Gabala gave a start to the preparations for the 2017-2018 season getting domestic players together in Baku last Saturday. They will go on with the gym club drills in the capital city until Tuesday before leaving to Tirol, Austria for a camp to end on June 23. The red-black team, coached by Roman Grigorchuk, are going to stay at the Stubaierhof Hotel. During the period, they will come on four trial matches starting with a first-leg against Fulpmes (Austria) on June 12. Three days later, our team will face Terek (Russia) before meeting Botev (Bulgaria) on June 19, as well as Ludogorets, champions of the latter country on June 22.