2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season 2014–15
Matches played 125
Goals scored 308 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer Dragan Ćeran
(12 goals)
Biggest home win Inter Baku 7–0 Baku
Biggest away win AZAL 0–3 Qarabağ
Highest scoring Inter Baku 7–0 Baku
Simurq 5–2 Baku
Highest attendance 7,500
Araz-Naxçıvan 3–0 Neftchi
(11 August 2014)[1]
Lowest attendance 500
AZAL 1–1 Khazar Lankaran
(9 August 2014)[1]
2015–16 →

All statistics correct as of 9 March 2015.

The 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League will be 23rd season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Qarabağ are the defending champions, having won the previous season. The season will start on Saturday 9 August 2014 and will conclude on Sunday 28 May 2015.

Teams

AZAL
Baku
Inter Baku
Neftchi Baku
Khazar Lankaran
Simurq
Gabala
Araz-Naxçıvan
Qarabağ
Location of teams in 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League

Ravan Baku were relegated to Azerbaijan First Division.

The format of the league not change as a total of 10 teams will contest the league, with the last club relegated and Araz-Naxçıvan promoted from the First Division.[2] The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.[3]

On 3 November 2014, the Araz-Naxçıvan announced their withdrawal from the league due constant biased referee decisions, which meant that all of their results were annulled.[4][5] This also meant that no club will be relegated by end of the season.[6]

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Venue Capacity[7]
Araz-Naxçıvan Nakhchivan Nakhchivan City Stadium 11,800
AZAL Baku AZAL Stadium 5,000
Baku Baku FC Baku's Training Base 2,000
Gabala Gabala Gabala City Stadium 8,000
Inter Baku Baku Inter Arena 10,000
Khazar Lankaran Lankaran Lankaran City Stadium 15,000
Neftchi Baku Baku Bakcell Arena 11,000
Qarabağ Baku Tofiq Bahramov Stadium 31,200
Simurq Zaqatala Zaqatala City Stadium 3,500
Sumgayit Sumqayit Kapital Bank Arena 16,000

Personnel and kits

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

Team Manager Team captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Araz-Naxçıvan Azerbaijan Asgar Abdullayev Azerbaijan Elmin Chobanov Joma
AZAL Azerbaijan Tarlan Ahmadov Azerbaijan Shahriyar Rahimov Umbro Silk Way
Baku Turkey Ibrahim Uzunca Azerbaijan Aqil Mammadov Kappa
Gabala Ukraine Roman Hryhorchuk Azerbaijan Volodimir Levin Joma Pepsi[8]
Inter Baku Georgia (country) Kakhaber Tskhadadze Azerbaijan Asif Mammadov Umbro IBA
Khazar Lankaran Azerbaijan Elbrus Mammadov Azerbaijan Rahid Amirguliyev Puma Palmali[9]
Neftçi Baku Azerbaijan Arif Asadov Brazil Flavinho Adidas SOCAR
Qarabağ Azerbaijan Gurban Gurbanov Azerbaijan Rashad Sadygov Adidas Azersun[10]
Simurq Georgia (country) Giorgi Chikhradze Azerbaijan Ilkin Qirtimov Joma
Sumgayit Azerbaijan Agil Mammadov Azerbaijan Ruslan Poladov Umbro Azerkimya[11]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Khazar Lankaran Turkey Mustafa Denizli Mutual consent 16 May 2014[12] Pre-season Turkey Oğuz Çetin 5 June 2014[13]
Gabala Russia Yuri Semin 23 May 2014 Romania Dorinel Munteanu 14 June 2014[14]
Baku Serbia Milinko Pantić 24 July 2014 Turkey Ibrahim Uzunca 12 August 2014
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan Boyukagha Hajiyev Resigned 3 September 2014 6th Azerbaijan Arif Asadov 4 September 2014
Gabala Romania Dorinel Munteanu Sacked 8 December 2014[15] 6th Azerbaijan Sanan Gurbanov (caretaker) 8 December 2014[16]
Gabala Azerbaijan Sanan Gurbanov (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 21 December 2014 6th Ukraine Roman Hryhorchuk 21 December 2014[17]
Khazar Turkey Oğuz Çetin Resigned 22 December 2014[18] 5th Azerbaijan Elbrus Mammadov 23 December 2014[19]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Qarabağ 28 19 6 3 47 24 +23 63 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Inter Baku 28 15 11 2 47 15 +32 56 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Neftchi Baku 29 13 8 8 37 28 +9 47
4 Gabala 28 13 7 8 39 33 +6 46
5 Simurq 29 10 5 14 37 34 +3 35
6 AZAL 28 8 8 12 29 40 −11 32
7 Khazar Lankaran 27 7 6 14 32 41 −9 27
8 Sumgayit 28 5 10 13 27 39 −12 25
9 Baku 27 2 7 18 17 58 −41 13
10 Araz-Naxçıvan[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team withdrawn
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2015. Source: uefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5. head-to-head away goals (only if 2 teams are tied); 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored.[21]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Araz-Naxçıvan were officially withdrawn from the league on 17 November 2014[20]

Results

Games 1–18

Home ╲ Away[1] ARZ AZL BAKINTKHASIMNEFQARGABSUM
Araz-Naxçıvan
AZAL 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–3 3–3 3–2
Baku 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–4 0–2 1–2
Inter Baku 1–0 7–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 5–1
Khazar Lankaran 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–0 0–1
Simurq 2–0 5–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 3–2
Neftchi Baku 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 3–2
Qarabağ 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Gabala 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 3–1
Sumgayit 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–0[22] 1–1

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

Games 19–36

Home ╲ Away[1] ARZ AZL BAKINTKHASIMNEFQARGABSUM
Araz-Naxçıvan
AZAL 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–1
Baku 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–0
Inter Baku 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–0
Khazar Lankaran 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 3–2
Simurq 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1
Neftchi Baku 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–3
Qarabağ 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–1
Gabala 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 2–0
Sumgayit 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2

Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: Azerbaijan Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 1 May 2015[26]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Serbia Dragan Ćeran Simurq 12
Azerbaijan Nurlan Novruzov Baku
3 Azerbaijan Javid Huseynov Gabala 10
Chile Nicolás Canales Neftchi
Spain Mikel Álvaro Inter Baku
6 Brazil Reynaldo Qarabağ 9
Azerbaijan Magomed Kurbanov Sumgayit
8 Brazil Nildo Inter Baku 8
Democratic Republic of the Congo Freddy Mombongo-Dues AZAL
10 Azerbaijan Rashad Eyyubov Simurq 7
Sierra Leone Julius Wobay Neftchi
Republic of Macedonia Muarem Muarem Qarabağ
Netherlands Leroy George Qarabağ

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards; 10[27]
Most red cards; 2[27]

Club

References

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