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
Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 2009–10
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 Aghdam 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
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 23 −3 25
9 Turan 22 4 5 13 23 32 −9 17
10 Mughan 22 3 7 12 12 27 −15 16
11 Standard 22 2 5 15 16 34 −18 11
12 Karvan 22 2 5 15 17 36 −19 11
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away BAK INT KAR KHA MUG NEF OLS QAR GAB SIM STA TUR
Baku 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1
Inter Baku 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 4–2 3–1
Karvan 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 0–0
Khazar Lankaran 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1
Mughan 0–1 1–6 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–3
Neftçi Baku 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0
Olimpik-Shuvalan 0–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–0 3–3
Qarabağ 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Gabala 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0
Simurq 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
Standard 3–4 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1
Turan 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–0
Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: 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
1 Inter Baku (C) 20 7 8 5 22 19 +3 29 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Baku 20 7 7 6 19 15 +4 28 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Qarabağ 20 6 9 5 16 18 −2 27[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Khazar Lankaran 20 6 9 5 19 14 +5 27[lower-alpha 2]
5 Neftçi Baku 20 4 11 5 11 12 −1 23
6 Gabala 20 4 8 8 18 27 −9 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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Baku were the winners of the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
  2. QAR: 7 pts, 4–3; KHA: 4 pts, 3–4
Home \ Away BAK INT KHA NEF QAR GAB
Baku 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1
Inter Baku 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–1
Khazar Lankaran 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 4–1
Neftçi Baku 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2
Qarabağ 1–4 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Gabala 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–1
Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Olimpik-Shuvalan 20 10 6 4 27 15 +12 36
8 Simurq 20 8 7 5 21 21 0 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 35 −21 13
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Home \ Away KAR MUG OLS SIM STA TUR
Karvan 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–4
Mughan 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0
Olimpik-Shuvalan 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 4–1
Simurq 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–4 2–1
Standard 6–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–3
Turan 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0
Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: 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
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
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. Statement of PSC "Inter"
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  7. «Несмотря на все, я помогу Фогтсу с Россией» (in Russian)
  8. Хафиз Мамедов принял отставку Хаджиевски (in Russian)
  9. Bülent Korkmaz, Bakü yolunda Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  10. Valdas İvanauskas istefya gönədirildi (in Azerbaijani)
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  13. Мугань подтвердила факт ухода Алиспахича (in Russian)
  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)
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  33. "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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  37. Лучшие игроки февраля и марта названыь Archived 9 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
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