2020–21 Qarabağ FK season

The Qarabağ 2020–21 season was Qarabağ's 28th Azerbaijan Premier League season, of which were defending champions, and will be their thirteenth season under manager Gurban Gurbanov.

Qarabağ

2020–21 season
President	Tahir Gözal
Manager	Gurban Gurbanov
Stadium	Azersun Arena
Premier League	2nd
Azerbaijan Cup	Semi-finals vs Sumgayit
Champions League	Third qualifying round vs Molde
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mahir Emreli (18) All: Mahir Emreli (22)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Season overview

On 2 July, Qarabağ announced the return of Wilde-Donald Guerrier from Neftçi.^[1]

On 10 July, Qarabağ announced the signing of Emil Balayev.^[2]

On 19 July, Kevin Medina signed a three-year contract with Qarabağ.^[3]

On 26 July, Uroš Matić signed for Qarabağ on a three-year contract from Copenhagen.^[4]

On 1 August, Hajiagha Hajili joined Zira on loan for the season.^[5]

On 28 August, Qarabağ announced the signing of Patrick Andrade to a two-year contract, with the option of a third, from Cherno More Varna.^[6]

On 30 September, Qarabağ's match against Sabail scheduled for 4 October was postponed to allow Azerbaijan additional preparation time for their upcoming UEFA Nations League matches.^[7]

On 20 October, UEFA announced that all UEFA matches played by Azerbaijani or Armenian clubs must take place at a neutral venue due to the ongoing 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This resulted in Qarabağ's UEFA Europe League home match against Villarreal being moved to the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul.^[8]

On 8 December, Qarabağ's final UEFA Europa League group match, against Villarreal, was postponed as Qarabağ did not have enough players due to COVID-19 infections.^[9] The match was awarded 3-0 to Villarreal on 18 December.^[10]

On 2 January, Musa Gurbanli moved to Zira on loan for the rest of the season.^[11]

On 31 January, Wilde-Donald Guerrier left Qarabağ by mutual consent.^[12]

Squad

As of match played 19 May 2021

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev		GK	(1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 26)	Sumgayit	2015		71	0
12	Emil Balayev		GK	(1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 27)	Zira	2020[2]		14	0
Defenders
4	Rahil Mammadov		DF	(1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 25)	Sabail	2018[13]	2021[13]	51	2
5	Maksim Medvedev		DF	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 31)	Youth team	2006		465+	15+
21	Rauf Huseynli		DF	(2000-01-25)25 January 2000 (aged 21)	Youth team	2019		0	0
30	Abbas Huseynov		DF	(1995-06-13)13 June 1995 (aged 25)	Inter Baku	2017		80	1
55	Badavi Huseynov		DF	(1991-07-11)11 July 1991 (aged 29)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2012		279	5
81	Kevin Medina		DF	(1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 28)	Chaves	2020[3]	2023[3]	33	0
Midfielders
2	Gara Garayev		MF	(1992-10-12)12 October 1992 (aged 28)	Youth team	2008	2021[14]	385	4
6	Patrick Andrade		MF	(1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 28)	Cherno More Varna	2020[6]	2022 (+1)[6]	31	7
8	Uroš Matić		MF	(1990-05-23)23 May 1990 (aged 30)	Copenhagen	2020[4]	2023[4]	31	3
10	Abdellah Zoubir		MF	(1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 29)	RC Lens	2018[15]		115	24
18	Ismayil Ibrahimli		MF	(1998-02-13)13 February 1998 (aged 23)	MOIK Baku	2018		60	5
19	Filip Ozobić		MF	(1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 30)	Gabala	2018[16]	2021[16]	79	23
27	Toral Bayramov		MF	(2001-02-23)23 February 2001 (aged 20)	Academy	2019		32	2
44	Elvin Jafarguliyev		MF	(2000-10-26)26 October 2000 (aged 20)	Youth team	2019		32	0
Forwards
7	Owusu Kwabena		FW	(1997-06-18)18 June 1997 (aged 23)	Leganés	2020[17]	2023[17]	44	9
9	Jaime Romero		FW	(1990-07-31)31 July 1990 (aged 30)	Córdoba	2019[18]	2022[18]	57	12
11	Mahir Emreli		FW	(1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 23)	Baku	2015		196	71
Away on loan
22	Musa Gurbanli		FW	(2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 19)	Youth team	2019		6	1
99	Ruslan Hajiyev		MF	(1998-03-20)20 March 1998 (aged 23)	Youth team	2018		0	0
	Hajiagha Hajili		MF	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 23)	Gabala	2019[19]	2023[19]	11	0
	Rafael Maharramli		MF	(1999-10-01)1 October 1999 (aged 21)	Keşla	2018		0	0
Left during the season
77	Wilde-Donald Guerrier		MF	(1989-03-31)31 March 1989 (aged 32)	Neftçi	2020[1]		83	12

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  AZE Musa Gurbanli (at Zira) 99 MF  AZE Ruslan Hajiyev (at Sabail)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AZE Hajiagha Hajili (at Zira) — MF  AZE Rafael Maharramli (at Keşla)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2020 and List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2020–21

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
2 July 2020	MF		Wilde-Donald Guerrier	Neftçi	Free	[1]
10 July 2020	GK		Emil Balayev	Zira	Undisclosed	[2]
19 July 2020	DF		Kevin Medina	Chaves	Undisclosed	[3]
26 July 2020	MF		Uroš Matić	Copenhagen	Undisclosed	[4]
28 August 2020	MF		Patrick Andrade	Cherno More Varna	Undisclosed	[6]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Summer 2020	MF		Ruslan Hajiyev	Sabail	End of season
1 August 2020	MF		Hajiagha Hajili	Zira	End of season	[5]
20 August 2020	MF		Rafael Maharramli	Keşla	End of season	[20]
2 January 2021	FW		Musa Gurbanli	Zira	End of season	[11]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
17 July 2020	MF		Míchel	Marino de Luanco		[21]
31 January 2021	MF		Wilde-Donald Guerrier	Apollon Limassol	8 February 2021	[12]

Friendlies

Qarabağ v Keşla

18 July 2020	Qarabağ	3 – 1	Keşla	Qabala
AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 11' (pen.), 51', 65'		Christovão 6'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Qarabağ v Sabah

25 July 2020	Qarabağ	1 – 2	Sabah	Qabala
AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić		Rodríguez Khalilzade	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Qarabağ v Neftçi

31 July 2020	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Neftçi	Qabala
AZT (UTC+4)	B.Huseynov 50'			Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Qarabağ v Keşla

5 August 2020	Qarabağ	4 – 0	Keşla	Qabala
AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli Kwabena Medina			Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Qarabağ v Sabah

11 August 2020	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Sabah	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)	Matić 31' (pen.) Emreli 85'	Report		Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Qarabağ v Keşla

14 January 2021	Qarabağ	3 – 3	Keşla	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 51' Emreli 61' Zoubir 67'	Report		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 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
28	16	9	3	64	18	+46	57	11	1	2	39	10	+29	5	8	1	25	8	+17

Last updated: 19 May 2021.
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	23	24	25	26	27	28
Ground	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L
Position	1	1	5	5	5	4	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2021. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Qarabağ v Sabah

22 August 2020 1	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Sabah	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 45', 69' Ibrahimli  67'	Report	Marina  75' Rodríguez  77' Khalilzade  86'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahim Hasanov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keşla v Qarabağ

11 September 2020 2	Keşla	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Baku
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Qirtimov  83'	Report	Guerrier  10' Owusu  45+1' Jafarguliyev  53'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sabuhi Bayramov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Neftçi

20 September 2020 3	Qarabağ	1 – 2	Neftçi	Baku
20:15 AZT (UTC+4)	Owusu 10' Medvedev  59' Andrade  78'	Report	Stanković 12' M.Kane  41' Alaskarov 68' Mbodj  76'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Aliyar Agayev
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sumgayit v Qarabağ

25 September 2020 4	Sumgayit	2 – 2	Qarabağ	Sumqayit
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mustafayev  42' Ghorbani 52'  90+5' Khodzhaniyazov 54'	Report	Owusu 58' Ibrahimli  65' Ozobić 90+5'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kamal Umudlu
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Gabala

17 October 2020 6	Qarabağ	3 – 0	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Medina  21' Guerrier 43' Andrade 89' (pen.) Bayramov 90+1'	Report	Adeniyi  21' Ingilabli  70' Gigauri  87'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Raad Ahmadov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zira v Qarabağ

25 October 2020 7	Zira	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Zirə
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Volkovi  45+3' Aliyev  80'	Report	Mammadov  35'  68' Jafarguliyev  89'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ravan Hamzazada
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Keşla

1 November 2020 8	Qarabağ	6 – 1	Keşla	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 4', 60' B.Huseynov 12' Owusu 38' Emreli 65', 89'	Report	Isgandarli 25' Kamara  41' Qirtimov  85' Azadov  90+1'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Aliyar Agayev
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Neftchi v Qarabağ

8 November 2020 9	Neftchi	0 – 6	Qarabağ	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Çelik  29' Bougrine  66'	Report	Ozobić 21', 30' (pen.), 52' Emreli 39' Zoubir 50' Gurbanli 75'	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahim Hasanov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Sumgayit

21 November 2020 10	Qarabağ	6 – 1	Sumgayit	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Guerrier 28', 45+1' Zoubir 34', 89' Bayramov 54' Emreli 75'	Report	Najafov  33' Khodzhaniyazov  35' Mustafayev  40' Abdullazade  64' Mutallimov 87'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Ingilab Mammadov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sabail v Qarabağ

29 November 2020 11	Sabail	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Yunanov 57' (pen.)	Report	Jafarguliyev  56' Guerrier 64'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Elcin Masiyev
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gabala v Qarabağ

20 December 2020 12	Gabala	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Muradov  68'  69' Utzig 83' Nazirov  90+3'	Report	Emreli  8' Owusu  45+2' Ozobić 51' Jafarguliyev  90+3'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 6 December, but postponed. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Zira

24 December 2020 13	Qarabağ	3 – 2	Zira	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zoubir  43' Emreli 58' Ibrahimli  80' Owusu 83', 89' Mahammadaliyev  90+2' Medina  90+2'	Report	Ramazanov 2'  60' Đorđević 47'  47' Chantakias  70'  75'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahim Hasanov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sabah v Qarabağ

21 January 2021 14	Sabah	1 – 2	Qarabağ	Masazır
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Isayev  43' Marina  55' Koubemba 60'	Report	Mammadov 8' Emreli 72'	Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Vugar Hasanli
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Sabail

28 January 2021 5	Qarabağ	4 – 0	Sabail	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Owusu 18' Emreli 25', 90+2' Andrade 85'	Report	Naghiyev  80'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Elcin Masiyev
Note: Match originally scheduled for 4 October, but postponed on 30 September.[7]

Qarabağ v Neftçi

13 February 2021 15	Qarabağ	1 – 2	Neftçi	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 57' Medina  73' Bayramov  73' Romero  75'	Report	Buludov  22' Alaskarov 28', 75' (pen.) Stanković  36'  90+3' Krivotsyuk  38' M.Kane  41'  73' Mahmudov  60'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Elcin Masiyev
Note: Match originally scheduled for 4 October, but postponed on 30 September.[7]

Sumgayit v Qarabağ

19 February 2021 16	Sumgayit	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Sumqayit
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Turabov  84' Jannatov  90+6'	Report	Emreli  44'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Raad Ahmadov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Sabail

25 February 2021 17	Qarabağ	1 – 0	Sabail	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Romero 72' Garayev  82'	Report	U.Abbasov  88'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Gabala

2 March 2021 18	Qarabağ	3 – 0	Gabala	Baku
18:15 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 22', 34' (pen.) Emreli 38'	Report	Nabiyev  14' Nazirov  33' Gigauri  90+1'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kamal Umudlu
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zira v Qarabağ

9 March 2021 19	Zira	0 – 2	Qarabağ	Zirə
17:15 AZT (UTC+4)	Jamalov  55' Clésio  73'	Report	Romero 3' Andrade 32' Jafarguliyev  67'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Elcin Masiyev
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Sabah

13 March 2021 20	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Sabah	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 42' Emreli 73'	Report	Ochihava  17'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Orkhan Mammadov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keşla v Qarabağ

4 April 2021 21	Keşla	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Hajiyev 7' Qirtimov  46' Abang  62' Sílvio  70'	Report	Medina  34' Owusu  69' Andrade 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Ravan Hamzazada
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Sumgayit

11 April 2021 22	Qarabağ	4 – 1	Sumgayit	Baku
19:15 AZT (UTC+4)	Zoubir 45+1', 71' Khodzhaniyazov 47' (o.g.) Jafarguliyev  74' Ozobić 79'	Report	Ghorbani 60' Mustafayev  66' Sharifi  82'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sabail v Qarabağ

17 April 2021 23	Sabail	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Yunanov  27' 38' (pen.)	Report	Matić 42' Andrade  45+2' Jafarguliyev  90+3'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Aliyar Agayev
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gabala v Qarabağ

25 April 2021 24	Gabala	0 – 5	Qarabağ	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ahmadov  52'	Report	Ibrahimli  33' Romero 64' Garayev 68' Emreli 88', 89', 90'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Elcin Masiyev
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Zira

4 May 2021 25	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Zira	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Bayramov  12' Zoubir 18' Medina  82'	Report	Melivilo 16'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Raad Ahmadov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sabah v Qarabağ

9 May 2021 26	Sabah	0 – 4	Qarabağ	Masazır
20:15 AZT (UTC+4)	Ivanović  90'	Report	Zoubir 27' Emreli 32' Romero 40' Medvedev 45+2' (pen.) Medina  60'	Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qarabağ v Keşla

14 May 2021 27	Qarabağ	2 – 0	Keşla	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Emreli 47' Kwabena 74'	Report	Aliyev  67'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kamal Umudlu
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Neftçi v Qarabağ

19 May 2021 28	Neftçi	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Krivotsyuk  84' Ahmedov 90' Mammadov  90+4'	Report	Medvedev  8' Kwabena  90+3' Jafarguliyev  90+4' Bayramov  90+6'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Elcin Masiyev
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Neftçi Baku (C)	28	18	5	5	47	25	+22	59	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Qarabağ	28	16	9	3	64	18	+46	57	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Sumgayit	28	10	9	9	30	31	−1	39
4	Zira	28	8	14	6	28	28	0	38
5	Sabah	28	7	8	13	28	38	−10	29

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.^[22]
(C) Champions

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Azerbaijan Cup

Qarabağ v Gabala

1 February 2021 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Qarabağ	3 – 1	Gabala	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Matić 33' Kwabena 55' Emreli 72', 75' Bayramov  78'	Report	Vukčević  31' Goxha  33' Adeniyi 88'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ravan Hamzazada
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.

Gabala v Qarabağ

6 February 2021 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Gabala	0 – 3 (1 – 6 agg.)	Qarabağ	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gigauri  68' Mammadov  85'	Report	Medvedev 6' B.Huseynov  30' A.Huseynov  32' Andrade 45+4' (pen.), 48'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aliyar Agayev
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.

Sumgayit v Qarabağ

21 April 2021 Semifinal 1st leg	Sumgayit	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Sumqayit
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Ibrahimli  45'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Raad Ahmadov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.

Qarabağ v Sumgayit

29 April 2021 Semifinal 2nd leg	Qarabağ	0 – 0 (0 – 0 agg.) (4 – 5 p)	Sumgayit	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	B.Huseynov  88' Mahammadaliyev  115'	Report	Haghverdi  60'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aliyar Agayev
	Penalties
	Medvedev Bayramov Garayev Romero Andrade Medina		Khodzhaniyazov Mammadov Hüseynov Najafov Haghverdi Mustafayev
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Qarabağ v Sileks

18 August 2020 First qualifying round	Qarabağ	4 – 0	Sileks	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Romero 11' Guerrier 40', 51' Emreli 80'	Report	D.Karcheski  41'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)
Note: Match played at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of Qarabağ's regular stadium Azersun Arena, which did not meet UEFA requirements. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Qarabağ v Sheriff Tiraspol

26 August 2020 Second qualifying round	Qarabağ	2 – 1	Sheriff Tiraspol	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Matić 22' (pen.) Emreli 63' Ibrahimli  73'	Report	Obilor  17' Abang  37' Castañeda 78'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Furkat Atazhanov (Kazakhstan)
Note: Match played at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of Qarabağ's regular stadium Azersun Arena, which did not meet UEFA requirements. Match played behind closed doors.

Qarabağ v Molde

16 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Qarabağ	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Molde	Larnaca, Cyprus
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Medina  50' Guerrier  67' Andrade  86'	Report	Hussain  83' 102' Hestad  89'	Stadium: AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis Attendance: 0 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
	Penalties
	Matić Medvedev Andrade Medina Mahammadaliyev Huseynov		Omoijuanfo Aursnes Hestad Christensen Ellingsen Haugen
Note: Match played at the AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis in Larnaca, Cyprus, instead of Qarabağ's regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku, due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic between Azerbaijan and Norway.[23] Match played behind closed doors.

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Champions Path)

Legia Warsaw v Qarabağ

1 October 2020 Playoff Round	Legia Warsaw	0 – 3	Qarabağ	Warsaw, Poland
22:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Slisz  45+1' Lewczuk  51'	Report	Andrade 50' Zoubir 62'  63' Ozobić 70'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Villarreal	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	3	2	1	6	7	−1	11
3	Sivasspor	6	2	0	4	9	11	−2	6
4	Qarabağ	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Qarabağ

22 October 2020 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Tel Aviv, Israel
23:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Cohen 10'  45+2' Saborit  28' Guerrero  73' Rikan  89'	Report	Ozobić  27' Guerrier  30' Andrade  64'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0[24] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Qarabağ v Villarreal

29 October 2020 2	Qarabağ	1 – 3	Villarreal	Istanbul, Turkey
21:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Romero  2' Ozobić  12' Andrade  39' Kwabena 78' A.Huseynov  90+4'	Report	Iborra  25' Pino 80' Alcácer 85', 90+6'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0[25] Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Note: Match played at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul, instead of Qarabağ's regular home stadium, Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, in Baku after UEFA temporarily suspend all UEFA matches taking place in Armenia and Azerbaijan until further notice due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[8] Match played behind closed doors.

Sivasspor v Qarabağ

5 November 2020 3	Sivasspor	2 – 0	Qarabağ	Sivas, Turkey
21:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Osmanpaşa 11' Fajr  63' Kayode 88'	Report	Ozobić  53' Kwabena  90+1'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 296[26] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Qarabağ v Sivasspor

26 November 2020 4	Qarabağ	2 – 3	Sivasspor	Istanbul, Turkey
21:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Zoubir 8' Garayev  40' Matić 51' Kwabena  58'	Report	Samassa  9' Koné 40' (pen.), 79' Kayode 58' Goiano  62' Öztekin  90+2'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0[27] Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
Note: Match played at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul, instead of Qarabağ's regular home stadium, Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, in Baku after UEFA temporarily suspend all UEFA matches taking place in Armenia and Azerbaijan until further notice due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[8] Match played behind closed doors.

Qarabağ v Maccabi Tel Aviv

3 December 2020 5	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Istanbul, Turkey
21:55 AZT (UTC+4)	Guerrier  21' Romero 37' Matić  40'	Report	Cohen 22' (pen.) Hernández  85'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0[28] Referee: Rob Hennessy (Ireland)
Note: Match played at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul, instead of Qarabağ's regular home stadium, Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, in Baku after UEFA temporarily suspend all UEFA matches taking place in Armenia and Azerbaijan until further notice due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[8] Match played behind closed doors.

Villarreal v Qarabağ

11 December 2020 6	Villarreal	3 – 0	Qarabağ	Villarreal, Spain
00:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0
Note: Match postponed on 8 December, and awarded as a 3-0 technical victory to Villarreal on 18 December.[10]

Squad statistics

As of Match played 19 May 2021

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AZE	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	29	0	18	0	2	0	3	0	6	0
2	MF	AZE	Gara Garayev	37	1	21+4	1	4	0	2	0	6	0
4	DF	AZE	Rahil Mammadov	15	1	8+2	1	1+1	0	0	0	1+2	0
5	DF	AZE	Maksim Medvedev	33	2	20+3	1	3+1	1	3	0	3	0
6	MF	CPV	Patrick Andrade	31	7	21+2	4	1+2	2	0+1	0	4	1
7	FW	GHA	Owusu Kwabena	39	9	18+8	7	4	1	1+2	0	5+1	1
8	MF	SRB	Uroš Matić	31	3	11+8	1	3	0	3	1	5+1	1
9	FW	ESP	Jaime Romero	31	6	13+7	4	2+1	0	2	1	3+3	1
10	MF	FRA	Abdellah Zoubir	39	9	20+6	7	1+3	0	3	0	6	2
11	FW	AZE	Mahir Emreli	31	22	18+4	18	2+1	2	3	2	1+2	0
12	GK	AZE	Emil Balayev	14	0	10+2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	AZE	Ismayil Ibrahimli	37	0	20+5	0	3+1	0	1+2	0	2+3	0
19	MF	CRO	Filip Ozobić	28	12	16+4	11	0	0	3	0	5	1
27	MF	AZE	Toral Bayramov	30	2	10+12	2	4	0	0	0	1+3	0
30	DF	AZE	Abbas Huseynov	28	0	14+4	0	3	0	0+3	0	3+1	0
44	MF	AZE	Elvin Jafarguliyev	32	0	21+1	0	2+1	0	0+2	0	2+3	0
55	DF	AZE	Badavi Huseynov	30	1	21+1	1	3	0	3	0	2	0
81	DF	COL	Kevin Medina	33	0	20	0	4	0	3	0	6	0
Players away on loan:
22	FW	AZE	Musa Gurbanli	6	1	1+4	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who left Qarabağ during the season:
77	MF	HAI	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	16	6	7+1	4	0	0	3	2	5	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		11	Mahir Emreli	18	2	2	0	22
2	MF		19	Filip Ozobić	11	0	0	1	12
3	MF		10	Abdellah Zoubir	7	0	0	2	9
	FW		7	Owusu Kwabena	7	1	0	1	9
5	MF		6	Patrick Andrade	4	2	0	1	7
6	MF		77	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	4	0	2	0	6
	FW		9	Jaime Romero	4	0	1	1	6
8	MF		27	Toral Bayramov	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		5	Maksim Medvedev	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		8	Uroš Matić	0	0	1	1	2
11	DF		55	Badavi Huseynov	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		22	Musa Gurbanli	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		4	Rahil Mammadov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		8	Uroš Matić	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		2	Gara Garayev	1	0	0	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	64	6	6	7	83

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	GK		1	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	9	2	2	1	14
2	GK		12	Emil Balayev	4	1	0	0	5
				TOTALS	12	3	2	1	18

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2		MF	Gara Garayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
4		DF	Rahil Mammadov	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
5		DF	Maksim Medvedev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		MF	Patrick Andrade	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
7		FW	Owusu Kwabena	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
8		MF	Uroš Matić	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
9		FW	Jaime Romero	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
10		MF	Abdellah Zoubir	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
11		FW	Mahir Emreli	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
18		MF	Ismayil Ibrahimli	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
19		MF	Filip Ozobić	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
27		MF	Toral Bayramov	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
30		DF	Abbas Huseynov	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
44		MF	Elvin Jafarguliyev	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
55		DF	Badavi Huseynov	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
81		DF	Kevin Medina	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2
Players who left Qarabağ during the season:
77		MF	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
			TOTALS	36	3	6	0	4	0	14	0	57	3

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External links

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