Beating Sumgayit 3:0 at the first match of 2014 on Sunday, Gabala reached up to the first place on the Topaz Premier League table. The away game of the Yuri Semin squad wrote some remarkable moments:

3rd hit on top

Gabala hit the top place on the league table for their 3rd during the season. reaching to the highest level in the league at the 7th tour, the red-black squad were able to save their position on the line before leaving it at the 9th tour. But now in the 19th tour, it is Gabala again striking the top place.

First Debutant

Two Gabala debutants came on the 19th tour match. Ruslan Taghyzadeh and Brazilian Rafael Santos have had their first experience at their new team. They reach to extend the number of all Gabala players in past ever to 165. Ruslan appears to be the 90th domestic footballer in the list as Rafael is the 75th amongst all legionnaires, as well as nationalized foreigners. The latter is also the 10th Brazilian after Luis Hilario Dodo, Diego Costa, Leonardo da Silva, Bruno Silva, Lourival Assis, Thiago Silva, Daniel Cruz, Erivelto, Bruno dos Anjos. And Brazil seems on top of the all 29 countries worded in Gabala: Braziliya – 10, Georgia - 9, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine – all with 6, Moldova, Rumania, Holland, Senegal – all with 3, Bulgaria, Guinea, Turkey, Slovenia, Nigeria, Poland – all with 2, Argentina, Bosniya and Herzegovina, England, Iran, Kongo, Latvia, Portugal, Ivory coast, Sierra Leone, Turkmenistan, Jamaica, Scotland, France, Switzerland – all with 1. 

The number of all premier league players moves up to 149.

50th Away Win

Beating Sumgayit, Gabala earned their 50th away victory in all 143 matches off from home. With all these games, the red-black squad made 35 draws and lost 58. The jubilee win arrives with the 35th victory. 

The team gained 9 first division and 6 cup wins from away.

31st High Score

Gabala hit their 31st high score in all record patch of the club after 11 first division, 4 domestic cup and victories, as well as 16 league success. 

The last high score win of the red-black squad was recorded 135 days ago, on 20 September 2013, when they defeated Ravan by clean sheet - 3:0. 

It is also the 6th high score in league away repeating the result 70days ago.

High Scores in Premier League Games

2006/07 - 0

2007/08 – 1

2008/09 – 5

2009/10 – 1

2010/11 – 3

2011/12 – 3

2012/13 – 1 

2013/14 - 2

High Scores in Premier League Aways

11.11.2007 Ganjlarbirliyi (Sumgayit) - Gabala 0:6

17.08.2008 MOIK (Baku) – Gabala 0:3

14.02.2009 Mughan (Salyan) - Gabala 0:4

04.12.2010 MOIK (Baku) – Gabala 0:3

03.03.2012 Ravan (Baku) - Gabala 0:4

02.02.2014 Sumgayit – Gabala 0:3