2022–23 Zira FK season

Zira

2022-23 season
President	Vugar Astanov
Manager	Rashad Sadygov
Stadium	Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Premier League	5th
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarterfinal vs Neftçi
UEFA Europa Conference League	Second qualifying round vs Maccabi Tel Aviv
Top goalscorer	League: Hamidou Keyta (8) All: Two Players (8)
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The Zira FK 2022-23 season was Zira's eighth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and ninth season in their history.

Season events

On 29 December, Zira announced the departure of Tamkin Khalilzade by mutual agreement. ^[1]

On 25 January, Zira announced the signing of Vladyslav Kulach to an 18-month contract from Dynamo Kyiv. ^[2]

On 29 January, Zira announced the signing of Wilde-Donald Guerrier to a six-month contract, with the option of an additional year, from Olympiakos Nicosia. ^[3]

On 4 February, Zira announced the signing of Abbas Ibrahim to a two-and-a-half year contract, with the option of an additional year, from Paços de Ferreira. ^[4]

On 11 February, Zira announced the signing of Eldar Kuliyev to a three-and-a-half year contract, from Mynai. ^[5]

On 15 February, Ilkin Muradov joined Sabail on loan for the remainder of the season. ^[6]

Squad

As of match played 28 May 2023

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mekhti Dzhenetov		GK	(1992-01-26)26 January 1992 (aged 31)	Sumgayit	2021 [7]	2023 [7]	53	0
22	Nail Alishov		GK	(2000-07-30)30 July 2000 (aged 22)	Sabail	2022		0	0
41	Anar Nazirov		GK	(1985-09-08)8 September 1985 (aged 37)	Gabala	2021 [8]		23	0
Defenders
2	Sertan Tashkin		DF	(1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 25)	Keşla	2020 [9]	2022 [9]	85	5
5	Moïse Adiléhou		DF	(1995-11-01)1 November 1995 (aged 27)	NAC Breda	2022		28	1
15	Ruslan Abishov		DF	(1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 35)	Sabah	2021 [10]		4	0
18	Slavik Alkhasov		DF	(1993-02-06)6 February 1993 (aged 30)	Sabah	2022		25	0
26	Nemanja Andjelković		DF	(1997-04-26)26 April 1997 (aged 26)	Zlatibor Čajetina	2021 [11]	2023 [11]	65	3
44	Dimitrios Chantakias		DF	(1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 28)	Cherno More	2020 [12]		95	6
Midfielders
6	Eldar Kuliyev		MF	(2002-03-24)24 March 2002 (aged 21)	Mynai	2023 [5]	2026 [5]	14	2
9	Loris Brogno		MF	(1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 30)	K Beerschot VA	2021 [13]	2023 [13]	58	8
10	Ragim Sadykhov		MF	(1996-07-18)18 July 1996 (aged 26)	Sumgayit	2022		41	8
14	Hamidou Keyta		MF	(1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 28)	Santa Clara	2022 [14]	2023 [14]	54	15
21	Hajiagha Hajili		MF	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 25)	loan from Qarabağ	2020 [15]		88	0
23	Andrija Luković		MF	(1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 28)	Belenenses SAD	2022		30	0
28	Abbas Ibrahim		MF	(1998-01-02)2 January 1998 (aged 25)	Paços de Ferreira	2023 [4]	2025 (+1) [4]	8	0
32	Qismət Alıyev		MF	(1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 26)	Gabala	2020 [16]	2022 [16]	96	4
38	Ramiz Muradov		MF	(2005-07-06)6 July 2005 (aged 17)	Trainee	2022		1	0
56	Samir Aghayev		MF	(2002-05-25)25 May 2002 (aged 21)	Trainee	2021		2	0
66	Parviz Azadov		MF	(2000-10-19)19 October 2000 (aged 22)	Shamakhi	2023		1	0
77	Mirsahib Abbasov		MF	(1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 30)	Sabail	2022		29	3
91	Coşqun Diniyev		MF	(1995-09-13)13 September 1995 (aged 27)	Sabah	2021 [17]	2023 [17]	65	4
96	Wilde-Donald Guerrier		MF	(1989-03-31)31 March 1989 (aged 34)	Olympiakos Nicosia	2023 [3]	2023 [3]	10	0
Forwards
7	Filipe Pachtmann		FW	(2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 23)	Lviv	2022		16	1
11	Rustam Akhmedzade		FW	(2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 22)	on loan from Qarabağ	2022		35	3
17	Toni Gomes		FW	(1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (aged 24)	Tuzlaspor	2022		25	3
19	Vladyslav Kulach		FW	(1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 30)	Dynamo Kyiv	2023 [2]	2024 [2]	8	3
47	Mo Hamdaoui		FW	(1993-06-10)10 June 1993 (aged 29)	De Graafschap	2021 [18]	2023 [18]	66	5
70	Issa Djibrilla		FW	(1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 27)	Ankara Keçiörengücü	2023		9	0
Out on loan
4	Celal Hüseynov		DF	(2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 20)	Trainee	2020		41	1
8	Ilkin Muradov		MF	(1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 27)	Academy	2019		138	4
	Samir Gurbanov		FW	(2000-11-24)24 November 2000 (aged 22)	Kapaz	2021 [19]	2025 [19]	0	0
Left during the season
13	Ramin Ahmedov		MF	(2001-06-01)1 June 2001 (aged 21)	Zagatala	2021 [19]	2025 [19]	21	1
19	Tamkin Khalilzade		DF	(1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 29)	Sabah	2021 [20]		119	8

Transfers

Main articles: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2022 and List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2022–23

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
12 June 2022	DF		Slavik Alkhasov	Sabah	Undisclosed	[21]
12 June 2022	MF		Mirsahib Abbasov	Sabail	Undisclosed	[21]
17 June 2022	MF		Rahim Sadikhov	Sumgayit	Undisclosed	[22]
1 July 2022	FW		Filipe Pachtmann	Lviv	Undisclosed	[23]
4 August 2022	DF		Moïse Adiléhou	NAC Breda	Undisclosed	[24]
16 August 2022	MF		Andrija Luković	Belenenses SAD	Undisclosed	[25]
16 August 2022	FW		Toni Gomes	Menemenspor	Undisclosed	[25]
6 December 2022	DF		Parviz Azadov	Shamakhi	Undisclosed	[26]
1 January 2023	FW		Issa Djibrilla	Unattached	Free
25 January 2023	FW		Vladyslav Kulach	Dynamo Kyiv	Undisclosed	[2]
29 January 2023	MF		Wilde-Donald Guerrier	Olympiakos Nicosia	Undisclosed	[3]
4 February 2023	MF		Abbas Ibrahim	Paços de Ferreira	Undisclosed	[4]
11 February 2023	MF		Eldar Kuliyev	Mynai	Undisclosed	[5]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
18 July 2022	FW		Rustam Akhmedzade	Qarabağ	30 June 2023	[27]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
7 February 2023	MF		Ramin Ahmedov	Shamakhi	Undisclosed	[28]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
24 August 2022	DF		Cəlal Hüseynov	Shamakhi	30 June 2023
15 February 2022	MF		Ilkin Muradov	Sabail	30 June 2023	[6]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
4 July 2022	MF		Ahmed Isaiah	Kapaz	16 August 2022	[29]
29 December 2022	DF		Tamkin Khalilzade			[1]

Friendlies

Zira v Chindia Târgoviște

10 January 2023	Zira	3 – 2	Chindia Târgoviște	Antalya, Turkey
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Diniyev 15' Gomes 18' Keyta 70'	Report	Neguț 11', 32'

Zira v Szeged-Csanád

17 January 2023	Zira	1 – 3	Szeged-Csanád	Antalya, Turkey
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gomes 34'	Report	Simon 13' Kundrák 37' (pen.) Jammeh 59'

Zira v Radnički Niš

17 January 2023	Zira	0 – 0	Radnički Niš	Antalya, Turkey
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Report

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	8 August 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	5th	36	13	11	12	45	46	−1	036.11
Azerbaijan Cup	23 November 2022	20 December 2022	First Round	Quarterfinal	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	066.67
UEFA Europa Conference League	21 July 2022	28 July 2022	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Total					41	15	11	15	49	52	−3	036.59

Last updated: 28 May 2023
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	13	11	12	45	46	−1	50	6	6	6	23	31	−8	7	5	6	22	15	+7

Last updated: 28 May 2023.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	W
Position	4	5	5	7	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2023. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Kapaz v Zira

5 August 20221	Kapaz	1 – 2	Zira	Baku
19:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Kantaria  19' Ergemlidze45' Khvalko  90+1' Aliyev  90+7'	Report	Hamdaoui 32' Andjelković 43' Chantakias  83' Taşqın 90+4'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Aliyar Agayev

Zira v Sabah

12 August 20222	Zira	1 – 3	Sabah	Zirə
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Khalilzade  17' Taşqın 34' Adiléhou  80'	Report	Ba 5' Mickels 27' 70' Ələsgərov 48' 49' Nuriyev  73' Isayev  75'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

Zira v Sumgayit

21 August 20223	Zira	0 – 0	Sumgayit	Zirə
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Akhmedzade  75'	Report	Mustafayev  75'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Ravan Hamzazada

Neftçi v Zira

26 August 20224	Neftçi	2 – 1	Zira	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Donyoh 14' Mammadov  57' Aliyev 79' Stanković  88' Arveladze  90+3'	Report	Keyta 56' (pen.) 86' Hajili  81'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: Elcin Masiyev

Zira v Gabala

4 September 20225	Zira	2 – 1	Gabala	Zirə
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Sadykhov 45', 74' Nazirov  90+6'	Report	Mammadov  31' Alimi 35' (pen.) Hani  40'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Sabail v Zira

10 September 20226	Sabail	1 – 2	Zira	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Ramazanov 13' Zakpa  38' Bayramli  65'  72' Stasyuk  78' Mazurek  80'	Report	Chantakias 5' Taşqın 33' Nazirov  87' Ahmedov  90+5' Alkhasov  90+6'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Referee: Rauf Allahverdiyev

Zira v Qarabağ

18 September 20227	Zira	1 – 7	Qarabağ	Zirə
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Hajili  31' Diniyev 34' Luković  45+2'	Report	Bayramov 44' Qurbanlı 56', 60', 79', 84' Kady  60'64' Sheydayev 68'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Raad Ahmadov

Turan Tovuz v Zira

1 October 20228	Turan Tovuz	1 – 3	Zira	Tovuz
15:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Oduwa 27'	Report	Taşqın  16' Diniyev 33' Keyta 40', 48'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Rauf Allahverdiyev

Zira v Shamakhi

7 October 20229	Zira	1 – 0	Shamakhi	Zirə
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Andjelković 9' Chantakias 72' Gomes  76' Nazirov  90+5'	Report	Hüseynli  53'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

Sabah v Zira

15 October 202210	Sabah	1 – 0	Zira	Masazır
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Isayev  65' Apeh 72'	Report	Diniyev  42'  84'	Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena Referee: Elcin Masiyev

Sumgayit v Zira

22 October 202211	Sumgayit	0 – 2	Zira	Sumgait
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Pereira  15' Toure 90+4'	Report	Sadykhov 16' (pen.) Hajili  33' Taşqın 71'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Referee: Farid Haciyev

Zira v Neftçi

29 October 202212	Zira	0 – 3	Neftçi	Zirə
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Khalilzade  58'	Report	Bogomolsky 6' 46' Donyoh 75' Mahmudov 83'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Aliyar Agayev

Gabala v Zira

5 November 202213	Gabala	1 – 0	Zira	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Felipe  4' Safarov  14' Abu Akel  86' Isgandarov 90+3' Mursalov  90+4'	Report	Khalilzade  34' Pachtmann  88'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Zira v Sabail

12 November 202214	Zira	1 – 0	Sabail	Zirə
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Brogno  61' Khalilzade  68' Sadykhov 73'	Report	Martinov  68'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Vugar Hasanli

Qarabağ v Zira

28 November 202215	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Zira	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Medvedev  58' Kwabena  90+1'	Report	Chantakias  90+1'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Referee: Rauf Allahverdiyev

Zira v Turan Tovuz

4 December 202216	Zira	2 – 1	Turan Tovuz	Zirə
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Luković  12' Filipe 74' Bayramov 84' (o.g.)	Report	S.Guliyev  19' Bagirov 30' Guseynov 86'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

Shamakhi v Zira

13 December 202217	Shamakhi	0 – 0	Zira	Shamakhi
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Naghiyev  17'	Report	Keyta  17'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Elcin Masiyev

Zira v Kapaz

25 December 202218	Zira	2 – 2	Kapaz	Zirə
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Sadykhov 11' Diniyev  18' Andjelković 22' Alıyev  22' Taşqın 90+5' 90+6'	Report	F.Nabiyev 25' Shuaibu 35' Kvirkvia42' 90+10' Khvalko  48' Alijanov  58' Kantaria  76'  90+2' Akhundov  86' Y.Nabiyev  86' Maharramli  89' Ergemlidze 90+1'  90+10'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Nicat İsmayıllı

Zira v Sumgayit

25 January 202319	Zira	3 – 1	Sumgayit	Zirə
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Hajili  15' Chantakias 50' Brogno 73' Gomes 79'	Report	Isgandarli 4' Todoroski  20' Abdullazade  57'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Kamranbay Rahimov

Neftçi v Zira

1 February 202320	Neftçi	1 – 0	Zira	Baku
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Saldanha  28' Stanković 52' Saief  88'	Report	Guerrier  62'  75' Chantakias  71' Hajili  90+5'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: Raad Ahmadov

Zira v Gabala

5 February 202321	Zira	2 – 2	Gabala	Zirə
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hajili  10' Chantakias 15' 33' Brogno 57'	Report	Utzig 3' Abbasov  21' Abu Akel  33' Safarov  46' Felipe 78' Hani  90+4'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Kamal Umudlu

Sabail v Zira

12 February 202322	Sabail	2 – 0	Zira	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zakpa  20' Tagiyev 35' Gomis 48' Abdullayev 64' Abbasov 78'	Report	Hamdaoui  66' Alıyev  90+4'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Referee: Rauf Jabarov

Zira v Qarabağ

19 February 202323	Zira	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Zirə
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Guerrier  54' Luković  74'	Report	Medvedev  48' Aliyev 88' (o.g.) Medina  90+2' Zoubir  90+6'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Tural Qurbanov

Turan Tovuz v Zira

24 February 202324	Turan Tovuz	0 – 2	Zira	Tovuz
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Oduwa  87' Aliyev  90+5'	Report	Hajili  17' Adiléhou 27' Keyta 29' Kuliyev  67' Dzhenetov  81' Abishov  90+3'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Rauf Allahverdiyev

Zira v Shamakhi

3 March 202325	Zira	2 – 2	Shamakhi	Zirə
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Keyta 29' 62' Chantakias  56' N.Guliyev 79' (o.g.)	Report	Samadov  15' Yunanov 60' (pen.) K.Guliyev 73'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

Kapaz v Zira

10 March 202326	Kapaz	1 – 1	Zira	Ganja
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	F.Nabiyev 38' Isaiah  62' Kantaria  84'	Report	Hamdaoui  59' Ibrahim  73' Keyta  82' Alıyev  84' Chantakias  88'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Kamranbay Rahimov

Zira v Sabah

15 March 202327	Zira	0 – 2	Sabah	Zirə
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Seydiyev  7' Volkovi 52' Mickels 62' Camalov  70' Nuriyev  89'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Farid Haciyev

Zira v Neftçi

1 April 202328	Zira	1 – 1	Neftçi	Zirə
19:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Saief 70' (o.g.) Akhmedzade  73'	Report	Lebon 12'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Nicat İsmayıllı

Gabala v Zira

7 April 202329	Gabala	2 – 1	Zira	Qabala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ramon 58' Qirtimov  67' Ruan 80' 80'	Report	Luković  39' Taşqın  65' Kuliyev 69'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Tural Qurbanov

Zira v Sabail

14 April 202330	Zira	3 – 1	Sabail	Zirə
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Kulach 52' Akhmedzade 69' Kuliyev 90'	Report	Zakpa 90+5'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Javid Jaliliov

Qarabağ v Zira

21 April 202331	Qarabağ	2 – 2	Zira	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Medina  40' Cafarguliyev  41' Janković 54' Sheydayev 59' Qurbanlı  64' Vešović  87'	Report	Adiléhou  23' Keyta 62' Kulach 65' Alıyev  90' Taşqın  90+2'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Referee: Kamranbay Rahimov

Zira v Turan Tovuz

1 May 202332	Zira	1 – 3	Turan Tovuz	Zirə
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kulach  71' Brogno 86' Sadykhov  90+4'	Report	Aliyev 3' F.Hajiyev  14' Miller  43'60' Oduwa 58' Marakvelidze 64' Marandici  75' Pusi  88'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Rauf Jabarov

Shamakhi v Zira

6 May 202333	Shamakhi	0 – 3	Zira	Shamakhi
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Dashdamirov  61'	Report	Kulach 35' Taşqın  49' Keyta 57' Adiléhou  63' Akhmedzade 82'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Javid Jalilov

Zira v Kapaz

12 May 202334	Zira	1 – 1	Kapaz	Zirə
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gomes 51'	Report	Khvalko 45+3' Isaiah  55'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Farid Haciyev

Sabah v Zira

22 May 202335	Sabah	0 – 0	Zira	Masazır
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Ceballos  37' Ələsgərov  77' Nuriyev  81'	Report	Djibrilla  55' Keyta  87'	Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

Sumgayit v Zira

28 May 202336	Sumgayit	0 – 3	Zira	Sumgait
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Murata 7' Süleymanly 89'	Report	Sadykhov 10', 67' Ibrahim  32' Alıyev  89' Gomes 90' 90'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Referee: Tural Qurbanov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Neftçi	36	20	8	8	63	38	+25	68	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Gabala	36	13	11	12	47	47	0	50
5	Zira	36	13	11	12	45	46	−1	50
6	Turan Tovuz	36	10	9	17	36	49	−13	39
7	Sumgayit	36	8	7	21	26	70	−44	31

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored. ^[30]

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Azerbaijan Cup

Energetik v Zira

23 November 2022First Round	Energetik	0 – 2	Zira	Mingachevir
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Chantakias 30' Akhmedzade 60'	Stadium: Yashar Mammadzade Stadium Referee: Emin Aliyev

Zira v Neftçi

8 December 2022Quarterfinal 1st leg	Zira	1 – 0	Neftçi	Zirə
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hajili  46' Muradov  49' Sadykhov 54' Alıyev  83'	Report	Jaber  75'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Ravan Hamzazade

Neftçi v Zira

20 December 2022Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Neftçi	3 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 2 agg.)	Zira	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Bogomolsky 3' Mahmudov 45+1' Eddy  54' Arveladze  60' Saief 95' Pato  101' Brkić  105+2' Asgarov  115' Jafarov  116'	Report	Alkhasov  27' Khalilzade  72'  120+1' Brogno 89' Keyta 110' Hajili  120+1'  120+2'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: Javid Jəlilov

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)

Zira v Maccabi Tel Aviv

21 July 2022Second qualifying round 1st leg	Zira	0 – 3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Muradov  17' Hajili  61' Filipe  83'	Report	Kanichowsky 18' Jovanović 22', 54' 24' Geraldes  81'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 4,400 [31] Referee: Rob Hennessy (Ireland)
Note: Zira played their home match at the Dalga Arena, instead of their regular stadium, the Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Zira

28 July 2022Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Zira	Tel Aviv, Israel
21:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 11,703 [32] Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

Squad statistics

As of match played 28 May 2023

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AZE	Mekhti Dzhenetov	26	0	23	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	AZE	Sertan Taşqın	34	5	12+17	5	3	0	1+1	0
5	DF	BEN	Moïse Adiléhou	28	1	22+3	1	2+1	0	0	0
6	MF	UKR	Eldar Kuliyev	14	2	11+3	2	0	0	0	0
7	FW	BRA	Filipe Pachtmann	13	1	3+8	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
9	MF	BEL	Loris Brogno	30	3	18+8	3	0+2	0	0+2	0
10	MF	AZE	Ragim Sadykhov	41	8	36	7	2+1	1	2	0
11	FW	AZE	Rustam Akhmedzade	35	3	18+14	2	1	1	2	0
14	MF	FRA	Hamidou Keyta	36	8	32	8	2	0	2	0
15	DF	AZE	Ruslan Abishov	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW	GNB	Toni Gomes	25	3	4+20	3	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF	AZE	Slavik Alkhasov	25	0	7+13	0	3	0	1+1	0
19	FW	UKR	Vladyslav Kulach	8	3	4+4	3	0	0	0	0
21	MF	AZE	Hajiagha Hajili	31	0	18+8	0	3	0	2	0
23	MF	SRB	Andrija Luković	30	0	17+11	0	2	0	0	0
26	DF	SRB	Nemanja Andjelković	28	0	24+2	0	0	0	2	0
28	MF	NGA	Abbas Ibrahim	8	0	4+4	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	AZE	Qismət Alıyev	39	0	30+4	0	2+1	0	2	0
38	MF	AZE	Ramiz Muradov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	AZE	Anar Nazirov	16	0	13+1	0	2	0	0	0
44	DF	GRE	Dimitrios Chantakias	39	5	31+3	4	3	1	2	0
47	FW	NED	Mo Hamdaoui	34	1	21+8	1	0+3	0	0+2	0
56	MF	AZE	Samir Aghayev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
66	MF	AZE	Parviz Azadov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
70	FW	NIG	Issa Djibrilla	9	0	6+3	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	AZE	Mirsahib Abbasov	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
91	MF	AZE	Coşqun Diniyev	35	2	21+9	2	1+2	0	2	0
96	MF	HAI	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	10	0	7+3	0	0	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
4	DF	AZE	Cəlal Hüseynov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	AZE	Ilkin Muradov	18	0	6+7	0	3	0	2	0
Players who left Zira during the season:
13	MF	AZE	Ramin Ahmedov	10	0	0+7	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
19	DF	AZE	Tamkin Khalilzade	13	0	8+3	0	1+1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	UEFA Europa Conference League	Total
1	MF		14	Hamidou Keyta	8	0	0	8
	MF		10	Ragim Sadykhov	7	1	0	8
3	DF		2	Sertan Taşqın	5	0	0	5
	DF		44	Dimitrios Chantakias	4	1	0	5
5	MF		9	Loris Brogno	3	1	0	4
6	FW		19	Vladyslav Kulach	3	0	0	3
	FW		17	Toni Gomes	3	0	0	3
	FW		11	Rustam Akhmedzade	2	1	0	3
				Own goal	3	0	0	3
10	MF		91	Coşqun Diniyev	2	0	0	2
	MF		6	Eldar Kuliyev	2	0	0	2
12	FW		47	Mo Hamdaoui	1	0	0	1
	FW		7	Filipe Pachtmann	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Moïse Adiléhou	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	45	4	0	49

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	UEFA Europa Conference League	Total
1	GK		1	Mekhti Dzhenetov	7	1	1	9
2	GK		41	Anar Nazirov	3	1	0	4
				TOTALS	10	2	1	13

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League		Total
1		GK	Mekhti Dzhenetov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Sertan Taşqın	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5		DF	Moïse Adiléhou	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6		MF	Eldar Kuliyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		FW	Filipe Pachtmann	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
9		MF	Loris Brogno	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Ragim Sadykhov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Rustam Akhmedzade	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Hamidou Keyta	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
15		DF	Ruslan Abishov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Toni Gomes	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		DF	Slavik Alkhasov	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
19		FW	Vladyslav Kulach	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		MF	Hajiagha Hajili	7	0	3	1	1	0	11	1
23		MF	Andrija Luković	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
28		MF	Abbas Ibrahim	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
32		MF	Qismət Alıyev	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
41		GK	Anar Nazirov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
44		DF	Dimitrios Chantakias	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
47		FW	Mo Hamdaoui	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
70		FW	Issa Djibrilla	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
91		MF	Coşqun Diniyev	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
96		MF	Wilde-Donald Guerrier	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Players away on loan:
8		MF	Ilkin Muradov	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
Players who left Zira during the season:
13		MF	Ramin Ahmedov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		DF	Tamkin Khalilzade	4	0	2	1	0	0	6	1
26		DF	Nemanja Andjelkovic	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
			TOTALS	70	5	8	2	3	0	77	7

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