2008–09 FC Inter Baku season

The Inter Baku 2008–09 season was Inter Baku's eighth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their third season under manager Valentin Khodukin. They finished 2nd in the league one point behind champions Baku.

Inter Baku

2008-09 season
President	Jahangir Hajiyev
Manager	Valentin Khodukin
Stadium	Shafa Stadium
Premier League	2nd
Azerbaijan Cup	Runners up vs Qarabag
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round vs Partizan
Top goalscorer	League: Walter Guglielmone (17) All: Walter Guglielmone (20)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Wilson Junior 2 DF  AZE Shahriyar Rahimov 3 MF  AZE Ruhid Yusubov 4 DF  BRA Accioly 5 DF  SRB Milan Zagorac 6 DF  RUS Aliyar Ismailov 9 DF  AZE Samir Abbasov 10 FW  AZE Khagani Mammadov 11 MF  AZE Asif Mammadov 12 DF  AZE Khayal Mustafayev 13 MF  CZE Bronislav Červenka 14 MF  BUL Petar Zlatinov 15 DF  AZE Vladimir Levin[1] 16 MF  SRB Marko Petrovic 17 MF  AZE Elvin Mammadov

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  SVN Goran Arnaut 20 MF  BRA Cleiton 21 MF  MDA Ion Testemitanu 22 FW  URU Walter Guglielmone 23 MF  MDA Oleg Shishkin 24 MF  LVA Andrejs Rubins 25 MF  AZE Javid Huseynov 30 MF  LVA Vladimirs Koļesņičenko 34 MF  BRA Adriano Gabiru 72 GK  AZE Fuad Akhmedov 42 GK  AZE Elkhan Hasanov 88 GK  BUL Svilen Simeonov -- MF  BRA Velton Carlos Silva — FW  AZE Nevruz Keklikov

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Wilson Junior (from Naval) 4 DF  BRA Accioly (from Santa Clara) 8 MF  BLR Valyantsin Byalkevich (from Dynamo Kyiv) 11 MF  AZE Asif Mammadov (from Standard Baku) 16 DF  SRB Marko Petrovic (from Hamme) 20 MF  BRA Cleiton (loan from ASA) 23 MF  MDA Oleg Shishkin (from Avangard Kursk) 24 MF  LVA Andrejs Rubins (from Spartak Moscow, previously on loan to Liepājas Metalurgs) [2] 25 MF  AZE Javid Huseynov (from Olimpik Baku) 26 MF  LTU Tadas Labukas (loan from Oțelul Galați) 34 MF  BRA Adriano Gabiru (loan from Internacional) — MF  BRA Velton Carlos Silva — FW  AZE Nevruz Keklikov (from 11 Sosyalist A)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AZE Jahangir Hasanzade (to Gabala) 4 DF  SRB Nikola Jolović (to Čukarički Stankom) 7 MF  AZE Mahmud Qurbanov (to Baku) 10 MF  AZE Emin Imamaliev (to Qarabağ) 23 FW  BUL Georgi Vladimirov — DF  AZE Mahir Shukurov (to Khazar Lankaran) — DF  AZE Nizami Hajiyev (to Olimpik Baku) — FW  URU Román Cuello

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  MDA Ion Testimitanu (from Sheriff Tiraspol) 28 FW  BOL Augusto Andaveris (loan from La Paz) 30 MF  LVA Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (from Ventspils)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  LTU Tadas Labukas (loan return to Oțelul Galați)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	18	7	1	54	16	+38	61	8	4	1	27	8	+19	10	3	0	27	8	+19

Last updated: 22 May 2013.
Source: Soccerway

Results

Olimpik Baku v Inter Baku

10 August 2008 1	Olimpik Baku	1 – 1	Inter Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Gomes  86'	Summary	E.Mammadov  24'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Inter Baku v Standard Baku

16 August 2008 2	Inter Baku	3 – 0	Standard Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Guglielmone  18' Huseynov  68' K.Mammadov  87'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Baku v Inter Baku

24 August 2008 3	Baku	0 – 0	Inter Baku	Baku
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Inter Baku v Gabala

30 August 2008 4	Inter Baku	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Guglielmone  84'	Summary	Tiago  23'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Simurq v Inter Baku

21 September 2008 5	Simurq	0 – 2	Inter Baku	Zaqatala
16:30 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Guglielmone  65' K.Mammadov  90'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

Inter Baku v Turan Tovuz

28 September 2008 6	Inter Baku	3 – 0	Turan Tovuz	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Červenka  18' Andaveris  50' Guglielmone  52'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

NBC Salyan¹ v Inter Baku

4 October 2008 7	NBC Salyan^1	1 – 2	Inter Baku	Salyan
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Zeynalov  79' (pen.)	Summary	Andaveris  63' Rubins  70'	Stadium: Salyan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium

Inter Baku v MOIK Baku

19 October 2008 8	Inter Baku	2 – 0	MOIK Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Zlatinov  6' Testemitanu  13'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Inter Baku

25 October 2008 9	Neftchi Baku	1 – 3	Inter Baku	Baku
14:15 AZST (UTC+5)	Dafchev  83' (pen.)	Summary	Guglielmone  25' (pen.) Accioly  44' Rubins  63'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Khazar Lankaran v Inter Baku

9 November 2008 10	Khazar Lankaran	2 – 4	Inter Baku	Lankaran
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Denis  47' Rômulo  81'	Summary	Rubins  7' Andaveris  49' Zlatinov  62' Abbasov  90'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

Inter Baku v Karabakh

15 November 2008 11	Inter Baku	1 – 1	Karabakh	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Andaveris  14'	Summary	Javadov  24'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Karvan v Inter Baku

22 November 2008 12	Karvan	1 – 2	Inter Baku	Yevlakh
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Emo  75'	Summary	Rubins  15' Guglielmone  51'	Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium

Inter Baku v Bakili Baku

30 November 2008 13	Inter Baku	4 – 0	Bakili Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Andaveris  4' Ismailov  36' Guglielmone  41' E.Mammadov  58'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Inter Baku v Olimpik Baku

15 February 2009 14	Inter Baku	1 – 0	Olimpik Baku	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Accioly  62'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Standard Baku v Inter Baku

22 February 2009 15	Standard Baku	0 – 2	Inter Baku	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	E.Mammadov  30' Guglielmone  66'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Inter Baku v Baku

28 February 2009 16	Inter Baku	0 – 1	Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Pérez  22'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Gabala v Inter Baku

7 March 2009 17	Gabala	0 – 1	Inter Baku	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Guglielmone  32'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Inter Baku v Simurq

14 March 2009 18	Inter Baku	2 – 1	Simurq	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	E.Mammadov  21' Adriano Gabiru  71'	Summary	Sayadov  62'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Turan Tovuz v Inter Baku

21 March 2009 19	Turan Tovuz	0 – 1	Inter Baku	Tovuz
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Accioly  73'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium

Inter Baku v Mughan¹

4 April 2009 20	Inter Baku	2 – 0	Mughan^1	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	K.Mammadov  17' Rubins  69'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

MOIK Baku v Inter Baku

12 April 2009 21	MOIK Baku	0 – 3	Inter Baku	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Guglielmone  36', 74', 89'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Inter Baku v Neftchi Baku

19 April 2009 22	Inter Baku	2 – 2	Neftchi Baku	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Guglielmone  52', 55'	Summary	Petrov  24' Olefir  44'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Inter Baku v Khazar Lankaran

25 April 2009 23	Inter Baku	2 – 2	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Levin  33' Koļesņičenko  45'	Summary	Dzhambazov  75' Dursun  77'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Karabakh v Inter Baku

3 May 2009 24	Karabakh	1 – 1	Inter Baku	Baku^2
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Şaini  35'	Summary	Rubins  59'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

Inter Baku v Karvan

9 May 2009 25	Inter Baku	4 – 0	Karvan	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Petrovic  9' Huseynov  67' Guglielmone  69', 75'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Bakili Baku v Inter Baku

17 May 2009 26	Bakili Baku	1 – 5	Inter Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Aliyev  52'	Summary	Guglielmone  39' A.Mammadov  46' Yusubov  56', 87' Červenka  64'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Baku (C)	26	20	2	4	54	13	+41	62	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Inter Baku	26	18	7	1	54	16	+38	61	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3	Simurq	26	16	5	5	39	20	+19	53
4	Khazar Lankaran	26	15	5	6	49	21	+28	50
5	Qarabağ	26	14	7	5	35	22	+13	49	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Karabakh won the 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup

Inter Baku v Standard Baku

29 October 2008 Round of 16 1st Leg	Inter Baku	2 – 2	Standard Baku	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Andaveris  66' Accioly  86'	Summary	Sigueira Gutierrez  48'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Standard Baku v Inter Baku

6 November 2008 Round of 16 2nd Leg	Standard Baku	1 – 2 (3 – 4 agg.)	Inter Baku	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Velton  87' (pen.)	Summary	Zlatinov  39' Guglielmone  67' Mustafayev  86'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Inter Baku v Simurq

25 February 2009 Quarterfinals 1st Leg	Inter Baku	2 – 0	Simurq	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zlatinov  30' K.Mammadov  83'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Simurq v Inter Baku

11 March 2009 Quarterfinals 2nd Leg	Simurq	2 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.)	Inter Baku	Zaqatala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mazyar  42', 82'	Summary	K.Mammadov  83'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

Inter Baku v Gabala

29 April 2009 Semifinals 1st Leg	Inter Baku	5 – 0	Gabala	Baku
	Guglielmone  5', 12' (pen.) Zlatinov  8' Accioly  61' Testemitanu  76'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Gabala v Inter Baku

6 May 2009 Semifinals 2nd Leg	Gabala	2 – 0 (2 – 5 agg.)	Inter Baku	Qabala
	Kerimov  41' Gasimov  89'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Karabakh v Inter Baku

23 May 2009 Final	Karabakh	1 – 0	Inter Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Javadov  57' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium

UEFA Champions League

Main articles: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League and 2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Qualifying Rounds

Inter Baku v Rabotnički

15 July 2008 1st qualifying round 1st leg	Inter Baku	0 – 0	Rabotnički	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Report		Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)

Rabotnički v Inter Baku

22 July 2008 1st qualifying round 2nd leg	Rabotnički	1 – 1 (1 – 1 (a) agg.)	Inter Baku	Skopje, Macedonia
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Velkovski  47' Krsteski  90+2'	Report	Červenka  77' Guglielmone  90+2'  90+4'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)

Inter Baku v Partizan

29 July 2008 2nd qualifying round 1st leg	Inter Baku	1 – 1	Partizan	Baku, Azerbaijan
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Zlatinov  84'	Report	Bogunović  4'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Partizan v Inter Baku

6 August 2008 2nd qualifying round 2nd leg	Partizan	2 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Inter Baku	Belgrade, Serbia
23:45 AZST (UTC+5)	Juca  61' Diarra  83'	Report		Stadium: Partizan Stadium Referee: César Muñiz (Spain)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		UEFA Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Wilson Júnior	23	0	23	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Shahriyar Rahimov	5	0	3	0	0	0	1+1	0
4	DF		Accioly	20	3	20	3	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Milan Zagorac	12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF		Aliyar Ismailov	29	1	25	1	0	0	4	0
8	MF		Valyantsin Byalkevich	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
9	DF		Samir Abbasov	25	1	21	1	0	0	3+1	0
10	FW		Khagani Mammadov	15	3	12	3	0	0	3	0
11	MF		Asif Mammadov	5	1	4	1	0	0	0+1	0
12	DF		Khayal Mustafayev	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Bronislav Červenka	26	3	24	2	0	0	2	1
14	MF		Petar Zlatinov	18	3	14	2	0	0	4	1
15	DF		Vladimir Levin	14	1	10	1	0	0	4	0
16	MF		Marko Petrovic	15	1	11	1	0	0	4	0
17	MF		Elvin Mammadov	21	4	18	4	0	0	3	0
18	MF		Goran Arnaut	9	0	8	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	MF		Cleiton	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Ion Testemitanu	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Walter Guglielmone	26	17	24	17	0	0	2	0
23	MF		Oleg Shishkin	12	0	9	0	0	0	1+2	0
24	MF		Andrejs Rubins	19	6	19	6	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Javid Huseynov	17	2	13	2	0	0	0+4	0
28	FW		Augusto Andaveris	15	5	15	5	0	0	0	0
88	GK		Svilen Simeonov	7	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
	MF		Adriano Gabiru	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
	MF		Vladimirs Koļesņičenko	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0
	MF		Ruhid Yusubov	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Players who left Baku on loan during the season:
Players who appeared for Baku who left during the season:
7	MF		Makhmud Gurbanov	8	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
10	MF		Emin Imamaliev	3	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
26	MF		Tadas Labukas	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Velton Carlos Silva	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	UEFA Champions League	Total
1	FW		22	Walter Guglielmone	17	3	0	20
2	MF		24	Andrejs Rubins	6	0	0	6
	FW		28	Augusto Andaveris	5	1	0	6
	MF		14	Petar Zlatinov	2	3	1	6
5	DF		4	Accioly	3	2	0	5
	FW		10	Khagani Mammadov	3	2	0	5
7	MF		17	Elvin Mammadov	4	0	0	4
8	MF		13	Bronislav Červenka	2	0	1	3
9	MF		25	Javid Huseynov	2	0	0	2
	MF			Ruhid Yusubov	2	0	0	2
	MF		21	Ion Testemitanu	1	1	0	2
12	DF		5	Aliyar Ismailov	1	0	0	1
	DF		9	Samir Abbasov	1	0	0	1
	MF			Adriano Gabiru	1	0	0	1
	MF		16	Marko Petrovic	1	0	0	1
	DF		15	Vladimir Levin	1	0	0	1
	MF		30	Vladimirs Koļesņičenko	1	0	0	1
	MF		11	Asif Mammadov	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	54	12	2	68

Notes

• On 31 October 2008, FK NBC Salyan changed their name to FK Mughan.[3]
• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.[4]

References

1. Levin was born in Arkhangelsk, Russia, but qualified to represent Azerbaijan, making his debut in 2008.
2. "Rubin sign a contract with Inter Baku" (in Latvian). tvnet.lv. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
3. NBC is renamed
4. Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)

External links

• Inter Baku at Soccerway.com
• http://www.weltfussball.at/teams/inter-baku/2009/2/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140211091820/http://www.pfl.az/upload/arxiv/200809/oyuncustats200809.pdf
• http://www.futbol24.com/national/Azerbaijan/Premier-League/2008-2009/results