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2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Azerbaijan Premier League |
| season | 2007–08 |
| winners | Inter Baku |
| relegated | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit |
| ABN Bärdä | |
| continentalcup1 | Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Inter Baku |
| continentalcup2 | UEFA Cup |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Olimpik Baku |
| Khazar Lankaran | |
| continentalcup3 | Intertoto Cup |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Neftchi Baku |
| league topscorer | Khagani Mammadov (19) |
| biggest home win | Standard Baku 6-0 ABN Bärdä |
| Masallı 6-0 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | |
| biggest away win | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 0-6 Gabala |
| highest scoring | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 2-6 Neftchi Baku |
| matches | 182 |
| total goals | 437 |
| prevseason | 2006–07 |
| nextseason | 2008–09 |
ABN Bärdä Khazar Lankaran Masallı 6-0 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit
The 2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 16th season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Khazar Lankaran were the defending champions, having won the previous season.
Teams
Shahdag Qusar were relegated after finishing the previous season in 13th. FK Gäncä, who were excluded from the league the previous season, also would not take part in the 2007–08 season. On 13 August 2007 UEFA declared MKT Araz defunct and withdrew their participation from the league.
They were replaced by ABN Bärdä, Masallı and Standard Baku from the Azerbaijan First Division.
Stadia and locations
| Team | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| ABN Bärdä | Barda City Stadium | 10,000 |
| FK Baku | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | 29,858 |
| Gabala | Gabala City Stadium | 2,000 |
| Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium | 15,350 |
| Inter Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,200 |
| Karabakh | Guzanli Olympic Stadium1 | 15,000 |
| Karvan | Yevlakh Stadium | 5,000 |
| Khazar Lankaran | Lankaran City Stadium | 15,000 |
| FK Masallı | Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium | 7,500 |
| Neftchi Baku | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | 29,858 |
| Olimpik Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,200 |
| Simurq Zaqatala | Zaqatala City Stadium | 4,000 |
| Standard Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,200 |
| Turan Tovuz | Tovuz City Stadium | 10,000 |
1Karabakh played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.
Personnel and kits
NOTE: Only one link per kit maker and sponsor, please.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABN Bärdä | AZE Faig Jabbarov | |||
| Baku | MKD Gjoko Hadžievski | |||
| Gabala | AZE Ramiz Mammadov | Erreà | ||
| Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | AZE Sabir Aliyev | |||
| Inter Baku | UKR Valentyn Khodukin | |||
| Karabakh | TUR Rasim Kara | |||
| Karvan | AZE Tabriz Hasanov | |||
| Khazar Lankaran | AZE Agaselim Mirjavadov | |||
| FK Masallı | AZE Gahraman Aliyev | |||
| Neftchi Baku | UKR Anatoliy Demyanenko | |||
| Olimpik Baku | AZE Asgar Abdullayev | Umbro | Silk Way Airlines | |
| Simurq | UKR Roman Pokora | |||
| Standard Baku | AZE Yunis Huseynov | |||
| Turan Tovuz | TUR Salahattin Darvand |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neftchi Baku | CZE Vlastimil Petržela | Sacked | title=Demyanenko returns with Neftchi | url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=643444.html | publisher=UEFA | access-date=7 January 2014 | date=5 January 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109083630/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind%3D2/newsid%3D643444.html | archive-date=9 January 2008 }} | UKR Anatoliy Demyanenko | 5 January 2008 |
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AZE Khagani Mammadov | Inter | 19 |
| 2 | AZE Branimir Subašić | Neftchi | 14 |
| 3 | URU Walter Guglielmone | Inter | 11 |
| BRA Junivan | Olimpik-Shuvalan | 11 | |
| AZE Zaur Ramazanov | Khazar | 11 | |
| 6 | UKR Volodymyr Mazyar | Simurq | 10 |
| 7 | GEO Roman Akhalkatsi | Karvan | 9 |
| GEO Georgi Adamia | Neftchi | 9 | |
| 9 | RUS Vitali Balamestny | Gabala | 8 |
| BRA Léo Rocha | Standard Baku | 8 |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZE Branimir Subašić | Neftchi | Gänclärbirliyi | 6–2 | |
| GEO Roman Akhalkatsi | Karvan | Turan | 5–1 | |
| AZE Khagani Mammadov | Inter | Turan | 4–0 | |
| RUS Vitali Balamestny4 | Gabala | Gänclärbirliyi | 0–6 | |
| MDA Anatolie Doroș | Standard | Gänclärbirliyi | 5–1 | |
| AZE Nadir Nabiyev | Khazar | Gänclärbirliyi | 5–0 |
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
References
References
- [http://azerifootball.com/ru/13/news/461.html Стадион в Гузанлы одобрен ПФЛ] {{in lang. ru
- (5 January 2008). "Demyanenko returns with Neftchi". UEFA.
- "Top Goalscorers". pfl.az.
- "Gänclärbirliyi 2-6 Neftchi". futbol24.com.
- "Turan 1-5 Karvan". futbol24.com.
- "Turan 0-4 Inter". futbol24.com.
- "Gänclärbirliyi 0-6 Gabala". futbol24.com.
- "Gänclärbirliyi 1-5 Standard". futbol24.com.
- "Khazar Lankaran 5-0 Gänclärbirliyi". futbol24.com.
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