2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League

The 2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League was the thirteenth season of the Top League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 7 August 2004 and finished on 24 May 2005. Neftchi Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous season, and they retained the title after defeating Khazar Lankaran in a playoff after both teams finished level on points and goal difference.

Azerbaijan Top League

Season	2004–05
Champions	Neftchi Baku
Relegated	Karat Baki Shamkir Adliyya Baku Bakılı Baku Shafa Baku
Champions League	Neftchi Baku
UEFA Cup	Khazar Lankaran Baku
Intertoto Cup	Karvan
Matches played	306
Goals scored	738 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zaur Ramazanov (21)
Biggest home win	Khazar Lankaran 6-0 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit Adliyya Baku 6-0 MOIK Baku
Biggest away win	Bakılı 2-7 Baku
Highest scoring	Bakılı 2-7 Baku
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Neftçi Baku (C)	34	24	6	4	52	18	+34	78	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round[a]
2	Khazar Lankaran	34	24	6	4	68	15	+53	78	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Karvan	34	23	7	4	66	18	+48	76	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4	Turan	34	22	7	5	64	21	+43	73
5	Baku	34	21	10	3	60	14	+46	73	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b]
6	Qarabağ	34	22	5	7	61	31	+30	71
7	Inter Baku	34	19	9	6	44	24	+20	66
8	FK MKT-Araz	34	16	9	9	35	23	+12	57
9	Ganja	34	11	9	14	37	37	0	42
10	Karat Baki (R)	34	12	4	18	40	62	−22	40	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
11	Göyəzən	34	9	6	19	30	52	−22	33
12	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	34	9	6	19	32	58	−26	33
13	Şəmkir (R)	34	9	5	20	34	48	−14	32	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
14	Şahdağ	34	8	8	18	29	51	−22	32
15	MOIK Baku	34	7	9	18	24	34	−10	30
16	Adliyya Baku (R)	34	7	4	23	24	66	−42	25	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
17	Bakili (R)	34	3	5	26	22	71	−49	14
18	Shafa Baku	34	2	1	31	16	95	−79	7	Team Dissolved[c]

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

1. Neftçi Baku and Khazar Lankaran finished equal on points, and a championship play-off to determine the winner was won by Neftçi Baku.
2. Baku qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winner of the 2004–05 Azerbaijan Cup.
3. Safa withdrew during the winter break for financial reasons, all their remaining matches have been awarded 0-3 against them.

Results

Home \ Away	ADL	BKL	BAK	GAN	GAS	GÖY	INT	KAB	KAR	KHA	ABB	MOI	NEF	QAR	SHB	ŞAH	SHA	TUR
Adliyya Baku		1–0	0–6	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–6	0–2	2–1	3–0[a]	1–1	1–1	0–1
Bakili	1–0		2–7	2–2	2–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–5	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–2
Baku	4–0	2–0		1–0	1–0	6–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0[a]	4–1	1–0	0–0
Ganja	1–1	1–0	0–2		6–1	3–1	0–1	4–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0[a]	2–0	1–1	0–3
Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–5	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–2
Göyazan	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	2–1		0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	3–0[a]	2–0	2–0	0–0
Inter Baku	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0		2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0[a]	2–0	2–1	4–3
Karat Baki	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–3	0–5	2–2	3–2		0–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–4	0–3[b]	4–1	2–0	0–2	1–3
Karvan	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	2–0		0–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	3–0[a]	3–0	4–1	4–3
Khazar Lankaran	6–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	6–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–0		1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	5–0	2–0	1–0
FK MKT-Araz	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0		1–0	0–1	1–1	3–0[a]	3–0	2–0	1–1
MOIK Baku	0–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–1		0–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2
Neftçi Baku	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0		1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1
Qarabağ	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–2	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–1		3–0[a]	2–1	3–2	1–0
Shafa Baku	3–1	0–3[a]	0–3	1–3	0–3[a]	1–2	1–4	0–3[a]	1–2	0–3[a]	0–2	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	1–5		1–4	0–3[a]	0–3[a]
Şahdağ	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–0[a]		0–1	0–3
Şəmkir	3–1	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–4	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	2–3		1–1
Turan	4–0	1–0	3–0[b]	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	2–0

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 2004-05
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Match rated as walkover due to the withdrawal of Shafa Baku.
2. Walkover.

Championship play-off

10 June 2005

Neftchi Baku	2 – 1	Khazar Lankaran
Abbasov 68' Tagizade 73'		Qurbanov 42'

Shehar Stadium

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Zaur Ramazanov	Karvan	21
2	Samir Aliyev	Khazar Lankaran	20
3	Oktay Derelioğlu	Khazar Lankaran	17
	Farrukh Ismayilov	Karvan	17
5	Issa Nikiema	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	16
6	Kanan Karimov	Turan Tovuz	15
7	Zaur Tagizade	Neftchi Baku	14
8	Fernando Pérez	Baku	13
9	[2] Leandro Gomes	Baku	12
	Vadim Vasilyev	Qarabağ	12

Hat-tricks

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Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Escort Essong	Şəmkir	Adliyya Baku	3–1	8 August 2004
Issa Nikiema4	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	Karat Baku	5–0	12 August 2004
Samir Musayev	Qarabağ	Göyəzən	4–2	26 September 2004
Zaur Ramazanov	Karvan	Ganja	3–0	26 September 2004
Zaur Ramazanov	Karvan	Turan Tovuz	4–3	17 October 2004
Vadim Vasilyev	Qarabağ	MOIK Baku	3–0	31 October 2004
Samir Aliyev	Khazar Lankaran	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	6–0	3 November 2004
Mikheil Khutsishvili4	Ganja	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	6–1	19 March 2005
Fernando Pérez4	Baku	Göyəzən	6–0	21 April 2005
Oktay Derelioğlu	Khazar Lankaran	Adliyya Baku	6–1	3 May 2005
Shalva Mumladze	Şahdağ	Göyəzən	3–1	15 May 2005
Yashar Abuzerov	Baku	Adliyya Baku	4–0	24 May 2005

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals