2019–20 Neftçi PFK season

The Neftchi Baku 2019–20 season was Neftchi Baku's 28th Azerbaijan Premier League season. Neftchi will compete Azerbaijan Premier League and in the Azerbaijan Cup and Europa League.

Neftchi Baku

2019–20 season
Manager	Roberto Bordin (until 18 January) Fizuli Mammedov (Caretaker) (from 18 January)
Stadium	Bakcell Arena
Azerbaijan Premier League	2nd
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarter-final (vs. Sumgayit)
Europa League	Third qualifying round (vs. Bnei Yehuda)
Top goalscorer	League: Steeven Joseph-Monrose (7) All: Steeven Joseph-Monrose (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Season Events

At the end of the previous season, Petru Racu, Goran Paracki and Mahammad Mirzabeyov were all released by the club.^[1]

On 1 June, Salahat Aghayev signed a new two-year contract with Neftçi.^[2]

On 4 June, Neftçi announced their first signing of the summer, Vojislav Stanković signing a two-year contract on a free transfer from Gabala.^[3]

On 10 June, Neftçi released Ruslan Abışov from his contract by mutual consent,^[4] and announced the signing of Rauf Aliyev on a one-year contract from Gabala.^[5]

On 12 June, Neftçi released Gianluca Sansone from his contract by mutual consent.^[6]

On 14 June, Dário returned to Neftçi, signing a two-year contract from Daegu.^[7]

On 16 June, Steeven Joseph-Monrose signed for Neftçi on a two-year contract after his Gabala FK contract had expired on 4 June.^[8]

On 20 June, Mirabdulla Abbasov signed a new contract with Neftçi until the end of the summer of 2021, and simultaneously joined Sabail on loan for the 2019–20 season.^[9]

On 6 July, Namik Alaskarov and Rahman Hajiyev extended their contracts until the summer of 2021.^[10][11]

On 15 July, Kwame Karikari left Neftçi by mutual consent.^[12]

On 5 September, Wilde-Donald Guerrier signed a one-year contract with Neftçi.^[13]

On 2 January, Neftçi announced the signing of Ibrahim Aliyev from Sumgayit,^[14] with Rauf Aliyev being released on 8 January.^[15] On 10 January, Saman Nariman Jahan signed for Neftçi from Machine Sazi^[16]

On 18 January, Roberto Bordin was sacked as manager, with Fizuli Mammedov being placed in temporary charge.^[17]

On 13 March 2020, the Azerbaijan Premier League was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[18]

On 1 June 2020, Neftçi announced that Anton Krivotsyuk had signed a new one-year contract with the club, ^[19] whilst Wilde-Donald Guerrier had left the club after his contract expired.^[20] Also on 1 June 2020, Emin Mahmudov extended his contract with Neftçi until May 2023,^[21] with Omar Buludov extended his contract with Neftçi until May 2021,^[22] and Kamran Ibrahimov extended his contract with Neftçi until May 2022 on 3 June.^[23]

On 19 June 2020, the AFFA announced that the 2019–20 season had been officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan,^[24] whilst Tural Akhundov and Soni Mustivar left the club after their contracts expired.^[25][26] The following day Neftçi also announced that Vangelis Platellas was leaving the club after his contract had expired.^[27]

Squad

As of match played 7 March 2020

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Salahat Aghayev		GK	(1991-01-04)4 January 1991 (aged 29)	Inter Baku	2017	2021[2]	67	0
12	Kamran Ibrahimov		GK	(1999-06-07)7 June 1999 (aged 21)	Academy	2015	2022[23]	0	0
30	Agil Mammadov		GK	(1989-05-01)1 May 1989 (aged 31)	Gabala	2019[28]	2020[28]	57	0
Defenders
3	Mamadou Mbodj		DF	(1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 27)	Žalgiris	2019[29]	2021[29]	27	7
5	Anton Krivotsyuk		DF	(1998-08-20)20 August 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2016	2020[19]	80	7
6	Vojislav Stanković		DF	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 32)	Gabala	2019[3]	2021[3]	22	0
18	Tural Akhundov		DF	(1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 31)	Sumgayit	2018[30]		41	1
26	Omar Buludov		DF	(1998-12-15)15 December 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2016	2021[22]	50	2
40	Vugar Hasanov		DF	(1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 22)	Keşla	2019		0	0
51	Elchin Asadov		DF	(1999-08-03)3 August 1999 (aged 20)	Academy	2016		0	0
70	Əli Şirinov		DF	(1998-08-09)9 August 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2017		4	0
80	İsmayıl Zülfüqarlı		DF	(2001-04-16)16 April 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2019		5	1
	Elvin Sarkarov		DF	(1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 23)	Academy	2016		6	0
Midfielders
7	Namik Alaskarov		MF	(1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 25)	Qarabağ	2017	2021[10]	94	12
8	Emin Mahmudov		MF	(1992-04-27)27 April 1992 (aged 28)	Boavista	2017	2023[21]	80	17
11	Vangelis Platellas		MF	(1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 31)	OFI Crete	2019[31]	2020[31]	32	3
17	Rahman Hajiyev		MF	(1993-07-25)25 July 1993 (aged 26)	Baku	2014	2021[11]	166	16
20	Elnur Suleymanov		MF	(1996-09-17)17 September 1996 (aged 23)	Shuvalan	2017		1	0
33	Turan Valizada		MF	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 19)	Fenerbahçe	2019[32]	2021[32]	2	0
36	Mamadou Kane		MF	(1997-01-22)22 January 1997 (aged 23)	Kaloum Star	2019[29]	2021[29]	32	0
88	Saman Nariman Jahan		MF	(1991-04-18)18 April 1991 (aged 29)	Machine Sazi	2020[16]	2021[16]	6	1
93	Soni Mustivar		MF	(1990-02-12)12 February 1990 (aged 30)	Sporting Kansas City	2018[33]	2020[34]	56	3
	Fahmin Muradbayli		MF	(1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 24)	Academy	2013		73	6
Forwards
9	Bagaliy Dabo		FW	(1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 31)	Gabala	2018[35]	2020[35]	49	23
10	Dário		FW	(1991-09-11)11 September 1991 (aged 28)	Daegu	2019[7]	2021[7]	42	7
22	Mirabdulla Abbasov		FW	(1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 25)	Sumgayit	2017	2021[9]	69	14
28	Steeven Joseph-Monrose		FW	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 29)	Gabala	2019[8]	2021[8]	27	10
55	Ibrahim Aliyev		FW	(1999-07-17)17 July 1999 (aged 20)	Sumgayit	2020[14]	2022[14]	0	0
Out on loan
Left during the season
19	Rauf Aliyev		FW	(1989-02-12)12 February 1989 (aged 31)	Gabala	2019[5]	2021[5]	28	2
25	Kyrylo Petrov		DF	(1990-06-22)22 June 1990 (aged 29)	Olimpik Donetsk	2017	2020[36]	79	1
77	Wilde-Donald Guerrier		MF	(1989-03-31)31 March 1989 (aged 31)	Qarabağ	2019[13]	2020[13]	14	1
	Kwame Karikari		FW	(1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 28)	Al-Arabi	2018[37]	2020[37]	10	2

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  AZE Rauf Aliyev (to Sabail) 25 DF  UKR Kyrylo Petrov (to Kolos Kovalivka)

No. Pos. Nation Player 77 MF  HAI Wilde-Donald Guerrier — FW  GHA Kwame Karikari (to Dinamo Tbilisi)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2019 and List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2019–20

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
4 June 2019	DF		Vojislav Stanković	Gabala	Free	[3]
10 June 2019	FW		Rauf Aliyev	Gabala	Free	[5]
14 June 2019	FW		Dário	Daegu	Free	[7]
16 June 2019	FW		Steeven Joseph-Monrose	Gabala	Free	[8]
5 September 2019	MF		Wilde-Donald Guerrier	Qarabağ	Free	[13]
2 January 2020	FW		Ibrahim Aliyev	Sumgayit	Undisclosed	[14]
10 January 2020	MF		Saman Nariman Jahan	Machine Sazi	Undisclosed	[16]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
18 July 2019	MF		Ali Shirinov	Daugavpils	Undisclosed	[38]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
20 June 2019	FW		Mirabdulla Abbasov	Sabail	7 January 2020	[9]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
10 June 2019[4]	DF		Ruslan Abışov	Sabah	13 June 2019[39]
12 June 2019[6]	FW		Gianluca Sansone	Audace Cerignola	11 October 2019[40]
16 July 2019[12]	FW		Kwame Karikari	Dinamo Tbilisi	15 July 2019[41]
8 January 2020[15]	FW		Rauf Aliyev	Sabail	11 January 2020[42]
13 January 2020[43]	DF		Kyrylo Petrov	Kolos Kovalivka
1 June 2020[20]	MF		Wilde-Donald Guerrier	Qarabağ	2 July 2020[44]
19 June 2020[25]	DF		Tural Akhundov	Keşla	22 June 2020[45]
19 June 2020[26]	MF		Soni Mustivar	Hermannstadt	26 August 2020[46]
20 June 2020[27]	MF		Vangelis Platellas	AE Larissa	20 August 2020[47]
30 June 2020[48]	FW		Bagaliy Dabo	Apollon Limassol	3 July 2020[49]

Trial

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	Last club	Ref.
January 2020		FW		Badara Sylla	Aswan	[50]

Friendlies

Neftçi v SKA-Khabarovsk

20 June 2019	Neftçi	3 – 1	SKA-Khabarovsk	Düzce Province, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Alaskarov 22' Hajiyev 28' Mahmudov 45'	Report	75'	Stadium: Fenerbahce Topuk Plateau Resort and Sport

Neftçi v Politehnica Iași

25 June 2019	Neftçi	Cancelled	Politehnica Iași	Düzce Province, Turkey
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Fenerbahce Topuk Plateau Resort and Sport
Note: Match cancelled after 11 minutes.

Neftçi v Vorskla Poltava

30 June 2019	Neftçi	2 – 3	Vorskla Poltava	Düzce Province, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Platellas 29' Dário 33'	Report	9' 72' 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Fenerbahce Topuk Plateau Resort and Sport

Neftçi v ŁKS Łódź

15 January 2020	Neftçi	0 – 4	ŁKS Łódź	Gündoğdu, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Corral 7', 38' Saidak 60' Sekulski 72' (pen.)

Neftçi v Dynamo Kyiv

20 January 2020	Neftçi	1 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv	Gündoğdu, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Platellas 69'	Report	Mykolenko 12' Rusyn 19'

Neftçi v Desna Chernihiv

24 January 2020	Neftçi	1 – 2	Desna Chernihiv	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Joseph-Monrose 66'	Report		Stadium: Emir Hotels Sports Kompleksi

Neftçi v Keşla

9 June 2020	Neftçi	3 – 1	Keşla	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mahmudov 10' (pen.), 12' Hajiyev 90+2'	Report	Christovão 65'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium

Neftçi v Gabala

14 June 2020	Neftçi	2 – 1	Gabala	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Abbasov 41' Dário 63'	Report	R.Muradov 26'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	10	7	3	33	14	+19	37	6	5	0	21	7	+14	4	2	3	12	7	+5

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W
Position	5	7	4	5	6	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Neftçi v Sabah

19 August 2019 1	Neftçi	1 – 1	Sabah	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mustivar 40' Petrov  47' Aliyev  57' Joseph-Monrose  67'	Report	A.Aghazade  20' Eyyubov 33' Khalilzade  54' Taghiyev  88' Bezruk  90+4'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Zira v Neftçi

26 August 2019 2	Zira	1 – 0	Neftçi	Zirə
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Huseynov 27' B.Hasanalizade  81' O.Sadigli  90+4'	Report	Petrov  46' Akhundov  72'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Həsənov

Neftçi v Sumgayit

1 September 2019 3	Neftçi	2 – 1	Sumgayit	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Krivotsyuk  26'  90+4' Aghayev  32' Mahmudov  35' 64' Joseph-Monrose 90+3' Mammadov  90+4'	Report	M.Khachayev  19'  82' Sharifi 33' (pen.)  51' Agayev  44' Hüseynov  90+4'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sabuhi Bayramov

Qarabağ v Neftçi

15 September 2019 4	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Neftçi	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 31' Zoubir 70' Ailton  90+3'	Report	Mahmudov  17' Petrov  90' Aliyev  90+4'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Neftçi v Keşla

22 September 2019 5	Neftçi	0 – 0	Keşla	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Guerrier  19'  35' Kane  83' Mahmudov  88'	Report	Meza  14' S.Alkhasov  41' Kamara  66' Flores  82'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Gabala v Neftçi

28 September 2019 6	Gabala	0 – 3	Neftçi	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gigauri  16' A.Seydiyev  48' Žunić  53'	Report	Mahmudov  14' Akhundov 59' Petrov  66' Aliyev 73' Joseph-Monrose 89'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Kamal Umudlu

Neftçi v Sabail

5 October 2019 7	Neftçi	2 – 1	Sabail	Baku
19:15 AZT (UTC+4)	Buludov  15' Joseph-Monrose 41' Krivotsyuk 44' Stanković  61' Aliyev  85' Mammadov  90+3'	Report	Ramazanov  6' 81' Rahimov  33' Cociuc  51' Essien  80'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Neftçi v Zira

20 October 2019 8	Neftçi	3 – 0	Zira	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Dário 27' Petrov  36' Dabo 46' Stanković  54' Joseph-Monrose 76' Kane  84'	Report	Norde  22' Huseynov  36' I.Muradov  61' Ampuero  70' Kgaswane  90+1' B.Hasanalizade  90+3'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rovan Rəcəbov

Sumgayit v Neftçi

27 October 2019 9	Sumgayit	2 – 4	Neftçi	Sumqayit
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Sharifi 6' (pen.)  71' E.Badalov  27' S.Tashkin  51' Sadykhov 90+3'	Report	Kane  4' Mahmudov 28' (pen.), 82' (pen.) Dabo 34', 83' Stanković  45+4'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Neftçi v Qarabağ

1 November 2019 10	Neftçi	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mahmudov  41' Akhundov  68'	Report	Míchel  3' Medvedev  8' Mammadov  60' Begović  90+9'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

Keşla v Neftçi

9 November 2019 11	Keşla	2 – 1	Neftçi	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	T.Bayramli  44' S.Alkhasov  45+1' Flores 63' Meza 82' E.Mehdiyev  90+1'	Report	Kane  25' Akhundov  32' Dabo  44' Guerrier 45' Mahmudov  87'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vuqar Hasanli
Note: Match played at the Bayil Arena in Baku, instead of Keşla's regular ASK Arena in Baku.

Neftçi v Gabala

24 November 2019 12	Neftçi	4 – 1	Gabala	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mustivar 17' Buludov 24' Joseph-Monrose 35' Platellas 90+1'	Report	F.Hajiyev  61' Gigauri  67' Ferreiroa  68' Guerrier 90+5' (o.g.)	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Kamal Umudlu

Sabail v Neftçi

1 December 2019 13	Sabail	0 – 0	Neftçi	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Rahimov  73' V.Beybalayev  78'	Report		Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Orkhan Mammadov

Sabah v Neftçi

8 December 2019 14	Sabah	0 – 2	Neftçi	Masazır
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Platellas  38' Krivotsyuk 45+2'  77' Joseph-Monrose 90+2'	Stadium: Alinja Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Neftçi v Sumgayit

1 February 2020 15	Neftçi	1 – 1	Sumgayit	Baku
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Joseph-Monrose  12' Jahan  30' Stanković  41' Krivotsyuk  65' Dabo 72'	Report	Sadykhov 43'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 850 Referee: Kamal Umudlu

Qarabağ v Neftçi

8 February 2020 16	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Neftçi	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Romero  48' Ailton  81'	Report	Guerrier  84'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Neftçi v Keşla

16 February 2020 17	Neftçi	3 – 1	Keşla	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Dabo 11'  40' Mbodj 18'  53' Akhundov  30' Mammadov  54' Joseph-Monrose 59' Kane  89'	Report	Meza 53' (pen.) S.Alkhasov  62'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Elcin Məsiyev

Gabala v Neftçi

22 February 2020 18	Gabala	0 – 2	Neftçi	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	I.Ingilabli  6' S.Guliyev  86' R.Muradov  90+2'	Report	Krivotsyuk 8' Dabo 14'  80'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Neftçi v Sabail

1 March 2020 19	Neftçi	1 – 1	Sabail	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Akhundov  23' Buludov  45+1' Erico 55' (o.g.) Krivotsyuk  69' Dário  82'	Report	Aliyev  16' 90+2' Abbasov  67' Ekstein  74'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Sabuhi Bayramov

Neftçi v Sabah

7 March 2020 20	Neftçi	4 – 0	Sabah	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Jahan 6'  19' Mahmudov  40' Stanković  45' Krivotsyuk 49' Dabo 62' Buludov  69' Abbasov 90+1'	Report	J.Diniyev  43'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Ravan Həmzəzadə

Zira v Neftçi

21 June 2020 21	Zira	–	Neftçi	Zirə
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Note: Match originally scheduled for 14 March, but postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

Neftçi v Qarabağ

26 June 2020 22	Neftçi	–	Qarabağ	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium
Note: Match originally scheduled for 21 March, but postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

Keşla v Neftçi

30 June 2020 23	Keşla	–	Neftçi	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Bayil Arena

Neftçi v Gabala

5 July 2020 24	Neftçi	–	Gabala	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium

Sabail v Neftçi

9 July 2020 25	Sabail	–	Neftçi	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Bayil Arena

Sabah v Neftçi

17 July 2020 26	Sabah	–	Neftçi	Masazır
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Alinja Arena

Neftçi v Zira

25 July 2020 27	Neftçi	–	Zira	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium

Sumgayit v Neftçi

29 July 2020 28	Sumgayit	–	Neftçi	Sumqayit
AZT (UTC+4)				Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Qarabağ (C)	20	13	6	1	34	7	+27	45	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Neftçi Baku	20	10	7	3	33	14	+19	37	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Keşla	20	8	6	6	27	21	+6	30
4	Sumgayit	20	6	5	9	24	32	−8	23
5	Zira	20	6	5	9	25	37	−12	23

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.^[51]
(C) Champions

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Azerbaijan Cup

Neftçi v Sumgayit

16 December 2019 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Neftçi	0 – 1	Sumgayit	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kane  25' Dário  52' Krivotsyuk  90+2'	Report	Babaei  35' Sadykhov 48' Jannatov  87'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Elcin Masiyev

Sumgayit v Neftçi

20 December 2019 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Sumgayit	0 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.)	Neftçi	Sumqayit
17:L00 AZT (UTC+4)	E.Jafarguliyev  69'	Report	Buludov  21' Mahmudov  75' Dabo  82' Mustivar  90+4'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ravan Hamzazada

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)

Speranța Nisporeni v Neftçi

11 July 2019 First qualifying round 1st leg	Speranța Nisporeni	0 – 3	Neftçi	Chișinău, Moldova
21:00 AZST (UTC+4)	I.Tiehi  16'	Report	Mahmudov 16' (pen.) Joseph-Monrose 35' Hajiyev 76'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 1,370[52] Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)
Note: Speranța Nisporeni played their home matches at Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium Stadionul Mircea Eliade, Nisporeni which does not meet UEFA requirements.

Neftçi v Speranța Nisporeni

18 July 2019 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Neftçi	6 – 0 (9 – 0 agg.)	Speranța Nisporeni	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Platellas 18', 40' Mahmudov 24' (pen.) Dário 42' Joseph-Monrose 67' I.Zülfüqarlı 78'	Report	Ponce  25' Efros  45+1'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 6,500[52] Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

Arsenal Tula v Neftçi

25 July 2019 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Arsenal Tula	0 – 1	Neftçi	Tula, Russia
21:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Kombarov  81' Tkachyov  90+3'	Report	Kane  25' Aliyev  37' Dário 45+1' Mahmudov  68' Buludov  79'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 16,720[53] Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Neftçi v Arsenal Tula

1 August 2019 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Neftçi	3 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	Arsenal Tula	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Aliyev 49' Petrov  67' Krivotsyuk  87' Dário 89' (pen.) Mbodj 90+3'  90+4'	Report	Čaušić  9' Kostadinov  80' Grigalava  88'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 9,000[53] Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Neftçi v Bnei Yehuda

8 August 2019 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Neftçi	2 – 2	Bnei Yehuda	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Platellas  17' Joseph-Monrose 43' Mustivar  62' Dário  75' Alasgarov  82' 90+7'	Report	Sagas 26' Ghadir 36' Pnishi  39' Soro  90' Zubas  90+7'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: Karim Abed (France)

Bnei Yehuda v Neftçi

15 August 2019 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Bnei Yehuda	2 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Neftçi	Petah Tikva, Israel
21:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Jan 15' Sagas 66'	Report	Mustivar  18' Mahmudov 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy)
Note: Bnei Yehuda played their home matches at HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva, instead of their regular stadium Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv which is undergoing renovation.

Squad statistics

As of Match played 7 March 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AZE	Salahat Aghayev	24	0	15+1	0	2	0	6	0
3	DF	SEN	Mamadou Mbodj	14	2	3+6	1	1	0	2+2	1
5	DF	AZE	Anton Krivotsyuk	24	4	16	4	2	0	6	0
6	DF	SRB	Vojislav Stanković	22	0	16	0	2	0	4	0
7	MF	AZE	Namik Alaskarov	24	1	11+7	0	1+1	0	0+4	1
8	MF	AZE	Emin Mahmudov	26	6	19	3	1	0	6	3
9	FW	FRA	Bagaliy Dabo	19	7	13+2	7	1+1	0	0+2	0
10	FW	BRA	Dário	25	4	10+7	1	1+1	0	6	3
11	MF	GRE	Vangelis Platellas	18	3	5+7	1	0+1	0	3+2	2
17	MF	AZE	Rahman Hajiyev	21	1	8+7	0	1+1	0	0+4	1
18	DF	AZE	Tural Akhundov	14	1	12	1	2	0	0	0
22	FW	AZE	Mirabdulla Abbasov	3	1	0+3	1	0	0	0	0
26	DF	AZE	Omar Buludov	21	1	11+2	1	1+1	0	6	0
28	FW	FRA	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	27	10	17+2	7	2	0	6	3
30	GK	AZE	Agil Mammadov	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	AZE	Turan Valizada	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	GUI	Mamadou Kane	23	0	16	0	2	0	5	0
80	DF	AZE	İsmayıl Zülfüqarlı	5	1	0+3	0	0	0	0+2	1
88	MF	IRN	Saman Nariman Jahan	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
93	MF	HAI	Soni Mustivar	21	2	10+4	2	2	0	4+1	0
Players away from Neftçi Baku on loan:
Players who left Neftçi Baku during the season:
19	FW	AZE	Rauf Aliyev	15	2	4+5	1	0	0	6	1
25	DF	UKR	Kyrylo Petrov	17	0	10+1	0	0	0	6	0
77	MF	HAI	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	14	1	13	1	1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW		28	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	7	0	3	10
2	FW		9	Bagaliy Dabo	7	0	0	7
3	MF		8	Emin Mahmudov	3	0	3	6
5	DF		5	Anton Krivotsyuk	4	0	0	4
	FW		10	Dário	1	0	3	4
6	MF		11	Vangelis Platellas	1	0	2	3
7	MF		93	Soni Mustivar	2	0	0	2
	FW		19	Rauf Aliyev	1	0	1	2
	DF		3	Mamadou Mbodj	1	0	1	2
10	MF		77	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	1	0	0	1
	DF		26	Omar Buludov	1	0	0	1
	MF		88	Saman Nariman Jahan	1	0	0	1
	FW		22	Mirabdulla Abbasov	1	0	0	1
	DF		18	Tural Akhundov	0	0	1	1
	MF		17	Rahman Hajiyev	0	0	1	1
	DF		80	İsmayıl Zülfüqarlı	0	0	1	1
	MF		7	Namik Alaskarov	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	33	0	16	49

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa League	Total
1	GK		1	Salahat Aghayev	6	1	4	11
2	GK		30	Agil Mammadov	3	0	0	3
				TOTALS	9	1	4	14

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Salahat Aghayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Mamadou Mbodj	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
5		DF	Anton Krivotsyuk	5	1	1	0	1	0	7	1
6		DF	Vojislav Stanković	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
7		MF	Namik Alaskarov	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
8		MF	Emin Mahmudov	7	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
9		FW	Bagaliy Dabo	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
10		FW	Dário	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
11		MF	Vangelis Platellas	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
18		DF	Tural Akhundov	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
26		DF	Omar Buludov	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
28		FW	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30		GK	Agil Mammadov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
36		MF	Mamadou Kane	5	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
88		MF	Saman Nariman Jahan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
93		MF	Soni Mustivar	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0
Players who left Neftçi Baku during the season:
19		FW	Rauf Aliyev	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
25		DF	Kyrylo Petrov	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
77		MF	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
			TOTALS	54	3	7	0	12	0	73	3

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External links

• Official Website (in Azerbaijani, English, and Russian)