2008–09 FK Baku season

The FK Baku 2008-09 season was Baku's 11th Azerbaijan Premier League season, and was their second season with Gjoko Hadžievski as their manager, having replaced Boyukagha Hajiyev in July 2007. They finished the season in 1st place in the league and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Semi-final stage by Qarabağ.

Baku

2008-09 season
President	Hafiz Mammadov
Manager	Gjoko Hadžievski
Stadium	Tofig Bakhramov Stadium
Premier League	1st
Azerbaijan Cup	Semifinals vs Qarabağ
Top goalscorer	League: Amiran Mujiri (11) All: Amiran Mujiri (11)
Home colours Away colours Third 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  CRO Marko Šarlija 2 FW  SEN Papa Biaye Çeikouna 3 DF  AZE Rafael Amirbekov 4 MF  MDA Vadim Borets 5 DF  BUL Stanislav Bachev 7 MF  AZE Mahmud Gurbanov 8 MF  CRO Ernad Skulić 9 FW  GEO Giorgi Demetradze 10 MF  GEO Amiran Mujiri 11 FW  MKD Dragan Nacevski 12 FW  ARG Fernando Perez 13 GK  AZE Aqil Mammadov 14 DF  AZE Elvin Aliyev 15 MF  AZE Jemshid Maharramov 17 MF  AZE Ramazan Abbasov [1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  BDI Floribert Ndayisaba 19 FW  NGA Ahmad Tijani 20 MF  AZE Fabio [2] 21 DF  BUL Aleksandar Tomash 22 DF  AZE Sabuhi Hasanov 23 GK  SEN Kalidou Cissokho 25 FW  TUR Sınan Demırcan 27 FW  AZE Bakhtiyar Soltanov 30 FW  BRA William Batista (on loan from FC Kharkiv) 32 MF  MDA Alexei Savinov 33 DF  AZE Saşa Yunisoğlu 55 FW  GEO Giorgi Adamia 99 FW  MAR Hassan Souari — FW  BRA Bruno Bastelli

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  CRO Marko Šarlija (from NK Inter Zapresic) 4 MF  MDA Vadim Borets (from Neftchi Baku) 9 FW  GEO Giorgi Demetradze (from Arsenal Kiew) 11 FW  MKD Dragan Načevski (from AO Kerkyra) 18 DF  BDI Floribert Ndayisaba (from Vital`O) 21 DF  BUL Aleksandar Tomas (from Cherno More Varna) 20 MF  AZE Fabio Luis Ramim (from FK Olimpik Baku) 32 MF  MDA Alexei Savinov (from Zimbru Chişinău) 55 FW  GEO Giorgi Adamia (from Neftchi Baku) — FW  MKD Gjorgji Hristov (from Den Bosch)

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 2 DF  AZE Andrezinho [3] 5 MF  AZE Ilgar Abdurahmanov (to Mughan) 6 DF  AZE Vugar Guliev 7 DF  AZE Asif Abbasov 8 MF  BUL Asen Nikolov (to Gabala) 14 MF  GEO Aleksandr Gogoberishvili (to Qarabağ) 16 FW  AZE Farid Guliyev (loan to Mughan) 18 DF  AZE Hafiz Aliyev (to Bakılı) 19 DF  SRB Bojan Ilić (to Bakılı) 20 MF  AZE Elnur Abbasov 22 MF  AZE Vasif Aliyev 25 GK  AZE Orkhan Mirzaev 26 MF  AZE Tarlan Khalilov (to Mughan) 27 FW  AZE Emin Amiraslanov (to Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit) 55 FW  AZE Leandro Gomes (to FK Olimpik Baku) [4] — DF  AZE Elnur Yusifov — FW  AZE Anatoli Ponomarev (loan return to Östers IF) — FW  MKD Cvetan Curlinov (to Kožuf) — FW  SEN Ely Cissé (to MAS Fez)

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 17 MF  AZE Ramazan Abbasov (from Neftchi Baku) 30 FW  BRA William Batista (loan from Kharkiv) 55 FW  GEO Georgi Adamia (from Neftchi Baku) 99 FW  MAR Hassan Souari (from Khouribga)

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 6 MF  SRB Dejan Branković (to JJK) — DF  AZE Elnur Abdullayev (to Mughan) — MF  AZE Ramal Huseynov (loan to Kocaelispor) — FW  MKD Gjorgji Hristov

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	20	2	4	54	13	+41	62	10	2	1	28	5	+23	10	0	3	26	8	+18

Last updated: 8 May 2013.
Source: Soccerway

Results

Baku v MOIK Baku

10 August 2008 1	Baku	1 - 0	MOIK Baku	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tijani  90'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Baku

16 August 2008 2	Neftchi Baku	0 - 1	Baku	Baku
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Pérez  48'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov 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

Qarabağ v Baku

30 August 2008 4	Qarabağ	0 - 2	Baku	Baku^2
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Hristov  5' Fabio  78'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

Baku v Karvan

21 September 2008 5	Baku	0 - 3	Karvan	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Nadirov  10' Aliyev  55' Doroș  77'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Bakili Baku v Baku

28 September 2008 6	Bakili Baku	0 - 7	Baku	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Mujiri  34', 38' Fabio  45' (pen.) Nacevski  61' Bachev  65' Tijani  79' Demetradze  90'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Baku v Olimpik Baku

4 October 2008 7	Baku	3 - 1	Olimpik Baku	Baku
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)	Mujiri  41' (pen.) Tijani  67' Fabio  87'	Summary	Lascencov  14' (pen.)	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Baku v Standard Baku

18 October 2008 8	Baku	2 - 0	Standard Baku	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mujiri  49' Nacevski  90'	Summary		Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium

Baku v Khazar Lankaran

26 October 2008 9	Baku	0 - 0	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium

Baku v Gabala

9 November 2008 10	Baku	3 - 0	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Pérez  21' Mujiri  54' (pen.), 74'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Simurq v Baku

16 November 2008 11	Simurq	2 - 1	Baku	Zaqatala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Makhviladze  9' Artiukh  45'	Summary	Demetradze  90'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

Baku v Turan Tovuz

22 November 2008 12	Baku	7 - 0	Turan Tovuz	Baku
14:15 AZT (UTC+4)	Mujiri  21' (pen.), 40' Pérez  23', 31' Fabio  35' Soltanov  56', 86'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Mughan¹ v Baku

29 November 2008 13	Mughan^1	0 - 4	Baku	Salyan
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Nacevski  43' Soltanov  67', 90' Savinov  78'	Stadium: Salyany Olympic Sport Complex Stadium

MOIK Baku v Baku

14 February 2009 14	MOIK Baku	0 - 3	Baku	Baku
14:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Nacevski  30' Pérez  46' Fabio  70'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Baku v Neftchi Baku

21 February 2009 15	Baku	2 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mujiri  48' Batista  76'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Inter Baku v Baku

28 February 2009 16	Inter Baku	0 - 1	Baku	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Pérez  22'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Baku v Qarabağ

7 March 2009 17	Baku	2 - 0	Qarabağ	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mujiri  66' Batista  85'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Karvan v Baku

15 March 2009 18	Karvan	0 - 1	Baku	Yevlakh
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Fabio  77'	Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium

Baku v Bakili Baku

21 March 2009 19	Baku	3 - 1	Bakili Baku	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Soltanov  3', 16', 32'	Summary	Guliyev  68'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Olimpik Baku v Baku

5 April 2009 20	Olimpik Baku	2 - 1	Baku	Lankaran
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Junivan  51' Gomes  74'	Summary	Tijani  12'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

Standard Baku v Baku

11 April 2009 21	Standard Baku	1 - 2	Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Rodrigo  75' (pen.)	Summary	Adamia  18' Fabio  38'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Khazar Lankaran v Baku

18 April 2009 22	Khazar Lankaran	3 - 0	Baku	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Dursun  34', 75' Mario Sergio  90'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

Gabala v Baku

26 April 2009 23	Gabala	0 - 1	Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Batista  74'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Baku v Simurq

2 May 2009 24	Baku	1 - 0	Simurq	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Borets  90'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Turan Tovuz v Baku

9 May 2009 25	Turan Tovuz	0 - 2	Baku	Tovuz
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Pérez  39' Batista  43'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium

Baku v Mughan¹

17 May 2009 26	Baku	4 - 0	Mughan^1	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Batista  37' Adamia  45' Tijani  86', 87'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov 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

Baku v Qafqaz Universiteti

30 October 2008 Round of 16 1st leg	Baku	10 - 0	Qafqaz Universiteti	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tijani  25' Demetradze  35', 75', 78' Bachev  37' Bastelli  53' Skulić  82' Hristov  85', 90' Abbasov  89'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Qafqaz Universiteti v Baku

6 November 2008 Round of 16 2nd leg	Qafqaz Universiteti	0 - 3 (0 - 13 agg.)	Baku	Baku
14:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Huseynov  50' Nacevski  75', 77'

Khazar Lenkoran v Baku

25 February 2009 Quarterfinals 1st Leg	Khazar Lenkoran	0 - 1	Baku	Lankaran
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Tijani  49' Tomas  90'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

Baku v Khazar Lenkoran

11 March 2009 Quarterfinals 2nd Leg	Baku	2 - 2 (3 - 2 agg.)	Khazar Lenkoran	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Adamia  68' Yunisoğlu  90'	Summary	Cvetkov  28', 67'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Baku v Qarabağ

29 April 2009 Semifinals 1st leg	Baku	1 - 2	Qarabağ	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Fabio  90'	Summary	Allahverdiyev  57' Javadov  67'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Qarabağ v Baku

6 May 2009 Semifinals 2nd leg	Qarabağ	2 - 1 (4 - 2 agg.)	Baku	Baku^2
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Javadov  43' Şahin  66'	Summary	Pérez  32'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League[5]		Azerbaijan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Marko Šarlija	8	0	8	0	0	0
3	DF		Rafael Amirbekov	20	0	20	0	0	0
4	MF		Vadim Borets	22	1	22	1	0	0
5	DF		Stanislav Bachev	11	1	11	1	0	0
7	MF		Mahmud Gurbanov	13	0	13	0	0	0
8	MF		Ernad Skulić	25	0	25	0	0	0
9	FW		Giorgi Demetradze	10	2	10	2	0	0
10	MF		Amiran Mujiri	22	11	22	11	0	0
11	MF		Dragan Nacevski	19	4	19	4	0	0
12	FW		Fernando Pérez	21	7	21	7	0	0
14	DF		Elvin Aliyev	20	0	20	0	0	0
15	MF		Jemshid Maharramov	22	0	22	0	0	0
17	MF		Ramazan Abbasov	7	0	7	0	0	0
19	FW		Ahmad Tijani	18	6	18	6	0	0
20	MF		Fabio Luis Ramim	22	7	22	7	0	0
21	DF		Aleksandar Tomash	16	0	16	0	0	0
22	DF		Sabuhi Hasanov	3	0	3	0	0	0
23	GK		Kalidou Cissokho	18	0	18	0	0	0
23	FW		Bakhtiyar Soltanov	7	7	7	7	0	0
30	FW		William Batista	8	5	8	5	0	0
32	MF		Alexei Savinov	17	1	17	1	0	0
33	DF		Saşa Yunisoğlu	6	0	6	0	0	0
55	FW		Giorgi Adamia	12	2	12	2	0	0
99	MF		Rahman Hajiyev	1	0	1	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Baku who left on loan during the season:
	MF		Ramal Huseynov	5	0	5	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Baku who left during the season:
6	MF		Dejan Branković	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		Gjorgji Hristov	6	0	6	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League[5]	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	MF		10	Amiran Mujiri	11	0	11
2	MF		20	Fabio Luis Ramim	7	1	8
	FW		12	Fernando Pérez	7	1	8
4	FW		18	Ahmad Tijani	6	2	8
5	FW		27	Bakhtiyar Soltanov	7	0	7
6	FW		11	Dragan Nacevski	4	2	6
7	FW		30	William Batista	5	0	5
	FW		9	Giorgi Demetradze	2	3	5
9	FW		55	Giorgi Adamia	2	1	3
10	FW			Gjorgji Hristov	0	2	2
	DF		5	Stanislav Bachev	1	1	1
12	MF		4	Vadim Borets	1	0	1
	MF		32	Alexei Savinov	1	0	1
	DF		33	Saşa Yunisoğlu	0	1	1
	MF		8	Ernad Skulić	0	1	1
	MF		17	Ramazan Abbasov	0	1	1
	MF			Ramal Huseynov	0	1	1
	FW			Bruno Bastelli	0	1	1
				TOTALS	54	18	72

Notes

• On 31 October 2008, FK NBC Salyan changed their name to FK Mughan.[6]
• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.[7]

References

1. Abbasov was born in Aghavnavank, Armenian SSR, but qualified to represent Azerbaijan, making his debut for Azerbaijan in 2006.
2. Fábio was born in São Paulo, Brazil, but gained Azerbaijani citizenship in order to play for the national team.
3. Andrezinho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but gained Azerbaijani citizenship in order to play for the national team.
4. Leandro Gomes was born in Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, but gained Azerbaijani citizenship in order to play for the national team.
5. "2008/09 Stats" (PDF). PFL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
6. NBC is renamed
7. Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)