2019–20 Qarabağ FK season

Qarabağ
2019–20 season
President	Tahir Gözal
Manager	Gurban Gurbanov
Stadium	Azersun Arena
Premier League	1st
Azerbaijan Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Third qualifying round (vs APOEL)
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mahir Emreli (7); All: Mahir Emreli (10)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

On 4 July, Qarabağ announced the loan-signing of Ailton from VfB Stuttgart.^[3]

On 15 July, Qarabağ announced the signing of Faycal Rherras from AS Béziers on a two-year contract.^[4]

On 16 July, Qarabağ announced that Wilde-Donald Guerrier had left the club after failing to return to Azerbaijan after the summer break,^[5] and that Magaye Gueye had joined the club from Osmanlıspor.^[6]

On 30 August, Qarabağ announced that Dzon Delarge had left the club by mutual consent.^[7]

On 2 September, Qarabağ announced the loan signing of Asmir Begović from Bournemouth.^[8]

On 23 January, Qarabağ announced the signing of Owusu Kwabena on a 3.5-year contract from Leganés.^[9]

On 3 January, Dani Quintana left the club to sign for China League One club Chengdu Better City.^[10]

On 13 March 2020, the Azerbaijan Premier League was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11]

On 8 June 2020, Qarabağ announced that Magaye Gueye had left the club by mutual consent.^[12]

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.^[13]

Squad

As of match played 8 March 2020

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	GK	(1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 26)	Sumgayit	2015	2020	42	0
13	Vagner	GK	(1986-06-06)6 June 1986 (aged 34)	Royal Excel Mouscron	2018	2020	34	0
Defenders
3	Ailton	DF	(1995-03-16)16 March 1995 (aged 25)	loan from VfB Stuttgart	2019^[3]	2020^[3]	28	3
4	Rahil Mammadov	DF	(1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 24)	Sabail	2018^[14]	2021^[14]	36	1
5	Maksim Medvedev	DF	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 30)	Youth team	2006	2020	432+	13+
14	Rashad Sadygov	DF	(1982-06-16)16 June 1982 (aged 38)	Eskişehirspor	2011		323	10
23	Faycal Rherras	DF	(1993-04-07)7 April 1993 (aged 27)	AS Béziers	2019^[4]	2021^[4]	8	1
30	Abbas Huseynov	DF	(1995-06-13)13 June 1995 (aged 25)	Inter Baku	2017		52	1
55	Badavi Huseynov	DF	(1991-07-11)11 July 1991 (aged 28)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2012	2020	326	4
Midfielders
2	Gara Garayev	MF	(1992-10-12)12 October 1992 (aged 27)	Youth team	2008	2021^[15]	348	3
7	Araz Abdullayev	MF	(1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 28)	loan from Panionios	2018	2020	50	4
8	Míchel	MF	(1985-11-08)8 November 1985 (aged 34)	Maccabi Haifa	2015	2021^[1]	168	30
17	Abdellah Zoubir	MF	(1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 28)	RC Lens	2018^[16]	2020^[16]	76	15
18	Ismayil Ibrahimli	MF	(1998-02-13)13 February 1998 (aged 22)	MOIK Baku	2018		23	5
19	Filip Ozobić	MF	(1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 29)	Gabala	2018^[17]	2021^[17]	51	12
21	Hajiagha Hajili	MF	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 22)	Gabala	2019^[18]	2023^[18]	11	0
71	Toral Bayramov	MF	(2001-02-23)23 February 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2019		2	0
Forwards
9	Jaime Romero	FW	(1990-07-31)31 July 1990 (aged 29)	Córdoba	2019^[2]	2022^[2]	26	6
11	Mahir Emreli	FW	(1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 22)	Baku	2015	2020	164	48
27	Owusu Kwabena	FW	(1997-06-18)18 June 1997 (aged 23)	Leganés	2020^[9]	2023^[9]	5	0
29	Musa Qurbanlı	FW	(2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 18)	Youth team	2019		1	0
Away on loan
44	Elvin Cafarguliyev	MF	(2000-10-26)26 October 2000 (aged 19)	Youth team	2019		0	0
70	Nijat Suleymanov	MF	(1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 21)	Youth team	2018		1	0
94	Nijat Mehbaliyev	GK	(2000-09-11)11 September 2000 (aged 19)	Youth team	2017	2019	0	0
Left during the season
1	Asmir Begović	GK	(1987-06-20)20 June 1987 (aged 32)	loan from Bournemouth	2019^[8]	2020^[8]	16	0
6	Simeon Slavchev	MF	(1993-09-25)25 September 1993 (aged 26)	Sporting CP	2018^[19]	2021^[19]	39	2
10	Dani Quintana	MF	(1987-03-08)8 March 1987 (aged 33)	Al-Ahli	2015	2020	152	44
20	Richard	MF	(1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 31)	loan from Astana	2019		283	56
28	Dzon Delarge	FW	(1990-06-24)24 June 1990 (aged 29)	Bursaspor	2018^[20]	2020^[20]	19	3
77	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	MF	(1989-03-31)31 March 1989 (aged 31)	Alanyaspor	2017	2020	67	6
99	Magaye Gueye	FW	(1990-07-06)6 July 1990 (aged 29)	Osmanlıspor	2019^[6]		28	8

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
44	MF	AZE	Elvin Cafarguliyev (at Sumgayit)
70	MF	AZE	Nijat Suleymanov (at Zira)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
94	GK	AZE	Nijat Mehbaliyev (at Sumgayit)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2019	FW	Jaime Romero	Córdoba	Free	^[2]
15 July 2019	DF	Faycal Rherras	AS Béziers	Undisclosed	^[4]
17 July 2019	FW	Magaye Gueye	Osmanlıspor	Undisclosed	^[6]
23 January 2020	FW	Owusu Kwabena	Leganés	Undisclosed	^[9]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
3 January 2020	MF		Dani Quintana	Chengdu Better City	Undisclosed	^[10]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
31 August 2018	MF	Araz Abdullayev	Panionios	30 June 2020	^[21]
12 January 2019	MF	Richard Almeida	Astana	31 December 2019
4 July 2019	DF	Ailton	VfB Stuttgart	End of Season	^[3]
2 September 2019	GK	Asmir Begović	Bournemouth	January 2020	^[8]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Summer 2019	MF	Elvin Jafarguliyev	Sumgayit	End of Season
13 June 2019	MF	Nijat Suleymanov	Zira	End of Season	^[22]
13 September 2019	GK	Nijat Mehbaliyev	Sumgayit	End of Season	^[23]

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
16 July 2019^[5]	MF	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	Neftçi	5 September 2019^[24]
30 August 2019^[7]	FW	Dzon Delarge	České Budějovice
December 2019	MF	Simeon Slavchev	Levski Sofia	22 December 2019^[25]
8 June 2020^[12]	FW	Magaye Gueye
22 June 2020^[26]	GK	Vagner
22 June 2020	DF	Faycal Rherras
30 June 2020	GK	Nijat Mehbaliyev	Sabah	1 July 2020^[27]
30 June 2020	DF	Rashad Sadygov	Retired
30 June 2020	MF	Nijat Suleymanov

Friendlies

15 June 2019	Qarabağ	3 – 1	Sabail	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Quintana 12' Ozobić T.Bayramov 55'	Report	F.Muradbayli 22'	Stadium: Azersun Arena
Note: Match consisted of two 30-minute halves.

22 June 2019	Qarabağ	0 – 2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Marcelinho 17' Bakalov 71'

25 June 2019	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Universitatea Craiova	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)		Report

28 June 2019	Qarabağ	2 – 1	Ufa	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)	Zoubir 54' Míchel 62'	Report	Yemelyanov 75' (pen.)

2 July 2019	Qarabağ	2 – 2	Viktoria Plzeň	Austria
AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 42', 52'	Report

18 January 2020	Qarabağ	2 – 2	Academica Clinceni	Belek, Turkey
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zoubir 10' J.Bayramov 89'	Report	22' 85'

22 January 2020	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Zhetysu	Belek, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 5'	Report

25 January 2020	Qarabağ	2 – 3	Wisła Płock	Belek, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 18' (pen.) Romero 56'	Report	45' 61' 86'

9 June 2020	Sabah	0 – 5	Qarabağ	Masazır
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Emreli 3', 65' Romero 15' Ozobić 37' Kwabena 90'	Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

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
20	13	6	1	34	7	+27	45	6	4	0	14	3	+11	7	2	1	20	4	+16

Last updated: 8 March 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

16 August 2019 1	Keşla	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gurbanov 53' E.Mehdiyev 71' 74' Qirtimov 90+2'	Report	Mammadov 44' I.Ibrahimli 79'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Orkhan Mammadov

25 August 2019 2	Qarabağ	3 – 0	Gabala	Baku
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Richard 18' 62' (pen.) Abdullayev 55' Gueye 63' Zoubir 80'	Report	U.Isgandarov 45+2'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: İnqilab Məmmədov

1 September 2019 3	Sabail	0 – 4	Qarabağ	Baku
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ramazanov 20' Amirguliyev 58' Rahimov 70'	Report	Quintana 2' I.Ibrahimli 29', 59' Rherras 44' Emreli 62' 67' Medvedev 86'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kamal Umudlu

15 September 2019 4	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Neftçi	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 31' Zoubir 70' Ailton 90+3'	Report	Mahmudov 17' Petrov 90' Aliyev 90+4'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

23 September 2019 5	Zira	1 – 3	Qarabağ	Zirə
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Rodríguez 88' Ampuero 90+3'	Report	Gueye 12' B.Huseynov 18' Romero 41' Papazoglou 44' (o.g.) Sadygov 90'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

27 September 2019 6	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Sumgayit	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	A.Huseynov 44' Quintana 45+2' Míchel 81' Emreli 90'	Report	S.Aliyev 31' Mustafayev 53' E.Badalov 57'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Elcin Məsiyev

6 October 2019 7	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Sabah	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Gueye 4' 16' Emreli 6' A.Huseynov 50' Richard 83'	Report	Diniyev 33' Mustafazade 79' Eyyubov 83'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Vugar Həsənli

20 October 2019 8	Gabala	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	G.Aliyev 3' 70' Gigauri 34' Mammadov 45+3' R.Huseynov 57' A.Seydiyev 67' Ferreiroa 87'	Report	I.Ibrahimli 9' 90+1' Zoubir 87'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

28 October 2019 9	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Sabail	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Míchel 85' Garayev 87'	Report	E.Rəhimli 46' Abbasov 80'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

1 November 2019 10	Neftçi	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mahmudov 41' Akhundov 68'	Report	Míchel 3' Medvedev 8' Mammadov 60' Begović 90+9'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

10 November 2019 11	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Zira	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gueye 5'	Report	Mutallimov 30' Huseynov 37' Gadze 45+2' 70' Bakrač 55' Kgaswane 67'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

22 November 2019 12	Sumgayit	2 – 1	Qarabağ	Sumqayit
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mustafayev 36' Isayev 59' Babaei 65', 69' 68' E.Jafarguliyev 89' Agayev 90+1'	Report	Romero 36' I.Ibrahimli 72' Míchel 90+2' Emreli 90+2'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

2 December 2019 13	Sabah	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Masazır
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ivanović 45+2'	Report	Richard 20' Zoubir 74'	Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

6 December 2019 14	Qarabağ	2 – 2	Keşla	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Quintana 4' Ailton 38' Emreli 45'	Report	J.Amirli 37' H.Hajili 41' (o.g.) Namașco 45' T.Bayramli 47' Qirtimov 64'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Kamal Umudlu
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

2 February 2020 15	Sabail	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Aliyev 90+1'	Report	Míchel 23' B.Huseynov 28' Emreli 81' Medvedev 90+2' Mahammadaliyev 90+5'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

8 February 2020 16	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Neftçi	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Romero 48' Ailton 81'	Report	Guerrier 84'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

15 February 2020 17	Zira	0 – 6	Qarabağ	Zirə
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mutallimov 52' J.Huseynov 67' N.Suleymanov 74' Jamalov 90'	Report	B.Huseynov 4' Romero 11' 90' Emreli 14' Ailton 28' 52' Zoubir 61' Gueye 85'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

23 February 2020 18	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	T.Bayramov 20' Míchel 41' Emreli 49' 74' 90+2' Mahammadaliyev 90+5'	Report	P.Najafov 60' Isayev 62' Yunanov 86'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

29 February 2020 19	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Sabah	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Sadygov 90+1' Garayev 90+5'	Report	Stamenković 43' Marina 84'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Elcin Məsiyev

8 March 2020 20	Keşla	0 – 2	Qarabağ	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	P.Azadov 58' Christovão 60' Gadoyev 80' Isgandarli 87' Qirtimov 90+3'	Report	Zoubir 31' 90+3' Ozobić 87' B.Huseynov 90+1' Gueye 90+3'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

13 March 2020 21	Qarabağ	–	Gabala	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium
Note: Match postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11]

21 March 2020 22	Neftçi	–	Qarabağ	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium
Note: Match postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Qarabağ (C)	20	13	6	1	34	7	+27	45	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Neftçi Baku	20	10	7	3	33	14	+19	37	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Keşla	20	8	6	6	27	21	+6	30
4	Sumgayit	20	6	5	9	24	32	−8	23
5	Zira	20	6	5	9	25	37	−12	23

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.^[28]
(C) Champions

Azerbaijan Cup

16 December 2019 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Keşla	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	I.Ibrahimli 53' 77'	Report	Sadygov 82'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Sabuhi Bayramov
Note: Qarabağ played their home match at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

20 December 2019 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Keşla	1 – 3 (1 – 4 agg.)	Qarabağ	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	T.Bayramli 25' Isgandarli 45+2' X.Mahmudov 59' 67'	Report	Medvedev 19' Emreli 20' Romero 40' Ailton 78' T.Bayramov 90+2'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov
Note: Match played at the Bayil Arena in Baku, instead of Keşla's regular ASK Arena in Baku.

21 April 2020 Semifinal 1st leg	Sumgayit	–	Qarabağ	Sumqayit
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

28 April 2020 Semifinal 2nd leg	Qarabağ	– (– agg.)	Sumgayit	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

10 July 2019 First qualifying round 1st leg	Partizani Tirana	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Tirana, Albania
19:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Çinari 83'	Report		Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium Attendance: 2,120^[29] Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

17 July 2019 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Qarabağ	2 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.)	Partizani Tirana	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Medvedev 39' Míchel 41' Ozobić 51' Mammadov 54' Quintana 90+4'	Report	Hakaj 64' Ekuban 90+2'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 5,932^[29] Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)
Note: Qarabağ played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

24 July 2019 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Dundalk	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Dundalk, Republic of Ireland
22:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Hoban 78'	Report	Emreli 4' Ailton 45+3' Slavchev 62'	Stadium: Oriel Park Attendance: 3,100^[30] Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

31 July 2019 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Qarabağ	3 – 0 (4 – 1 agg.)	Dundalk	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Romero 12', 87' Ailton 76'	Report		Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 5,832^[30] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Note: Qarabağ played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

6 August 2019 Third qualifying round 1st leg	APOEL	1 – 2	Qarabağ	Nicosia, Cyprus
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Merkis 31' 90+5' Gentsoglou 50'	Report	Sadygov 47' Emreli 54' Mammadov 57' Gueye 69' Medvedev 71'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 9,481^[31] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

13 August 2019 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Qarabağ	0 – 2 (2 – 3 agg.)	APOEL	Baku, Azerbaijan
AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov 64' Richard 90+1' 90+3'	Report	De Vincenti 30' 34' (pen.) Matić 68' Al-Taamari 90+1'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 31,531^[31] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Note: Qarabağ played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

22 August 2019 Playoff round 1st leg	Linfield	3 – 2	Qarabağ	Belfast, Northern Ireland
22:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Stafford 29' 40' Lavery 45+1', 75' Cooper 54'	Report	Rherras 15' 89' Míchel 68' Emreli 87' Gueye 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 4,633^[32] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

29 August 2019 Playoff round 2nd leg	Qarabağ	2 – 1 (a 4 – 4 agg.)	Linfield	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Jaime Romero 6' Ailton 63' Richard 82' Míchel 86' Zoubir 88' Garayev 90+2'	Report	M.Stafford 61' Lavery 90+3'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 18,349^[32] Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)
Note: Qarabağ played their home match at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sevilla	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	APOEL	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase
3	Qarabağ	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5
4	F91 Dudelange	6	1	1	4	8	18	−10	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2019 1	Qarabağ	0 – 3	Sevilla	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Ailton 36' Medvedev 73'	Report	Hernández 62' Munir 78' Torres 85' Gudelj 90+2'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 30,826^[33] Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

3 October 2019 2	F91 Dudelange	1 – 4	Qarabağ	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
23:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Garos 36' 62' Lesquoy 82' Bernier 90'	Report	Zoubir 11' Míchel 30' Almeida 37' (pen.) Quintana 69'	Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Attendance: 3,005^[34] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
Note: F91 Dudelange played their home matches at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange.

24 October 2019 3	Qarabağ	2 – 2	APOEL	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Quintana 13' Ailton 58' Emreli 90+3'	Report	Ioannou 29' Hallenius 45' Souza 51' Vouros 90+1' Savić 90+3'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 30,824^[35] Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

7 November 2019 4	APOEL	2 – 1	Qarabağ	Nicosia, Cyprus
21:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Souza 59' 61' Ioannou 88' Bezjak 90+1' Vouros 90+6'	Report	Medvedev 10' Richard 34' Míchel 71' Begović 84' Garayev 90+6' Sadygov 90+6'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 9,432^[36] Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

29 November 2019 5	Sevilla	2 – 0	Qarabağ	Seville, Spain
00:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gil 61' Dabour 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 19,803^[37] Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

12 December 2019 6	Qarabağ	1 – 1	F91 Dudelange	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Garayev 30' 46' Míchel 66' Gueye 90+1'	Report	C.Morren 53' Bougrine 63' A.Bernier 71'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
Note: Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular home stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

Squad statistics

As of Match played 8 March 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Champions League		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	MF	AZE	Gara Garayev	29	1	13+3	1	2	0	1+2	0	7+1	0
3	DF	BRA	Ailton	29	3	13+2	1	0+1	0	6	1	7	1
4	DF	AZE	Rahil Mammadov	18	0	8	0	2	0	6	0	2	0
5	DF	AZE	Maksim Medvedev	33	1	16+1	0	2	0	6	0	8	1
7	MF	AZE	Araz Abdullayev	22	0	6+5	0	1	0	1+4	0	1+4	0
8	MF	ESP	Míchel	25	1	9+3	0	0	0	5	0	8	1
9	FW	ESP	Jaime Romero	27	7	10+3	3	2	1	5+1	2	4+2	1
11	FW	AZE	Mahir Emreli	30	10	12+4	7	1+1	1	5+1	2	4+2	0
12	GK	AZE	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	11	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	BRA	Vagner	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	0
14	DF	AZE	Rashad Sadygov	22	0	10	0	0	0	6	0	6	0
17	MF	FRA	Abdellah Zoubir	35	7	14+5	5	1+1	0	6	0	8	2
18	MF	AZE	Ismayil Ibrahimli	21	5	15+2	4	2	1	0	0	1+1	0
19	MF	CRO	Filip Ozobić	8	2	3+2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
21	MF	AZE	Hajiagha Hajili	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	MAR	Faycal Rherras	9	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	1
27	FW	GHA	Owusu Kwabena	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	AZE	Musa Qurbanlı	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	AZE	Abbas Huseynov	22	1	11+4	1	0	0	1+2	0	3+1	0
55	DF	AZE	Badavi Huseynov	22	1	14	1	2	0	0	0	6	0
71	MF	AZE	Tural Bayramov	3	1	1+1	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Qarabağ during the season:
1	GK	BIH	Asmir Begović	17	0	10	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
6	MF	BUL	Simeon Slavchev	8	0	2	0	0	0	3+2	0	0+1	0
10	MF	ESP	Dani Quintana	24	6	9+2	3	0+1	0	1+3	1	5+3	2
20	MF	AZE	Richard	29	2	12+2	1	2	0	6	0	6+1	1
99	FW	SEN	Magaye Gueye	28	8	9+9	5	1	0	0+2	1	3+4	2

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW	11	Mahir Emreli	7	1	2	0	10
2	FW	99	Magaye Gueye	5	0	1	2	8
4	MF	17	Abdellah Zoubir	5	0	0	2	7
4	FW	9	Jaime Romero	3	1	2	1	7
5	MF	10	Dani Quintana	3	0	1	2	6
6	MF	18	Ismayil Ibrahimli	4	1	0	0	5
7	DF	3	Ailton	1	0	1	1	3
8	MF	19	Filip Ozobić	1	0	1	0	2
8	MF	20	Richard	1	0	0	1	2
10	DF	30	Abbas Huseynov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	2	Gara Garayev	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	55	Badavi Huseynov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	71	Tural Bayramov	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	23	Faycal Rherras	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	8	Míchel	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	5	Maksim Medvedev	0	0	0	1	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
			TOTALS	34	4	8	10	56

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Champions League	Total
1	GK	12	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	9	0	0	9
2	GK	1	Asmir Begović	6	1	0	7
3	GK	13	Vagner	0	0	3	3
			TOTALS	15	1	3	19

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
2		DF	Gara Garayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1
3		DF	Ailton	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
4		DF	Rahil Mammadov	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
5		DF	Maksim Medvedev	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
7		MF	Araz Abdullayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Míchel	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	11	0
9		FW	Jaime Romero	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Mahir Emreli	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	1
12		GK	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		DF	Rashad Sadygov	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
17		MF	Abdellah Zoubir	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Ismayil Ibrahimli	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
23		DF	Faycal Rherras	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
30		DF	Abbas Huseynov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
55		DF	Badavi Huseynov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
71		MF	Tural Bayramov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Qarabağ during the season:
1		GK	Asmir Begović	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6		MF	Simeon Slavchev	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Richard	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	7	1
99		FW	Magaye Gueye	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	41	2	3	0	11	1	18	1	73	4

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External links

Official Website

[Míchel_2021-1] "Miçel daha iki il "Qarabağ"ımızda !". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

[Jaime_Romero_2022-2] "Qarabağ ımızdan ilk transfer". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[Ailton_Loan-3] "Ailton rəsmən Qarabağ ımızda !". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

[Faycal_Rherras-4] "RERRAS FAYSAL LK OYUNA ÇIXACAĞIM GÜNÜ SƏBİRSİZLİKLƏ GÖZLƏYİRƏM". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[Wilde-Donald_Guerrier-5] "TƏŞƏKKÜRLƏR, GERRYE !". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[Magaye_Gueye-6] "MAQAYE QEYE". www.facebook.com/FKQarabagh (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 17 July 2019. July

[Dzon_Delarge_2-7] "Con Delarjla yollar ayrıldı". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[Asmir_Begović-8] "Asmir Beqoviç Qarabağ ımızda !". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[Owusu_Kwabena-9] "Ovusu rəsmən Qarabağ ımızda !". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[Dani_Quintana_Leaves-10] "Təşəkkürlər, Kintana !". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

[Games_Postponed-11] "Официально: Остановлены матчи Премьер-лиги". azerifootball.com/ (in Russian). Azeri Football. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[Magaye_Gueye_Released-12] "Maqaye Qeye ilə yollar ayrıldı". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[13] "Официально: Сезон 2019/20 завершен досрочно. Карабах - чемпион, Сумгаит впервые в истории попал в Еврокубки". azerifootball.com/ (in Russian). Azerifootball. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[Mammadov-14] ""Qarabağ"ımızdan ikinci transfer". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

[15] "QARA QARAYEV DAHA 2 İL "QARABAĞ"IMIZDA". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[Zoubir-16] "Abdullah Zubir rəsmən Qarabağ ımızda". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[Ozobić-17] "Filip Ozobiç rəsmən Qarabağ ımızda !". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.

[Hajiagha_Hajili-18] ""QARABAĞ"IMIZDA YENİ MÜQAVİLƏ". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[Slavchev-19] "Slavçev rəsmən "Qarabağ"ımızda!". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[Dzon_Delarge-20] "Con Delarj "Qarabağ"ımızda !". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[21] "ARAZ ABDULLAYEV "QARABAĞ"IMIZDA !". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[Nijat_Suleymanov-22] ""Zirə" Nicat Süleymanovla anlaşıb". www.facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[Mehbaliyev-23] ""Sumqayıt" FK Nicat Mehbalıyevi icarəyə götürüb". sumqayitpfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sumgayit FK. 13 September 2019.

[24] "Donald Gerye "Neftçi"də". neftchipfk.com (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[25] "Симеон Славчев подписа договор с ПФК "Левски" (ВИДЕО)". levski.bg/ (in Bulgarian). PFC Levski Sofia. 22 December 2019. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

[Vagner_and_Rherras_left_Qarabağ-26] "Təşəkkürlər, Ailton, Vaqner və Faysal !". www.facebook.com/FKQarabagh (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 22 June 2020.

[Sabah_sign_Mehbaliyev-27] "NİCAT MEHBALIYEV "SABAH"DA!". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FK. 28 June 2020.

[28] "Premyer Liqa". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[AttendanceQR1-29] "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[AttendanceQR2-30] "Summary UEFA Champions League – Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

[AttendanceQR3-31] "Summary UEFA Champions League – Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[AttendancePO-32] "Summary UEFA Europa League – Play-off Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[33] "Qarabag vs. Sevilla". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2019.

[34] "F91 Dudelange vs. Qarabag". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[35] "Qarabag vs. APOEL". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2019.

[36] "APOEL vs. Qarabag". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

[37] "Sevilla vs. Qarabag". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

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