Sabah Football Club ( az, Sabah Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in

Masazır Masazır (also, Masazyr and Masazir) is a settlement and municipality in the Absheron District of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republi ...

. The team plays in the

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...

, their top tier of Azerbaijani football.

History

Sabah were formed on 8 September 2017, joining the

Azerbaijan First Division The Azerbaijan First Division ( az, Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football (soccer), football. The division is run by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, AFFA. ...

for the 2017–18 season, in which they finished 5th. After the four teams above them in the league failed or decline promotion, Sabah were granted a license to participate in

on 12 May 2018. Sabah's first game in the Azerbaijan Premier League was against Keşla on 12 August 2018, a game they won 1-0 thanks to a

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goal. Sabah went on to finish their first Premier League season in 7th position, avoiding relegation. On 16 September 2019, Elshad Ahmadov resigned as manager with Igor Ponomaryov taking over on an interim basis. On 26 November 2019, Sabah announced that Željko Sopić had been appointed manager on an 18-month contract. On 3 July 2020, Sopić resigned as manager. On 10 July 2020, Sabah signed 2 years contract with Vicente Gómez. On 11 March 2021, Gómez left his role as Head Coach by mutual agreement, with

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being placed in temporary charge. At the end of the season, Guliyev was confirmed as the clubs new Head Coach on a two-year contract Guliyev resigned from his position on 21 October 2021, with

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being appointed as the clubs new Head Coach on 30 October 2021, signing a two-year contract.

Domestic history

Colours and badge

Sabah's features rays of sunshine incased in a shield. The team's main colours are blue-white, with their kit being made by Spanish clothing company Joma during their first season, and

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from the start of the 2018-19 season.

Stadium

The club play their home games at the

Bank Respublika Arena Bank Respublika Arena former Alinja Arena is a multi-use stadium in Masazır settlement of Absheron, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 9,000 people and opened in 2014. References See also *List o ...

, which has a capacity of 13,000.

Players

Current squad

''For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2022.''

Out on loan

Reserve team

Sabah-2 plays in the

from 2018.

Club officials

Management

Coaching staff

Club Records

Top goalscorers

Managerial statistics

''Information correct as of match played 26 January 2023. Only competitive matches are counted.'' *Notes:

References

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