The Qarabağ 2020–21 season was Qarabağ's 29th

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season, of which were defending champions, and will be their thirteenth season under manager

Gurban Gurbanov Gurban Osman oghlu Gurbanov ( az, Qurban Osman oğlu Qurbanov; born 13 April 1972) is an Azerbaijani football manager and former player who manages FK Qarabagh. He played as a forward. Starting out with local club Kur in 1988, Gurbanov had a ...

Season overview

On 2 July, Qarabağ announced the return of

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from Neftçi. On 10 July, Qarabağ announced the signing of Emil Balayev. On 19 July, Kevin Medina signed a three-year contract with Qarabağ. On 26 July,

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signed for Qarabağ on a three-year contract from

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. On 1 August, Hajiagha Hajili joined Zira on loan for the season. On 28 August, Qarabağ announced the signing of Patrick Andrade to a two-year contract, with the option of a third, from

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. On 30 September, Qarabağ's match against Sabail scheduled for 4 October was postponed to allow

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additional preparation time for their upcoming

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matches. On 20 October, UEFA announced that all UEFA matches played by Azerbaijani or Armenian clubs must take place at a neutral venue due to the ongoing

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. This resulted in Qarabağ's UEFA Europe League home match against

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being moved to the

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. On 8 December, Qarabağ's final

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group match, against

, was postponed as Qarabağ did not have enough players due to

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infections. The match was awarded 3-0 to Villarreal on 18 December. On 2 January, Musa Gurbanli moved to Zira on loan for the rest of the season. On 31 January,

left Qarabağ by mutual consent.

Squad

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Loans out

Released

Friendlies

Competitions

Premier League

Results summary

Results by round

Results

League table

Azerbaijan Cup

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying Rounds

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

, - , colspan="14", ''Players away on loan:'' , - , colspan="14", ''Players who left Qarabağ during the season:''

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

External links

Official Website
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