2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season 2008–09
Champions FK Baku (2nd title)
Relegated Bakılı Baku
MOIK Baku
UEFA Champions League FK Baku
UEFA Europa League Inter Baku
Simurq Zaqatala
Karabakh (via domestic cup)
Matches played 182
Goals scored 443 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer Walter Guglielmone (17)
Biggest home win Baku 7–0 Turan
Biggest away win Bakılı Baku 0–7 Baku
Highest scoring Baku 7–0 Turan
MOIK 1–6 Olimpik
Bakılı Baku 0–7 Baku

The 2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 17th season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Inter Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous season.

Teams

FK Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit and ABN Bärdä were relegated after finishing the previous season in 13th and 14th place, respectively. They were replaced by the champions of the two groups in the Azerbaijan First Division, Bakılı Baku and MOIK Baku.

On 8 July 2008, FK Masallı withdrew their participation from the league, citing competitional and financial problems as reasons.[1] Although it was unclear as of 21 July if the Azerbaijan Football Federation would be naming a substitute or if the championship would start with just 13 teams, shortly thereafter AFFA named FK NBC Salyan to replace Masallı in top league.[2]

On 31 October 2008, FK NBC Salyan changed their name to FK Mughan.[3]

Stadia and locations

Team Venue Capacity
Bakılı Baku Shafa Stadium 8,200
FK Baku Tofik Bakhramov Stadium 29,858
Inter Baku Shafa Stadium 8,200
Karabakh Guzanli Olympic Stadium1 15,000
Karvan Yevlakh Stadium 5,000
Khazar Lankaran Lankaran City Stadium 15,000
MOIK Baku MOIK Stadium 1,000
Mughan Salyany Olympic Sport Complex Stadium 4,000
Neftchi Baku Tofik Bakhramov Stadium 29,858
Olimpik Baku Shafa Stadium 8,200
FK Qäbälä Gabala City Stadium 2,000
Simurq Zaqatala Zaqatala City Stadium 4,000
Standard Baku Shafa Stadium 8,200
Turan Tovuz Tovuz City Stadium 10,000

1Karabakh played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.[4]

Personnel

Team Head coach Team captain Club chairman
Bakılı Baku Azerbaijan Bakhtiyar Gulamov Azerbaijan Vasif Aliyev Misir Abilov
FK Baku Republic of Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski Azerbaijan Rafael Amirbekov Hafiz Mammadov
Inter Baku Ukraine Valentin Khodukin Azerbaijan Khagani Mammadov Georgi Nikolov
Karabakh Azerbaijan Gurban Gurbanov Azerbaijan Farhad Veliyev Abdulbari Goozal
Karvan vacant Azerbaijan Ilham Yadullayev Javanshir Shiraliyev
Khazar Lankaran Azerbaijan Igor Ponomarev Azerbaijan Dmitry Kramarenko Mübariz Mensimov
MOIK Baku Azerbaijan Akif Ibadov Azerbaijan Ismail Mammadov Safar Abiyev
Mughan Azerbaijan Vladislav Gadyrov Azerbaijan Tarlan Khalilov Fizuli Aliyev
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan Boyukaga Agaev Azerbaijan Zaur Tagizade Akper Hajiyev
Olimpik Baku Azerbaijan Asker Abdullayev Azerbaijan Tarlan Akhmedov Rasul Rasulov
FK Qäbälä Azerbaijan Ramiz Mammadov Azerbaijan Kanan Karimov Taleh Heydarov
Simurq Zaqatala Ukraine Roman Pokora Ukraine Mykhailo Starostyak Zaur Mammadov
Standard Baku Azerbaijan Rafik Mirzoyev Azerbaijan Huseyn Mahammadov Emin Babayev
Turan Tovuz Azerbaijan Etimad Gurbanov Tunisia Asaf Gadiri Rashid Maherramov

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Standard Baku Georgia (country) Badri Kvaratskhelia Resigned 20 April 2009[5] Azerbaijan Rafik Mirzoyev 20 April 2009[5]
Mughan Azerbaijan Nadir Gasymov Sacked 5 May 2009[6] Azerbaijan Vladislav Gadirov 20 April 2009[7]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Baku (C) 26 20 2 4 54 13+41 62 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Inter Baku 26 18 7 1 54 16+38 61 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 Simurq 26 16 5 5 39 20+19 53
4 Khazar Lankaran 26 15 5 6 49 21+28 50
5 Qarabağ 26 14 7 5 35 22+13 49 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
6 Olimpik Baku 26 12 8 6 32 18+14 44
7 Standard Baku 26 12 3 11 30 311 39
8 Neftchi Baku 26 9 9 8 30 21+9 36
9 Karvan 26 10 4 12 28 335 34
10 Gabala 26 9 6 11 28 21+7 33
11 Turan 26 5 5 16 19 4526 20
12 Mughan 26 4 2 20 19 5334 14
13 Bakili (R) 26 3 3 20 14 6551 12 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
14 MOIK Baku (R) 26 1 2 23 12 6452 5

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Karabakh won the Azerbaijan Cup 2008–09 and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(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 BAK INTQARKARKHAMOIMUGNEFOLIGABSIMSTATUR
Bakili 07 15 12 21 13 10 32 02 12 01 02 02 02
Baku 31 00 20 03 00 10 40 20 31 30 10 20 70
Inter Baku 40 01 11 40 22 20 20 22 10 11 21 30 30
Qarabağ 30 02 11 32 10 30 31 11 11 00 02 01 42
Karvan 20 01 12 00 10 20 31 11 01 21 13 31 11
Khazar Lankaran 50 30 24 13 00 20 21 20 00 12 31 40 50
MOIK Baku 11 03 03 01 03 04 13 05 16 03 24 12 20
Mughan 10 04 12 12 01 13 11 03 01 04 12 13 21
Neftchi Baku 30 01 13 01 01 21 31 00 12 00 00 21 11
Olimpik Baku 40 21 11 01 10 01 31 10 00 10 02 00 30
Gabala 30 01 01 12 30 01 20 41 01 11 00 21 01
Simurq 30 21 02 00 20 22 10 20 02 11 10 31 31
Standard Baku 11 12 02 21 20 01 21 10 10 00 20 01 41
Turan 11 02 01 01 40 01 30 01 00 10 00 01 02

Source: soccerway.com
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[8]
1 Uruguay Walter Guglielmone Inter 17
2 Bulgaria Ivan Tsvetkov Khazar 15
3 Ukraine Vladimir Mazyar Simurq 11
Georgia (country) Amiran Mujiri Baku 11
5 Azerbaijan Leandro Gomes Olimpik Baku 10
Uruguay Angel Gutierrez Standard 10
7 Nigeria Victor Igbekoi Qarabağ/Turan 8
Iran Farzad Hatami Gabala 8
Brazil Rômulo Khazar 8
10 Azerbaijan Bakhtiyar Soltanov Baku 7

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Iran Farzad Hatami Gabala MOIK 3–0 17 August 2008[9]
Bulgaria Ivan Tsvetkov4 Khazar MOIK 4–0 26 September 2008[10]
Azerbaijan Leandro Gomes Olimpik Baku Bakılı 4–0 7 March 2009[11]
Azerbaijan Bakhtiyar Soltanov Baku Bakılı 3–1 21 March 2009[12]
Nigeria Victor Igbekoi Turan Karvan 4–0 12 April 2009[13]
Uruguay Walter Guglielmone Inter MOIK 3–0 12 April 2009[14]
Azerbaijan Nariman Äzimov Olimpik Baku MOIK 6–1 11 May 2009[15]

Scoring

Clean sheets

References

  1. “Masalli” will not take part in Premier League
  2. Azerbaijani Premier League to be drawn on July 30
  3. NBC is renamed
  4. Стадион в Гузанлы одобрен ПФЛ (Russian)
  5. 1 2 Кварацхелия ушел из Стандарда (Russian)
  6. Еще одна отставка в премьер-лиге (Russian)
  7. Мугань вновь доверили Гадирову (Russian)
  8. "Top Goalscorers" (PDF). pfl.az. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  9. "MOIK Baku 0-3 Gabala". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  10. "MOIK 0-4 Khazar". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  11. "Olimpik Baku 4-0 Bakılı". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  12. "Baku 3-1 Bakılı". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  13. "Turan 4-0 Karvan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  14. "MOIK 0-3 Inter". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  15. "MOIK 1-6 Olimpik Baku". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  16. "Gabala 4-1 NBC Salyan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  17. "Standard Baku 2 - 0 Gabala". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  18. "Gabala 3 - 0 Karvan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  19. 1 2 3 "Bakılı 0-7 Baku". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  20. 1 2 3 "Baku 7-0 Turan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  21. "MOIK 1-6 Olimpik Baku". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  22. "Bakılı 3-2 NBC Salyan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  23. "Khazar 2-4 Inter". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  24. "Karabakh 3-2 Karvan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  25. "MOIK Baku 2-4 Simurq". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  26. "Karabakh 4-2 Turan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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