The Kapaz Gazette
Market17 Aug 2026
Sumgayit come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Kapaz did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Pachu 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 Kapaz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Kapaz
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Adama Fofana 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Kapaz find a way past Gabala
Gabala made Kapaz work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Kapaz supporters have found a favourite in Kalifala Doumbia
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Kalifala Doumbia 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Afran Madatov steps up from the Kapaz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Afran Madatov 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
Kapaz promote Richard Madatov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Richard 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
Afran Nadirov steps up from the Kapaz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Afran Nadirov 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
- Player ratings Fərid Nəbiyev was the difference for Kapaz
- Squad 5 new faces, and Kapaz are still learning each other
- Squad Kapaz pick somebody else ahead of Yusif İmanov