Sumgayit FK

Sumgayit FC
Full name Sumqayıt Futbol Klubu
Founded 2010 (2010)
Ground Kapital Bank Arena
Ground Capacity 1,500
President Kamran Guliyev
Manager Samir Abbasov
League Azerbaijan Premier League
2014–15 8th
Website Club home page

Sumgayit FK (Azerbaijani: "Sumqayıt" futbol klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Sumgayit. As of 2014, the club plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League.[1]

History

The club was founded in 2010 as Sumgayit FK. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after getting wildcard place instead of defunct Absheron.[2] After securing promotion to the Premier League, the club based most of their squad on players from Azerbaijan's U-19 and U-17 players.[3] In January 2012, the club announced that its old name was being restored.[4]

During 2012–13 season, Sumgayit narrowly avoided relegation to the First Division by finishing 10th in the league.

Stadium

The club's home ground is Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Sumqayit, which has a capacity of 15,350.

Supporters

Sumgayit get most of their support in the Absheron District, particularly the city of Sumgayit. The club also enjoys support from fans scattered all over the city, and the local area in general.

Domestic league and cup history

Season League Azerbaijan Cup Top goalscorer
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2010–11 2nd 7 26 13 5 8 34 26 44 Did not enter
2011–12 1st 12 32 6 6 20 27 52 24 First Round Azerbaijan Orkhan Aliyev 5
2012–13 1st 10 32 9 8 15 31 49 35 Second Round Azerbaijan Pardis Fardjad-Azad 9
2013–14 1st 9 36 5 10 21 27 61 25 Second Round Azerbaijan Pardis Fardjad-Azad 6
2014–15 1st 8 32 7 10 15 32 43 31 Second Round Azerbaijan Magomed Kurbanov 13

Players

Azerbaijani teams are limited to nine players without Azerbaijani citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

Current squad

As of 29 January 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Azerbaijan GK Salahat Aghayev
2 Azerbaijan DF Slavik Alkhasov
3 Azerbaijan DF Vurğun Hüseynov (captain)
5 Azerbaijan DF Jamil Hajiyev
6 Azerbaijan DF Mikayil Rahimov
7 Azerbaijan FW Pardis Fardjad-Azad
8 Azerbaijan MF Nijat Mukhtarov
9 Azerbaijan FW Ali Alimardanli
10 Azerbaijan MF Uğur Pamuk
12 Azerbaijan GK Tural Abbaszade
13 Azerbaijan MF Murad Agayev
14 Azerbaijan DF Bakhtiyar Hasanalizade (vice-captain)
16 Azerbaijan MF Kanan Manafov
No. Position Player
18 Azerbaijan MF Aleksandr Chertoganov
22 Azerbaijan MF Tofig Mikayilov
23 Azerbaijan MF Ilgar Huseynov
24 Azerbaijan MF Amit Guluzade
25 Azerbaijan MF Ayaz Mehdiyev
29 Azerbaijan MF Amil Yunanov
39 Azerbaijan MF Emin Mehdiyev
55 Azerbaijan FW Aghabala Ramazanov
70 Azerbaijan FW Vagif Javadov
94 Azerbaijan GK Tarlan Ahmadli
97 Azerbaijan MF Khayal Najafov
99 Azerbaijan DF Rasim Ramaldanov

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
-- Azerbaijan MF Budag Nasirov (at Azerbaijan Kapaz)

For recent transfers, see summer 2015 transfers and winter 2016 transfers.

Managers

Statistics

Information correct as of match played 28 November 2015. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W Honours Notes
Bernhard Raab  Germany Sept 19, 2011 June 11, 2013 67 16 14 37 58 101 23.88 [5]
Agil Mammadov  Azerbaijan June 12, 2013 Oct 8, 2015[6] 73 12 21 40 64 114 16.44
Samir Abbasov  Azerbaijan Oct 8, 2015[7] 8 3 2 3 10 9 37.50

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).

Records

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "FK Sumqayit". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  2. ↑ ""Sumqayıt"ın prezidenti: "Komandanı Lippert çalışdıra bilər"". Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Сумгайыт создает новую Шафа". Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Сумгайыт Шехер меняет название. Azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Бернхард Рааб покинул «Сумгайыт», новым наставником назначен Агиль Мамедов. extratime.az (in Russian). Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "ФК Сумгаит: Агиль Мамедов сам подал прошение об отставке". http://www.azerifootball.com/ (in Russian). Azerifootball. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ "Первая тренерская смена сезона: Аббасов сменил Мамедова в Сумгаите". http://www.azerifootball.com/ (in Russian). Azerifootball. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015. External link in |website= (help)

External links

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