The Qarabag Chronicle
Squad12 Oct 2026
Time is catching up with Wellington Tanque
Everybody at Qarabag saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 38 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Renaldo Cephas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Renaldo Cephas, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Pedro Bicalho knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Qarabag, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Bruno Langa has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Qarabag will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
A test against the best for Qarabag
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Araz-Nakhchivan.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Pedro Bicalho talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Qarabag know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes Oleksiy Kashchuk a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Qarabag. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Şəhruddin Məhəmmədəliyev wants to know why he earns less
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Qarabag have no good answer.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The penny has dropped for Reda Khadra
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Qarabag the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
In brief
- Loan watch Jérémie Gnali first choice at Zagatala
- Loan watch Abbas Hüseynov has made Imishli’s shirt his own