2009–10 Neftchi Baku PFC season

Neftchi Baku

2009-10 season
Chairman	Sadyg Sadygov
Manager	Boyukaga Aghayev until 16 September 2009[1] Vagif Sadygov from 29 September 2009[2] until 21 February 2010[3] Arif Asadov from 25 February 2010[4]
Stadium	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Ismat Gayibov Stadium
Premier League	5th
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarter-finals vs Inter Baku
Top goalscorer	League: Adrian Neaga (11) All: Adrian Neaga (11)
Highest home attendance	4,000 vs Khazar Lankaran 9 February 2010
Lowest home attendance	300 vs Baku 17 February 2010
Average home league attendance	1,566
Home colours Away colours
← 2008-09 2010-11 →

The Neftchi Baku 2009-10 season is Neftchi Baku's eighteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season. They started the season under the management of Boyukaga Aghayev before he left by mutual consent in mid September. Aghayev was replaced by Vagif Sadygov, who lasted 5 months before being sacked in mid February and replaced by Arif Asadov.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Vladimir Mićović 2 DF Rail Malikov 3 DF Suat Usta 4 DF Taavi Rähn 5 MF Leonard Naidin 6 MF Eshgin Guliyev 7 FW Samir Aliyev 8 MF Elmar Bakhshiev 9 FW Walter Guglielmone 10 MF Marian Aliuță 11 MF Javid Huseynov 12 GK Paulius Grybauskas 15 DF Ruslan Abishov 16 DF Dmitri Kruglov 17 MF Araz Abdullayev

No. Position Player 18 DF Ruslan Amirjanov 20 FW José Carlos 22 MF Zaur Tagizade 23 DF Tural Narimanov 25 FW Adrian Neaga 26 MF Nazar Baýramow 27 MF Rashad Abdullayev 28 FW Amit Guluzade 30 FW Valentine Atem 44 DF Valeri Abramidze 89 GK Elchin Sadygov DF Tärlän Quliyev MF Mirhuseyn Seyidov FW Vladimir Voskoboinikov

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 4 DF Taavi Rähn (from FK Ekranas) 5 MF Leonard Naidin (from Politehnica Iaşi) 9 FW Walter Guglielmone (from Inter Baku) 12 GK Paulius Grybauskas (from Oţelul Galaţi) 14 DF Andrei Stepanov (from Watford) 23 DF Tural Narimanov (loan return from FK Karvan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player DF Elnur Allahverdiyev (to Qarabağ) DF John Tambouras (to North Queensland Fury)[5] DF Joe Kendrick (to Sligo Rovers)[6] DF Volodymyr Olefir (to Oleksandriya) MF Oleh Herasymyuk (to Dynamo-2 Kyiv) MF Marcho Dafchev (to Lokomotiv Sofia) MF Svetoslav Petrov (to CSKA Sofia) FW Asif Mammadov (to Inter Baku)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 11 MF Javid Huseynov (from Inter Baku) 44 DF Valeri Abramidze (from Dynamo Barnaul) FW Vladimir Voskoboinikov (from Luch-Energiya)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 14 DF Andrei Stepanov (to Khimki)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Results

Olimpik-Shuvalan v Neftchi Baku

16 August 2009 1	Olimpik-Shuvalan	0 - 1	Neftchi Baku	Shafa Stadium
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Camara  70', 70'	Summary	Naidin  10'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Neftchi Baku v Turan Tovuz

22 August 2009 2	Neftchi Baku	2 - 0	Turan Tovuz	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
13:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Neaga  3' (pen.) Guglielmone  43' (pen.)	Summary		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Neftchi Baku v Mughan

13 September 2009 3	Neftchi Baku	0 - 2	Mughan	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Huseynov  39' Ćulov  41'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Standard v Neftchi Baku

19 September 2009 4	Standard	1 - 2	Neftchi Baku	Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Guliyev  48' Huseynov  3', 52'	Summary	R.Abdullayev  25' Usta  45', 58' Neaga  90+1'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Neftchi Baku v Simurq

27 September 2009 5	Neftchi Baku	0 - 1	Simurq	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
16:15 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Sokolov  24'	Attendance: 700 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Qarabağ v Neftchi Baku

18 October 2009 6	Qarabağ	1 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Baku^2
16:15 AZST (UTC+5)	Javadov  40'	Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Azad Mutallimov

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

21 October 2009 7	Gabala	1 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Gabala City Stadium
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Torres  80'	Summary		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Baku v Neftchi Baku

25 October 2009 8	Baku	0 - 2	Neftchi Baku	Tofig Bakhramov Stadium
16:10 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Neaga  73' Aliuță  88'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Neftchi Baku v FK Karvan

1 November 2009 9	Neftchi Baku	1 - 0	FK Karvan	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Kruglov  17'	Summary		Attendance: 750 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Khazar Lankaran v Neftchi Baku

8 November 2009 10	Khazar Lankaran	0 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Lankaran City Stadium
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Neftchi Baku v Inter Baku

22 November 2009 11	Neftchi Baku	2 - 1	Inter Baku	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Guglielmone  21' Aliyev  76'	Summary	Poškus  66' Shukurov  5', 90'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Neftchi Baku v Olimpik-Shuvalan

29 November 2009 12	Neftchi Baku	0 - 0	Olimpik-Shuvalan	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Attendance: 500 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Turan Tovuz v Neftchi Baku

5 December 2009 13	Turan Tovuz	2 - 3	Neftchi Baku	Tovuz City Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Khromtsov  23' Tagiyev  26'	Summary	Neaga  56', 86' Atem  82'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

10 December 2009 14	Neftchi Baku	1 - 1	Gabala	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Malikov  65'	Summary	Huseynov  73' Aliyev  64', 90+2'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Mughan v Neftchi Baku

13 December 2009 15	Mughan	2 - 2	Neftchi Baku	Salyan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Adilović  40' Hodžić  67' Novruzov  30', 73'	Summary	Neaga  17' (pen.) Aliuță  86'	Attendance: 600 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Neftchi Baku v Standard

20 December 2009 16	Neftchi Baku	2 - 0	Standard	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Neaga  55' (pen.) Aliuță  85'	Summary	Guliyev  80'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Simurq v Neftchi Baku

26 December 2009 17	Simurq	0 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Zaqatala City Stadium
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Attendance: Elnur Muradov Referee: 500

Neftchi Baku v Qarabağ

3 February 2010 18	Neftchi Baku	0 - 0	Qarabağ	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Huseynov  82'	Summary		Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Neftchi Baku v Baku

9 February 2010 19	Neftchi Baku	1 - 1	Baku	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Neaga  38' (pen.)	Summary	Jabá  24'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

FK Karvan v Neftchi Baku

13 February 2010 20	FK Karvan	0 - 1	Neftchi Baku	Yevlakh Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Rahimov  19', 58' Mammadov  25', 90'	Summary	Neaga  20' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Neftchi Baku v Khazar Lankaran

17 February 2010 21	Neftchi Baku	0 - 0	Khazar Lankaran	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Inter Baku v Neftchi Baku

21 February 2010 22	Inter Baku	1 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Shafa Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Karlsons  87'	Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Inter Baku	22	15	4	3	36	18	+18	49	Qualification for Championship Group
2	Khazar Lankaran	22	12	8	2	29	11	+18	44
3	Qarabağ	22	11	9	2	21	12	+9	42
4	Baku	22	10	7	5	22	17	+5	37
5	Gabala	22	10	6	6	24	21	+3	36
6	Neftçi Baku	22	9	8	5	20	14	+6	35
7	Simurq	22	9	7	6	26	21	+5	34	Qualification for Relegation Group
8	Olimpik-Shuvalan	22	6	7	9	20	23	−3	25
9	Turan	22	4	5	13	23	32	−9	17
10	Mughan	22	3	7	12	12	27	−15	16
11	Standard	22	2	5	15	16	34	−18	11
12	Karvan	22	2	5	15	17	36	−19	11

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group

Results

Inter Baku v Neftchi Baku

13 March 2010 23	Inter Baku	1 - 1	Neftchi Baku	Shafa Stadium
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Červenka  45'	Summary	Neaga  77' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Neftchi Baku v Baku

21 March 2010 24	Neftchi Baku	1 - 0	Baku	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Neaga  13'	Summary		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Khazar Lankaran v Neftchi Baku

27 March 2010 25	Khazar Lankaran	0 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Lankaran City Stadium
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

3 April 2010 26	Neftchi Baku	1 - 2	Gabala	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	R.Abdullayev  63'	Summary	Antić  35' Stolpa  90+5'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Elnur Muradov

Qarabağ v Neftchi Baku

10 April 2010 27	Qarabağ	2 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Baku^2
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Adamia  47' Aliyev  75'	Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Neftchi Baku v Inter Baku

18 April 2010 28	Neftchi Baku	1 - 0	Inter Baku	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Huseynov  10'	Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Baku v Neftchi Baku

23 April 2010 29	Baku	1 - 1	Neftchi Baku	Tofig Bakhramov Stadium
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)	Skulić  14' Wênio  51'	Summary	Voskoboinikov  87'	Attendance: 700 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Neftchi Baku v Khazar Lankaran

1 May 2010 30	Neftchi Baku	0 - 0	Khazar Lankaran	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

9 May 2010 31	Gabala	0 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Gabala City Stadium
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Neftchi Baku v Qarabağ

15 May 2010 32	Neftchi Baku	0 - 0	Qarabağ	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Inter Baku (C)	20	7	8	5	22	19	+3	29	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Baku	20	7	7	6	19	15	+4	28	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ^1
3	Qarabağ	20	6	9	5	16	18	−2	27	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round	QAR: 7 pts, 4–3 KHA: 4 pts, 3–4
4	Khazar Lankaran	20	6	9	5	19	14	+5	27
5	Neftçi Baku	20	4	11	5	11	12	−1	23
6	Gabala	20	4	8	8	18	27	−9	20

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
¹Baku were the winners of the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Azerbaijan Cup

Neftchi Baku v Neftchi ISM

4 November 2009 Last 16 1st Leg	Neftchi Baku	5 - 0	Neftchi ISM	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Aliyev  39', 63' Guglielmone  40' Aliuță  55' Guluzade  76'	Summary Summary

Neftchi ISM v Neftchi Baku

11 November 2009 Last 16 2nd Leg	Neftchi ISM	0 - 2 (0 - 7 agg.)	Neftchi Baku
13:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary Summary	Guglielmone  32' Aliyev  85'

Neftchi Baku v Inter Baku

7 March 2010 Quarter-finals 1st Leg	Neftchi Baku	0 - 3	Inter Baku	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Poškus  49', 88' Odikadze  72'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Inter Baku v Neftchi Baku

17 March 2010 Quarter-finals 2nd Leg	Inter Baku	2 - 1 (5 - 1 agg.)	Neftchi Baku	Shafa Stadium
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov  27' Karlsons  54'	Summary	Aliuță  83' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Elnur Muradov

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Vladimir Mićović	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Rail Malikov	27	1	27+0	1	0+0	0
3	DF		Suat Usta	20	0	17+3	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Taavi Rähn	19	0	19+0	0	0+0	0
5	MF		Leonard Naidin	25	1	23+2	1	0+0	0
6	MF		Eshgin Guliyev	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Samir Aliyev	13	1	1+12	1	0+0	0
8	MF		Elmar Bakhshiev	20	0	14+6	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Walter Guglielmone	22	2	14+8	2	0+0	0
10	MF		Marian Aliuță	24	3	15+9	3	0+0	0
11	MF		Javid Huseynov	11	1	7+4	1	0+0	0
12	GK		Paulius Grybauskas	22	0	22+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF		Ruslan Abishov	25	0	25+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF		Dmitri Kruglov	29	1	29+0	1	0+0	0
17	MF		Araz Abdullayev	10	0	7+3	0	0+0	0
18	DF		Ruslan Amirjanov	21	0	17+4	0	0+0	0
20	FW		José Carlos	8	0	1+7	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Zaur Tagizade	10	0	6+4	0	0+0	0
23	DF		Tural Narimanov	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Nazar Baýramow	14	0	12+2	0	0+0	0
27	MF		Rashad Abdullayev	26	2	25+1	2	0+0	0
28	FW		Amit Guluzade	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW		Adrian Neaga	30	11	30+0	11	0+0	0
30	FW		Valentine Atem	15	1	5+10	1	0+0	0
44	DF		Valeri Abramidze	13	0	13+0	0	0+0	0
89	GK		Elchin Sadygov	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Tärlän Quliyev	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Mirhuseyn Seyidov	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Vladimir Voskoboinikov	9	1	5+4	1	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Neftchi Baku that left during the season:
14	DF		Andrei Stepanov	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	FW		25	Adrian Neaga	11	0	11
2	MF		10	Marian Aliuță	3	2	5
3	FW		9	Walter Guglielmone	2	2	4
	FW		7	Samir Aliyev	1	3	4
5	MF		27	Rashad Abdullayev	2	0	2
6	FW			Vladimir Voskoboinikov	1	0	1
	FW		30	Valentine Atem	1	0	1
	MF		11	Javid Huseynov	1	0	1
	MF		5	Leonard Naidin	1	0	1
	DF		2	Rail Malikov	1	0	1
	DF		16	Dmitri Kruglov	1	0	1
	FW		28	Amit Guluzade	0	1	1
				TOTALS	25	8	25

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Total
1		GK	Vladimir Mićović	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Rail Malikov	3	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Suat Usta	5	1	0	0	5	1
4		DF	Taavi Rähn	5	0	0	0	5	0
5		MF	Leonard Naidin	4	0	0	0	4	0
6		MF	Eshgin Guliyev	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Elmar Bakhshiev	4	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Walter Guglielmone	3	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Marian Aliuță	4	0	0	0	4	0
11		MF	Javid Huseynov	0	1	0	0	0	1
15		DF	Ruslan Abishov	3	0	0	0	3	0
16		DF	Dmitri Kruglov	3	0	0	0	3	0
18		DF	Ruslan Amirjanov	1	0	0	0	1	0
20		FW	José Carlos	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Zaur Tagizade	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		FW	Adrian Neaga	7	0	0	0	7	0
26		MF	Nazar Baýramow	3	0	0	0	3	0
27		MF	Rashad Abdullayev	6	0	0	0	6	0
30		FW	Valentine Atem	3	0	0	0	3	0
44		DF	Valeri Abramidze	3	0	0	0	3	0
		FW	Vladimir Voskoboinikov	3	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	64	1	0	0	64	1

Player of the Month

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
March	Araz Abdullayev	Neftchi Baku

References

• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.^[7]

1. Böyükağa Ağayev «Neftçi»dən çıxarıldı (Azerbaijani)
2. «Несмотря на все, я помогу Фогтсу с Россией» (Russian)
3. Vaqif Sadıqov istefaya göndərildi (Azerbaijani)
4. Arif Əsədov maksimum nəticə istəyir (Azerbaijani)
5. http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/06/22/60491_ntsport.html
6. http://irishfootballersineurope.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/joe-kendrick.html
7. Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! (Azerbaijani)

External links

• Neftchi Baku at Soccerway.com