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Şamaxı FK

Premier League Azerbaijan

Azerbaidjan Cup

Founded:	1997
Stadium:	ASK Arena
Coach:	Tərlan Əhmədov
Premier League Form:
Overall Form:

Şamaxı FK home ground venue is ASK Arena.

Tərlan Əhmədov is the current coach for Şamaxı FK.

Şamaxı FK Premier League Match Fixtures and Results

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Şamaxı FK have played a total of 32 matches in Azerbaijan Premier League. Their current statistics is 16 win, 9 draw and 7 lose.

Şamaxı FK did not lose their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Şamaxı FK results for their home or away matches in Premier League 2012/2013.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Şamaxı FK	32	16	9	7

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
19/05/2013	Şamaxı FK	1 - 0	Qabala	0-0	H2H	O	+
Ibrahima Niasse 40'
Yuriy Fomenko 46'
Daniel Genov 46'
Abdulla Abatsiyev 47'
Ramil Mansurov 47'
			59' Şähriyar Xälilov
			59' Rövşän Ämiraslanov
			61' Cristian Pulhac
			61' Amil Yunanov
			64' Kamal Mirzayev
			64' Yanick Kamanan
Bachana Tskhadadze 77'
Leo Rocha 77'
Asif Mammadov 79'
Ramil Mansurov 87'		1 - 0
14/05/2013	Simurq	1 - 0	Şamaxı FK	1-0	H2H	O	+
Zdravko Popovic 39'		1 - 0
			46' Bachana Tskhadadze
			46' Yuriy Fomenko
			54' Bruce Abdoulaye
Nicat Qurbanov 54'
			56' Vladimir Levin
			63' Asif Mammadov
			63' Daniel Genov
			71' Samir Zargarov
			74' Vladimir Levin
			80' Slavco Georgievski
			80' Leo Rocha
Ilkin Qirtimov 82'
Rashad Eyyubov 85'
Murad Səttarlı 85'
09/05/2013	Şamaxı FK	0 - 0	Qarabağ	0-0	H2H	O	+
Ruslan Ramiz Əmircanov 38'
			41' Cristian Damian Torres
			41' Namiq Yusifov
Valeri Abramidze 45'
Leo Rocha 46'
Asif Mammadov 46'
Ibrahima Niasse 52'
			58' Bədavi Huseynov
Ibrahima Niasse 73'
Daniel Genov 73'
			75' Emeka Opara
			75' Branimir Subašić
			79' Maksim Medvedev
Yuriy Fomenko 84'
Samir Zargarov 84'
			87' Vuqar Nadirov
			87' Ilgar Gurbanov
04/05/2013	Şamaxı FK	2 - 1	Baki	2-0	H2H	O	+
			10' Ş. Əliyev
Bachana Tskhadadze 35'		1 - 0
Leo Rocha 41'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	50' Cavid Hüseynov
R. Əmircanov 56'
Samir Zargarov 60'
Bruce Abdoulaye 60'
			60' Cavid Hüseynov
Leo Rocha 62'
Daniele Battara 62'
Bruce Abdoulaye 65'
			68' Aleksandar Solic
			68' Risto Ristovic
Ilia Kandelaki 70'
			79' E. Rodríguez
			79' E. Məmmədov
Georgi Lomaia 80'
Asif Mammadov 85'
Arif Dasdamirov 85'
			85' Ə. Quliyev
			85' Ferdi Elmas
Valeri Abramidze 90'
28/04/2013	Neftçi	2 - 0	Şamaxı FK	0-0	H2H	O	+
			47' R. Əmircanov
Nicolas Canales 52'		1 - 0
			57' Daniele Battara
			57' Leo Rocha
			63' Ibrahima Niasse
			66' Yuriy Fomenko
			66' Samir Zargarov
			69' Ibrahima Niasse
Nicolas Canales 70'		2 - 0
			70' Asif Mammadov
			72' Abdulla Abatsiyev
Eric Ramos 74'
C. İmamverdiyev 74'
Nicolas Canales 78'
B. Nasimov 78'
Rashad Sadiqov 83'
Mirhuseyn Seyidov 83'
			84' Vladimir Levin
			88' Bachana Tskhadadze
			88' İlqar Ələkbərov
20/04/2013	Şamaxı FK	5 - 0	Simurq	3-0	H2H	O	+
Yuriy Fomenko 4'		1 - 0
			22' Rasim Ramaldanov
			26' Mario Bozic
			30' Mario Bozic
Samir Zargarov 35'
Daniele Battara 37'		2 - 0
Yuriy Fomenko 44'		3 - 0
			46' Zdravko Popovic
			46' Bəxtiyar Soltanov
			46' Marcin Burkhardt
			46' Qərib İbrahimov
Yuriy Fomenko 46'
İlqar Ələkbərov 46'
Ramil Mansurov 59'		4 - 0
			59' Rashad Eyyubov
			59' Murad Səttarlı
Bruce Abdoulaye 63'
Georgi Adamia 63'
Slavco Georgievski 65'
Daniele Battara 67'		5 - 0
			68' Dilaver Zrnanovic
Ilia Kandelaki 70'
			70' Ilkin Qyrtymov
Daniele Battara 84'
Leo Rocha 84'
13/04/2013	Qarabağ	3 - 2	Şamaxı FK	1-0	H2H	O	+
Qara Qarayev 20'
Maksim Medvedev 26'		1 - 0
Vuqar Nadirov 46'		2 - 0
			48' Bruce Abdoulaye
			48' Leo Rocha
			54' Abdulla Abatsiyev
			54' Fuad Bayramov
		2 - 1	54' Yuriy Fomenko
		2 - 2	57' Fuad Bayramov
			62' Vladimir Levin
			62' Arif Dasdamirov
Cristian Damian Torres 67'
Muarem Muarem 67'
			69' Fuad Bayramov
Vuqar Nadirov 77'
Ə. İsmayılov 77'
			78' Asif Mammadov
Emeka Opara 79'		3 - 2
			84' Arif Dasdamirov
Reynaldo 90'
Namiq Yusifov 90'
Ferhad Veliyev 90+4'
06/04/2013	Baki	1 - 2	Şamaxı FK	1-2	H2H	O	+
Ibrahim Kargbo 30'
Ə. Quliyev 46'
Giorgi Popkhadze 46'
Lucas Horvat 51'
			56' Bruce Abdoulaye
			58' Ibrahima Niasse
			58' Leo Rocha
Ferdi Elmas 64'
Cavid Hüseynov 64'
		0 - 1	68' Asif Mammadov
E. Məmmədov 73'
R. Əliyev 73'
			77' Asif Mammadov
			77' Arif Dasdamirov
		0 - 2	81' Yuriy Fomenko
			83' R. Tevdoradze
			84' Abdulla Abatsiyev
			84' Fuad Bayramov
Aqil Nəbiyev 90+3'		1 - 2
30/03/2013	Şamaxı FK	0 - 1	Neftçi	0-1	H2H	O	+
			16' Rashad Sadiqov
		0 - 1	31' Julius Woobay
Bruce Abdoulaye 40'
Leo Rocha 45'
Leo Rocha 46'
Daniele Battara 46'
Slavco Georgievski 60'
Georgi Lomaia 67'
R. Əmircanov 70'
Arif Dasdamirov 70'
			71' Mirhuseyn Seyidov
			71' E. Mehtiyev
			74' Rashad Sadiqov
Ilia Kandelaki 78'
Yuriy Fomenko 78'
			79' Julius Woobay
			79' T. Quliyev
13/03/2013	Qabala	1 - 2	Şamaxı FK	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	26' Asif Mammadov
		0 - 2	29' Yuriy Fomenko
Dejan Kelhar 33'
Daniel Cruz 33'
Victor Mendy 40'
Ş. Xälilov 46'
Yasar Abuzarov 46'
Daniel Cruz 48'
			60' Slavco Georgievski
			60' Valeri Abramidze
Victor Mendy 62'		1 - 2
			62' Asif Mammadov
			65' Abdulla Abatsiyev
			65' Fuad Bayramov
			70' Fuad Bayramov
			73' Bachana Tskhadadze
			73' Rahman Hajiyev
			74' R. Tevdoradze
Yanick Kamanan 78'
Moustapha Dabo 78'
			90+1' Vladimir Levin
03/03/2013	Qarabağ	0 - 0	Şamaxı FK	0-0	H2H	O	+
			44' Vladimir Levin
Togrul Bilalli 46'
Muarem Muarem 46'
Ə. İsmayılov 51'
			64' Bachana Tskhadadze
			64' Robertinho
			70' Asif Mammadov
			70' Rahman Hajiyev
			80' Ibrahima Niasse
			80' Fuad Bayramov
			87' Abdulla Abatsiyev
			87' Robertinho
23/02/2013	Neftçi	2 - 0	Şamaxı FK	0-0	H2H	O	+
			31' Yuriy Fomenko
			31' Asif Mammadov
Nicolas Canales 49'		1 - 0
Julius Woobay 55'
			55' Rahman Hajiyev
			55' Samir Zargarov
			74' Ilia Kandelaki
			74' Ibrahima Niasse
			74' Daniele Battara
Julius Woobay 82'
C. İmamverdiyev 82'
Rashad Sadiqov 89'
			90+1' Fuad Bayramov
Valeri Abramidze 90+2'		2 - 0
17/02/2013	Şamaxı FK	2 - 1	Qabala	1-1	H2H	O	+
Asif Mammadov 2'
			5' Nikola Valentić
Arif Dasdamirov 7'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	23' Yanick Kamanan
Bruce Abdoulaye 30'
Ibrahima Niasse 30'
			38' Cristian Pulhac
Yuriy Fomenko 46'
Samir Zargarov 46'
Slavco Georgievski 58'
Samir Zargarov 67'
			70' R. Abdullayev
			70' Ceyhun Sultanov
Samir Zargarov 73'		2 - 1
			75' A. Quluzadə
			75' Urfan Abbasov
			75' Nikola Valentić
			75' Luka Zinko
Georgi Lomaia 80'
Bachana Tskhadadze 82'
Daniele Battara 82'
			84' Oumar Kalabane
			86' Dejan Kelhar
11/02/2013	Khazar Lankaran	2 - 3	Şamaxı FK	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	5' Asif Mammadov
Robert Alviž 25'
			25' Ilia Kandelaki
		0 - 2	30' Bachana Tskhadadze
Robert Alviž 46'
Marin Orsulic 46'
Elnur Allahverdiyev 46'
Uğur Pamuk 46'
Uğur Pamuk 52'		1 - 2
Elnur Abdullayev 53'
			58' Ibrahima Niasse
			58' Valeri Abramidze
E. Cəfərov 61'
A. Ramazanov 61'
			65' Asif Mammadov
			65' Samir Zargarov
			76' Bruce Abdoulaye
		1 - 3	82' Samir Zargarov
A. Ramazanov 83'		2 - 3
			85' Slavco Georgievski
			86' Vladimir Levin
Scarduelli Vanderson 90+1'
			90+2' Yuriy Fomenko
			90+2' Rahman Hajiyev
25/12/2012	Şamaxı FK	1 - 1	Neftçi	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	11' Nicolas Canales
			12' Emil Balayev
			23' Mahir Şükürov
Rahman Hajiyev 24'
Samir Zargarov 25'
Asif Mammadov 25'
Arif Dasdamirov 51'
Arif Dasdamirov 57'
R. Əmircanov 57'
Daniele Battara 62'
			70' C. İmamverdiyev
			70' A. Abdullayev
			73' Rashad Sadiqov
Ibrahima Niasse 75'		1 - 1
			87' E. Mehtiyev
			87' Mirhuseyn Seyidov
Daniele Battara 88'
İlqar Ələkbərov 88'
22/12/2012	Şamaxı FK	1 - 0	Baki	0-0	H2H	O	+
Samir Zargarov 31'
Vladimir Levin 48'
			55' Edin Nuredinoski
			57' Edin Nuredinoski
			57' A. Məmmədov
Bachana Tskhadadze 58'		1 - 0
			63' R. Hacıyev
			63' Aleksandar Solic
Samir Zargarov 71'
Asif Mammadov 71'
			73' Ibrahim Kargbo
			73' Aleksandar Solic
Bachana Tskhadadze 75'
Daniele Battara 75'
			77' Deividas Cesnauskis
			77' N. Novruzov
Slavco Georgievski 83'
Rahman Hajiyev 87'
R. Əmircanov 87'
			90+1' N. Novruzov
Fuad Bayramov 90+3'
15/12/2012	Kapaz	0 - 2	Şamaxı FK	0-1	H2H	O	+
Guy Feutchine 10'
Giorgi Sepiashvili 16'
		0 - 1	23' Vladimir Levin
Məhərrəm Hüseynov 33'
			43' Slavco Georgievski
			59' Daniele Battara
			59' Valeri Abramidze
			70' Bachana Tskhadadze
			70' Ramil Mansurov
		0 - 2	72' Rahman Hajiyev
Ş. Kärimov 77'
C. Əhmədov 77'
			83' Samir Zargarov
			83' Asif Mammadov
			85' Arif Dasdamirov
09/12/2012	Şamaxı FK	0 - 0	Şüvəlan	0-0	H2H	O	+
Valeri Abramidze 16'
R. Əmircanov 41'
			45' Taqim Novruzov
Ibrahima Niasse 48'
			67' Juanfran
			67' C. Tağıyev
Bachana Tskhadadze 71'
Daniele Battara 71'
			78' Oskars Klava
			83' Ruslan Tağızadə
			83' Orxan Həsənov
Tales Schütz 86'
Asif Mammadov 86'
Slavco Georgievski 86'
Samir Zargarov 86'
			90+4' Orxan Həsənov
02/12/2012	Şamaxı FK	2 - 0	Rəvan	0-0	H2H	O	+
Abdulla Abatsiyev 18'
Bachana Tskhadadze 51'		1 - 0
Asif Mammadov 67'
Rahman Hajiyev 67'
			72' Shakhriyar Rahimov
			72' S. Suma
			72' Francis Bossman
			72' Nemanja Vidaković
Abdulla Abatsiyev 77'
C. Diniyev 77'
Ibrahima Niasse 85'
Bruce Abdoulaye 85'
R. Əmircanov 90+1'
Samir Zargarov 90+4'		2 - 0
24/11/2012	Simurq	1 - 0	Şamaxı FK	0-0	H2H	O	+
			33' Valeri Abramidze
			33' Ruslan Cəfərov
			46' Asif Mammadov
			46' Rahman Hajiyev
Zdravko Popovic 53'		1 - 0
Zdravko Popovic 65'
Nicat Qurbanov 65'
			67' Bachana Tskhadadze
			67' Daniele Battara
Murad Səttarlı 73'
Mehman Məmmədov 73'
Nenad Stojanović 80'
Rashad Eyyubov 80'
18/11/2012	Şamaxı FK	2 - 0	Turan	1-0	H2H	O	+
Samir Zargarov 11'		1 - 0
Bachana Tskhadadze 30'
Rahman Hajiyev 46'
Asif Mammadov 46'
Bachana Tskhadadze 55'		2 - 0
			61' Hafiz Əliyev
			61' Irakli Beraia
			75' Salif Ballo
			75' N. Kvirtia
Vladimir Levin 81'
			83' Mikayıl Rəhimov
Bachana Tskhadadze 83'
Ramil Mansurov 83'
Abdulla Abatsiyev 88'
C. Diniyev 88'
Bruce Abdoulaye 89'
			90+1' Azər Məmmədov
			90+1' F. Əliyev
04/11/2012	Sumqayıt	0 - 0	Şamaxı FK	0-0	H2H	O	+
Murad Ağayev 10'
			39' Vladimir Levin
S. Alxasov 57'
			57' R. Əmircanov
			63' Rahman Hajiyev
			63' Daniele Battara
O. Əliyev 65'
S. Allahquliyev 65'
Ruslan Nəsirli 66'
Murad Hüseynov 66'
			76' Ibrahima Niasse
			76' Tales Schütz
R. Häşimzadä 83'
E. Cəfərquliyev 83'
			85' R. Əmircanov
			85' Arif Dasdamirov
S. Allahquliyev 90'
30/10/2012	Şamaxı FK	3 - 1	Kapaz	2-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	5' Elxan Äzizov
			10' Emin Imamäliyev
			10' Emin Äliyev
Ruslan Cəfərov 14'
Slavco Georgievski 31'
			39' Məhərrəm Hüseynov
			39' E. Həsənəliyev
Ibrahima Niasse 39'		1 - 1
Ibrahima Niasse 45'		2 - 1
Bachana Tskhadadze 55'		3 - 1
Bruce Abdoulaye 57'
Bachana Tskhadadze 74'
Ramil Mansurov 74'
			75' Bunjamin Asani
			75' Ziyabil Mämmädov
Rahman Hajiyev 76'
Arif Dasdamirov 76'
Ruslan Cəfərov 85'
Valeri Abramidze 85'
26/10/2012	Baki	0 - 0	Şamaxı FK	0-0	H2H	O	+
			29' Arafat Djako
			29' Samir Zargarov
			39' Bruce Abdoulaye
Evangelos Mantzios 39'
			60' Bachana Tskhadadze
			60' Tales Schütz
Leandro Becerra 69'
M. Verpakovskis 69'
Ibrahim Kargbo 72'
Deniss Ivanovs 72'
Junior Wilson 84'
Lucas Horvat 84'
			85' Abdulla Abatsiyev
			87' Abdulla Abatsiyev
			87' Ruslan Cəfərov
20/10/2012	Şamaxı FK	1 - 0	Simurq	0-0	H2H	O	+
Bruce Abdoulaye 39'
Rahman Hajiyev 46'
Samir Zargarov 46'
Bachana Tskhadadze 52'		1 - 0
Bachana Tskhadadze 62'
Tales Schütz 62'
			66' S. Poljak
			66' Ruslan Poladov
			66' Nenad Stojanović
			66' Zdravko Popovic
Bruce Abdoulaye 67'
Valeri Abramidze 67'
			78' Nicat Qurbanov
			78' Murad Səttarlı
			87' Asif Mirili
04/10/2012	Rəvan	0 - 2	Şamaxı FK	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	27' Rahman Hajiyev
Francis Bossman 37'
Francis Bossman 61'
Nemanja Vidaković 61'
		0 - 2	61' Bachana Tskhadadze
Shakhriyar Rahimov 68'
			76' Bachana Tskhadadze
			76' Arafat Djako
Ekrem Hodžić 78'
Nicolae Orlovschi 78'
			83' Rahman Hajiyev
			83' Samir Zargarov
Tofiq Mikayılov 86'
Elvin Musazadä 86'
			90+1' Asif Mammadov
			90+1' Tales Schütz
23/09/2012	Şüvəlan	0 - 0	Şamaxı FK	0-0	H2H	O	+
			24' Vladimir Levin
			25' Abdulla Abatsiyev
			46' Arafat Djako
			46' Rahman Hajiyev
C. Tağıyev 54'
Ruslan Tağızadə 54'
			55' Valeri Abramidze
			56' Bachana Tskhadadze
			62' Bachana Tskhadadze
			62' Tales Schütz
Ruslan Tağızadə 73'
Taqim Novruzov 80'
Victor Igbekoyi 83'
Taqim Novruzov 84'
Orxan Həsənov 84'
			86' Asif Mammadov
			86' Daniele Battara
Zouhir Benouahi 89'
Oskars Klava 89'
15/09/2012	Şamaxı FK	1 - 0	Sumqayıt	1-0	H2H	O	+
Arafat Djako 6'		1 - 0
			15' Ruslan Qurbanov
Arafat Djako 46'
Rahman Hajiyev 46'
			58' Samir Abasov
Tales Schütz 65'
Daniele Battara 65'
			68' Ruslan Qurbanov
			68' O. Əliyev
Fuad Bayramov 75'
Abdulla Abatsiyev 75'
			77' Ceyhun Sultanov
			77' S. Allahquliyev
R. Əmircanov 82'
			83' Uğur Pamuk
			83' Murad Hüseynov
Arif Dasdamirov 90+2'
25/08/2012	Turan	2 - 3	Şamaxı FK	0-0	H2H	O	+
			12' Abdulla Abatsiyev
Mikayıl Rəhimov 48'
Bayram Kərimov 48'
		0 - 1	58' Georgi Adamia
Murad Agakisiyev 60'
G. Pipia 60'
			64' Asif Mammadov
			64' Rahman Hajiyev
			65' Ibrahima Niasse
			65' Valeri Abramidze
Salif Ballo 73'		1 - 1
			79' Bruce Abdoulaye
			79' Daniele Battara
Irakli Beraia 82'
F. Quliyev 82'
Azər Məmmədov 84'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	88' Vladimir Levin
			90+3' Slavco Georgievski
		2 - 3	90+3' Slavco Georgievski
19/08/2012	Şamaxı FK	0 - 0	Khazar Lankaran	0-0	H2H	O	+
Asif Mammadov 55'
Bachana Tskhadadze 66'
Tales Schütz 66'
Georgi Adamia 67'
Rahman Hajiyev 67'
			72' Elnur Allahverdiyev
Fuad Bayramov 73'
Abdulla Abatsiyev 73'
			77' R. Abışov
			77' Elnur Abdullayev
Vladimir Levin 89'
			90+3' Robert Alviž
10/08/2012	Qabala	1 - 0	Şamaxı FK	1-0	H2H	O	+
Lourival Assis 14'		1 - 0
			55' Georgi Adamia
			57' Tales Schütz
Yanick Kamanan 62'
Victor Mendy 62'
Aleksandr Çertoqanov 65'
			69' Asif Mammadov
			69' Rahman Hajiyev
Lourival Assis 70'
Elmar Baxsiyev 70'
			72' Heinz Barmettler Veloz
			72' Bachana Tskhadadze
Dodo 86'
R. Abdullayev 87'
V. Hüseynov 87'
			88' R. Əmircanov
			88' Arif Dasdamirov
05/08/2012	Şamaxı FK	1 - 1	Qarabağ	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	37' Muarem Muarem
Rahman Hajiyev 51'
Asif Mammadov 51'
Bachana Tskhadadze 65'
			69' R. Əliyev
			69' Vuqar Nadirov
Heinz Barmettler Veloz 72'
Daniele Battara 72'
			78' Qara Qarayev
			78' E. Abdulov
Abdulla Abatsiyev 80'
Admir Teli 89'		1 - 1
Georgi Adamia 90'
R. Əmircanov 90'
			90+3' Muarem Muarem
			90+3' Ilgar Gurbanov

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Şamaxı FK in Premier League.

Statistics & Analysis of Şamaxı FK

B. Tskhadadze is the leading top goal scorer for Şamaxı FK with 8 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	2
Longest losing streak	1
Longest run without loss	10
Longest run without win	3
Clean sheets	16
Matches over 2.25 goals	9
Matches under 2.25 goals	23
Matches First Half Over 0.5	17
Matches First Half Under 0.5	15
Matches odd	16
Matches even	16
Average goals scored	1.19
Average goals allowed	0.69
Failure to score	13
Biggest victory	5 - 0
Biggest defeat	2 - 0
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	2
Own goals	1
Goalless draw at home match	3 (19%)
Goalless draw at away match	4 (25%)
Comeback win	1
Top Goal Scorer	B. Tskhadadze
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Results and Fixtures

Top Soccer Tipsters

They are the current leading soccer tipsters in this month competition. See also tipsters rankings.

Tipsters Competition Review

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

Pachuca W vs Atlético San Luis W

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

Pachuca W vs Atlético San Luis W

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Tijuana vs Monterrey

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.