Gabala’s two footballers were a part of the Azerbaijan national team against Latvia in a trial match at the Daugava, Riga. Urfan Abbasov made up the starting line-up as his teammate Tamkin Khalilzadeh replaced him in the 66th minute. The provisional squad won by 3:1. This was Abbasov’s seventh (1 goal) and Khalilzadeh’s fifth experience for the national team.