2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League

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.

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season2008–09
ChampionsFK Baku (2nd title)
RelegatedBakılı Baku
MOIK Baku
Champions LeagueFK Baku
Europa LeagueInter Baku
Simurq Zaqatala
Karabakh (via domestic cup)
Matches played182
Goals scored443 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerWalter Guglielmone (17)
Biggest home winBaku 7–0 Turan
Biggest away winBakılı Baku 0–7 Baku
Highest scoringBaku 7–0 Turan
MOIK 1–6 Olimpik
Bakılı Baku 0–7 Baku

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
Bakılı Baku
FK Baku
Inter
MOIK
Neftchi
Olimpik
Standard
Karabakh
Karvan
Khazar Lankaran
FK Qäbälä
Simurq Zaqatala
Turan Tovuz
Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 2008–09
Team Venue Capacity
Bakılı Baku Shafa Stadium 8,150
FK Baku Tofik Bakhramov Stadium 29,858
Inter Baku Shafa Stadium 8,150
Karabakh Guzanli Olympic Stadium1 2,000
Karvan Yevlakh Stadium 5,000
Khazar Lankaran Lankaran City Stadium 15,000
MOIK Baku MOIK Stadium 1,000
Mughan Salyany Olympic Sport Complex Stadium 3,000
Neftchi Baku Tofik Bakhramov Stadium 29,858
Olimpik Baku Shafa Stadium 8,150
FK Qäbälä Gabala City Stadium 2,000
Simurq Zaqatala Zaqatala City Stadium 3,000
Standard Baku Shafa Stadium 8,150
Turan Tovuz Tovuz City Stadium 6,000

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

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Standard Baku Badri Kvaratskhelia Resigned 20 April 2009[5] Rafik Mirzoyev 20 April 2009[5]
Mughan Nadir Gasymov Sacked 5 May 2009[6] 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 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Inter Baku 26 18 7 1 54 16 +38 61 Qualification for 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 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Olimpik Baku 26 12 8 6 32 18 +14 44
7 Standard Baku 26 12 3 11 30 31 −1 39
8 Neftçi Baku 26 9 9 8 30 21 +9 36
9 Karvan 26 10 4 12 28 33 −5 34
10 Gabala 26 9 6 11 28 21 +7 33
11 Turan 26 5 5 16 19 45 −26 20
12 Mughan 26 4 2 20 19 53 −34 14
13 Bakili (R) 26 3 3 20 14 65 −51 12 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
14 MOIK Baku (R) 26 1 2 23 12 64 −52 5
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Karabakh won the 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results
Home \ Away BKL BAK INT QAR KAR KHA MOI MUG NEF OLI GAB SIM STA TUR
Bakili 0–7 1–5 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–2
Baku 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 7–0
Inter Baku 4–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
Qarabağ 3–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 4–2
Karvan 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–1 1–1
Khazar Lankaran 5–0 3–0 2–4 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 5–0
MOIK Baku 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–3 0–4 1–3 0–5 1–6 0–3 2–4 1–2 2–0
Mughan 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–4 1–2 1–3 2–1
Neftçi Baku 3–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1
Olimpik Baku 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–0
Gabala 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1
Simurq 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1
Standard Baku 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 4–1
Turan 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2
Source: Soccerway.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[8]
1 Walter Guglielmone Inter 17
2 Ivan Tsvetkov Khazar 15
3 Vladimir Mazyar Simurq 11
Amiran Mujiri Baku 11
5 Leandro Gomes Olimpik Baku 10
Angel Gutierrez Standard 10
7 Victor Igbekoyi Qarabağ/Turan 8
Farzad Hatami Gabala 8
Rômulo Khazar 8
10 Bakhtiyar Soltanov Baku 7

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Farzad HatamiGabalaMOIK3–017 August 2008[9]
Ivan Tsvetkov4KhazarMOIK4–026 September 2008[10]
Leandro GomesOlimpik BakuBakılı4–07 March 2009[11]
Bakhtiyar SoltanovBakuBakılı3–121 March 2009[12]
Victor IgbekoiTuranKarvan4–012 April 2009[13]
Walter GuglielmoneInterMOIK3–012 April 2009[14]
Nariman ÄzimovOlimpik BakuMOIK6–111 May 2009[15]
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

Clean sheets

References
  1. “Masalli” will not take part in Premier League
  2. Azerbaijani Premier League to be drawn on July 30 Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. NBC is renamed
  4. Стадион в Гузанлы одобрен ПФЛ (in Russian)
  5. Кварацхелия ушел из Стандарда (in Russian)
  6. Еще одна отставка в премьер-лиге (in Russian)
  7. Мугань вновь доверили Гадирову (in Russian)
  8. "Top Goalscorers" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-02. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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  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. "Bakılı 0-7 Baku". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  20. "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.
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