Full name | Gabala Sports Club Qəbələ İdman Klubu | ||
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Nickname(s) | Radarlar (The Radars) Qırmızı-qaralar (The Red-blacks) | ||
Founded | 4 May 2005 | , as Qabala||
Ground | Gabala City Stadium | ||
Capacity | 4,500 | ||
Chairman | Fariz Najafov | ||
Manager | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | ||
League | Azerbaijan First Division | ||
2023–24 | Azerbaijan Premier League, 10th of 10 (relegated) | ||
Website | http://www.gabalafc.az | ||
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Gabala SC (Azerbaijani: Qəbələ İK, pronounced [ɡæbæˈlæ]),[1][2] also spelled Qabala, is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Qabala, which have competed in the Azerbaijan Premier League since 2006. They will be a Azerbaijan First Division club in the 2024/25 Season following their relegation from the Azerbaijani Premier Division. Gabala has been the runner up in the Premier League three times and has won the national cup twice, in 2019 and 2023. Gabala is one of the 2 teams that started the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League for 2 seasons and managed to move on to the group stage.[3][4]