2005–06 Azerbaijan Top League

The 2005-06 Azerbaijan Top League was the fourteenth season of the Top League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 7 August 2005 and finished on 24 May 2006. Neftchi Baku are the defending champions, having won the previous season.

Azerbaijan Top League
Season2005–06
ChampionsBaku
RelegatedMOIK Baku, Göyazan Qazax
Champions LeagueBaku
UEFA CupKarvan, Karabakh
Intertoto CupMKT-Araz
Matches played182
Goals scored423 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerYacouba Bamba (16)
Biggest home winKarvan 7 - 1 Gäncä
Biggest away winMKT Araz 0 - 5 Neftchi Baku
Gäncä 0 - 5 Neftchi Baku
MOIK Baku 0 - 5 Karvan
Olimpik Baku 0 - 5 Karvan
Highest scoringKarvan 7 - 1 Gäncä
Gäncä 5 - 3 MOIK Baku

Teams

Stadia and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Venue Capacity[1]
Baku Baku Tofig Bahramov Stadium 2,000
Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit Sumgayit Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium 15,350
Göyazan Qazax Qazakh City Stadium 3,500
Inter Baku Shafa Stadium 8,000
Kapaz Ganja Ganja City Stadium 26,120
Karvan Yevlakh Yevlakh City Stadium 5,000
Khazar Lankaran Lankaran City Stadium 15,000
MKT-Araz Imishli Heydar Aliyev Stadium 8,500
MOIK Baku Baku Shafa Stadium 8,000
Neftchi Baku Tofig Bahramov Stadium 31,200
Olimpik Baku Baku Shafa Stadium 8,000
Qarabağ Aghdam Tofig Bahramov Stadium 31,200
Shahdag Qusar Shovkat Ordukhanov Stadium 5,000
Turan Tovuz Tovuz Tovuz City Stadium 6,800

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Baku (C) 26 18 4 4 42 12 +30 58 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Karvan 26 17 6 3 50 9 +41 57 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Neftçi Baku 26 15 9 2 51 16 +35 54
4 Inter Baku 26 14 8 4 35 14 +21 50
5 Qarabağ 26 12 4 10 32 32 0 40 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Turan 26 11 5 10 27 21 +6 38
7 Khazar Lankaran 26 9 9 8 27 18 +9 36
8 Şahdağ 26 10 5 11 26 36 −10 35
9 FK MKT-Araz 26 9 8 9 31 36 −5 35 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
10 Ganja 26 7 7 12 35 46 −11 28
11 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 26 6 9 11 25 37 −12 27
12 Olimpik Baku 26 5 8 13 15 27 −12 23
13 MOIK Baku (R) 26 2 3 21 13 67 −54 9 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
14 Göyəzən (R) 26 0 9 17 14 52 −38 9
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Qarabağ qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winner of the 2005–06 Azerbaijan Cup.

Results
Home \ Away BAK GAN GAS GÖY INT KAR KHA ABB MOI NEF OLI QAR ŞAH TUR
Baku 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0
Ganja 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 5–0 5–3 0–5 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–0
Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–2 3–2 2–2
Göyəzən 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–4
Inter Baku 0–1 5–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
Karvan 1–0 7–1 3–1 5–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 5–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
Khazar Lankaran 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 6–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0
FK MKT-Araz 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 3–1 0–5 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–1
MOIK Baku 0–4 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–5 0–0 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2
Neftçi Baku 0–1 1–2 1–1 6–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0
Olimpik Baku 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–5 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–0
Qarabağ 2–4 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–0
Şahdağ 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–4 0–0 3–1 0–0
Turan 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 5–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–3
Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 2005-06
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Ivory Coast Yacouba Bamba Karvan 16
2 Nigeria Ahmad Tijani Shahdag Qusar 15
3 Guinea Pathé Bangoura Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 12
Azerbaijan Nadir Nabiyev Neftchi Baku 12
5 Serbia and Montenegro[3] Branimir Subašić Neftchi Baku 11
6 Azerbaijan Samir Musayev Karabakh 10
7 Azerbaijan Samir Aliyev Khazar Lankaran / Inter Baku 9
Georgia (country) Irakli Beraia Gäncä / Karabakh 9
Slovenia Tomislav Misura Neftchi Baku 9
10 Brazil Junivan Ganja 8

Hat-tricks

[4]

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Azerbaijan Nadir NabiyevNeftchi BakuŞahdağ3–113 August 2005
Brazil JunivanTuran TovuzGöyəzən4–122 August 2005
Brazil JunivanTuran TovuzMOIK Baku4–128 August 2005
Nigeria Ahmad TijaniŞahdağQarabağ3–122 October 2005
Azerbaijan Nadir NabiyevNeftchi BakuMOIK Baku3–111 March 2006
Azerbaijan Samir Aliyev4Inter BakuGanja3–129 March 2006
Ivory Coast Yacouba BambaKarvanGöyəzən5–01 April 2006
Azerbaijan Samir MusayevQarabağGöyəzən5–021 April 2006
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

References
  1. Azərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası (in Azerbaijani)
  2. "Top 10 goal scorers" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  3. Did not become an Azerbaijani citizen until 2007
  4. "Azerbaijan 2005/06". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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