2006–07 Gabala FC season

The Gabala FC 2006-07 season was Gabala FC's first Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their first season under manager Ramiz Mammadov. They finished the season in 11th place, whilst they also took part in the 2006–07 Azerbaijan Cup, which they were knocked out of in at the Last 16 stage by Baku.

Gabala

2006–07 season
Chairman	Taleh Heydərov
Manager	Ramiz Mammadov
Stadium	Gabala City Stadium
Premier League	11th
Azerbaijan Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Vusal Garaev (4) All: Vusal Garaev (6)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  AZE Elnar Karimov — GK  AZE Rashad Mustafaev — GK  AZE Nadir Shukurov — GK  AZE Khayal Zeynalov — DF  AZE Ali Abishov — DF  AZE Rahman Azizov — DF  AZE Azar Hasimov — DF  AZE Vugar Hasanov — DF  ROU Marius Humenike — DF  GEO Gorgi Krasovski — DF  AZE Samir Mammadov — DF  AZE Subhi Məmmədov — DF  AZE Şəhruz Mustafayev — DF  AZE Rashad Yusubov — MF  AZE Elmir Aliev — MF  AZE Vusal Garaev

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AZE Ibrahim Huseynov — MF  AZE Ali Ismaylov — MF  GEO Dmitri Kapanadze — MF  AZE Nail Mammadov — MF  UKR Oleg Osadchi — MF  UKR Vyaçeslav Sidoryuk — MF  AZE Eldaniz Suleymanov — MF  AZE Anar Veliev — MF  AZE Samir Zargarov — FW  AZE Vasif Äliyev — FW  RUS Vitali Balamestny — FW  GEO Dmitri Ditmarxusişvili — FW  AZE Asif Mammadov — FW  AZE Rovshan Veliev

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2006	GK		Elnar Karimov	Khazar Lankaran	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	GK		Nadir Shukurov	MKT Araz	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	DF		Ali Abishov	Shahdag	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	DF		Subhi Məmmədov	Kapaz	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	DF		Şəhruz Mustafayev	Olimpik Baku	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	DF		Marius Humenike	Shahdag	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	MF		Anar Vəliyev	Olimpik Baku	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	MF		Elmir Aliev	Olimpik Baku	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	MF		Vusal Garaev	Turan Tovuz	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	MF		Dmitri Kapanadze	Göyazan Qazakh	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	MF		Vyacheslav Sidoryuk	Shahdag	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	FW		Vasif Äliyev	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	FW		Sanan Gurbanov	Shahdag	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	FW		Vitali Balamestny	Dynamo Stavropol	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	GK		Khayal Zeynalov	Olimpik Baku	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	DF		Giorgi Krasovski	Torpedo Kutaisi	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	MF		Asif Mammadov	MKT Araz	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2007	FW		Sanan Gurbanov	Olimpik Baku	Undisclosed

Competitions

Top 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
24	4	4	16	17	47	−30	16	2	2	8	6	20	−14	2	2	8	11	27	−16

Last updated: 13 August 2011.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L
Position																							11	11

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

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5 August 2006 1	Gabala	0–0	Inter Baku	Qabala
		Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

11 August 2006 2	MKT Araz	4–1	Gabala	Imishli
	Mämmädov  42' Doroş  66' Ağakişiyev  70', 89'	Summary	Garaev  90'	Stadium: Heydar Aliyev Stadium

20 August 2006 3	Gabala	0–2	Qarabağ	Qabala
		Summary	Kerimov  29' Haqverdiyev  88'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

25 August 2006 4	Şahdağ	0–1	Gabala	Qusar
		Summary	Äliyev  5'	Stadium: Şövkət Orduxanov Stadium

18 September 2006 5	Gabala	1–4	Karvan	Qabala
	Huseynov  17' (pen.)	Summary	Ferreira  23', 29' Muradov  40' Bamba  77'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

30 September 2006 6	Neftchi Baku	4–1	Gabala	Baku
	Tagizade  9' Abbasov  12' Adamia  72' Boreț  83'	Summary	Azizov  86'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 2,000

23 October 2006 7	Gabala	1–2	Simurq	Qabala
	Azizov  65'	Summary	Mämmädov  2' Näsibov  75'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

29 October 2006 8	Baku	1–0	Gabala	Baku
	Gogoberishvili  4'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 500

4 November 2006 9	Gabala	0–3	Olimpik Baku	Qabala
		Summary	Mammadov  35' Drobnjak  40' Rzayev  87'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500

9 November 2006 10	Turan Tovuz	0–0	Gabala	Tovuz
		[ Summary]		Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium

26 November 2006 11	Gabala	2–0	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	Qabala
	Garaev  15' (pen.), 20'	[ Summary]		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

8 December 2006 12	Khazar Lankaran	4–0	Gabala	Lankaran
	Abdullayev  17', 67' Ramazanov  59' Qurbanov  79'	[ Summary]		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 4,500

11 December 2006 13	Inter Baku	2–0	Gabala	Baku
	Axtyamov  48', 55'	[ Summary]		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

15 February 2007 14	Gabala	0–1	MKT Araz	Qabala
		[ Summary]	Yunisoğlu  75'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 250

21 February 2007 15	Qarabağ	3–2	Gabala	Baku
	Javadov  21' K.Kerimov  25' A.Kerimov  60'	[ Summary]	Äliyev  77' Zargarov  82'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium^2 Attendance: 500

16 March 2007 16	Gabala	0–0	Şahdağ	Qabala
		[ Summary]		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500

2 April 2007 17	Gabala	1–4	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
	Mammadov  90+1'	[ Summary]	Sadygov  50' (pen.) Subašić  56' Adamia  65' Näbiyev  90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 300

7 April 2007 18	Simurq	3–1	Gabala	Zaqatala
	Nasibov  50', 59' Ömärov  52'	[ Summary]	Balamestny  28'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 500

17 April 2007 19	Gabala	0–1	Baku	Qabala
		[ Summary]	Quliyev  55'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 200

27 April 2007 20	Karvan	3–3	Gabala	Yevlakh
	Vasilyev  22', 24' (pen.) Ferreira  80'	[ Summary]	Garaev  45' Balamestny  60' Mammadov  87'	Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium Attendance: 500

2 May 2007 21	Olimpik Baku	3–1	Gabala	Baku
	Mammadov  25' Bangoura  27' Äliyev  62'	[ Summary]	Balamestny  33'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 400

7 May 2007 22	Gabala	1–0	Turan Tovuz	Qabala
	Äliyev  65'	[ Summary]		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500

17 May 2007 23	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	0–1	Gabala	Sumqayit
		[ Summary]	Mammadov  90'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 300

22 May 2007 24	Gabala	0–3	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
		[ Summary]	Quliyev  5' Abdullayev  22' Ramazanov  41'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Simurq	24	6	7	11	27	33	−6	25
10	Turan	24	5	5	14	24	38	−14	20
11	Gabala	24	4	4	16	17	47	−30	16
12	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	24	3	3	18	16	54	−38	12
13	Şahdağ (R)	24	1	8	15	15	47	−32	11	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
(R) Relegated.

Azerbaijan Cup

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11 September 2006 Round of 32 1st Leg	Shahdag Qudar	2–5	Gabala	Qusar
	Äliyev  9' Hüseynov  38'	[ Summary]	Zargarov  6' (pen.) Osadchi  16' Veliev  56' Garaev  57', 76'	Stadium: Şövkət Orduxanov Stadium

16 October 2006 Round of 32 2nd Leg	Gabala	6–0 (11–2 agg.)	Shahdag Qudar	Qabala
	Garaev Veliev	[ Summary]		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

21 November 2006 Round of 16 1st Leg	Gabala	0–2	Baku	Qabala
		[ Summary]	Megreladze  78' Gomes  90+2'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 400

2 December 2006 Round of 16 2nd Leg	Baku	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Gabala	Baku
	Gomes  51'	[ Summary]		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 100

Squad statistics

As of match played 22 May 2007[4]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Khayal Zeynalov	11	0	11	0	0	0
	GK		Nadir Shukurov	9	0	9	0	0	0
	GK		Elnar Karimov	3	0	3	0	0	0
	GK		Rashad Mustafaev	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Samir Mammadov	24	0	24	0	0	0
	DF		Azar Hasimov	21	0	21	0	0	0
	DF		Sabuhi Mamedov	20	0	20	0	0	0
	DF		Ali Ismaylov	15	0	15	0	0	0
	DF		Gorgi Krasovski	11	0	11	0	0	0
	DF		Rahman Azizov	10	2	10	2	0	0
	DF		Vugar Hasanov	9	0	9	0	0	0
	DF		Shahruz Mustafayev	7	0	7	0	0	0
	DF		Rəşad Yusubov	5	0	5	0	0	0
	DF		Marius Humenike	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		Ali Abishov	11	0	11	0	0	0
	MF		Samir Zargarov	21	1	21	1	0	0
	MF		Vusal Garaev	20	4	20	4	0	0
	MF		Nail Məmmədov	18	0	18	0	0	0
	MF		Dmitri Kapanadze	11	0	11	0	0	0
	MF		Vyaçeslav Sidoryuk	10	0	10	0	0	0
	MF		Ibrahim Huseynov	9	1	9	1	0	0
	MF		Anar Vəliyev	6	0	6	0	0	0
	MF		Eldeniz Süleymanov	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF		Oleg Osadchi	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		Elmir Alıyev	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Vasif Äliyev	21	3	21	3	0	0
	FW		Vitali Balamestny	12	3	12	3	0	0
	FW		Asif Mammadov	9	3	9	3	0	0
	FW		Rövşən Vəliyev	8	0	8	0	0	0
	FW		Dmitri Ditmarxusişvili	6	0	6	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Gabala no longer at the club:
	FW		Sanan Gurbanov	13	0	13	0	0	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	MF			Vusal Garaev	4	5	9
2	FW			Vasif Äliyev	3	0	3
	MF			Asif Mammadov	3	0	3
	FW			Vitali Balamestny	3	0	3
5	DF			Rahman Azizov	2	0	2
	MF			Samir Zargarov	1	1	2
	DF			Rovshan Veliev	0	2	2
8	MF			Ibrahim Huseynov	2	0	2
	MF			Oleg Osadchi	1	1	2
				Unknown	0	2	2
				TOTALS	17	11	28

References

• FK Gäncä was excluded from the league.
• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.[5]

1. http://en.eufo.de/index/squad/gilan-gabala/2006-07
2. "League Results". rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
3. "Cup Results". rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
4. "Player Statistics 2006/07" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
5. Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)

External links

• Gabala FC Website
• Gabala FC at UEFA.com