Gabala ends its deal with 7 players in the preparation to the 2015/16 season. Reaching to the end of the contract period, Victor Mendy, Bakhtiyar Soltanov, Pavol Farkas, Aleksandru Benga, Mikhail Sivakov, Ruslan Fomin and Javidan Huseynzadeh are leaving the club.
Joining Gabala since the summer of 2011, scored 33 goals in 4 seasons to be registered as the top scorer of the A team after his 127 events, sharing the title with Dodo.
Benga and Farkas were transferred to Gabala from the 2014 summer. The latter scored 2 in his 4 appearances as Benga came on 7 games.
Joining the red-black team during the closed season, scored 4 in 24 matches while Ruslan Fomin and Mikhail Sivakov spent their only half period of the season. Fomin experienced 17 games as Sivakov came on 13 events.
Huseynzadeh conceded one goal in his only one game.
SC Gabala appreciates all these footballers for spending their time with the team and wishes all the best in further period of their career.
Head coach Roman Grigorchuk goes to give update to the first team with 5 new transfers:
Samir Zargarov, midfielder: Playing for Gabala during 2006/09, he is one of the top 8 coming on the pitch amongst the red-black footballers. He could score 10 in his all 84 appearances. His all more than 200 experiences built up with Adliyya, Standard, Kapaz and Inter.
Arif Dashdamirov, defender: Playing for Gabala during 2009/10, he came on 18 games and is having league experience of 200 matches. Dashdamirov, 28, played for Shahdagh (2004-2006), MKT-Araz (2006-2007), Masally (2007-2008), Olimpik (2008), Standard (2009) and Inter (2010-2015).
Andrey Popovic, keeper: He plays for the Azerbaijan national team just like Mirzabayov and Dashdamirov. He played for Baku (2008-2011), Absheron (2010-2011), Sumgayit (2011-12 and 2014-15), Turan (2012-2013), as well as some overseas teams. The 23-year-old keeper also spent his time with Tavshanly Linyitspor in 2013.
Mahammad Mirzabayov, defender: The 25-year-old played for Sumgayit (2012-2014) and Inter (2014-2015) with his domestic Premier League experiences before joining Torpedo of Moscow (2006-2008), Torpedo-ZIL (2009) and Anji (2010-2012).
Asif Mammadov, midfielder: He took his debut of his 9 games in the 2006/07 season and now is joining back to his team again. Scoring 3 for Gabala, the 29-year-old footballer also played for Saf (2003-04), Adliyya (2004-06), MKT-Araz (2006), Standard (2007-08), Inter (2008-10, 2011-15), Khazar Lankaran (2010).