1992 Azerbaijan Top League

The 1992 Azerbaijan Top League was the first season of the Azerbaijan Top League, since their independence from the USSR in August 1991, and was contested by 26 clubs. The Season took place between 3 May and 30 October 1992 and was won by Neftchi Baku, with six teams being relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division for the 1993 season. During the '92 season a win was awarded 2 points, a draw 1 and no points were awarded for a defeat.

Azerbaijan Top League

Season	1992
Champions	Neftchi Baku (1st title)
Relegated	Plastik Salyan Şirvan Şamaxı Avtomobilçi Yevlax Çıraqqala Siyəzən Göyazan Qazax Energetik Əli-Bayramlı Şirvan Kürdəmir
Matches played	438
Goals scored	1,271 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nazim Aliyev (39 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Kəpəz 13-1 Ümid[2]
Biggest away win	Şirvan Kürdəmir 2-7 Kürmük Qakh[2]
Highest scoring	Kəpəz 13-1 Ümid[2]
1993 →

Stadia and locations

Azeri Baku
İnşaatçı Baku
Khazar Sumgayit
Neftchi Baku
Nicat Maştağa
Taraggi Baku

Avei Agstafa

Avtomobilçi Yevlax

Çıraqqala Siyəzən

Daşqın Zaqatala

Energetik Əli-Bayramlı

Göyazan Qazax

İnşaatçı Sabirabad

Kəpəz

Khazar Lankaran

Kur

Kürmük Qakh

FK Masallı

Nefteqaz

Pambygchi Barda

Plastik Salyan

Qarabağ

Şirvan Kürdəmir

Şirvan Şamaxı

Turan

Ümid

Location of teams in 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Avei Agstafa	Ağstafa
Avtomobilçi Yevlax	Yevlakh
Azeri Baku	Baku
Çıraqqala Siyəzən	Siyəzən
Daşqın Zaqatala	Zaqatala
Energetik Əli-Bayramlı	Shirvan
Kapaz	Ganja	Ganja City Stadium	26,120
Göyazan Qazax	Qazax	Qazakh City Stadium	3,500
İnşaatçı Baku	Baku
İnşaatçı Sabirabad	Sabirabad
Karabakh Agdam	Quzanlı	Guzanli Olympic Complex Stadium	2,000
Khazar Lankaran	Lankaran
Khazar Sumgayit	Sumgayit	Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium	15,350
Kur	Mingachevir	Yashar Mammadzade Stadium	5,000
Kürmük Qakh	Qakh
FK Masallı	Masallı	Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium	7,500
Neftchi Baku	Baku	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium	31,200
Nefteqaz	Qusar	Shovkat Ordukhanov Stadium	5,000
Nicat Maştağa	Baku	Ismat Gayibov Stadium	5,000
Pambygchi Barda	Barda	Barda City Stadium	10,000
Plastik Salyan	Salyan
Şirvan Kürdəmir	Şilyan
Şirvan Şamaxı	Şamaxı
Taraggi Baku	Baku
Turan Tovuz	Tovuz	Tovuz City Stadium	6,800
Ümid	Cəlilabad

First round

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PFC Neftchi Baku	24	23	0	1	68	10	+58	46	Qualification for championship group
2	Khazar Sumgayit	24	21	1	2	68	6	+62	43
3	İnşaatçı Baku	24	16	4	4	40	16	+24	36
4	Kur	24	15	1	8	30	19	+11	31
5	Ümid	24	10	3	11	34	45	−11	23
6	Nefteqaz	24	8	7	9	20	25	−5	23
7	FK Masallı	24	10	2	12	24	30	−6	22	Qualification for relegation group
8	Khazar Lankaran	24	8	5	11	23	34	−11	21
9	Avtomobilçi Yevlax	24	8	5	11	21	41	−20	21
10	Çıraqqala Siyəzən	24	8	2	14	18	47	−29	18
11	Şirvan Şamaxı	24	8	1	15	22	50	−28	17
12	Energetik Əli-Bayramlı	24	4	3	17	18	63	−45	11
13	Nicat Maştağa	24	0	0	24	-	-	—	0	Team excluded[a]

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Nicat Maştağa results annulled, but allowed to keep place the following year

Results

Home \ Away	AYV	CSI	EƏB	INB	KHA	KHS	KUR	MAS	NEF	NEQ	SSM	ÜMD
Avtomobilçi Yevlax		2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	4–3
Çıraqqala Siyəzən	1–0		2–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–4	1–1	3–0	2–0
Energetik Əli-Bayramlı	0–1	1–0		2–2	1–2	0–4	1–2	1–3	2–7	2–0	1–2	2–2
İnşaatçı Baku	3–0	3–0	2–0		4–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	6–0	3–1
Khazar Lankaran	0–0	3–1	6–0	0–1		0–1	0–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	3–1	2–0
Khazar Sumgayit	6–1	8–1	4–0	2–0	5–0		1–0	5–0	3–0	1–0	7–1	4–0
Kur	2–1	5–0	3–2	0–0	3–0	1–0		1–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–1
FK Masallı	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	3–1	4–1
Neftçi Baku	6–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	6–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		3–0	8–1	4–0
Nefteqaz	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–1		3–0	1–1
Şirvan Şamaxı	0–1	3–0	3–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–0		0–1
Ümid	5–1	3–0[a]	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	2–4	3–2	2–1

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə – 1992
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Walkover.

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turan Tovuz	24	18	1	5	40	11	+29	37	Qualification for championship group
2	Kapaz	24	14	6	4	54	18	+36	34
3	Karabakh Agdam	24	13	6	5	50	17	+33	32
4	İnşaatçı Sabirabad	24	13	4	7	28	18	+10	30
5	Taraggi Baku	24	10	5	9	24	20	+4	25
6	Kürmük Qakh	24	9	6	9	48	45	+3	24
7	Avei Agstafa	24	11	1	12	30	33	−3	23	Qualification for relegation group
8	Daşqın Zaqatala	24	10	3	11	33	32	+1	23
9	Azeri Baku	24	10	2	12	33	38	−5	22
10	Pambygchi Barda	24	9	4	11	26	35	−9	22
11	Plastik Salyan	24	10	1	13	32	40	−8	21
12	Göyazan Qazax	24	7	2	15	27	44	−17	16
13	Şirvan Kürdəmir	24	1	1	22	10	84	−74	3

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AVA	AZB	DZG	ATM	INS	KAP	KQU	ABB	PLA	QAR	SKU	TAR	TUR
Avei Agstafa		3–0[a]	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0[a]	2–0	0–1
Azeri Baku	2–0		2–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	0–4	8–0	0–1	0–2
Daşqın Zaqatala	1–0	2–0		2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	2–1	0–1
Göyəzən	2–1	3–0[a]	2–2		1–3	2–1	4–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	3–0[a]	3–0[a]	0–3[a]
İnşaatçı Sabirabad	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–0[a]		1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0
Kapaz	4–0	7–0	3–0[a]	3–2	3–0		3–0	3–0	5–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1
Kürmük Qakh	5–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–4		3–2	5–1	2–2	6–0	0–0	3–0
Pambygchi Barda	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–0[a]	2–0	0–0	3–1		1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0
Plastik Salyan	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–0[a]	1–0	0–3	6–1	3–1		0–2	3–0[a]	2–1	0–1
Qarabağ	1–0	2–1	4–0	3–0[a]	1–2	0–0	4–0	5–0	4–1		6–0	1–0	1–1
Şirvan Kürdəmir	2–5	0–3[a]	1–5	2–1	0–2	1–3	2–7	0–0	1–2	0–3		1–2	0–3
Taraggi Baku	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–0		1–0
Turan	4–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–1

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə – 1992
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Walkover.

Second round

Championship group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Neftchi Baku (C)	36	30	2	4	104	23	+81	62
2	Khazar Sumgayit	36	27	3	6	100	24	+76	57
3	Turan Tovuz	36	26	4	6	62	24	+38	56
4	Karabakh Agdam	36	24	7	5	76	26	+50	55
5	Kapaz	36	23	8	5	98	29	+69	54
6	İnşaatçı Baku	36	21	6	9	52	28	+24	48
7	Kur	36	19	3	14	50	39	+11	41
8	İnşaatçı Sabirabad	36	14	6	16	36	42	−6	34
9	Taraggi Baku	36	13	6	17	39	49	−10	32
10	Kürmük Qakh	36	12	7	17	57	82	−25	31
11	Ümid	36	12	5	19	48	78	−30	29
12	Nefteqaz	36	11	7	18	34	54	−20	29

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	INB	INS	KAP	KHS	KQU	KUR	NEF	NEQ	QAR	TAR	TUR	ÜMD
İnşaatçı Baku		1–0	0–0		2–0				1–2	3–0	1–2
İnşaatçı Sabirabad	0–1			0–2		0–2	0–1	2–0				1–1
Kapaz	3–0[a]			4–3		3–1	1–0	5–1				13–1
Khazar Sumgayit		2–1	2–2		8–0				0–1	4–2	2–2
Kürmük Qakh	1–1			0–3		1–0	2–6	3–0[a]				2–1
Kur		2–1	1–4		3–0[a]				0–2	5–1	2–2
Neftçi Baku		7–1	2–1		8–1				1–1	6–1	1–1
Nefteqaz		3–0	0–5		2–0				1–3	3–0[a]	2–3
Qarabağ	2–0			2–1		3–2	2–1	4–1				2–0
Taraggi Baku	1–2			1–3		1–1	1–3	2–1				2–1
Turan	1–0			3–2		2–1	1–0	2–0				3–0
Ümid		2–2	0–3[a]		4–0				1–3	1–2	2–0

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə – 1992
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Walkover.

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
13	Avei Agstafa	38	20	2	16	49	54	−5	42
14	FK Masallı	38	19	4	15	54	41	+13	42
15	Khazar Lankaran	38	17	8	13	40	44	−4	42
16	Daşqın Zaqatala	38	19	3	16	48	52	−4	41
17	Pambygchi Barda	38	17	7	14	42	44	−2	41
18	Azeri Baku	38	17	6	15	53	49	+4	40
19	Plastik Salyan (R)	38	18	2	18	44	60	−16	38	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
20	Şirvan Şamaxı (R)	38	16	2	20	42	67	−25	34
21	Avtomobilçi Yevlax (R)	38	13	8	17	33	58	−25	34
22	Çıraqqala Siyəzən (R)	38	15	2	21	35	68	−33	32
23	Göyazan Qazax (R)	38	12	2	24	37	70	−33	26
24	Energetik Əli-Bayramlı (R)	38	7	3	28	28	91	−63	17
25	Şirvan Kürdəmir (R)	26	3	1	22	10	84	−74	7	Team excluded[a]
26	Nicat Maştağa	38	0	0	38	-	-	—	0	Team excluded[b]

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Şirvan Kürdəmir were excluded from the league for an unknown reason.
2. Nicat Maştağa results annulled, but allowed to keep place the following year

Results

Home \ Away	AVA	AYV	AZB	CSI	DZG	EƏB	GQZ	KHA	MAS	ABB	PLA	SKU	SSM
Avei Agstafa		2–0		2–1		3–0[a]		1–1	2–0				2–1
Avtomobilçi Yevlax	5–1		1–1		2–1		2–0			0–0	1–1	3–0[a]
Azeri Baku		4–0		2–0		4–2		0–1	1–1				3–0
Çıraqqala Siyəzən	1–2		2–1		3–0[a]		3–0[a]			3–1	3–2	3–0[a]
Daşqın Zaqatala		2–1		2–1		2–0		2–0	1–0				2–0
Energetik Əli-Bayramlı	1–4		1–2		0–3[a]		3–0[a]			1–2	0–3[a]	3–0[a]
Göyazan Qazax		3–0[a]		3–0[a]		2–1		0–2	0–1				1–3
Khazar Lankaran	2–0		1–1		2–1		3–1			2–1	2–1	3–0[a]
FK Masallı	3–0[a]		1–1		8–0		6–0			2–1	4–2	3–0[a]
Pambygchi Barda		1–0		3–0[a]		1–0		1–1	2–0				3–0[a]
Plastik Salyan		1–0		3–0[a]		2–1		1–0	1–4				5–2
Şirvan Kürdəmir		0–3		0–3[a]		0–3[a]		0–3[a]	0–3[a]				0–3[a]
Şirvan Şamaxı	6–0		2–1		1–0		2–0			0–0	3–0	3–0

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə – 1992
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Walkover.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Nazim Aliyev	Khazar Sumgayit	39
2	Samir Alakbarov	Neftchi	36
3	Mehman Allahverdiyev	Kəpəz	30
4	Yunis Huseynov	Neftchi	29
5	Azər İsayev	Khazar Sumgayit	18
6	Əlövsət Bayramov	Kürmük Qakh	15
	İlham Məmmədov	Turan Tovuz	15
8	Gurban Gurbanov	Daşqın Zaqatala	13
	Əli Abışov	Plastik Salyan	13
	Mahir Əliyev	Qarabağ	13

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets: 20
  • Turan Tovuz
• Fewest clean sheets: 0
  • Şirvan Kürdəmir