2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League

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The 2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 17th season of

Inter Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous season
.

Teams

Azerbaijan First Division, Bakılı Baku and MOIK Baku
.

On 8 July 2008,

FK NBC Salyan to replace Masallı in top league.[2]

On 31 October 2008, FK NBC Salyan changed their name to

FK Mughan.[3]

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 2008–09
Team Venue Capacity
Bakılı Baku
Shafa Stadium
 8,150
FK Baku
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
 29,858
Inter Baku
 Shafa Stadium 8,150
Karabakh
Guzanli Olympic Stadium
1 		2,000
Karvan
Yevlakh Stadium
 5,000
Khazar Lankaran
Lankaran City Stadium
 15,000
MOIK Baku MOIK Stadium 1,000
Mughan
Salyany Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
 3,000
Neftchi Baku
 Tofik Bakhramov Stadium 29,858
Olimpik Baku
 Shafa Stadium 8,150
FK Qäbälä
 Gabala City Stadium 2,000
Simurq Zaqatala
 Zaqatala City Stadium 3,000
Standard Baku
 Shafa Stadium 8,150
Turan Tovuz
 Tovuz City Stadium 6,000

1Karabakh played their home matches at

Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.[4]

Personnel

Team Head coach Team captain Club chairman
Bakılı Baku Azerbaijan Bakhtiyar Gulamov Azerbaijan Vasif Aliyev Misir Abilov
FK Baku
 North Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski Azerbaijan Rafael Amirbekov Hafiz Mammadov
Inter Baku
 Ukraine Valentin Khodukin Azerbaijan Khagani Mammadov Georgi Nikolov
Karabakh
 Azerbaijan Gurban Gurbanov
Farhad Veliyev
 Abdulbari Goozal
Karvan
 vacant Azerbaijan Ilham Yadullayev Javanshir Shiraliyev
Khazar Lankaran
 Azerbaijan Igor Ponomarev Azerbaijan Dmitry Kramarenko Mübariz Mensimov
MOIK Baku Azerbaijan Akif Ibadov Azerbaijan Ismail Mammadov Safar Abiyev
Mughan
 Azerbaijan Vladislav Gadyrov Azerbaijan Tarlan Khalilov Fizuli Aliyev
Neftchi Baku
 Azerbaijan Boyukaga Agaev Azerbaijan Zaur Tagizade Akper Hajiyev
Olimpik Baku
 Azerbaijan Asker Abdullayev
Tarlan Akhmedov
 Rasul Rasulov
FK Qäbälä
 Azerbaijan Ramiz Mammadov Azerbaijan Kanan Karimov Taleh Heydarov
Simurq Zaqatala
 Ukraine Roman Pokora
Mykhailo Starostyak
 Zaur Mammadov
Standard Baku
 Azerbaijan Rafik Mirzoyev Azerbaijan Huseyn Mahammadov Emin Babayev
Turan Tovuz
 Azerbaijan Etimad Gurbanov Tunisia Asaf Gadiri Rashid Maherramov

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Standard Baku
 Georgia (country) Badri Kvaratskhelia Resigned 20 April 2009[5] Azerbaijan Rafik Mirzoyev 20 April 2009[5]
Mughan
 Azerbaijan Nadir Gasymov Sacked 5 May 2009[6] Azerbaijan Vladislav Gadirov 20 April 2009[7]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Baku
(C) 		26 20 2 4 54 13 +41 62 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2
Inter Baku
 26 18 7 1 54 16 +38 61 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3
Simurq
 26 16 5 5 39 20 +19 53
4
Khazar Lankaran
 26 15 5 6 49 21 +28 50
5 Qarabağ 26 14 7 5 35 22 +13 49 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
6
Olimpik Baku
 26 12 8 6 32 18 +14 44
7
Standard Baku
 26 12 3 11 30 31 −1 39
8 Neftçi Baku 26 9 9 8 30 21 +9 36
9
Karvan
 26 10 4 12 28 33 −5 34
10
Gabala
 26 9 6 11 28 21 +7 33
11
Turan
 26 5 5 16 19 45 −26 20
12
Mughan
 26 4 2 20 19 53 −34 14
13 Bakili (R) 26 3 3 20 14 65 −51 12 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
14 MOIK Baku (R) 26 1 2 23 12 64 −52 5
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Karabakh won the 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round
    of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

Home \ Away BKL
BAK
INT
 QAR
KAR
KHA
 MOI
MUG
 NEF
OLI
GAB
SIM
STA
TUR
Bakili 0–7 1–5 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–2
Baku
 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 7–0
Inter Baku
 4–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
Qarabağ 3–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 4–2
Karvan
 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–1 1–1
Khazar Lankaran
 5–0 3–0 2–4 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 5–0
MOIK Baku 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–3 0–4 1–3 0–5 1–6 0–3 2–4 1–2 2–0
Mughan
 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–4 1–2 1–3 2–1
Neftçi Baku 3–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1
Olimpik Baku
 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–0
Gabala
 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1
Simurq
 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1
Standard Baku
 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 4–1
Turan
 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2
Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[8]
1 Uruguay Walter Guglielmone Inter 17
2 Bulgaria Ivan Tsvetkov Khazar 15
3 Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar Simurq 11
Georgia (country) Amiran Mujiri Baku 11
5 Azerbaijan Leandro Gomes Olimpik Baku 10
Uruguay Angel Gutierrez Standard 10
7 Nigeria Victor Igbekoyi Qarabağ/Turan 8
Iran Farzad Hatami Gabala 8
Rômulo
 Khazar 8
10 Azerbaijan Bakhtiyar Soltanov Baku 7

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Iran Farzad Hatami Gabala MOIK 3–0 17 August 2008[9]
Bulgaria Ivan Tsvetkov4 Khazar MOIK 4–0 26 September 2008[10]
Azerbaijan Leandro Gomes Olimpik Baku Bakılı 4–0 7 March 2009[11]
Azerbaijan Bakhtiyar Soltanov Baku Bakılı 3–1 21 March 2009[12]
Nigeria Victor Igbekoi Turan Karvan 4–0 12 April 2009[13]
Uruguay Walter Guglielmone Inter MOIK 3–0 12 April 2009[14]
Azerbaijan Nariman Äzimov Olimpik Baku MOIK 6–1 11 May 2009[15]
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

Clean sheets

References

  1. ^ “Masalli” will not take part in Premier League
  2. ^ Azerbaijani Premier League to be drawn on July 30 Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ NBC is renamed
  4. ^ Стадион в Гузанлы одобрен ПФЛ (in Russian)
  5. ^ a b Кварацхелия ушел из Стандарда (in Russian)
  6. ^ Еще одна отставка в премьер-лиге (in Russian)
  7. ^ Мугань вновь доверили Гадирову (in Russian)
  8. ^ "Top Goalscorers" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-02. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  9. ^ "MOIK Baku 0-3 Gabala". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  10. ^ "MOIK 0-4 Khazar". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Olimpik Baku 4-0 Bakılı". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Baku 3-1 Bakılı". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  13. ^ "Turan 4-0 Karvan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  14. ^ "MOIK 0-3 Inter". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  15. ^ "MOIK 1-6 Olimpik Baku". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  16. ^ "Gabala 4-1 NBC Salyan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  17. ^ "Standard Baku 2 - 0 Gabala". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  18. ^ "Gabala 3 - 0 Karvan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  19. ^ a b c "Bakılı 0-7 Baku". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  20. ^ a b c "Baku 7-0 Turan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  21. ^ "MOIK 1-6 Olimpik Baku". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  22. ^ "Bakılı 3-2 NBC Salyan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  23. ^ "Khazar 2-4 Inter". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  24. ^ "Karabakh 3-2 Karvan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  25. ^ "MOIK Baku 2-4 Simurq". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  26. ^ "Karabakh 4-2 Turan". futbol24.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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