2007–08 Neftchi Baku PFK season

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.

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)

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   SRB Vladimir Mićović
2 DF   AZE Rail Malikov
4 MF   AZE Namiq Yusifov
5 DF   AZE Elnur Allahverdiyev
6 MF   AZE Rashad Sadiqov
7 MF   MDA Vadim Boreț
8 MF   AZE Aleksandr Chertoganov
9 FW   AZE Samir Aliyev
10 FW   GEO Georgi Adamia
11 MF   AZE Ramazan Abbasov [3]
12 GK   AZE Huseyn Mahammadov
14 DF   AZE Rashad Sadygov
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   AZE Eshgin Guliyev
17 MF   AZE Agil Mammadov
20 FW   AZE Branimir Subašić
21 FW   AZE Zaur Tagizade
22 MF   AZE Marcos[4] (loan from FK Karvan)
25 DF   EST Dmitri Kruglov (loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
32 MF   TKM Nazar Baýramow
55 GK   AZE Ruslan Majidov
77 DF   AZE Ramin Guliyev
DF   AZE Ruslan Abishov
MF   AZE Ramal Huseynov (loan from FK Baku)
MF   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   3 – 1   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   2 – 1
(3 – 4 agg.)
  SV Ried Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+5) Subašić   14'
Sadygov   21'
Tagizade   43'   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   SRB Vladimir Mićović 24 0 22 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF   AZE Rail Malikov 23 0 21 0 0 0 2 0
4 MF   AZE Namiq Yusifov 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF   AZE Elnur Allahverdiyev 23 2 21 2 0 0 2 0
6 MF   AZE Rashad Sadiqov 21 0 19 0 0 0 2 0
7 MF   MDA Vadim Boreț 22 0 20 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF   AZE Aleksandr Chertoganov 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   AZE Samir Aliyev 13 3 11 2 0 0 2 1
10 FW   GEO Georgi Adamia 27 9 25 9 0 0 2 0
11 MF   AZE Ramazan Abbasov 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
12 GK   AZE Huseyn Mahammadov 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   AZE Rashad Sadygov 21 6 19 5 0 0 2 1
16 MF   AZE Eshgin Guliyev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   AZE Agil Mammadov 24 1 22 1 0 0 2 0
20 FW   AZE Branimir Subašić 27 15 25 14 0 0 2 1
21 FW   AZE Zaur Tagizade 21 3 19 3 0 0 2 0
22 MF   AZE Marcos 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF   EST Dmitri Kruglov 10 2 10 2 0 0 0 0
32 MF   TKM Nazar Baýramow 16 0 14 0 0 0 2 0
77 DF   AZE Ramin Guliyev 16 0 14 0 0 0 2 0
DF   AZE Ruslan Abishov 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
MF   AZE Ramal Huseynov 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MF   BUL Svetoslav Petrov 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
MF   BRA José Carlos 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Neftchi Baku who left during the season:
25 MF   AZE Zeynal Zeynalov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
55 GK   AZE Ruslan Majidov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   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   20 Branimir Subašić 14 0 1 15
2 FW   10 Georgi Adamia 9 3 0 12
3 DF   14 Rashad Sadygov 5 0 1 6
4 FW   9 Samir Aliyev 2 1 1 4
5 MF   21 Zaur Tagizade 3 0 0 3
6 DF   5 Elnur Allahverdiyev 2 0 0 2
DF   25 Dmitri Kruglov 2 0 0 2
8 MF   17 Agil Mammadov 1 0 0 1
MF   Svetoslav Petrov 0 1 0 1
FW   Nadir Nabiyev 0 1 0 1
DF   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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