The Khazar Gazette
Squad24 Aug 2026
Shahriyar Jafarov breaks a bone — 55 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 55 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market24 Aug 2026
Khazar say no — this time
The offer from Inter for Orkhan Dadashov was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market24 Aug 2026
Afran Sheydaev asks to leave Khazar
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Qara Garayev in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Khazar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match22 Aug 2026
Eddy Nazarov’s goal not enough for Khazar
Eddy Nazarov scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Kapaz, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Eddy Nazarov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
Khazar supporters have found a favourite in Eddy Nazarov
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Eddy Nazarov has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Eddy Nazarov in the eights
A performance of 8.39 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ruslan Ismayilov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Player ratings Ruslan Ismayilov runs at them all day
- Player ratings Qara Garayev ran the game
- Player ratings Petar Petrović changes it off the bench