- Getting underway with the league on August 6 2016, Gabala have ended up with the championship on April 29, 2017. This is Gabala’s fourth successive tittle and maiden silverware.
Key Facts:
Footballers:
- Thirty one footballers played for Raman Grigorchuk’s team durin 267 days of the tournament.
- Twelve footballers made their league debut for Gabala: Filip Ozobic, Ruslan Gurbanov, Tellur Matallimov, Theo Weeks, Bagali Dabo, Nika Kvekveskiri, Araz Abdullayev, Rasim Ramaldanov, Petar Franyic, Ulvi Ibazadeh, Farid Nabiyev and Ramil Hasanov.
- Dmytro Bezotosniy and Filip Ozobic came on more games than any other Gabala players missing only the last 28th tour game. Vojislav Stankovic goes with 23 events.
- Dmytro Bezotosniy held on unchanged for 2,430 minutes that is more of all other red-black footballes’ experiences.
- Thirteen footballers appeared at least more than all 28 matches. And five players are having only one experience: David Pietrzkievic, Ulvi Ibazadeh, Farid Nabiyev, Sadig Guliyev and Ramil Hasanov.
- Two of all 31 players are goalkeepers: Dmytro Bezotosniy and David Pietrzkievic. The latter is having only one match experience.
- All the 31 footballers include eighteen domestic and thirteen overseas players.
- All the thirteen foreign players are from ten countries: Ukraine, Brazil, Croatia (with two footballers), Serbia, Poland, Estonia, Liberia, France, Georgia and Switzerland (all with one).
FOOTBALLER GAME MINUTE GOAL YELLOW RED
Dmytro Bezotosniy 27 2430 -19 0 0
Filip Ozobic 27 2275 11 3 0
Vojislav Stankovic 23 2040 0 7 0
Rashad Sadigov 21 1423 0 4 0
Mahammad Mirzabayov 21 1401 0 0 0
Sergei Zenjov 21 1363 6 1 0
Ruslan Gurbanov 21 1329 4 4 0
Urfan Abbasov 20 1634 0 7 0
Asif Mammadov 20 1463 2 3 0
Tellur Mutallimov 17 1370 4 3 0
Javid Huseynov 16 1007 0 1 0
Theo Weeks 16 976 2 3 0
Bagaliy Dabo 16 882 7 0 0
Vitaliy Vernydub 14 1123 2 1 0
Nika Kvekveskiri 14 1092 0 3 1
Elvin Jamalov 13 882 0 3 0
Daniel Subotic 11 701 3 4 0
Ricardinho 10 842 1 2 0
Rafael Santos 9 690 0 4 0
Araz Abdullayev 9 585 0 1 0
Rashad Eyubov 8 537 2 0 0
Rasim Ramaldanov 6 452 0 1 1
Roman Huseynov 6 270 1 0 0
Murad Musayev 4 270 0 0 0
Petar Franyic 4 205 0 1 0
Gismat Aliyev 3 137 0 1 0
David Pietrzkievic 1 90 -2 0 0
Ulvi Ibazadeh 1 90 0 0 0
Farid Nabiyev 1 45 0 0 0
Sadig Guliyev 1 28 0 0 1
Ramil Hasanov 1 19 0 0 0
GOALS
- Twelve of all the 31 players scored for Gabala. Filip Ozobic is the top scorer of the red-black team gaining the best scorer title of the league. The Croatian shares the same title with Inter Baku’s Rauf Aliyev. He is followed by Bagali Dabo (with 7), Sergei Zenjov (6), Ruslan Gurbanov and Tellur Mutallimov (both with 4), Daniel Subotic (with 3), Vitaliy Vernidub, Rashad Eyyubov, Asif Mammadov, Theo Weeks (all with 2), Ricardinho and Roman Huseynov (all with one).
- Eight players scored debut for Gabala: Filip Ozobic, Ruslan Gurbanov, Tellur Mutallimov, Theo Weeks, Bagaliy Dabo, Vitaliy Vernidub, Ricardinho and Roman Huseynov.
- There are three own goals by Jairo Rodrigues (Neftchi), Renan Silva (Kapaz) and Adrian Skarlatake (Inter).
- Gabala players are staying clear of own goals.
Penalty Shootouts:
- There are four penalties against Gabala including three past our keeper.
- Filip Ozobic hit the target with his two penalty experiences. Ruslan Gurbanov converted his only chance into the goal while Nika Kvekveskiri failed on his efforts.
- All three penalties against Gabala passed Dmytro Bezotosniy.
Bookings:
- Gabala picked up 64 cards during the season, including 61 yellow and three red cards.
- Sadig Guliyev and Rasim Ramaldanov were forced off with a red card after two yellow. Nika Kvekveskiri picked up a direct red card.
- 21 players gained bookings. Urfan Abbasov and Vojislav Stankovic are going with most cards – seven yellow.
- Ten footballers held on clear of punishments and Dmytro Bezotosniy stays on top being clear in his all 27 appearances. Mahammad Mirzabayov performed quite clear in 21 events.
Series:
- Longest winning streak - 5 games (3-7th games).
- Longest winless streak – 5 games (22-26th games).
- Longest draws streak – 3 games (23-25th matches)
- Longest streak without a draw - five games (3-7th events).
- Longest losing streak – Gabala didn’t lose for two events in a row.
- Longest lossless streak – 12 games (1-12th events).
- Longest scoring streak – 10 games (12-21th games).
- Longest goalless streak – 2 matches (25-26th events).
- Longest clean-sheet streak – 7 games (1-7th events).
- Holding on clear in the early seven games of the season, Dmytro Bezotosniy hit record of the championship conceding goal only in the 48th minute of the eighth leg match against Inter Baku when Aghabala Ramazanov broke the clean streak. His clear time is includes 677 minutes.
- It was Bezotosniy again keeping up his goal unbeaten over the last two games of the previous season to extend the minutes to 915. It is worth to remember the last goal the Ukrainian conceded from Qarabagh’s Dani Kintana on May 11 2016 before the clean streak. This is Gabala’s second fact that is also registered as the seventh of the league history. He goes behind only Pavel Doroshev who was unbeaten for 952 minutes during his time with Gabala.
- Dmytro Bezotosniy peformed cleansheet display over fourteen events hitting the record of the league championship.
- The longest streak of conceding goal- three games (8-10th, 12-14th, 22-24th, 26-28th).
Attendance:
- Gabala’s all fourteen home matches include one in Dalgha Arena and thirteen in Gabala City Stadium.
- All the home games were watched by 19,700 viewers.
- The greatest amount of the viewers was registered in the match against Qarabagh on February 19 with 4500 viewers.
- The least amount of crowd was registered in the home game against Kapaz on August 8 last year – 300 viewers.
- The average number of the home attenders is 1,407.
- Gabala’s all away events were watched by 40,130 viewers. The average number is 2,866.
Facts and Records:
- The oldest player of the team is Dmytro Bezotosniy coming on a pitch in his 34th year, third months and ninth day.
- The youngest footballer of the team is Farid Nabiyev taking on his debut in his 17th year, ninth month and eighth day.
- Over the season, six players of the all 31 went over their thirty years.
- Ricardinho scored in his 32nd year, seventh month and fourteenth day. He was the oldest scorer of the team during the season.
- The youngest scorer is Roman Huseynov scoring in his 18th year, eighth month and 24th day.
- Filip Ozobic was able to score in three successive tours while Oleksiy could score in the 12-14th and 17-19th tours. The Croatian scored three in the first streak before scoring four in the next.
- Six captain introduced Gabala during the season. Rashad Sadigov (with 13 matches), Javid Huseynov (with 8), Asif Mammadov (with 3), Dmytro Bezotosniy (with 2), Urfan Abbasov and Rafael Santos (both with 1).
- There are ten kind of results in Gabala’s all games: 2:0 (in 8 matches), 1:1 (in 5), 1:0, 2:1 and 0:0 (all in 3), 2:2 (in 2), 3:0, 4:1, 4:3 and 8:0 (all in one).
- Gabala’s all league matches were manages by nine referees: Aliyar Aghayev, Ingilab Mammadov (in 5), Fariz Yusifov, Rahim Hasanov (in 4), Omar Pashayev, Rauf Jabbarov (in 3), Ravan Hamzazadeh (in 2), Elvin Asgarov, Orkhan Mammadov (in 1).
- The only hat-trick of the season appeared in Gabala’s performance against Neftchi on September 10 last year with Bagali Dabo.
- Gabala scored five doubles over the season with Filip Ozobic, Sergei Zenjov, Ruslan Gurbanov, Theo Weeks, Bagaliy Dabo (all with one).
- Gabala gained the high-scoring victories. Beating Neftchi by 8:0 in away, AZAL 3:0 at home and taking another victory over Neftchi at home with 4:1.
- The highest scoring victory was registered after a match against Neftchi on September 10 last year. This also hit the title of the highest scoring league win ever in the history of the club.
- Gabala scored 48 goals in their all 28 appearances. The average number of the goal is 1,71. Gabala repeated their record of the 2013/14 season.
- Gabala allowed 21 goals and the average number is 0,75.
- The red-black team shares the title as a team making most draws (10) and least losses (4). They are having the same number of draws with Inetr Baku and number of losses with Qarabagh.
- The 2016/17 season ended as the term with the least number of losses.
- Gabala the only side of the season holding unbeaten at all home matches, flowing eleven wins and three draws. The red-black team are the best home side with 36 points. They scored 27 that is more than any other side and allowed seven.
- Eleven home wins with 36 points broke the record of the club. This season appears as the first that Gabala are staying quite unbeaten in their all home events. The repeated the club’s record with 27 goals and seven allowed.
- Gabala took three away victories following also seven draws and four losses scoring 21 goals and allowing 14. The team earned sixteen points from away events.
Gabala’s All Premier League Matches:
08.08.2016. Gabala - Kapaz (Ganja) - 2:0
12.08.2016. Gabala - Inter (Baku) - 0:0
10.09.2016. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 0:8
19.09.2016. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 3:0
22.09.2016. Gabala - Sumgayit - 2:0
25.09.2016. Zira - Gabala - 0:2
02.10.2016. Gabala - Garabagh (Aghdam) - 2:0
15.10.2016. Inter (Baku) - Gabala - 1:1
25.10.2016. Sumgayit - Gabala - 2:2
29.10.2016. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 4:1
06.11.2016. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 0:0
19.11.2016. Gabala - Zira (Baku) - 1:0
29.11.2016. Garabagh (Aghdam) - Gabala - 2:1
17.12.2016. Gabala - Kapaz (Ganja) - 2:1
28.01.2017. Gabala - Sumgayit - 1:1
03.02.2017. Gabala - Neftchi (Baku) - 1:0
08.02.2017. Gabala - AZAL (Baku) - 2:0
12.02.2017. Zira - Gabala - 2:2
19.02.2017. Gabala - Garabagh (Aghdam) - 2:0
28.02.2017. Kapaz (Ganja) - Gabala - 1:1
04.03.2017. Inter (Baku) - Gabala - 0:2
14.03.2017. Neftchi (Baku) - Gabala - 1:0
19.03.2017. AZAL (Baku) - Gabala - 1:1
02.04.2017. Gabala - Zira (Baku) - 1:1
09.04.2017. Garabagh (Aghdam) - Gabala - 0:0
16.04.2017. Kapaz (Ganja) - Gabala - 2:0
24.04.2017. Gabala - Inter (Baku) - 4:3
29.04.2017. Sumgayit - Gabala - 2:1
