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2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League

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The 2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League (known as the Unibank Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons) was the twentieth season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. Neftchi Baku was the defending champions, having won their second Azerbaijani championship the previous season.

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season2011–12
ChampionsNeftchi (7th title)
Champions LeagueNeftchi
Europa LeagueBaku
Khazar
Inter Baku
Matches played192
Goals scored448 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerBahodir Nasimov
(16 goals)
Biggest home winNeftchi 7-1 AZAL
Biggest away winRavan 0-4 Gabala
Highest scoringAZAL 6-3 Sumgayit
Highest attendance15,000[1]
Kəpəz 3–1 AZAL
Lowest attendance300[2] FK Baku 0–3 Kəpəz
FK Baku 3–2 Ravan
Average attendance3,581[2]

A total of twelve teams participated in the league, the ten sides remaining of the 2010–11 season, one promoted club from the 2010–11 Azerbaijan First Division and a totally new club instead of defunct First Division champions FC Absheron.[3] The format of the league was same as 2010–11 season.

There is only one change in season's regulation as only champion of 2011–12 Azerbaijan First Division was directly promoted, while runners up of first division played play-off game with the team that finished 11th in Azerbaijan Premier League.[3]

Teams

MOIK Baku were relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division after finishing 12th and last, at the end of last season. They were replaced by First Division champions FC Absheron and runners-up Ravan Baku. However, due sponsorship problems Absheron became defunct and replaced by Sumgayit City F.C.[4]

On 31 May 2011, it was announced that FK Ganja changed their name to FC Kəpəz.[5] On 18 July 2011, FK Mughan also ruled out to participate in this season due sponsorship reasons and replaced by Simurq PFC.[6][7]

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in 2011-12 Azerbaijan Premier League
TeamLocationVenueCapacity[8]
AZALBakuAZAL Stadium3,000
FK BakuBakuTofig Bahramov Stadium30,000
GabalaGabalaGabala City Stadium2,000
InterBakuShafa Stadium8,150
KəpəzGanjaGanja City Stadium25,000
KhazarLankaranLankaran City Stadium15,000
NeftchiBakuTofig Bahramov Stadium30,000
QarabağAghdamGuzanli Olympic Stadium2,000
Ravan BakuBakuDalga Arena6,500
SimurqZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium3,500
SumgayitSumqayitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium16,000
TuranTovuzTovuz City Stadium6,800

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamManagerTeam captainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
AZAL Vagif Sadygov Agil NabiyevUmbroSilk Way
FC Baku Novruz Azimov Jamshid MaharramovMacron
Gabala Fatih Kavlak Mahir ShukurovErreàHyundai
Inter Kakhaber Tskhadadze Vladimir LevinUmbroIBA
Kəpəz Fuad Ismayilov Azer MammadovAdidasNakhchivan Car Factory
Khazar Yunis Hüseynov Rahid AmirgulievPumaPalmali
Neftchi Boyukagha Hajiyev Rail MalikovAdidasSOCAR
Qarabağ Gurban Gurbanov Rashad SadigovKappaAzersun
Ravan Baku Bahman Hasanov Miloš ZečevićLegeaNissan
Simurq Giorgi Chikhradze Rasim RamaldanovKappa
Sumgayit Bernhard Raab Samir AbbasovKappaAzerkimya
Turan Asgar Abdullayev Aftandil HajiyevKappaSivArt TV PLUS

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
AZAL Nazim SuleymanovResigned7 July 2011[9]Pre-season Elkhan Abdullayev12 July 2011[10]
Neftchi Arif AsadovResigned29 July 2011[11]Pre-season Boyukagha Hajiyev2 August 2011[12]
Ravan Baku Bahman HasanovResigned20 September 2011[13]11th Vladislav Kadyrov20 September 2011[13]
AZAL Elkhan AbdullayevResigned31 October 2011[14]10th Rafig Mirzayev1 November 2011
Gabala Tony AdamsResigned16 November 2011[15]6th Fatih Kavlak16 November 2011[16]
Kapaz Mehman AllahverdiyevResigned21 November 2011[17]10th Mirbaghir Isayev21 November 2011[18]
Khazar Lankaran Mircea RednicSacked4 December 2011[19]3rd Cüneyt Biçer5 December 2011[20]
Kapaz Mirbaghir IsayevResigned24 December 2011[21]10th Fuad Ismayilov1 January 2012[22]
Ravan Baku Vladislav KadyrovSacked5 February 2012[23]8th Bahman Hasanov6 February 2012[23]
Simurq Sergey YuranMutually terminated5 March 2012[24]10th Igor Getman5 March 2012[24]
Simurq Igor GetmanEnd of tenure as caretaker11 March 2012[25]10th Giorgi Chikhradze11 March 2012[25]
FC Baku Aleksandrs StarkovsMutually terminated11 March 2012[26]5th Novruz Azimov11 March 2012[26]
Khazar Lankaran Cüneyt BiçerSacked15 March 2012[27]4th Yunis Hüseynov15 March 2012[28]
AZAL Rafig MirzayevMutually terminated2 April 2012[29]7th Mais Azimov2 April 2012[29]
AZAL Mais AzimovEnd of tenure as caretaker6 April 2012[30]7th Vagif Sadygov6 April 2012[30]

Season events

Inter Baku scandal

On 21 August 2011, Inter Baku - FK Baku game was suspended during last minutes due referee scandal, therefore game's fate decided after Professional Football League of Azerbaijan's decision.[31][32] On 23 August 2011, PFL awarded 3-0 technical victory to FK Baku and announced the following punishments were given to Inter Baku's individuals:

Furthermore, Inter Baku fined additional 13,000 AZN for breaching security regulations.[33][34]

Khazar Lankaran and Turan controversy

On 6 August 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of AFFA imposed the punishment on the scandal that took place in two matches. Khazar Lankaran fined 10,000 AZN after club's fans threw alien objects to the court, injuring the head of Inter Baku's coach Kakhaber Tskhadadze. Khazar also must play its next two league home matches in an empty stadium because of its fans' aggressive behavior.[35]

AFFA fined Turan Tovuz 26,000 AZN and moved its next two league home matches on a neutral ground for injuring referees, breaking PFL camera as well as for refusing to play at the second half of 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup.[35][36] The club's president Musa Suleymanov has been disqualified for five matches and club received technical defeat of 0-3.[37]

First round

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Neftçi Baku2216154517+2849Qualification for championship group
2Inter Baku2213632110+1145
3Khazar Lankaran2213543319+1444
4Qarabağ2212552714+1341
5Baku2210572722+535
6Gabala2210572723+435
7AZAL228593535029Qualification for relegation group
8Ravan Baku226792329−625
9Kapaz2264122638−1222
10Simurq2254131834−1619
11Sumgayit2243151637−2115
12Turan2232171333−2011
Source: Soccerway: Azerbaijan Premier League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ AwayAZLBAKKAPINTKHASIMNEFQARGABRAVSUMTUR
AZAL1–02–01–10–35–13–11–33–01–26–33–2
Baku0–00–31–02–20–01–30–32–13–21–05–0
Kapaz3–11–30–11–42–01–11–23–23–21–11–1
Inter Baku1–10–30–01–01–02–10–01–11–02–01–0
Khazar Lankaran1–03–01–00–11–01–00–02–11–12–13–1
Simurq0–30–24–20–22–21–20–10–11–11–02–1
Neftçi Baku7–11–02–00–15–04–23–22–01–04–01–0
Qarabağ1–02–11–01–00–12–01–20–12–01–23–1
Gabala1–10–02–00–02–10–21–00–02–33–12–1
Ravan Baku3–10–01–21–21–11–10–11–10–40–02–1
Sumgayit2–10–14–10–20–30–10–30–01–20–11–0
Turan0–00–23–10–10–11–00–10–10–10–11–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship group

The top six teams of the first phase participate in this group, which will decide which team will win the championship. Additionally, teams in this group compete for one 2012–13 Champions League and two Europa League spots.

The winners will qualify for the Champions League Second qualifying round, with the runners-up and third place team earning a spot in the Europa League first qualifying round.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Neftçi Baku (C)3220395530+2563Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2Khazar Lankaran3217874428+1659Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3Inter Baku3216882921+856
4Qarabağ3215893728+953
5Gabala32157104332+1152
6Baku32155124237+550Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayBAKINTKHANEFQARGAB
Baku0–14–12–01–22–1
Inter Baku1–00–01–21–12–1
Khazar Lankaran0–12–01–04–11–1
Neftçi Baku2–12–11–12–10–1
Qarabağ2–41–01–00–01–1
Gabala4–02–10–14–11–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

The bottom six teams of the first phase will determine the teams to be relegated to the 2012–13 Azerbaijan First Division. The bottom team of this group will be directly relegated, while the fifth-placed team will have to compete in relegation/promotion playoffs with the second-placed teams of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan First Division. On April 30, due decision of Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, no clubs from Azerbaijan First Division will be promoted which means all clubs from this season will be remaining in the league.[38]

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
7AZAL32128124444044
8Ravan Baku321011113939041
9Simurq32810142741−1434
10Kapaz3295183555−2032
11Turan (R)3267192642−1625Qualification for relegation playoffs
12Sumgayit (R)3266202752−2524Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayAZLKAPRAVSIMSUMTUR
AZAL2–01–10–01–11–0
Kapaz0–21–00–14–12–1
Ravan Baku2–05–10–03–22–2
Simurq1–21–11–12–11–1
Sumgayit1–02–00–11–21–1
Turan3–02–02–10–01–1
Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 11 May 2012
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Bahodir Nasimov16Neftchi
2 Yuriy Fomenko11Kapaz
3 Tales Schutz10AZAL
Flavinho10Neftchi
Zouhir Benouahi10AZAL
4 Dodô9Gabala
5 Robertas Poškus8Simurq
Branimir Subašić8Khazar Lankaran
Yannick Kamanan8Gabala

Last updated: 11 May 2012
Source: Azerbaijan Premier League

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Bahodir NasimovNeftchi BakuAZAL7–1[39]11 December 2011
Deividas ČesnauskisFK BakuKhazar Lankaran4–1[40]14 April 2012

Scoring

Clean sheets

Discipline

[47]

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthAzerbaijan Professional Football League Awards
PlayerClub
August Ceyhun SultanovKəpəz[48]
September Rashad AbdullayevNeftchi
October Winston ParksBaku[49]
November FlavinhoNeftchi[49]
December Bachana TskhadadzeInter Baku
February Afran IsmayilovQarabağ
March Yannick KamananGabala
April Deividas ČesnauskisBaku
May Eder BonfimKhazar

Annual awards

AwardPFL Seasonal Awards[50]
PlayerClub
Best Goalkeeper Kamran AgayevKhazar
Best Defender Ruslan AbishovKhazar
Best Midfielder Adrian PițKhazar
Best Forward Rauf AliyevQarabağ
Player of the Year FlavinhoNeftchi
Young Player of the Year Nurlan NovruzovBaku
Manager of the Year Boyukagha HajiyevNeftchi

See also

References

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