Club: | Qarabağ |
Season: | 2022–23 |
Manager: | Gurban Gurbanov |
Mgrtitle: | Manager |
Chairman: | Tahir Gözal |
Chrtitle: | President |
Stadium: | Azersun Arena |
League Topscorer: | Ramil Sheydayev (22 goals) |
Season Topscorer: | Ramil Sheydayev Musa Qurbanlı (23 each) |
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Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
The Qarabağ 2022–23 season was Qarabağ's 30th Azerbaijan Premier League season and their fourteenth season under manager Gurban Gurbanov. Domestically, Qarabağ defended their Premier League, their eighth in nine years, and where knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup by Gabala in the Quarterfinals. In European competition, Qarabağ began in the Champions League, where they reached the Playoff round before defeat to Viktoria Plzeň, meaning they dropped into the Group Stage of the Europa League. In the Europa League they finished third in their group behind SC Freiburg and Nantes, progressing to the Knockout round play-off of the Europa Conference League where they were eliminated by Gent on penalties.
On 4 January, Qarabağ and Krasnodar agreed the transfer of Kady to the Russian club.[1] [2]
On 5 January, Qarabağ announced that Marko Vešović had extended his contract with the club until 30 June 2025.[3] On 10 January, Qarabağ announced that Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev had extended his contract with the club until 30 June 2026.[4]
On 13 January, Qarabağ announced the signing of Adama Diakhaby on a contract until 30 June 2025.[5]
On 24 January, Qarabağ announced the signing of Redon Xhixha from Tirana on a contract until 30 June 2026.[6]
On 26 January, Qarabağ announced the signing of Yassine Benzia from Dijon on a contract until 30 June 2025.[7]
On 30 January, Owusu Kwabena left Qarabağ to join Ferencváros.[8]
On 31 May, Qarabağ announced that Filip Ozobić and Ramil Sheydayev had left the club following the expiration of their contracts.[9]
No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
1 | Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev | GK | 2023 5, df=yes | Sumgayit | 2015 | 2026 | 130 | 0 | ||
23 | Luka Gugeshashvili | GK | 2023 5, df=yes | Jagiellonia Białystok | 2022 | 2025 | 30 | 0 | ||
89 | Amin Ramazanov | GK | 2023 5, df=yes | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2021 | 7 | 0 | |||
Defenders | ||||||||||
4 | Rahil Mammadov | DF | 2023 5, df=yes | Sabail | 2018[10] | 2021 | 70 | 2 | ||
5 | Maksim Medvedev | DF | 2023 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2006 | 522+ | 17+ | |||
13 | Bahlul Mustafazade | DF | 2023 5, df=yes | Unattached | 2021[11] | 2024 | 60 | 2 | ||
27 | Toral Bayramov | DF | 2023 5, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 102 | 4 | |||
29 | Marko Vešović | DF | 2023 5, df=yes | Legia Warsaw | 2021[12] | 2025 | 78 | 5 | ||
30 | Abbas Huseynov | DF | 2023 5, df=yes | Inter Baku | 2017 | 133 | 3 | |||
44 | Elvin Cafarguliyev | DF | 2023 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2019 | 89 | 6 | |||
55 | Badavi Huseynov | DF | 2023 5, df=yes | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2012 | 315 | 5 | |||
81 | Kevin Medina | DF | 2023 5, df=yes | Chaves | 2020[13] | 2023 | 103 | 2 | ||
Midfielders | ||||||||||
2 | Gara Garayev | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2008 | 466 | 5 | |||
6 | Júlio Romão | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Santa Clara | 2022 | 2026 | 41 | 1 | ||
7 | Yassine Benzia | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Dijon | 2023 | 2025 | 5 | 0 | ||
8 | Marko Janković | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2022 | 39 | 2 | |||
10 | Abdellah Zoubir | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | RC Lens | 2018[14] | 208 | 46 | |||
15 | Leandro Andrade | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Cherno More | 2021[15] | 2025 | 50 | 12 | ||
18 | Ismayil Ibrahimli | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | MOIK Baku | 2018 | 107 | 7 | |||
19 | Filip Ozobić | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Gabala | 2018[16] | 150 | 41 | |||
20 | Richard Almeida | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Zira | 2021[17] | 348 | 58 | |||
90 | Nariman Akhundzade | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2022 | 9 | 0 | |||
Forwards | ||||||||||
9 | Musa Qurbanlı | FW | 2023 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2019 | 68 | 33 | |||
77 | Ramil Sheydayev | FW | 2023 5, df=yes | Sabah | 2021[18] | 112 | 37 | |||
87 | Adama Diakhaby | FW | 2023 5, df=yes | Unattached | 2023 | 2025 | 10 | 0 | ||
99 | Redon Xhixha | FW | 2023 5, df=yes | Tirana | 2023 | 2026 | 15 | 1 | ||
Away on loan | ||||||||||
Zamig Aliyev | DF | 2023 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2020 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Nihad Guliyev | DF | 2023 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2020 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Hajiagha Hajili | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Gabala | 2019[19] | 2023 | 11 | 0 | |||
Ruslan Hajiyev | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2018 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rustam Akhmedzade | FW | 2023 5, df=yes | Mynai | 2021[20] | 2026 | 8 | 0 | |||
Also under contract | ||||||||||
17 | Gaspar Panadero | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Cádiz | 2021[21] | 2024 | 4 | 0 | ||
Left during the season | ||||||||||
11 | Owusu Kwabena | FW | 2023 5, df=yes | Leganés | 2020[22] | 2023 | 78 | 19 | ||
20 | Kady | MF | 2023 5, df=yes | Vilafranquense | 2021[23] | 2023 (+1) | 75 | 28 | ||
25 | Ibrahima Wadji | FW | 2023 5, df=yes | Haugesund | 2021[24] | 2024 | 36 | 20 |
See main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2022 and List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2022–23.
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
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1 July 2022 | GK | Luka Gugeshashvili | Jagiellonia Białystok | Undisclosed | [25] | ||
1 July 2022 | MF | Marko Janković | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Undisclosed | |||
17 July 2022 | MF | Júlio Romão | Santa Clara | Undisclosed | [26] | ||
13 January 2023 | FW | Adama Diakhaby | Unattached | Free | |||
24 January 2023 | FW | Redon Xhixha | Tirana | Undisclosed | |||
26 January 2023 | MF | Yassine Benzia | Dijon | Undisclosed |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
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30 August 2022 | FW | Ibrahima Wadji | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed | [27] | ||
4 January 2023 | MF | Kady | Krasnodar | Undisclosed | |||
30 January 2023 | FW | Owusu Kwabena | Ferencváros | Undisclosed |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref | |
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5 June 2022 | FW | Jaime Romero | Cartagena | [29] | |||
31 May 2023 | MF | Ruslan Hajiyev | |||||
31 May 2023 | MF | Filip Ozobić | Neftçi | 30 June 2023 | [30] | ||
31 May 2023 | FW | Ramil Sheydayev | Buriram United |
See main article: 2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League.
See main article: 2022–23 Azerbaijan Cup.
See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League.
See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.
See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa League.
See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.
See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase.
|-|colspan="16"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="16"|Players who left Qarabağ 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 | Champions League | width=200 | Europa League | width=200 | Europa Conference League | width=80 | Total |
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1 | FW | 77 | Ramil Sheydayev | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||||
FW | 22 | Musa Qurbanlı | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||||||
3 | MF | 10 | Abdellah Zoubir | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||
FW | 11 | Owusu Kwabena | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||||
5 | MF | 15 | Leandro Andrade | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
MF | 20 | Kady | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||||||
7 | MF | 19 | Filip Ozobić | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Own goal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
9 | DF | 44 | Elvin Cafarguliyev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
10 | FW | 25 | Ibrahima Wadji | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
11 | MF | 20 | Richard Almeida | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
12 | DF | 13 | Bəhlul Mustafazadə | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
MF | 8 | Marko Janković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
DF | 29 | Marko Vešović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
15 | DF | 27 | Toral Bayramov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
MF | 2 | Qara Qarayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
MF | 6 | Júlio Romão | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
FW | 99 | Redon Xhixha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
DF | 81 | Kevin Medina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
DF | 30 | Abbas Hüseynov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
TOTALS | 91 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 118 |
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1 | GK | 1 | Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||||
2 | GK | 23 | Luka Gugeshashvili | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
TOTALS | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Europa Conference League | Total | |||||||
1 | GK | Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
2 | MF | Qara Qarayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | Rahil Mammadov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | Maksim Medvedev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
6 | MF | Júlio Romão | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | Marko Janković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | Musa Qurbanlı | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
10 | MF | Abdellah Zoubir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
13 | DF | Bəhlul Mustafazadə | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
15 | MF | Leandro Andrade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
19 | MF | Filip Ozobić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
20 | MF | Richard Almeida | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
23 | GK | Luka Gugeshashvili | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
27 | DF | Toral Bayramov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
29 | DF | Marko Vešović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
30 | DF | Abbas Hüseynov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
44 | DF | Elvin Cafarguliyev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
55 | DF | Badavi Guseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
77 | FW | Ramil Sheydayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
81 | DF | Kevin Medina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
87 | FW | Adama Diakhaby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
99 | FW | Redon Xhixha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Players away on loan: | ||||||||||||||||
Players who left Qarabağ during the season: | ||||||||||||||||
11 | FW | Owusu Kwabena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
20 | MF | Kady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
25 | FW | Ibrahima Wadji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
TOTALS | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 103 | 1 |