Gabala SC

Gabala SC

Full name	Qəbələ İdman Klubu
Nickname(s)	Radarlar (The Radars)
Founded	1 September 2005[1]
Ground	Gabala City Stadium
Capacity	2,000
Owner	Gilan Holding
Chairman	Tale Heydarov
Manager	Roman Hryhorchuk
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2014–15	3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Gabala SC (Azerbaijani: Qəbələ İdman Klubu, also spelled Qabala; pronounced [ɡæbælæ]) is an Azerbaijani association football club based in Qabala. They play in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top division in Azerbaijani football. Gabala plays its matches at the Gabala City Stadium.

History

The club was founded under the name of Goy Gol on 3 July 1995, based in Goy Gol. On 1 September 2005, Goy Gol was registered in Gabala by the Ministry of Justice, before the AFFA registered the team as professional on 5 September of the same year. In the summer of 2006, the team moved from Goygol to Qabala, before the club changed its name to Gabal on August 31, 2007.^[1][2]

On 10 May 2010, former Arsenal defender Tony Adams was appointed as new manager after signing £1 million per year deal with the club.^[3][4] In his first season in charge Gabala finished at 7th place in Azerbaijan Premier League.^[5][6] In November 2011, Adams resigned from being Gabala's coach due to family problems.^[7][8]

Despite the appointment of managers like Fatih Kavlak and Ramiz Mammadov, the club couldn't reach a satisfactory position in the league and was struggling in the middle of the table for many years.^[9][10] On 29 May 2013, Yuri Semin was appointed as new manager after signing £1 million per year deal with the club.^[11][12] In same year, the club qualified for European cups for first time in their history but lost to Neftchi Baku on penalties in final of Azerbaijan Cup.^[13][14]

In the 2015-16 season of Europa League they became the 3rd club from Azerbaijan to qualify for the group stage after Qarabag and Neftic Baku. They eliminated Dinamo Tibilisi, Čukarički , Apollon Limassol and suprisingly Panathinaikos. They came 4th in their tough group of Borussia Dortmund, PAOK and Fc Krasnodar. They managed to get two points both from 0-0 draws against PAOK.

League and cup history

Season	League									Azerbaijan Cup	Top goalscorer		Managers
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
2005–06	2nd	1	30	22	6	2	72	14	72	Last 16	R.Ahmadov	18	Jabbarov
2006–07	1st	11	24	4	4	16	17	47	16	Last 16	Garaev	4	R.Mammadov
2007–08	1st	6	26	11	3	12	33	36	36	Semi finals	Balamestny	8
2008–09	1st	10	26	9	6	11	28	21	33	Semi finals	K.Karimov	6
2009–10	1st	6	42	15	14	14	42	48	56	1st round	Stolpa	7
2010–11	1st	7	32	13	12	7	31	18	51	Quarter finals	Burton	9	Adams
2011–12	1st	5	32	15	7	10	43	32	52	Quarter finals	Dodô, Kamanan	9	Adams / Kavlak
2012–13	1st	6	32	10	8	14	32	40	38	Quarter finals	Mendy, Assis	6	Kavlak / R.Mammadov / Aragón
2013–14	1st	3	36	18	7	11	48	36	61	Runners-Up	Subotić	12	Semin
2014–15	1st	3	32	15	9	8	46	35	54	Quarter finals	J.Huseynov	11	Munteanu / Hryhorchuk

European history

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Široki Brijeg	0–2	0–3	0–5
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0	1–2	3–2
		2Q	Čukarički	2–0	0–1	2–1
		3Q	Apollon Limassol	1–0	1–1	2–1
		PO	Panathinaikos	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		Group C	Borussia Dortmund	1–3	0–4	4th
			PAOK	0–0	0–0
			Krasnodar	0–3	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

Team photo for the 2010–2011 season.

The club's crest includes Caucasus Mountains with a black crescent and red eight-pointed star, similar to Azerbaijani flag. It also includes 2005 which signifies the club's formation year.

Shirt sponsors and kit manufacturers

Gabala's traditional kit is composed of red shirts, black shorts and red socks. The club's first kit manufacturer was Erreà, until a two-year deal was agreed with Joma in 2013.^[15][16]

On August 2012, Gabala signed one-year deal with the American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer Pepsi, which will replace Hyundai as the shirt sponsor from the 2013–14 season.^[17]

Stadium

The club play their home matches at the Gabala City Stadium, an all-seater football stadium situated in Qabala.

As of 2007, predominantly due to UEFA requirements, the club proposed an extensive renovation of the stadium, which has since been in constant process of redevelopment.^[18] AFL Architects were appointed to design a new 15,000 capacity stadium and training facility in December 2008 after winning a limited design competition. Accommodation within the stadium will include hotel and conferencing facilities, as well as retail and corporate hospitality space, and a dramatic viewing deck at the top of the entrance tower.^[19] It is expected that the stadium was scheduled to open in 2014.^[20]

Supporters

Gabala has a large fanbase in relation to its comparative lack of success on the pitch. Gabala's fan base has fluctuated over the years with high crowds coinciding with the club's success in the Premier League so that the club now averages in the top four best home attendances in the country.^[21]

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 9 January 2016^[22]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Andrey Popoviç 3 DF Vojislav Stanković (loan from Inter Baku) 4 MF Elvin Jamalov 5 DF Pavlo Pashayev 6 MF Rashad Sadiqov (3rd captain) 7 FW Ermin Zec 8 MF Magomed Mirzabekov 9 FW Sergei Zenjov 10 MF Dodô (vice-captain) 11 MF Asif Mammadov 13 DF Murad Musayev 14 MF Javid Huseynov (captain) 15 DF Vitaliy Vernydub 18 MF Vadim Abdullayev

No. Position Player 19 MF Oleksiy Gai 20 DF Ricardinho 21 MF Arif Dashdemirov 22 GK Dmytro Bezotosnyi 25 DF Gismat Aliyev 32 FW Rashad Eyyubov 33 GK Dawid Pietrzkiewicz 34 DF Urfan Abbasov 44 DF Rafael Santos 66 MF Samir Zargarov 69 FW Oleksiy Antonov 87 DF Ruslan Abışov 97 MF Roman Huseynov

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player -- DF Sadig Guliyev (at Zira FK) -- MF Tarzin Jahangirov (at Zira FK) -- MF Tellur Mutallimov (at Zira FK)

Reserve team squad

As of 14 February 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Sahil Mirzayev 12 GK Hasan Huseynov 16 MF Emin Zamanov 23 MF Shamil Jamaladdinov 24 DF Aykhan Asadov 27 DF Bahlul Mustafazade 28 DF Vazir Musayev 29 MF Hajiagha Hajili 31 MF Ulvi Isgandarov 32 DF Amin Seydiyev 35 GK Murad Popov 36 GK Suleyman Suleymanov 37 DF Aziz Ismayilov

No. Position Player 42 MF Ulvi Ibazade 62 MF Yusif Dilanov 65 MF Farid Nabiyev 70 FW Ramil Hasanov 71 MF Tural Mammadrzayev 74 DF Yusif Nabiyev 77 FW Ehtiram Shahverdiyev 80 MF Mirali Mammadzade 85 FW Mukhtar Aliyev 88 MF Rovlan Muradov 90 MF Ali Alizade 98 GK Eynur Orujov 99 MF Bakhshali Bakhshaliyev

Individual records

Lists of the players with the most caps, and goals for Gabala as of match played 14 February 2016 (players in bold signifies current Gabala player). Dodô is Gabala's most capped player, earning his 150th appearance for the club in their 7-0 victory over Mil-Muğan in the Azerbaijan Cup on 3 December 2015.^[23]

Top goalscorers

As of Match played 4 May 2016

Yannick Kamanan was capped 68 times by Gabala, scoring 17 times.

	Name	Years	League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europe	Total
1	Victor Mendy	2011–2015	29 (112)	04 0(13)	00 0(2)	33 (127)
2	Dodô	2011–present	23 (131)	03 0(15)	04 0(15)	30 (161)
3	Kanan Karimov	2008–2010	11 (46)	07 0(?)	00 0(0)	18 (45+)
4	Yannick Kamanan	2012–2014	16 (62)	01 0(6)	00 0(0)	17 (68)
4	Oleksiy Gai	2015–present	13 (47)	04 0(6)	00 0(14)	17 (67)
6	Deon Burton	2010–2012	15 (50)	00 0(5)	00 0(0)	15 (55)
7	Javid Huseynov	2014-present	11 (29)	00 0(3)	03 0(6)	14 (38)
7	Samir Zargarov	2006–2009, 2015-present	10 (91)	04 0(18)	00 0(9)	14 (118)
9	Danijel Subotić	2013-2014	12 (29)	01 0(6)	00 0(0)	13 (35)
10	Vitali Balamestny	2006–2008	11 (30)	01 0(?)	00 0(0)	12 (30)

Most appearances

Dodô is Gabala's most capped player, and one of the clubs top goalscorers.

As of Match played 4 May 2016

	Name	Years	League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europe	Total
1	Dodô	2011–present	131 (23)	015 (3)	015 (4)	161 (30)
2	Victor Mendy	2011–2015	112 (29)	013 (4)	02 (0)	127 (33)
3	Urfan Abbasov	2011–present	104 (2)	012 (0)	07 (0)	123 (2)
4	Samir Zargarov	2006–2009,2015–present	91 (10)	018 (4)	09 (0)	118 (14)
5	Pāvels Doroševs	2009–2012	90 (0)	09 (0)	00 (0)	99 (0)
6	Kader Camara	2007–2009 & 2009-2012	88 (1)	08 (2)	00 (0)	96 (3)
7	Azer Hashimov	2006-2009	82 (0)	013 (?)	00 (0)	95 (0)
8	Ljubo Baranin	2009–2012	82 (4)	08 (1)	00 (0)	90 (5)
9	Rafael Santos	2014–Present	62 (1)	09 (0)	012 (0)	83 (1)
10	Ali Ismaylov	2006–2009	71 (1)	011 (?)	00 (0)	82 (1)

Notable managers

Information correct as of match played 4 May 2016. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Faig Jabbarov	Azerbaijan	2005	2006	30	22	6	2	0	0	73.33		[24]
Ramiz Mammadov	Azerbaijan	2006	May 2010	118	38	27	53	0	0	32.20		[25]
Tony Adams	England	May 12, 2010	Nov 16, 2011	44	17	15	12	45	35	38.64		[26]
Fatih Kavlak	Turkey	Nov 18, 2011	Sept 27, 2012	29	14	7	8	43	27	48.28		[25]
Ramiz Mammadov	Azerbaijan	Sept 24, 2012	April 2, 2013	21	8	6	7	23	22	38.10		[25]
Luis Aragon (Interim)	Spain	April 2013	May 2013	8	1	3	4	5	10	12.50		[27]
Yuri Semin	Russia	May 28, 2013	May 23, 2014	41	21	9	11	56	38	51.22		[28]
Dorinel Munteanu	Romania	Jun 16, 2014	Dec 8, 2014	18	6	5	7	20	26	33.33		[29]
Sanan Gurbanov (Interim)	Azerbaijan	8 December 2014	21 December 2014	3	1	2	0	4	3	33.33		[30]
Roman Hryhorchuk	Ukraine	21 December 2014		69	30	21	18	90	63	43.48		[31]

• 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).

Honours

• Azerbaijan Cup

Runners-up (1): 2013–14

• Azerbaijan First Division

Winners (1): 2005–06

See also

• Gabala Cup 2012

References

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External links

• Official Website