"Sabah" footballer Joy-Lance Mickels has achieved a remarkable feat in the history of the Azerbaijan Premier League.
İdman.Biz reports, citing the official website of the Professional Football League, that the German striker scored a double in the 23rd round of the Misli Premier League against "Gabala", which ended with a score of 7:1, scoring his jubilee - the 50th goal of his career.
Joy-Lance Mickels, who only wears the "Sabah" uniform in Azerbaijan, reached this milestone in his 102nd match. He became the 44th footballer in the history of national championships to score 50 or more goals. Before Joy-Lance Mickels, Abdullah Zubir and Emin Mahmudov also joined this list in the current season.
The striker scored 11 goals in the 2021/2022 season, 17 in the next championship, 1 in the 2023/2024 season, and 9 last season. He has already scored 12 times in the current championship.
That match was also memorable for "Sabah" with historical results. The capital representative achieved the biggest home victory in the Premier League. With a score of 7:1, the Baku club also repeated the record for the biggest victory difference in its history.
Before that, the team's biggest success was a 6:0 victory over "Sumgayit" on the road on December 23, 2022. "Sabah" managed to repeat that result, which was achieved in the 2022/2023 season, this time on their home field.
In addition, "Sabah" managed to repeat the biggest victory of the current season. Thus, in the previous match of the round, "Karabakh" won 6:0 over "Araz-Nakhchivan".
The Baku representative, who repeated the record, became the first team to score 7 goals in a match during the season. "Sabah" also scored 7 times in a Premier League match for the first time in the club's history.
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"Sabah" has won its 100th victory in the Premier League.
İdman.Biz reports with reference to the press service of the Professional Football League that this coincided with the home game against "Gabala".
The Baku club won the 23rd round of the Azerbaijan Premier League with a score of 7:1.
"Sabah", which has been playing in the Premier League since the 2018/2019 season, reached 100 in its 235th match. 52 of these victories were at home and 48 were away. The capital representative is the 14th team in the history of the tournament to win 100 or more games.
It should be noted that "Sabah" won its first victory on August 12, 2018, over the current "Shamakhi", which was then called "Keshla" - 1:0.