On 17 July, Sumgayit announced the signing of Tellur Mutallimov and Elvin Mammadov from Zira to one-year contracts.

[1][2] On 14 August, Sumgayit announced the signing of Ali Ghorbani from Sepahan to a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year.

[4] On 19 August, Sumgayit announced the singing of Adam Hemati from Pars Jonoubi Jam to a one-year contract with the option of a second.

[5] On 8 September, Sumgayit announced the singing of Huseyn Jafarov from União de Leiria to a three-year contract.

[8] On 11 January, Sumgayit re-signed striker Mehdi Sharifi from Paykan,[9] with Hojjat Haghverdi joining the following day.