2019–20 Zira FK season

The Zira FK 2019–20 season was Zira's fifth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and sixth season in their history. Zira finished the season in 5th position and were scheduled to face Gabala in the Azerbaijan Cup semifinals before the season was ended prematurely due to COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.

Zira

2019-20 season
President	Vugar Astanov
Manager	Samir Abbasov (Until 8 October) Zaur Hashimov (From 9 October)
Stadium	Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Premier League	5th
Azerbaijan Cup	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	League: Two Players (4) All: Julio Rodríguez (6)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Season events

On 8 October, Samir Abbasov left his role as manager of Zira by mutual consent.^[1] On 9 October, Zaur Hashimov was appointed as Zira's new manager until the end of the season.^[2]

On 21 December, Zira announced the singing of Aghabala Ramazanov and Davit Volkovi on an 18-month contracts starting from 1 January 2020.^[3][4]

On 11 January, Sony Norde was released by Zira.^[5]

On 14 January, Alie Sesay joined Zira on an 18-month contract.^[6]

On 21 January, Jovan Krneta returned to Zira, signing until the end of the season.^[7]

On 25 January, Gheorghe Anton signed for Zira on an 18-month contract.^[8]

On 27 January, Robin Ngalande was released by Zira.^[9]

On 29 January, Julio Rodríguez left Zira by mutual consent.^[10]

On 2 February, Elvin Mammadov left Zira by mutual consent.^[11]

On 3 March, Zira announced the signing of Emil Balayev on a contract until the end of the season.^[12]

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

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.^[14]

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
1	Orkhan Sadigli		GK	(1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 27)	Keşla	2019		16	0
12	Emil Balayev		GK	(1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 26)	Tobol	2020[12]	2020[12]	1	0
28	Bojan Zogović		GK	(1989-02-16)16 February 1989 (aged 31)	Bačka	2019[15]	2020[15]	8	0
62	Abdulla Seyidahmadov		GK	(1997-06-04)4 June 1997 (aged 23)	Trainee	2017		2	0
Defenders
3	Alie Sesay		DF	(1994-08-02)2 August 1994 (aged 25)	Arda Kardzhali	2020[6]	2021[6]	6	0
5	Anastasios Papazoglou		DF	(1988-09-24)24 September 1988 (aged 31)	OFI	2019[16]	2020[16]	11	0
6	Álvaro Ampuero		DF	(1992-09-25)25 September 1992 (aged 27)	loan from Deportivo Municipal	2019[17]	2020[17]	18	0
14	Bəxtiyar Həsənalızadə		DF	(1992-12-29)29 December 1992 (aged 27)	Sumgayit	2019[18]	2020[18]	26	0
16	Ibrahim Aslanli		DF	(1997-03-21)21 March 1997 (aged 23)	Qarabağ	2017	2020	7	1
25	Miloš Bakrač		DF	(1992-02-25)25 February 1992 (aged 28)	Titograd	2019[19]	2020[19]	13	0
27	Adrian Scarlatache		DF	(1986-12-05)5 December 1986 (aged 33)	Keşla	2018[20]	2019[20]	40	1
33	Jovan Krneta		DF	(1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 28)	Levadiakos	2020[7]	2020[7]	85	6
55	Rauf Huseynli		DF	(2000-01-25)25 January 2000 (aged 20)	loan from Qarabağ	2020		3	0
77	Cəlal Hüseynov		DF	(2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 17)	Academy	2019		1	0
Midfielders
4	Elvin Jamalov		MF	(1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 25)	Gabala	2019[21]	2021[21]	20	0
7	Javid Huseynov		MF	(1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (aged 32)	Gabala	2019[22]	2021[22]	17	2
8	Ilkin Muradov		MF	(1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 24)	Academy	2019		65	2
18	Gheorghe Anton		MF	(1993-01-27)27 January 1993 (aged 27)	Sheriff Tiraspol	2020[8]	2021[8]	6	0
19	Müşfiq İlyasov		MF	(1996-05-08)8 May 1996 (aged 24)	Academy	2016		7	1
20	Ali Shirinov		MF	(1998-08-09)9 August 1998 (aged 21)	Daugavpils	2020		1	0
23	Mpho Kgaswane		MF	(1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 26)	Baroka	2019[23]	2019[23]	28	5
48	Chafik Tigroudja		MF	(1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 28)	Kukësi	2019[24]		20	3
64	Kanan Jafarov		MF	(2000-03-09)9 March 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2019		1	0
70	Nijat Suleymanov		MF	(1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 21)	loan Qarabağ	2019		15	5
88	Tellur Mutallimov		MF	(1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 25)	Gabala	2017	2020	54	4
97	Tapdiq Əhmədov		MF	(1997-05-08)8 May 1997 (aged 23)	Academy	2017		1	0
99	Rafael Maharramli		MF	(1999-10-01)1 October 1999 (aged 20)	loan Qarabağ	2019		13	0
Forwards
10	Aghabala Ramazanov		FW	(1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 27)	Sabail	2020[3]	2021[3]	4	3
11	Davit Volkovi		FW	(1995-06-03)3 June 1995 (aged 25)	Gabala	2020[4]	2021[4]	6	1
43	Richard Gadze		FW	(1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 25)	Voluntari	2019[25]	2020[25]	54	15
Left during the season
10	Elvin Mammadov		MF	(1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 31)	Sumgayit	2019[26]	2021[26]	56	6
11	Sony Norde		FW	(1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 30)	Mohun Bagan	2019[27]	2020[27]	13	1
17	Robin Ngalande		FW	(1992-11-02)2 November 1992 (aged 27)	Baroka	2019[28]	2019[28]	13	1
18	Julio Rodríguez		FW	(1990-12-05)5 December 1990 (aged 29)	Deportivo Capiatá	2019[29]		28	15
57	Kənan Zülfüqarov		DF	(1999-04-19)19 April 1999 (aged 21)	Trainee	2017		0	0

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.
31 May 2019	MF		Elvin Mammadov	Sumgayit	Undisclosed	[26]
2 June 2019	MF		Javid Huseynov	Gabala	Free	[22]
3 June 2019	MF		Elvin Jamalov	Gabala	Free	[21]
21 June 2019	GK		Bojan Zogović	Bačka	Undisclosed	[15]
12 July 2019	DF		Miloš Bakrač	OFK Titograd	Undisclosed	[19]
16 July 2019	FW		Sony Norde	Mohun Bagan	Undisclosed	[27]
17 July 2019	DF		Anastasios Papazoglou	OFI Crete	Undisclosed	[16]
15 October 2019	FW		Richard Gadze	Voluntari	Undisclosed	[25]
1 January 2020	FW		Aghabala Ramazanov	Sabail	Free	[3]
1 January 2020	FW		Davit Volkovi	Gabala	Free	[4]
14 January 2020	DF		Alie Sesay	Arda Kardzhali	Undisclosed	[6]
21 January 2020	DF		Jovan Krneta	Levadiakos	Undisclosed	[7]
25 January 2020	MF		Gheorghe Anton	Sheriff Tiraspol	Free	[8]
3 March 2020	GK		Emil Balayev	Tobol	Free	[12]
Winter 2020	MF		Ali Shirinov		Free

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
13 June 2019	MF		Nijat Suleymanov	Qarabağ	End of Season	[30]
14 August 2019	DF		Álvaro Ampuero	Deportivo Municipal	End of Season	[17]
Winter 2020	DF		Rauf Huseynli	Qarabağ	End of Season

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2019	DF		Murad Musayev	Gabala	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Mirsahib Abbasov	Sabail	Undisclosed
22 May 2019	GK		Kamal Bayramov	Sabail	Undisclosed	[31]
4 June 2019	DF		Vugar Mustafayev	Sumgayit	Undisclosed	[32]
15 June 2019	MF		Kamal Mirzayev	Gabala	Undisclosed	[33]
23 June 2019	MF		Bilal Hamdi	Sabail	Undisclosed	[34]
8 July 2019	DF		Ilkin Qirtimov	Keşla	Undisclosed	[35]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
11 January 2020[5]	FW		Sony Norde	Melaka United
27 January 2020[9]	FW		Robin Ngalande	Saint George	8 October 2020
29 January 2020[10]	FW		Julio Rodríguez	Sabah	29 January 2020[36]
2 February 2020[11]	MF		Elvin Mammadov	Sumgayit	17 July 2020[37]
30 June 2020	DF		Anastasios Papazoglou	Xanthi

Friendlies

Zira v Ümraniyespor

11 January 2020	Zira	0 – 3	Ümraniyespor	Belek, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)		Report

Zira v Sepsi OSK

16 January 2020	Zira	2 – 0	Sepsi OSK	Belek, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	Gadze	Report

Zira v Napredak Kruševac

21 January 2020	Zira	2 – 0	Napredak Kruševac	Belek, Turkey
AZST (UTC+4)	Gadze 29' Volkovi 57'	Report

Zira v Sabail

10 June 2020	Zira	2 – 2	Sabail	Zirə
AZST (UTC+4)	Ramazanov 16' Kgaswane 70'	Report	Essien 30' T.Manafov 49'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium

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	7	5	8	26	36	−10	26	4	3	3	15	17	−2	3	2	5	11	19	−8

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W
Position	7	4	5	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	4

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

Results

Sabail v Zira

18 August 2019 1	Sabail	1 – 0	Zira	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Cociuc 80' (pen.)	Report	Scarlatache  73' Tigroudja  90+2'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

Zira v Neftçi

26 August 2019 2	Zira	1 – 0	Neftçi	Zirə
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Huseynov 27' B.Hasanalizade  81' O.Sadigli  90+4'	Report	Petrov  46' Akhundov  72'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

Zira v Sabah

31 August 2019 3	Zira	1 – 1	Sabah	Zirə
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Bakrač  16' Jamalov  33' Norde  77' 88' Huseynov  85' Scarlatache  90+4'	Report	A.Diallo 35' M.Isayev  77' A.Aghazade  90+5'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rovan Rəcəbov

Sumgayit v Zira

14 September 2019 4	Sumgayit	1 – 2	Zira	Sumgayit
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	S.Aliyev  12' Mutallimov 16' (o.g.) Sharifi  70' Malikov  88'	Report	Rodríguez 5' Huseynov  44' Bakrač  67' B.Hasanalizade  77' Tigroudja 88'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Kamal Umudlu

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

Keşla v Zira

29 September 2019 6	Keşla	2 – 0	Zira	Baku
19:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Gurbanov 51' Isgandarli  53' Frutos 62' J.Amirli  84'	Report	B.Hasanalizade  31' Huseynov  35'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Zira v Gabala

6 October 2019 7	Zira	1 – 1	Gabala	Zirə
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	I.Muradov 67' Mammadov  74'	Report	Ferreiroa  40' G.Aliyev  60' U.Isgandarov 65' Nazirov  90+1'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Neftçi v Zira

20 October 2019 8	Neftçi	3 – 0	Zira	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Dário 27' Petrov  36' Dabo 46' Stanković  54' Joseph-Monrose 76' M.Kane  84'	Report	Norde  22' Huseynov  36' I.Muradov  61' Ampuero  70' Kgaswane  90+1' B.Hasanalizade  90+3'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rovan Rəcəbov

Sabah v Zira

26 October 2019 9	Sabah	2 – 2	Zira	Masazır
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	A.Diallo 28', 44' Eyyubov  90+2'	Report	N.Suleymanov 22', 88' Scarlatache  90+3'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 750 Referee: Elcin Masiyev

Zira v Sumgayit

3 November 2019 10	Zira	2 – 2	Sumgayit	Zirə
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kgaswane 3'  44' Scarlatache  27' I.Muradov  45+3' Gadze  49' 57' Norde  74'	Report	Mustafayev  15' Babaei 28' (pen.) Khodzhaniyazov  33' Agayev 81' Hüseynov  90+1'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Sabuhi Bayramov

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

Zira v Keşla

24 November 2019 12	Zira	3 – 1	Keşla	Zirə
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	N.Suleymanov  4' Rodríguez 6' (pen.), 11' Huseynov 35' Jamalov  58' Gadze  83'	Report	Flores  20' Gurbanov 45+4' Meza  58'  60'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

Gabala v Zira

30 November 2019 13	Gabala	3 – 0	Zira	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	R.Muradov 13'  64' A.Seydiyev  16' Ferreiroa 42'  59' Volkovi  66' 70' Nazirov  82'	Report	Jamalov  45+2' Scarlatache  45+4' Kgaswane  78'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Ravan Hamzazada

Zira v Sabail

8 December 2019 14	Zira	4 – 1	Sabail	Zirə
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	N.Suleymanov 5', 20' Scarlatache 60' Mutallimov 88'	Report	Rahimov  27' Erico 78' Ramazanov  90+2'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Zira v Sabah

1 February 2020 15	Zira	2 – 0	Sabah	Zirə
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ampuero  15' Jamalov  37' Ramazanov 45+1' I.Muradov  71' Gadze 78'	Report	Mustafazade  83'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Elcin Məsiyev

Sumgayit v Zira

8 February 2020 16	Sumgayit	2 – 1	Zira	Sumgayit
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	E.Jafarguliyev 13' Agayev  41' Babaei  41' K.Najafov  53' 66' S.Ahmadov  90+3'	Report	Scarlatache  31' I.Muradov  33'  37' Ramazanov 35'  68' J.Huseynov  41' Tigroudja  41' Gadze  52' N.Suleymanov  84' Anton  90+4'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Orkhan Mammadov

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

Keşla v Zira

22 February 2020 18	Keşla	4 – 0	Zira	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Meza  8' Kamara  17' Gadoyev 19', 71'  54' Isgandarli 45' P.Azadov 90'	Report	Jamalov  3'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 550 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Zira v Gabala

1 March 2020 19	Zira	1 – 2	Gabala	Zirə
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	I.Muradov 21' Volkovi  34' Zogović  71' N.Suleymanov  74' Scarlatache  87'	Report	Mammadov  27' Ferreiroa 79' T.Ahmadli  80' R.Muradov 88'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

Sabail v Zira

8 March 2020 20	Sabail	1 – 3	Zira	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Abbasov  32' Aliyev 34' Amirguliyev  39' Naghiyev  83'	Report	Volkovi 13' I.Muradov  35' Ramazanov 59'  66' Tigroudja 81' Balayev  86' Scarlatache  88'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Zira v Neftçi

14 March 2020 21	Zira	–	Neftçi	Zirə
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Note: Match postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

Zira v Sumgayit

20 March 2020 22	Zira	–	Sumgayit	Zirə
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Note: Match postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Keşla	20	8	6	6	27	21	+6	30	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Sumgayit	20	6	5	9	24	32	−8	23
5	Zira	20	6	5	9	25	37	−12	23
6	Sabah	20	5	6	9	19	27	−8	21
7	Sabail	20	5	5	10	16	30	−14	20

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.^[38]

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Azerbaijan Cup

Zira v Qaradağ Lökbatan

4 December 2019 First Round	Zira	4 – 0	Qaradağ Lökbatan	Zirə
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov 45' (pen.) M.Ilyasov 55'  90+3' I.Aslanli  65' 79' Rodríguez 69'	Report	F.Mövsümov  45+2' S.Zeynalov  50' T.Mammarzayev  56' T.Xanlarov  90+4'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Raad Ahmadov

Sabail v Zira

15 December 2019 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Sabail	0 – 0	Zira	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Bakrač  68'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Kamal Umudlu

Zira v Sabail

19 December 2019 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Zira	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 0 agg.)	Sabail	Zirə
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kgaswane  68' Jamalov  84' J.Huseynov  89' Gadze  89' Mammadov  90+3' Rodríguez 105+1' Orkhan Sadigli  120+3'	Report	Amirguliyev  90+2' Naghiyev  120+3'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

Gabala v Zira

22 April 2020 Semifinal 1st leg	Gabala	–	Zira	Qabala
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Gabala City Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Zira v Gabala

29 April 2020 Semifinal 2nd leg	Zira	– (– agg.)	Gabala	Zirə
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Squad statistics

As of match played 8 March 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AZE	Orkhan Sadigli	14	0	11	0	3	0
3	DF	SLE	Alie Sesay	6	0	6	0	0	0
4	MF	AZE	Elvin Jamalov	20	0	18	0	2	0
5	DF	GRE	Anastasios Papazoglou	11	0	9+1	0	1	0
6	DF	PER	Álvaro Ampuero	18	0	15+1	0	2	0
7	MF	AZE	Javid Huseynov	17	2	15+1	2	1	0
8	MF	AZE	Ilkin Muradov	16	2	12+2	2	2	0
10	FW	AZE	Aghabala Ramazanov	4	3	4	3	0	0
11	FW	GEO	Davit Volkovi	6	1	6	1	0	0
12	GK	AZE	Emil Balayev	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	DF	AZE	Bəxtiyar Həsənalızadə	12	0	9+2	0	1	0
16	DF	AZE	Ibrahim Aslanli	1	1	0	0	1	1
18	MF	MDA	Gheorghe Anton	6	0	5+1	0	0	0
19	MF	AZE	Müşfiq İlyasov	1	1	0	0	1	1
20	MF	AZE	Ali Shirinov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
23	MF	BOT	Mpho Kgaswane	15	1	5+7	1	3	0
25	DF	MNE	Miloš Bakrač	13	0	9+2	0	2	0
27	DF	ROU	Adrian Scarlatache	17	1	14+1	1	2	0
28	GK	MNE	Bojan Zogović	8	0	8	0	0	0
33	DF	SRB	Jovan Krneta	2	0	2	0	0	0
43	FW	GHA	Richard Gadze	13	3	11	3	2	0
48	MF	FRA	Chafik Tigroudja	12	2	10+2	2	0	0
55	DF	AZE	Rauf Huseynli	3	0	3	0	0	0
64	MF	AZE	Kənan Cəfərov	1	0	0	0	1	0
70	MF	AZE	Nijat Suleymanov	15	4	11+2	4	2	0
77	DF	AZE	Cəlal Hüseynov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
88	MF	AZE	Tellur Mutallimov	15	1	8+5	1	2	0
97	MF	AZE	Tapdiq Əhmədov	1	0	0	0	1	0
99	MF	AZE	Rafael Maharramli	10	0	6+3	0	1	0
Players away from Zira on loan:
Players who left Zira during the season:
10	MF	AZE	Elvin Mammadov	13	1	4+6	0	0+3	1
11	FW	HAI	Sony Norde	13	1	6+5	1	1+1	0
17	FW	MWI	Robin Ngalande	7	0	2+3	0	1+1	0
18	FW	PAR	Julio Rodríguez	14	6	9+2	4	1+2	2

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	FW		19	Julio Rodríguez	4	2	6
2	MF		70	Nijat Suleymanov	4	0	4
3	FW		43	Richard Gadze	3	0	3
	FW		10	Aghabala Ramazanov	3	0	3
5	MF		7	Javid Huseynov	2	0	2
	MF		8	Ilkin Muradov	2	0	2
7	FW		11	Sony Norde	1	0	1
	MF		48	Chafik Tigroudja	1	0	1
	MF		23	Mpho Kgaswane	1	0	1
	DF		27	Adrian Scarlatache	1	0	1
	MF		88	Tellur Mutallimov	1	0	1
	FW		11	Davit Volkovi	1	0	1
	MF		19	Müşfiq İlyasov	0	1	1
	MF		10	Elvin Mammadov	0	1	1
	DF		16	Ibrahim Aslanli	0	1	1
				TOTALS	25	5	30

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Orkhan Sadigli	2	3	5
				TOTALS	2	3	5

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Total
1		GK	Orkhan Sadigli	1	0	1	0	2	0
4		MF	Elvin Jamalov	6	0	1	0	7	0
6		DF	Álvaro Ampuero	3	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Javid Huseynov	6	1	1	0	7	1
8		MF	Ilkin Muradov	6	1	0	0	6	1
10		FW	Aghabala Ramazanov	1	1	0	0	1	1
11		FW	Davit Volkovi	1	0	0	0	1	0
12		GK	Emil Balayev	1	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Bəxtiyar Həsənalızadə	4	0	0	0	4	0
16		DF	Ibrahim Aslanli	0	0	1	0	1	0
18		MF	Gheorghe Anton	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Müşfiq İlyasov	0	0	1	0	1	0
23		MF	Mpho Kgaswane	4	0	1	0	5	0
25		DF	Miloš Bakrač	3	0	1	0	4	0
27		DF	Adrian Scarlatache	8	0	0	0	8	0
28		GK	Bojan Zogović	1	0	0	0	1	0
43		FW	Richard Gadze	4	0	1	0	5	0
48		MF	Chafik Tigroudja	2	0	0	0	2	0
70		MF	Nijat Suleymanov	4	0	0	0	4	0
88		MF	Tellur Mutallimov	2	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left Zira during the season:
10		MF	Elvin Mammadov	1	0	1	0	2	0
11		FW	Sony Norde	3	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	62	3	9	0	71	3