Gabala SC

Gabala
Full nameGabala Sports Club
Qəbələ İdman Klubu
Nickname(s)Radarlar (The Radars)
Qırmızı-qaralar (The Red-blacks)
Founded4 May 2005; 19 years ago (2005-05-04), as Qabala
GroundGabala City Stadium
Capacity4,500
ChairmanFariz Najafov
ManagerKakhaber Tskhadadze
LeagueAzerbaijan First Division
2023–24Azerbaijan Premier League, 10th of 10 (relegated)
Websitehttp://www.gabalafc.az
Current season

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]

  1. ^ Gabala SC
  2. ^ Qəbələ İK
  3. ^ "Gabala in Europa League group stage number crunching". Gabala FK.
  4. ^ "Europa League group stage number crunching". UEFA Europa League.