Sumgayit FK (Azerbaijani: "Sumqayıt" futbol klubu, pronounced [sumɡɑˈjɯt] (listen)) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Sumgayit that plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League.[1]
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Full name | Sumqayıt Futbol Klubu | ||
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Nickname(s) | Kimyaçılar (The Chemists) | ||
Founded | 2010; 12 years ago (2010) | ||
Ground | Kapital Bank Arena (New Sumgait Stadium - 2022) | ||
Capacity | 1,300 (10,000) | ||
President | Riad Rafiyev | ||
Manager | Samir Abbasov | ||
League | Azerbaijan Premier League | ||
2021–22 | 6th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The club was founded in 2010 as Sumgayit FK. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after getting wildcard place instead of defunct Absheron.[2] 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.[3] In January 2012, the club announced that its old name was being restored.[4]
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.[5]
Season | League | Azerbaijan Cup | Top goalscorer | Kit Manufacturer | Sponsor | |||||||||
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Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | ||||
2010–11 | 2nd | 7th | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 26 | 44 | Did not enter | Kappa | Azərkimya | ||
2011–12 | 1st | 12th | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 52 | 24 | First round | ![]() |
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2012–13 | 1st | 10th | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 49 | 35 | Second round | ![]() |
9 | Umbro | |
2013–14 | 1st | 9th | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 61 | 25 | Second round | ![]() |
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2014–15 | 1st | 8th | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 43 | 31 | Second round | ![]() |
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2015–16 | 1st | 8th | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 49 | 39 | Quarter-final | ![]() |
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2016–17 | 1st | 6th | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 35 | Quarter-final | ![]() |
8 | Joma | Pasha Life |
2017–18 | 1st | 5th | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 40 | Semi-final | ![]() |
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2018–19 | 1st | 6th | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 29 | Runners Up | Five Players | 3 | ||
2019–20 | 1st | 5th | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 23 | Semi-final | ![]() |
7 | Jako | |
2020–21 | 1st | 4th | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 39 | Runners Up | ![]() |
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2021–22 | 1st | 6th | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 46 | 22 | Quarter-final | ![]() ![]() |
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Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | ![]() |
0–2 | — | — |
2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2QR | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
The club's home ground is Kapital Bank Arena, a Football stadium in Sumqayit, which has a capacity of 1,300. New stadium will be ready in 2021 summer with capacity 16,000.
Sumgayit get 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.
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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2022.
Sumgayit-2 plays in the Azerbaijan First Division from 2018.
Position | Staff |
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President | ![]() |
Vice-president | ![]() |
Head of Supervisory Board | ![]() |
Director of sport | ![]() |
Director of academy | ![]() |
Press secretary | ![]() |
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Head coach | ![]() |
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Conditioning coach | ![]() |
Reserve team head coach | ![]() |
Information correct as of match played 20 May 2016. Only competitive matches are counted.
Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W | Honours | Notes |
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Bernhard Raab | ![]() |
Sept 19, 2011 | June 11, 2013 | 67 | 16 | 14 | 37 | 58 | 101 | 023.88 | [8] | |
Agil Mammadov | ![]() |
June 12, 2013 | Oct 8, 2015[9] | 73 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 64 | 114 | 016.44 | ||
Samir Abbasov | ![]() |
Oct 8, 2015[10] | May 20, 2018 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 45 | 033.33 | ||
Nazim Suleymanov | ![]() |
Jun 7, 2018[11] | Nov 12, 2018 | |||||||||
Aykhan Abbasov | ![]() |
Nov 14, 2018 | ||||||||||
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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