Today marks 1 year since the first match held at the Mehdi Huseynzade Sumgayit City Stadium after reconstruction. Sport24.az reports that on this day last year, the "chemists" pleased 8,100 fans gathered at the arena by winning 2:1 over "Neftchi" in their home stadium.
Over the past year, "Sumgayit" has played 21 matches at the Mehdi Huseynzade Sumgayit City Stadium. 19 of these matches were in the Misli Premier League, 1 in the Azerbaijan Cup, and 1 in the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League. In these matches, the team had 10 wins, 3 draws, and 8 losses.
Over the course of a year, a total of 72,230 spectators watched 21 matches held at the Mehdi Huseynzade Sumgayit City Stadium live, which is an average of 3,450 people per game. The highest number of fans in these games was in the matches "Sumgayit" - "Qarabag" (Misli Premier League, 32nd round; 9,300 spectators), "Sumgayit" - "Gabala" (Misli Premier League, 36th round; 9,300 spectators) and "Sumgayit" - "Fehervar" (UEFA Conference League, 2nd qualifying round; 9,200 spectators) played at the beginning of the current season. The lowest number of fans was in the "Sumgayit" - MOIK match, which took place this season as part of the 1/8 final stage of the Azerbaijan Cup, which was watched live from the stadium by 400 people.