| Club: | Zira |
| Season: | 2021-22 |
| Manager: | Rashad Sadygov |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Vugar Astanov |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners Up |
| League Topscorer: | Davit Volkovi (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Davit Volkovi (11) |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The Zira FK 2021-22 season was Zira's seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season, and eighth season in their history.
On 25 May, Zira announced the signing of Tamkin Khalilzade from Sabah.[1] The following day, 26 May, Zira also announced the signing of Mehdi Jannatov from Sumgayit to a two-year contract.[2]
On 1 June, Hajiagha Hajili extended his loan deal with Zira from Qarabağ for an additional year,[3] whilst Davit Volkovi also signed a new one-year contract with Zira.[4]
Three days later, 4 June, Aghabala Ramazanov also signed a new one-year contract with Zira.[5]
On 26 June, Zira announced the signing of Ruslan Abishov from Sabah on a one-year contract.[6]
On 2 July, Zira announced the season-long loan signing of Welves from Lviv, and the permanent signing of Anar Nazirov from Gabala to a one-year contract.[7] [8]
On 12 July, Zira announced that they had extended their loan deal with Lviv for Filipe Pachtmann for an additional season, with the option to sign Pachtmann to a three-year permanent contract.[9]
On 16 July, Zira announced the signing of Mo Hamdaoui from De Graafschap to a two-year contract.[10]
On 4 August, Zira announced the singing of Gjorgi Stoilov to a two-year contract from Akademija Pandev, with the option of an additional year.[11]
On 12 August, Zira announced the signings of Ramin Ahmadov and Rustam Nuriyev from Zagatala and Samir Gurbanov from Kapaz. Ahmadov and Gurbanov signed four-year contracts, whilst Nuriyev signed a three-year contract.[12]
On 18 August, Zira announced the singing of Loris Brogno to a two-year contract from K Beerschot VA.[13]
On 30 August, Zira announced the singing of Joshgun Diniyev to a two-year contract from Sabah.[14]
On 9 February, Zira announced the signing of Rahil Mammadov on loan from Qarabağ for the remainder of the season, whilst Ahmed Isaiah joined on an 18-month contract from Sporting da Covilhã the following day.[15] [16]
Zira's match against Gabala on 13 March was postponed in the 65th minute due to weather conditions, with the remaining 25 minutes being played on 14 March at 12:30.[17]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Mehdi Jannatov |  | GK | 2022 5, df=yes | Sumgayit | 2021 | 2023 | 27 | 0 | |
| 41 | Anar Nazirov | | GK | 2022 5, df=yes | Gabala | 2021 | 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 62 | Abdulla Seyidahmadov | | GK | 2022 5, df=yes | Trainee | 2017 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Sertan Tashkin | | DF | 2022 5, df=yes | Keşla | 2020[18] | 2022 | 51 | 0 | |
| 4 | Celal Hüseynov | | DF | 2022 5, df=yes | Trainee | 2020 | 40 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Rahil Mammadov | | DF | 2022 5, df=yes | loan from Qarabağ | 2022 | 2022 | 9 | 0 | |
| 6 | Ayxan Süleymanlı | | DF | 2022 5, df=yes | Trainee | 2020 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Ruslan Abishov | | DF | 2022 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2021 | 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | Tamkin Khalilzade | | DF | 2022 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2021 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 26 | Nemanja Anđelković |  | DF | 2022 5, df=yes | Zlatibor Čajetina | 2021[19] | 2023 | 37 | 3 | |
| 44 | Dimitrios Chantakias |  | DF | 2022 5, df=yes | Cherno More | 2020[20] | 56 | 1 | ||
| 51 | Rustam Nuriyev | | DF | 2022 5, df=yes | Zagatala | 2021 | 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 8 | Ilkin Muradov | | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 120 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Loris Brogno |  | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | K Beerschot VA | 2021 | 2023 | 28 | 5 | |
| 13 | Ramin Ahmadov | | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | Zagatala | 2021 | 2025 | 11 | 1 | |
| 14 | Hamidou Keyta |  | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | Santa Clara | 2022 | 2023 | 18 | 7 | |
| 20 | Ali Shirinov | | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | Daugavpils | 2020 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Hajiagha Hajili | | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | loan from Qarabağ | 2020[21] | 2022 | 57 | 0 | |
| 32 | Gismat Aliyev | | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | Gabala | 2020[22] | 2022 | 57 | 4 | |
| 56 | Samir Agayev | | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | Trainee | 2021 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 64 | Mahmud Ağayev | | MF | Trainee | 2021 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 91 | Coşqun Diniyev | | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2021 | 2023 | 30 | 2 | |
| 92 | Bryan Alceus | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 2022 | 2024 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 99 | Ahmed Isaiah | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | Sporting da Covilhã | 2022 | 2023 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 7 | Filipe Pachtmann |  | FW | 2022 5, df=yes | loan from Lviv | 2021 | 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | | FW | 2022 5, df=yes | Sabail | 2020[23] | 2022 | 51 | 13 | |
| 18 | Davit Volkovi |  | FW | 2022 5, df=yes | Gabala | 2020[24] | 2022 | 68 | 22 | |
| 47 | Mo Hamdaoui |  | FW | 2022 5, df=yes | De Graafschap | 2021 | 2023 | 32 | 4 | |
| 77 | Samir Gurbanov | | FW | 2022 5, df=yes | Kapaz | 2021 | 2025 | 0 | 0 | |
| Out on loan | ||||||||||
| 22 | Rashad Azizli | | GK | 2022 5, df=yes | Keşla | 2020[25] | 3 | 0 | ||
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 5 | Rauf Huseynli | | DF | 2022 5, df=yes | loan from Qarabağ | 2021 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Welves | | FW | 2022 5, df=yes | loan from Lviv | 2021 | 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 88 | Gjorgi Stoilov |  | MF | 2022 5, df=yes | Akademija Pandev | 2021 | 2023(+1) | 5 | 0 | |
See main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2021 and List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2021–22.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2021 | DF | | Tamkin Khalilzade | Sabah | Undisclosed | ||
| 26 May 2021 | GK | | Mehdi Jannatov | Sumgayit | Undisclosed | ||
| 26 June 2021 | DF | | Ruslan Abishov | Sabah | Undisclosed | ||
| 2 July 2021 | GK | | Anar Nazirov | Gabala | Undisclosed | ||
| 16 July 2021 | FW | | Mo Hamdaoui | De Graafschap | Undisclosed | ||
| 4 August 2021 | MF | | Gjorgi Stoilov | Akademija Pandev | Undisclosed | ||
| 12 August 2021 | DF | | Rustam Nuriyev | Zagatala | Undisclosed | ||
| 12 August 2021 | MF | | Ramin Ahmadov | Zagatala | Undisclosed | ||
| 12 August 2021 | FW | | Samir Gurbanov | Kapaz | Undisclosed | ||
| 18 August 2021 | MF | | Loris Brogno | K Beerschot VA | Undisclosed | ||
| 30 August 2021 | MF | | Joshgun Diniyev | Sabah | Free | ||
| 26 January 2022 | MF | | Hamidou Keyta | Santa Clara | Undisclosed | [26] | |
| 27 January 2022 | MF | Bryan Alceus | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Undisclosed | [27] | ||
| 10 February 2022 | MF | Ahmed Isaiah | Sporting da Covilhã | Undisclosed |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2021 | MF | | Hajiagha Hajili | Qarabağ | End of season | ||
| 9 July 2021 | DF | | Rauf Huseynli | Qarabağ | 15 January 2022 | ||
| 2 July 2021 | FW | | Welves | Lviv | 31 December 2021 | ||
| 12 July 2021 | FW | | Filipe Pachtmann | Lviv | End of season | ||
| 9 February 2022 | DF | | Rahil Mammadov | Qarabağ | End of season |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2021 | DF | | Shahriyar Rahimov | Sabail | 22 June 2021 | [29] [30] | |
| 22 June 2021 | FW |  | Facundo Melivilo | Güemes | 7 January 2022 | ||
| 31 May 2022 | MF | Bryan Alceus | Argeș Pitești | 1 July 2022 | |||
| 31 May 2022 | FW | | Aghabala Ramazanov | Sabail | 1 July 2022 | [31] | |
| 31 May 2022 | FW | | Davit Volkovi | Sabah | 12 June 2022 | [32] |
See main article: 2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League.
See main article: 2021–22 Azerbaijan Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away 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=200 | Premier League | width=200 | Azerbaijan Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 18 | Davit Volkovi | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||
| 2 | MF | | 14 | Hamidou Keyta | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 9 | Loris Brogno | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 4 | FW | | 10 | Aghabala Ramazanov | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| FW | | 47 | Mo Hamdaoui | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 | DF | | 19 | Tamkin Khalilzade | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 7 | MF | | 32 | Gismat Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| MF | | 91 | Coşqun Diniyev | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 | DF | | 4 | Celal Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| MF | 99 | Ahmed Isaiah | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 13 | Ramin Ahmadov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 33 | 8 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Premier League | width=200 | Azerbaijan Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Mehdi Jannatov | 10 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 41 | Anar Nazirov | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 13 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | |||||||
| 1 | | GK | Mehdi Jannatov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | | DF | Sertan Tashkin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | | DF | Celal Hüseynov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | DF | Rahil Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | MF | Ilkin Muradov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | MF | Loris Brogno | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | | FW | Aghabala Ramazanov | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | | MF | Ramin Ahmadov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | | MF | Hamidou Keyta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 18 | | FW | Davit Volkovi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | | DF | Tamkin Khalilzade | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | | MF | Hajiagha Hajili | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | | DF | Nemanja Anđelković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | | MF | Gismat Aliyev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 41 | | DF | Anar Nazirov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 44 | | DF | Dimitrios Chantakias | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 47 | | FW | Mo Hamdaoui | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 51 | | DF | Rustam Nuriyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 91 | | MF | Coşqun Diniyev | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 92 | MF | Bryan Alceus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 99 | MF | Ahmed Isaiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Players who left Zira during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 88 | | MF | Gjorgi Stoilov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| TOTALS | 69 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 77 | 3 | |||||||