SEN	Magaye Gueye	28	8	9+9	5	1	0	0+2	1	3+4	2

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		11	Mahir Emreli	7	1	2	0	10
2	FW		99	Magaye Gueye	5	0	1	2	8
4	MF		17	Abdellah Zoubir	5	0	0	2	7
	FW		9	Jaime Romero	3	1	2	1	7
5	MF		10	Dani Quintana	3	0	1	2	6
6	MF		18	Ismayil Ibrahimli	4	1	0	0	5
7	DF		3	Ailton	1	0	1	1	3
8	MF		19	Filip Ozobić	1	0	1	0	2
	MF		20	Richard	1	0	0	1	2
10	DF		30	Abbas Huseynov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		2	Gara Garayev	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		55	Badavi Huseynov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		71	Tural Bayramov	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		23	Faycal Rherras	0	0	0	1	1
	MF		8	Míchel	0	0	0	1	1
	DF		5	Maksim Medvedev	0	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	34	4	8	10	56

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	GK		12	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	9	0	0	0	9
2	GK		1	Asmir Begović	6	1	0	0	7
3	GK		13	Vagner	0	0	3	0	3
				TOTALS	15	1	3	0	19

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
2		DF	Gara Garayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1
3		DF	Ailton	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
4		DF	Rahil Mammadov	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
5		DF	Maksim Medvedev	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
7		MF	Araz Abdullayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Míchel	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	11	0
9		FW	Jaime Romero	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Mahir Emreli	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	1
12		GK	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		DF	Rashad Sadygov	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
17		MF	Abdellah Zoubir	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Ismayil Ibrahimli	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
23		DF	Faycal Rherras	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
30		DF	Abbas Huseynov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
55		DF	Badavi Huseynov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
71		MF	Tural Bayramov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Qarabağ during the season:
1		GK	Asmir Begović	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6		MF	Simeon Slavchev	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Richard	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	7	1
99		FW	Magaye Gueye	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	41	2	3	0	11	1	18	1	73	4