2011–12 in Azerbaijani football

2012 football season
2012 season

The 2011–12 season was the 20th season of competitive football in Azerbaijan.

The season began on 6 August 2011 for Premier League and 10 September for the First Division. The first round of the Premier League ended on 7 March 2012, with the Championship and Relegation groups having their first games on 11 March. The Championship group ended on 11 May 2013 and the Relegation group on 12 May 2013, the same day as the First Division ended.

Season events

Inter Baku scandal

On 21 August 2011, Inter Baku - FK Baku game was suspended during last minutes due referee scandal, therefore game's fate decided after Professional Football League of Azerbaijan's decision.[1][2] On 23 August 2011, PFL awarded 3-0 technical victory to FK Baku and announced the following punishments were given to Inter Baku's individuals:

  • Georgi Nikolov, club's chairman: 5 game ban from football and fined 5,000 AZN.
  • Kakhaber Tskhadadze: fined 1,000 AZN.
  • Giorgi Lomaia: 2 game ban and fined 2,000 AZN.

Furthermore, Inter Baku fined additional 13,000 AZN for breaching security regulations.[3][4]

Khazar Lankaran and Turan controversy

On 6 August 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of AFFA imposed the punishment on the scandal that took place in two matches. Khazar Lankaran fined 10,000 AZN after club's fans threw alien objects to the court, injuring the head of Inter Baku's coach Kakhaber Tskhadadze. Khazar also must play its next two league home matches in an empty stadium because of its fans' aggressive behavior.[5]

AFFA fined Turan Tovuz 26,000 AZN and moved its next two league home matches on a neutral ground for injuring referees, breaking PFL camera as well as for refusing to play at the second half of 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup.[5][6] The club's president Musa Suleymanov has been disqualified for five matches and club received technical defeat of 0–3.[7]

National Football Team

Euro 2012 qualification

Azerbaijan  v  Belgium
2 September 2011 Azerbaijan  1 – 1  Belgium Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 UTC+5 R. Aliyev 86' Report Simons 55' (pen.) Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
Attendance: 9,300[8]
Referee: Lee Probert (England)
Azerbaijan  v  Kazakhstan
6 September 2011 Azerbaijan  3 – 2  Kazakhstan Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 UTC+5 R. Aliyev 53'
Shukurov 62' (pen.)
Javadov 67'		 Report Ostapenko 20'
Yevstigneyev 77'		 Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
Attendance: 9,112[9]
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)
Azerbaijan  v  Austria
7 October 2011 Azerbaijan  1 – 4  Austria Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 UTC+5 Nadirov 74' Report Ivanschitz 34'
Janko 52', 62'
Junuzović 90+1'		 Stadium: Dalga Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[10]
Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)
Turkey  v  Azerbaijan
11 October 2011 Turkey  1 – 0  Azerbaijan Istanbul, Turkey
21:00 UTC+5 Burak 60' Report Stadium: Turk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 32,174[11]
Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

Friendlies

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan v North Macedonia Macedonia
10 August 2011 Friendly Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0 – 1 North Macedonia Macedonia Azerbaijan, Baku
[ (Report)]
Albania Albania v Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
11 November 2011 Friendly Albania Albania 0 – 1 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Albania Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Summary Aliyev 22' Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Italy Paolo Mazzoleni
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan v Singapore Singapore
29 February 2012 Friendly Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2 - 2 Singapore Singapore United Arab Emirates The Sevens, Dubai
Aliyev 15'
Şükürov 62'		 [ Report]
Summary		 Ishak 72' (pen.)
Mustafić 90+3'
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan v India India
27 February 2012 Friendly Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 3 - 0 India India United Arab Emirates The Sevens, Dubai
Şükürov 4', 42' (pen.)
Hajiyev 84'		 [ Report]
Summary
State of Palestine Palestine v Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
29 February 2012 Friendly State of Palestine Palestine 2 - 0 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan United Arab Emirates The Sevens, Dubai
Nu'man 39'
Abuhabib 79'		 [ Report]
Summary

Goal scorers

Place Position Name Friendlies WC Qualifying Total
1 FW Rauf Aliyev 2 2 4
DF Mahir Şükürov 3 1 4
3 FW Vagif Javadov 0 1 1
FW Vüqar Nadirov 0 1 1
MF Nizami Hajiyev 1 0 1
TOTALS 6 5 11

League tables

Azerbaijan Premier League

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Neftçi Baku 22 16 1 5 45 17 +28 49 Qualification for championship group
2 Inter Baku 22 13 6 3 21 10 +11 45
3 Khazar Lankaran 22 13 5 4 33 19 +14 44
4 Qarabağ 22 12 5 5 27 14 +13 41
5 Baku 22 10 5 7 27 22 +5 35
6 Gabala 22 10 5 7 27 23 +4 35
7 AZAL 22 8 5 9 35 35 0 29 Qualification for relegation group
8 Ravan Baku 22 6 7 9 23 29 −6 25
9 Kapaz 22 6 4 12 26 38 −12 22
10 Simurq 22 5 4 13 18 34 −16 19
11 Sumgayit 22 4 3 15 16 37 −21 15
12 Turan 22 3 2 17 13 33 −20 11
Source: Soccerway: Azerbaijan Premier League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Championship group

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Neftçi Baku (C) 32 20 3 9 55 30 +25 63 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Khazar Lankaran 32 17 8 7 44 28 +16 59 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3 Inter Baku 32 16 8 8 29 21 +8 56
4 Qarabağ 32 15 8 9 37 28 +9 53
5 Gabala 32 15 7 10 43 32 +11 52
6 Baku 32 15 5 12 42 37 +5 50 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Baku qualified for the first qualifiying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup.

Relegation group

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 AZAL 32 12 8 12 44 44 0 44
8 Ravan Baku 32 10 11 11 39 39 0 41
9 Simurq 32 8 10 14 27 41 −14 34
10 Kapaz 32 9 5 18 35 55 −20 32
11 Turan (R) 32 6 7 19 26 42 −16 25 Qualification for relegation playoffs
12 Sumgayit (R) 32 6 6 20 27 52 −25 24 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Azerbaijan First Division

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Qaradağ (C) 26 21 2 3 45 9 +36 65
2 Karvan 26 17 4 5 55 22 +33 55
3 Neftchala 26 16 7 3 42 16 +26 55
4 Şahdağ 26 13 6 7 46 33 +13 45
5 Bakili 26 11 5 10 36 28 +8 38
6 Lokomotiv-Bilajary 26 10 6 10 37 33 +4 36
7 FK MKT-Araz 26 11 3 12 35 43 −8 36
8 Şəmkir 26 9 6 11 38 38 0 33
9 Tərəqqi 26 9 4 13 28 30 −2 31
10 Mughan 26 9 4 13 26 43 −17 31
11 Şuşa 26 7 8 11 21 23 −2 29
12 Energetik 26 6 7 13 21 45 −24 25
13 MOIK Baku 26 7 4 15 34 44 −10 25
14 Göyəzən 26 1 4 21 17 74 −57 7
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Azerbaijan Cup

Baku2−0Neftchi Baku
Koke 8'
Juninho 27'		 Summary Denis Silva Yellow card 60' Yellow-red card 82'
Attendance: 4,300

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
AZAL Azerbaijan Nazim Suleymanov Resigned 7 July 2011[12] Pre-season Azerbaijan Elkhan Abdullayev 12 July 2011[13]
Neftchi Azerbaijan Arif Asadov Resigned 29 July 2011[14] Pre-season Azerbaijan Boyukagha Hajiyev 2 August 2011[15]
Ravan Baku Azerbaijan Bahman Hasanov Resigned 20 September 2011[16] 11th Azerbaijan Vladislav Kadyrov 20 September 2011[16]
AZAL Azerbaijan Elkhan Abdullayev Resigned 31 October 2011[17] 10th Azerbaijan Rafig Mirzayev 1 November 2011
Gabala England Tony Adams Resigned 16 November 2011[18] 6th Turkey Fatih Kavlak 16 November 2011[19]
Kapaz Azerbaijan Mehman Allahverdiyev Resigned 21 November 2011[20] 10th Azerbaijan Mirbaghir Isayev 21 November 2011[21]
Khazar Lankaran Romania Mircea Rednic Sacked 4 December 2011[22] 3rd Turkey Cüneyt Biçer 5 December 2011[23]
Kapaz Azerbaijan Mirbaghir Isayev Resigned 24 December 2011[24] 10th Azerbaijan Fuad Ismayilov 1 January 2012[25]
Ravan Baku Azerbaijan Vladislav Kadyrov Sacked 5 February 2012[26] 8th Azerbaijan Bahman Hasanov 6 February 2012[26]
Simurq Russia Sergey Yuran Mutually terminated 5 March 2012[27] 10th Azerbaijan Igor Getman 5 March 2012[27]
Simurq Azerbaijan Igor Getman End of tenure as caretaker 11 March 2012[28] 10th Georgia (country) Giorgi Chikhradze 11 March 2012[28]
FC Baku Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs Mutually terminated 11 March 2012[29] 5th Azerbaijan Novruz Azimov 11 March 2012[29]
Khazar Lankaran Turkey Cüneyt Biçer Sacked 15 March 2012[30] 4th Azerbaijan Yunis Hüseynov 15 March 2012[31]
AZAL Azerbaijan Rafig Mirzayev Mutually terminated 2 April 2012[32] 7th Azerbaijan Mais Azimov 2 April 2012[32]
AZAL Azerbaijan Mais Azimov End of tenure as caretaker 6 April 2012[33] 7th Azerbaijan Vagif Sadygov 6 April 2012[33]

Transfers

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