Sabah FC (Azerbaijan): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→‎top: rmv invalid modification
(453 intermediate revisions by more than 100 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Azerbaijani football club}}
{{About|the Azerbaijani professional football club|the [[Malaysia|Malaysian]] professional football club|Sabah F.C. (Malaysia)}}
{{multiple issues|
{{multiple issues|
{{no footnotes|date=April 2019}}
{{more footnotes|date=April 2019}}
{{primary sources|date=April 2019}}
{{primary sources|date=April 2019}}
}}
}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{About-distinguish2|an Azerbaijani football club|[[Sabah FA]], a Malaysian football association}}
{{Infobox football club
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Sabah FC
|clubname = Sabah FC
| current =
|current = 2023–24 Sabah FC season
| image = Logo sabahfc.png
|image = Sabah FC (Azerbaijan).png
|upright = 0.75
| fullname = Sabah Football Club
|fullname = Sabah Futbol Klubu
| nickname =
|nickname = ''Bayquşlar'' (The Owls)<br>''Tələbələr'' (The Students)
| founded = {{Start date and age|2017}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2017|9|8}}
| dissolved =
| ground = [[Alinja Arena]]
| ground = [[Bank Respublika Arena]]
| capacity = 13,000
| capacity = 13,000
| owner =
| owner =
| chrtitle = President
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = Magsud Adigozalov
| chairman = Magsud Adigozalov
| manager = [[Elshad Ahmadov]]
| manager = [[Krunoslav Rendulić]]
| league = [[Azerbaijan Premier League]]
| league = [[Azerbaijan Premier League]]
| season = [[2017-18 Azerbaijan First Division|2017-18]]
| season = [[2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League|2022–23]]
| position = 5th (promoted)
| position = 2nd of 10
| website = https://sabahfc.az
| website = https://sabahfc.az
| pattern_la1 = _marcon_titan
|pattern_la1 = _nikevapor4b
| pattern_b1 = _macron_titan
|pattern_b1 = _nikevapor4b
| pattern_ra1 = _macron_titan
|pattern_ra1 = _nikevapor4b
|pattern_sh1 =
| leftarm1 = 034ea2
|pattern_so1 =
| body1 = 034ea2
|leftarm1 = FFFFFF
| rightarm1 = 034ea2
|body1 = FFFFFF
| shorts1 = ffffff
|rightarm1 = FFFFFF
| socks1 = 034ea2
|shorts1 = 000000
| pattern_la2 = _marcon_titan
|socks1 = 000000
| pattern_b2 = _macron_titan
|pattern_la2 = _nikevapor4w
| pattern_ra2 = _macron_titan
|pattern_b2 = _nikevapor4w
| leftarm2 = ffffff
|pattern_ra2 = _nikevapor4w
| body2 = ffffff
|pattern_sh2 =
| rightarm2 = ffffff
|pattern_so2 =
| shorts2 = 034ea2
|leftarm2 = FFFFFF
| socks2 = 034ea2
|body2 = FFFFFF
| image_size = 200px
|rightarm2 = FFFFFF
|shorts2 = FFFFFF
|socks2 = FFFFFF
}}
}}
'''Sabah Football Club''' ({{lang-az|Sabah Futbol Klubu}}) is an [[Azerbaijan]]i professional football club based in [[Masazır]]. The team plays in the [[Azerbaijan Premier League]], the top tier of Azerbaijani football.

'''Sabah Football Club''' is an [[Azerbaijan]]i professional football club based in [[Baku]]. The club performs in Topaz Premier League since the 2018-2019 season. The host games of Sabah FC are held in [[Alinja Arena]] in [[Masazır|Masazir]] town.


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:"Сабах"_в_I_Дивизионе_(2017-2018).jpg|link=File:%22Сабах%22_в_I_Дивизионе_(2017-2018).jpg|alt=|left|thumb|238x238px|Sabah FC in I Division (2017-2018)]]
Sabah FC began its activity on the 8th of September 2017. In 2017/18 season the “white-blues” got the 5th place participating in I Azerbaijan Division.


Sabah were formed on 8 September 2017, joining the [[Azerbaijan First Division]] for the [[2017–18 Azerbaijan First Division|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=SABAH HAQQINDA |url=https://sabahfc.az/about/ |website=sabahfc.az/ |publisher=Sabah FC |access-date=15 May 2019 |language=az}}</ref> Sabah's first game in the Azerbaijan Premier League was against [[Keşla FK|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.{{fact|date=March 2021}}
On the 12th of May 2018, it has been decided by the AFFA License Commission to give a license to Sabah Football Club to participate in Azerbaijan Premier League.


On 16 September 2019, [[Elshad Ahmadov]] resigned as manager with [[Igor Ponomaryov]] taking over on an interim basis.{{fact|date=March 2021}}
The first game of the Sabah FC in Azerbaijan Premier League was played against [[Keşla FK|Keshla Football Club]] on the 12th of August 2018. Sabah FC defeated Keshla FC 0:1 at the [[ASK Arena]]. It also was 1<sup>st</sup> victory of Sabah FC in Azerbaijan Premier League. [[Marko Dević|Marko Devic]], former player of [[Ukraine national football team]] scored the only goal of match.

On 26 November 2019, Sabah announced that [[Željko Sopić]] had been appointed manager on an 18-month contract.<ref name="Željko Sopić">{{cite web |title="SABAH" FK-DA YENİ BAŞ MƏŞQÇİ |url=https://sabahfc.az/2019/11/26/sabah-fk-da-yeni-bas-m%c9%99sqci/ |website=sabahfc.az/ |publisher=Sabah FC |access-date=26 November 2019 |language=az |date=26 November 2019}}</ref> On 3 July 2020, Sopić resigned as manager.<ref>{{cite web |title=SABAH FC PARTED WAYS WITH ZELJKO SOPIC |url=https://sabahfc.az/en/2020/07/03/sabah-fc-parted-ways-with-zeljko-sopic/ |website=sabahfc.az/ |publisher=Sabah FC |date=3 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

On 10 July 2020, Sabah signed 2 years contract with [[Vicente Gómez (football manager)|Vicente Gómez]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SABAH FC OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE VICENTE GOMEZ AS NEW HEAD COACH |url=https://sabahfc.az/en/2020/07/10/sabah-fc-officially-announce-vicente-gomez-as-new-head-coach/ |website=sabahfc.az/ |publisher=Sabah FC |date=10 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref> On 11 March 2021, Gómez left his role as Head Coach by mutual agreement, with [[Ramin Guliyev]] being placed in temporary charge.<ref>{{cite web |title=VİSENTE QOMESLƏ YOLLAR AYRILDI |url=https://sabahfc.az/2021/03/11/visente-qomesl%c9%99-yollar-ayrildi/ |website=sabahfc.az |publisher=Sabah FC |access-date=18 August 2021 |language=Azerbaijani |date=11 March 2021}}</ref> At the end of the season, Guliyev was confirmed as the clubs new Head Coach on a two-year contract<ref name="Guliyev Permanent">{{cite web |title=BAŞ MƏŞQÇİMİZ RAMİN QULİYEVLƏ YENİ MÜQAVİLƏ BAĞLADIQ |url=https://sabahfc.az/2021/05/26/bas-m%c9%99sqcimiz-ramin-quliyevl%c9%99-yeni-muqavil%c9%99-bagladiq/ |website=sabahfc.az/ |publisher=Sabah FC |access-date=18 August 2021 |language=Azerbaijani |date=26 May 2021}}</ref> Guliyev resigned from his position on 21 October 2021,<ref name="Guliyev Leaves">{{cite web |title=RAMİN QULİYEVLƏ YOLLAR AYRILDI |url=https://sabahfc.az/2021/10/21/ramin-quliyevl%c9%99-yollar-ayrildi/ |website=sabahfc.az |publisher=Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) |access-date=5 January 2022 |language=Azerbaijani |date=21 October 2021}}</ref> with [[Murad Musayev]] being appointed as the clubs new Head Coach on 30 October 2021, signing a two-year contract.<ref name="Murad Musayev">{{cite web |title=MURAD MUSAYEV "SABAH"IN BAŞ MƏŞQÇİSİ TƏYİN EDİLDİ |url=https://sabahfc.az/2021/10/30/murad-musayev-sabahin-bas-m%c9%99sqcisi-t%c9%99yin-edildi/ |website=sabahfc.az |publisher=Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) |access-date=5 January 2022 |language=Azerbaijani |date=30 October 2021}}</ref>

On 1 February 2024, Sabah announced that [[Murad Musayev]] had left his role as Head Coach after his resignation had been accepted.<ref name="Murad Musayev Leaves">{{cite web |title=Komandamızın baş məşqçisi Murad Musayev və klub rəhbərliyi arasında görüş keçirilib. |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1443876682890894&set=a.1141464793132086 |website=facebook.com/sabahfc.az/ |publisher=Sabah FC Facebook |access-date=2 February 2024 |language=Azerbaijani |date=1 February 2024}}</ref>

On 5 March 2024, Sabah announced the appointment of [[Krunoslav Rendulić]] as their new Head Coach, on an 18-month contract.<ref name="Krunoslav Rendulić">{{cite web |title="Sabah"da yeni baş məşqçi təyinatı rəsmiləşib. |url=https://www.facebook.com/sabahfc.az/posts/pfbid02QNPtmpDP9cL347JpsatWfTMjnuunFT9dBZve7pwXd5i1nzaBpavt4ksFraEyBwoAl |website=facebook.com/sabahfc.az/ |publisher=Sabah FC Facebook |access-date=5 March 2024 |language=Azerbaijani |date=5 March 2024}}</ref>


===Domestic history===
===Domestic history===
{|class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! rowspan="2" | Season
!rowspan="2"| Season
! colspan="9" | League
!colspan="9"| League
! rowspan="2" | [[Azerbaijan Cup]]
!rowspan="2"| [[Azerbaijan Cup]]
! colspan="2" | Top goalscorer
!colspan="2"| Top goalscorer
! rowspan="2" | Manager
!rowspan="2"| Manager
! rowspan="2" | Manufacturer
!rowspan="2"| Manufacturer
! rowspan="2" | Sponsor
!rowspan="2"| Sponsor
|-
|-
! Div.
! Div.
Line 74: Line 84:
! League
! League
|-
|-
|align=center|[[2017–18 Azerbaijan First Division|2017–18]]
|[[2017–18 Azerbaijan First Division|2017–18]]
|align=center|[[2017–18 Azerbaijan First Division|2nd]]
|[[2017–18 Azerbaijan First Division|2nd]]
|align=center bgcolor=lightgreen|'''5th'''
|bgcolor=lightgreen|'''5th'''
|27
|align=center|27
|11
|align=center|11
|7
|align=center|7
|9
|align=center|9
|41
|align=center|41
|33
|align=center|33
|align=center|'''40'''
|'''40'''
|align=center|[[2017–18 Azerbaijan Cup#Second round|Second Round]]
|[[2017–18 Azerbaijan Cup#Second round|Second round]]
|align=center|
|align=left|
|
|align=center|
|align=center|[[Arif Asadov]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Arif Asadov]]
|align=center|[[Joma]]
|[[Joma]]
|rowspan="2" align=center|
|rowspan="2"|
|-
|-
|align=center|[[2018–19 Sabah FK season|2018–19]]
|[[2018–19 Sabah FK season|2018–19]]
|align=center|[[2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League|1st]]
|[[2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League|1st]]
|align=center|''' '''
|'''7th'''
|28
|align=center|
|7
|align=center|
|6
|align=center|
|15
|align=center|
|20
|align=center|
|41
|align=center|
|align=center|''' '''
|'''27'''
|align=center|[[2018–19 Azerbaijan Cup|Quarterfinal]]
|[[2018–19 Azerbaijan Cup|Quarter-final]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Marko Dević]]
|align=center|
|8
|align=center|
|align=center|[[Elshad Ahmadov]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Elshad Ahmadov]]
|align=center|[[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]
|-
|[[2019–20 Sabah FK season|2019–20]]
|[[2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League|1st]]
|'''6th'''
|20
|5
|6
|9
|19
|27
|'''21'''
|[[2019–20 Azerbaijan Cup|Quarter-final]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Ulysse Diallo]] <br> {{flagicon|GUI}} [[Amadou Diallo (footballer)|Amadou Diallo]] <br> {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Hendrick Ekstein]]
|3
|align=left|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Elshad Ahmadov]] <br> {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Igor Ponomaryov]] {{small|(interim)}} <br> {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Željko Sopić]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Bank Respublika]]
|-
|[[2020–21 Sabah FC season|2020–21]]
|[[2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League|1st]]
|'''5th'''
|28
|7
|8
|13
|28
|38
|'''29'''
|[[2020–21 Azerbaijan Cup|Round of 16]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Ramil Sheydayev]]
|6
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Vicente Gómez (football manager)|Vicente Gómez]] <br> {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Ramin Guliyev]] {{small|(interim)}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
|-
|[[2021–22 Sabah FC season|2021–22]]
|[[2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League|1st]]
|'''5th'''
|28
|12
|5
|11
|42
|34
|'''41'''
|[[2021–22 Azerbaijan Cup|Quarter-final]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Joy-Lance Mickels]]
|11
|align=left|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Ramin Guliyev]] <br> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Murad Musayev]]
|-
|[[2022–23 Sabah FC season|2022–23]]
|[[2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League|1st]]
|'''2nd'''
|36
|25
|6
|5
|75
|24
|'''81'''
|[[2022–23 Azerbaijan Cup|Quarter-final]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Joy-Lance Mickels]]
|17
|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Murad Musayev]]
|}
|}


===European record===
== The logo and colours of the club ==
{{updated|match played 17 August 2023}}
The sunshine described on the logo of Sabah incarnates a new day, new hopes and victories. The shield is the expression of the defence perseverance, inviolability of the gate of team. The main colours of Sabah are blue-white. The colours reveal seriousness, purposefulness, confidence, power and strength.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Competition
! Pld
! W
! D
! L
! GF
! GA
|-
| [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| style="text-align:center;"| 0
| style="text-align:center;"| 0
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
|-
| '''Total'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''0'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3'''
|-
|}


{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-uncollapsed" align=center cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;font-size:90%"
== Administration and the Supervisory board ==
! Season
The founder of Sabah Football Club is Yagub Huseynov, the head of Bridge Group of Companies.
! Competition
! Round
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League|2023–24]]
| rowspan="2"| [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]
| [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| {{flagicon|LVA}} [[FK RFS|RFS]]
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"| 2–0
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"| '''4–1'''
|-
| [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[FK Partizan|Partizan]]
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"| 2–0
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–2 {{aet}}
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffffdd" |'''2–2 {{pso|4–5}}'''
|}


== Colours and badge ==
There is also supervisory board in the Club. The board consist of 5 members – [[:az:Firudin_Qurbanov_(dövlət_xadimi)|Firudin Gurbanov]] (the Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan), [[Igor Ponomaryov]] (the former football player and coach, the Olympic champion of 1988, honored sports master of [[Soviet Union|USSR]]), Rahman Hajiyev (the head of the “1news.az” website and the ''Bakinskiy raboçiy'' newspaper), Rauf Khalilov (entrepreneur), Yagub Huseynov (entrepreneur).


Sabah's badge features rays of sunshine encased in a shield.
The head of the Supervisory board is Furudin Gurbanov.


The team's main colours are blue-white, with their kit being made by Spanish clothing company [[Joma]] during their first season, and [[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]] from the start of the 2018–19 season.
== Clothing ==
The club uses blue-white colours in its clothing set. The colour of the main clothing of Sabah is blue-white-blue and the colour of reserve is white-blue-white.

The club used Spanish clothing company Joma when it was represented in the I Division. Sabah replaced [[Joma]] with an Italian company Macron after getting the licence for Premier League.


== Stadium ==
== Stadium ==
{{main|Bank Respublika Arena}}
[[File:Alinja_Arena.jpg|thumb|256x256px|View of Alinja Arena]]
[[File:Alinja_Arena.jpg|thumb|448x448px|View of Alinja Arena]]
Sabah Football Club helds its home matches in the Alinja Arena which is situated in Masazir town. The capacity of the Alinja Arena is 13,000. The matches of Sabah FC which are held in the stadium are watched by 1500-2000 people.
The club play their home games at the [[Bank Respublika Arena]] in [[Masazır]], which has a capacity of 13,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=ƏLİNCƏ ARENA |url=https://sabahfc.az/infrastruktur/ |website=sabahfc.az |publisher=Sabah FC |access-date=15 May 2019 |language=az}}</ref>


== Players ==
The play ground of the stadium is covered with natural grass. There are, in the stadium dressing rooms, health center, press conference room and rooms for special guest to watch the match.
{{For|a list of all former and current Sabah FC players with a Wikipedia article|Category:Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) players}}


=== Current squad ===
The Stadium temporarily hosted Premier leagues of [[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi]] and [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabag]] football clubs in the previous years. Sabah FC is the first club using the Alinja Arena as a main stadium in the highest league. The second highest number of fans of the Azerbaijan Premier League 2018/19 season is recorded in the match between Sabah FC and QarabagFCis stadium. The match that was ended up with a 2:0 score victory of the Agdam representative was watched by 4600 people.
{{updated|1 March 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabahfc.az/esas-komanda/|title = Əsas komanda}}</ref>

{{Fs start}}
== Team ==
{{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=AZE|name=[[Yusif İmanov]]}}
The head coach of Sabah is Elshad Ahmadov. His assistants are Sattar Aliyev and Rovshan Babayev. The goalkeeper coach is Vitali Kovalyov. There are 6 legionaries in Sabah FC, from Ukraine, Brazil, Paraguay and Serbia (Marco Devic, Vanderson Silva, Erik Ramos, Sasha Stamenkovic and Filip Ivanovic).
{{Fs player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=[[Amin Seydiyev]]}}

{{Fs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=ESP|name=[[Jon Irazabal]]}}
Tamkin Khalilzade the member of the national team of Azerbaijan.
{{Fs player|no=4|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=[[Elvin Camalov]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|Captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=[[Rahman Dashdamirov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=[[Abdulakh Khaybulayev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|pos=DF|nat=BIH|name=[[Bojan Letić]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=[[Ayaz Guliyev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=[[Anatoliy Nuriyev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=[[Namiq Ələsgərov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=ESP|name=[[Cristian Ceballos]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|pos=MF|nat=LUX|name=[[Vincent Thill]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=FW|nat=ALG|name=[[Ishak Belfodil]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=MF|nat=BRA|name=[[Christian (footballer, born 1989)|Christian]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|pos=GK|nat=AZE|name=[[Rustam Samigullin]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=[[Tellur Mutallimov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|pos=FW|nat=GEO|name=[[Davit Volkovi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=FW|nat=NGR|name=[[Emmanuel Apeh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|pos=DF|nat=MAR|name=[[Marouane Hadhoudi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|pos=MF|nat=CUW|name=[[Jearl Margaritha]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|pos=MF|nat=JAM|name=[[Kaheem Parris]]|other=on loan from [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]}}
{{Fs player|no=44|pos=DF|nat=MAR|name=[[Sofian Chakla]]}}
{{Fs player|no=55|pos=GK|nat=AZE|name=[[Nijat Mehbaliyev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=70|pos=MF|nat=NGR|name=[[Jesse Sekidika]]}}
{{Fs end}}
''For recent transfers, see [[List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2023|Transfers summer 2023]].''


===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|pos=GK|nat=AZE|name=Tarlan Ahmadli|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=[[Abdulla Rzayev]]|other=at [[Araz-Naxçıvan PFK|Araz-Naxçıvan]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=Tarzin Jahangirov|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=[[Veysal Rzayev]]|other=at [[Turan Tovuz]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=Karim Diniyev|other=}} ''([[Captain (association football)|captain]])''
{{Fs player|no= 6|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=Vadim Abdullayev|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=[[Rashad Eyyubov]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=Elshan Abdullayev|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|pos=FW|nat=UKR|name=[[Marko Dević]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=[[Javid Imamverdiyev]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=Elgun Nabiyev|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=SRB|name=[[Filip Ivanović]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=MF|nat=PAR|name=[[Éric Ramos]]|other=}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=[[Tamkin Khalilzade]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=[[Shakir Seyidov]]|other=at [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=Magsad Isayev|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=[[Ildar Alekperov]]|other=at [[Araz-Naxçıvan PFK|Araz-Naxçıvan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=Novruz Mammadov|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=AZE|name=[[Jamal Jafarov]]|other=at [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|pos=DF|nat=BRA|name=[[Wanderson Henrique Do Nascimento Silva|Wanderson]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=27|pos=FW|nat=AZE|name=Bakhtiyar Soltanov|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=GK|nat=SRB|name=[[Saša Stamenković]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=33|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=Eltun Turabov|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=42|pos=FW|nat=IRN|name=Reza Bigbelo|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=88|pos=DF|nat=AZE|name=Elchin Asadov|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=91|pos=MF|nat=AZE|name=[[Joshgun Diniyev]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=96|pos=GK|nat=IRN|name=Amirhossein Najafi|other=}}
{{Fs end}}
{{Fs end}}

''For recent transfers, see [[List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2018|Transfers summer 2018]].''


===Reserve team===
===Reserve team===
Line 168: Line 293:
[[FK Sabah-2|Sabah-2]] plays in the [[Azerbaijan First Division]] from 2018.
[[FK Sabah-2|Sabah-2]] plays in the [[Azerbaijan First Division]] from 2018.


== Coaching staff ==
==Club officials==

===Management===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Position
!Staff<ref>{{cite web |title=DIRECTORY |url=https://sabahfc.az/en/directory/ |website=sabahfc.az/ |publisher=Sabah FC |access-date=3 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SUPERVISORY BOARD |url=https://sabahfc.az/en/supervisory-board/ |website=sabahfc.az/ |publisher=Sabah FC |access-date=3 August 2020|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Founder|| {{flagicon|AZE}} Yagub Huseynov
|-
|President|| {{flagicon|AZE}} Magsud Adigozalov
|-
|Supervisory Board Member || {{flagicon|AZE}} Yagub Huseynov <br /> {{flagicon|AZE}} Firudin Gurbanov <br /> {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Igor Ponomaryov]] <br /> {{flagicon|AZE}} Rahman Hajiyev <br />{{flagicon|AZE}} Rauf Khalilov
|-
|Chief executive officer|| {{flagicon|AZE}} Ramin Hasanov
|-
|General Manager|| {{flagicon|AZE}} Nasimi Musayev
|-
|Director of sport ||{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Igor Ponomaryov]]
|-
|Press secretary ||{{flagicon|AZE}} Elnur Hamidov
|-
|}

=== Coaching staff ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Position
! Position
! Name<ref name="Players & Staff">{{cite web |title=ƏSAS KOMANDA |url=https://sabahfc.az/main-team/ |website=sabahfc.az/ |publisher=Sabah FC |access-date=15 May 2019 |language=az }}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
! Name
|-
|-
|Head coach
|Head coach
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Elshad Ahmadov]]
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Krunoslav Rendulić]]
|-
|-
|Assistant coach
|Assistant of head coach
|{{flagicon|CRO}} Sasa Sabljak <br /> {{flagicon|AZE}} Ruslan Gafitullin <br /> {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Rashad Eyyubov]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Sattar Aliyev
|-
|The second assistant coach
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Rovshan Babayev
|-
|-
|Goalkeeping coach
|Goalkeeping coach
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Vitali Kovalyov
|{{flagicon|AZE}} Vitali Kovalyov <br /> {{flagicon|AZE}} Elkhan Hasanli
|-
|-
|Fitness coach
|Physical Training Coach
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} Milovan Matijasevic
|{{flagicon|CRO}} Domagoj Peric
|-
|-
|Video analyst
|Reserve team head coach
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Panchuk <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Vasyukhin
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Vasif Hagverdiyev
|-
|-
|}
|}


== Academy ==
==Club records==
=== Most appearances ===
{{updated|match played 12 May 2024}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; "
!width=20px|
!width=200px|Name
!width=250px|Years
!width=100px|League
!width=100px|[[Azerbaijan Cup]]
!width=100px|European
!width=100px|Total
|-
|1 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|AZE}} '''[[Amin Seydiyev]]'''||2020–Present||{{sort|113|113 (3)}}||{{sort|8|8 (1)}}||{{sort|4|4 (0)}}||{{sort|125|'''125''' (4)}}
|-
|2 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Aleksey Isayev]]||2020–2024||{{sort|98|98 (11)}}||{{sort|6|6 (0)}}||{{sort|4|4 (1)}}||{{sort|108|'''108''' (12)}}
|-
|3 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|AZE}} '''[[Elvin Camalov]]'''||2021–Present||{{sort|83|83 (2)}}||{{sort|8|8 (0)}}||{{sort|2|2 (0)}}||{{sort|93|'''93''' (2)}}
|-
|4 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|BIH}} '''[[Bojan Letić]]'''||2022–Present||{{sort|72|72 (4)}}||{{sort|4|4 (0)}}||{{sort|4|4 (2)}}||{{sort|80|'''80''' (6)}}
|-
|5 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|NGR}} '''[[Emmanuel Apeh]]'''||2022–Present||{{sort|63|63 (11)}}||{{sort|6|6 (4)}}||{{sort|4|4 (1)}}||{{sort|73|'''73''' (16)}}
|-
|6 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|AZE}} '''[[Yusif Imanov]]'''||2020–Present||{{sort|63|63 (0)}}||{{sort|5|5 (0)}}||{{sort|4|4 (0)}}||{{sort|72|'''72''' (0)}}
|-
|7 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|GEO}} '''[[Davit Volkovi]]'''||2022–Present||{{sort|63|63 (16)}}||{{sort|4|4 (2)}}||{{sort|4|4 (1)}}||{{sort|71|'''71''' (19)}}
|-
|8 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Christian (footballer, born 1989)|Christian]]'''||2022–Present||{{sort|61|61 (3)}}||{{sort|5|5 (1)}}||{{sort|4|4 (0)}}||{{sort|70|'''70''' (4)}}
|-
|9 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Joy-Lance Mickels]]||2021–2023||{{sort|61|61 (29)}}||{{sort|6|6 (3)}}||{{sort|2|2 (1)}}||{{sort|69|'''69''' (33)}}
|-
|10||align="left"|{{flagicon|AZE}} '''[[Anatoliy Nuriyev]]'''||2022–Present||{{sort|59|59 (9)}}||{{sort|5|5 (0)}}||{{sort|4|4 (0)}}||{{sort|68|'''68''' (9)}}
|}


=== Top goalscorers ===
“Sabah” FC cooperates with Vatan Specialized Olympic Reserves Children and Youth Football School. Vatan was founded as a Children and Youth Football School in 1967. In its first years, the Vatan Football School was led by the Azerbaijan Football legend [[Alakbar Mammadov]]. Since 26<sup>th</sup> of December 2007, the school is called “Vətən” Specialized Olympic Reserves Children and Youth Football School according to the decision of [[Ministry of Education (Azerbaijan)|the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan]].
{{updated|match played 12 May 2024}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; "
!width=20px|
!width=200px|Name
!width=250px|Years
!width=100px|League
!width=100px|[[Azerbaijan Cup]]
!width=100px|European
!width=100px|Total
!width=100px|Ratio
|-
|1 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Joy-Lance Mickels]]||2021–2023||{{sort|29|29 (61)}}||{{sort|3|3 (6)}}||{{sort|1|1 (2)}}||{{sort|33|'''33''' (69)}}||{{#expr:33/69 round 2}}
|-
|2 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|GEO}} '''[[Davit Volkovi]]'''||2022–Present||{{sort|16|16 (63)}}||{{sort|2|2 (4)}}||{{sort|1|1 (4)}}||{{sort|19|'''19''' (71)}}||{{#expr:19/71 round 2}}
|-
|3 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksiy Kashchuk]]||2022–2023||{{sort|18|18 (39)}}||{{sort|0|0 (2)}}||{{sort|0|0 (0)}}||{{sort|18|'''18''' (41)}}||{{#expr:18/41 round 2}}
|-
|4 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|NGR}} '''[[Emmanuel Apeh]]'''||2022–Present||{{sort|11|11 (63)}}||{{sort|4|4 (6)}}||{{sort|1|1 (4)}}||{{sort|16|'''16''' (73)}}||{{#expr:16/73 round 2}}
|-
|5 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Aleksey Isayev]]||2020–2024||{{sort|11|11 (98)}}||{{sort|0|0 (6)}}||{{sort|1|1 (4)}}||{{sort|12|'''12''' (108)}}||{{#expr:12/108 round 2}}
|-
|6 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Marko Dević]]||2018–2019, 2020||{{sort|9|9 (24)}}||{{sort|0|0 (0)}}||{{sort|0|0 (0)}}||{{sort|9|'''9''' (24)}}||{{#expr:9/24 round 2}}
|-
|6 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|AZE}} '''[[Anatoliy Nuriyev]]'''||2022–Present||{{sort|9|9 (59)}}||{{sort|0|0 (5)}}||{{sort|0|0 (4)}}||{{sort|9|'''9''' (68)}}||{{#expr:9/68 round 2}}
|-
|8 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|NGR}} '''[[Jesse Sekidika]]'''||2023–Present||{{sort|5|5 (29)}}||{{sort|2|2 (3)}}||{{sort|0|- (0)}}||{{sort|7|'''7''' (32)}}||{{#expr:7/32 round 2}}
|-
|9 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Ramil Sheydayev]]||2020–2021||{{sort|6|6 (29)}}||{{sort|0|0 (1)}}||{{sort|0|0 (0)}}||{{sort|6|'''6''' (29)}}||{{#expr:6/29 round 2}}
|-
|9 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Julio Rodríguez (footballer, born 1990)|Julio Rodríguez]]||2020–2022||{{sort|6|6 (45)}}||{{sort|0|0 (3)}}||{{sort|0|0 (0)}}||{{sort|6|'''6''' (48)}}||{{#expr:6/48 round 2}}
|-
|9 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|BIH}} '''[[Bojan Letić]]'''||2022–Present||{{sort|4|4 (72)}}||{{sort|0|0 (4)}}||{{sort|2|2 (4)}}||{{sort|6|'''6''' (80)}}||{{#expr:6/80 round 2}}
|}


===Managerial statistics===
There are 2 campuses of Vatan Football School in Baku. Besides Baku, talented children and adolescents from different regions of Azerbaijan are trained in the football school. The teams consist of the players of Vatan Football School get chances to perform in international football tournaments organized abroad.
''Information correct as of match played 12 May 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Name
!Nat.
!class="unsortable"|From
!class="unsortable"|To
!class="unsortable"|Duration
!abbr="TOTAL OF MATCHES PLAYED"|P
!abbr="MATCHES WON"|W
!abbr="MATCHES DRAWN"|D
!abbr="MATCHES LOST"|L
!abbr="GOALS SCORED"|GS
!abbr="GOAL AGAINST"|GA
!abbr="PERCENTAGE OF MATCHES WON"|%W
!abbr="HONOURS"|Honours
!abbr="NOTES"|Notes
|-
|align=left|[[Arif Asadov]]
|align=left|{{footyflag|AZE}}
|align=left|8 September 2017
|align=left|1 July 2018
|{{ayd|2017|9|8|2018|7|1}}
{{WDL|28|11|7|10|for=41|against=36}}
|(Promotion)
|
|-
|align=left|[[Elshad Ahmadov]]
|align=left|{{footyflag|AZE}}
|align=left|1 July 2018
|align=left|16 September 2019
|{{ayd|2018|7|1|2019|9|16}}
{{WDL|35|8|8|19|for=25|against=47}}
|
|
|-
|align=left|[[Igor Ponomaryov]] {{small|(Interim)}}
|align=left|{{footyflag|AZE}}
|align=left|16 September 2019
|align=left|26 November 2019<ref name="Željko Sopić"/>
|{{ayd|2019|9|16|2019|11|26}}
{{WDL|8|3|2|3|for=12|against=11}}
|
|
|-
|align=left|[[Željko Sopić]]
|align=left|{{footyflag|CRO}}
|align=left|26 November 2019<ref name="Željko Sopić"/>
|align=left|3 July 2020
|{{ayd|2019|11|16|2020|7|3}}
{{WDL|11|3|2|6|for=12|against=18}}
|
|
|-
|align=left|[[Vicente Gómez (football manager)|Vicente Gómez]]
|align=left|{{footyflag|ESP}}
|align=left|10 July 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=YENİ BAŞ MƏŞQÇİMİZ – VİSENTE QOMES! |url=https://sabahfc.az/2020/07/10/yeni-bas-m%c9%99sqcimiz-visente-qomes-2/ |website=sabahfc.az/ |publisher=Sabah FC |date=10 July 2020 |language=az}}</ref>
|align=left|11 March 2021<ref name="Gómez Guliyev">{{cite web |title=VİSENTE QOMESLƏ YOLLAR AYRILDI |url=https://sabahfc.az/2021/03/11/visente-qomesl%c9%99-yollar-ayrildi/ |website=sabahfc.az |publisher=Sabah FC |access-date=18 August 2021 |language=Azerbaijani |date=11 March 2021}}</ref>
|{{ayd|2020|7|10|2021|3|11}}
{{WDL|20|4|4|12|for=20|against=29}}
|
|
|-
|align=left|[[Ramin Guliyev]] {{small|(Interim)}}
|align=left|{{footyflag|AZE}}
|align=left|11 March 2021<ref name="Gómez Guliyev"/>
|align=left|26 May 2021<ref name="Guliyev Permanent"/>
|{{ayd|2021|3|11|2021|5|26}}
{{WDL|9|3|4|2|for=9|against=11}}
|
|
|-
|align=left|[[Ramin Guliyev]]
|align=left|{{footyflag|AZE}}
|align=left|26 May 2021<ref name="Guliyev Permanent"/>
|align=left|21 October 2021<ref name="Guliyev Leaves"/>
|{{ayd|2021|3|11|2021|10|21}}
{{WDL|7|0|1|6|for=3|against=12}}
|
|
|-
|align=left|Ilkin Huseynov {{small|(Interim)}}
|align=left|{{footyflag|AZE}}
|align=left|21 October 2021
|align=left|30 October 2021
|{{ayd|2021|10|21|2021|10|30}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=3|against=0}}
|
|
|-
|align=left|[[Murad Musayev]]
|align=left|{{footyflag|RUS}}
|align=left|30 October 2021<ref name="Murad Musayev"/>
|align=left|1 February 2024<ref name="Murad Musayev Leaves"/>
|{{ayd|2021|10|30|2024|2|1}}
{{WDL|87|48|16|23|for=157|against=88}}
|
|
|-
|align=left|Ruslan Qafitullin {{small|(Interim)}}
|align=left|{{footyflag|AZE}}
|align=left|1 February 2024<ref name="Murad Musayev Leaves"/>
|align=left|5 March 2024<ref name="Krunoslav Rendulić"/>
|{{ayd|2024|2|1|2024|3|5}}
{{WDL|6|3|2|1|for=13|against=11}}
|
|
|-
|align=left|[[Krunoslav Rendulić]]
|align=left|{{footyflag|CRO}}
|align=left|5 March 2024<ref name="Krunoslav Rendulić"/>
|align=left|
|{{ayd|2024|3|5|}}
{{WDL|9|6|0|3|for=12|against=10}}
|
|
|}


*'''Notes:'''
The different age groups of the football school perform successfully in matches organized by AFFA. Participating in 2017/18 seasonal championships in 7 age groups (U10, U11, U12, U13, U14, U15 and U16) the Vatan football school renewed its own record getting 3 gold (U11, U12 and U15), 1 silver (U 16), 1 bronze medals.
{{small|'''P''' – Total of played matches
'''W''' – Won matches
'''D''' – Drawn matches
'''L''' – Lost matches
'''GS''' – Goal scored
'''GA''' – Goals against<br/>
'''%W''' – Percentage of matches won}}

{{small|Nationality is indicated by the corresponding [[List of FIFA country codes|FIFA country code(s)]].}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


{{AFFA Supreme League}}
{{Refbegin}}
{{Azerbaijan Premier League}}

* [http://www.affa.az/index.php/yarlar/u-16-liqas/cdvl/1110 "Azerbaijan Youth League".] Retrieved 2 July 2018.
* [http://www.pfl.az/news/6792/ "I Division, draw will be held".] 25 September 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
* [https://www.facebook.com/sabahfutbolklubu/posts/1928610917437216 “Sabah” Futbol Klubunun müşahidə şurası yaradılıb.] facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Sabail FK. 9 August 2018.
* [http://www.1news.az/az/news/sabah-futbol-klubu-azerbaycan-premyer-liqasinin-yeni-simasi “Sabah” Futbol Klubu: Azərbaycan Premyer Liqasının yeni siması.] (in Azerbaijani). 19 July 2018.
* [https://sabahfc.az/infrastruktur/ Stadium Sabah FC]. (in Azerbaijani). 27 january 2019.
* [https://sabahfc.az/main-team/ Team of Sabah FC]. (in Azerbaijani). 27 january 2019.
* [https://sabahfc.az/about/ History of Sabah FC]. (in Azerbaijani). 27 january 2019.
* [https://sabahfc.az/akademiya/ Academy of Sabah FC.]. (in Azerbaijani) 27 january 2019.

{{Refend}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabah FC}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabah FC}}
[[Category:Sabah FC (Azerbaijan)| ]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Baku]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Baku]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2017]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2017]]
[[Category:2017 establishments in Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:2017 establishments in Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Sabah FK| ]]




Revision as of 14:03, 13 May 2024

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

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

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.

History

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

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 Azerbaijan Arif Asadov Joma
2018–19 1st 7th 28 7 6 15 20 41 27 Quarter-final Ukraine Marko Dević 8 Azerbaijan Elshad Ahmadov Macron
2019–20 1st 6th 20 5 6 9 19 27 21 Quarter-final Mali Ulysse Diallo
Guinea Amadou Diallo
South Africa Hendrick Ekstein 		3 Azerbaijan Elshad Ahmadov
Azerbaijan Igor Ponomaryov (interim)
Croatia Željko Sopić 		Bank Respublika
2020–21 1st 5th 28 7 8 13 28 38 29 Round of 16 Azerbaijan Ramil Sheydayev 6 Spain Vicente Gómez
Azerbaijan Ramin Guliyev (interim) 		Nike
2021–22 1st 5th 28 12 5 11 42 34 41 Quarter-final Germany Joy-Lance Mickels 11 Azerbaijan Ramin Guliyev
Russia Murad Musayev
2022–23 1st 2nd 36 25 6 5 75 24 81 Quarter-final Germany Joy-Lance Mickels 17 Russia Murad Musayev

European record

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 Latvia RFS 2–1 2–0 4–1
3Q Serbia Partizan 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.) 2–2 (4–5 p)

Colours and badge

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

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

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

Current squad

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

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023.

Out on loan

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

Reserve team

Main article: FK Sabah-2

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

Club officials

Management

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

Coaching staff

Position Name[15]
Head coach Croatia Krunoslav Rendulić
Assistant of head coach Croatia Sasa Sabljak
Azerbaijan Ruslan Gafitullin
Azerbaijan Rashad Eyyubov
Goalkeeping coach Azerbaijan Vitali Kovalyov
Azerbaijan Elkhan Hasanli
Fitness coach Croatia Domagoj Peric
Video analyst Ukraine Oleksandr Panchuk
Russia Nikita Vasyukhin

Club records

Most appearances

As of match played 12 May 2024
Name Years League Azerbaijan Cup European Total
1 Azerbaijan Amin Seydiyev 2020–Present 113 (3) 8 (1) 4 (0) 125 (4)
2 Azerbaijan Aleksey Isayev 2020–2024 98 (11) 6 (0) 4 (1) 108 (12)
3 Azerbaijan Elvin Camalov 2021–Present 83 (2) 8 (0) 2 (0) 93 (2)
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Letić 2022–Present 72 (4) 4 (0) 4 (2) 80 (6)
5 Nigeria Emmanuel Apeh 2022–Present 63 (11) 6 (4) 4 (1) 73 (16)
6 Azerbaijan Yusif Imanov 2020–Present 63 (0) 5 (0) 4 (0) 72 (0)
7 Georgia (country) Davit Volkovi 2022–Present 63 (16) 4 (2) 4 (1) 71 (19)
8 Brazil Christian 2022–Present 61 (3) 5 (1) 4 (0) 70 (4)
9 Germany Joy-Lance Mickels 2021–2023 61 (29) 6 (3) 2 (1) 69 (33)
10 Azerbaijan Anatoliy Nuriyev 2022–Present 59 (9) 5 (0) 4 (0) 68 (9)

Top goalscorers

As of match played 12 May 2024
Name Years League Azerbaijan Cup European Total Ratio
1 Germany Joy-Lance Mickels 2021–2023 29 (61) 3 (6) 1 (2) 33 (69) 0.48
2 Georgia (country) Davit Volkovi 2022–Present 16 (63) 2 (4) 1 (4) 19 (71) 0.27
3 Ukraine Oleksiy Kashchuk 2022–2023 18 (39) 0 (2) 0 (0) 18 (41) 0.44
4 Nigeria Emmanuel Apeh 2022–Present 11 (63) 4 (6) 1 (4) 16 (73) 0.22
5 Azerbaijan Aleksey Isayev 2020–2024 11 (98) 0 (6) 1 (4) 12 (108) 0.11
6 Ukraine Marko Dević 2018–2019, 2020 9 (24) 0 (0) 0 (0) 9 (24) 0.38
6 Azerbaijan Anatoliy Nuriyev 2022–Present 9 (59) 0 (5) 0 (4) 9 (68) 0.13
8 Nigeria Jesse Sekidika 2023–Present 5 (29) 2 (3) - (0) 7 (32) 0.22
9 Azerbaijan Ramil Sheydayev 2020–2021 6 (29) 0 (1) 0 (0) 6 (29) 0.21
9 Paraguay Julio Rodríguez 2020–2022 6 (45) 0 (3) 0 (0) 6 (48) 0.13
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Letić 2022–Present 4 (72) 0 (4) 2 (4) 6 (80) 0.08

Managerial statistics

Information correct as of match played 12 May 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] 85 days 9 6 0 3 12 10 066.67
  • 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

  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.


Flag of AzerbaijanSoccer icon

This article about an Azerbaijani football club is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sabah_FC_(Azerbaijan)&oldid=1223651005"