1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League

Azerbaijan Top League
Season 1995-96
Champions Neftchi Baku
UEFA Cup Neftchi Baku
Khazri Buzovna
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qarabağ
Matches played 170
Top goalscorer Rovshan Akhmedov
Fazil Parvanov (23)
1996-97 →

The 1995-96 Azerbaijan Top League was the fifth season of the Azerbaijan Top League and was contested by 11 clubs and was the first season were 3 points were awarded for a win. Kəpəz were the defending champions but were unable to keep their title as Neftchi Baku completed a domestic double, winning their second Azerbaijan League title and the Azerbaijan Cup.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Venue Capacity
Bakı Fahlasi Baku Ismat Gayibov Stadium 5,000
Kapaz Ganja Ganja City Stadium 26,120
Qarabağ Quzanlı Guzanli Olympic Complex Stadium 2,000
Khazri Buzovna Buzovna
Kur-Nur Mingachevir Yashar Mammadzade Stadium 5,000
MOIK Baku Baku
Neftchi Baku Baku Tofiq Bahramov Stadium 31,200
Pambiqci Neftcala Neftçala
Shamkir Şəmkir Shamkir City Stadium
Turan Tovuz Tovuz Tovuz City Stadium 6,800
Viləş Masallı Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium 7,500

First round

League table

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Khazri Buzovna 20 14 5 1 31 7+24 47 Qualification for championship group
2 Kapaz 20 13 4 3 74 20+54 43
3 Turan 20 13 2 5 41 24+17 41
4 Qarabağ 20 12 4 4 38 15+23 40
5 Neftçi Baku 20 11 6 3 42 17+25 39
6 Kur-Nur 20 7 4 9 35 41−6 25
7 Bakı Fahlasi 20 6 3 11 20 35−15 21 Qualification for relegation group
8 FK Masallı 20 6 1 13 22 46−24 19
9 MOIK Baku 20 5 1 14 16 43−27 16
10 Şəmkir 20 3 4 13 15 39−24 13
11 Pambiqci Neftcala 20 2 2 16 16 63−47 8

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.

Second round

Championship group

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Neftçi Baku (C) 20 10 6 4 32 20+12 36 UEFA Cup 1996–97 Preliminary round
2 Khazri Buzovna 20 8 9 3 22 14+8 33
3 Kapaz 20 9 5 6 34 21+13 32
4 Turan 20 9 3 8 26 30−4 30
5 Karabakh Agdam 20 4 9 7 25 26−1 21 Qualification for 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1
6 Kur-Nur 20 1 4 15 12 46−34 7

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Karabakh Agdam qualified for the qualifying round of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as runners up in the 1995–96 Azerbaijan Cup since Neftchi Baku won both the League and the 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.

Relegation group

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
7 Bakı Fahlasi 16 9 2 5 26 18+8 29
8 FK Masallı 16 9 1 6 26 29−3 28
9 Şəmkir 16 7 4 5 31 18+13 25
10 MOIK Baku 16 6 2 8 14 16−2 20  1
11 Pambiqci Neftcala 16 4 1 11 18 34−16 13

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Originally two teams were to be relegated, but due to the league expanding to 16 teams no-one was relegated.
(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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Azerbaijan Fazil Parvanov Kəpəz 23
Azerbaijan Rovshan Akhmedov Kəpəz 23
3 Azerbaijan Nazim Aliyev Neftchi Baku/Qarabağ 22
4 Azerbaijan Musa Kurbanov Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz 15
5 Azerbaijan Yadigar Süleymanov Kəpəz 14
6 Azerbaijan Samir A. Məmmədov MOIK Baku/Kur Nur Mingechaur 13
Azerbaijan Mehman İbrahimov Pambiqci Neftcala 13
Azerbaijan Ələddin Abbasov Shamkir 13
9 Azerbaijan Gurban Gurbanov Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz 12
10 Azerbaijan İlham Məmmədov Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz/Neftchi Baku 11

References

  1. ↑ "Çempionatın bombardirləri: Top-10 – 1995/96" (PDF). pfl.az. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
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