Gabala, making 1:1 draw against Khazar Lankaran in return semifinal cup game, write some remarkable points in their record path. They hit the tally to the final match for their first time ever. The earlier 3:0 victory at home provided Gabala to go into the final after the  season.

The team have 3 experiences in 1/8 final (2005/06, 2006/07, 2009/10), 3 in 1/4 (2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13) and 2 in semifinal (2007/08, 2008/09). But following head coach Yuri Semin, it is his 10th experience in cup. He earned USSR cup as a footballer for Dinamo Moscow in 1970, and Russian cup as a coach for Lokomotiv (1995/96, 1996/97, 1999/2000, 2000/01), totally with 5. Being the skipper of the latter, he took victory in the USSR and Russian cups, respectively in the 1989/90 and 1997/98 seasons. Semin also gained the Ukrainian cup for Dinamo Kiev in the 2007/08, 2010/11 seasons. He came out as a winner 5 times in 9 vital matches.

The coach of the read-black team is having 9 domestic cup final and one in international tournament, as well. In 2005, coaching for Lokomotiv, his team beat Neftchi of Azerbaijan in 2:1 at the Unity Cup.

Gabala extended their unbeaten run in cup to 11 games after the 1:0 defeat to Baku on 8 March 2011. During this period, the red-black side took 5 victories and shared 6 draws.

The Thursday match arrived just as the 10 Azerbaijan cup experience for Luis Hilario and Victor Mendy.

Gabala scored the 24th goal, including 4 by Mendy, who is the most productive of the club. He hits the same record with Ibrahim Huseynov going behind only Kanan Karimov with 7 and Vusal Garayev with 5.