Volleyball team
Sabah FA
Club · Azerbaijan · Azerbaijan Premier League
«Qara-çəhrayılar»
Bridge Group of Companies built Sabah as a club with no predecessor — a project assembled from nothing by Yagub Huseynov, with Magsud Adigozalov installed as its first president. The club was registered in Baku on 8 September 2017.
Sabah's first season, 2017/18, ran in Azerbaijan's second tier and closed in fifth place — granted on 12 May 2018, to enter the Premier League for 2018/19. The club plays at the Bank Respublika Arena, previously known as Alinja Arena, and takes its colours — black and pink — from a source close to home: the pink is drawn from Masazir Lake, next to the ground. Those colours give Sabah its Azerbaijani nickname, Qara-çəhrayılar, the Black-and-Pinks, though the 2025/26 home kit runs black from collar to sock.
Latest results
All matches| 10 Sep | UEFA Champions League |
Manchester United
A
|
0:4 | L |
| 5 Sep | Azerbaijan Premier League |
Zira
H
|
5:0 | W |
| 31 Aug | Azerbaijan Premier League |
Araz
A
|
1:0 | W |
| 25 Aug | UEFA Champions League |
Hapoel Beer Sheva
H
|
5:2 | W |
| 22 Aug | Azerbaijan Premier League |
Sumqayıt
H
|
||
| 19 Aug | UEFA Champions League |
Hapoel Beer Sheva
A
|
1:2 | L |
Standing
UEFA Champions League| # | Team | M | W | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 |
 RB Leipzig
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 1:4 | 0 |
| 33 |
 Feyenoord
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 1:5 | 0 |
| 34 |
Sabah FA
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0:4 | 0 |
| 35 |
 Slovan Bratislava
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 1:6 | 0 |
| 36 |
 Bodø/Glimt
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0:5 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 256| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 256 | 123 | 133 |
| Scored | 428 | 214 | 214 |
| Conceded | 298 | 130 | 168 |
| Scored per game | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Conceded per game | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Difference | +130 | +84 | +46 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Sabah FA
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 |  Rauf Rüstəmli |
Midfielder | 9 |
| 20 |  Joy-Lance Mickels |
Forward | 9 |
| 11 |  Kaheem Anthony Parris |
Midfielder | 9 |
| 10 |  Aleksey Isaev |
Midfielder | 9 |
| 99 |  Patrick Orphe Mbina |
Forward | 9 |
| 92 |  Stas Pokatilov |
Goalkeeper | 9 |
| 27 |  Tymoteusz Puchacz |
Defender | 9 |
| 5 |  Rahman Dashdamirov |
Defender | 9 |
| 80 |  Akim Zedadka |
Defender | 9 |
| 13 |  Ivan Lepinjica |
Midfielder | 9 |
| 7 |  Umarali Rakhmonaliev |
Midfielder | 9 |
| 1 |  Amin Ramazanov |
Goalkeeper | 9 |
| 94 |  Ravan Mirzammadov |
Goalkeeper | 9 |
| 21 |  Veljko Simić |
Midfielder | 9 |
| 17 |  Tellur Mutallimov |
Defender | 9 |
| 33 |  Erivaldo Almeida Santos Junior |
Defender | 9 |
| 6 |  Abdulla Xaybulayev |
Midfielder | 9 |
| 88 |  Rodrigo Francisco Pinto Vieira Fernandes |
Midfielder | 9 |
| 4 |  Eden McCarthy |
Defender | 8 |
| 34 |  Xander Severina |
Midfielder | 8 |
| 23 |  Younes Lachab |
Forward | 8 |
| 3 |  Steve Loic Solvet |
Defender | 7 |
| 8 |  Christian Nwachukwu |
Midfielder | 5 |
| 19 |  Aaron Malouda |
Midfielder | 3 |
| 89 |  S. Mukhtarov |
Defender | 2 |
| 4 | A. McCarthy |
Defender | 1 |
| 37 |  Eduardo Santos Queiroz |
Midfielder | 1 |
Fixtures of Sabah FA
-
14 Sep · 16:00
Safa Baku
A
Azerbaijan Premier League
-
10 Sep
Manchester United
A
0:4
L
-
5 Sep
Zira
H
5:0
W
-
31 Aug
Araz
A
1:0
W
-
25 Aug
Hapoel Beer Sheva
H
5:2
W
-
22 Aug
Sumqayıt
H
-
19 Aug
Hapoel Beer Sheva
A
1:2
L
-
15 Aug
Kəpəz
A
0:2
L
-
11 Aug
Aarhus GF
H
4:0
W
Honours of Sabah FA
- Azerbaijan Cup 2025, 2026 2
- Azerbaijan Championship 2026 1
Transfers
TransfersArrivals
- Cadete CD Guadalajara 26/27
- Taiki Kagayama FC Inter 21/22
Departures
- Taiki Kagayama Samgurali 22/23