Sumqayıt FK (, ) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Sumgait, that plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top tier of football in the country.
History The club was founded in 2010 as Sumqayıt FK. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to the Azerbaijan Premier League after getting a wildcard place instead of defunct Absheron. After securing promotion to the Premier League, the club based most of their squad on players from Azerbaijan's U-19 and U-17 players. In January 2012, the club announced that its old name was being restored.
During 2012–13 season, Sumgayit narrowly avoided relegation to the First Division by finishing 10th in the league.
In the 2017–18 season, they were the only team in the league consisting solely of Azerbaijani players.
On 15 January 2019, Sumgayit announced they had signed a cooperation with Tractor Sazi.
Domestic history Season League Azerbaijan Cup Top goalscorer Kit Manufacturer Sponsor Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League2010–112nd7th261358342644Did not enterKappaAzərkimya2011–121st12th326620275224First round Orkhan Aliyev52012–131st10th329815314935Second round Pardis Fardjad-Azad9Umbro2013–141st9th3651021276125Second round Pardis Fardjad-Azad62014–151st8th3271015324331Second round Magomed Kurbanov132015–161st8th3691215414939Quarter-final Amil Yunanov122016–171st6th289811283535Quarter-final Mirabdulla Abbasov8JomaPasha Life2017–181st5th2811710343340Semi-final Amil Yunanov 102018–191st6th288515244229Runners UpFive Players32019–201st5th20659243223Semi-final Peyman Babaei 7Jako2020–211st4th281099303139Runners Up Ali Ghorbani92021–221st6th285716224622Quarter-final Ali Ghorbani Rahim Sadikhov52022–231st7th368721267031First round Vusal Isgandarli62023–241st4th3615129373857Quarterfinal Casimir Ninga7Macron
European history
Competition Pld W D L GF GA UEFA Europa League 1 0 0 1 0 2 UEFA Conference League 4 0 2 2 1 4 Total 5 0 2 3 1 6
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1QR Shkëndija 0–2 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Čukarički 0–2 0–0 0–2 2024–25 UEFA Conference League 2Q Fehérvár 1–2 0–0 1–2 Notes 1Q: First qualifying round 2Q: Second qualifying round 3Q: Third qualifying round PO: Playoff round Group: Group stage
Crest and colours
Stadium
Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium is a stadium in the city of Sumqayit, Azerbaijan. It is the fourth largest stadium in Azerbaijan. The capacity of Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium is 9,502.
Supporters Sumgayit gets most of their support in the Absheron District, particularly the city of Sumgayit. The club also enjoys support from fans scattered all over the city, and the local area in general.
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
For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.
Out on loan
Reserve team
Sumgayit-2 plays in the Azerbaijan First Division from 2018.
Club officials
Management PositionStaffPresident Riad RafiyevVice-president Aydin KhalilovHead of Supervisory Board Elnur MammadliDirector of sport Faig Haji-MaharramovSecurity manager Elnur İbişovDirector of academy Adil ShukurovPress secretary Zaur Khudiyev
Coaching staff Position NameHead coach Filipe CândidoAssistant coach Shahin Abdullayev Vurğun HüseynovPhysical training coach Darko ObradovićGoalkeeping coach Emil BabayevPhysiotherapist Orxan İmanovDoctor Tahir İskenderovMasseur Revan AllahverdiyevManager Nicat CavadovAdministrator Ülvi Bedelov
Managers
Statistics Information correct as of match played 7 July 2025. Only competitive matches are counted. NameNat.FromToPWDLGSGA%WHonoursNotesBernhard Raab19 September 201111 June 2013Agil Mammadov12 June 20138 October 2015Samir Abbasov8 October 201520 May 2018Nazim Suleymanov7 June 201812 November 2018Aykhan Abbasov14 November 201816 December 2021Aleksey Baga30 December 202121 September 2022Samir Abbasov26 September 202214 October 2024Saša Ilić7 July 2025
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).
Records
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