Gabala took a cleansheet victory over AZAL in the 28th tour of the Topaz Premier League. The win guided the red-black side to some updates in their record path.
First 5
Roman Grigorchuk”s men could strike the 5th victory on the trot for their first-ever time starting from 23th tour win over Khazar Lankaran (3:1) on 19 February. The red-black squad could win only 4 matches over their 9-year premier league history in both 2012/13 and 2013/14.
Gabala 300
Gabala scored their 300th league goal with Victor Mendy in the 265th event of the club. With 2 more goals against AZAL, the red-black men reached in their 302nd including 162 home gains and 140 away goals. It is Mandy again hitting 150th for Gabala.
Gabala”s all jubilee goals:
1st goal - 2006/07 season
Vusal Garayev - 11.08.2006. MKT-Araz (Imishli) - Gilan (Gabala) - 4:1
50th goal - 2007/08 season
Ali Ismayilov - 18.05.2008. Gabala - Masally - 1:1
100th goal - 2009/10 season
Kanan Karimov - 09.02.2010. Gabala - Turan (Tovuz) - 1:0
150th goal - 2011/12 season
Victor Mendy - 11.09.2011. Gabala - Turan (Tovuz) - 2:1
200th goal - 2012/13 season
Lourival Assis - 03.11.2012. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 2:1
250th goal – 2013/14 season
Leonardo da Silva – 02.02.2014. Sumqayit – Gabala - 0:3
300th goal – 2014/15 season
Victor Mendy – 05.04.2015. AZAL – Gabala – 0:4
Gabala”s goals over seasons:
2006/07 – 17, 2007/08 – 33, 2008/09 – 28, 2009/10 – 36 (Qualifying- 24+ in top 6 -12), 2010/11 – 31 (Qualifying- 19+ in top 6 - 12), 2011/12 – 43 (Qualifying- 27+ in top 6- 16), 2012/13 – 32 (Qualifying- 26+ in top 6- 6), 2013/14 – 48, 2014/15 – 34.
Gabala players scoring at least 10:
Victor Mendy – 26, Luiz Paulo Hilario – 21, Yannick Kamanan – 16, Deon Burton – 15, Daniel Subotic – 12, Kanan Karimov, Vitali Balamestni – both 11.
Mendy hits 30th
Victor Mendy could score in his 30th in his 120th premier league appearance for Gabala. The top-scorer of the club scored his first-ever goal in 2011.
Huseynov makes record
Scoring double against AZAL, Javid Huseynov reached in his 30th premier league goal, including 8 the season. His possession also includes more than 5 penalties that give him the title the only player hit the target with his all shoutouts.
First time with Grigorchuk
After 123 days, Gabala took their next 34th high-scoring victory, as well as 17th in the league. This is Roman Grigorchuk”s first experience with the red-black men as the head coach.
Gabala”s high-scoring win in the premier league dates back to 427days ago, 2 February 2014, when they beat Sumgayit 3:0 in away. Gabala could go even more ahead than 3 goals for their last time on 29 April 2012, when they beat Baku by 4:0.
