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The Neftçi 2023–24 season was Neftçi's 32nd Azerbaijan Premier League season. Neftchi will compete in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijan Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Season overview

On 5 June, Neftçi signed a new two-year contract with Ivan Brkić.

On 21 June, Neftçi announced the departure of Head Coach Laurențiu Reghecampf by mutual agreement.

On 28 June, Neftçi announced the signing of Emil Balayev from Sabail to a two-year contract.

On 30 June, Neftçi announced the signing of Filip Ozobić to a two-year contract after he'd left Qarabağ at the end of his contract.

On 6 July, Neftçi signed a new contract with Emin Mahmudov until the summer of 2025, with the option of an additional year.

On 11 July, Neftçi announced the appointment of Adrian Mutu as their new Head Coach.

On 16 July, Neftçi terminated their contract with Solomon Kvirkvelia by mutual agreement.

On 18 July, Neftçi announced the signing of Yuri Matias to a two-year contract from CFR Cluj.

On 23 July, Neftçi announced the signing of Márk Tamás to a two-year contract from Sepsi OSK.

On 24 July, Neftçi announced the signing of Qara Qarayev to a two-year contract, with the option of a third, from Qarabağ. The following day, 25 July, Neftçi signed Ivorian winger Erwin Koffi to a two-year contract from Pau.

On 25 July, Neftçi released a statement confirming that Saldanha, with the whom the club had a valid loan contract with through to January 2024, had left the club after failing to turn up for training in order to push through a move to Partizan.

On 1 August, Neftçi announced the signing of Andre Shinyashiki from Charlotte FC on a two-year contract.

On 9 August, Neftçi announced the signing of Aaron Olanare from Erzurumspor to a one-year contract.

On 28 August, Neftçi announced the signing of Mudo Valdez from Guaraní to a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year.

On 6 September, Neftçi announced the signing of Reziuan Mirzov from Khimki to a one-year contract. Later on 6 September, Neftçi announced the signing of Lucas Melano from Sarmiento. On 13 September, Neftçi confirmed the signing of Melano to a one-year contract with the option of an additional year.

On 24 December, Adrian Mutu left his role as Head Coach of Neftçi after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement, with Miodrag Božović being announced the clubs new Head Coach later the same day.

On 6 January, Aaron Olanare was released from his contract with Neftçi.

On 16 January, Neftçi announced the signing of Alpha Conteh from Lokomotiv Plovdiv, to a 2.5-year contract.

On 19 January, Ismayil Zulfugarli and Farid Yusifli joined Turan Tovuz on loan for the rest of the season.

On 21 January, Neftçi announced the signing of Brayan Moreno from CSKA Sofia, to a 1.5-year contract.

On 26 May, a day after their season finished, Neftçi announced that they would not be extending their contract with Miodrag Božović.

Squad

As of match played 25 May 2024

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Ivan Brkić		GK	(1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 28)	Riga	2022	2025	68	0
12	Emil Balayev		GK	(1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 30)	Sabail	2023	2025	12	0
30	Agil Mammadov		GK	(1989-05-01)1 May 1989 (aged 35)	Gabala	2019	2022	112	0
93	Rza Jafarov		GK	(2003-07-03)3 July 2003 (aged 20)	Academy	2022		27	0
94	Alirza Mustabazada		GK	(2001-12-05)5 December 2001 (aged 22)	Academy	2022		1	0
Defenders
3	Hojjat Haghverdi		DF	(1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 31)	Sumgayit	2023	2024	47	0
4	Márk Tamás		DF	(1993-10-28)28 October 1993 (aged 30)	Sepsi OSK	2023	2025	30	0
19	Azer Salahlı		DF	(1994-04-11)11 April 1994 (aged 30)	Keşla	2021	2024	79	2
26	Omar Buludov		DF	(1998-12-15)15 December 1998 (aged 25)	Academy	2016	2024	138	5
41	Samir Gasanov		DF	(2003-04-10)10 April 2003 (aged 21)	Academy	2022		0	0
44	Yuri Matias		DF	(1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 29)	CFR Cluj	2023	2025	37	5
82	Rufat Abbasov		DF	(2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		2	0
Midfielders
2	Qara Qarayev		MF	(1992-10-12)12 October 1992 (aged 31)	Qarabağ	2023	2025 (+1)	28	1
6	Mudo Valdez		MF	(1993-11-14)14 November 1993 (aged 30)	Guaraní	2023	2024 (+1)	26	3
7	Azer Aliyev		MF	(1994-05-12)12 May 1994 (aged 30)	Ufa	2022	2025	56	2
8	Emin Mahmudov		MF	(1992-04-27)27 April 1992 (aged 32)	Boavista	2017	2025	229	56
10	Filip Ozobić		MF	(1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 33)	Unattached	2023	2025	37	8
14	Eddy		MF	(1992-08-02)2 August 1992 (aged 31)	Unattached	2022	2024	71	7
17	Rahman Hajiyev		MF	(1993-07-25)25 July 1993 (aged 30)	Baku	2014	2024	223	26
23	Ataa Jaber		MF	(1994-10-03)3 October 1994 (aged 29)	Ashdod	2022	2024	57	9
33	Turan Valizade		MF	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 23)	Fenerbahçe	2019		2	0
99	Erwin Koffi		MF	(1995-01-10)10 January 1995 (aged 29)	Pau	2023	2025	36	1
Forwards
9	Andre Shinyashiki		FW	(1997-06-11)11 June 1997 (aged 26)	Charlotte FC	2023	2025	30	4
11	Keelan Lebon		FW	(1997-07-04)4 July 1997 (aged 26)	Astana	2023	2024	56	6
16	Lucas Melano		FW	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 31)	Sarmiento	2023	2024(+1)	11	0
20	Alpha Conteh		FW	(2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 24)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2024	2026	13	0
22	Reziuan Mirzov		FW	(1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 30)	Khimki	2023	2024	24	1
77	Yegor Bogomolsky		FW	(2000-06-03)3 June 2000 (aged 23)	Minsk	2022	2025	66	8
88	Brayan Moreno		FW	(1999-08-02)2 August 1999 (aged 24)	CSKA Sofia	2024	2025	18	4
91	Agadadash Salyanski		FW	(2004-06-19)19 June 2004 (aged 19)	Academy	2022		13	2
Away on loan
20	Vusal Asgarov		MF	(2001-08-23)23 August 2001 (aged 22)	Academy	2018		15	1
21	Ismayil Zulfugarli		MF	(2001-04-16)16 April 2001 (aged 23)	Academy	2019	2025	66	4
27	Farid Yusifli		MF	(2002-02-20)20 February 2002 (aged 22)	Academy	2019		38	0
56	Elton Alibayli		DF	(2000-02-04)4 February 2000 (aged 24)	Academy	2019		1	0
73	Ramin Nasirli		MF	(2002-09-24)24 September 2002 (aged 21)	Academy	2021		5	1
	Seymur Aliyev		MF	(2000-01-09)9 January 2000 (aged 24)	Academy	2020		0	0
	Khayal Najafov		MF	(1997-12-19)19 December 1997 (aged 26)	Sumgayit	2021		26	0
Left during the season
5	Kenny Saief		MF	(1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 30)	Anderlecht	2022	2024	59	10
9	Saldanha		FW	(1999-08-19)19 August 1999 (aged 24)	on loan from JEF United Chiba	2023	2023	21	5
25	Aaron Olanare		FW	(1994-06-04)4 June 1994 (aged 29)	Erzurumspor	2023	2024	15	3
92	Omar Gurbanov		MF	(2005-04-06)6 April 2005 (aged 19)	Academy	2022		1	0
	Asim Alizade		MF	(2000-02-05)5 February 2000 (aged 24)	Academy	2020		1	0
	Elshad Taghiyev		MF	(2001-06-15)15 June 2001 (aged 22)	Sabail	2022		0	0

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AZE Vusal Asgarov (at Iravan) — MF  AZE Seymur Aliyev (at Iravan)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AZE Khayal Najafov (at Turan Tovuz)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
28 June 2023	GK		Emil Balayev	Sabail	Undisclosed
30 June 2023	MF		Filip Ozobić	Unattached	Free
18 July 2023	DF		Yuri Matias	CFR Cluj	Undisclosed
23 July 2023	DF		Márk Tamás	Sepsi OSK	Undisclosed
24 July 2023	DF		Qara Qarayev	Qarabağ	Undisclosed
25 July 2023	MF		Erwin Koffi	Pau	Undisclosed
1 August 2023	FW		Andre Shinyashiki	Charlotte FC	Undisclosed
9 August 2023	FW		Aaron Olanare	Erzurumspor	Undisclosed
28 August 2023	MF		Mudo Valdez	Guaraní	Undisclosed
6 September 2023	FW		Reziuan Mirzov	Khimki	Undisclosed
6 September 2023	FW		Lucas Melano	Sarmiento	Undisclosed
16 January 2024	FW		Alpha Conteh	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Undisclosed
21 January 2024	FW		Brayan Moreno	CSKA Sofia	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
26 January 2023	FW		Saldanha	JEF United Chiba	25 July 2023

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
6 September 2023	MF		Omar Gurbanov	Zira	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
6 September 2023	MF		Vusal Asgarov	Iravan	30 June 2023
6 September 2023	MF		Seymur Aliyev	Iravan	30 June 2023
6 September 2023	MF		Khayal Najafov	Turan Tovuz	30 June 2023
19 January 2024	DF		Ismayil Zulfugarli	Turan Tovuz	30 June 2023
19 January 2024	MF		Farid Yusifli	Turan Tovuz	30 June 2023

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
10 July 2023	DF		Vojislav Stanković	Železničar Pančevo
16 July 2023	DF		Solomon Kvirkvelia	Al-Okhdood	16 July 2023
6 September 2023	MF		Asim Alizade
6 September 2023	MF		Elshad Taghiyev
14 December 2023	MF		Kenny Saief	Maccabi Haifa	19 December 2023
6 January 2024	FW		Aaron Olanare	Molde	27 March 2024

Friendlies

1 July 2023 Match TV Cup	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–1	Neftçi	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Mantuan 47'  57' Claudinho 69' Bakayev 79'	Report	Saldanha 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

8 July 2023 Match TV Cup	Neftçi	0–4	Red Star Belgrade	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Ivanić 9' Mitrović 17' Bukari 45' Šljivić 81'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium

15 July 2023 Match TV Cup	Neftçi	0–1	Fenerbahçe	Saint Petersburg, Russia
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Džeko 72'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium

18 July 2023 Friendly	Spartak Moscow	2–0	Neftçi	Moscow, Russia
22:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Melyoshin 34' Promes 37'	Report		Stadium: Otkritie Arena

6 January 2024	Neftçi	1–3	Erzurumspor	Antalya, Turkey
AZT (UTC+4)	Hajiyev 10'	Report	Tozlu 58' (pen.) Özhan 76' Sert 79'	Stadium: Gloria Sport Arena

13 January 2024	Neftçi	0–3	Waldhof Mannheim	Antalya, Turkey
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Goden 9' Bahn 36' Herman 76'	Stadium: Gloria Sport Arena

Competitions

Overview

Last updated: 25 May 2024
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Results summary

Last updated: 25 May 2024.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Results

6 August 2023 1	Kapaz	1–0	Neftçi	Ganja
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kvirkvia 44' (pen.) Rzayev  90' Vasilyuchek  90+1' Juninho  90+3'	Report	Salahlı  64' Mahmudov  66'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Tural Qurbanov

14 August 2023 2	Neftçi	1–1	Sabail	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Saief  40' 82' (pen.) Qarayev  74' Zulfugarli  90+3'	Report	Lugasi  32' Pedro Nuno 34'  74' Mehremić  80' Ahmadov  80' Ağayev  85'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Rauf Jabarov

20 August 2023 3	Sabah	1–1	Neftçi	Masazır
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Letić 44'  90+4' Thill  65' Nuriyev  68' Chakla  74' Seydiyev  86' Mutallimov  89' Christian  90+3'	Report	Irazabal 49' (o.g.) Shinyashiki  74' Matias  78' Jaber  81' Qarayev  89' Mammadov  89'	Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena Referee: Aliyar Aghayev

27 August 2023 4	Neftçi	2–0	Gabala	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Hajiyev 45+3' Jafarov  70' Matias 80'	Report	Áfrico  8'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Raad Ahmadov

2 September 2023 5	Sumgayit	0–1	Neftçi	Sumgait
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Report	Saief  8' Matias  55' Valdez 74' Olanare  88'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Referee: Rauf Allahverdiyev

16 September 2023 6	Araz-Naxçıvan	1–0	Neftçi	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Abdullayev  47' Kadiri  49'  86' Aliyev 81' (pen.) Wanderson  87' Azzaoui  90'	Report	Matias  8' Brkić  81' Mahmudov  87'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

23 September 2023 7	Zira	1–1	Neftçi	Zirə
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Kuliyev  3' Ibrahim  28' Alıyev 44' (pen.) Muradov  74'	Report	Matias 22'  43' Mahmudov  45'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Ravan Hamzazada

30 September 2023 8	Turan Tovuz	0–1	Neftçi	Tovuz
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Rzayev  90+1'	Report	Haghverdi  84' Olanare 87'  90+1'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Emin Aliyev

8 October 2023 9	Neftçi	0–2	Qarabağ	Baku
19:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Mahmudov  45+1' Valdez  68' Melano  82'	Report	Juninho 47' Romão  68' Medvedev  72' P.Andrade  78' Xhixha 87'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Rashad Ahmadov

20 October 2023 10	Sabail	2–4	Neftçi	Baku
20:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Gomis 2' Paná  32' Nabiyev  45+3' Ramalingom 81'	Report	Aliyev 12' Jaber 45+3' Matias  83' 88' Tamás  90+1' Hajiyev 90+5'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

29 October 2023 11	Neftçi	0–1	Sabah	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Matias  58'  90+3' Jaber  58'	Report	Chakla  25' Apeh  31' Ələsgərov  43' Jamalov  57' Letić 90+5'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Ravan Hamzazada

5 November 2023 12	Gabala	0–2	Neftçi	Qabala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hüseynli  23' Abramov  52' Áfrico  56' Allach  69'	Report	Haghverdi  12' Mirzov  16' Tamás  36' Valdez 60' Brkić  90+2' Hajiyev 90+4'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Kamal Umudlu

11 November 2023 13	Neftçi	1–2	Sumgayit	Baku
16:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Aliyev  23' Jaber 35' Mirzov  39' Valdez  51' Matias  90+1'	Report	Kahat  17' 69' Murata  48' 56' Mustafayev  87' Khachayev  90+1'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Rauf Jabarov

26 November 2023 14	Neftçi	1–1	Araz-Naxçıvan	Baku
15:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Matias 40'  65' Mahmudov  56'	Report	Kurdić  45' Rodrigues  47' Wanderson  84' O.Aliyev 90+3'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Farid Haciyev

3 December 2023 15	Neftçi	1–0	Zira	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Shinyashiki  45' Hajiyev 60'	Report	Ruan  40'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

10 December 2023 16	Neftçi	3–2	Turan Tovuz	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 5'  43' Lebon  22' Salahlı  47' Hajiyev 56' Olanare 73'	Report	Miller 9' Serrano  22' John 59' Brunão  79'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

18 December 2023 17	Qarabağ	2–0	Neftçi	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Benzia 71' Keyta 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Referee: Ravan Hamzazada

24 December 2023 18	Neftçi	2–0	Kapaz	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Salahlı 8' Shinyashiki 71'	Report	Shahverdiyev  70'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Farid Haciyev

21 January 2024 19	Sabah	0–0	Neftçi	Masazır
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hadhoudi  86' Christian  86'	Report	Valdez  24' Salahlı  48' Ozobić  87' Bogomolsky  88'	Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

28 January 2024 20	Neftçi	3–1	Gabala	Baku
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Salahlı  42' Mahmudov 61' (pen.) Valdez 67' Eddy  90+3' Moreno 90+5'  90+6'	Report	Avramov  50' Hüseynli  54' Ochihava  55'  59' Abbasov  60' Safarov 87' Allach  90+7' Mammadov  90+7'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

4 February 2024 21	Sumgayit	2–1	Neftçi	Sumgait
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ninga 8', 37'  90+6' Octávio  39' Kahat  90+8'	Report	Eddy  17' Tamás  22' Aliyev  65' Ozobić 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Referee: Elcin Masiyev

13 February 2024 22	Araz-Naxçıvan	1–0	Neftçi	Baku
19:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Bayramli  29' Kadiri  39' O.Aliyev 90+2' (pen.) Mustafayev  90+2'	Report	Conteh  56' Qarayev  73' Mirzov  82' Jafarov  90+2' Mahmudov  90+5'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Raad Ahmadov

18 February 2024 23	Neftçi	1–0	Zira	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Koffi 11' Lebon  17'	Report	Acka  74'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

24 February 2024 24	Turan Tovuz	1–1	Neftçi	Tovuz
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Guseynov  35' Hajiyev  72' Nabiyev 89' Aliyev  89'	Report	Haghverdi  54' Bogomolsky 72'  80' Salahlı  90+4'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Tural Qurbanov

3 March 2024 25	Neftçi	1–4	Qarabağ	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Salahlı  33' Ozobić  36' 71' (pen.) Jafarov  58' Matias  88'	Report	Janković  5' Akhundzade 47' Bayramov 60' (pen.), 90+3' L.Andrade 90+7'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Elcin Məsiyev

9 March 2024 26	Kapaz	3–3	Neftçi	Ganja
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Júnior 6', 62' Alijanov  42' 47' Khvalko  77'	Report	Ozobić 32', 57', 77' (pen.) Salahlı  54' Moreno  55' Eddy  87'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Ravan Hamzazada

15 March 2024 27	Neftçi	3–0	Sabail	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Bardea 24' (o.g.) Salahlı 27' Eddy  45+1' Bogomolsky 85' Matias  90'	Report	Naghiyev  54'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

29 March 2024 28	Gabala	0–1	Neftçi	Qabala
15:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Isaiah  86'	Report	Shinyashiki  17' Lebon 42' Valdez  43' Jaber  86'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Javid Jalilov

7 April 2024 29	Neftçi	1–1	Sumgayit	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mahmudov 74' Haghverdi  90' Ozobić  90'	Report	Matias 13' (o.g.) Abdullazade  37' Suliman  57' Rezabala  57' Dzhenetov  90'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Elcin Masiyev

13 April 2024 30	Neftçi	3–0	Araz-Naxçıvan	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Moreno 1' Hajiyev 45'  78' Salahlı  56' Bogomolsky  81' Igor 87' (o.g.)	Report	Kadiri  69' Bayramli  73' Manafov  78'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

20 April 2024 31	Zira	3–1	Neftçi	Zirə
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ibrahimli  36' Sadykhov 43' Nuriyev  59'  67' Ruan  65' Bayramov 79' Kulach 84' Ibrahim  84'	Report	Mahmudov 19' (pen.) Matias  35' Bogomolsky  42' Tamás  65'	Stadium: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Referee: Ingilab Mammadov

28 April 2024 32	Neftçi	3–0	Turan Tovuz	Baku
17:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 15'  23' Matias 31' (pen.) Hajiyev  32' 70' (pen.) Eddy  81'	Report	Brunão  29'  63' Alkhasov  69'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Ravan Hamzazada

4 May 2024 33	Qarabağ	5–0	Neftçi	Baku
19:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Akhundzade 13', 77' Janković  40' Bayramov 41' Romão  45+3' L.Andrade 65' Zoubir 85'	Report	Moreno  34' Valdez  62' Matias  78' Salahlı  89'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Referee: Ingilab Məmmədov

10 May 2024 34	Neftçi	5–1	Kapaz	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Haghverdi  21' Shinyashiki  35' 45', 47', 76' Moreno 45+2' Salyanski 86' Ozobić  88'	Report	Niane  25' Fall 36' Seyidov  75' Shahverdiyev  88' Hüseynov  90+1'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Farid Haciyev

18 May 2024 35	Sabail	0–3	Neftçi	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Nuno  68' Ramalingom  90+4'	Report	Haghverdi  55' Lebon  61' Moreno 69' Jaber 77' Qarayev 82'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Referee: Tural Qurbanov

25 May 2024 36	Neftçi	0–1	Sabah	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Eddy  79' Matias  82' Valdez  90+1'	Report	Guliyev  2' Aliyev  67' Irazabal  70'  90+1' Ələsgərov 87' Parris  90+1' Khaybulayev  90+1' İmanov  90+3'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

League table

1. Zira are ahead of Sabah on head-to-head points: Zira 1–0 Sabah, Sabah 0–1 Zira, Zira 0–1 Sabah, Sabah 0–1 Zira

Azerbaijan Cup

21 December 2023 Last 16	Neftçi	4–0	Qaradağ Lökbatan	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Olanare 23' (pen.) Qayali 73' (o.g.) Bogomolsky 78' Shinyashiki 81' Valdez  90'	Report	Ismayilov  51' Farajov  71'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Attendance: 662 Referee: Kamran Aliyev

31 January 2024 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Sumgayit	2–3	Neftçi	Sumgait
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mossi  41' Dzhenetov  45+2' Badalov 60' Aliyev  71' Ninga 89' Kahat  90+3'	Report	Eddy  27' Bogomolsky 29' Mahmudov 44' (pen.), 45+2' Valdez  90+4' Jafarov  90+5'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Raşad Ahmadov

9 February 2024 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Neftçi	1–1 (4–3 agg.)	Sumgayit	Baku
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ozobić 26' Shinyashiki  32' Qarayev  45+2' Moreno  87' Lebon  90+5'	Report	Dosso  30' Kahat 39'  90+6' Suliman  90' Abdullazade  90+6'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kamal Umudlu

2 April 2024 Semifinal 1st leg	Neftçi	0–4	Qarabağ	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Matias  13' Valdez  31' Mahmudov  64' Eddy  65'	Report	Bayramov 14' (pen.), 29' Romão  15' Janković 38' Benzia  65' Akhundzade 86'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena Attendance: 5,750 Referee: Ravan Hamzazade

24 April 2024 Semifinal 2nd leg	Qarabağ	4–1 (8–1 agg.)	Neftçi	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Juninho 16', 69' Benzia  54' Qarayev 62' (o.g.) Akhundzade 78'	Report	Conteh  42' Mirzov 64' Brkić  70' Matias  74'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aliyar Agayev

Europa Conference League

Qualifying rounds

27 July 2023 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Željezničar	2–2	Neftçi	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
23:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Haračić 14' Biber  43' Drina  45+1' Ovčina  45+2' Amoah 45+8'	Report	Kosorić 44' (o.g.) Saief  45+2' Hajiyev 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Grbavica Attendance: 13,157 Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

3 August 2023 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Neftçi	2–0 (4–2 agg.)	Željezničar	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Saief 20' Matias  44' Eddy 68' Brkić  90+8' Zulfugarli  90+10'	Report	Kosorić  44' Rustemović  45' Krpić  79' Jašarević  90+10'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary)

10 August 2023 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Neftçi	1–3	Beşiktaş	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Jaber  56' Saief  76' Lebon 79' Mahmudov  84'	Report	Aboubakar 14' Muleka 23' Uçan 62' Rosier  87'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)

17 August 2023 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Beşiktaş	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Neftçi	Istanbul, Turkey
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Aboubakar 57' Muleka 71'	Report	Mahmudov 36'	Stadium: Beşiktaş Stadium Attendance: 21,890 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

Squad statistics

As of match played 25 May 2024

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CRO	Ivan Brkić	18	0	12+1	0	1	0	4	0
2	DF	AZE	Qara Qarayev	28	1	16+9	1	2+1	0	0	0
3	DF	AZE	Hojjat Haghverdi	28	0	20+4	0	3+1	0	0	0
4	DF	HUN	Márk Tamás	31	0	24	0	3	0	4	0
6	MF	PAR	Mudo Valdez	27	3	10+13	3	4	0	0	0
7	MF	AZE	Azer Aliyev	18	1	12+1	1	1+2	0	2	0
8	MF	AZE	Emin Mahmudov	38	6	27+3	3	2+2	2	4	1
9	FW	BRA	Andre Shinyashiki	32	5	16+10	4	3+1	1	2	0
10	MF	AZE	Filip Ozobić	37	8	24+5	7	2+2	1	3+1	0
11	FW	SMN	Keelan Lebon	37	2	22+7	1	1+3	0	4	1
14	MF	AZE	Eddy Pascual	28	1	16+7	0	3	0	2	1
16	FW	ARG	Lucas Melano	12	0	4+7	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	MF	AZE	Rahman Hajiyev	39	8	17+14	7	3+1	0	0+4	1
19	DF	AZE	Azər Salahlı	32	2	23	2	4+1	0	1+3	0
20	FW	SLE	Alpha Conteh	13	0	3+6	0	2+2	0	0	0
22	FW	RUS	Reziuan Mirzov	25	1	8+13	0	2+2	1	0	0
23	MF	PLE	Ataa Jaber	20	3	12+4	3	0	0	4	0
26	DF	AZE	Omar Buludov	5	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	2	0
30	GK	AZE	Agil Mammadov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	BRA	Yuri Matias	38	5	30	5	4	0	4	0
77	FW	BLR	Yegor Bogomolsky	35	4	17+11	2	3+1	2	0+3	0
88	FW	COL	Brayan Moreno	18	4	11+4	4	1+2	0	0	0
91	FW	AZE	Agadadash Salyanski	8	1	0+7	1	1	0	0	0
93	GK	AZE	Rza Jafarov	27	0	23	0	4	0	0	0
99	DF	CIV	Erwin Koffi	37	1	29+1	1	4	0	1+2	0
Players away on loan:
21	MF	AZE	Ismayil Zulfugarli	9	0	1+4	0	1	0	1+2	0
27	MF	AZE	Farid Yusifli	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
Players who left Neftçi during the season:
5	MF	USA	Kenny Saief	18	2	11+3	1	0	0	4	1
25	FW	NGA	Aaron Olanare	15	3	6+6	2	1	1	1+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa Conference League	Total
1	MF		10	Filip Ozobić	7	1	0	8
	MF		17	Rahman Hajiyev	7	0	1	8
3	MF		8	Emin Mahmudov	3	2	1	6
4	DF		44	Yuri Matias	5	0	0	5
	FW		9	Andre Shinyashiki	4	1	0	5
				Own goal	3	1	1	5
7	FW		88	Brayan Moreno	4	0	0	4
	FW		77	Yegor Bogomolsky	2	2	0	4
9	MF		6	Mudo Valdez	3	0	0	3
	MF		23	Ataa Jaber	3	0	0	3
	FW		25	Aaron Olanare	2	1	0	3
12	DF		19	Azər Salahlı	2	0	0	2
	MF		5	Kenny Saief	1	0	1	2
	FW		11	Keelan Lebon	1	0	1	2
15	MF		7	Azer Aliyev	1	0	0	1
	DF		99	Erwin Koffi	1	0	0	1
	FW		91	Agadadash Salyanski	1	0	0	1
	DF		2	Qara Qarayev	1	0	0	1
	FW		22	Reziuan Mirzov	0	1	0	1
	MF		14	Eddy Pascual	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	51	9	6	66

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa Conference League	Total
1	GK		93	Rza Jafarov	9	1	0	10
2	GK		1	Ivan Brkić	5	0	1	6
				TOTALS	14	1	1	16

Rza Jafarov & Ivan Brkić both played in Neftçi's 2-0 victory over Gabala on 27 August 2023

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa Conference League		Total
1		GK	Ivan Brkić	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
2		DF	Qara Qarayev	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
3		DF	Hojjat Haghverdi	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
4		DF	Márk Tamás	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6		MF	Mudo Valdez	5	1	3	0	0	0	8	1
7		MF	Azer Aliyev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Emin Mahmudov	6	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
9		FW	Andre Shinyashiki	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
10		MF	Filip Ozobić	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
11		FW	Keelan Lebon	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
14		MF	Eddy Pascual	6	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
16		FW	Lucas Melano	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Rahman Hajiyev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		DF	Azər Salahlı	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
20		FW	Alpha Conteh	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22		FW	Reziuan Mirzov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23		MF	Ataa Jaber	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
30		GK	Agil Mammadov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		DF	Yuri Matias	13	2	2	0	1	0	16	2
77		FW	Yegor Bogomolsky	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
88		FW	Brayan Moreno	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
93		GK	Rza Jafarov	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
Players away on loan:
21		MF	Ismayil Zulfugarli	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Players who left Neftçi during the season:
5		MF	Kenny Saief	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
25		FW	Aaron Olanare	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	94	4	15	0	7	0	116	4

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External links

• Neftçi PFK seasons
• Azerbaijani football clubs 2023–24 season
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League participants seasons