2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League

The 2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League was contested by fourteen clubs. It started on 17 May 2003 and finished on 5 May 2004. The title was won by Neftchi Baku for the fourth time.

Azerbaijan Top League

Season	2003–04
Champions	Neftchi Baku 2nd Azerbaijani title
Champions League	Neftchi Baku
UEFA Cup	Shamkir Karabakh
Matches played	182
Goals scored	531 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Samir Musayev (20)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Neftçi Baku (C)	26	22	3	1	66	15	+51	69	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Şəmkir	26	20	4	2	67	11	+56	64	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Qarabağ	26	19	3	4	63	17	+46	60
4	Khazar Universiteti Baku	26	15	6	5	43	16	+27	51	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5	Dinamo Baku	26	12	5	9	45	32	+13	41
6	Shafa Baku	26	12	3	11	40	23	+17	39
7	Bakili Baku	26	10	4	12	40	46	−6	34
8	MOIK Baku	26	7	8	11	25	32	−7	29
9	Adliyya Baku	26	7	8	11	27	40	−13	29
10	Şahdağ	26	7	6	13	29	41	−12	27
11	Ganja	26	6	5	15	22	45	−23	23
12	Xəzər Sumqayıt (R)	26	7	1	18	32	78	−46	22	Team Dissolved
13	Turan	26	4	4	18	15	59	−44	16
14	Lokomotiv Imisli (R)	26	4	0	22	17	76	−59	12	Team Dissolved

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

• Umid Baku removed from the league on July 21

Results

Home \ Away	ADL	BAK	BKL	GAN	KHU	LOK	MOI	NEF	QAR	SHB	ŞAH	SHA	TUR	KHS
Adliyya Baku		0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–4	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–1
Dinamo Baku	3–0		2–0	0–0	4–0	3–0[a]	2–0	2–5	1–2	1–2	4–0	0–2	0–1	5–1
Bakili Baku	0–0	3–3		4–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–4	0–2	5–0	8–2
Ganja	0–0	1–4	2–4		0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–3[b]	3–0	2–0
Khazar Universiteti Baku	0–1	3–0	3–0	8–0		5–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–0
Lokomotiv Imisli	0–3[a]	2–3	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	0–3[a]		2–3	0–2	0–2	0–5	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	3–1	0–3[a]
MOIK Baku	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–0[a]		0–1	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1
Neftçi Baku	3–1	1–0	6–0	3–0	2–1	3–0[a]	0–0		2–0	1–0	4–2	2–2	6–1	7–0
Qarabağ	7–0	0–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	3–0[a]	3–1	1–3		2–0	5–0	2–0	4–0	5–2
Shafa Baku	7–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–0[a]	3–0	0–1	0–1		1–0	0–1	2–0	4–1
Şahdağ	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–0		0–3	2–0	4–0
Şəmkir	0–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	5–0		5–1	3–1
Turan	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–1	0–3[b]	3–0[a]	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–2		0–0
Xəzər Sumqayıt	1–6	2–0	1–0	0–3	2–3	4–1	0–5	1–3	1–6	0–1	3–1	0–7	5–0

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 2003-04
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Match rated as walkover due to the withdrawal of Lokomotiv Imisli.
2. Walkover.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Samir Musayev	Karabakh	20
2	Vadim Vasilyev	Neftchi Baku	16
3	Kanan Karimov	Shamkir	15
4	Sanan Qurbanov	Shafa Baku	12
	Zaur Ramazanov	MOIK Baku	12