2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League

The 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League was the eighteenth season of top-tier football in Azerbaijan. It began on 14 August 2009 and finished in May 2010. FK Baku were the defending champions.

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season2009–10
ChampionsInter Baku
RelegatedStandard Baku
FK Karvan
Champions LeagueInter Baku
Europa LeagueFK Baku
FK Qarabağ
Khazar Lankaran (via domestic cup)
Matches played172
Goals scored392 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorerFarid Guliyev (16)
Biggest home winStandard 6–0 Karvan
Biggest away winMughan 1–6 Inter
Highest scoringMughan 1–6 Inter
Standard 3–4 Baku

The league was competed in two stages. The first stage consisted of a regular home-and-away round-robin schedule for a total of 22 matches per team. The competition then split into two halves. However, each team took over to the respective group only records earned against the remaining 5 teams in their second round group. The teams ranked first through sixth played out the championship and the European spots while the bottom six teams had 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

TeamLocationVenueCapacity[2]
FK BakuBakuTofig Bakhramov Stadium29,858
InterBakuShafa Stadium7,840
KarvanYevlakhYevlakh Stadium8,500
KhazarLankaranLankaran City Stadium17,500
MughanSalyanSalyany Olympic Stadium4,000
NeftchiBakuIsmet Gaibov Stadium7,000
Olimpik-ShuvalanBakuShafa Stadium7,840
QarabağAghdamGuzanli Olympic Stadium15,000
Qäbälä PFCQäbäläGabala City Stadium2,000
SimurqZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium3,500
StandardSumgayitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium26,000
TuranTovuzTovuz City Stadium10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamHead coachTeam captainKitmakerShirt sponsor
FK BakuCüneyt BiçerJamshid MaharramovErreà
InterKakhaber TskhadadzeSamir AbbasovAdidasIBA
KarvanYunis HuseynovIsmayil MammadovAdidasAzneftemash
KhazarAgaselim MirjavadovKamran AgaevPumaPalSüd
MughanAlmir HurticElnur MammadovOlympikusNissan
NeftchiArif AsadovRail MalikovAdidasSOCAR
Olimpik-ShuvalanNazim SuleymanovAgil NabiyevAdidasSilk Way
QarabağGurban GurbanovAslan KerimovAdidasAzersun Holding
Qäbälä PFCTony AdamsKanan KarimovAdidas
SimurqRoman PokoraAlexandr MalyginAdidas
StandardBoyukagha HajiyevAgil MammadovKappaBank Standard
TuranNizami SadygovNadir NabiyevAdidas

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment
Inter BakuValentin Khodukin[3]Resigned10 June 2009Kakhaber Tskhadadze[3]10 June 2009
Khazar LankaranIgor Ponomaryov[4]Resigned11 June 2009Agaselim Mirjavadov[5]16 June 2009
Neftchi BakuBoyukaga Aghayev[6]Mutual consent16 September 2009Vagif Sadygov[7]29 September 2009
FK BakuGjoko Hadžievski[8]Resigned24 September 2009Bülent Korkmaz[9]25 September 2009
FK Standard SumgayitValdas Ivanauskas[10]Sacked21 October 2009Boyukagha Hajiyev23 October 2009
Olimpik-ShuvalanAsgar Abdullayev[11]Resigned23 November 2009Nazim Suleymanov[12]23 November 2009
FK MughanKemal Alispahić[13]Sacked1 December 2009Almir Hurtić[14]1 December 2009
Neftchi BakuVagif Sadygov[15]Sacked21 February 2010Arif Asadov[16]25 February 2010
FK BakuBülent Korkmaz[17]Resigned22 March 2010Cüneyt Biçer[18]3 April 2010

First round

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Inter Baku2215433618+1849Qualification for championship group
2Khazar Lankaran2212822911+1844
3Qarabağ2211922112+942
4Baku2210752217+537
5Gabala2210662421+336
6Neftçi Baku229852014+635
7Simurq229762621+534Qualification for relegation group
8Olimpik-Shuvalan226792023−325
9Turan2245132332−917
10Mughan2237121227−1516
11Standard2225151634−1811
12Karvan2225151736−1911
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ AwayBAKINTKARKHAMUGNEFOLSQARGABSIMSTATUR
Baku2–01–00–30–00–20–00–12–01–20–02–1
Inter Baku1–01–01–11–01–02–22–13–22–14–23–1
Karvan1–10–20–21–10–11–31–14–13–22–20–0
Khazar Lankaran1–11–03–02–00–02–10–01–03–00–01–1
Mughan0–11–61–01–22–20–10–10–00–01–02–3
Neftçi Baku1–12–11–00–00–20–00–01–10–12–02–0
Olimpik-Shuvalan0–10–14–01–00–00–11–10–20–32–03–3
Qarabağ0–01–13–21–02–11–01–00–00–01–02–1
Gabala0–20–11–01–13–01–02–11–12–12–11–0
Simurq1–21–12–01–20–00–02–01–01–11–12–1
Standard3–40–11–01–21–01–20–10–11–21–21–1
Turan0–10–12–11–21–02–30–01–20–11–23–0
Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship group

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Inter Baku (C)207852219+329Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2Baku207761915+428Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3Qarabağ206951618−227[b]Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4Khazar Lankaran206951914+527[b]
5Neftçi Baku2041151112−123
6Gabala204881827−920
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
Home \ AwayBAKINTKHANEFQARGAB
Baku0–01–01–12–01–1
Inter Baku1–11–01–10–14–1
Khazar Lankaran0–12–20–02–14–1
Neftçi Baku1–01–00–00–01–2
Qarabağ1–41–12–12–01–1
Gabala1–01–11–20–03–1
Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
7Olimpik-Shuvalan2010642715+1236
8Simurq208752121031
9Turan207852722+529
10Mughan207671716+127
11Standard (R)207492623+325Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
12Karvan (R)2027111435−2113
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Home \ AwayKARMUGOLSSIMSTATUR
Karvan0–00–10–01–21–4
Mughan2–32–13–11–00–0
Olimpik-Shuvalan0–02–00–01–24–1
Simurq0–01–00–30–42–1
Standard6–00–20–13–12–3
Turan2–01–20–00–00–0
Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[19]
1Farid GuliyevStandard Sumgayit16
2Anatoli DorosOlimpik-Shuvalan12
Robertas PoškusInter Baku12
4Adrian NeagaNeftchi Baku11
5JabáBaku10
Nadir NabievTuran Tovuz10
7Mario SergioBaku9
Allan LalínTuran Tovuz9
9Ģirts KarlsonsInter Baku8
10Khagani MammadovKarvan7

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Samir MusayevTuran TovuzMughan3–21 November 2009[20]
Ģirts KarlsonsInter BakuTuran Tovuz3–115 May 2010[21]
Anatolie DoroșOlimpik-ShuvalanTuran Tovuz4–13 April 2010[22]
Farid Guliyev4StandardKarvan6–09 May 2010[23]
Robertas PoškusInter BakuGabala4–115 May 2010[24]
Nadir NabiyevTuran TovuzKarvan4–116 May 2010[25]
Farid GuliyevStandardSimurq4–016 May 2010[26]
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

Clean sheets

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthPlayer of the Month
PlayerClub
OctoberVagif Javadov[34]FK Qarabağ
NovemberMario Sergio[35]Khazar Lankaran
DecemberAfran Ismayilov[36]FK Qarabağ
January
FebruaryKhagani Mammadov[37]FK Karvan
MarchAraz Abdullayev[37]Neftchi Baku
April
May

References