The Qarabağ 2019–20 season was Qarabağ's 27th Azerbaijan Premier League season, of which they were defending champions, and was their twelfth season under manager Gurban Gurbanov. Qarabağ were crowned Champions for the 7th season in a row when the season was curtailed on 19 June, whilst they had reached the semi-finals of the Azerbaijan Cup when it was ended. In Europe, Qarabağ were knocked out of the Champions League by APOEL in the Third qualifying round, dropping into the Europa League where they finished 3rd in a group with Sevilla, APOEL and Dudelange.
Season overview On 7 June, Míchel signed a new two-year contract with Qarabağ.
On 24 June, Qarabağ announced the signing of Jaime Romero on a three-year contract after his Córdoba contract had been mutually ended the previous week.
On 4 July, Qarabağ announced the loan-signing of Ailton from VfB Stuttgart.
On 15 July, Qarabağ announced the signing of Faycal Rherras from AS Béziers on a two-year contract.
On 16 July, Qarabağ announced that Wilde-Donald Guerrier had left the club after failing to return to Azerbaijan after the summer break, and that Magaye Gueye had joined the club from Osmanlıspor. July
On 30 August, Qarabağ announced that Dzon Delarge had left the club by mutual consent.
On 2 September, Qarabağ announced the loan signing of Asmir Begović from Bournemouth.
On 23 January, Qarabağ announced the signing of Owusu Kwabena on a 3.5-year contract from Leganés.
On 3 January, Dani Quintana left the club to sign for China League One club Chengdu Better City.
On 13 March 2020, the Azerbaijan Premier League was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 8 June 2020, Qarabağ announced that Magaye Gueye had left the club by mutual consent.
On 19 June 2020, the AFFA announced that the 2019–20 season had been officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.
Squad
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 12 Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev GK Sumgayit 2015 2020 42 0 13 Vagner GK Royal Excel Mouscron 2018 2020 34 0 Defenders 3 Ailton DF loan from VfB Stuttgart 2019 2020 28 3 4 Rahil Mammadov DF Sabail 2018 2021 36 1 5 Maksim Medvedev DF Youth team 2006 2020 432+ 13+ 14 Rashad Sadygov DF Eskişehirspor 2011 323 10 23 Faycal Rherras DF AS Béziers 2019 2021 8 1 30 Abbas Huseynov DF Inter Baku 2017 52 1 55 Badavi Huseynov DF Anzhi Makhachkala 2012 2020 326 4 Midfielders 2 Gara Garayev MF Youth team 2008 2021 348 3 7 Araz Abdullayev MF loan from Panionios 2018 2020 50 4 8 Míchel MF Maccabi Haifa 2015 2021 168 30 17 Abdellah Zoubir MF RC Lens 2018 2020 76 15 18 Ismayil Ibrahimli MF MOIK Baku 2018 23 5 19 Filip Ozobić MF Gabala 2018 2021 51 12 21 Hajiagha Hajili MF Gabala 2019 2023 11 0 71 Toral Bayramov MF Academy 2019 2 0 Forwards 9 Jaime Romero FW Córdoba 2019 2022 26 6 11 Mahir Emreli FW Baku 2015 2020 164 48 27 Owusu Kwabena FW Leganés 2020 2023 5 0 29 Musa Qurbanlı FW Youth team 2019 1 0 Away on loan 44 Elvin Cafarguliyev MF Youth team 2019 0 0 70 Nijat Suleymanov MF Youth team 2018 1 0 94 Nijat Mehbaliyev GK Youth team 2017 2019 0 0 Left during the season 1 Asmir Begović GK loan from Bournemouth 2019 2020 16 0 6 Simeon Slavchev MF Sporting CP 2018 2021 39 2 10 Dani Quintana MF Al-Ahli 2015 2020 152 44 20 Richard MF loan from Astana 2019 283 56 28 Dzon Delarge FW Bursaspor 2018 2020 19 3 77 Wilde-Donald Guerrier MF Alanyaspor 2017 2020 67 6 99 Magaye Gueye FW Osmanlıspor 2019 28 8
Out on loan
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.24 June 2019FWJaime RomeroCórdobaFree15 July 2019DFFaycal RherrasAS BéziersUndisclosed17 July 2019FWMagaye GueyeOsmanlısporUndisclosed23 January 2020FWOwusu KwabenaLeganésUndisclosed
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.3 January 2020MFDani QuintanaChengdu Better CityUndisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.31 August 2018MFAraz AbdullayevPanionios30 June 202012 January 2019MFRichard AlmeidaAstana31 December 20194 July 2019DFAiltonVfB StuttgartEnd of Season2 September 2019GKAsmir BegovićBournemouthJanuary 2020
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.Summer 2019MFElvin JafarguliyevSumgayitEnd of Season13 June 2019MFNijat SuleymanovZiraEnd of Season13 September 2019GKNijat MehbaliyevSumgayitEnd of Season
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date16 July 2019MFWilde-Donald GuerrierNeftçi5 September 201930 August 2019FWDzon DelargeČeské BudějoviceDecember 2019MFSimeon SlavchevLevski Sofia22 December 20198 June 2020FWMagaye Gueye 22 June 2020GKVagner 22 June 2020DFFaycal Rherras 30 June 2020GKNijat MehbaliyevSabah1 July 202030 June 2020DFRashad SadygovRetired30 June 2020MFNijat Suleymanov
Friendlies
Competitions
Azerbaijan Premier League
Results summary
Results by round
Results
League table
Azerbaijan Cup
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying rounds
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying rounds
Group stage
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players away on loan: |- |colspan="14"|Players who left Qarabağ during the season:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueAzerbaijan CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal1 FW11Mahir Emreli7120102 FW99Magaye Gueye501284 MF17Abdellah Zoubir50027FW9 Jaime Romero312175 MF10Dani Quintana301266 MF18Ismayil Ibrahimli410057 DF3 Ailton101138 MF19Filip Ozobić10102MF20Richard1001210DF30Abbas Huseynov10001MF2 Gara Garayev10001DF55Badavi Huseynov10001MF71Tural Bayramov01001DF23Faycal Rherras00011MF8 Míchel00011DF5 Maksim Medvedev00011 Own goal10001TOTALS34481056
Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueAzerbaijan CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal1 GK12Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev900092 GK1 Asmir Begović610073 GK13Vagner00303TOTALS1513019
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNamePremier LeagueAzerbaijan CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal2 DFGara Garayev10000041513 DFAilton40101020804 DFRahil Mammadov20003000505 DFMaksim Medvedev30102010707 MFAraz Abdullayev10000000108 MFMíchel600010401109 FWJaime Romero200000002011FWMahir Emreli510000207112GKShahrudin Mahammadaliyev200000002014DFRashad Sadygov200010104017MFAbdellah Zoubir200000002018MFIsmayil Ibrahimli111000002123DFFaycal Rherras100000102030DFAbbas Huseynov100000001055DFBadavi Huseynov300000003071MFTural Bayramov1000000010Players who left Qarabağ during the season:1 GKAsmir Begović10000010206 MFSimeon Slavchev000010001020MFRichard300021207199FWMagaye Gueye2000000020TOTALS41230111181734
References
External links Official Website