Sumgayit FK

Sumgayit FC
Full name Sumqayıt Futbol Klubu
Founded 2010 (2010)
Ground Kapital Bank Arena
Ground Capacity 1,500
President Kamran Guliyev
Manager Samir Abbasov
League Azerbaijan Premier League
2015–16 8th
Website Club home page

Sumgayit FK (Azerbaijani: "Sumqayıt" futbol klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Sumgayit. As of 2014, the club plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League.[1]

History

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.

Domestic history

Season League Azerbaijan Cup Top goalscorer
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2010–11 2nd 7 26 13 5 8 34 26 44 Did not enter
2011–12 1st 12 32 6 6 20 27 52 24 First Round Azerbaijan Orkhan Aliyev 5
2012–13 1st 10 32 9 8 15 31 49 35 Second Round Azerbaijan Pardis Fardjad-Azad 9
2013–14 1st 9 36 5 10 21 27 61 25 Second Round Azerbaijan Pardis Fardjad-Azad 6
2014–15 1st 8 32 7 10 15 32 43 31 Second Round Azerbaijan Magomed Kurbanov 13
2015–16 1st 8 36 9 12 15 41 49 39 Quarterfinal Azerbaijan Amil Yunanov 12

Stadium

The club's home ground is Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Sumqayit, which has a capacity of 15,350.

Supporters

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.

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

As of 18 September 2016[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Azerbaijan GK Farhad Valiyev
2 Azerbaijan DF Rail Malikov
3 Azerbaijan DF Vurğun Hüseynov (captain)
5 Azerbaijan MF Seymur Asadov
6 Azerbaijan DF Mikayil Rahimov
7 Azerbaijan FW Vagif Javadov
8 Azerbaijan MF Nijat Mukhtarov
9 Azerbaijan FW Amil Yunanov
10 Azerbaijan FW Magomed Kurbanov
11 Iran MF Ebrahim Abednezhad
14 Azerbaijan DF Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade
17 Azerbaijan DF Vaguf Gulaliyev
No. Position Player
18 Azerbaijan MF Suleyman Ahmedov
19 Azerbaijan DF Azer Salahli (loan from Qarabağ)
21 Russia MF Nasir Abilayev
22 Azerbaijan FW Mirabdulla Abbasov (loan from Neftchi Baku)
23 Azerbaijan MF Ilgar Huseynov
24 Azerbaijan MF Amit Guluzade
25 Azerbaijan MF Ayaz Mehdiyev
42 Azerbaijan MF Kamran Abdullazade
66 Iran MF Afshin Esmaeilzadeh
74 Azerbaijan DF Yusif Nabiyev (loan from Gabala)
94 Azerbaijan GK Tarlan Ahmadli
97 Azerbaijan MF Khayal Najafov

For recent transfers, see winter 2016 transfers and summer 2016 transfers.

Managers

Statistics

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
Bernhard Raab  Germany Sept 19, 2011 June 11, 2013 67 16 14 37 58 101 23.88 [6]
Agil Mammadov  Azerbaijan June 12, 2013 Oct 8, 2015[7] 73 12 21 40 64 114 16.44
Samir Abbasov  Azerbaijan Oct 8, 2015[8] 33 11 8 14 40 45 33.33

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

References

  1. ↑ "FK Sumqayit". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  2. ↑ ""Sumqayıt"ın prezidenti: "Komandanı Lippert çalışdıra bilər"". Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Сумгайыт создает новую Шафа". Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Сумгайыт Шехер меняет название. Azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Sumgayit Team List". pfl.az (in Azerbaijani). PFL. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Бернхард Рааб покинул «Сумгайыт», новым наставником назначен Агиль Мамедов. extratime.az (in Russian). Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "ФК Сумгаит: Агиль Мамедов сам подал прошение об отставке". http://www.azerifootball.com/ (in Russian). Azerifootball. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  8. ↑ "Первая тренерская смена сезона: Аббасов сменил Мамедова в Сумгаите". http://www.azerifootball.com/ (in Russian). Azerifootball. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015. External link in |website= (help)
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