| Club: | Zira |
| Season: | 2020-21 |
| Manager: | Rashad Sadygov |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Vugar Astanov |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1 Result: | Semifinal vs Keşla |
| League Topscorer: | Davit Volkovi (8) |
| Season Topscorer: | Davit Volkovi (10) |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The Zira FK 2020-21 season was Zira's sixth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and seventh season in their history.
On 17 July, Rashad Sadygov was announced as Zira's new manager on a three-year contract.[1] [2]
On 1 August, Hajiagha Hajili joined Zira on loan from Qarabağ for the season.[3]
On 17 August, Zira announced the signing of Caio Rangel from Ferroviária to a one-year contract, with the option of a second year.[4]
On 1 September, Zira announced the signing of Matheus Albino from Londrina to a two-year contract.[5]
On 5 September, Dimitrios Chantakias signed a one-year contract with Zira.[6]
On 17 September, Gheorghe Anton was released by Zira.[7]
On 5 October, Zira signed Gismat Aliyev from Gabala.[8]
On 26 October, Zira announced the signing of Richard Almeida on a contract until the end of the season.[9]
On 16 December, Caio Rangel left Zira by mutual consent,[10] with Rashad Eyyubov also leaving the club by mutual consent on 21 December.[11]
On 2 January, Musa Gurbanli moved to Zira on loan for the rest of the season from Qarabağ.[12]
On 19 January, Zira announced the signing of Nemanja Anđelković on a 2.5-year contract.[13]
On 29 January, Zira announced the departure of Alie Sesay by mutual consent,[14] with Filipe Pachtmann joining the next day on loan from Lviv until the end of the season, with an option to make the move permanent on a three-year contract at the end of the season.[15]
On 6 March, Zira announced the signing of Rodrigue Bongongui from Hapoel Hadera, with Facundo Melivilo signing from San Martín the following day.[16] [17]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Matheus Albino |  | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Londrina | 2020 | 2022 | 30 | 0 | |
| 22 | Rashad Azizli |  | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Keşla | 2020 | 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 31 | Nail Alışov | | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Neftçi | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 62 | Abdulla Seyidahmadov | | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Trainee | 2017 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Sertan Tashkin | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Keşla | 2020 | 2022 | 28 | 0 | |
| 5 | Karim Diniyev | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2020 | 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 | Ayxan Süleymanlı | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Trainee | 2020 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Lazar Đorđević |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Radnički Niš | 2020 | 2022 | 21 | 1 | |
| 13 | Shahriyar Rahimov | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabail | 2020 | 2022 | 10 | 0 | |
| 26 | Nemanja Anđelković | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Zlatibor Čajetina | 2021 | 2023 | 19 | 3 | |
| 44 | Dimitrios Chantakias |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Cherno More | 2020 | 2021 | 28 | 1 | |
| 77 | Jalal Huseynov | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Trainee | 2020 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 4 | Elvin Jamalov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Gabala | 2019[18] | 2021 | 49 | 0 | |
| 7 | Tural Bayramli | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Keşla | 2020 | 2021 | 19 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ilkin Muradov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 97 | 3 | ||
| 20 | Ali Shirinov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Daugavpils | 2020 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Hajiagha Hajili | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Qarabağ | 2020 | 2021 | 29 | 0 | |
| 27 | Tamerlan Burcəliyev | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Trainee | 2020 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Richard Almeida | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Baniyas | 2020 | 2021 | 23 | 0 | |
| 32 | Gismat Aliyev | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Gabala | 2020 | 2022 | 26 | 2 | |
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Davit Volkovi |  | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Gabala | 2020[19] | 2021 | 35 | 11 | |
| 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabail | 2020[20] | 2021 | 28 | 9 | |
| 11 | Clésio |  | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Gabala | 2020 | 2021 | 32 | 6 | |
| 14 | Facundo Melivilo |  | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | San Martín | 2021 | 2021 | 4 | 2 | |
| 17 | Rodrigue Bongongui |  | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Hapoel Hadera | 2021 | 2021 | 12 | 1 | |
| 29 | Musa Gurbanli | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Qarabağ | 2021 | 2021 | 11 | 2 | |
| 91 | Ruslan Gurbanov | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabail | 2020 | 2022 | 16 | 1 | |
| 99 | Filipe Pachtmann | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Lviv | 2021 | 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 3 | Alie Sesay |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Arda Kardzhali | 2020[21] | 2021 | 9 | 0 | |
| 14 | Rashad Eyyubov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2020 | 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 17 | Caio Rangel | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Ferroviária | 2020 | 2021 (+1) | 3 | 0 | |
| 18 | Gheorghe Anton |  | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2020[22] | 2021 | 6 | 0 | |
See main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2020.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2020 | DF | | Sertan Tashkin | Sumgayit | Undisclosed | [23] | |
| 18 July 2020 | DF | | Karim Diniyev | Sabah | Undisclosed | ||
| 18 July 2020 | MF | | Rashad Eyyubov | Sabah | Undisclosed | ||
| 18 July 2020 | FW | | Clésio | Gabala | Free | ||
| 19 July 2020 | GK | | Rashad Azizli | Keşla | Undisclosed | [24] | |
| 19 July 2020 | DF | | Shahriyar Rahimov | Sabail | Undisclosed | ||
| 19 July 2020 | MF | | Tural Bayramli | Keşla | Undisclosed | ||
| 19 July 2020 | FW | | Ruslan Gurbanov | Keşla | Undisclosed | ||
| 29 July 2020 | FW | | Lazar Đorđević | Radnički Niš | Undisclosed | [25] | |
| 17 August 2020 | FW | | Caio Rangel | Ferroviária | Undisclosed | ||
| 1 September 2020 | GK | | Matheus Albino | Londrina | Undisclosed | ||
| 5 September 2020 | DF | | Dimitrios Chantakias | Cherno More | Undisclosed | ||
| 5 October 2020 | MF | | Gismat Aliyev | Gabala | Undisclosed | ||
| 26 October 2020 | MF | | Richard Almeida | Baniyas | Free | ||
| 19 January 2021 | DF | | Nemanja Anđelković | Zlatibor Čajetina | Undisclosed | ||
| 6 March 2021 | FW | | Rodrigue Bongongui | Hapoel Hadera | Free | ||
| 7 March 2021 | FW | | Facundo Melivilo | San Martín | Free |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2020 | MF | | Hajiagha Hajili | Qarabağ | End of season | ||
| 2 January 2021 | FW | | Musa Gurbanli | Qarabağ | End of season | ||
| 30 January 2021 | FW | | Filipe Pachtmann | Lviv | End of season |
See main article: 2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League.
See main article: 2020–21 Azerbaijan Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Zira on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Zira 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 | | 9 | Davit Volkovi | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| FW | | 11 | Clésio | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 | DF | | 26 | Nemanja Anđelković | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 5 | FW | | 14 | Facundo Melivilo | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| MF | | 32 | Gismat Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| FW | | 29 | Musa Gurbanli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 | FW | | 91 | Ruslan Gurbanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | | 44 | Dimitrios Chantakias | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 12 | Lazar Đorđević | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 8 | Ilkin Muradov | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | | 17 | Rodrigue Bongongui | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 28 | 9 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | | 1 | Matheus Albino | 13 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 22 | Rashad Azizli | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 13 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | Matheus Albino | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | | DF | Sertan Tashkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | | MF | Elvin Jamalov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | DF | Karim Diniyev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | | MF | Tural Bayramli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | MF | Ilkin Muradov | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | FW | Davit Volkovi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | | FW | Clésio | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | | DF | Lazar Đorđević | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | | DF | Shahriyar Rahimov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | | MF | Ali Shirinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | MF | Ali Shirinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| 22 | | GK | Rashad Azizli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | | DF | Nemanja Anđelković | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | | MF | Richard Almeida | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | | MF | Gismat Aliyev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 44 | | DF | Dimitrios Chantakias | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 77 | | DF | Jalal Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Players who left Zira during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 3 | | DF | Alie Sesay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| TOTALS | 64 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 78 | 7 | |||||||
