1996–97 Azerbaijan Top League

The 1996-97 Azerbaijan Top League was contested by 16 teams and won by Neftchi Baku. Champions are Garabag Agdam thanks to "youth points" from the U-15 and U-16 Championships.

Azerbaijan Top League
Season1996-97
ChampionsNeftchi Baku
RelegatedPambiqci Neftcala
Azerbaijan U-18
Champions LeagueNeftchi Baku
UEFA CupQarabağ
Cup Winners' CupKapaz
Matches played450
Goals scored718 (1.6 per match)
Top goalscorerGurban Gurbanov (34)
1997-98 →

Teams

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 1996–97
Team Venue Capacity
Azerbaijan U-18
Bakı Fahlasi Ismat Gayibov Stadium 5,000
Fərid Baku
Kapaz Ganja City Stadium 26,120
Khazri Buzovna
Khazar Sumgayit
Kur Nur Yashar Mammadzade Stadium 5,000
MOIK Baku Shafa Stadium (IV field) 8,152
Neftchi Baku Tofik Bakhramov Stadium 29,858
Pambygchi Barda Barda City Stadium 10,000
Pambiqci Neftcala Nariman Narimanov Stadium 2,000
Police Academy Tofik Bakhramov Stadium 29,858
Qarabağ Guzanli Olympic Stadium1 15,000
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]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Neftçi Baku (C) 30 23 5 2 98 20 +78 74 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Qarabağ 30 23 2 5 61 25 +36 71 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Khazri Buzovna 30 20 6 4 59 23 +36 66
4 Turan 30 19 7 4 48 13 +35 64
5 Kapaz 30 18 4 8 59 26 +33 58 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Khazar Sumgayit 30 18 4 8 58 30 +28 58
7 Fərid Baku 30 13 8 9 45 31 +14 47
8 Pambygchi Barda 30 11 5 14 41 47 −6 38
9 MOIK Baku 30 7 6 17 26 50 −24 27
10 Şəmkir 30 8 2 20 30 106 −76 26
11 Bakı Fahlasi 30 10 7 13 37 41 −4 37
12 FK Masallı 30 9 6 15 38 52 −14 33
13 Kur-Nur 30 7 4 19 30 59 −29 25
14 Police Academy 30 5 7 18 23 49 −26 22
15 Pambiqci Neftcala (R) 30 5 6 19 27 68 −41 21 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
16 Azerbaijan U-18 30 4 1 25 38 78 −40 13
Source: Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Kapaz qualified for the qualifying round of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1996–97 Azerbaijan Cup.

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Qurban Qurbanov Neftchi 34
2 Samir Alakbarov Neftchi 25
3 Rövşən Əhmədov Kəpəz 18
4 Nazim Aliyev Qarabağ 17
5 Mushfig Huseynov Qarabağ 15
6 Həsən Abdullayev Şəmkir / Pambygchi Neftchala 14
7 Pasha Aliyev Khazri Buzovna 13
8 Musa Qurbanov Kur-Nur / Neftchi 12
Azər İsayev Khazri Buzovna 12
Ismayil Mammadov Khazar Sumgayit 12

References
  1. Стадион в Гузанлы одобрен ПФЛ (in Russian)
  2. "Çempionatın bombardirləri: Top-10 - 1996-97" (PDF). www.pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-09. Retrieved 16 January 2014.


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