2018–19 Zira FK season

Zira
2018-19 season
President	Vugar Astanov
Manager	Aykhan Abbasov; (until 29 August) ; Samir Abbasov; (from 29 August)
Stadium	Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Premier League
Azerbaijan Cup	vs

The Zira FK 2017-18 season is Zira's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and fifth season in their history.

Season events

On 29 August, Aykhan Abbasov resigned as Zira's manager,^[1] with Samir Abbasov being appointed as his replacement the same day.^[2]

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
	DF	Ilkin Qirtimov	Neftchi Baku	Free
	DF	Murad Musayev	Shuvalan	Undisclosed
	MF	Mirsahib Abbasov	Keşla	Undisclosed
	MF	Agshin Guluzade	Keşla	Undisclosed
13 June	MF	Kamal Mirzayev	Sumgayit	Undisclosed	^[3]
12 July 2018	MF	Dylan Duventru	Alki Oroklini	Undisclosed	^[4]
12 July 2018	MF	Bilal Hamdi	Alki Oroklini	Undisclosed	^[4]
23 July 2018	FW	Pardis Fardjad-Azad	Keşla	Free	^[5]
2 August 2018	DF	Miloš Radivojević	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Undisclosed	^[6]
4 September 2018	DF	Adrian Scarlatache	Keşla	Undisclosed	^[7]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
10 August 2018	MF		Budag Nasirov	Sporting B	End of Season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
1 July 2018	DF		Joseph Boum

Squad

As of match played 5 October 2018

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Anar Nazirov	GK	(1985-09-08) 8 September 1985	Gabala	2015		81	0
85	Kamal Bayramov	GK	(1985-08-19) 19 August 1985	AZAL	2015		31	0
Defenders
2	Ilkin Qirtimov	DF	(1990-11-04) 4 November 1990	Neftchi Baku	2018		6	0
5	Adil Naghiyev	DF	(1995-09-11) 11 September 1995	AZAL	2015		98	6
13	Murad Musayev	DF	(1994-06-13) 13 June 1994	Shuvalan	2018		0	0
16	Ibrahim Aslanli	DF	(1997-03-21) 21 March 1997	Qarabağ	2017	2020	5	0
26	Miloš Radivojević	DF	(1990-04-05) 5 April 1990	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2018^[6]	2019^[6]	5	1
27	Adrian Scarlatache	DF	(1986-12-05) 5 December 1986	Keşla	2018^[7]	2019^[7]	5	0
39	Sadig Guliyev	DF	(1995-03-09) 9 March 1995	Gabala	2017		64	0
57	Kənan Zülfüqarov	DF	(1999-04-19) 19 April 1999	Trainee	2017		0	0
Midfielders
3	Budag Nasirov	MF	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996	loan from Sporting B	2018	2019	6	0
4	Müşfiq İlyasov	MF	(1996-05-08) 8 May 1996	Youth team	2016		6	1
6	Vugar Mustafayev	MF	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994	Qarabağ	2017		81	1
8	Kamal Mirzayev	MF	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994	Sumgayit	2018^[3]		3	0
9	Alexandru Dedov	MF	(1989-07-26) 26 July 1989	Milsami Orhei	2018		15	4
10	Sadio Tounkara	MF	(1992-04-27) 27 April 1992	AZAL	2017	2019	25	3
11	Dylan Duventru	MF	(1989-01-03) 3 January 1989	Alki Oroklini	2018^[4]	2019^[4]	7	1
17	Vusal Isgandarli	MF	(1995-11-03) 3 November 1995	Simurq	2015		62	7
38	İlkin Muradov	MF	(1996-03-05) 5 March 1996	Trainee	2015		27	0
47	Əmrah Bayramov	MF	(1998-10-06) 6 October 1998	Trainee	2017		0	0
77	Mirsahib Abbasov	MF	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993	Keshla	2018		13	2
88	Tellur Mutallimov	MF	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995	Gabala	2017	2020	15	1
91	Bilal Hamdi	MF	(1991-05-01) 1 May 1991	Alki Oroklini	2018^[4]	2019^[4]	5	0
98	Agshin Guluzade	MF		Keşla	2018		0	0
Forwards
7	Pardis Fardjad-Azad	ST	(1988-04-12) 12 April 1988	Keşla	2018^[5]		6	1
Left during the season

Friendlies

8 September 2018	Gabala	0 – 2	Zira	Baku
AZST (UTC+5)		Report	Scarlatache 31' V.Isgandarli 40'	Stadium: Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports

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
7	1	1	5	6	13	−7	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	0	0	3	2	7	−5

Last updated: 5 October 2018.
Source: See Results

Results

18 August 2018 2	Zira	2 – 2	Keşla	Baku
21:30 AZST (UTC+5)	M.Abbasov 2' Fardjad-Azad 15' 35' I.Muradov 55' Nazirov 89' Mustafayev 90'	Report	S.Alkhasov 53' Clennon 90+1'	Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

25 August 2018 3	Zira	0 – 2	Sabah	Baku
21:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Dedov 24' Qirtimov 73' Mustafayev 76' V.Isgandarli 90'	Report	Dević 2', 30' V.Abdullayev 69' E.Turabov 78'	Stadium: Dalga Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Orkhan Məmmədov

15 September 2018 4	Sabail	3 – 0	Zira	Baku
21:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Kitanovski 33' Amirguliyev 84' 85'	Report	V.Isgandarli 29' Tounkara 45+1' Mustafayev 65' Fardjad-Azad 68' (pen.) 80'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Raad Ahmədov
Note: Sabail awarded a 3-0 win after Zira failed to register Huseyn Akhmedov on their bench as an U21 player.^[8]

22 September 2018 5	Zira	1 – 2	Neftchi Baku	Baku
21:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Duventru 33' Qirtimov 71' Mustafayev 73'	Report	M.Abbasov 6' Mustivar 18' Akhundov 27' Paracki 52' A.Krivotsyuk 83'	Stadium: Dalga Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

26 September 2018 1	Qarabağ	3 – 2	Zira	Baku
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ozobić 28' (pen.) Emeghara 48', 85' Zoubir 73'	Report	Dedov 28' M.Abbasov 56', 82' Naghiyev 89'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

30 September 2018 6	Sumgayit	1 – 0	Zira	Baku
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Yildirim 16' Dzhenetov 83'	Report	Tounkara 67' K.Mirzayev 70' Qirtimov 89'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Vugar Həsənli

5 October 2018 7	Zira	1 – 0	Gabala	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Qirtimov 52' Naghiyev 62' Radivojević 86'	Report	Gurbanov 11' Adeniyi 40' G.Aliyev 90+1'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

20 October 2018 8	Keşla	–	Zira	Baku
AZST (UTC+5)				Stadium: ASK Arena

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Sumgayit	7	3	1	3	8	8	0	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Sabail	7	3	1	3	7	10	−3	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Gabala	7	1	2	4	7	10	−3	5
7	Zira	7	1	1	5	6	13	−7	4
8	Keşla	6	0	2	4	5	10	−5	2	Relegation to the Azerbaijan First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2018. 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.^[9]
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head: Sabail 4 head-to-head points, Sumgayit 3 head-to-head points, Sabah 1 head-to-head points

Azerbaijan Cup

2018 Second Round		–
AZT (UTC+4)

Squad statistics

As of match played 5 October 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Anar Nazirov	7	0	7	0	0	0
2	DF		Ilkin Qirtimov	6	0	6	0	0	0
3	MF		Budag Nasirov	6	0	4+2	0	0	0
5	DF		Adil Naghiyev	7	0	7	0	0	0
6	MF		Vugar Mustafayev	5	0	5	0	0	0
7	FW		Pardis Fardjad-Azad	6	0	6	0	0	0
8	MF		Kamal Mirzayev	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
9	MF		Alexandru Dedov	4	0	3+1	0	0	0
10	MF		Sadio Tounkara	6	0	4+2	0	0	0
11	MF		Dylan Duventru	7	1	7	1	0	0
16	DF		Ibrahim Aslanli	1	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF		Vusal Isgandarli	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
26	DF		Miloš Radivojević	5	1	5	1	0	0
27	DF		Adrian Scarlatache	5	0	5	0	0	0
38	MF		İlkin Muradov	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
39	DF		Sadig Guliyev	3	0	3	0	0	0
77	MF		Mirsahib Abbasov	5	3	3+2	3	0	0
88	MF		Tellur Mutallimov	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
91	MF		Bilal Hamdi	5	0	3+2	0	0	0
Players away from Zira on loan:
Players who left Zira during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Total
1	MF	77	Mirsahib Abbasov	3	3
2	FW	7	Pardis Fardjad-Azad	1	1
	MF	11	Dylan Duventru	1	1
	DF	26	Miloš Radivojević	1	1
			TOTALS	6	6

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Total
1		GK	Anar Nazirov	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Ilkin Qirtimov	4	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Adil Naghiyev	2	0	0	0	2	0
6		MF	Vugar Mustafayev	4	0	0	0	4	0
7		FW	Pardis Fardjad-Azad	2	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Kamal Mirzayev	1	0	0	0	1	0
9		MF	Alexandru Dedov	2	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Sadio Tounkara	2	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Vusal Isgandarli	2	0	0	0	2	0
38		MF	İlkin Muradov	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Zira during the season:
			TOTALS	21	0	0	0	21	0

References

↑ "Ayxan Abbasov "Zirə"dən ayrıldı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
↑ ""Zirə"nin yeni baş məşqçi bəlli oldu". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
1 2 "Komandamız Kamal Mirzəyevlə anlaşıb". facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK Facebook. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Komandamız Bilal Hamdi və Dilan Duventru ilə müqavilə bağlayıb". facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK Facebook. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
1 2 "Komandamız Pərdis Fərcad-Azadla anlaşıb". facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK Facebook. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
1 2 3 "Komandamız Miloş Radivoyeviçlə anlaşıb". facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK Facebook. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
1 2 3 ""Zirə" Adrian Skarlatake ilə anlaşıb". facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
↑ "Официально: Зиря получила техническое поражение за нарушение регламента". azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azeri Football. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
↑ "Premyer Liqa: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

External links

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[table_hth_SUM0.54048928597033-9] 1 2 Head-to-head: Sabail 4 head-to-head points, Sumgayit 3 head-to-head points, Sabah 1 head-to-head points

[1] "Ayxan Abbasov "Zirə"dən ayrıldı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

[2] ""Zirə"nin yeni baş məşqçi bəlli oldu". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

[Kamal_Mirzayev-3] 1 2 "Komandamız Kamal Mirzəyevlə anlaşıb". facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK Facebook. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[Hamdi_&_Duventru-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Komandamız Bilal Hamdi və Dilan Duventru ilə müqavilə bağlayıb". facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK Facebook. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[Pardis_Fardjad-Azad-5] 1 2 "Komandamız Pərdis Fərcad-Azadla anlaşıb". facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK Facebook. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[Miloš_Radivojević-6] 1 2 3 "Komandamız Miloş Radivoyeviçlə anlaşıb". facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK Facebook. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[Adrian_Scarlatache-7] 1 2 3 ""Zirə" Adrian Skarlatake ilə anlaşıb". facebook.com (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

[8] "Официально: Зиря получила техническое поражение за нарушение регламента". azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azeri Football. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[10] "Premyer Liqa: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

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