2012–13 Simurq PFC season

The Simurq PFC 2012-13 season was Simurq PFC's seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season, and it is their first full season under manager Giorgi Chikhradze. They finished the season in 4th place and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Quarterfinals stage by Neftchi Baku.

Simurq

2012-13 season
Chairman	Anar Bakirov
Manager	Giorgi Chikhradze
Stadium	Zaqatala City Stadium
Premier League	4th
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarterfinals vs Neftchi Baku
Top goalscorer	League: Mario Božić (6) All: Mario Božić (6)
Highest home attendance	3,500 vs Qarabağ 29 September 2012 AZAL 26 October 2012
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Gabala 3 May 2013 vs Inter Baku 14 May 2013
Average home league attendance	2,176
Home colours Away colours

Squad

As of 12 February 2013

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 Dmitriy Kramarenko 2 DF  AZE Ilkin Qirtimov 3 DF  AZE Rasim Ramaldanov (captain) 4 DF  BIH Dilaver Zrnanović 5 DF  AZE Rustam Abasov (loan from Inter Baku) 6 DF  BRA Anderson do Ó 7 DF  AZE Ruslan Poladov 8 MF  AZE Garib Ibrahimov 9 MF  POL Marcin Burkhardt 10 FW  CRO Zdravko Popović 12 FW  CRO Tomislav Bušić 13 DF  AZE Aleksandr Shemonayev

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  CRO Stjepan Poljak 17 DF  AZE Rustam Mammadov 18 FW  AZE Gafar Gafarov 19 FW  AZE Nijat Gurbanov (loan from Neftchi Baku) 20 DF  AZE Rashad Eyyubov 21 FW  AZE Murad Sattarli (loan from Qarabağ) 22 GK  POL Dawid Pietrzkiewicz 24 DF  AZE Mehman Mammadov 25 MF  BIH Mario Božić 27 FW  AZE Bakhtiyar Soltanov (loan from Qarabağ) 28 MF  BIH Nenad Kiso 99 GK  AZE Eyyub Aliyev (loan from Neftchi Baku)

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2012

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  AZE Dmitriy Kramarenko (on loan from Inter Baku) 4 DF  BIH Dilaver Zrnanović (from Sarajevo) [1] 6 DF  BRA Anderson do Ó (from FC Vaslui) [2] 9 MF  POL Marcin Burkhardt (from Jagiellonia Białystok) [3] 10 FW  CRO Zdravko Popović (from Levadiakos) [4] 14 MF  AZE Asif Mirili (on loan from Inter Baku) 15 MF  CRO Stjepan Poljak (from Slaven Belupo) [5] 21 FW  AZE Murad Sattarli (on loan from Qarabağ) 22 GK  POL Dawid Pietrzkiewicz (from Baník Ostrava) [6] 25 MF  BIH Mario Božić (from Shanghai Shenhua) [7] 28 DF  AZE Rustam Abbasov (From Inter Baku) 79 FW  SRB Nenad Stojanović (from Rudar Pljevlja)

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 11 FW  LTU Robertas Poškus (to Sibir Novosibirsk) 14 MF  LVA Andrejs Rubins (Retired) 19 FW  MDA Anatolie Doroş (to CSCA–Rapid Chişinău) 27 MF  AZE Ramil Sayadov 29 MF  LVA Igors Tarasovs (to Ventspils) [8] 77 FW  BUL Daniel Genov (loan return to Inter Baku) 79 DF  LTU Vidas Alunderis (to Sibir Novosibirsk)

Winter

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2013

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 12 FW  CRO Tomislav Bušić (from Slaven Belupo) 27 FW  AZE Bakhtiyar Soltanov (from Qarabağ) [9] 28 MF  BIH Nenad Kiso (from Debreceni) [10]

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 79 FW  SRB Nenad Stojanović (to Rudar Pljevlja)

Competitions

Friendlies

Tom Tomsk v Simurq

25 January 2013	Tom Tomsk	1 – 1	Simurq	Turkey
		Summary

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League

Results

Simurq v Gabala

4 August 2012 1	Simurq	1 – 1	Gabala	Zaqatala
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Qirtimov  66'	Summary	Kelhar  15' Abbasov  31'  84'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Elchin Mammadov

Baku v Simurq

10 August 2012 2	Baku	0 – 0	Simurq	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Simurq v Turan Tovuz

18 August 2012 3	Simurq	3 – 0	Turan Tovuz	Zaqatala
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Popović  75', 82' Božić  90+2'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Orkhan Mammadov

Khazar Lankaran v Simurq

24 August 2012 4	Khazar Lankaran	Postponed	Simurq	Lankaran
AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

Ravan Baku v Simurq

15 September 2012 5	Ravan Baku	0 – 2	Simurq	Baku
AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Božić  70' Burkhardt  76'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Khazar Lankaran v Simurq

20 September 2012 4	Khazar Lankaran	0 – 2	Simurq	Lankaran
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Burkhardt  17' Poljak  49'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Simurq v Kəpəz

24 September 2012 6	Simurq	2 – 1	Kəpəz	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Poljak  25' Burkhardt  85'	Summary	Karimov  20' Imamaliev  6'  89'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Orkhan Mammadov

Simurq v Qarabağ

29 September 2012 7	Simurq	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Aliyar Agayev

Simurq v Sumgayit

4 October 2012 8	Simurq	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Božić  63'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Inter Baku v Simurq

20 October 2012 9	Inter Baku	1 – 0	Simurq	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tskhadadze  52'	Summary		Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Simurq v AZAL

26 October 2012 10	Simurq	1 – 1	AZAL	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Sattarli  90+4'	Summary	R.Tagizade  29'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Neftchi Baku v Simurq

30 October 2012 11	Neftchi Baku	2 – 1	Simurq	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Canales  8' (pen.), 34'	Summary	Poladov  48'	Stadium: Ismat Gayibov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Turan Tovuz v Simurq

4 November 2012 12	Turan Tovuz	1 – 1	Simurq	Tovuz
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Guliyev  79'	Summary	Poljak  35' Ramaldanov  63' G.Ibrahimov  80' Qirtimov  39'  87'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Qarabağ v Simurq

18 November 2012 13	Qarabağ	2 – 1	Simurq	Baku^1
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Richard  23' Süleymanov  35' (o.g.)	Summary	Božić  61' (pen.)	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

Simurq v Inter Baku

24 November 2012 14	Simurq	1 – 0	Inter Baku	Zaqatala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Popović  53'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Sumgayit v Simurq

2 December 2012 15	Sumgayit	0 – 1	Simurq	Sumqayit
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Poljak  45'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

Simurq v Khazar Lankaran

10 December 2012 16	Simurq	2 – 2	Khazar Lankaran	Zaqatala
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Sattarli  15' Burkhardt  67'	Summary	Abishov  48' Abdullayev  73' A.Shemonayev  90+4'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Simurq

16 December 2012 17	Gabala	0 – 1	Simurq	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Božić  77' Pietrzkiewicz  90+3'  90+4'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

Simurq v Ravan Baku

20 December 2012 18	Simurq	3 – 0^2	Ravan Baku	Zaqatala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Popović  90+2'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

AZAL v Simurq

9 February 2013 19	AZAL	1 – 1	Simurq	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Nildo  55'	Summary	Popović  2' Ramaldanov  62'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Simurq v Neftchi Baku

17 February 2013 20	Simurq	0 – 2	Neftchi Baku	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Canales  30' Sadiqov  43'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Simurq v Baku

22 February 2013 21	Simurq	0 – 0	Baku	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Kəpəz v Simurq

3 March 2013 22	Kəpəz	1 – 1	Simurq	Ganja
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	S.Karimov  11'	Summary	Božić  53'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Anar Salmanov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Inter Baku	22	11	8	3	24	12	+12	41	Qualification for championship group
3	Qarabağ	22	10	9	3	30	19	+11	39
4	Simurq	22	9	9	4	25	15	+10	36
5	Gabala	22	9	5	8	26	27	−1	32
6	Baku	22	6	12	4	24	15	+9	30

Source: Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan and Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group

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
10	3	3	4	6	11	−5	12	3	0	2	3	2	+1	0	3	2	3	9	−6

Last updated: 20 May 2013.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D
Position	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2013. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Simurq v Qarabağ

12 March 2013 23	Simurq	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Eyyubov  31' 28'  81'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Simurq v Baku

30 March 2013 24	Simurq	0 – 1	Baku	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Pena  77'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Gabala v Simurq

5 April 2013 25	Gabala	1 – 1	Simurq	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Assis  54'	Summary	Bušić  90'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Simurq v Neftchi Baku

13 April 2013 26	Simurq	0 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Wobay  49'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Inter Baku v Simurq

20 April 2013 27	Inter Baku	5 – 0	Simurq	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Fomenko  4', 44' Genov  37', 67' Mansurov  59'	Summary	Božić  26'  30'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Baku v Simurq

28 April 2013 28	Baku	2 – 1	Simurq	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Huseynov  9' Aliyev  79'	Summary	Burkhardt  81'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Simurq v Gabala

3 May 2013 29	Simurq	2 – 0	Gabala	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Gurbanov  54', 68'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Neftchi Baku v Simurq

9 May 2013 30	Neftchi Baku	1 – 1	Simurq	Baku
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Wobay  26'	Summary	Eyyubov  14'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Simurq v Inter Baku

14 May 2013 31	Simurq	1 – 0	Inter Baku	Zaqatala
17:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Popović  39' (pen.) Gurbanov  54'	Summary	Levin  56'  74'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Qarabağ v Simurq

19 May 2013 32	Qarabağ	0 – 0	Simurq	Baku^1
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Qarabağ	32	16	11	5	43	26	+17	59	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3	Inter Baku	32	16	9	7	38	22	+16	57
4	Simurq	32	12	12	8	32	26	+6	48
5	Baku	32	9	14	9	33	27	+6	41
6	Gabala	32	10	8	14	32	40	−8	38

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

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup

AZAL v Simurq

28 November 2012 Second Round	AZAL	0 – 1	Simurq	Baku
17:45 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Poladov  26'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

Simurq v Neftchi Baku

27 February 2013 Quarterfinals 1st Leg	Simurq	0 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Imamverdiyev  90+3'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Neftchi Baku v Simurq

7 March 2013 Quarterfinals 2nd Leg	Neftchi Baku	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 0 agg.)	Simurq	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Flavinho  120'	Summary	Božić  64'  72'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Squad statistics

As of 20 May 2013

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dmitriy Kramarenko	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Ilkin Qirtimov	31	1	28+0	1	3+0	0
3	DF		Rasim Ramaldanov	26	0	24+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF		Dilaver Zrnanović	31	0	27+1	0	3+0	0
5	DF		Rustam Abasov	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Anderson do Ó	30	0	21+6	0	2+1	0
7	DF		Ruslan Poladov	29	2	19+7	1	2+1	1
8	MF		Garib Ibrahimov	23	0	16+6	0	0+1	0
9	MF		Marcin Burkhardt	24	5	17+7	5	0+0	0
10	FW		Zdravko Popović	31	6	23+5	6	3+0	0
12	FW		Tomislav Bušić	11	1	2+7	1	0+2	0
13	DF		Aleksandr Shemonayev	32	0	29+0	0	3+0	0
14	MF		Asif Mirili	14	0	8+5	0	1+0	0
15	MF		Stjepan Poljak	31	4	24+5	4	2+0	0
17	DF		Rustam Mammadov	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0
19	MF		Nijat Gurbanov	18	2	7+11	2	0+0	0
20	FW		Rashad Eyyubov	18	2	9+6	2	0+3	0
21	FW		Murad Sattarli	33	2	19+11	2	3+0	0
22	GK		Dawid Pietrzkiewicz	31	0	28+0	0	3+0	0
24	DF		Mehman Mammadov	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Mario Božić	28	6	24+1	6	3+0	0
27	FW		Bakhtiyar Soltanov	5	0	3+1	0	1+0	0
28	MF		Nenad Kiso	12	0	9+1	0	2+0	0
34	DF		Elchin Süleymanov	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
62	MF		Javad Kazımov	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Simurq no longer at the club:
79	FW		Nenad Stojanović	13	0	7+6	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	MF		25	Mario Božić	6	0	6
2	MF		9	Marcin Burkhardt	5	0	5
	FW		10	Zdravko Popović	5	0	5
4	MF		15	Stjepan Poljak	4	0	4
5				Awarded Goals	3	0	3
6	FW		21	Murad Sattarli	2	0	2
	MF		19	Nijat Gurbanov	2	0	2
	DF		20	Rashad Eyyubov	2	0	2
	DF		7	Ruslan Poladov	1	1	2
9	DF		2	Ilkin Qirtimov	1	0	1
	FW		12	Tomislav Bušić	1	0	1
				TOTALS	32	1	33

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Total
1		GK	Dmitriy Kramarenko	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Ilkin Qirtimov	8	1	0	0	8	1
3		DF	Rasim Ramaldanov	11	2	1	0	12	2
4		DF	Dilaver Zrnanović	9	0	0	0	9	0
6		DF	Anderson do Ó	3	0	0	0	3	0
7		DF	Ruslan Poladov	2	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Garib Ibrahimov	5	1	1	0	6	1
10		FW	Zdravko Popović	4	0	2	0	6	0
12		FW	Tomislav Bušić	2	0	0	0	2	0
13		DF	Aleksandr Shemonayev	9	0	1	0	10	0
14		MF	Asif Mirili	5	0	0	0	5	0
15		MF	Stjepan Poljak	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Nijat Gurbanov	2	1	0	0	2	1
20		DF	Rashad Eyyubov	5	1	0	0	5	1
21		FW	Murad Sattarli	4	0	0	0	4	0
22		GK	Dawid Pietrzkiewicz	5	1	0	0	5	1
25		MF	Mario Božić	12	1	2	1	14	2
28		MF	Nenad Kiso	4	0	1	0	5	0
79		FW	Nenad Stojanović	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	93	8	8	1	101	9

References

• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.[11]
• Simurq were awarded a 3-0 victory after Ravan Baku fielded 8 foreigners during the game instead of the maximum 7.[12]

1. http://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/zrnanovic-karijeru-nastavlja-u-azerbejdzanu-pozelio-srecu-sarajevu/120802036
2. http://www.simurqpfk.az/az/read/494.html%5B%5D
3. http://www.soccerfame.com/transfer/12958/marcin-burkhardt
4. http://hbrsport.com/menu/119/link/196/article/708/default.aspx%5B%5D
5. "Simurq from Azerbaijan signed Stjepan Poljak". hbrsport.com/. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
6. http://www.soccerfame.com/transfer/13043/dawidpietrzkiewicz
7. ""Simurg" continues to strengthen squad". Simurq. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-07-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. "A description of the Simurgh Bakhtiar Sultanov". azerisport.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
10. http://www.hungarianfootball.com/2013/02/hungarian-1st-division-winter-transfers/
11. Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
12. "All decisions of the DC AFFA: forfeited to Ravan". Azerifootball.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

External links

• Official Website
• Simurq at Soccerway.com