2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League

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.

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season2013–14
ChampionsQarabağ
Matches played180
Goals scored416 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorerReynaldo (22 goals)
Biggest home winQarabağ 5–1 Sumgayit[1]
Qarabağ 5–1 Ravan Baku[2]
Biggest away winRavan 1-5 Inter[3]
Highest scoringQarabağ 4–3 Gabala[4]
Khazar Lankaran 4–3 Sumgayit
Longest winning run7 games
Qarabağ, AZAL
Longest unbeaten run11 games
Qarabağ
Longest losing run4 games
Ravan Baku, Sumgayit
Highest attendance10,000
Khazar 0–0 Neftchi
(25 August 2013)[5]
Lowest attendance150
Simurq 2–0 Ravan Baku
(3 August 2013)[6]
Average attendance1,608[7]

Teams
AZAL
Baku
Inter
Neftchi
Ravan
Khazar
Simurq
Qarabağ
Gabala
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 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 Ağdam 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]
Vladislav Kadyrov Sacked 5 October 2013[23] 9th Shahin Diniyev 7 October 2013
Neftchi Tarlan Ahmadov 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]
Giovanni Melkiorre (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 3 December 2013 Mustafa Denizli 3 December 2013
Ravan Shahin Diniyev Resigned 3 January 2014 9th Güvenç Kurtar 3 January 2014
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 (C) 36 21 9 6 65 21 +44 72 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Inter Baku 36 20 7 9 60 37 +23 67 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3 Gabala 36 18 7 11 48 36 +12 61
4 Neftçi Baku 36 17 9 10 47 43 +4 60 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
5 Baku 36 16 9 11 53 43 +10 57
6 Khazar Lankaran 36 12 13 11 44 49 −5 49
7 Simurq 36 11 13 12 35 28 +7 46
8 AZAL 36 6 13 17 29 49 −20 31
9 Sumgayit 36 5 10 21 27 61 −34 25
10 Ravan Baku (R) 36 4 10 22 22 66 −44 22 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results

Games 1-18
Home \ Away AZL BAK INT KHA SIM NEF QAR GAB RAV SUM
AZAL 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0
Baku 2–2 0–1 3–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 5–0 1–0
Inter Baku 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 2–0
Khazar Lankaran 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 4–3
Simurq 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1
Neftçi Baku 4–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0
Qarabağ 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 4–3 0–0 5–1
Gabala 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–0
Ravan Baku 0–0 0–0 1–5 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1
Sumgayit 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–1
Source: Soccerway: Azerbaijan Premier League Table
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Games 19-36
Home \ Away AZL BAK INT KHA SIM NEF QAR GAB RAV SUM
AZAL 1–2 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–2
Baku 1–0 0–4 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 0–0
Inter Baku 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 3–0 2–0
Khazar Lankaran 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 4–1
Simurq 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–0
Neftçi Baku 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–4 1–2 2–1 1–3
Qarabağ 2–1 4–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 5–1 3–0
Gabala 0–0 3–1 1–4 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–1
Ravan Baku 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1
Sumgayit 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–1
Source: Soccerway: Azerbaijan Premier League Table
Legend: 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,
  • 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
  • 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

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
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Bachana TskhadadzeInterRavan5–125 August 2013[35]
ReynaldoQarabağNeftchi4–128 February 2014[36]
ReynaldoQarabağInter4–17 May 2014

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club
  • Most yellow cards: 112[37]
    • Ravan Baku
  • Most red cards: 13[37]
    • Neftchi Baku

Awards

Monthly awards
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
2014 PFL Team of the Year

The PFL team of the year was:[38]

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See also

References
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