2010–11 AZAL PFC season

AZAL
2010-11 season
Chairman Zaur Akhundov
Manager Nazim Suleymanov
Stadium Shafa Stadium
Premier League 4th
Azerbaijan Cup Semi-finals vs Inter Baku
Top goalscorer League: Gvidas Juska (9)
All: Gvidas Juska (9)
Highest home attendance 4,000 vs Khazar Lankaran
13 March 2011
Lowest home attendance 300 vs Turan Tovuz
14 August 2010
Simurq
12 September 2010
Inter Baku
16 October 2010
Average home league attendance 1,311
Home colours
Away colours

The AZAL 2010-11 season was AZAL's sixth Azerbaijan Premier League season. AZAL finished the season in 8th place and were knocked out of the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup by Inter Baku in the semi-finals. It was their first full season under the management of Nazim Suleymanov. The team's kit was supplied by Umbro and their sponsor was Silk Way.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Republic of Macedonia DF Robert Petrov
3 Azerbaijan DF Nduka Usim (2nd vice-captain)
4 Azerbaijan DF Namig Abdullazade
5 Azerbaijan DF Agil Nabiyev (captain)
6 Latvia DF Ritus Krjauklis
7 Azerbaijan MF Tarlan Khalilov
8 Albania FW Eleandro Pema
9 Nigeria MF Viktor Ibekoyi
10 Russia MF Nugzar Kvirtiya
11 Morocco MF Zouhir Benouahi
12 Azerbaijan GK Jahangir Hasanzade (1st vice-captain)
13 Serbia MF Dragan Mandić
No. Position Player
14 Azerbaijan DF Elvin Aliyev
15 Lithuania FW Gvidas Juska
16 Serbia MF Mensur Limani
17 Azerbaijan MF Vusal Garaev
18 Azerbaijan MF Orkhan Safiyaroglu
19 Azerbaijan MF Huseyn Akhundov
20 Belarus FW Gennadi Bliznyuk
21 Serbia MF Mirko Bunjevčević
22 Azerbaijan MF Anar Hasanov
23 Nigeria MF Pius Ikedia
24 Bulgaria FW Enyo Krastovchev
96 Azerbaijan GK Elshan Poladov

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Republic of Macedonia DF Robert Petrov (from Bulgaria Slavia Sofia)
6 Latvia DF Ritus Krjauklis (from Latvia Ventspils)[1]
8 Albania FW Eleandro Pema (from Albania Kastrioti Kruje)
11 Morocco MF Zouhir Benouahi (from Kuwait Al-Fahaheel)
14 Azerbaijan DF Elvin Aliyev (loan from Azerbaijan FK Baku)
20 Lithuania DF Marius Kazlauskas (from Slovakia Dunajská Streda)
23 Nigeria MF Pius Ikedia (from Netherlands RBC Roosendaal)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Moldova DF Serghei Laşcencov (Banned)[2]
5 Brazil MF Claudiano (to Indonesia Sriwijaya)
Brazil FW Ismael Gaúcho (to Portugal Juventude Sport Clube)[3]

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
16 Serbia MF Mensur Limani (from Albania Vllaznia Shkodër)
20 Belarus FW Gennadi Bliznyuk (from Belarus Belshina Bobruisk)
24 Bulgaria FW Enyo Krastovchev (from Bulgaria Levski Sofia)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
6 Nigeria DF Abiodun Lawal (released)
16 Azerbaijan FW Samir Abdulov (to Azerbaijan FK Ganja)
17 Azerbaijan MF Huseyn Akhundov (loan to Azerbaijan FK Mughan)
20 Lithuania DF Marius Kazlauskas (to Lithuania Banga Gargždai)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Results

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Neftçi Baku 22 14 6 2 40 9+31 48 Qualification for Championship Group
2 Khazar Lankaran 22 14 5 3 28 12+16 47
3 Qarabağ 22 13 3 6 30 14+16 42
4 Inter Baku 22 12 4 6 24 16+8 40
5 AZAL 22 9 9 4 27 26+1 36
6 Baku 22 9 6 7 28 21+7 33
7 Gabala 22 8 7 7 19 14+5 31 Qualification for Relegation Group
8 Mughan 22 7 6 9 14 239 27
9 Ganja 22 5 9 8 23 274 24
10 Turan 22 3 6 13 17 3518 15
11 Simurq 22 2 6 14 12 3422 12
12 MOIK Baku 22 1 3 18 6 4741 6

Updated to games played on 27 February 2011.
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group

Results

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Neftçi Baku (C) 32 19 10 3 53 17+36 67 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Khazar Lankaran 32 16 12 4 38 18+20 60 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
3 Qarabağ 32 17 7 8 41 22+19 58 2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 AZAL 32 13 10 9 36 28+8 49
5 Inter Baku 32 13 10 9 29 24+5 49
6 Baku 32 10 10 12 33 32+1 40

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Khazar Lankaran won the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Azerbaijan Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League Azerbaijan Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Republic of Macedonia Robert Petrov 35 1 31+0 1 4+0 0
3 DF Azerbaijan Nduka Usim 36 3 31+0 3 5+0 0
4 DF Azerbaijan Namig Abdullazade 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
5 DF Azerbaijan Agil Nabiyev 33 1 28+0 0 5+0 1
6 DF Latvia Ritus Krjauklis 14 0 7+3 0 4+0 0
7 MF Azerbaijan Tarlan Khalilov 10 0 4+5 0 0+1 0
8 FW Albania Eleandro Pema 17 2 8+6 0 3+0 2
9 MF Nigeria Victor Igbekoi 33 3 29+0 3 4+0 0
10 MF Russia Nugzar Kvirtiya 31 3 20+7 2 3+1 1
11 MF Morocco Zouhir Benouahi 28 6 22+4 6 2+0 0
12 GK Azerbaijan Jahangir Hasanzade 29 0 25+0 0 4+0 0
13 MF Serbia Dragan Mandić 21 1 20+0 1 1+0 0
14 DF Azerbaijan Elvin Aliyev 29 0 27+0 0 2+0 0
15 FW Lithuania Gvidas Juska 35 11 24+7 10 2+2 1
16 MF Serbia Mensur Limani 12 1 7+2 1 2+1 0
17 MF Azerbaijan Vusal Garaev 27 3 12+12 3 2+1 0
18 MF Azerbaijan Orkhan Safiyaroglu 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
20 FW Belarus Gennadi Bliznyuk 8 1 6+0 1 2+0 0
21 MF Serbia Mirko Bunjevčević 34 2 29+2 2 2+1 0
22 MF Azerbaijan Anar Hasanov 10 0 0+8 0 1+1 0
23 MF Nigeria Pius Ikedia 23 1 7+14 1 2+0 0
24 FW Bulgaria Enyo Krastovchev 15 2 5+6 2 3+1 0
96 GK Azerbaijan Elshan Poladov 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0
  Azerbaijan Javid Rahimov 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
Players who appeared for AZAL and left on loan during the season:
19 MF Azerbaijan Huseyn Akhundov 6 0 0+5 0 0+1 0
Players who appeared for AZAL and left during the season:
6 MF Nigeria Abiodun Lawal 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
16 FW Azerbaijan Samir Abdulov 9 0 2+6 0 1+0 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League Azerbaijan Cup Total
1 FW Lithuania 15 Gvidas Juska 10 1 11
2 MF Morocco 11 Zouhir Benouahi 6 0 6
3 MF Nigeria 9 Victor Igbekoi 3 0 3
DF Azerbaijan 3 Nduka Usim 3 0 3
MF Azerbaijan 17 Vusal Garaev 3 0 3
MF Russia 10 Nugzar Kvirtiya 2 1 3
7 MF Serbia 21 Mirko Bunjevčević 2 0 2
FW Bulgaria 24 Enyo Krastovchev 2 0 2
FW Albania 8 Eleandro Pema 0 2 2
10 MF Serbia 13 Dragan Mandić 1 0 1
DF Republic of Macedonia 2 Robert Petrov 1 0 1
MF Serbia 16 Mensur Limani 1 0 1
FW Belarus 20 Gennadi Bliznyuk 1 0 1
MF Nigeria 23 Pius Ikedia 1 0 1
DF Azerbaijan 5 Agil Nabiyev 0 1 1
TOTALS 36 5 41

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premier League Azerbaijan Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card
2 Republic of Macedonia DF Robert Petrov 4 1 1 0 1 0
3 Azerbaijan DF Nduka Usim 5 0 0 0 5 0
5 Azerbaijan DF Agil Nabiyev 4 0 0 0 4 0
9 Nigeria MF Viktor Ibekoyi 8 0 1 0 9 0
10Russia MF Nugzar Kvirtiya 3 0 1 0 4 0
11Morocco MF Zouhir Benouahi 9 0 1 0 10 0
12Azerbaijan GK Jahangir Hasanzade 3 0 1 0 4 0
13Serbia MF Dragan Mandić 3 0 0 0 3 0
14Azerbaijan DF Elvin Aliyev 10 0 0 0 10 0
15Lithuania FW Gvidas Juska 1 0 0 0 1 0
16Azerbaijan MF Samir Abdulov 0 0 1 0 1 0
17Azerbaijan MF Vusal Garaev 4 1 1 0 5 1
21Serbia MF Mirko Bunjevčević 3 0 0 0 3 0
23Nigeria MF Pius Ikedia 1 0 0 0 1 0
24Bulgaria FW Enyo Krastovchev 1 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 57 2 7 0 64 2

References

  1. "Ritus Krjauklis". lff.lv. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "CAS Issues it's Decision in the Case FC Karparty and FC Metalist (Ukraine)" (PDF). tas-cas.org. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. "Ismael Gaúcho". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  4. Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (Azerbaijani)

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