| Club: | Keşla |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Manager: | Yunis Huseynov Sanan Gurbanov |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | ASK Arena |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | Azerbaijan Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Champions |
| League Topscorer: | Azer Salahli (5) |
| Season Topscorer: | César Meza (7) |
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| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The Keşla 2020–21 season was Keşla's twentieth season in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
On 8 August, Tarlan Ahmedov left the club after his contract expired,[1] with Yunis Huseynov being appointed as his replacement on 16 August.[2]
On 24 January, Yunis Huseynov resigned as manager,[3] with Sanan Gurbanov being appointed as the clubs new manager on 25 January.[4]
On 22 June, Tural Akhundov signed for Keşla from Neftçi.[5]
On 24 June, Shahriyar Aliyev joined Keşla from Sumgayit.[6]
On 30 June, Javid Imamverdiyev signed for Keşla from Sabah.[7]
On 8 July, Keşla announced the signing of Rahman Hajiyev on a season-long loan deal from Neftçi.[8]
On 21 July, Turan Valizade also joined Keşla on a season-long loan deal from Neftçi.[9]
On 7 August, Keşla announced the signing of Dmytro Klyots to a one-year contract, from Karpaty Lviv.[10] Two days later, 9 August, Keşla signed Sílvio to a one-year contract from Vllaznia.[11]
On 14 August, Keşla announced the signing of Kamal Bayramov on a one-year contract from Sabail,[12] whilst Artur also signed a one-year contract with Keşla on 16 August, having previously been with Vorskla Poltava.[13]
On 24 August, Keşla announced the signing of Rail Malikov from Sumgayit.[14]
On 9 September, Keşla announced the signing of Alvaro to a one year loan from Lviv.[15]
On 18 September, Javid Imamverdiyev left Keşla to join Sumgayit.[16]
On 18 September, César Meza returned to Keşla on a contract until the end of the season.[17]
On 30 November, Keşla announced the departure of Artur by mutual consent and the end if Alvaro's loan deal from Lviv.[18]
On 26 December, Keşla signed Anatole Abang to a one-year contract.[19]
On 6 January, Keşla announced the signing of Nijat Gurbanov on a contract until the end of the season.[20]
On 12 January, Keşla announced that they had agreed to mutual terminate the contract of Dmytro Klyots,[21] with Sadio Tounkara signing for Keşla until the end of the season on 13 January.[22]
On 28 January, Rashad Sadiqov left Keşla after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[23]
On 9 February, Keşla announced that they had signed Eugeniu Cociuc on a free transfer after he'd left Sabah in December 2020.[24]
On 4 July, Stanislav Namașco signed a new one-year contract with Keşla.[25]
On 10 July, Alexander Christovão extended his contract with Keşla for an additional year.[26]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Stanislav Namașco |  | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Zeta | 2019[27] | 2021 | 50 | 0 | |
| 85 | Kamal Bayramov |  | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabail | 2020 | 2021 | 6 | 0 | |
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Ilkin Qirtimov | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Zira | 2019[28] | 2021 | 117 | 3 | |
| 3 | Tarlan Guliyev | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Qarabağ | 2016 | 2021[29] | 112 | 1 | |
| 4 | Shahriyar Aliyev | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sumgayit | 2020 | 31 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Tural Akhundov | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Neftçi | 2020 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 18 | Ruslan Amirjanov | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabail | 2018[30] | 2021[31] | 4 | 1 | |
| 19 | Azer Salahli | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sumgayit | 2018[32] | 2021[33] | 58 | 4 | |
| 20 | Rail Malikov | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sumgayit | 2020 | 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | Mijuško Bojović |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Újpest | 2019[34] | 2021 | 37 | 3 | |
| 22 | Elçin Mustafayev | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Sabah | 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 7 | Rahman Hajiyev | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Neftçi | 2020 | 2021 | 28 | 4 | |
| 10 | César Meza | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Universitatea Craiova | 2020 | 2021 | 104 | 20 | ||
| 13 | Parviz Azadov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 14 | Turan Valizade | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Neftçi | 2020 | 2021 | 19 | 0 | |
| 17 | Vusal Isgandarli | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Zira | 2019[35] | 2021[36] | 66 | 7 | |
| 25 | John Kamara |  | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Kaisar | 2019 | 2021[37] | 60 | 1 | |
| 29 | Eugeniu Cociuc | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2021 | 2021 | 6 | 0 | |
| 90 | Orkhan Farajov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 91 | Sadio Tounkara |  | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Narva Trans | 2021 | 2021 | 17 | 2 | |
| 99 | Rafael Maharramli | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Qarabağ | 2020 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Anatole Abang |  | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2020 | 2021 | 18 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sílvio |  | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Vllaznia Shkodër | 2020 | 2021 | 33 | 4 | |
| 23 | Nijat Gurbanov | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Samtredia | 2021 | 2021 | 13 | 1 | |
| 42 | Alexander Christovão | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Al-Mujazzal | 2020[38] | 2021 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 79 | Bahadur Haziyev | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabail | 2021 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 71 | Emin Guliyev | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | 2018 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 97 | Khazar Mahmudov | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 6 | Rashad Sadiqov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | 2019 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Javid Imamverdiyev | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2020 | 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | Alvaro | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Lviv | 2020 | 2021 | 6 | 0 | |
| 22 | Shohrux Gadoyev |  | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Bunyodkor | 2020 | 2021 | 7 | 2 | |
| 23 | Artur | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Vorskla Poltava | 2020 | 2021 | 10 | 0 | |
| 48 | Dmytro Klyots |  | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Karpaty Lviv | 2020 | 2021 | 14 | 1 | |
| 94 | Rashad Azizli | | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Sumgayit | 2019[39] | 2021[40] | 1 | 0 | |
See main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2020.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2020 | DF | | Tural Akhundov | Neftçi | Undisclosed | ||
| 24 June 2020 | DF | | Shahriyar Aliyev | Sumgayit | Undisclosed | ||
| 30 June 2020 | MF | | Javid Imamverdiyev | Sabah | Undisclosed | ||
| 7 August 2020 | MF | | Dmytro Klyots | Karpaty Lviv | Undisclosed | ||
| 9 August 2020 | FW | | Sílvio | Vllaznia Shkodër | Undisclosed | ||
| 14 August 2020 | GK | | Kamal Bayramov | Sabail | Undisclosed | ||
| 16 August 2020 | DF | | Artur | Vorskla Poltava | Undisclosed | ||
| 24 August 2020 | DF | | Rail Malikov | Sumgayit | Undisclosed | ||
| 18 September 2020 | MF | César Meza | Universitatea Craiova | Undisclosed | |||
| 26 December 2020 | FW | | Anatole Abang | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free | ||
| 6 January 2021 | FW | | Nijat Gurbanov | Samtredia | Free | ||
| 13 January 2021 | MF | | Sadio Tounkara | Narva Trans | Free | ||
| 9 February 2021 | MF | | Eugeniu Cociuc | Sabah | Free | ||
| 10 February 2021 | FW | | Bahadur Haziyev | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2020 | MF | | Rahman Hajiyev | Neftçi | End of season | ||
| 21 July 2020 | MF | | Turan Valizade | Neftçi | End of season | ||
| 20 August 2020 | MF | | Rafael Maharramli | Qarabağ | End of season | [41] | |
| 9 September 2020 | MF | | Alvaro | Lviv | 30 November 2020 |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2020 | GK | | Rashad Azizli | Zira | 20 July 2020 | [42] [43] | |
| 30 November 2020 | DF | | Artur | Brasil de Pelotas | 9 March 2021 | ||
| 31 December 2020 | MF | | Shohrux Gadoyev | AGMK | 9 February 2021 | ||
| 12 January 2021 | MF | | Dmytro Klyots | Sabah | 6 February 2021 | [44] | |
| 28 January 2021 | MF | | Rashad Sadiqov | ||||
| 30 June 2020 | DF | | Elvin Yunuszade | ||||
| 30 June 2020 | MF | | Orkhan Farajov | Sabail | 11 August 2021 | [45] | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | | Vusal Isgandarli | Ankara Keçiörengücü | |||
| 30 June 2020 | MF | | Sadio Tounkara | Keşla | 23 September 2021 | ||
| 30 June 2020 | MF | | Eugeniu Cociuc | Zimbru Chișinău | |||
| 30 June 2020 | MF | | John Kamara | Keşla | 19 October 2021 | ||
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Alexander Christovão | |||||
| 30 June 2020 | FW | | Sílvio | Al Dhaid | |||
| 30 June 2020 | FW | | Khazar Mahmudov | Sumgayit |
See main article: 2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League.
See main article: 2020–21 Azerbaijan Cup.
See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.
See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path).
|-|colspan="14"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Keşla during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Premier League | width=200 | Azerbaijan Cup | width=200 | Europa League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | 10 | César Meza | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | 19 | Azer Salahli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 3 | FW | | 11 | Sílvio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| MF | | 7 | Rahman Hajiyev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | | 17 | Vusal Isgandarli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 91 | Sadio Tounkara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| DF | | 4 | Shahriyar Aliyev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | 48 | Dmytro Klyots | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | | 23 | Nijat Gurbanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 8 | Tural Akhundov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 9 | Anatole Abang | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 21 | Mijuško Bojović | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 25 | 9 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Premier League | width=200 | Azerbaijan Cup | width=200 | Europa League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Stanislav Namașco | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 85 | Kamal Bayramov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total | ||||||
| 1 | | GK | Stanislav Namașco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | DF | Ilkin Qirtimov | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 3 | | DF | Tarlan Guliyev | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | DF | Shahriyar Aliyev | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 7 | | MF | Rahman Hajiyev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | DF | Tural Akhundov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | FW | Anatole Abang | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 10 | MF | César Meza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 11 | | FW | Sílvio | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | MF | Parviz Azadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | MF | Turan Valizade | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | MF | Vusal Isgandarli | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | DF | Ruslan Amirjanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | DF | Azer Salahli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | DF | Rail Malikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | DF | Mijuško Bojović | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | DF | Elçin Mustafayev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 23 | | FW | Nijat Gurbanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | MF | John Kamara | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 29 | | MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 85 | | GK | Kamal Bayramov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 91 | | MF | Sadio Tounkara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 99 | | MF | Rafael Maharramli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Players who left Keşla during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 16 | | MF | Alvaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | DF | Artur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 48 | | MF | Dmytro Klyots | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 78 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 96 | 5 | |||||