2012–13 FK Baku season

Baku
2012-13 season
President Azerbaijan Hafiz Mammadov
Manager Azerbaijan Novruz Azimov
until 19 July 2012
Serbia Božidar Bandović
Stadium Tofig Bakhramov Stadium
Premier League 5th
Azerbaijan Cup Semifinals vs Khazar Lankaran
Europa League 1st Qualifying Round vs Slovenia Mura 05
Top goalscorer League: Marius Pena (6)
All: Marius Pena (7)
Highest home attendance 3,0241 vs Slovenia Mura 05 5 July 2012
Lowest home attendance 200 vs Sumgayit 28 November 2012
Average home league attendance 1,060
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
2011-12
2013-14

The Baku 2012-13 season is Baku's fifteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season. This is Baku's first season under Božidar Bandović,[1] who replaced Novruz Azimov[1] after the UEFA Europa League qualifiers where they were beaten 2-0 on aggregate by Mura 05 of Slovenia. Baku will also participate in the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup.

Squad

As of 25 April 2013

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

No. Position Player
1 Azerbaijan GK Kamran Agayev
2 Bolivia DF Edemir Rodríguez
3 Latvia DF Deniss Ivanovs
5 Azerbaijan DF Agil Nabiyev
7 Lithuania MF Deividas Česnauskis
8 Brazil MF Juninho
10 Slovenia MF Lucas Horvat
11 Azerbaijan MF Elvin Mammadov (captain)
14 Azerbaijan DF Elvin Aliyev (vice-captain)
16 Azerbaijan GK Aqil Mammadov
17 Spain MF Mario Rubio
19 Azerbaijan FW Nurlan Novruzov
21 Azerbaijan DF Novruz Mammadov
22 Serbia MF Risto Ristović
No. Position Player
23 Azerbaijan FW Rauf Aliyev
24 Romania FW Marius Pena
25 Azerbaijan DF Shahriyar Aliyev
27 Georgia (country) DF George Popkhadze
28 Turkey FW Ferdi Elmas
29 Azerbaijan DF Aziz Guliyev
36 Costa Rica FW Winston Parks
38 Azerbaijan FW Namig Alasgarov
77 Croatia MF Aleksandar Šolić
82 Republic of Macedonia GK Edin Nuredinoski
93 Azerbaijan GK Elkhan Ahmadov
99 Azerbaijan MF Rahman Hajiyev
88 Azerbaijan FW Javid Huseynov

On Loan

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

No. Position Player
20 Azerbaijan DF Elshad Manafov (at Turan Tovuz)

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
2 Bolivia DF Edemir Rodríguez (from Bolivia Club Bolívar)[2][3]
17 Azerbaijan MF Ramazan Abbasov (from Azerbaijan Ravan Baku)
22 Greece FW Vangelis Mantzios (from Greece OFI Crete)[4]
26 Argentina MF Leandro Becerra (from Greece PAS Giannina)[5]
27 Georgia (country) DF George Popkhadze (from Austria Sturm Graz)[6][7]
29 Azerbaijan DF Aziz Guliyev (from Azerbaijan Inter Baku)
82 Republic of Macedonia GK Edin Nuredinoski (from Cyprus Ethnikos Achna)[8]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Croatia GK Marko Šarlija (to Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia)[9]
4 Moldova DF Vadim Boret (Retired)
23 Senegal GK Kalidou Cissokho (Retired)
98 Spain FW Koke (to Germany Jahn Regensburg)[10]

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
1 Azerbaijan GK Kamran Agayev (from Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran)
5 Azerbaijan DF Agil Nabiyev (from Azerbaijan AZAL)[11]
17 Spain MF Mario Rubio (from Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia)
22 Serbia MF Risto Ristović (from Serbia Novi Pazar)
23 Azerbaijan FW Rauf Aliyev (from Azerbaijan Qarabağ)
24 Romania FW Marius Pena (from Romania Oțelul Galați)
28 Turkey FW Ferdi Elmas (from Turkey Karşıyaka)
88 Azerbaijan FW Javid Huseynov (from Turkey Adana Demirspor)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
5 Croatia DF Duje Baković (released)
15 Azerbaijan MF Jamshid Maharramov (to Azerbaijan Kəpəz)
17 Azerbaijan MF Ramazan Abbasov (to Azerbaijan Ravan Baku)
20 Azerbaijan DF Elshad Manafov (loan to Azerbaijan Turan Tovuz)
22 Greece FW Vangelis Mantzios (to Greece Atromitos)
23 Latvia FW Māris Verpakovskis (to Greece Ergotelis)
24 Serbia MF Nenad Kovačević (to Romania UTA Arad)
26 Argentina MF Leandro Becerra
36 Costa Rica FW Winston Parks (to Costa Rica Uruguay Coronado)
Azerbaijan DF Elshad Manafov (loan to Azerbaijan Turan Tovuz)
Azerbaijan DF Vugar Baybalayev (loan to Azerbaijan Turan Tovuz)
Azerbaijan DF Vasif Rzayev (loan to Azerbaijan Turan Tovuz)
Azerbaijan FW Ulvi Guliyev (loan to Azerbaijan Turan Tovuz)

Competitions

Friendlies

Azerbaijan Premier League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
21 5 12 4 22 14 +8 27 3 6 1 11 6 +5 2 6 3 11 8 +3

Last updated: 4 March 2013.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAAHAHAH
Result D D W D L D D D L D W L W D D D L D W W D W
Position 9 6 8 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 10 9 8 7 6 6

Source: Soccerway
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Neftchi Baku 22 14 2 6 47 24+23 44 Qualification to championship group
2 Inter Baku 22 11 8 3 24 12+12 41
3 Qarabağ 22 10 9 3 30 19+11 39
4 Simurq 22 9 9 4 25 15+10 36
5 Gabala 22 9 5 8 26 271 32
6 Baku 22 6 12 4 24 15+9 30
7 AZAL 22 7 8 7 32 25+7 29 Qualification to relegation group
8 Khazar Lankaran 22 7 7 8 32 27+5 28
9 Turan 22 6 5 11 24 3511 23
10 Sumgayit 22 5 7 10 20 3919 22
11 Ravan Baku 22 6 4 12 23 3613 22
12 Kəpəz 22 2 4 16 12 4533 10

Updated to games played on 3 March 2013.
Source: Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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 Premier League Championship Group

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
10 3 2 5 9 8 +1 11 1 1 3 4 2 +2 2 1 2 5 6 −1

Last updated: 20 May 2013.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12345678910
GroundHAHAHHAHAA
Result D W L D L W L L L W
Position 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Last updated: 20 May 2013.
Source: Soccerway
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Neftchi Baku (C) 32 19 5 8 59 32+27 62 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Qarabağ 32 16 11 5 43 26+17 59 2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 Inter Baku 32 16 9 7 38 22+16 57
4 Simurq 32 12 12 8 32 26+6 48
5 Baku 32 9 14 9 33 27+6 41
6 Gabala 32 10 8 14 32 408 38

Updated to games played on 20 May 2013.
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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

UEFA Europa League

First Qualifying Round

Main articles: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round and 2012-13 UEFA Europa League
Notes

Squad Statistics

As of 20 May 2013

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League Azerbaijan Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Azerbaijan Kamran Agayev 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Bolivia Edemir Rodríguez 22 2 16+1 2 3+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Latvia Deniss Ivanovs 22 0 12+6 0 1+1 0 2+0 0
5 DF Azerbaijan Agil Nabiyev 11 3 8+0 2 2+1 1 0+0 0
6 MF Sierra Leone Ibrahim Kargbo 27 1 18+5 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF Lithuania Deividas Česnauskis 23 0 13+4 0 3+1 0 2+0 0
8 MF Brazil Juninho 29 2 21+4 2 1+1 0 2+0 0
10 MF Slovenia Lucas Horvat 31 3 21+4 3 5+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF Azerbaijan Elvin Mammadov 35 2 21+7 2 4+1 0 1+1 0
14 DF Azerbaijan Elvin Aliyev 9 0 5+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
16 GK Azerbaijan Aqil Mammadov 4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF Spain Mario 6 1 3+2 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW Azerbaijan Tural Gurbatov 4 1 1+2 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
19 FW Azerbaijan Nurlan Novruzov 15 3 7+8 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Azerbaijan Elshad Manafov 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 DF Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov 5 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 MF Serbia Risto Ristović 13 0 5+4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
23 FW Azerbaijan Rauf Aliyev 13 2 8+3 2 1+1 0 0+0 0
24 FW Romania Marius Pena 19 7 12+3 6 3+1 1 0+0 0
25 DF Azerbaijan Shahriyar Aliyev 35 1 30+0 0 5+0 1 0+0 0
27 DF Georgia (country) George Popkhadze 24 0 17+3 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
28 FW Turkey Ferdi Elmas 10 0 3+4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
29 DF Azerbaijan Aziz Guliyev 20 1 15+3 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
38 FW Azerbaijan Namig Alasgarov 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
77 MF Croatia Aleksandar Šolić 36 4 19+10 3 3+2 1 1+1 0
82 GK Republic of Macedonia Edin Nuredinoski 29 0 25+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
88 FW Azerbaijan Javid Huseynov 14 2 8+3 2 3+0 0 0+0 0
98 FW Azerbaijan Vadim Abdullayev 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
99 MF Azerbaijan Rahman Hajiyev 14 0 11+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
Players who appeared for Baku no longer at the club:
5 DF Croatia Duje Baković 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
15 MF Azerbaijan Jamshid Maharramov 9 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF Azerbaijan Ramazan Abbasov 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW Greece Vangelis Mantzios 8 2 7+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW Latvia Māris Verpakovskis 11 2 4+4 0 1+0 2 1+1 0
24 MF Serbia Nenad Kovačević 13 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
26 MF Argentina Leandro Becerra 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 FW Costa Rica Winston Parks 7 1 1+4 1 0+0 0 1+1 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League Azerbaijan Cup Europa League Total
1 FW Romania 24 Marius Pena 6 1 0 7
2 MF Croatia 77 Aleksandar Šolić 3 1 0 4
3 FW Azerbaijan 19 Nurlan Novruzov 3 0 0 3
MF Slovenia 10 Lucas Horvat 3 0 0 3
DF Azerbaijan 5 Agil Nabiyev 2 1 0 3
6 FW Greece 22 Vangelis Mantzios 2 0 0 2
DF Bolivia 2 Edemir Rodríguez 2 0 0 2
MF Brazil 8 Juninho 2 0 0 2
FW Latvia 23 Māris Verpakovskis 0 2 0 2
MF Azerbaijan 11 Elvin Mammadov 2 0 0 2
FW Azerbaijan 23 Rauf Aliyev 2 0 0 2
FW Azerbaijan 88 Javid Huseynov 2 0 0 2
13 FW Costa Rica 36 Winston Parks 1 0 0 1
MF Sierra Leone 6 Ibrahim Kargbo 1 0 0 1
DF Azerbaijan 29 Aziz Guliyev 1 0 0 1
FW Azerbaijan 19 Nurlan Novruzov 1 0 0 1
MF Spain 17 Mario 1 0 0 1
FW Azerbaijan 18 Tural Gurbatov 0 1 0 1
DF Azerbaijan 25 Shahriyar Aliyev 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 33 6 0 39

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name Premier League Azerbaijan Cup Europa League Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 Azerbaijan GK Kamran Agayev 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Bolivia DF Edemir Rodríguez 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 Latvia DF Deniss Ivanovs 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
5 Azerbaijan DF Agil Nabiyev 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 1
6 Sierra Leone MF Ibrahim Kargbo 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Lithuania MF Deividas Česnauskis 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
8 Brazil MF Juninho 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10Slovenia MF Lucas Horvat 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
11Azerbaijan MF Elvin Mammadov 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14Azerbaijan DF Elvin Aliyev 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15Azerbaijan MF Jamshid Maharramov 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
16Azerbaijan GK Aqil Mammadov 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
17Azerbaijan MF Ramazan Abbasov 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17Spain MF Mario 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19Azerbaijan FW Nurlan Novruzov 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
20Azerbaijan DF Elshad Manafov 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
21Azerbaijan DF Novruz Mammadov 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
22Serbia MF Risto Ristović 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22Greece FW Vangelis Mantzios 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23Latvia FW Māris Verpakovskis 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
23Azerbaijan FW Rauf Aliyev 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
24Romania FW Marius Pena 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
24Serbia MF Nenad Kovačević 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
25Azerbaijan DF Shahriyar Aliyev 8 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
27Georgia (country) DF George Popkhadze 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
29Azerbaijan DF Aziz Guliyev 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
77Croatia MF Aleksandar Šolić 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
82Republic of Macedonia GK Edin Nuredinoski 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
88Azerbaijan FW Javid Huseynov 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
TOTALS 76 3 5 0 4 0 85 3

References

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