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

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

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
1Kapaz261844771758 Qualification to Championship Group
2Qarabağ261736452154
3Dinamo Baku261646462052
4Neftchi Baku261574571852
5Shamkir261628422450
6Bakı Fahlasi261556462550
7Turan Tovuz261475422149 Qualification to 7-10 Group
8Viləş Masallı261448392546
9Bakili Baku267712183328
10MOIK Baku266812202926
11Khazar Sumgayit265120207016 Qualification to Relegation Group
12Shafa Baku263518245414
13Shahdag262420208610
14Neftqaz Bakı26232115689

Results

Home ╲ Away BFA BKL DINKAPKHSMOINEFNEBQARSHBABBSHATURMAS
Bakı Fahlasi 10 30 02 20 21 00 71 42 10 30 10 51 11
Bakili 11 02 10 10 02 13 11 00 21 30 02 00 10
Dinamo Baku 10 21 11 30 11 10 51 20 20 50 41 00 30
Kəpəz 41 30 20 50 30 20 70 30 60 111 10 11 20
Khazar Sumgayit 03 32 03 04 00 04 31 03 13 83 32 12 03
MOIK Baku 20 00 03 00 20 04 12 02 00 40 14 12 03
Neftchi Baku 22 00 10 13 60 30 10 00 50 110 20 11 21
Neftqaz Bakı 04 03 02 13 20 12 02 01 04 11 02 12 23
Qarabağ 22 20 21 21 50 31 10 40 20 30 10 31 31
Shafa Baku 12 12 03 26 01 00 12 40 14 12 03 02 22
Şahdağ 12 22 01 06 40 03 14 11 01 11 04 12 13
Şəmkir 31 30 20 20 30 20 11 30 32 10 30 22 10
Turan 02 20 20 11 60 10 01 10 30 11 80 30 10
Viləş FK 10 20 23 30 10 21 22 10 10 30 30 30 10

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
1Kapaz1081117725 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2Shamkir10514101016 1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3Neftchi Baku1043311715
4Qarabağ103345812 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
5Bakı Fahlasi10235589
6Dinamo Baku102176147

Results

Home ╲ Away BFA DIN KAPNEFQARSHA
Bakı Fahlasi 02 12 00 20 10
Dinamo Baku 10 01 13 00 01
Kəpəz 10 31 10 30 31
Neftchi Baku 11 10 30 00 10
Qarabağ 00 30 02 10 10
Şəmkir 10 21 11 32 10

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
7Turan Tovuz642017614
8Viləş Masallı623116129
9MOIK Baku6231879
10Bakili Baku60060160 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 BKL MOI TURMAS
Bakili 01 03 03
MOIK Baku 30 03 22
Turan 30 00 20
Viləş FK 30 22 66

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
11Shafa Baku431012310
12Khazar Sumgayit4121995
13Neftqaz Bakı40133121 Relegation to 1999-2000 Azerbaijan First Division
14Shahdag0000000 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 KHS NEB SHBABB
Khazar Sumgayit 50 05
Neftqaz Bakı 22 13
Shafa Baku 22 20
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 Azerbaijan Alay Bəhramov Viləş Masallı 24
2 Azerbaijan Vadim Vasilyev Baku Fahlasi 19
3 Azerbaijan Vidadi Rzayev Kapaz 18
4 Azerbaijan Həsən Abdullayev Kapaz 16
Azerbaijan Yalçın Bağırov Qarabağ 16
6 Ukraine Leonid Kalfa Neftchi Baku 15
Azerbaijan Farrukh Ismayilov Dinamo Baku 15
Azerbaijan Mushfig Huseynov Qarabağ 15
9 Azerbaijan Badri Kvaratskhelia Shamkir 14
10 Azerbaijan Nazim Aliyev Dinamo Baku 13

References

External links

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