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2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League

The 2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League was the thirteenth season of the Top League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 7 August 2004 and finished on 24 May 2005. Neftchi Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous season, and they retained the title after defeating Khazar Lankaran in a playoff after both teams finished level on points and goal difference.

Azerbaijan Top League
Season2004–05
ChampionsNeftchi Baku
RelegatedKarat Baki
Shamkir
Adliyya Baku
Bakılı Baku
Shafa Baku
Champions LeagueNeftchi Baku
UEFA CupKhazar Lankaran
Baku
Intertoto CupKarvan
Matches played306
Goals scored738 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerZaur Ramazanov (21)
Biggest home winKhazar Lankaran 6-0 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit
Adliyya Baku 6-0 MOIK Baku
Biggest away winBakılı 2-7 Baku
Highest scoringBakılı 2-7 Baku

Teams edit

Stadia and locations edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Neftçi Baku (C) 34 24 6 4 52 18 +34 78 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round[a]
2 Khazar Lankaran 34 24 6 4 68 15 +53 78 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Karvan 34 23 7 4 66 18 +48 76 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Turan 34 22 7 5 64 21 +43 73
5 Baku 34 21 10 3 60 14 +46 73 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b]
6 Qarabağ 34 22 5 7 61 31 +30 71
7 Inter Baku 34 19 9 6 44 24 +20 66
8 FK MKT-Araz 34 16 9 9 35 23 +12 57
9 Ganja 34 11 9 14 37 37 0 42
10 Karat Baki (R) 34 12 4 18 40 62 −22 40 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
11 Göyəzən 34 9 6 19 30 52 −22 33
12 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 34 9 6 19 32 58 −26 33
13 Şəmkir (R) 34 9 5 20 34 48 −14 32 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
14 Şahdağ 34 8 8 18 29 51 −22 32
15 MOIK Baku 34 7 9 18 24 34 −10 30
16 Adliyya Baku (R) 34 7 4 23 24 66 −42 25 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
17 Bakili (R) 34 3 5 26 22 71 −49 14
18 Shafa Baku 34 2 1 31 16 95 −79 7 Team Dissolved[c]
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Neftçi Baku and Khazar Lankaran finished equal on points, and a championship play-off to determine the winner was won by Neftçi Baku.
  2. ^ Baku qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winner of the 2004–05 Azerbaijan Cup.
  3. ^ Safa withdrew during the winter break for financial reasons, all their remaining matches have been awarded 0-3 against them.

Results edit

Home \ Away ADL BKL BAK GAN GAS GÖY INT KAB KAR KHA ABB MOI NEF QAR SHB ŞAH SHA TUR
Adliyya Baku 1–0 0–6 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–3 0–2 0–1 0–6 0–2 2–1 3–0[a] 1–1 1–1 0–1
Bakili 1–0 2–7 2–2 2–3 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–5 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2
Baku 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 6–0 2–0 4–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0[a] 4–1 1–0 0–0
Ganja 1–1 1–0 0–2 6–1 3–1 0–1 4–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–0[a] 2–0 1–1 0–3
Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–5 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2
Göyazan 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 3–0[a] 2–0 2–0 0–0
Inter Baku 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0[a] 2–0 2–1 4–3
Karat Baki 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–3 0–5 2–2 3–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–3[b] 4–1 2–0 0–2 1–3
Karvan 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–0[a] 3–0 4–1 4–3
Khazar Lankaran 6–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 6–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 5–0 2–0 1–0
FK MKT-Araz 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0[a] 3–0 2–0 1–1
MOIK Baku 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2
Neftçi Baku 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Qarabağ 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–0[a] 2–1 3–2 1–0
Shafa Baku 3–1 0–3[a] 0–3 1–3 0–3[a] 1–2 1–4 0–3[a] 1–2 0–3[a] 0–2 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 1–5 1–4 0–3[a] 0–3[a]
Şahdağ 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0[a] 0–1 0–3
Şəmkir 3–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–4 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–3 1–1
Turan 4–0 1–0 3–0[b] 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 2–0
Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 2004-05
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Match rated as walkover due to the withdrawal of Shafa Baku.
  2. ^ a b Walkover.

Championship play-off edit

Neftchi Baku2 – 1Khazar Lankaran
Abbasov   68'
Tagizade   73'		 Qurbanov   42'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   Zaur Ramazanov Karvan 21
2   Samir Aliyev Khazar Lankaran 20
3   Oktay Derelioğlu Khazar Lankaran 17
  Farrukh Ismayilov Karvan 17
5   Issa Nikiema Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 16
6   Kanan Karimov Turan Tovuz 15
7   Zaur Tagizade Neftchi Baku 14
8   Fernando Pérez Baku 13
9  [2] Leandro Gomes Baku 12
  Vadim Vasilyev Qarabağ 12

Hat-tricks edit

[3]

Player For Against Result Date
  Escort Essong Şəmkir Adliyya Baku 3–1 8 August 2004
  Issa Nikiema4 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit Karat Baku 5–0 12 August 2004
  Samir Musayev Qarabağ Göyəzən 4–2 26 September 2004
  Zaur Ramazanov Karvan Ganja 3–0 26 September 2004
  Zaur Ramazanov Karvan Turan Tovuz 4–3 17 October 2004
  Vadim Vasilyev Qarabağ MOIK Baku 3–0 31 October 2004
  Samir Aliyev Khazar Lankaran Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 6–0 3 November 2004
  Mikheil Khutsishvili4 Ganja Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 6–1 19 March 2005
  Fernando Pérez4 Baku Göyəzən 6–0 21 April 2005
  Oktay Derelioğlu Khazar Lankaran Adliyya Baku 6–1 3 May 2005
  Shalva Mumladze Şahdağ Göyəzən 3–1 15 May 2005
  Yashar Abuzerov Baku Adliyya Baku 4–0 24 May 2005
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

References edit

  1. ^ "Top 10 Goal Scorers" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. ^ Did not become an Azerbaijani citizen until 2006
  3. ^ "Azerbaijan 2004/05". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

External links edit

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