2007–08 FK Baku season

Baku

2007-08 season
President	Hafiz Mammadov
Manager	Gjoko Hadžievski
Stadium	Tofig Bakhramov Stadium
Premier League	8th
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarterfinals vs Gabala
Intertoto Cup	First Round vs Dacia Chișinău
Top goalscorer	Fernando Néstor Pérez (8)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2006-07 2008-09 →

The FK Baku 2007-08 season was Baku's tenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and was their first season with Gjoko Hadžievski as their manager, having replaced Boyukagha Hajiyev in July 2007. They finished the season in 8th place in the league and where knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Quarterfinal stage by Gabala.

Squad

^[1][2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Andrezinho [3] 3 DF Rafael Amirbekov 5 DF Ilgar Abdurahmanov 6 DF Vugar Guliev 7 DF Asif Abbasov 8 MF Asen Nikolov 10 MF Amiran Mujiri 12 FW Fernando Nestor Pérez 14 MF Aleksandr Gogoberishvili 15 MF Jamshid Maharramov 16 FW Farid Guliev 17 FW Ahmad Tijani 18 MF Hafiz Aliyev 19 DF Bojan Ilić 20 MF Elnur Abbasov 22 MF Vasif Aliyev 23 GK Khalidou Sissokho

No. Position Player 25 GK Orkhan Mirzaev 26 MF Tarlan Khalilov 27 FW Emin Amiraslanov 55 FW Leandro Gomes [4] 67 MF Ramal Huseynov 77 MF Elnur Abdullaev GK Aqil Mammadov DF Sabuhi Hasanov DF Elnur Yusifov DF Stanislav Bachev DF Dejan Branković MF Ernad Skulić FW Anatoli Ponomarev (loan from Östers IF) FW Bakhtiyar Soltanov FW Cvetan Čurlinov FW Ely Cissé

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 5 DF Ilgar Abdurahmanov (from Simurq) 8 MF Asen Nikolov (from Partizan) 9 FW Israel Rodríguez (from Sportivo Luqueño) 15 MF Jamshid Maharramov (from Karvan) 17 FW Ahmad Tijani (from Shahdag) 19 DF Bojan Ilic (from Qarabağ) 22 FW Vasif Aliyev (from Gabala) DF Stanislav Bachev (from Marek Dupnitsa) DF Hiobi Hiobi Willy Jackson (from Tonnerre Kalara Club de Yaoundé) FW Bakhtiyar Soltanov (Youth Team)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player DF Rail Malikov (to Neftchi Baku) DF Ramin Guliv (to Neftchi Baku) MF Jeyhun Sultanov (to Khazar Lankaran) MF Ilgar Guliev MF Darko Jovandić (to Banat Zrenjanin) FW Ramazan Abbasov (to Neftchi Baku) FW Samir Musayev (to Simurq) FW Emin Amiraslanov (to Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 18 MF Hafiz Aliyev (from Turan Tovuz) DF Dejan Branković (from OFK Beograd) MF Ernad Skulić (from Inter Zaprešić) FW Cvetan Čurlinov (from Žalgiris Vilnius) FW Anatoli Ponomarev (loan from Östers IF) FW Ely Cissé (from Kasımpaşa)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player DF Hiobi Hiobi Willy Jackson (to Deportivo Mongomo) 9 FW Israel Rodríguez (to Standard Baku)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

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Results

1 12 August 2007	Baku	3 – 1	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Khalilov  14' Mujiri  18' Pérez  30'	Summary	N.Tagiev  86'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

2 19 August 2007	Gabala	2 – 0	Baku	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Balamestny  76' Aptsiauri  80'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

3 25 August 2007	Baku	0 – 0	Inter Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

4 1 September 2007	Standard Baku	1 – 1	Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	T.Narimanov  78'	Summary	I.Rodríguez  50'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

5 15 September 2007	Baku	2 – 1	Masallı	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	V.Guliev  85' Gogoberishvili  87'	Summary	Osmar  55'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

6 23 September 2007	Baku	5 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Sadiqov  .' (o.g.)	Summary	Amirbekov  .' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

7 30 September 2007	Olimpik Baku	3 – 0	Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Junivan  6', 70' Y.Abuzerov  45'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

8 7 October 2007	Baku	1 – 1	Simurq	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tijani  47'	Summary	R.Hajiyev  23'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

9 28 October 2007	Karvan	0 – 1	Baku	Yevlakh
22:25 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Pérez  51'	Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium

10 4 November 2007	Baku	2 – 2	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gomes  41' (pen.) Pérez  56'	Summary	Juninho  4' Ramazanov  31'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

11 10 November 2007	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hajiyev  90'	Summary	Tijani  7'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium1

12 24 November 2007	Baku	0 – 0	ABN Bärdä	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

13 2 December 2007	Turan Tovuz	0 – 2	Baku	Tovuz
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Pérez  76' Tijani  83'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium

14 16 February 2008	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	0 – 3	Baku	Sumqayit
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Mujiri  14' Maharramov  57' Pérez  83'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium

15 24 February 2008	Baku	3 – 0	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Tijani  16' Cissé  56' Ponomarev  86'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

16 1 March 2008	Inter Baku	1 – 0	Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zlatinov  90'	Summary		Stadium: Zabrat Stadium

17 16 March 2008	Baku	0 – 1	Standard Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Gutierrez  9'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

19 29 March 2008	Neftchi Baku	3 – 2	Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Subašić  3' Adamia  28' Kruglov  31'	Summary	Gomes  22' Pérez  76'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

20 6 April 2008	Baku	0 – 1	Olimpik Baku	Baku
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	S.Musayev  55'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

21 13 April 2008	Simurq	0 – 0	Baku	Zaqatala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

22 20 April 2008	Baku	3 – 3	Karvan	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Cissé  15' Tijani  27' Branković  39'	Summary	Camara  13' Akhalkatsi  30' Zeynalov  68'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

18 26 April 2008	Masallı	2 – 0	Baku	Masally
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nadirov  20' (pen.) Dadashev  86'	Summary		Stadium: Anatoly Banishevski Stadium

23 4 May 2008	Khazar Lankaran	0 – 0	Baku	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

24 12 May 2008	Baku	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

25 17 May 2008	ABN Bärdä	0 – 4	Baku	Barda
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Bachev  25' Cissé  49' Mujiri  54' Abdullaev  78'	Stadium: Barda City Stadium

26 27 May 2008	Baku	2 – 2	Turan Tovuz	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Pérez  50', 84'	Summary	Beraia  5', 19'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Inter Baku (C)	26	18	4	4	55	18	+37	58	2008–09 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Olimpik Baku	26	17	7	2	29	7	+22	58	2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
3	Neftchi Baku	26	16	7	3	42	18	+24	55	2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
4	Khazar Lankaran	26	14	10	2	44	16	+28	52	2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round 1
5	Qarabağ	26	11	8	7	25	16	+9	41
6	Gabala	26	11	3	12	33	36	−3	36
7	Simurq	26	9	9	8	31	25	+6	36
8	Baku	26	8	11	7	35	26	+9	35
9	Standard Baku	26	8	8	10	36	26	+10	32
10	FK Masallı	26	8	6	12	30	40	−10	30
11	Karvan	26	6	5	15	23	36	−13	23
12	Turan	26	4	6	16	21	49	−28	18
13	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	26	4	2	20	21	68	−47	14	Relegation to 2009-10 Azerbaijan First Division
14	ABN Bärdä	26	2	6	18	12	56	−44	12

Updated to games played on July 29, 2008.
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Khazar Lankaran qualified for the first qualifiying round of the 1st qualifying round of the UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Azerbaijan Cup.
(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.

Azerbaijan Cup

1st Round 1st Leg 26 September 2007	Standard Baku II	1 – 5	Baku	Baku
		[ Summary]

1st Round 2nd Leg 3 October 2007	Baku	Not Played (5 – 1 agg.)	Standard Baku II	Baku
		[ Summary]		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Round of 16 1st Leg 24 October 2007	Baku	3 – 0	Inter Baku II	Baku
		[ Summary]		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Round of 16 2nd Leg 30 October 2007	Inter Baku II	0 – 2 (0 – 5 agg.)	Baku	Baku
		Summary	I.Rodríguez  28' Mujiri  55'

Quarterfinals 1st Leg 6 March 2008	Baku	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
	Tijani  28'	Summary Summary	Zargarov  21'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Quarterfinals 2nd Leg 19 March 2008	Gabala	1 – 1 (2 – 2 agg.) (5 – 4 p)	Baku	Qabala
		Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium
		Penalties
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Intertoto Cup

First round 1st Leg 23 June 2007	Baku	1 – 1	Dacia Chișinău	Baku, Azerbaijan
	Andronik  80' (o.g.)	Summary	Onila  45'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Ferenc Bede (Hungary)

First round 2nd Leg 30 June 2007	Dacia Chișinău	1 – 1 (2 – 2 agg.) (3 – 1 p)	Baku	Chișinău, Moldova
	Onila  7'	Summary	Mujiri  64'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
		Penalties
	Lipa Orbu Bolohan Guşilă Andronik		Nikolov Musayev Huseynov Amirbekov	|

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League[7]		Azerbaijan Cup		Intertoto Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Andrezinho	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Rafael Amirbekov	25	0	23	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF		Ilgar Abdurahmanov	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF		Vugar Guliev	11	1	9	1	0	0	2	0
7	DF		Asif Abbasov	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Asen Nikolov	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Amiran Mujiri	21	4	19	4	0	0	2	0
12	FW		Fernando Nestor Pérez	24	8	24	8	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Aleksandr Gogoberishvili	19	1	19	1	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Jamshid Maharramov	23	1	21	1	0	0	2	0
16	FW		Farid Guliev	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW		Ahmad Tijani	19	7	17	7	0	0	2	0
18	MF		Hafiz Aliyev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Bojan Ilic	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF		Elnur Abbasov	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Vasif Aliyev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK		Khalidou Sissokho	25	0	23	0	0	0	2	0
25	GK		Orkhan Mirzaev	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Tarlan Khalilov	14	1	12	1	0	0	2	0
27	FW		Emin Amiraslanov	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
55	FW		Leandro Gomes	19	3	19	3	0	0	0	0
67	MF		Ramal Huseynov	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
77	MF		Elnur Abdullaev	21	1	19	1	0	0	2	0
	GK		Aqil Mammadov	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Sabuhi Hasanov	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Elnur Yusifov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Stanislav Bachev	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
	DF		Dejan Branković	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
	MF		Ernad Skulić	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Anatoli Ponomarev	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bakhtiyar Soltanov	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Cvetan Čurlinov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ely Cissé	9	3	9	3	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Baku who left on loan during the season:
Players who appeared for Baku who left during the season:
9	FW		Samir Musayev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW		Israel Rodríguez	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League[7]	Azerbaijan Cup	Intertoto Cup	Total
1	FW		12	Fernando Nestor Pérez	8	0	0	8
2	FW		17	Ahmad Tijani	7	1	0	8
3	MF		10	Amiran Mujiri	4	1	0	5
4	FW		55	Leandro Gomes	3	0	0	3
	FW			Ely Cissé	3	0	0	3
6	FW		9	Israel Rodríguez	1	1	0	2
7	MF		15	Jamshid Maharramov	1	0	0	1
	MF		14	Aleksandr Gogoberishvili	1	0	0	1
	MF		77	Elnur Abdullaev	1	0	0	1
	DF			Dejan Branković	1	0	0	1
	MF		26	Tarlan Khalilov	1	0	0	1
	DF			Stanislav Bachev	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Vugar Guliev	1	0	0	1
	FW			Anatoli Ponomarev	1	0	0	1
	FW		9	Samir Musayev	1	0	0	1
				Own Goal	1	0	1	2
				Unknown	0	9	0	9
				TOTALS	35	12	2	49

Notes

• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.^[8]

References

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