2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup

2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup

Country	Azerbaijan
Teams	21
Champions	Neftchi Baku
Runners-up	Khazar Lankaran
Matches played	25
Goals scored	67 (2.68 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Aghabala Ramazanov (4)
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The Azerbaijan Cup 2012–13 is the 21st season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan. It started on 23 October 2012 with ten games of the First Round and ended on 28 May 2013 with the Final. FC Baku were the defending champions, with twenty-one teams competing in this year's competition.

The winner of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

First round

The games were played on the 22 and 24 October 2012.^[1]

Qala v Kapaz

22 October 2012	Qala	2 – 4	Kapaz	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	B.Fazai  81', 85'	Report	Fomenko  2', 13', 59' Soltanov  45'	Stadium: Zirə Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Taraggi v Ağsu

24 October 2012	Taraggi	3 – 1	Ağsu	Ganja
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	O.Babayev  39', 50' A.Safarli  88'	Report	N.Tagiyev  87'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Anar Niyazov

Qaradağ v Lokomotiv-Bilajary

24 October 2012	Qaradağ	7 – 0	Lokomotiv-Bilajary	Lökbatan
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	N.Alakbarov  14', 62', 68' M.Mehdiyev  56' R.Mammadov  73' Yusubov  76', 78'	Report		Stadium: Lökbatan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

MOIK Baku v Bakılı

24 October 2012	MOIK Baku	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 1 p)	Bakılı	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Report		Stadium: Shafa Stadium (IV field) Attendance: 30 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Şuşa v Neftçala

24 October 2012	Şuşa	0 – 1	Neftçala	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Report	E.Abbasov  59'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium (IV field) Attendance: 200 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Second round

The five winners from the Preliminary Round joined the remaining eleven teams of the Azerbaijan Premier League in this round, all games were played on 28 November 2012.^[2]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AZAL	0−1	Simurq
Taraggi	0−5	Neftchi
Gabala	2−0	Qaradağ
Kapaz	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Qarabağ
Baku	3−1	Sumgayit
MOIK Baku	0−3	Inter Baku
Ravan Baku	2−1	Neftçala
Turan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5p)	Khazar

Quarterfinals

The eight winners from the Second Round were drawn into four two-legged ties. The first legs were played on 27 February 2013 and the second legs on 7 March 2013.

Simurq v Neftchi Baku

27 February 2013 First Leg	Simurq	0 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Imamverdiyev  90+3'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Neftchi Baku v Simurq

7 March 2013 Second Leg	Neftchi Baku	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 0 agg.)	Simurq	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Flavinho  120'	Summary	Božić  64', 72'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Gabala v Qarabağ

27 February 2013 First Leg	Gabala	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Dodô  33'	Summary	Nadirov  56'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Qarabağ v Gabala

7 March 2013 Second Leg	Qarabağ	0 – 0 (a 1 – 1 agg.)	Gabala	Quzanlı
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Guzanli Olympic Complex Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Baku v Inter Baku

27 February 2013 First Leg	Baku	1 – 1	Inter Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Nabiyev  90+2'	Summary	Kandelaki  80'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Inter Baku v Baku

7 March 2013 Second Leg	Inter Baku	2 – 2 (3 – 3 (a) agg.)	Baku	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Tskhadadze  42', 60'	Summary	Šolić  32' Aliyev  68'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Ravan Baku v Khazar Lankaran

27 February 2013 Quarterfinals 1st leg	Ravan Baku	1 – 2	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zečević  6'	Summary	Amirguliyev  74' Pamuk  80'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

Khazar Lankaran v Ravan Baku

7 March 2013 Quarterfinals 2nd leg	Khazar Lankaran	4 – 1 (6 – 2 agg.)	Ravan Baku	Lankaran
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ramazanov  8', 81' (pen.), 90+2' Olguín  28'	Summary	Adamović  69'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Orkhan Mammadov

Semifinals

The four quarterfinal winners were drawn into two two-legged semifinal ties. The first legs were played on 17 April 2013, and the second legs on 24 April.

Baku v Khazar

17 April 2013 First Leg	Baku	1 – 0	Khazar	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Pena  82' (pen.)			Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Vüsal Äliyev

Khazar v Baku

24 April 2013 Second Leg	Khazar	2 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Baku	Lankaran
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ramazanov  45+1' Amirguliyev  82'			Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Elchin Mammadov

Neftchi Baku v Qarabağ

17 April 2013 First Leg	Neftchi Baku	2 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
19:30 AZST (UTC+5)	A. Abdullayev  62' (pen.) Nasimov  90'		Nadirov  55'	Stadium: Backell Arena Attendance: 1000 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Qarabağ v Neftchi Baku

24 April 2013 Second Leg	Qarabağ	2 – 2 (3 – 4 agg.)	Neftchi Baku	Baku
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Richard  41' (pen.) Opara  86'		Yunuszade  42' Canales  77'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium^1 Attendance: 3,820 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Final

Neftchi Baku v Khazar

28 May 2013 20:00 AZST (UTC+5)

Neftchi Baku	0 – 0	Khazar
	Penalties
Canales Bruno Flavinho Shukurov Sadiqov	5 – 3	Sialmas Ramazanov Amirguliyev Tounkara

Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Scorers

4 goals:

Aghabala Ramazanov, Khazar Lankaran

3 goals:

Yuriy Fomenko, Kəpəz

Novruz Alakbarov, Qaradağ

2 goals:

Māris Verpakovskis, Baku Bachana Tskhadadze, Inter Baku Rahid Amirguliyev, Khazar Lankaran

Elvin Yunuszade, Neftchi Baku Baxtiyar Fazai, FC Qala Vüqar Nadirov, Qarabağ

Ruhid Yusubov, Qaradağ Orxan Babayev, Taraggi

1 goal:

Shahriyar Aliyev, Baku Tural Gurbatov, Baku Agil Nabiyev, Baku Marius Pena, Baku Aleksandar Šolić, Baku Nicat Tagiyev, FC Ağsu Dodô, Gabala Muammer Erdoğdu, Gabala Yannick Kamanan, Gabala Ilia Kandelaki, Inter Baku Ibrahima Niasse, Inter Baku Nizami Hajiyev, Inter Baku Asif Mammadov, Inter Baku Bakhtiyar Soltanov, Kəpəz

Luciano Olguín, Khazar Lankaran Uğur Pamuk, Khazar Lankaran Branimir Subašić, Khazar Lankaran Elnur Abbasov, Neftchala Samir Abdulov, Neftchala Araz Abdullayev, Neftchi Baku Elshan Abdullayev, Neftchi Baku Nicolás Canales, Neftchi Baku Flavinho, Neftchi Baku Bahodir Nasimov, Neftchi Baku Kamil Nurähmädov, Neftchi Baku Éric Ramos, Neftchi Baku Mahir Shukurov, Neftchi Baku

Afran Ismayilov, Qarabağ Emeka Opara, Qarabağ Richard, Qarabağ Rufat Mammadov, Qaradağ Mehdi Mehdiyev, Qaradağ Miloš Adamović, Ravan Baku Orkhan Lalayev, Ravan Baku Miloš Zečević, Ravan Baku Juan Manuel Varea, Ravan Baku Ruslan Poladov, Simurq Murad Hüseynov, Simurq Azar Safarli, Taraggi Farmayil Aliyev, Turan Tovuz

1 own goal:

Bujamin Asani (playing for Kəpəz against Qarabağ)

References

• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.^[3]

1. First round scores at soccerway.com
2. "Azərbaycan kuboku / Təqvim". pfl.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 22 October 2012.
3. Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (Azerbaijani)

External links

• Azerbaijan Cup at soccerway.com