2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League

Azerbaijan Premier League

Season	2013–14
Champions	Qarabağ
Matches played	180
Goals scored	416 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Reynaldo (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Qarabağ 5–1 Sumgayit^[1] Qarabağ 5–1 Ravan Baku^[2]
Biggest away win	Ravan 1-5 Inter^[3]
Highest scoring	Qarabağ 4–3 Gabala^[4] Khazar Lankaran 4–3 Sumgayit
Longest winning run	7 games Qarabağ, AZAL
Longest unbeaten run	11 games Qarabağ
Longest losing run	4 games Ravan Baku, Sumgayit
Highest attendance	10,000 Khazar 0–0 Neftchi (25 August 2013)^[5]
Lowest attendance	150 Simurq 2–0 Ravan Baku (3 August 2013)^[6]
Average attendance	1,608^[7]
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 22nd season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Neftchi Baku are the defending champions, having won the previous season.

Teams

AZAL
Baku
Inter
Neftchi
Ravan

Location of teams in 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League

Kəpəz and Turan were relegated from the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League.

The format of the league will change as a total of 10 teams will contest the league, with the last two clubs relegated and no teams promoted from the first division.^[8] The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.^[9]

As of this season, PFL announced that each player will have to wear not only the number, but also his name on the back of the jersey.^[10]

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity^[11]
AZAL	Baku	AZAL Stadium	3,000
Baku !Baku	Baku	FC Baku's Training Base	2,000
Gabala	Gabala	Gabala City Stadium	4,000
Inter	Baku	Shafa Stadium	8,000
Khazar	Lankaran	Lankaran City Stadium	15,000
Neftchi	Baku	Bakcell Arena	11,000
Qarabağ	Baku	Tofig Bahramov Stadium	31,200
Ravan	Baku	Bayil Stadium	5,000
Simurq	Zaqatala	Zaqatala City Stadium	3,500
Sumgayit	Sumqayit	Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium	16,000

Personnel and kits

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

Team	Manager	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AZAL	Vagif Sadygov	Jahangir Hasanzade	Umbro	Silk Way
Baku	Milinko Pantić	Elvin Mammadov	Kappa
Gabala	Yuri Semin	Volodimir Levin	Joma	Pepsi^[12]
Inter	Kakhaber Tskhadadze	Vagif Javadov	Umbro	IBA
Khazar	Mustafa Denizli	Rahid Amirguliyev	Puma	Palmali^[13]
Neftçi	Boyukagha Hajiyev	Rashad Sadiqov	Adidas	SOCAR
Qarabağ	Gurban Gurbanov	Rashad Sadygov	Adidas	Azersun^[14]
Ravan	Güvenç Kurtar	Ramazan Abbasov	Legea	Nissan^[15]
Simurq	Giorgi Chikhradze	Ruslan Poladov	Joma
Sumgayit	Agil Mammadov	Samir Abbasov	Umbro	Azerkimya^[16]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Baku	Božidar Bandović	Sacked	20 May 2013^[17]	Pre-season	Milinko Pantić	14 June 2013
Gabala	Luis Aragón (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	20 May 2013^[18]		Yuri Semin	21 May 2013^[18]
Sumgayit	Bernhard Raab	Resigned	11 June 2013^[19]		Agil Mammadov	12 June 2013^[19]
Neftchi	Boyukagha Hajiyev		25 July 2013^[20]		Tarlan Ahmadov	26 July 2013^[21]
Ravan	Ramil Aliyev		12 August 2012^[22]	10th	Vladislav Kadyrov	12 August 2013^[22]
Ravan	Vladislav Kadyrov	Sacked	5 October 2013^[23]	9th	Shahin Diniyev	7 October 2013
Neftchi	Tarlan Ahmadov	Sacked	23 October 2013	2nd	Nazim Suleymanov	25 October 2013^[24]
Khazar	John Toshack	Resigned	22 November 2013^[25]	8th	Giovanni Melkiorre (caretaker)	22 November 2013^[25]
Khazar	Giovanni Melkiorre (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	3 December 2013	8th	Mustafa Denizli	3 December 2013
Ravan	Shahin Diniyev	Resigned	3 January 2014	9th	Güvenç Kurtar	3 January 2014
		Resigned
Neftchi	Nazim Suleymanov	8 January 2014	3rd	Boyukagha Hajiyev	11 January 2014
AZAL	Vagif Sadygov	Sacked	16 March 2014	8th	Tarlan Ahmadov	17 March 2014^[26]
Khazar	Mustafa Denizli	Mutual Termination^[27]	16 May 2014	6th	TBD	TBD

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Qarabağ !Qarabağ (C)	36	21	9	6	65	21	+44	72	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Inter Baku !Inter Baku	36	20	7	9	60	37	+23	67	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Gabala !Gabala	36	18	7	11	48	36	+12	61	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Neftçi Baku !Neftçi Baku	36	17	9	10	47	43	+4	60	2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5	Baku !Baku	36	16	9	11	53	43	+10	57
6	Khazar Lankaran !Khazar Lankaran	36	12	13	11	44	49	−5	49
7	Simurq !Simurq	36	11	13	12	35	28	+7	46
8	AZAL !AZAL	36	6	13	17	29	49	−20	31
9	Sumgayit !Sumgayit	36	5	10	21	27	61	−34	25
10	Ravan Baku !Ravan Baku (R)	36	4	10	22	22	66	−44	22	Relegation to 2014-15 Azerbaijan First Division

Updated to games played on 17 May 2014.
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
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.

Results

Games 1-18

Home ╲ Away	AZAL !AZL	Baku !BAK	Inter Baku !INT	Khazar Lankaran !KHA	Simurq !SIM	Neftçi Baku !NEF	Qarabağ !QAR	Gabala !GAB	Ravan Baku !RAV	Sumgayit !SUM
AZAL !AZAL		1–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0
Baku !Baku	2–2		0–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	5–0	1–0
Inter Baku !Inter Baku	1–2	2–2		0–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	2–0
Khazar Lankaran !Khazar Lankaran	1–1	2–1	0–1		0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	4–3
Simurq !Simurq	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2		0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–1
Neftçi Baku !Neftçi Baku	4–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	1–0		0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0
Qarabağ !Qarabağ	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–1		4–3	0–0	5–1
Gabala !Gabala	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–1		3–0	2–0
Ravan Baku !Ravan Baku	0–0	0–0	1–5	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–1		1–1
Sumgayit !Sumgayit	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	0–1

Updated to games played on 20 December 2013.
Source: Soccerway: Azerbaijan Premier League Table
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Games 19-36

Home ╲ Away	AZAL !AZL	Baku !BAK	Inter Baku !INT	Khazar Lankaran !KHA	Simurq !SIM	Neftçi Baku !NEF	Qarabağ !QAR	Gabala !GAB	Ravan Baku !RAV	Sumgayit !SUM
AZAL !AZAL		1–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–2
Baku !Baku	1–0		0–4	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	5–1	0–0
Inter Baku !Inter Baku	2–1	1–1		3–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	3–0	2–0
Khazar Lankaran !Khazar Lankaran	1–1	0–2	1–1		1–3	2–2	2–1	1–0	4–0	4–1
Simurq !Simurq	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–2		0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–0
Neftçi Baku !Neftçi Baku	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–0		1–4	1–2	2–1	1–3
Qarabağ !Qarabağ	2–1	4–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	1–1		3–0	5–1	3–0
Gabala !Gabala	0–0	3–1	1–4	2–3	1–0	1–2	0–1		0–0	3–1
Ravan Baku !Ravan Baku	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–2		1–1
Sumgayit !Sumgayit	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–3	1–1

Updated to games played on 17 May 2014.
Source: Soccerway: Azerbaijan Premier League Table
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Mindaugas Kalonas for Baku against Gabala (2 August 2013)
Fastest goal of the season: 2nd minute,
- Ernest Nfor for Neftchi Baku against Baku (10 November 2013)^[28]
Latest goal of the season: 94 minutes,
- Shahriyar Rahimov for AZAL against Ravan Baku (8 December 2013)^[29]
  Mahir Shukurov for Neftchi Baku against Gabala (15 December 2013)^[30]
Largest winning margin: 5 goals
- Baku 5–0 Ravan Baku (18 August 2013)^[31]
Highest scoring game: 7 goals
- Qarabağ 4–3 Gabala (3 November 2013)^[4]
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
- Qarabağ 5–1 Sumgayit (11 August 2013)^[1]
- Baku 5–0 Ravan Baku (18 August August 2013)^[31]
- Ravan Baku 1–5 Inter Baku (25 August 2013)^[3]
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
- Gabala 3–2 Inter Baku (3 August 2013)^[32]

Top scorers

As of 12 May 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[33]^[34]
1	Reynaldo	Qarabağ	22
2	Vagif Javadov	Inter	14
4	Dragan Ćeran	Simurq	13
3	Danijel Subotić	Gabala	12
5	Mbilla Etame	Khazar	11
6	Bachana Tskhadadze	Inter	10
7	Leroy George	Qarabağ	9
8	Rauf Aliyev	Baku	8
	Chumbinho	Qarabağ
	Afran Ismayilov	Baku
	Will John	AZAL
12	Leonardo	Gabala	7
	Bahodir Nasimov	Neftchi
	Stjepan Poljak	Simurq
	Nildo	Khazar
	Lorenzo Ebecilio	Gabala

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Bachana Tskhadadze	Inter	Ravan	5–1	000000002013-08-25-000025 August 2013^[35]
Reynaldo	Qarabağ	Neftchi	4–1	000000002014-02-28-000028 February 2014^[36]
Reynaldo	Qarabağ	Inter	4–1	000000002014-05-07-00007 May 2014

Clean sheets

Most clean sheets: 18
- Qarabağ
Fewest clean sheets: 4
- Sumgayit

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 16^[37]
- Aleksandr Shemonayev (AZAL)
Most red cards: 3^[37]
- Elvin Yunuszade (Neftchi Baku)
- Ilkin Qirtimov (Simurq)

Club

Most yellow cards: 112^[37]
- Ravan Baku
Most red cards: 13^[37]
- Neftchi Baku

Awards

Monthly awards

Month
Month	Player	Club
August	Javid Huseynov	Baku
September	Afran Ismayilov	Baku
October	Reynaldo	Qarabağ
November	Vagif Javadov	Inter Baku
December	Danijel Subotić	Gabala
February	Reynaldo	Qarabağ
March	Reynaldo	Qarabağ
April	Richard Almeida	Qarabağ
May	Reynaldo	Qarabağ

Last updated: 11 November 2013
Source: Azerbaijan Premier League

PFL Team of the Year

PFL Team of the Year 2014 Lomaia Bocognano Shukurov Silva Bertucci George Richard Meza Chumbinho Reynaldo Nfor

The PFL team of the year was:^[38]

Goalkeeper: Giorgi Lomaia (Inter)
Defence: Bruno Bertucci (Neftchi), Mahir Shukurov (Neftchi), Denis Silva (Neftchi), Yohan Bocognano (Inter)
Midfield: David Meza (Inter), Richard Almeida (Qarabağ), Leroy George (Qarabağ), Chumbinho (Qarabağ)
Attack: Reynaldo (Qarabağ), Ernest Nfor (Neftchi)

References

1 2 "Qarabağ 5 - 1 Sumgayit". qarabagh.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
↑ "Qarabağ 5 - 1 Ravan Baku". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
1 2 "Ravan Baku 1–5 Inter Baku". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
1 2 "Qarabağ 4-3 Gabala". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
↑ "Lənkəranda rekord". fanat.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 27 August 2013.
↑ "СИМУРГ VS. РЕВАН БАКУ 2 - 0". ru.soccerway.com (in Russian). Retrieved 3 August 2013.
↑ "Bakıda futbola maraq yoxdur: Lənkəranlılar hamıdan öndə". apasport.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
↑ "Исполком АФФА изменил количество команд Topaz премьер-лиги". Azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 15 March 2013.
↑ "Azərbaycan Premyer Liqasının formatı dəyişdi". futbolpress.az (in Azerbaijani).
↑ "5 причин смотреть Topaz премьер-лигу в следующем сезоне". Azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 9 August 2013.
↑ Azərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası (Azerbaijani)
↑ "Qəbələ yeni sponsorla əməkdaşlığa başlayır". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
↑ "Xəzər Lənkəranın sponsoru.". lankaranfc.com (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
↑ "Qarabağın sponsoru.". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
↑ "Rəvanın sponsoru.". revanfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
↑ "Sumqayıtın sponsoru.". sumqayitpfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
↑ Бакы расстался с Бандовичем. Azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 20 May 2013.
1 2 Послезавтра Семин станет главным тренером Габалы. Azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 20 May 2013.
1 2 Определился новый главный тренер Сумгайыта. Azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
↑ ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "НЕФТЧИ" ПОДАЛ В ОТСТАВКУ. vesti.az (in Russian). Retrieved 8 August 2013.
↑ "Sadıq Sadıqov: "Neftçi" baş məşqçi axtarışında deyil"". Stadium.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 18 August 2013.
1 2 Первая отставка в новом сезоне премьер-лиги. Azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 12 August 2013.
↑ "Qədirov "Rəvan"dan rəsmən getdi". fanat.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 5 October 2013.
↑ "Nazim Süleymanov rəsmən "Neftçi"də". qol.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 25 October 2013.
1 2 "Con Toşak istefa verdi" (in Azerbaijani). http://lankaranfc.com/az/. Retrieved 25 November 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ АЗАЛ представил Тарлана Ахмедова (ФОТО) (in Russian). Azerifootball. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
↑ "XL Mustafa Dənizli ilə yollarını ayırdı" (in Azerbaijani). Azerisport. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
↑ "Neftchi Baku 2 - 1 Baku". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
↑ "AZAL 2 - 1 Ravan Baku". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
↑ "Neftchi 2-1 Gabala". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
1 2 "Baku 5 - 0 Ravan Baku". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
↑ "Gabala 3-2 Inter Baku". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
↑ "Premyer Liqa 2013/14". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
↑ "Azerbaijani Premier League - Top scorers". UEFA. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
↑ "Первый хет-трик TPL (ФОТОРЕПОРТАЖ)". Azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 26 August 2013.
↑ Карабах обыгрывает Нефтчи. Azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 1 March 2014.
1 2 3 4 http://www.soccerway.com/national/azerbaijan/premyer-liqa/20132014/regular-season/players/
↑ "Рейналдо опередил Флавинью в борьбе за лучшего футболиста TPL". azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 22 May 2014.

2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League teams

AZAL Gabala Inter Baku Kapaz Neftchi Baku Qarabağ Sumgayit Zira

Summer 2015 transfers Winter 2016 transfers Foreign players

Top division football seasons in Azerbaijan

Top League	1992 1993 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07

Premier League	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2013–14 in European football (UEFA)

« 2012–13 2014–15 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '13 '14 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '13 '14 Faroe Islands '13 '14 Finland '13 '14 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '13 '14 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '13 '14 Latvia '13 '14 Lithuania '13 '14 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '13 '14 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '13 '14 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '13 '14 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '13 '14 Finland '13 '14 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '13 '14 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '13 '14 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '13 '14 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '13 '14 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '13 '14 France Gibraltar Hungary Iceland '13 '14 Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '13 '14 Scotland Wales

Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Italy Kazakhstan '13 '14 Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine

UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League

International competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualification 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2015 Euro Under-21 qualification 2014 Euro Under-19 qualifying round elite round 2014 Euro Under-17 qualifying round elite round

Football in Azerbaijan

League competitions	Premier League First Division Azerbaijani football league system Women's League (defunct) AFFA Amateur League

Cup competitions	Azerbaijan Cup Azerbaijan Supercup

Anual tournaments	Azerbaijan Winter Cup (2016)

National teams	Men (Results) Women U-17 Futsal U-21 U-19 U-17 Beach

Lists and categories	Clubs Venues Foreign Premier League Players

Awards	Footballer of the Year

Others	Professional Football League of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Football Academy

Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.