Sumgayit FK

Sumqayıt FK (Azerbaijani: "Sumqayıt" futbol klubu, pronounced [sumɡɑˈjɯt] ^ⓘ) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Sumgait, that plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top tier of football in the country.^[2]

Sumqayıt

Full name	Sumqayıt Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)	Kimyaçılar (The Chemists)
Founded	2010; 15 years ago (2010)
Ground	Sumgayit City Stadium
Capacity	9,502[1]
President	Riad Rafiyev
Manager	Saša Ilić
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2024–25	Azerbaijan Premier League, 8th of 10
Website	sfc.az
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

The club was founded in 2010 as Sumqayıt FK. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after getting wildcard place instead of defunct Absheron.^[3] After securing promotion to the Premier League, the club based most of their squad on players from Azerbaijan's U-19 and U-17 players.^[4] In January 2012, the club announced that its old name was being restored.^[5]

During 2012–13 season, Sumgayit narrowly avoided relegation to the First Division by finishing 10th in the league.

In the 2017–18 season, they were the only team in the league consisting solely of Azerbaijani players.

On 15 January 2019, Sumgayit announced they had signed a cooperation with Tractor Sazi.^[6]

Domestic history

Season	League									Azerbaijan Cup	Top goalscorer		Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
2010–11	2nd	7th	26	13	5	8	34	26	44	Did not enter			Kappa	Azərkimya
2011–12	1st	12th	32	6	6	20	27	52	24	First round	Orkhan Aliyev	5
2012–13	1st	10th	32	9	8	15	31	49	35	Second round	Pardis Fardjad-Azad	9	Umbro
2013–14	1st	9th	36	5	10	21	27	61	25	Second round	Pardis Fardjad-Azad	6
2014–15	1st	8th	32	7	10	15	32	43	31	Second round	Magomed Kurbanov	13
2015–16	1st	8th	36	9	12	15	41	49	39	Quarter-final	Amil Yunanov	12
2016–17	1st	6th	28	9	8	11	28	35	35	Quarter-final	Mirabdulla Abbasov	8	Joma	Pasha Life
2017–18	1st	5th	28	11	7	10	34	33	40	Semi-final	Amil Yunanov	10
2018–19	1st	6th	28	8	5	15	24	42	29	Runners Up	Five Players	3
2019–20	1st	5th	20	6	5	9	24	32	23	Semi-final	Peyman Babaei	7	Jako
2020–21	1st	4th	28	10	9	9	30	31	39	Runners Up	Ali Ghorbani	9
2021–22	1st	6th	28	5	7	16	22	46	22	Quarter-final	Ali Ghorbani Rahim Sadikhov	5
2022–23	1st	7th	36	8	7	21	26	70	31	First round	Vusal Isgandarli	6
2023–24	1st	4th	36	15	12	9	37	38	57	Quarterfinal	Casimir Ninga	7	Macron

European history

As of match played 25 July 2024

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Europa League	1	0	0	1	0	2
UEFA Conference League	4	0	2	2	1	4
Total	5	0	2	3	1	6

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Shkëndija	0–2	—	—
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	2QR	Čukarički	0–2	0–0	0–2
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	2Q	Fehérvár	1–2	0–0	1–2

Notes

• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round
• PO: Play-off round
• Group: Group stage

Crest and colours

Sumgayit FK uniform for sale

• 
  2010–2019
• 
  2019–present

Stadium

Main article: Sumgayit City Stadium

Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium is a stadium in the city of Sumqayit, Azerbaijan. It is the fourth largest stadium in Azerbaijan. The capacity of Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium is 15,350.

Supporters

Sumgayit get most of their support in the Absheron District, particularly the city of Sumgayit. The club also enjoys support from fans scattered all over the city, and the local area in general.

Players

For a list of all former and current Sumgayit FK players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Sumgayit FK players.

Azerbaijani teams are limited to nine players without Azerbaijani citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

Current squad

As of 28 July 2025^[7][8]

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 Mekhti Dzhenetov 4 DF  PAK Easah Suliman 6 MF  AZE Rauf Rustamli (on loan from Sabah) 7 FW  AZE Rustam Akhmedzade 9 FW  MAD Alexandre Ramalingom 10 MF  SRB Nikola Ninković 11 FW  SRB Aleksa Janković 14 DF  POR Pedro Pinto 19 MF  ISR Roi Kahat 20 DF  AZE Aykhan Suleymanli 21 MF  AZE Nihad Ahmedzade

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  DOM Ronaldo Vásquez 25 DF  BEN Abdoul Rachid Moumini 30 FW  AZE Kamran Guliyev 36 GK  AZE Khayal Feyzullayev 57 DF  AZE Nicat Faracli 60 MF  BDI Trésor Mossi 66 MF  AZE Ruslan Aliyev 71 MF  JPN Masaki Murata 72 DF  FRA Rayan Senhadji 80 DF  BRA Keffel — DF  MLI Samba Camara

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.

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  GUF Imani Barker (at Karvan) — DF  AZE Sanan Muradli (at Shamakhi)

Reserve team

Main article: FK Sumgayit-2

Sumgayit-2 plays in the Azerbaijan First Division from 2018.

Club officials

Management

Position	Staff
President	Riad Rafiyev
Vice-president	Aydin Khalilov
Head of Supervisory Board	Elnur Mammadli
Director of sport	Faig Haji-Maharramov
Security manager	Elnur İbişov
Director of academy	Hakan Sunal
Press secretary	Zaur Khudiyev

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Saša Ilić
Assistant coach	Veličko Kaplanović Shahin Abdullayev Vurğun Hüseynov
Physical training coach	Darko Obradović
Goalkeeping coach	Emil Babayev
Physiotherapist	Orxan İmanov
Doctor	Tahir İskenderov
Masseur	Revan Allahverdiyev
Manager	Nicat Cavadov
Administrator	Ülvi Bedelov

Managers

Statistics

Information correct as of match played 7 July 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Bernhard Raab	Germany	19 September 2011	11 June 2013	67	16	14	37	58	101	023.88		[9]
Agil Mammadov	Azerbaijan	12 June 2013	8 October 2015[10]	73	12	21	40	64	114	016.44
Samir Abbasov	Azerbaijan	8 October 2015[11]	20 May 2018	96	33	24	39	112	130	034.38
Nazim Suleymanov	Azerbaijan	7 June 2018[12]	12 November 2018	11	3	2	6	11	17	027.27
Aykhan Abbasov	Azerbaijan	14 November 2018	16 December 2021[13]	96	28	26	42	91	121	029.17
Aleksey Baga	Belarus	30 December 2021[14]	21 September 2022[15]	23	2	8	13	15	38	008.70
Samir Abbasov	Azerbaijan	26 September 2022[16]	14 October 2024	19	5	3	11	16	32	026.32
Saša Ilić	Serbia	7 July 2025[17]

• Notes:

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).

Records

Further information: List of Sumgayit FK records and statistics