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Sabah FC (Azerbaijan)

This article is about the Azerbaijani professional football club. For the Malaysian professional football club, see Sabah F.C. (Malaysia).

Sabah Football Club (Azerbaijani: Sabah Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Masazır. The team plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top tier of Azerbaijani football.

Sabah FC
Full nameSabah Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)Bayquşlar (The Owls)
Tələbələr (The Students)
Founded8 September 2017; 6 years ago (2017-09-08)
GroundBank Respublika Arena
Capacity13,000
PresidentMagsud Adigozalov
ManagerKrunoslav Rendulić
LeagueAzerbaijan Premier League
2022–232nd of 10
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History edit

Sabah were formed on 8 September 2017, joining the Azerbaijan First Division for the 2017–18 season, in which they finished 5th. After the four teams above them in the league failed or decline promotion, Sabah were granted a license to participate in Azerbaijan Premier League on 12 May 2018.[1] Sabah's first game in the Azerbaijan Premier League was against Keşla on 12 August 2018, a game they won 1-0 thanks to a Marko Dević goal. Sabah went on to finish their first Premier League season in 7th position, avoiding relegation.[citation needed]

On 16 September 2019, Elshad Ahmadov resigned as manager with Igor Ponomaryov taking over on an interim basis.[citation needed]

On 26 November 2019, Sabah announced that Željko Sopić had been appointed manager on an 18-month contract.[2] On 3 July 2020, Sopić resigned as manager.[3]

On 10 July 2020, Sabah signed 2 years contract with Vicente Gómez.[4] On 11 March 2021, Gómez left his role as Head Coach by mutual agreement, with Ramin Guliyev being placed in temporary charge.[5] At the end of the season, Guliyev was confirmed as the clubs new Head Coach on a two-year contract[6] Guliyev resigned from his position on 21 October 2021,[7] with Murad Musayev being appointed as the clubs new Head Coach on 30 October 2021, signing a two-year contract.[8]

On 1 February 2024, Sabah announced that Murad Musayev had left his role as Head Coach after his resignation had been accepted.[9]

On 5 March 2024, Sabah announced the appointment of Krunoslav Rendulić as their new Head Coach, on an 18-month contract.[10]

Domestic history edit

Season League Azerbaijan Cup Top goalscorer Manager Manufacturer Sponsor
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2017–18 2nd 5th 27 11 7 9 41 33 40 Second round   Arif Asadov Joma
2018–19 1st 7th 28 7 6 15 20 41 27 Quarter-final   Marko Dević 8   Elshad Ahmadov Macron
2019–20 1st 6th 20 5 6 9 19 27 21 Quarter-final   Ulysse Diallo
  Amadou Diallo
  Hendrick Ekstein 		3   Elshad Ahmadov
  Igor Ponomaryov (interim)
  Željko Sopić 		Bank Respublika
2020–21 1st 5th 28 7 8 13 28 38 29 Round of 16   Ramil Sheydayev 6   Vicente Gómez
  Ramin Guliyev (interim) 		Nike
2021–22 1st 5th 28 12 5 11 42 34 41 Quarter-final   Joy-Lance Mickels 11   Ramin Guliyev
  Murad Musayev
2022–23 1st 2nd 36 25 6 5 75 24 81 Quarter-final   Joy-Lance Mickels 17   Murad Musayev

European record edit

As of match played 17 August 2023
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
UEFA Europa Conference League 4 4 0 0 6 3
Total 4 3 0 1 6 3
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q   RFS 2–1 2–0 4–1
3Q   Partizan 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.) 2–2 (4–5 p)

Colours and badge edit

Sabah's badge features rays of sunshine encased in a shield.

The team's main colours are blue-white, with their kit being made by Spanish clothing company Joma during their first season, and Macron from the start of the 2018–19 season.

Stadium edit

Main article: Bank Respublika Arena
 
View of Alinja Arena

The club play their home games at the Bank Respublika Arena in Masazır, which has a capacity of 13,000.[11]

Players edit

For a list of all former and current Sabah FC players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) players.

Current squad edit

As of 1 March 2024[12]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AZE Yusif İmanov
2 DF   AZE Amin Seydiyev
3 DF   ESP Jon Irazabal
4 MF   AZE Elvin Camalov (Captain)
5 DF   AZE Rahman Dashdamirov
6 MF   AZE Abdulakh Khaybulayev
7 DF   BIH Bojan Letić
8 MF   AZE Ayaz Guliyev
9 MF   AZE Anatoliy Nuriyev
10 MF   AZE Namiq Ələsgərov
11 MF   ESP Cristian Ceballos
12 MF   LUX Vincent Thill
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   ALG Ishak Belfodil
15 MF   BRA Christian
16 GK   AZE Rustam Samigullin
17 DF   AZE Tellur Mutallimov
18 FW   GEO Davit Volkovi
19 FW   NGA Emmanuel Apeh
24 DF   MAR Marouane Hadhoudi
27 MF   CUW Jearl Margaritha
28 MF   JAM Kaheem Parris (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
44 DF   MAR Sofian Chakla
55 GK   AZE Nijat Mehbaliyev
70 MF   NGA Jesse Sekidika

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023.

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   AZE Abdulla Rzayev (at Araz-Naxçıvan)
— MF   AZE Veysal Rzayev (at Turan Tovuz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   AZE Shakir Seyidov (at Kapaz)
— MF   RUS Ildar Alekperov (at Araz-Naxçıvan)
— FW   AZE Jamal Jafarov (at Kapaz)

Reserve team edit

Main article: FK Sabah-2

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

Club officials edit

Management edit

Position Staff[13][14]
Founder   Yagub Huseynov
President   Magsud Adigozalov
Supervisory Board Member   Yagub Huseynov
  Firudin Gurbanov
  Igor Ponomaryov
  Rahman Hajiyev
  Rauf Khalilov
Chief executive officer   Ramin Hasanov
General Manager   Nasimi Musayev
Director of sport   Igor Ponomaryov
Press secretary   Elnur Hamidov

Coaching staff edit

Position Name[15]
Head coach   Krunoslav Rendulić
Assistant of head coach   Artur Olenin
  Vitali Korneev
  Ruslan Gafitullin
Goalkeeping coach   Vitali Kovalyov
  Elkhan Hasanli
Physical training coach   Aleksey Malakhov
Video analyst   Oleksandr Panchuk
  Nikita Vasyukhin

Club records edit

Most appearances edit

As of match played 21 April 2024
Name Years League Azerbaijan Cup European Total
1   Amin Seydiyev 2020–Present 111 (3) 8 (1) 4 (0) 123 (4)
2   Aleksey Isayev 2020–2024 98 (11) 6 (0) 4 (1) 108 (12)
3   Elvin Camalov 2021–Present 81 (2) 8 (0) 2 (0) 91 (2)
4   Bojan Letić 2022–Present 70 (4) 4 (0) 4 (2) 78 (6)
5   Emmanuel Apeh 2022–Present 60 (11) 6 (4) 4 (1) 70 (16)
6   Joy-Lance Mickels 2021–2023 61 (29) 6 (3) 2 (1) 69 (33)
6   Yusif Imanov 2020–Present 60 (0) 5 (0) 4 (0) 69 (0)
8   Davit Volkovi 2022–Present 60 (16) 4 (2) 4 (1) 68 (19)
9   Saša Stamenković 2018–2021 63 (0) 4 (0) - (-) 67 (0)
9   Anatoliy Nuriyev 2022–Present 58 (9) 5 (0) 4 (0) 67 (9)

Top goalscorers edit

As of match played 21 April 2024
Name Years League Azerbaijan Cup European Total Ratio
1   Joy-Lance Mickels 2021–2023 29 (61) 3 (6) 1 (2) 33 (69) 0.48
2   Davit Volkovi 2022–Present 16 (60) 2 (4) 1 (4) 19 (68) 0.28
3   Oleksiy Kashchuk 2022–2023 18 (39) 0 (2) 0 (0) 18 (41) 0.44
4   Emmanuel Apeh 2022–Present 11 (60) 4 (6) 1 (4) 16 (70) 0.23
5   Aleksey Isayev 2020–2024 11 (98) 0 (6) 1 (4) 12 (108) 0.11
6   Marko Dević 2018–2019, 2020 9 (24) 0 (0) 0 (0) 9 (24) 0.38
6   Anatoliy Nuriyev 2022–Present 9 (58) 0 (5) 0 (4) 9 (67) 0.13
8   Ramil Sheydayev 2020–2021 6 (29) 0 (1) 0 (0) 6 (29) 0.21
8   Julio Rodríguez 2020–2022 6 (45) 0 (3) 0 (0) 6 (48) 0.13
8   Bojan Letić 2022–Present 4 (70) 0 (4) 2 (4) 6 (78) 0.08
8   Jesse Sekidika 2023–Present 4 (26) 2 (3) - (0) 6 (29) 0.21

Managerial statistics edit

Information correct as of match played 21 April 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name Nat. From To Duration P W D L GS GA %W Honours Notes
Arif Asadov   Azerbaijan 8 September 2017 1 July 2018 296 days 28 11 7 10 41 36 039.29 (Promotion)
Elshad Ahmadov   Azerbaijan 1 July 2018 16 September 2019 1 year, 77 days 35 8 8 19 25 47 022.86
Igor Ponomaryov (Interim)   Azerbaijan 16 September 2019 26 November 2019[2] 71 days 8 3 2 3 12 11 037.50
Željko Sopić   Croatia 26 November 2019[2] 3 July 2020 230 days 11 3 2 6 12 18 027.27
Vicente Gómez   Spain 10 July 2020[16] 11 March 2021[17] 244 days 20 4 4 12 20 29 020.00
Ramin Guliyev (Interim)   Azerbaijan 11 March 2021[17] 26 May 2021[6] 76 days 9 3 4 2 9 11 033.33
Ramin Guliyev   Azerbaijan 26 May 2021[6] 21 October 2021[7] 224 days 7 0 1 6 3 12 000.00
Ilkin Huseynov (Interim)   Azerbaijan 21 October 2021 30 October 2021 9 days 1 1 0 0 3 0 100.00
Murad Musayev   Russia 30 October 2021[8] 1 February 2024[9] 2 years, 94 days 87 48 16 23 157 88 055.17
Ruslan Qafitullin (Interim)   Azerbaijan 1 February 2024[9] 5 March 2024[10] 33 days 6 3 2 1 13 11 050.00
Krunoslav Rendulić   Croatia 5 March 2024[10] 50 days 6 4 0 2 9 8 066.67
  • 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).

References edit

  1. ^ "SABAH HAQQINDA". sabahfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c ""SABAH" FK-DA YENİ BAŞ MƏŞQÇİ". sabahfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ "SABAH FC PARTED WAYS WITH ZELJKO SOPIC". sabahfc.az/. Sabah FC. 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ "SABAH FC OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE VICENTE GOMEZ AS NEW HEAD COACH". sabahfc.az/. Sabah FC. 10 July 2020.
  5. ^ "VİSENTE QOMESLƏ YOLLAR AYRILDI". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "BAŞ MƏŞQÇİMİZ RAMİN QULİYEVLƏ YENİ MÜQAVİLƏ BAĞLADIQ". sabahfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "RAMİN QULİYEVLƏ YOLLAR AYRILDI". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC (Azerbaijan). 21 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b "MURAD MUSAYEV "SABAH"IN BAŞ MƏŞQÇİSİ TƏYİN EDİLDİ". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC (Azerbaijan). 30 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "Komandamızın baş məşqçisi Murad Musayev və klub rəhbərliyi arasında görüş keçirilib". facebook.com/sabahfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC Facebook. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  10. ^ a b c ""Sabah"da yeni baş məşqçi təyinatı rəsmiləşib". facebook.com/sabahfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC Facebook. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  11. ^ "ƏLİNCƏ ARENA". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Əsas komanda".
  13. ^ "DIRECTORY". sabahfc.az/. Sabah FC. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  14. ^ "SUPERVISORY BOARD". sabahfc.az/. Sabah FC. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  15. ^ "ƏSAS KOMANDA". sabahfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. Retrieved 15 May 2019.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "YENİ BAŞ MƏŞQÇİMİZ – VİSENTE QOMES!". sabahfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 10 July 2020.
  17. ^ a b "VİSENTE QOMESLƏ YOLLAR AYRILDI". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.


  

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