Qabala İK
association football club
Qəbələ İdman Klubu (pronounced [ɡæbæˈlæ]), is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Qabala, which has competed in the Azerbaijan Premier League since 2006. They will be set to play in the Azerbaijan Premier League from the 2025–26 season following their promotion from the Azerbaijan First Division in 2024–25. 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.
History
The club was founded under the name of Goy Gol on 3 July 1995, based in Goy Gol. On 1 September 2005, Goy Gol was registered in Gabala by the Ministry of Justice, before the AFFA registered the team as professional on 5 September of the same year. In the summer of 2006, the team moved from Goygol to Qabala, before the club changed its name to Gilan PFK. Later, the club changed its name to Qəbələ PFK on 31 August 2007.
On 10 May 2010, former Arsenal defender Tony Adams was appointed as new manager after signing a £1 million per year deal with the club. In his first season in charge, Gabala finished in 7th place in Azerbaijan Premier League. In November 2011, Adams resigned as Gabala's coach due to family problems.
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