Sumgayit FK


Sumqayıt FK is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Sumgait, that plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top tier of football in the country.

History

The club was founded in 2010 as Sumqayıt FK. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after getting wildcard place instead of defunct Absheron. After securing promotion to the Premier League, the club based most of their squad on players from Azerbaijan's U-19 and U-17 players. In January 2012, the club announced that its old name was being restored.
During 2013–14 [Azerbaijan Premier League|2012–13] season, Sumgayit narrowly avoided relegation to the First Division by finishing 10th in the league.
In the 2017–18 season, they were the only team in the league consisting solely of Azerbaijani players.
On 15 January 2019, Sumgayit announced they had signed a cooperation with Tractor Sazi.

European history

CompetitionPldWDLGFGA
UEFA Europa League100102
UEFA Conference League402214
Total502316

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2020–21UEFA Europa League1QRn/an/a

Stadium

Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium is a stadium in the city of Sumqayit, Azerbaijan. It is the fourth largest stadium in Azerbaijan. The capacity of Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium is 9,502.

Supporters

Sumgayit get most of their support in the Absheron District, particularly the city of Sumgayit. The club also enjoys support from fans scattered all over the city, and the local area in general.

Players

Azerbaijani teams are limited to nine players without Azerbaijani citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

Current squad

''For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.''

Reserve team

Sumgayit-2 plays in the Azerbaijan First Division from 2018.

Managers

Statistics

Information correct as of match played 7 July 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.
NameNat.FromToPWDLGSGA%WHonoursNotes
Bernhard Raab19 September 201111 June 2013
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Agil Mammadov12 June 20138 October 2015
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Samir Abbasov8 October 201520 May 2018
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Nazim Suleymanov7 June 201812 November 2018
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Aykhan Abbasov14 November 201816 December 2021
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Aleksey Baga30 December 202121 September 2022
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Samir Abbasov26 September 202214 October 2024
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Saša Ilić7 July 2025-------

  • Notes:
P – Total of played matches
W – Won matches
D – Drawn matches
L – Lost matches
GS – Goal scored
GA – Goals against

%W – Percentage of matches won
Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).