Gabala highly values significance of tournaments abroad for its academy youth to reach professional level. 

After the academy provided its teams' participation in some international competitions this year, another Gabala youth is expected to make a trip beyond borders in the recent future.

Gabala's U-13 are going to attend the Open Cup 2012 tournament in Riga, Lithuania 16/18 January.

The competition will also be joint by:

Dynamo (Riga) and Metalurg (Liepaja, both Lithuania)

Strogino Academy (Moscow, Russia)

KuİF (Finland),

Siauliai (Lithuania) 

Pryanu (Estonia) 

Gabala will go Lithuania in the following delegation:

Nail Karimov (deputy director of the Academy) 

Rejep Yazichi (head coach)

Sardar Gafarov (coach)

Teymur Musayev (keeper coach)

Shabaddin Mammadov (physiotherapist)

Khayyam Jalalov (administrator)

Polad Mehraliyev (cameraman)

Players:

Ulvi Khalilzadeh, Farman Bayramov, Agshin Huseynov, Yusif Yusifzadeh, Faig Hajiyev, Tural Ajdarli, Rasul Yolchuyev, Murad Gayali, Elmir Aghamirov, Ulvi Aliyev, Emin Ismayilov, Ilkin Abdullayev, Farid Nabiyev, Osman Soltanov, Ali Mazahirli, Ravan Rafiyev, Javidan Gasimli, Elvin Imanli.