2007–08 Neftchi Baku PFK season

Neftchi Baku
2007–08 season
ChairmanSadyg Sadygov
ManagerGurban Gurbanov
until 2 September 2007
Vlastimil Petržela
2 September 2007 - 5 January 2008
Gurban Gurbanov
from 5 January 2008
StadiumTofik Bakhramov Stadium
Premier League3rd
Azerbaijan CupSemi-finals vs Inter Baku
UEFA CupFirst qualifying round vs SV Ried
Top goalscorerBranimir Subašić (14)

The Neftchi Baku 2007–08 season was Neftchi Baku's sixteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season. They started the season under the management of Gurban Gurbanov, who was replaced by Vlastimil Petržela after the UEFA Cup qualifiers at the start of September. Petržela was replaced by Anatoliy Demyanenko on 5 January 2008. They finished 3rd in the league and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the semifinal stage by Inter Baku. Neftchi also took part in the UEFA Cup, being eliminated at the First qualifying round by SV Ried of Austria.

Squad

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[1][2] 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 Serbia SRB Vladimir Mićović
2 DF Azerbaijan AZE Rail Malikov
4 MF Azerbaijan AZE Namiq Yusifov
5 DF Azerbaijan AZE Elnur Allahverdiyev
6 MF Azerbaijan AZE Rashad Sadiqov
7 MF Moldova MDA Vadim Boreț
8 MF Azerbaijan AZE Aleksandr Chertoganov
9 FW Azerbaijan AZE Samir Aliyev
10 FW Georgia (country) GEO Georgi Adamia
11 MF Azerbaijan AZE Ramazan Abbasov [3]
12 GK Azerbaijan AZE Huseyn Mahammadov
14 DF Azerbaijan AZE Rashad Sadygov
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Azerbaijan AZE Eshgin Guliyev
17 MF Azerbaijan AZE Agil Mammadov
20 FW Azerbaijan AZE Branimir Subašić
21 FW Azerbaijan AZE Zaur Tagizade
22 MF Azerbaijan AZE Marcos[4] (loan from FK Karvan)
25 DF Estonia EST Dmitri Kruglov (loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
32 MF Turkmenistan TKM Nazar Baýramow
55 GK Azerbaijan AZE Ruslan Majidov
77 DF Azerbaijan AZE Ramin Guliyev
DF Azerbaijan AZE Ruslan Abishov
MF Azerbaijan AZE Ramal Huseynov (loan from FK Baku)
MF Bulgaria BUL Svetoslav Petrov

Transfers

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Summer

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Winter

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Competitions

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Azerbaijan Premier League

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Results

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11 August 2007 1 Neftchi Baku 1 – 2 Turan Tovuz Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5) Subašić 13' Summary E.Mammadov 69'
Gadiri 84'
Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
18 August 2007 2 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 2 – 6 Neftchi Baku Sumqayit
17:00 AZST (UTC+5) Paşayev 51'
Stanić 56' (pen.)
Summary Tagizade 9'
Subašić 34', 39', 47'
Allahverdiyev 52'
Adamia 90'
Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium
26 August 2007 3 Neftchi Baku 2 – 0 Gabala Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5) Mammadov 25'
Subašić 88'
Summary Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
2 September 2007 4 Inter Baku 0 – 0 Neftchi Baku Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5) Summary Stadium: Zabrat Stadium
16 September 2007 5 Neftchi Baku 3 – 1 Standard Baku Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5) Sadygov 5', 42'
Subašić 71'
Summary Da Silva 3' Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
23 September 2007 6 Baku 5 – 1 Neftchi Baku Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)



Sadiqov .' (o.g.)
Summary Amirbekov .' (o.g.) Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium
29 September 2007 7 Neftchi Baku 4 – 0 FK Masallı Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5) Subašić
Adamia
Sadygov
Summary Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
6 October 2007 8 Neftchi Baku 0 – 0 Olimpik Baku Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5) Summary Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
27 October 2007 9 Simurq 1 – 2 Neftchi Baku Zaqatala
21:25 AZT (UTC+4) Mazyar 51' Summary Sadygov 36' (pen.), 61' Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium
3 November 2007 10 Neftchi Baku 2 – 1 FK Karvan Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4) Tagizade 8'
Subašić 64'
Summary Garadanow 88' Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
10 November 2007 11 Khazar Lankaran 0 – 1 Neftchi Baku Lankaran
15:00 AZT (UTC+4) Summary Adamia 1' Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium
25 November 2007 12 Neftchi Baku 0 – 0 Qarabağ Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4) Summary Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
1 December 2007 13 ABN Bärdä 0 – 2 Neftchi Baku Barda City Stadium
15:00 AZT (UTC+4) Summary Subašić 19', 26' (pen.) Attendance: Barda
17 February 2008 14 Turan Tovuz 0 – 1 Neftchi Baku Tovuz
15:00 AZT (UTC+4) Summary Allahverdiyev 30' Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium
23 February 2008 15 Neftchi Baku 2 – 0 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4) Tagizade 7'
Subašić 15'
Summary Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
2 March 2008 16 Gabala 2 – 3 Neftchi Baku Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4) Taranu 55'
Tebloyev 71'
Summary Subašić 30'
Kruglov 46'
Adamia 90' (pen.)
Stadium: Gabala City Stadium
15 March 2008 17 Neftchi Baku 2 – 0 Inter Baku Baku
17:15 AZT (UTC+4) Kruglov 27'
Subašić 79'
Summary Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
30 March 2008 19 Neftchi Baku 3 – 2 Baku Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5) Subašić 3'
Adamia 28'
Kruglov 31'
Summary Gomes 22'
Pérez 76'
Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium
5 April 2008 18 FK Masallı 0 – 2 Neftchi Baku Masallı
16:00 AZST (UTC+5) Summary Adamia 45', 85' Stadium: Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium
13 April 2008 20 Olimpik Baku 0 – 0 Neftchi Baku Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5) Summary Stadium: Shafa Stadium
19 April 2008 21 Simurq 0 – 0 Neftchi Baku Zaqatala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5) Summary Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium
27 April 2008 22 Standard Baku 1 – 1 Neftchi Baku Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5) Martínez 24' Summary Adamia 18' Stadium: Shafa Stadium
4 May 2008 23 FK Karvan 0 – 1 Neftchi Baku Yevlakh
17:00 AZST (UTC+5) Summary Adamia 53' Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium
11 May 2008 24 Neftchi Baku 0 – 1 Khazar Lankaran Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5) Summary Abdullayev 14' Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium
17 May 2008 25 Qarabağ 0 – 0 Neftchi Baku Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5) Summary Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium1
28 May 2008 26 Neftchi Baku 3 – 02 ABN Bärdä Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5) Summary Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Inter Baku (C) 26 18 4 4 55 18 +37 58 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Olimpik Baku 26 17 7 2 29 7 +22 58 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
3 Neftçi Baku 26 16 7 3 42 18 +24 55 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Khazar Lankaran 26 14 10 2 44 16 +28 52 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
5 Qarabağ 26 11 8 7 25 16 +9 41
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Khazar Lankaran qualified for the first qualifiying round of the 1st qualifying round of the UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Azerbaijan Cup.

Azerbaijan Cup

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26 September 2007 First round 1st leg Shahdag 0 – 7 Neftchi Baku Qusar
AZST (UTC+5) [ Summary] Guseinov 57' Stadium: Shovkat Ordukhanov Stadium
3 October 2007 First round 2nd leg Neftchi Baku 1 – 0
(8 – 0 agg.)
Shahdag Baku
AZST (UTC+5) [ Summary] Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
25 October 2007 Last 16 1st leg Neftchi Baku 3 – 0 Absheron Baku
AZT (UTC+4) Nabiyev 6'
S.Aliyev 72'
Abbasov 79'
Summary Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
1 November 2007 Last 16 2nd leg Absheron 0 – 1
(0 – 4 agg.)
Neftchi Baku Baku
AZT (UTC+4) Summary Güləşçi 29' Stadium: Dalga Arena
7 March 2008 Quarterfinals 1st leg Neftchi Baku 4 – 1 Standard Baku Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4) Petrov 21'
Adamia 57' (pen.), 69', 90+1'
Summary Martínez 75' Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
20 March 2008 Quarterfinals 2nd leg StandardBaku 0 – 1
(1 – 5 agg.)
Neftchi Baku Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4) Summary 57' Stadium: Shafa Stadium
9 April 2008 Semifinals 1st leg Neftchi Baku 2 – 2 Inter Baku Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)
Summary
Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
23 April 2008 Semifinals 2nd leg Inter Baku 1 – 0
(3 – 2 agg.)
Neftchi Baku Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5) Huseynov 57' Summary Stadium: Shafa Stadium

UEFA Cup

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Qualifying rounds

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19 July 2007 First qualifying round 1st leg SV Ried Austria 3 – 1 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku Ried im Innkreis, Austria
23:30 AZST (UTC+5) Drechsel 14'
Brenner 87'
Salihi 90+1'
Report S.Aliyev 14' Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena
Referee: Antonio Rubinos Perez (Spain)
2 August 2007 First qualifying round 2nd leg Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan 2 – 1
(3 – 4 agg.)
Austria SV Ried Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+5) Subašić 14'
Sadygov 21'
Tagizade Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 82'
Report Salihi 85' Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Bulgaria)

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League[7] Azerbaijan Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Serbia SRB Vladimir Mićović 24 0 22 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF Azerbaijan AZE Rail Malikov 23 0 21 0 0 0 2 0
4 MF Azerbaijan AZE Namiq Yusifov 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF Azerbaijan AZE Elnur Allahverdiyev 23 2 21 2 0 0 2 0
6 MF Azerbaijan AZE Rashad Sadiqov 21 0 19 0 0 0 2 0
7 MF Moldova MDA Vadim Boreț 22 0 20 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF Azerbaijan AZE Aleksandr Chertoganov 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Azerbaijan AZE Samir Aliyev 13 3 11 2 0 0 2 1
10 FW Georgia (country) GEO Georgi Adamia 27 9 25 9 0 0 2 0
11 MF Azerbaijan AZE Ramazan Abbasov 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
12 GK Azerbaijan AZE Huseyn Mahammadov 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Azerbaijan AZE Rashad Sadygov 21 6 19 5 0 0 2 1
16 MF Azerbaijan AZE Eshgin Guliyev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Azerbaijan AZE Agil Mammadov 24 1 22 1 0 0 2 0
20 FW Azerbaijan AZE Branimir Subašić 27 15 25 14 0 0 2 1
21 FW Azerbaijan AZE Zaur Tagizade 21 3 19 3 0 0 2 0
22 MF Azerbaijan AZE Marcos 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Estonia EST Dmitri Kruglov 10 2 10 2 0 0 0 0
32 MF Turkmenistan TKM Nazar Baýramow 16 0 14 0 0 0 2 0
77 DF Azerbaijan AZE Ramin Guliyev 16 0 14 0 0 0 2 0
DF Azerbaijan AZE Ruslan Abishov 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
MF Azerbaijan AZE Ramal Huseynov 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MF Bulgaria BUL Svetoslav Petrov 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
MF Brazil BRA José Carlos 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Neftchi Baku who left during the season:
25 MF Azerbaijan AZE Zeynal Zeynalov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
55 GK Azerbaijan AZE Ruslan Majidov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Azerbaijan AZE Nadir Nabiyev 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0

Goal scorers

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Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League Azerbaijan Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 FW Azerbaijan 20 Branimir Subašić 14 0 1 15
2 FW Georgia (country) 10 Georgi Adamia 9 3 0 12
3 DF Azerbaijan 14 Rashad Sadygov 5 0 1 6
4 FW Azerbaijan 9 Samir Aliyev 2 1 1 4
5 MF Azerbaijan 21 Zaur Tagizade 3 0 0 3
6 DF Azerbaijan 5 Elnur Allahverdiyev 2 0 0 2
DF Estonia 25 Dmitri Kruglov 2 0 0 2
8 MF Azerbaijan 17 Agil Mammadov 1 0 0 1
MF Bulgaria Svetoslav Petrov 0 1 0 1
FW Azerbaijan Nadir Nabiyev 0 1 0 1
DF Azerbaijan 11 Ramazan Abbasov 0 1 0 1
Own Goal 1 0 0 1
Awarded 3 0 0 3
Unknown 0 11 0 14
TOTALS 42 18 3 63

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Neftchi Baku 2007-08".
  2. ^ "Player Statistics 2007/08" (PDF). pfl.az. Retrieved 26 September 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Abbasov was born in Aghavnavank, Armenian SSR, but qualified to represent Azerbaijan, making his debut for Azerbaijan in 2006.
  4. ^ Marcos was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil but qualified to represent Azerbaijan 2007.
  5. ^ "Kruglov kolmeks kuuks Aserbaidžaani" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Player Statistics 2007/08" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Player Statistics 2007/08" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  8. ^ Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
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