Afran Mammadov

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Marked for Afran Mammadov

25 Edition

The Neftchi Sentinel

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad18 Jan 2027

Emil Balayev: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Neftchi have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Ağadadaş Salyanskiy 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 Neftchi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Words at Neftchi training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Taijo Teniste is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market18 Jan 2027

Sumgayit expected to open talks for Kenan Pirić

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Neftchi will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad18 Jan 2027

This league is too small for Ismayil Ibrahimli

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Neftchi will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Market18 Jan 2027

Neftchi bring in Ismayil Ibrahimli on loan

A season-long audition: Zira still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Neftchi's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.

In brief

Back issues
25 Edition

The Sumgayit Courier

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad18 Jan 2027

Roi Kehat says Sumgayit went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Ángel Osorio 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.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Sumgayit

Rachid Moumini was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Radosław Skała signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Radosław Skała and Sumgayit agree another 3 years.

Market18 Jan 2027

Inter expected to open talks for Ayxan Süleymanlı

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Sumgayit will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Market18 Jan 2027

The shop window has Ronaldo Vásquez in it

Sumgayit have let the market know Ronaldo Vásquez can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

3 Edition

The Neftchi Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad17 Aug 2026

Elvin Camalov breaks a bone — 84 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 84 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Neftchi

Kenan Pirić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

3 academy players handed senior numbers at Neftchi

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Market17 Aug 2026

Agil Guseynov steps up from the Neftchi academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Agil Guseynov 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.

Market17 Aug 2026

Neftchi promote Kamran Madatov from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kamran Madatov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market17 Aug 2026

Neftchi promote Afran Mammadov from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Afran Mammadov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Taijo Teniste gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Vincent Aboubakar was the difference for Neftchi

Marked 7.55. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Market17 Aug 2026

Ravan expected to open talks for Alessio Curci

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Neftchi will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief