2013–14 Simurq PFC season
The Simurq 2013–14 season was Simurq's eighth Azerbaijan Premier League season. They finished 7th in the Premier League and reached the Second Round of the Azerbaijan Cup where they were defeated by Araz. It is Giorgi Chikhradze's second full season as manager.
| 2013–14 season | |||
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| President | Anar Bakirov | ||
| Manager | Giorgi Chikhradze | ||
| Stadium | Zaqatala City Stadium | ||
| Premier League | 7th | ||
| Azerbaijan Cup | Second Round vs Araz | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Dragan Ćeran (13) All: Dragan Ćeran (13) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 2,000 vs Qarabağ 30 November 2013 AZAL 14 December 2013 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 150 vs Ravan Baku 3 August 2013 vs Sumgayit 15 September 2013 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 1,104 3 April 2014 | ||
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Squad
    
- As of 4 February 2014[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
    
    Summer
    
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Winter
    
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Competitions
    
    Friendlies
    
| 1 July 2013 | Simurq   | 0 – 1 |  Spartak Nalchik | Turkey | 
| AZST (UTC+5) | Video |  | 
| 16 July 2013 | Simurq   | 1 – 2 |  Olympiacos | Austria | 
| AZST (UTC+5) | Zrnanović  47' | Video Summary | Diamantakos  8' Mitroglou  56' | 
| 20 January 2014 | Simurq   | 2 – 2 |  Young Africans | Antalya, Turkey | 
| AZST (UTC+4) | Anderson do Ó  44' Sattarly  49' | [ Video] |    | 
Azerbaijan Premier League
    
Results summary
    
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 
Last updated: 18 May 2014.
Source: Soccerway
Results by round
    
Results
    
| 3 August 2013 1 | Simurq | 2 – 0 | Ravan Baku | Qabala | 
| 18:30 AZST (UTC+5) | Poljak  64' Safiyaroglu  88' | Summary | Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov | 
| 11 August 2013 2 | Khazar Lankaran | 0 – 0 | Simurq | Lankaran | 
| 20:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Summary | Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov | 
| 17 August 2013 3 | Neftchi Baku | 1 – 0 | Simurq | Baku | 
| 21:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Ramos  35' Yunuszade  42' | Summary | Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev | 
| 24 August 2013 4 | Simurq | 0 – 3 | Baku | Baku | 
| 19:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Summary | Huseynov  48', 90+2' Ismayilov  60' | Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev | 
| 1 September 2013 5 | Inter Baku | 1 – 2 | Simurq | Baku | 
| 20:00 AZST (UTC+5) | I.Alakbarov  31' | Summary | Ćeran  78' Costin  89' | Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev | 
| 15 September 2013 6 | Simurq | 3 – 1 | Sumgayit | Qabala | 
| 17:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Poljak  22', 42' Ćeran  37' | Summary | Abdullayev  90+2' | Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Rahim Häsänov | 
| 21 September 2013 7 | Qarabağ | 0 – 0 | Simurq | Baku | 
| 19:30 AZST (UTC+5) | Summary | Ćeran  90+3' | Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium1 Attendance: 350 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov | 
| 29 September 2013 8 | Simurq | 0 – 0 | Gabala | Baku | 
| 18:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Qirtimov  36' | Summary | Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Fariz Yusifov | 
| 4 October 2013 9 | AZAL | 1 – 1 | Simurq | Baku | 
| 18:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Ibrahimov  24' | Summary | Eyyubov  52' (pen.) | Stadium: AZAL Arean Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev | 
| 19 October 2013 10 | Simurq | 1 – 2 | Khazar Lankaran | Baku | 
| 17:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Gurbanov  7' Weitzman  54'  79' | Summary | A.Ramazanov  53' Scarlatache  64' | Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov | 
| 27 October 2013 11 | Simurq | 0 – 0 | Neftchi Baku | Baku | 
| 18:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Summary | Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev | 
| 1 November 2013 12 | Baku | 3 – 2 | Simurq | Baku | 
| 15:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Ismayilov  18' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Aliyev  78' | Summary | Osiako  42' Gurbanov  83' | Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Ramil Diniyev | 
| 9 November 2013 13 | Simurq | 0 – 0 | Inter Baku | Baku | 
| 18:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Summary | Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov | 
| 22 November 2013 14 | Sumgayit | 0 – 1 | Simurq | Sumgayit | 
| 17:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Summary | Poljak  42' | Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Vusal Äliyev | 
| 30 November 2013 15 | Simurq | 0 – 0 | Qarabağ | Baku | 
| 17:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Summary | Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev | 
| 8 December 2013 16 | Gabala | 2 – 1 | Simurq | Qabala | 
| 14:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Subotić  52', 90+3' | Summary | Guluzade  64' (o.g.) | Stadium: Gabala City Stadium | 
| 14 December 2013 17 | Simurq | 3 – 0 | AZAL | Zaqatala | 
| 17:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Ćeran  22' Costin  45+1' Poladov  90' | Summary | Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev | 
| 20 December 2013 18 | Ravan Baku | 0 – 3 | Simurq | Baku | 
| 16:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Balokog  59' | Summary | Ćeran  22' Costin  39' Poljak  45' | Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Rahim Häsänov | 
| 2 February 2014 19 | Neftchi Baku | 3 – 0 | Simurq | Baku | 
| 14:30 AZT (UTC+4) | Nfor  59', 85' Imamverdiyev  70' | Summary | Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev | 
| 9 February 2014 20 | Simurq | 0 – 1 | Baku | Baku | 
| 15:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Summary | R.Aliyev  18' | Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov | 
| 14 February 204 21 | Simurq | 0 – 1 | Inter Baku | Zaqatala | 
| 15:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Summary | Madrigal  72' | Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Omar Paşayev | 
| 19 February 2014 22 | Simurq | 4 – 0 | Sumgayit | Baku | 
| 16:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Ćeran  15' (pen.), 51' Weitzman  22' Ballo  90+2' | Summary | Hüseynov  14'  32' | Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alik Yunusov | 
| 23 February 2014 23 | Qarabağ | 0 – 0 | Simurq | Baku | 
| 15:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Summary | Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium1 Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov | 
| 28 February 2014 24 | Simurq | 0 – 0 | Gabala | Baku | 
| 15:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Summary | Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev | 
| 8 March 2014 25 | AZAL | 0 – 2 | Simurq | Baku | 
| 16:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Shemonayev  73' | Summary | Poljak  29' Qirtimov  73' Ćeran  87' | Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov | 
| 16 March 2014 26 | Simurq | 2 – 0 | Ravan Baku | Zaqatala | 
| 15:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Eyyubov  13' Ćeran  31' | Summary | Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Omar Paşayev | 
| 23 March 2014 27 | Khazar Lankaran | 1 – 3 | Simurq | Lankaran | 
| 16:00 AZT (UTC+4) | Nildo  78' | Summary | Eyyubov  15' Poljak  21' Anderson do Ó  85' | Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev | 
| 29 March 2014 28 | Baku | 2 – 1 | Simurq | Baku | 
| 15:00 AZT (UTC+4) | N.Alasgarov  13' Weitzman  22' (o.g.) V.Mustafayev  45+1' | Summary | Ćeran  81' | Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Omar Paşayev | 
| 6 April 2014 29 | Simurq | 0 – 1 | Inter Baku | Zaqatala | 
| 16:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Summary | Tskhadadze  74' | Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Vusal Äliyev | 
| 12 April 2014 30 | Sumgayit | 1 – 1 | Simurq | Sumgayit | 
| 15:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Hajiyev  71' | Summary | Ćeran  68' | Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Omar Paşayev | 
| 19 April 2014 31 | Simurq | 1 – 0 | Qarabağ | Zaqatala | 
| 17:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Ćeran  37' | Summary | Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov | 
| 27 April 2014 32 | Gabala | 1 – 0 | Simurq | Qabala | 
| 16:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Dodô  57' | Summary | Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Omar Paşayev | 
| 2 May 2014 33 | Simurq | 0 – 0 | AZAL | Zaqatala | 
| 18:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Summary | Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov | 
| 7 May 2014 34 | Ravan Baku | 1 – 0 | Simurq | Baku | 
| 18:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Varea  28' (pen.) | Summary | Qirtimov  63'  73' | Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Omar Paşayev | 
| 12 May 2014 35 | Simurq | 2 – 2 | Khazar Lankaran | Zaqatala | 
| 18:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Ćeran  36', 89' (pen.) | Summary | Elias  3' (pen.) Z.Benouahi  8' | Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov | 
| 17 May 2014 36 | Simurq | 0 – 0 | Neftchi Baku | Zaqatala | 
| 17:00 AZST (UTC+5) | Summary | Yunuszade  45' M.Seyidov  90+4' | Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov | 
League table
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Baku | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 57 | 
| 6 | Khazar Lankaran | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 49 | 
| 7 | Simurq | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 46 | 
| 8 | AZAL | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 31 | 
| 9 | Sumgayit | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 61 | −34 | 25 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Squad statistics
    
- As of Match played 17 May 2014
Appearances and goals
    
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| 1 | DF |  POL | Paweł Kapsa | 33 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | DF |  AZE | Ilkin Qirtimov | 29 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | DF |  BIH | Dilaver Zrnanović | 21 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | DF |  BRA | Anderson do Ó | 33 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | MF |  AZE | Tagim Novruzov | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | DF |  AZE | Ruslan Poladov | 31 | 1 | 25+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | MF |  KEN | Patrick Osiako | 25 | 1 | 19+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | MF |  LTU | Mindaugas Kalonas | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | MF |  AZE | Rashad Eyyubov | 32 | 5 | 28+3 | 3 | 1+0 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | FW |  SRB | Dragan Ćeran | 32 | 13 | 27+4 | 13 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | MF |  CRO | Stjepan Poljak | 36 | 7 | 33+2 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | DF |  AZE | Maharram Huseynov | 14 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | DF |  AZE | Rustam Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | DF |  AZE | Tural Akhundov | 33 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | MF |  ISR | Idan Weitzman | 25 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | MF |  AZE | Murad Sattarli | 14 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | FW |  MLI | Salif Ballo | 26 | 1 | 10+15 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | MF | .svg.png.webp) BEL | Benjamin Lambot | 15 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | MF |  ROU | Raul Costin | 30 | 3 | 16+14 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | GK |  AZE | Amil Agajanov | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 55 | MF |  AZE | İlqar Hüseynov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 77 | MF |  AZE | Nijat Gurbanov | 28 | 2 | 19+9 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| Players who appeared for Simurq no longer at the club: | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW |  AZE | Rovshan Amiraslanov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | MF |  AZE | Orkhan Safiyaroglu | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | MF |  BIH | Nenad Kiso | 18 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||||
Goal scorers
    
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW |  | 11 | Dragan Ćeran | 13 | 0 | 13 | 
| 2 | MF |  | 15 | Stjepan Poljak | 7 | 0 | 7 | 
| 3 | MF |  | 10 | Rashad Eyyubov | 3 | 2 | 5 | 
| 4 | MF |  | 30 | Raul Costin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 
| 5 | MF |  | 77 | Nijat Gurbanov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 5 | MF |  | 18 | Orkhan Safiyaroglu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| MF |  | 8 | Patrick Osiako | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF |  | 7 | Ruslan Poladov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF |  | 20 | Idan Weitzman | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| FW |  | 22 | Salif Ballo | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF |  | 5 | Anderson do Ó | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| TOTALS | 32 | 2 | 34 | ||||
Disciplinary record
    
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | |||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||
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| 1 |  | GK | Paweł Kapsa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 2 |  | DF | Ilkin Qirtimov | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 
| 4 |  | DF | Dilaver Zrnanović | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 
| 5 |  | DF | Anderson do Ó | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 
| 7 |  | DF | Ruslan Poladov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 
| 8 |  | MF | Patrick Osiako | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 
| 10 |  | MF | Rashad Eyyubov | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 
| 11 |  | FW | Dragan Ćeran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 
| 15 |  | MF | Stjepan Poljak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 
| 18 |  | DF | Tural Akhundov | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 
| 20 |  | MF | Idan Weitzman | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 
| 21 |  | MF | Murad Sattarli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 22 |  | FW | Salif Ballo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 
| 26 | .svg.png.webp) | MF | Benjamin Lambot | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 
| 30 |  | MF | Raul Costin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 
| 77 |  | MF | Nijat Gurbanov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 
| TOTALS | 83 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 87 | 6 | |||
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