Sabah Football Club (Sabah Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Masazır. The team plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League, their top tier of Azerbaijani football.

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Sabah FC

Full name	Sabah Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)	Tələbələr (Students)
Founded	8 September 2017; 5 years ago (2017-09-08)
Ground	Bank Respublika Arena
Capacity	13,000
President	Magsud Adigozalov
Manager	Murad Musayev
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2020–21	5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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]

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			Arif Asadov	Joma
2018–19	1st	7th	28	7	6	15	20	41	27	Quarter-final	Marko Dević	8	Elshad Ahmadov	Macron
2019–20	1st	6th	20	5	6	9	19	27	21	Quarter-final	Ulysse Diallo Amadou Diallo Hendrick Ekstein	3	Elshad Ahmadov Igor Ponomaryov (interim) Željko Sopić		Bank Respublika
2020–21	1st	5th	28	7	8	13	28	38	29	Round of 16	Ramil Sheydayev	6	Vicente Gómez Ramin Guliyev (interim)	Nike
2021–22	1st	5th	28	12	5	11	42	34	41	Quarter-final	Joy-Lance Mickels	11	Ramin Guliyev Murad Musayev

Colours and badge

Sabah's features rays of sunshine incased 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

The club play their home games at the Bank Respublika Arena in Masazır, which has a capacity of 13,000.[9]

Players

Current squad

As of 5 September 2022[10]

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  BLR Alyaksandr Nyachayew 2 DF  AZE Amin Seydiyev 3 DF  UKR Zurab Ochihava 4 MF  AZE Elvin Jamalov (Captain) 5 DF  AZE Idris Ingilabli 6 MF  AZE Abdulla Khaybulayev 7 DF  BIH Bojan Letić 8 MF  UKR Oleksiy Kashchuk (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) 9 MF  AZE Anatoliy Nuriyev 10 MF  AZE Aleksey Isayev 11 MF  ESP Cristian Ceballos 12 GK  AZE Yusif Imanov 13 DF  SEN Abdoulaye Ba 15 MF  BRA Christian

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  AZE Tellur Mutallimov 18 FW  GEO Davit Volkovi 19 DF  ESP Jon Irazabal 20 MF  GER Joy-Lance Mickels 21 MF  AZE Ildar Alekperov 22 MF  AZE Seymur Mammadov 26 FW  CIV Tiemoko Fofana 29 MF  AZE Jeyhun Nuriyev 33 FW  AZE Jamal Jafarov 34 DF  AZE Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade 77 MF  AZE Namiq Ələsgərov 94 GK  AZE Nijat Mehbaliyev 99 FW  NGA Emmanuel Apeh

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2022.

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  BRA Higor Gabriel (at Dinamo Minsk) — MF  AZE Abdulla Rzayev (at Shamakhi) — MF  AZE Veysal Rzayev (at Turan-Tovuz)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AZE Shakir Seyidov (at Turan-Tovuz) — FW  AZE Kamran Guliyev (at Shamakhi)

Reserve team

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

Club officials

Management

Position	Staff[11][12]
Founder	Yagub Huseynov
President	Magsud Adigozalov
Supervisory Board Member	Yagub Huseynov Firudin Gurbanov Igor Ponomaryov Rahman Hajiyev Rauf Khalilov
Chief executive officer	Ramin Hasanov
General Manager	Nasimi Musayev
Director of sport	Igor Ponomaryov
Press secretary	Elnur Hamidov

Coaching staff

Position	Name[13]
Head coach	Murad Musayev
Goalkeeping coach	Vitali Kovalyov
Physical Training Coach	Vitaly Korneev
Reserve team head coach	Ilgar Mansimov

Club Records

Top goalscorers

As of Match played 12 August 2022

	Name	Years	League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total	Ratio
1	Joy-Lance Mickels	2021-	13 (27)	3 (3)	15 (29)	0.53
2	Marko Dević	2018–2019, 2020	9 (24)	0 (0)	9 (24)	0.38
3	Aleksey Isayev	2020-	7 (49)	0 (3)	7 (52)	0.13
4	Ramil Sheydayev	2020-2021	6 (29)	0 (1)	6 (29)	0.21
4	Julio Rodríguez	2020-2022	6 (45)	0 (3)	6 (48)	0.13
6	Kévin Koubemba	2019-2021	5 (22)	0 (1)	5 (23)	0.22
6	Tiemoko Fofana	2021-	5 (32)	0 (3)	5 (35)	0.14
6	Juan Cámara	2021–2022	4 (19)	1 (3)	5 (22)	0.23
9	Ulysse Diallo	2019–2021	3 (15)	1 (2)	4 (17)	0.24
9	Amadou Diallo	2019–2021	4 (33)	0 (3)	4 (36)	0.11
9	Javid Imamverdiyev	2018–2020	4 (38)	0 (2)	4 (40)	0.1

Managerial statistics

Information correct as of match played 12 August 2022. 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[14]	11 March 2021[15]	244 days	20	4	4	12	20	29	020.00
Ramin Guliyev (Interim)	Azerbaijan	11 March 2021[15]	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 year, 13 days	25	14	5	6	47	27	056.00

• 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).

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