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 172
Goals scored 392 (2.28 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.

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

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[6] Mutual consent 16 September 2009 Vagif Sadygov[7] 29 September 2009
FK Baku Gjoko Hadžievski[8] Resigned 24 September 2009 Bülent Korkmaz[9] 25 September 2009
FK Standard Sumgayit Valdas Ivanauskas[10] Sacked 21 October 2009 Boyukagha Hajiyev 23 October 2009
Olimpik-Shuvalan Asgar Abdullayev[11] Resigned 23 November 2009 Nazim Suleymanov[12] 23 November 2009
FK Mughan Kemal Alispahić[13] Sacked 1 December 2009 Almir Hurtić[14] 1 December 2009
Neftchi Baku Vagif Sadygov[15] Sacked 21 February 2010 Arif Asadov[16] 25 February 2010
FK Baku Bülent Korkmaz[17] Resigned 22 March 2010 Cüneyt Biçer[18] 3 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 for Championship Group
2 Khazar Lankaran 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 Neftçi Baku 22 9 8 5 20 14+6 35
7 Simurq 22 9 7 6 26 21+5 34 Qualification for Relegation Group
8 Olimpik-Shuvalan 22 6 7 9 20 233 25
9 Turan 22 4 5 13 23 329 17
10 Mughan 22 3 7 12 12 2715 16
11 Standard 22 2 5 15 16 3418 11
12 Karvan 22 2 5 15 17 3619 11

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.

Results

Home ╲ Away BAK INT KARKHAMUGNEFOLSQARGABSIMSTATUR
Baku 20 10 03 00 02 00 01 20 12 00 21
Inter Baku 10 10 11 10 10 22 21 32 21 42 31
Karvan 11 02 02 11 01 13 11 41 32 22 00
Khazar Lankaran 11 10 30 20 00 21 00 10 30 00 11
Mughan 01 16 10 12 22 01 01 00 00 10 23
Neftçi Baku 11 21 10 00 02 00 00 11 01 20 20
Olimpik-Shuvalan 01 01 40 10 00 01 11 02 03 20 33
Qarabağ 00 11 32 10 21 10 10 00 00 10 21
Gabala 02 01 10 11 30 10 21 11 21 21 10
Simurq 12 11 20 12 00 00 20 10 11 11 21
Standard 34 01 10 12 10 12 01 01 12 12 11
Turan 01 01 21 12 10 23 00 12 01 12 30

Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The 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 16 182 27 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round QAR: 7 pts, 4–3
KHA: 4 pts, 3–4
4 Khazar Lankaran 20 6 9 5 19 14+5 27
5 Neftçi Baku 20 4 11 5 11 121 23
6 Gabala 20 4 8 8 18 279 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; (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.
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 21 210 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 Azerbaijan First Division
12 Karvan (R) 20 2 7 11 14 3521 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; (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.

Results of both groups

Championship group

Home ╲ Away BAK INT KHANEFQARGAB
Baku 00 10 11 20 11
Inter Baku 11 10 11 01 41
Khazar Lankaran 01 22 00 21 41
Neftçi Baku 10 10 00 00 12
Qarabağ 14 11 21 20 11
Gabala 10 11 12 00 31

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

Relegation group

Home ╲ Away KAR MUG OLSSIMSTATUR
Karvan 00 01 00 12 14
Mughan 23 21 31 10 00
Olimpik-Shuvalan 00 20 00 12 41
Simurq 00 10 03 04 21
Standard 60 02 01 31 23
Turan 20 12 00 00 00

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[19]
1 Farid Guliyev Standard Sumgayit 16
2 Anatoli Doros Olimpik-Shuvalan 12
Robertas Poškus Inter Baku 12
4 Adrian Neaga Neftchi Baku 11
5 Jabá Baku 10
Nadir Nabiev Turan Tovuz 10
7 Mario Sergio Baku 9
Allan Lalín Turan Tovuz 9
9 Ģirts Karlsons Inter Baku 8
10 Khagani Mammadov Karvan 7

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Samir Musayev Turan Tovuz Mughan 3–2 1 November 2009[20]
Ģirts Karlsons Inter Baku Turan Tovuz 3–1 15 May 2010[21]
Anatolie Doroș Olimpik-Shuvalan Turan Tovuz 4–1 3 April 2010[22]
Farid Guliyev4 Standard Karvan 6–0 9 May 2010[23]
Robertas Poškus Inter Baku Gabala 4–1 15 May 2010[24]
Nadir Nabiyev Turan Tovuz Karvan 4–1 16 May 2010[25]
Farid Guliyev Standard Simurq 4–0 16 May 2010[26]

Scoring

Clean sheets

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month
Player Club
October Vagif Javadov[34] FK Qarabağ
November Mario Sergio[35] Khazar Lankaran
December Afran Ismayilov[36] FK Qarabağ
January
February Khagani Mammadov[37] FK Karvan
March Araz Abdullayev[37] Neftchi Baku
April
May

References

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  2. Azerbaycan Peshekar Liqasi (in Azerbaijani)
  3. 1 2 Statement of PSC "Inter"
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  7. «Несмотря на все, я помогу Фогтсу с Россией» (in Russian)
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  10. Valdas İvanauskas istefya gönədirildi (in Azerbaijani)
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  12. Назим Сулейманов сменил Аскера Абдуллаева в ОШ (in Russian)
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  14. Альмир Хуртич: Рад, что нет травмированных игроков (in Russian)
  15. Vaqif Sadıqov istefaya göndərildi (in Azerbaijani)
  16. Arif Əsədov maksimum nəticə istəyir (in Azerbaijani)
  17. Бюлент Коркмаз подал в отставку (in Russian)
  18. “Bakı”nın yeni baş məşqçisinin adı məlum oldu (in Azerbaijani)
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  22. "Olimpik-Shuvalan 4–1 Turan Tovuz". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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  24. "Inter 4–1 Gabala". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  25. "Karvan 1–4 Turan Tovuz". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  26. "Simurq 0–4 Standard". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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  29. "Inter Baku 0 – 1 Baku". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  30. "Neftchi Baku 1 – 2 Gabala". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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  32. 1 2 "Mughan 1–6 Inter Baku". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  33. 1 2 "Standard Baku 3–4 Baku". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  34. "Vaqif Cavadov və Mario Souza ən yaxşı futbolçular oldu" (in Azerbaijani). Qol.az. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
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  36. Рамин Мусаев: Главное, чтобы Афран не подхватил звездную болезнь (in Russian)
  37. 1 2 Лучшие игроки февраля и марта названыь (in Russian)
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