1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League

The 1995-96 Azerbaijan Top League was the fifth season of the Azerbaijan Top League and was contested by 11 clubs and was the first season were 3 points were awarded for a win. Kəpəz were the defending champions but were unable to keep their title as Neftchi Baku completed a domestic double, winning their second Azerbaijan League title and the Azerbaijan Cup.

Azerbaijan Top League
Season1995-96
ChampionsNeftchi Baku
UEFA CupNeftchi Baku
Khazri Buzovna
Cup Winners' CupQarabağ
Matches played170
Top goalscorerRovshan Akhmedov
Fazil Parvanov (23)
1996-97 →

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 1995–96
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Venue Capacity
Bakı Fahlasi Baku Ismat Gayibov Stadium 5,000
Kapaz Ganja Ganja City Stadium 26,120
Qarabağ Quzanlı Guzanli Olympic Complex Stadium 2,000
Khazri Buzovna Buzovna
Kur-Nur Mingachevir Yashar Mammadzade Stadium 5,000
MOIK Baku Baku
Neftchi Baku Baku Tofiq Bahramov Stadium 31,200
Pambiqci Neftcala Neftçala
Shamkir Şəmkir Shamkir City Stadium
Turan Tovuz Tovuz Tovuz City Stadium 6,800
Viləş Masallı Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium 7,500

First round

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Khazri Buzovna 20 14 5 1 31 7 +24 47 Qualification for championship group
2 Kapaz 20 13 4 3 74 20 +54 43
3 Turan 20 13 2 5 41 24 +17 41
4 Qarabağ 20 12 4 4 38 15 +23 40
5 Neftçi Baku 20 11 6 3 42 17 +25 39
6 Kur-Nur 20 7 4 9 35 41 −6 25
7 Bakı Fahlasi 20 6 3 11 20 35 −15 21 Qualification for relegation group
8 FK Masallı 20 6 1 13 22 46 −24 19
9 MOIK Baku 20 5 1 14 16 43 −27 16
10 Şəmkir 20 3 4 13 15 39 −24 13
11 Pambiqci Neftcala 20 2 2 16 16 63 −47 8
Source: Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Second round

Championship group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Neftçi Baku (C) 20 10 6 4 32 20 +12 36 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Khazri Buzovna 20 8 9 3 22 14 +8 33
3 Kapaz 20 9 5 6 34 21 +13 32
4 Turan 20 9 3 8 26 30 −4 30
5 Karabakh Agdam 20 4 9 7 25 26 −1 21 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Kur-Nur 20 1 4 15 12 46 −34 7
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Karabakh Agdam qualified for the qualifying round of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as runners up in the 1995–96 Azerbaijan Cup since Neftchi Baku won both the League and the Cup

Relegation group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Bakı Fahlasi 16 9 2 5 26 18 +8 29
8 FK Masallı 16 9 1 6 26 29 −3 28
9 Şəmkir 16 7 4 5 31 18 +13 25
10 MOIK Baku 16 6 2 8 14 16 −2 20
11 Pambiqci Neftcala 16 4 1 11 18 34 −16 13
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

    Results

    Season statistics

    Top scorers
    Rank Player Club Goals[1]
    1 Fazil Parvanov Kəpəz 23
    Rovshan Akhmedov Kəpəz 23
    3 Nazim Aliyev Neftchi Baku/Qarabağ 22
    4 Musa Kurbanov Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz 15
    5 Yadigar Süleymanov Kəpəz 14
    6 Samir A. Məmmədov MOIK Baku/Kur Nur Mingechaur 13
    Mehman İbrahimov Pambiqci Neftcala 13
    Ələddin Abbasov Shamkir 13
    9 Gurban Gurbanov Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz 12
    10 İlham Məmmədov Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz/Neftchi Baku 11

    References
    1. "Çempionatın bombardirləri: Top-10 – 1995/96" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
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