2007–08 Gabala FC season

Gabala
2007-08 season
Chairman	Taleh Heydərov
Manager	Ramiz Mammadov
Stadium	Gabala City Stadium
Premier League	6th
Azerbaijan Cup	Semifinals vs Khazar Lankaran
Top goalscorer	League: Vitali Balamestny (8); All: Vitali Balamestny (8)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The Gabala FC 2007–08 season was Gabala FC's second Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their second season under manager Ramiz Mammadov. They finished the season in 6th place, whilst they also took part in the 2007–08 Azerbaijan Cup, which they were knocked out of in the Semifinals by Khazar Lankaran.

Squad

^[1]^[2] 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	Elnar Karimov
2	DF	AZE	Ruslan Huseynov
3	MF	RUS	Anatoli Tebloyev
4	DF	GEO	Irakli Vashakidze
5	DF	AZE	Ali Ismaylov
6	MF	GUI	Abdoul Kader Camara
7	MF	AZE	Shahruz Mustafayev
8	DF	AZE	Ibrahim Huseynov
9	FW	RUS	Vitali Balamestny
10	MF	GEO	Tornike Aptsiauri
11	MF	AZE	Samir Mamedov
12	GK	GEO	Zurab Mamaladze
13	MF	AZE	Habib Agayev
14	FW	MDA	Vladimir Ţaranu
16	MF	AZE	Sabuhi Mamedov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	AZE	Eldaniz Suleymanov
19	DF	AZE	Vugar Hasanov
20	DF	AZE	Ceyhun Adishirinov
21	MF	AZE	Azer Hashimov
22	MF	AZE	Parvin Pashayev
23	MF	TUR	Abdulkadir Öz
24	MF	AZE	Ali Abishov
25	FW	AZE	Samir Zargarov
27	MF	GEO	Giorgi Gabidauri
28	MF	AZE	Azer Jabbarov
29	MF	AZE	Jamal Mamedov
—	DF	AZE	Agshin Salahov
—	MF	AZE	Rahman Azizov
—	FW	BRA	Erivelto

Transfers

Summer

In: 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	GEO	Zurab Mamaladze (From Sioni Bolnisi)
2	DF	AZE	Ruslan Huseynov
3	MF	RUS	Anatoli Tebloyev (From Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo)
4	DF	GEO	Irakli Vashakidze (From Turan Tovuz)
6	MF	GUI	Abdoul Kader Camara (From Dessel Sport)
10	MF	GEO	Tornike Aptsiauri (From Olimpi Rustavi)
13	MF	AZE	Habib Agayev
15	FW	COD	Mbomboko Fiston Ngoy (loan from TP Mazembe)
20	MF	AZE	Ceyhun Adishirinov (from FK MKT-Araz)
21	MF	AZE	Azer Hashimov
22	MF	AZE	Parvin Pashayev
23	MF	TUR	Abdulkadir Öz
27	MF	GEO	Giorgi Gabidauri (From Shakhter Karagandy)
29	DF	AZE	Jamal Mamedov
—	DF	AZE	Agshin Salahov

Out: 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	Khayal Zeynalov (to ABN Bärdä)
—	GK	AZE	Nadir Shukurov
—	DF	GEO	Gorgi Krasovski (to Mglebi Zugdidi)
—	DF	UKR	Oleg Osadchi
—	DF	ROU	Marius Humenike
—	DF	AZE	Rəşad Yusubov
—	MF	UKR	Vyacheslav Sidoryuk (Retired)
—	MF	AZE	Vusal Garaev (to Turan Tovuz)
—	MF	AZE	Nail Məmmədov (to ABN Bärdä)
—	MF	GEO	Dmitri Kapanadze
—	MF	AZE	Anar Vəliyev (to Masallı)
—	MF	AZE	Elmir Alıyev
—	FW	AZE	Vasif Äliyev (to Baku)
—	FW	AZE	Senan Gurbanov (to Olimpik Baku)
—	FW	AZE	Asif Mammadov (to Standard Baku)
—	FW	AZE	Rovshan Veliev
—	FW	GEO	Dmitri Ditmarxusişvili

Winter

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	MDA	Vladimir Ţaranu (from Nistru Otaci)
28	MF	AZE	Azer Jabbarov (from MKT Araz)
—	FW	BRA	Erivelto (loan from Rio Branco)^{[citation needed]}

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	COD	Mbomboko Fiston Ngoy (loan return to TP Mazembe)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier 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
26	10	3	13	33	36	−3	33	7	3	3	18	12	+6	3	0	10	15	24	−9

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	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	L
Position																										6

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

Results

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11 August 2007 1	Standard Baku	0 – 1	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Aptsiauri 53'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

19 August 2007 2	Gabala	2 – 0	Baku	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Balamestny 76' Aptsiauri 80'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

26 August 2007 3	Neftchi Baku	2 – 0	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mammadov 25' Subašić 88'	Summary		Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium

2 September 2007 4	Gabala	0 – 1	Olimpik Baku	Qabala
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Ismayilov 35'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

15 September 2007 5	Simurq	2 – 0	Gabala	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Sayadov 25' Danaev 70'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

23 September 2007 6	Gabala	1 – 0	Karvan	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ngoy 30'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

30 September 2007 7	Khazar Lankaran	2 – 1	Gabala	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ramazanov 21' Quliyev 90'	Summary	Aptsiauri 37'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

6 October 2007 8	Gabala	1 – 2	Qarabağ	Qabala
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ngoy 62'	Summary	Kerimov 14' Beraia 48'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

27 October 2007 9	ABN Bärdä	1 – 2	Gabala	Barda
22:25 AZST (UTC+5)	Alekberov 23'	Summary	Ngoy 3', 70'	Stadium: Barda City Stadium

3 November 2007 10	Gabala	2 – 1	Turan Tovuz	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zargarov 19' Adishirinov 43'	Summary	Gadiri 85'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

11 November 2007 11	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	0 – 6	Gabala	Sumqayit
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Balamestny 36', 57', 61', 66' Jabbarov 72' Zargarov 77'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium

24 November 2007 12	Masallı	1 – 0	Gabala	Masally
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Osmar 51'	Summary		Stadium: Anatoly Banishevski Stadium

2 December 2007 13	Gabala	2 – 1	Inter Baku	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Balamestny 12', 46'	Summary	Hajiyev 63'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

17 February 2008 14	Gabala	1 – 0	Standard Baku	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Taranu 58'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

24 February 2008 15	Baku	3 – 0	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Tijani 16' Cisse 56' Ponomarev 86'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

2 March 2008 16	Gabala	2 – 3	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Taranu 55' Tebloyev 71'	Summary	Subašić 30' Kruglov 46' Adamia 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

15 March 2008 17	Olimpik Baku	2 – 0	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Junivan 22' Fábio 79'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

30 March 2008 18	Karvan	1 – 2	Gabala	Yevlakh
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Camara 74'	Summary	Zargarov 1' (pen.) Jabbarov 49'	Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium

5 April 2008 19	Gabala	1 – 1	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mamedov 72'	Summary	Ramazanov 10'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

13 April 2008 20	Qarabağ	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	K.Kerimov 8' A.Kerimov 55'	Summary	Tebloyev 80'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium¹

19 April 2008 21	Gabala	2 – 0	ABN Bärdä	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Taranu 44' Balamestny 60'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

27 April 2008 22	Gabala	1 – 0	Simurq	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mustafayev 63'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

3 May 2008 23	Turan Tovuz	4 – 2	Gabala	Tovuz
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Gadiri 7' Guseynov 34' Garaev 37' Alekperov 40' (pen.)	Summary	Aptsiauri 70' Taranu 87'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium

12 May 2008 24	Gabala	2 – 2	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Niftaliev 25' (o.g.) Ismaylov 43'	Summary Summary	Stanić 32' Amiraslanov 80'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500^[4] Referee: Fariz Yusifov

18 May 2008 25	Gabala	1 – 1	Masallı	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Jabbarov 45' Ismaylov 73'	Summary	Hugo Santos 70'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

28 May 2008 26	Inter Baku	4 – 0	Gabala	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Cuello 22' K.Mammadov 35' Qurbanov 44' Zlatinov 77'	Summary		Stadium: Zabrat Stadium

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Khazar Lankaran	26	14	10	2	44	16	+28	52	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
5	Qarabağ	26	11	8	7	25	16	+9	41
6	Gabala	26	11	3	12	33	36	−3	36
7	Simurq	26	9	9	8	31	25	+6	36
8	Baku	26	8	11	7	35	26	+9	35

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Khazar Lankaran qualified for the first qualifiying round of the 1st qualifying round of the UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Azerbaijan Cup.

Azerbaijan Cup

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26 September 2007 1st Round 1st Leg	MOIK Baku	0 – 2	Gabala	Baku
		[ Summary]		Stadium: MOIK Stadium

3 October 2007 1st Round 2nd Leg	Gabala	2 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	MOIK Baku	Qabala
		[ Summary]		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

24 October 2007 Round of 16 1st Leg	Gabala	1 – 0	Simurq	Qabala
	Öz 9'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

30 October 2007 Round of 16 2nd Leg	Simurq	2 – 1 (2 – 2 agg.)	Gabala	Zaqatala
	Musayev 79' Malygin 90+4'	Summary	Camara 76'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

6 March 2008 Quarterfinals 1st Leg	Baku	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Tijani 28'	Summary Summary	Zargarov 21'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

19 March 2008 Quarterfinals 2nd Leg	Gabala	1 – 1 (2 – 2 agg.) (5 – 4 p)	Baku	Qabala
		Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

9 April 2008 Semifinals 1st Leg	Gabala	1 – 3	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Huseynov 75'	Summary Gabala	Ramazanov 12', 56' Vashakidze 15' (o.g.)	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

23 April 2008 Semifinals 2nd Leg	Khazar Lankaran	1 – 1 (4 – 2 agg.)	Gabala	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Amirguliyev 81'	Summary Summary	Camara 25'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GEO	Zurab Mamaladze	21	0	21	0	0	0
2	DF	AZE	Ruslan Huseynov	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	MF	RUS	Anatoli Tebloyev	13	0	13	0	0	0
4	DF	GEO	Irakli Vashakidze	24	1	24	1	0	0
5	DF	AZE	Ali Ismaylov	21	1	21	1	0	0
6	MF	GUI	Abdoul Kader Camara	18	0	18	0	0	0
7	MF	AZE	Shahruz Mustafayev	18	1	18	1	0	0
8	DF	AZE	Ibrahim Huseynov	7	1	7	1	0	0
9	FW	RUS	Vitali Balamestny	18	8	18	8	0	0
10	MF	GEO	Tornike Aptsiauri	24	4	24	4	0	0
11	DF	AZE	Samir Mamedov	15	0	15	0	0	0
12	GK	AZE	Elnar Karimov	5	0	5	0	0	0
13	MF	AZE	Habib Agayev	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	MDA	Vladimir Ţaranu	12	4	12	4	0	0
15	FW	COD	Mbomboko Fiston Ngoy	11	4	11	4	0	0
16	DF	AZE	Sabuhi Mamedov	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	AZE	Eldaniz Suleymanov	5	0	5	0	0	0
19	DF	AZE	Vugar Hasanov	23	0	23	0	0	0
20	DF	AZE	Ceyhun Adishirinov	10	1	10	1	0	0
21	MF	AZE	Azer Hashimov	21	0	21	0	0	0
22	MF	AZE	Parvin Pashayev	5	0	5	0	0	0
23	MF	TUR	Abdulkadir Öz	8	0	8	0	0	0
24	MF	AZE	Ali Abishov	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	MF	AZE	Samir Zargarov	24	3	24	3	0	0
27	MF	GEO	Giorgi Gabidauri	19	0	19	0	0	0
28	MF	AZE	Azer Jabbarov	9	4	9	4	0	0
29	DF	AZE	Jamal Mamedov	19	1	19	1	0	0
	DF	AZE	Agshin Salahov	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	AZE	Rahman Azizov	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	BRA	Erivelto	2	0	2	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Gabala no longer at the club:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Vitali Balamestny	8	0	8
2	FW	25	Samir Zargarov	3	2	5
3	MF	10	Tornike Aptsiauri	4	0	4
	FW	15	Mbomboko Fiston Ngoy	4	0	4
	FW	14	Vladimir Ţaranu	4	0	4
	MF	28	Azer Jabbarov	4	0	4
7	DF	8	Ibrahim Huseynov	1	1	2
7	MF	6	Abdoul Kader Camara	0	2	2
9	DF	20	Ceyhun Adishirinov	1	0	1
	MF	7	Shahruz Mustafayev	1	0	1
	DF	5	Ali Ismaylov	1	0	1
	DF	29	Jamal Mamedov	1	0	1
	DF	4	Irakli Vashakidze	1	0	1
	MF	23	Abdulkadir Öz	0	1	1
			Unknown	0	4	4
			Own Goal	0	1	1
			TOTALS	33	11	44

Team kit

These are the 2007–08 Gabala F.C. kits.

Supplier: Erreà
Sponsor(s): Hyundai

Gabala's Home Kit

Gabala's Away Kit

Notes

Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.^[7]

References

^ "Qəbələ PFK (2007/08)".
^ "FK Gabala 2007-08".
^ "Azerbaijan Yuksek Liqa 2007/08". Futbol24. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ "Gabala 2-2 Sumgayit". affa.az. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ "Azerbaijan Cup 2007/08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ "Player Statistics 2007/08" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
^ Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)

External links

[table_note_res_UC10.65465081746441-5] Khazar Lankaran qualified for the first qualifiying round of the 1st qualifying round of the UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Azerbaijan Cup.

[1] "Qəbələ PFK (2007/08)".

[2] "FK Gabala 2007-08".

[3] "Azerbaijan Yuksek Liqa 2007/08". Futbol24. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

[4] "Gabala 2-2 Sumgayit". affa.az. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

[6] "Azerbaijan Cup 2007/08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

[7] "Player Statistics 2007/08" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2012.

[8] Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)

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