The Kapaz Gazette
Market17 Aug 2026
Kapaz say no — this time
The offer from Inter for Ümid Səmədov 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.
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
2 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Kapaz get the job done against Gabala
A 3‑1 win over Gabala, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Carlos Ramírez 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Ryonosuke Ohori runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Veysəl Rzayev at his very best
Marked 9.16. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Kapaz.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Fərid Nəbiyev was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.85. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Kapaz supporters have found a favourite in Veysəl Rzayev
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Veysəl Rzayev 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.
In brief
- Market Araz Huseynov steps up from the Kapaz academy
- Market Shahriyar Khalilzade steps up from the Kapaz academy
- Squad The manager makes an example of Carlos Ramírez