The MOIK Baku Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Sərxan Abdullayev would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Sərxan Abdullayev is living that version at MOIK Baku, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Hacıağa Hacılı turns down MOIK Baku
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Zira keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Andrei Ciolacu signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andrei Ciolacu commits to MOIK Baku for another 1 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at MOIK Baku
Cavid Tağıyev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Dragoljub Savić
MOIK Baku asked and Neftchi said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Cavid Khalilzade steps up from the MOIK Baku academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cavid Khalilzade has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Araz Mammadov joins the MOIK Baku first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Araz Mammadov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Kamran Huseynov joins the MOIK Baku first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kamran Huseynov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kamran Khalilzade steps up from the MOIK Baku academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kamran Khalilzade has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at MOIK Baku
- Transfer targets A loan move for Chriso is in the works
- Looking ahead Emin Məcidzadə goes back to face DIFAI Agsu