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2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League

The 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League was the twenty first season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 4 August 2012 and finished on 20 May 2013. Neftchi Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous season.

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season2012–13
ChampionsNeftchi (8th title)
RelegatedKəpəz, Turan
Champions LeagueNeftchi
Europa LeagueQarabağ
Khazar
Inter Baku
Matches played192
Goals scored467 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerNicolás Canales
(26 goals)
Biggest home winNeftchi 8–1 Sumgayit
Biggest away winSumgayit 1–6 Qarabağ
Highest scoringNeftchi 8–1 Sumgayit
(9 goals)
Longest winning run5 games
Neftchi, Qarabağ
Longest unbeaten run11 games
Qarabağ
Longest losing run9 games
Kəpəz
Highest attendance11,000
Khazar 2–3 Inter
(12 February 2013)[1]
Lowest attendance30
Turan 0–2 Azal
(20 October 2012)[2]
Average attendance5,462

Teams edit

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Location of teams in 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League

A total of 12 teams contested the league, including all 12 sides from the 2011–12 season, as no teams were promoted from the 2011–12 Azerbaijan First Division.[3]

On 10 April 2012, FK Qaradağ sealed promotion to the league after winning the first division.[4] However, due to a decision by AFFA about licensing, no clubs were promoted which meant all clubs from the previous season remained in the league.[5][6]

Stadia and locations edit

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Venue Capacity[7]
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
Kəpəz Ganja Ganja City Stadium 25,000
Khazar Lankaran Lankaran City Stadium 15,000
Neftchi Baku Bakcell Arena 11,000
Qarabağ Baku Tofig Bahramov Stadium 31,200
Ravan Baku Baku Bayil Stadium 5,000
Simurq Zaqatala Zaqatala City Stadium 3,500
Sumgayit Sumqayit Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium 16,000
Turan Tovuz Tovuz City Stadium 6,800

Personnel and sponsoring edit

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   Božidar Bandović   Elvin Mammadov Macron
Gabala   Luis Aragón (caretaker)   Vurğun Hüseynov Erreà Hyundai
Inter Baku   Kakhaber Tskhadadze   Vladimir Levin Umbro IBA
Kəpəz   Mahmud Gurbanov   Khayal Zeynalov Adidas Nakhchivan Car Factory
Khazar   John Toshack   Rahid Amirguliyev Puma Palmali
Neftchi Baku   Boyukagha Hajiyev   Rashad Sadigov Adidas SOCAR
Qarabağ   Gurban Gurbanov   Rashad Sadygov Adidas Azersun
Ravan Baku   Ramil Aliyev   Tural Akhundov Legea NBC Bank
Simurq   Giorgi Chikhradze   Rasim Ramaldanov Umbro
Sumgayit   Bernhard Raab   Samir Abbasov Umbro Azerkimya
Turan   Afghan Talybov   Hafiz Aliyev Umbro Bank of Azerbaijan

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ravan Baku   Bahman Hasanov Sacked 8 June 2012[8] Pre-season   Cevat Güler 12 July 2011[8]
Baku   Novruz Azimov 19 July 2012[9]   Božidar Bandović 19 July 2012[9]
Kəpəz   Fuad Ismayilov Resigned 19 August 2012[10] 12th   Mahmud Gurbanov 19 August 2012[10]
Ravan Baku   Cevat Güler Sacked 25 August 2012[11] 8th   Bahman Hasanov 25 August 2012
Ravan Baku   Bahman Hasanov End of tenure as caretaker 24 September 2012[12] 11th   Kemal Alispahić 24 September 2012[12]
Gabala   Fatih Kavlak Sacked 24 September 2012[13] 5th   Ramiz Mammadov 24 September 2012[14]
Turan   Asgar Abdullayev Resigned 12 October 2012[15] 10th   Afghan Talybov 12 October 2012[15]
Khazar   Yunis Huseynov 31 October 2012[16] 7th   Erik Roqueta Capilla (caretaker) 1 November 2012
Khazar   Erik Roqueta Capilla End of tenure as caretaker 14 November 2012 4th   Carles Martorell Baqués 14 November 2012[17]
Ravan Baku   Kemal Alispahić Sacked 21 December 2012 11th   Ramil Aliyev 21 December 2012
Khazar   Carles Martorell Baqués Resigned 26 February 2013[18] 7th   John Toshack 8 March 2013[19]
Gabala   Ramiz Mammadov Sacked 2 April 2013[20] 6th   Luis Aragón (caretaker) 2 April 2013

First round edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Neftçi Baku 22 14 2 6 47 24 +23 44 Qualification for championship group
2 Inter Baku 22 11 8 3 24 12 +12 41
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
7 AZAL 22 7 8 7 32 25 +7 29 Qualification for relegation group
8 Khazar Lankaran 22 7 7 8 32 27 +5 28
9 Turan 22 6 5 11 24 35 −11 23
10 Sumgayit 22 5 7 10 20 39 −19 22
11 Ravan Baku 22 6 4 12 23 36 −13 22
12 Kapaz 22 2 4 16 12 45 −33 10
Source: Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan and Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results edit

Home \ Away AZL BAK KAP INT KHA SIM NEF QAR GAB RAV SUM TUR
AZAL 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 6–2 6–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Baku 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Kapaz 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–2
Inter Baku 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Khazar Lankaran 1–2 1–1 4–0 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 4–2
Simurq 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0
Neftçi Baku 4–2 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1
Qarabağ 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–1
Gabala 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 4–1 0–1
Ravan Baku 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–3 1–3 2–3 2–0
Sumgayit 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–6 0–1 0–1 0–1
Turan 1–0 0–4 5–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–1
Source: Soccerway: Azerbaijan Premier League Table
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round edit

Championship group edit

The top six teams of the first phase participate in this group, which will decide which team will win the championship. Additionally, teams in this group compete for one 2013–14 Champions League and two Europa League spots.

The winners will qualify for the Champions League Second qualifying round, with the runners-up and third place team earning a spot in the Europa League first qualifying round.

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Neftçi Baku (C) 32 19 5 8 59 32 +27 62 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
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.
(C) Champions

Results edit

Home \ Away BAK GAB INT NEF QAR SIM
Baku 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1
Gabala 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–1
Inter Baku 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 5–0
Neftçi Baku 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1
Qarabağ 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 0–0
Simurq 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group edit

The bottom six teams of the first phase will determine the teams to be relegated to the 2013–14 Azerbaijan First Division. The two teams who finish in 11th and 12th position will be relegated to the 2013–14 Azerbaijan First Division.[21]

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 AZAL 32 16 9 7 57 32 +25 57
8 Khazar Lankaran 32 10 10 12 40 37 +3 40 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
9 Ravan Baku 32 12 4 16 46 53 −7 40
10 Sumgayit 32 9 8 15 31 49 −18 35
11 Turan (R) 32 8 6 18 34 59 −25 30 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
12 Kapaz (R) 32 5 4 23 22 64 −42 19
Source: Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Khazar Lankaran qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League as winner of the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup.

Results edit

Home \ Away AZL KAP KHA RAV SUM TUR
AZAL 4–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–0
Kapaz 1–3 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–1
Khazar Lankaran 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0
Ravan Baku 3–5 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
Sumgayit 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–0
Turan 0–2 3–5 2–2 2–6 2–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of 14 May 2013
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Nicolás Canales Neftchi Baku 26
2   Nildo AZAL 21
3   Juan Varea Ravan Baku 14
4   Richard Almeida Qarabağ 13
5   Salif Ballo Turan 12
6   Pardis Fardjad-Azad Sumgayit 9
7   Yuriy Fomenko Kəpəz / Inter Baku 8
  Bachana Tskhadadze Inter Baku 8
  Julius Wobay Neftchi Baku 8
10   Zouhir Benouahi AZAL 7
11   Mario Božić Simurq 6
  Flavinho Neftchi Baku 6
  Marius Pena Baku 6
  Mindaugas Kalonas Ravan Baku 6
  Dimitris Sialmas Khazar 6
  Victor Mendy Gabala 6

Source: Azerbaijan Premier League

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Nildo4 AZAL Qarabağ 6–2[22] 16 September 2012
  Nicolás Canales4 Neftchi Baku Sumgayit 8–1[23] 17 November 2012
  Salif Ballo Turan Kəpəz 5–1[24] 2 December 2012
  Pardis Fardjad-Azad4 Sumgayit Turan 4–0[25] 11 March 2013
  Juan Varea Ravan Baku Turan 6–2[26] 30 March 2013
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Scoring edit

Clean sheets edit

Discipline edit

References edit

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