2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season 2009–10
Champions Inter Baku
Relegated Standard Baku
FK Karvan
Champions League Inter Baku
Europa League FK Baku
FK Qarabağ
Khazar Lankaran (via domestic cup)
Matches played 192
Goals scored 392 (2.04 per match)
Top goalscorer Farid Guliev (16)
Biggest home win Standard 6–0 Karvan
Biggest away win Mughan 1–6 Inter
Highest scoring Mughan 1–6 Inter
Standard 3-4 Baku

The 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League is the eighteenth season of top-tier football in Azerbaijan. It began on 14 August 2009 and finished in May 2010. FK Baku are the defending champions.

The league is competed in two stages. The first stage consists of a regular home-and-away round-robin schedule for a total of 22 matches per team. The competition will then be split in half. However, each team will take over to the respective group only records earned against the remaining 5 teams from their second round group. The teams ranked first through sixth will play out the championship and the European spots while the bottom six teams will have to avoid one of the two relegation places.

Contents

Teams

MOIK Baku and Bakili Baku were relegated after finishing the 2008–09 season in the bottom two places. Since the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan did not grant a Premier League license to any of the teams in the Azerbaijan First Division[1], the league size was reduced to twelve teams.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 2009-10
Team Location Venue Capacity[2]
FK Baku Baku Tofig Bakhramov Stadium 29,858
Inter Baku Shafa Stadium 7,840
Karvan Yevlakh Yevlakh Stadium 8,500
Khazar Lankaran Lankaran City Stadium 17,500
Mughan Salyan Salyany Olympic Stadium 4,000
Neftchi Baku Ismet Gaibov Stadium 7,000
Olimpik-Shuvalan Baku Shafa Stadium 7,840
Qarabağ Agdam Guzanli Olympic Stadium 15,000
Qäbälä PFC Qäbälä Gabala City Stadium 2,000
Simurq Zaqatala Zaqatala City Stadium 3,500
Standard Sumgayit Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium 26,000
Turan Tovuz Tovuz City Stadium 10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Head coach Team captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
FK Baku Cüneyt Biçer Jamshid Maharramov Erreà
Inter Kakhaber Tskhadadze Samir Abbasov Adidas IBA
Karvan Yunis Huseynov Ismayil Mammadov Adidas Azneftemash
Khazar Agaselim Mirjavadov Kamran Agaev Puma PalSüd
Mughan Almir Hurtic Elnur Mammadov Olympikus Nissan
Neftchi Arif Asadov Rail Malikov Adidas SOCAR
Olimpik-Shuvalan Nazim Suleymanov Agil Nabiyev Adidas Silk Way
Qarabağ Gurban Gurbanov Aslan Kerimov Adidas Azersun Holding
Qäbälä PFC Tony Adams Kanan Karimov Adidas
Simurq Roman Pokora Alexandr Malygin Adidas
Standard Boyukagha Hajiyev Agil Mammadov Kappa Bank Standard
Turan Nizami Sadygov Nadir Nabiyev Adidas

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Inter Baku Valentin Khodukin[3] Resigned 10 June 2009 Kakhaber Tskhadadze[3] 10 June 2009
Khazar Lankaran Igor Ponomaryov[4] Resigned 11 June 2009 Agaselim Mirjavadov[5] 16 June 2009
Neftchi Baku Boyukaga Aghayev[4] Mutual consent 16 September 2009 Vagif Sadygov[6] 29 September 2009
FK Baku Gjoko Hadžievski[7] Resigned 24 September 2009 Bülent Korkmaz[8] 25 September 2009
FK Standard Sumgayit Valdas Ivanauskas[9] Sacked 21 October 2009 Boyukagha Hajiyev 23 October 2009
Olimpik-Shuvalan Asgar Abdullayev[10] Resigned 23 November 2009 Nazim Suleymanov[11] 23 November 2009
FK Mughan Kemal Alispahić[12] Sacked 1 December 2009 Almir Hurtić[13] 1 December 2009
Neftchi Baku Vagif Sadygov[14] Sacked 21 February 2010 Arif Asadov[15] 25 February 2010
FK Baku Bülent Korkmaz[16] Resigned 22 March 2010 Cüneyt Biçer[17] 03 April 2010

First round

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Inter Baku 22 15 4 3 36 18 +18 49 Qualification to the Championship Group
2 Khazar 22 12 8 2 29 11 +18 44
3 Qarabağ 22 11 9 2 21 12 +9 42
4 Baku 22 10 7 5 22 17 +5 37
5 Gabala 22 10 6 6 24 21 +3 36
6 Neftchi Baku 22 9 8 5 20 14 +6 35
7 Simurq 22 9 7 6 26 21 +5 34 Qualification to the Relegation Group
8 Olimpik-Shuvalan 22 6 7 9 20 23 −3 25
9 Turan 22 4 5 13 23 32 −9 17
10 Mughan 22 3 7 12 12 27 −15 16
11 Standard 22 2 5 15 16 34 −18 11
12 Karvan 22 2 5 15 17 36 −19 11

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 BAK INT KAR KHA MUG NEF OLS QAR GAB SIM STA TUR
Baku 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1
Inter Baku 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 4–2 3–1
Karvan 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 0–0
Khazar 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1
Mughan 0–1 1–6 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–3
Neftchi Baku 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0
Olimpik-Shuvalan 0–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–0 3–3
Qarabağ 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Gabala 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0
Simurq 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
Standard 3–4 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1
Turan 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–0

Source: Soccerway
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship Group

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
1 Inter Baku (C) 20 7 8 5 22 19 +3 29 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Baku 20 7 7 6 19 15 +4 28 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
3 Qarabağ 20 6 9 5 16 18 −2 27 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round QAR: 7 pts, 4–3
KHA: 4 pts, 3–4
4 Khazar 20 6 9 5 19 14 +5 27
5 Neftchi Baku 20 4 11 5 11 12 −1 23
6 Gabala 20 4 8 8 18 27 −9 20

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
1Baku were the winners of the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Relegation Group

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
7 Olimpik-Shuvalan 20 10 6 4 27 15 +12 36
8 Simurq 20 8 7 5 21 21 0 31
9 Turan 20 7 8 5 27 22 +5 29
10 Mughan 20 7 6 7 17 16 +1 27
11 Standard (R) 20 7 4 9 26 23 +3 25 Relegation to the Azerbaijan First Division
12 Karvan (R) 20 2 7 11 14 35 −21 13

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Winners of 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results of both groups

Championship Group

Home \ Away1 BAK INT KHA NEF QAR GAB
Baku 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1
Inter Baku 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–1
Khazar 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 4–1
Neftchi Baku 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2
Qarabağ 1–4 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Gabala 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–1
Source: soccerway.com
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Group

Home \ Away1 KAR MUG OLS SIM STA TUR
Karvan 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–4
Mughan 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0
Olimpik-Shuvalan 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 4–1
Simurq 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–4 2–1
Standard 6–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–3
Turan 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0
Source: soccerway.com
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 17 May 2010; Source: [18]

16 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month
Player Club
October Vagif Javadov[19] FK Qarabağ
November Mario Souza[20] Khazar Lankaran
December Afran Ismayilov[21] FK Qarabağ
January
February Khagani Mammadov[22] FK Karvan
March Araz Abdullayev[22] Neftchi Baku
April
May

References

  1. ^ uefa.com:Новый формат, новые ожидания (Russian)
  2. ^ Azerbaycan Peshekar Liqasi (Azerbaijani)
  3. ^ a b Statement of PSC "Inter"
  4. ^ a b Пономарев – больше не тренер ХЛ (Russian)
  5. ^ Полушок от ХЛ: Главный тренер – Мирджавадов, вице-президент – Пономарев! (Russian)
  6. ^ «Несмотря на все, я помогу Фогтсу с Россией» (Russian)
  7. ^ Хафиз Мамедов принял отставку Хаджиевски (Russian)
  8. ^ Bülent Korkmaz, Bakü yolunda (Turkish)
  9. ^ Valdas İvanauskas istefya gönədirildi (Azerbaijani)
  10. ^ Аскер Абдуллаев подал в отставку (Russian)
  11. ^ Назим Сулейманов сменил Аскера Абдуллаева в ОШ (Russian)
  12. ^ Мугань подтвердила факт ухода Алиспахича (Russian)
  13. ^ Альмир Хуртич: Рад, что нет травмированных игроков (Russian)
  14. ^ Vaqif Sadıqov istefaya göndərildi (Azerbaijani)
  15. ^ Arif Əsədov maksimum nəticə istəyir (Azerbaijani)
  16. ^ Бюлент Коркмаз подал в отставку (Russian)
  17. ^ “Bakı”nın yeni baş məşqçisinin adı məlum oldu (Azerbaijani)
  18. ^ Unibank Premyer Liqası: Bombardirlər (Azerbaijani)
  19. ^ "Vaqif Cavadov və Mario Souza ən yaxşı futbolçular oldu". Qol.az. 2009-12-150. http://qol.az/new/?name=xeber&news_id=8830. Retrieved 2009-12-15.  (Azerbaijani)
  20. ^ "PFL "Qarabağ" və "Xəzər Lənkəran"ın oyunçularını "ən yaxşı" seçdi". fanat.az. 2009-12-150. http://fanat.az/?mod=view&id=13780. Retrieved 2009-12-15.  (Azerbaijani)
  21. ^ Рамин Мусаев: Главное, чтобы Афран не подхватил звездную болезнь (Russian)
  22. ^ a b Лучшие игроки февраля и марта названыь (Russian)
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