1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League

Azerbaijan Top League
Season	1998-99
Champions	Kapaz
Relegated	Bakili Baku Neftqaz Bakı Shahdag
Champions League	Kapaz
UEFA Cup	Shamkir Neftchi Baku
Intertoto Cup	Qarabağ
Matches played	230
Goals scored	630 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alay Bəhramov (24)
Biggest home win	Neftchi Baku 11-0 Şahdağ
Biggest away win	Şahdağ 0-6 Kəpəz
Highest scoring	Neftchi Baku 11-0 Şahdağ Viləş FK 6-6 Turan Tovuz
← 1997–98 1999-2000 →

The 1998-99 Azerbaijan Top League was the eighth season of the Azerbaijan Top League, since their independence from the USSR in August 1991, and was contested by 14 clubs. The Season took place between 15 August 1998 and May 1999 and was won by Kapaz with Neftqaz Bakı and Shahdag being relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division as well as Bakili Baku due to financial problems.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Bakili
Fahlasi
Dinamo
Khazar Sumgayit
MOIK
Neftchi
Neftqaz
Shafa

Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 1998–99

Team	Venue	Capacity
Bakılı Baku	Shafa Stadium (IV field)	8,152
Bakı Fahlasi	Ismat Gayibov Stadium	5,000
Dinamo Baku	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium	29,858
Kapaz	Ganja City Stadium	26,120
Qarabağ	Guzanli Olympic Stadium¹	15,000
Khazar Sumgayit
MOIK Baku	Shafa Stadium (IV field)	8,152
Neftchi Baku	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium	29,858
Neftqaz Bakı	Ismat Gayibov Stadium	5,000
Shafa Baku	Shafa Stadium (IV field)	8,152
Shahdag	Shovkat Ordukhanov Stadium	4,000
Shamkir
Turan Tovuz	Tovuz City Stadium	10,000
Viləş Masallı	Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium	8,000

¹Qarabağ played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.^[1]

First round

League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Kapaz	26	18	4	4	77	17	58	Qualification to Championship Group
2	Qarabağ	26	17	3	6	45	21	54
3	Dinamo Baku	26	16	4	6	46	20	52
4	Neftchi Baku	26	15	7	4	57	18	52
5	Shamkir	26	16	2	8	42	24	50
6	Bakı Fahlasi	26	15	5	6	46	25	50
7	Turan Tovuz	26	14	7	5	42	21	49	Qualification to 7-10 Group
8	Viləş Masallı	26	14	4	8	39	25	46
9	Bakili Baku	26	7	7	12	18	33	28
10	MOIK Baku	26	6	8	12	20	29	26
11	Khazar Sumgayit	26	5	1	20	20	70	16	Qualification to Relegation Group
12	Shafa Baku	26	3	5	18	24	54	14
13	Shahdag	26	2	4	20	20	86	10
14	Neftqaz Bakı	26	2	3	21	15	68	9

Results

Home ╲ Away	Bakı Fahlasi !BFA	Bakili !BKL	Dinamo Baku !DIN	Kəpəz !KAP	Khazar Sumgayit !KHS	MOIK Baku !MOI	Neftchi Baku !NEF	Neftqaz Bakı !NEB	Qarabağ !QAR	Shafa Baku !SHB	Şahdağ !ABB	Şəmkir !SHA	Turan !TUR	Viləş FK !MAS
Bakı Fahlasi !Bakı Fahlasi		1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	7–1	4–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	5–1	1–1
Bakili !Bakili	1–1		0–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–0
Dinamo Baku !Dinamo Baku	1–0	2–1		1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–1	0–0	3–0
Kəpəz !Kəpəz	4–1	3–0	2–0		5–0	3–0	2–0	7–0	3–0	6–0	11–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Khazar Sumgayit !Khazar Sumgayit	0–3	3–2	0–3	0–4		0–0	0–4	3–1	0–3	1–3	8–3	3–2	1–2	0–3
MOIK Baku !MOIK Baku	2–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–0		0–4	1–2	0–2	0–0	4–0	1–4	1–2	0–3
Neftchi Baku !Neftchi Baku	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	6–0	3–0		1–0	0–0	5–0	11–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Neftqaz Bakı !Neftqaz Bakı	0–4	0–3	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–2	0–2		0–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–3
Qarabağ !Qarabağ	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	3–1	1–0	4–0		2–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	3–1
Shafa Baku !Shafa Baku	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–6	0–1	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–4		1–2	0–3	0–2	2–2
Şahdağ !Şahdağ	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–6	4–0	0–3	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–1		0–4	1–2	1–3
Şəmkir !Şəmkir	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–0	3–0		2–2	1–0
Turan !Turan	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	6–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	8–0	3–0		1–0
Viləş FK !Viləş FK	1–0	2–0	2–3	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–0

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 1998-99
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship Group

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Kapaz	10	8	1	1	17	7	25	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Shamkir	10	5	1	4	10	10	16	1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Neftchi Baku	10	4	3	3	11	7	15	1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
4	Qarabağ	10	3	3	4	5	8	12	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
5	Bakı Fahlasi	10	2	3	5	5	8	9
6	Dinamo Baku	10	2	1	7	6	14	7

Results

Home ╲ Away	Bakı Fahlasi !BFA	Dinamo Baku !DIN	Kəpəz !KAP	Neftchi Baku !NEF	Qarabağ !QAR	Şəmkir !SHA
Bakı Fahlasi !Bakı Fahlasi		0–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0
Dinamo Baku !Dinamo Baku	1–0		0–1	1–3	0–0	0–1
Kəpəz !Kəpəz	1–0	3–1		1–0	3–0	3–1
Neftchi Baku !Neftchi Baku	1–1	1–0	3–0		0–0	1–0
Qarabağ !Qarabağ	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–0		1–0
Şəmkir !Şəmkir	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–0

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 1998-99
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

7-10 Group

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
7	Turan Tovuz	6	4	2	0	17	6	14
8	Viləş Masallı	6	2	3	1	16	12	9
9	MOIK Baku	6	2	3	1	8	7	9
10	Bakili Baku	6	0	0	6	0	16	0	Relegation to 1999-2000 Azerbaijan First Division ¹

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Bakili Baku were relegated due to financial problems
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Bakili !BKL	MOIK Baku !MOI	Turan !TUR	Viləş FK !MAS
Bakili !Bakili		0–1	0–3	0–3
MOIK Baku !MOIK Baku	3–0		0–3	2–2
Turan !Turan	3–0	0–0		2–0
Viləş FK !Viləş FK	3–0	2–2	6–6

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 1998-99
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Group

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
11	Shafa Baku	4	3	1	0	12	3	10
12	Khazar Sumgayit	4	1	2	1	9	9	5
13	Neftqaz Bakı	4	0	1	3	3	12	1	Relegation to 1999-2000 Azerbaijan First Division
14	Shahdag	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Team withdrew ¹

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Shahdag withdrew after the first round fixtures and as a result were relegated.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Khazar Sumgayit !KHS	Neftqaz Bakı !NEB	Shafa Baku !SHB	Şahdağ !ABB
Khazar Sumgayit !Khazar Sumgayit		5–0	0–5
Neftqaz Bakı !Neftqaz Bakı	2–2		1–3
Shafa Baku !Shafa Baku	2–2	2–0
Şahdağ !Şahdağ

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 1998-99
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Alay Bəhramov	Viləş Masallı	24
2	Vadim Vasilyev	Baku Fahlasi	19
3	Vidadi Rzayev	Kapaz	18
4	Həsən Abdullayev	Kapaz	16
4	Yalçın Bağırov	Qarabağ	16
6	Leonid Kalfa	Neftchi Baku	15
	Farrukh Ismayilov	Dinamo Baku	15
	Mushfig Huseynov	Qarabağ	15
9	Badri Kvaratskhelia	Shamkir	14
10	Nazim Aliyev	Dinamo Baku	13

References

↑ Стадион в Гузанлы одобрен ПФЛ (Russian)
↑ "Çempionatın bombardirləri: Top-10 - 1998-99" (PDF). www.pfl.az. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

External links

Azerbaijan 1998-99 RSSSF
APL Stats

Top division football seasons in Azerbaijan

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