| Club: | Sabail |
| Season: | 2020-21 |
| Manager: | Aftandil Hajiyev |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Rashad Abdullayev |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Stadium: | ASCO Arena |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 8th |
| Cup1: | Azerbaijan Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinal vs Sumgayit |
| League Topscorer: | Amil Yunanov(6) |
| Season Topscorer: | Amil Yunanov (8) |
| Prevseason: | 2019-20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021-22 |
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The Sabail FK 2020–21 season was Sabail's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their fifth season in existence. They finished the season eighth in the Premier League and reached the Quarterfinals of the Azerbaijan Cup.
On 17 July, Sabail announced a new contract had been signed with Head Coach Aftandil Hajiyev for the 2020/2021 season.[1]
On 20 July, Sabail announced that they had agreed new one-year contracts with Rauf Aliyev, Lema Mabidi, Kamal Bayramov, Orkhan Gurbanli, Peyman Keshavarz, Elchin Rahimli, Adil Naghiyev and Bahadur Haziyev.[2]
On 23 July, Rahid Amirguliyev extended his contract with Sabail until the end of the 2020–21 season.[3]
On 3 September, Sabail announced the signing of Afran Ismayilov.[4] The following day, 4 September, Sabail announced the signing of Nicholas Hagen to a one-year contract.[5]
On 18 September, Sabail announced the signing of Amil Yunanov.[6]
On 30 September, Sabail's match against Qarabağ scheduled for 4 October was postponed to allow Azerbaijan additional preparation time for their upcoming UEFA Nations League matches.[7]
On 14 November, Sabail announced the signing of Iranian international Bakhtiar Rahmani on a contract until the end of the season.[8]
On 8 January, Sabail announced that Bakhtiar Rahmani had left the club after his contract by mutual consent,[9] with Elgun Nabiyev leaving a day later by the same manner.[10]
On 19 January, Sabail announced the signing of Luka Imnadze on a contract until the end of the season.[11]
On 30 January, Sabail announced the signing of Milovan Petrovikj on a contract until the end of the season.[12]
On 31 January, Sabail announced the signing of Alie Sesay on a contract until the end of the season.[13]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Kamran Agayev |  | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | 2020 | 2021 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Shahin Zakiyev | | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Keşla | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Elkhan Ahmadov | | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Mil-Muğan | 2017 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 96 | Nicholas Hagen | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Municipal | 2020 | 2021 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Arsen Agjabayov | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2020 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Turan Manafov | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Zagatala | 2019 | 46 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Alie Sesay |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Zira | 2021 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Peyman Keshavarz |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | 2020[14] | 2021 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 26 | Kamal Gurbanov | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Neftchi Baku | 2017 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Magsad Isayev | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2020 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Murad Gayali | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Keşla | 2020[15] | 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Urfan Abbasov | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Gabala | 2019 | 53 | 2 | ||
| 55 | Adil Naghiyev | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sumgayit | 2019 | 2021 | 44 | 2 | |
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 5 | Vugar Beybalayev | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sumgayit | 2018 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Orkhan Gurbanli | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Neftchi Baku | 2018 | 2021 | 15 | 1 | |
| 7 | Mirsahib Abbasov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Zira | 2019 | 27 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Ali Sadikhov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Gabala | 2019 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Rahid Amirguliyev | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Qarabağ | 2018 | 2021 | 80 | 0 | |
| 17 | Elchin Rahimli | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Qarabağ | 2018 | 2021 | 33 | 0 | |
| 20 | Ruslan Hajiyev | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | 2020 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Afran Ismayilov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Keşla | 2020 | 24 | 5 | ||
| 23 | Milovan Petrovikj |  | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Vardar | 2021 | 2021 | 15 | 0 | |
| 27 | Hendrick Ekstein | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2020[16] | 29 | 3 | |||
| 77 | Adilkhan Garahmadov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 33 | 2 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Florijan Kadriu | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Renova | 2020 | 2021 | 20 | 0 | |
| 11 | Rauf Aliyev | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Neftçi | 2020[17] | 2021 | 29 | 7 | |
| 19 | Luka Imnadze |  | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Samtredia | 2021 | 2021 | 15 | 0 | |
| 29 | Amil Yunanov | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Sumgayit | 2020 | 20 | 8 | ||
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 8 | Lema Mabidi | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Raja Casablanca | 2020[18] | 2021 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Bakhtiar Rahmani | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sanat Naft Abadan | 2020 | 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 19 | Elgun Nabiyev | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 99 | Bahadur Haziyev | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | MOIK Baku | 2020 | 2021 | 10 | 1 | |
See main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2020.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2020 | DF | | Magsad Isayev | Sabah | Undisclosed | [19] | |
| 4 August 2020 | FW | | Florian Kadriu | Renova | Undisclosed | [20] | |
| 4 August 2020 | MF | | Elgun Nabiyev | Sabah | Undisclosed | [21] | |
| 25 August 2020 | GK | | Kamran Agayev | Free | [22] | ||
| 3 September 2020 | MF | | Afran Ismayilov | Keşla | Free | ||
| 4 September 2020 | GK | Nicholas Hagen | Municipal | Undisclosed | |||
| 18 September 2020 | FW | | Amil Yunanov | Sumgayit | Free | ||
| 14 November 2020 | MF | | Bakhtiar Rahmani | Sanat Naft Abadan | Undisclosed | ||
| 19 January 2021 | FW | | Luka Imnadze | Samtredia | Undisclosed | ||
| 30 January 2021 | MF | | Milovan Petrovikj | Vardar | Undisclosed | ||
| 31 January 2021 | DF | | Alie Sesay | Zira | Free |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2020 | DF | | Shahriyar Rahimov | Zira | 19 July 2020 | [23] [24] | |
| 17 July 2020 | MF |  | Michael Essien | Retired | [25] | ||
| 18 July 2020 | DF | | Eltun Yagublu | Retired | [26] | ||
| 7 August 2020 | DF |  | Erico Silva | UTA Arad | 10 August 2020 | [27] [28] | |
| 12 August 2020 | GK | | Kamal Bayramov | Keşla | 14 August 2020 | [29] [30] | |
| 13 August 2020 | GK |  | Oleksandr Rybka | Liepāja | [31] | ||
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Lema Mabidi | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | [32] | |||
| 8 January 2021 | MF | | Bakhtiar Rahmani | Dalkurd | 13 January 2021 | ||
| 9 January 2021 | MF | | Elgun Nabiyev | ||||
| 31 May 2021 | MF | | Milovan Petrovikj | ||||
| 31 May 2021 | FW | | Luka Imnadze | Akzhayik | |||
| 31 May 2021 | FW | | Florijan Kadriu | Struga | [33] | ||
| 7 June 2021 | DF | | Alie Sesay | Persebaya Surabaya | [34] | ||
| 9 June 2021 | DF | | Urfan Abbasov | Gabala | 9 June 2021 | [35] [36] | |
| 18 June 2021 | DF | | Magsad Isayev | Gabala | 18 June 2021 | [37] [38] | |
| 14 June 2021 | FW | | Amil Yunanov | Keşla | 1 July 2021 | [39] [40] | |
See main article: 2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League.
See main article: 2020–21 Azerbaijan Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Sabail on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Sabail during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Azerbaijan Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 29 | Amil Yunanov | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2 | MF | | 22 | Afran Ismayilov | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 3 | FW | | 11 | Rauf Aliyev | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | DF | | 34 | Urfan Abbasov | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| DF | | 16 | Peyman Keshavarz | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| DF | | 55 | Adil Naghiyev | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 7 | MF | | 99 | Bahadur Haziyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| MF | 27 | Hendrick Ekstein | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 3 | Turan Manafov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 21 | 5 | 26 | ||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Azerbaijan Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | 96 | Nicholas Hagen | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Kamran Agayev | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | |||||||
| width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | GK | Kamran Agayev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | | DF | Turan Manafov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | MF | Vugar Beybalayev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | MF | Mirsahib Abbasov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | FW | Florijan Kadriu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | | FW | Rauf Aliyev | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | | MF | Rahid Amirguliyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | | DF | Peyman Keshavarz | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | | MF | Elchin Rahimli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | | FW | Luka Imnadze | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | MF | Ruslan Hajiyev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 22 | | MF | Afran Ismayilov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | MF | Milovan Petrovikj | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | MF | Hendrick Ekstein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 28 | | DF | Magsad Isayev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 29 | | FW | Amil Yunanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 34 | | DF | Urfan Abbasov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 55 | | DF | Adil Naghiyev | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| 77 | | MF | Adilkhan Garahmadov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 96 | GK | Nicholas Hagen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Players who left Sabail during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 99 | | MF | Bahadur Haziyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| TOTALS | 64 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 70 | 6 | |||||||