Gabala signed one year deal with well established keeper Dmitri Kramarenko as a coach. Having a rich football life, he built up his career playing for Neftchi, Dinamo (Moscow), Torpedo (Moscow), Alania (Vladikavkaz), MOIK (Moscow), Baltika (Kaliningrad), Karvan (Yevlax, Azerbaijan), Terek (Grozny), Khzara Lankaran, Inter (Baku) and Simurg (Zagatala).

Kramarenko protected the net of the Azerbaijan national team since 1992 up to 2005.