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Sumgayit FK (Azerbaijani: "Sumqayıt" futbol klubu, pronounced ) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Sumgayit that plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League. Sumgayit is the only team in the 2017-18 season that consists only from Azerbaijani players. The club was founded in 2010 as Sumgayit FK. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after getting wildcard place instead of defunct Absheron. After securing promotion to the Premier League, the club based most of their squad on players from Azerbaijan's U-19 and U-17 players. In January 2012, the club announced that its old name was being restored. During 2012–13 season, Sumgayit narrowly avoided relegation to the First Division by finishing 10th in the league. On 15 January 2019, Sumgayit announced they had signed a cooperation with Tractor Sazi.