Sumgayit FK

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.^[3] 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.^[4] In January 2012, the club announced that its old name was being restored.^[5]

During 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.^[6]

Domestic history

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Season	League									Azerbaijan Cup	Top goalscorer		Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
2010–11	2nd	7th	26	13	5	8	34	26	44	Did not enter			Kappa	Azərkimya
2011–12	1st	12th	32	6	6	20	27	52	24	First round	Orkhan Aliyev	5
2012–13	1st	10th	32	9	8	15	31	49	35	Second round	Pardis Fardjad-Azad	9	Umbro
2013–14	1st	9th	36	5	10	21	27	61	25	Second round	Pardis Fardjad-Azad	6
2014–15	1st	8th	32	7	10	15	32	43	31	Second round	Magomed Kurbanov	13
2015–16	1st	8th	36	9	12	15	41	49	39	Quarter-final	Amil Yunanov	12
2016–17	1st	6th	28	9	8	11	28	35	35	Quarter-final	Mirabdulla Abbasov	8	Joma	Pasha Life
2017–18	1st	5th	28	11	7	10	34	33	40	Semi-final	Amil Yunanov	10
2018–19	1st	6th	28	8	5	15	24	42	29	Runners Up	Five Players	3
2019–20	1st	5th	20	6	5	9	24	32	23	Semi-final	Peyman Babaei	7	Jako
2020–21	1st	4th	28	10	9	9	30	31	39	Runners Up	Ali Ghorbani	9
2021–22	1st	6th	28	5	7	16	22	46	22	Quarter-final	Ali Ghorbani Rahim Sadikhov	5
2022–23	1st	7th	36	8	7	21	26	70	31	First round	Vusal Isgandarli	6
2023–24	1st	4th	36	15	12	9	37	38	57	Quarterfinal	Casimir Ninga	7	Macron

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European history

As of match played 25 July 2024

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Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Europa League	1	0	0	1	0	2
UEFA Conference League	4	0	2	2	1	4
Total	5	0	2	3	1	6

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Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Shkëndija	0–2	—N/a	—N/a
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	2QR	Čukarički	0–2	0–0	0–2
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	2Q	Fehérvár	1–2	0–0	1–2

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Notes

• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round
• PO: Play-off round
• Group: Group stage

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  2010–2019
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  2019–present

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.

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.

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

As of 28 July 2025^[7][8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AZE Mekhti Dzhenetov 3 DF  AZE Hojjat Haghverdi 4 DF  PAK Easah Suliman 6 MF  AZE Rauf Rustamli (on loan from Sabah) 7 FW  AZE Rustam Akhmedzade 8 MF  AZE Sabuhi Abdullazade 9 FW  MAD Alexandre Ramalingom 10 MF  SRB Nikola Ninković 11 FW  SRB Aleksa Janković 14 DF  POR Pedro Pinto 19 MF  ISR Roi Kahat 20 DF  AZE Aykhan Suleymanli 21 MF  AZE Nihad Ahmedzade

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  AZE Khayal Feyzullayev 23 MF  DOM Ronaldo Vásquez 25 DF  BEN Abdoul Rachid Moumini 29 MF  AZE Emil Mustafayev (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr) 56 GK  AZE Aftandil Arikhov 60 MF  BDI Trésor Mossi 64 DF  AZE Kanan Feyziyev 66 MF  AZE Ruslan Aliyev 71 MF  JPN Masaki Murata 72 DF  FRA Rayan Senhadji 75 DF  AZE Nadir Orujov 80 DF  BRA Keffel 95 MF  FRA Nsana Simon

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For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  FRA Imani Barker (at Karvan) — DF  AZE Sanan Muradly (at Shamakhi)

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