2008–09 FK Khazar Lankaran season

The Khazar Lankaran 2008–09 season is Khazar Lankaran's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season. Khazar started the season under the management of Rasim Kara, however he was replaced by Igor Ponomaryov during the season. Khazar finished the season in 4th place and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the quarterfinal stage by Baku.

Khazar Lankaran

2008-09 season
President	Mubariz Mansimov
Manager	Igor Ponomaryov
Stadium	Lankaran City Stadium
Premier League	4th
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarterfinals vs Baku
UEFA Cup	1st Qualifying Round vs Lech Poznań
Top goalscorer	League: Ivan Cvetkov (15) All: Ivan Cvetkov (17)
Home colours Away colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AZE Dmitriy Kramarenko 2 DF  TUR Göksel Akinci 3 DF  BRA Denis Silva 4 DF  TUR Fatih Sonkaya 5 DF  AZE Emin Quliyev 6 DF  AZE Fizuli Mammedov 7 DF  AZE Ruslan Poladov 9 FW  BUL Ivan Tsvetkov 10 MF  AZE Jeyhun Sultanov 11 FW  BRA Rômulo 12 GK  AZE Ramiz Kerimov 13 FW  SWE Nadir Benchenaa 14 MF  AZE Rahid Amirguliev 18 MF  AZE Alim Gurbanov

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  BUL Kostadin Dzhambazov 20 FW  ROU Claudiu Răducanu 21 MF  BUL Radomir Todorov 23 DF  LTU Audrius Veikutis 25 GK  AZE Kamran Agayev 27 MF  AZE Rashad Abdullayev 30 MF  BRA Mario Sergio 33 MF  BRA Diego Souza 34 DF  TUR Muammer Erdoğdu 50 FW  CIV Yacouba Bamba 55 MF  BRA Juninho 60 FW  TUR Ahmet Dursun 72 MF  TUR Devran Ayhan 77 FW  POR Renato Queirós

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2008

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  TUR Göksel Akinci (from Kasımpaşa) 9 FW  BUL Ivan Tsvetkov (from Sivasspor)[1] 11 FW  BRA Rômulo (from Fortaleza) 20 FW  ROU Claudiu Răducanu (from Cluj) 21 DF  LTU Andrius Veikutis (from Žalgiris Vilnius) 34 DF  TUR Muammer Erdoğdu (from Galatasaray) 77 FW  POR Renato Queirós (from Paços de Ferreira)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  AZE Mahir Shukurov (to Olimpik Baku) 8 MF  AZE Elmar Bakhshiev (to Neftchi Baku) 10 FW  AZE Zaur Ramazanov (to Qarabağ) 11 MF  AZE Rashad Kerimov (to Karvan) — FW  AZE Nadir Nabiyev (to Standard Baku) — FW  BRA Roberto Santos (to Gama)

Winter

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2009

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  TUR Fatih Sonkaya (from Porto) 13 FW  SWE Nadir Benchenaa (from Union Royale Namur) 60 FW  TUR Ahmet Dursun (from Kocaelispor) 72 MF  TUR Devran Ayhan (from Kocaelispor)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League

Results

Karvan v Khazar Lankaran

10 August 2008 1	Karvan	1–0	Khazar Lankaran	Yevlakh
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Camara 21' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Yevlakh City Stadium Attendance: 3,000[2] Referee: Babek Guliyev

Bakili Baku v Khazar Lankaran

24 August 2008 2	Bakili Baku	1–3	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	D.Kokiashvili 90+3'	Summary	Rômulo 30' Amirguliev 57', 71'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 500[3] Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Khazar Lankaran v NBC Salyan¹

30 August 2008 3	Khazar Lankaran	2–1	NBC Salyan1	Lankaran
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Rômulo 35' Amirguliev 40'	Summary	Guliev 64'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 7,000[4] Referee: Jeyhun Hashimov

Khazar Lankaran v Turan Tovuz

13 September 2008 4	Khazar Lankaran	5–0	Turan Tovuz	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mario Sergio 14' (pen.), 40' Rômulo 52' Tsvetkov 84', 87'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 8,500[5] Referee: Elchin Mammadov

Olimpik Baku v Khazar Lankaran

20 September 2008 5	Olimpik Baku	0–1	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mogaadi  27'  65'	Summary	Tsvetkov 35'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 3,000[6] Referee: Anar Niyazov

MOIK Baku v Khazar Lankaran

26 September 2008 6	MOIK Baku	0–4	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Tsvetkov 30', 34' (pen.), 63', 88'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 2,500[7] Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Standard Baku v Khazar Lankaran

4 October 2008 7	Standard Baku	0–1	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Tsvetkov 68'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 3,000[8] Referee: Zohrab Gadiyev

Khazar Lankaran v Neftchi Baku

19 October 2008 8	Khazar Lankaran	2–0	Neftchi Baku	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tsvetkov 29' Abdullayev 43'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 15,000[9] Referee: Babek Guliyev

Baku v Khazar Lankaran

26 October 2008 9	Baku	0–0	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 2,000[10] Referee: Anar Niyazov

Khazar Lankaran v Inter Baku

9 November 2008 10	Khazar Lankaran	2–4	Inter Baku	Lankaran
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Denis 47' Rômulo 81'	Summary	Rubins 7' Andaveris 49' Zlatinov 62' Abbasov 88'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 6,000[11] Referee: Anar Niyazov

Gabala v Khazar Lankaran

15 November 2008 11	Gabala	0–1	Khazar Lankaran	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Abdullayev 48'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000[12] Referee: Zohrab Gadiyev

Khazar Lankaran v Qarabağ

23 November 2008 12	Khazar Lankaran	1–3	Qarabağ	Lankaran
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mario Sergio 90+4'	Summary	Javadov 55' Ramazanov 69' Şahin 82'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 11,000[13] Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Simurq v Khazar Lankaran

29 November 2008 13	Simurq	2–2	Khazar Lankaran	Zaqatala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Bolkvadze 32' Artiukh 61'	Summary	Tsvetkov 43' Quliyev 90+1'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 3,000[14] Referee: Zohrab Gadiyev

Khazar Lankaran v Karvan

15 February 2009 14	Khazar Lankaran	0–0	Karvan	Lankaran
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 10,000[15] Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Turan Tovuz v Khazar Lankaran

21 February 2009 15	Turan Tovuz	0–1	Khazar Lankaran	Tovuz
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Dzhambazov 20'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 6,000[16] Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Khazar Lankaran v Bakili Baku

1 March 2009 16	Khazar Lankaran	5–0	Bakili Baku	Lankaran
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Denis 29' Rômulo 52', 90' Tsvetkov 67' Dursun 78'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 5,000[17] Referee: Jeyhun Hashimov

Mughan¹ v Khazar Lankaran

8 March 2009 17	Mughan1	1–3	Khazar Lankaran	Salyan
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Taranu 73'	Summary	Dzhambazov 15' Răducanu 47' Ayhan 53'	Stadium: Salyan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium

Khazar Lankaran v Olimpik Baku

14 March 2009 18	Khazar Lankaran	0–0	Olimpik Baku	Lankaran
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Shukurov  15'  69'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 6,000[18] Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Khazar Lankaran v MOIK Baku

21 March 2009 19	Khazar Lankaran	2–0	MOIK Baku	Lankaran
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Denis 11' Tsvetkov 51'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 8,000[19] Referee: Rasim Mammadov

Khazar Lankaran v Standard Baku

5 April 2009 20	Khazar Lankaran	4–0	Standard Baku	Lankaran
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Juninho 13' Tsvetkov 54' Amirguliev 77' Mario Sergio 89'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 7,800[20] Referee: İmankhan Sultani

Neftchi Baku v Khazar Lankaran

12 April 2009 21	Neftchi Baku	2–1	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tagizade 10' A.Cansun 90'	Summary	Dursun 50'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Khazar Lankaran v Baku

18 April 2009 22	Khazar Lankaran	3–0	Baku	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Dursun 34', 74' Mario Sergio 90+3'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 10,000[21] Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Inter Baku v Khazar Lankaran

25 April 2009 23	Inter Baku	2–2	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Levin 33' Koļesņičenko 45+1'	Summary	Dzhambazov 74' Dursun 77'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 5,000[22] Referee: Anar Salmanov

Khazar Lankaran v Gabala

3 May 2009 24	Khazar Lankaran	1–2	Gabala	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tsvetkov 25'	Summary	Aptsiauri 76' Ostap 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 6,000[23] Referee: RovshanAhmadov

Qarabağ v Khazar Lankaran

9 May 2009 25	Qarabağ	1–0	Khazar Lankaran	Baku2
AZST (UTC+5)	Sakiri 86'	Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

Khazar Lankaran v Simurq

16 May 2009 26	Khazar Lankaran	3–1	Simurq	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tsvetkov 23' (pen.) Rômulo 25', 65'	Summary	Maziar 85'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 4,500[24] Referee: Anar Salmanov

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Inter Baku	26	18	7	1	54	16	+38	61	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3	Simurq	26	16	5	5	39	20	+19	53
4	Khazar Lankaran	26	15	5	6	49	21	+28	50
5	Qarabağ	26	14	7	5	35	22	+13	49	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
6	Olimpik Baku	26	12	8	6	32	18	+14	44

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Karabakh won the 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup

Khazar Lankaran v NBC Salyan¹

30 October 2008 Round of 16 1st Leg	Khazar Lankaran	3–0	NBC Salyan1	Lankaran
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Răducanu 20', 38' Renato 60'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

FK Mughan¹ v Khazar Lankaran

6 November 2008 Round of 16 2nd Leg	FK Mughan1	0–3 (0–6 agg.)	Khazar Lankaran	Salyan
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Juninho 25' Răducanu 45', 60'	Stadium: Salyan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium

Khazar Lankaran v Baku

25 February 2009 Quarterfinals 1st Leg	Khazar Lankaran	0–1	Baku	Lankaran
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Tijani 49' Tomas  90'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

Baku v Khazar Lankaran

11 March 2009 Quarterfinals 2nd Leg	Baku	2–2 (3–2 agg.)	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Adamia 68' Yunisoğlu 90'	Summary	Cvetkov 28', 67'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Qualifying Phase

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds

Khazar Lankaran v Lech Poznań

17 July 2008 1st qualifying round 1st leg[broken anchor]	Khazar Lankaran	0–1	Lech Poznań	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Report Summary	Lewandowski 75'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Calum Murray (Scotland)

Lech Poznań v Khazar Lankaran

31 July 2008 1st qualifying round 2nd leg[broken anchor]	Lech Poznań	4–1 (5–1 agg.)	Khazar Lankaran	Poznań, Poland
23:45 AZST (UTC+5)	Štilić 35' Murawski 52' Injac 64' Reiss 82'	Report Summary	Ramazanov 45' Bakhshiev  39'  61'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Referee: Meir Levi (Israel)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League[25]		Azerbaijan Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AZE	Dmitriy Kramarenko	22	0	20	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	TUR	Göksel Akinci	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	BRA	Denis Silva	17	3	15	3	0	0	2	0
4	DF	TUR	Fatih Sonkaya	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	AZE	Emin Quliyev	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
6	DF	AZE	Fizuli Mammedov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF	AZE	Ruslan Poladov	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	BUL	Ivan Tsvetkov	21	15	21	15	0	0	0	0
10	MF	AZE	Jeyhun Sultanov	15	0	14	0	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	BRA	Rômulo	22	8	22	8	0	0	0	0
12	GK	AZE	Ramiz Kerimov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	SWE	Nadir Benchenaa	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	AZE	Rahid Amirguliev	26	4	24	4	0	0	2	0
18	MF	AZE	Alim Gurbanov	6	0	4	0	0	0	0+2	0
19	DF	BUL	Kostadin Dzhambazov	23	3	23	3	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ROU	Claudiu Răducanu	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
21	MF	BUL	Radomir Todorov	26	0	24	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF	LTU	Audrius Veikutis	12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
25	GK	AZE	Kamran Agayev	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	AZE	Rashad Abdullayev	20	2	18	2	0	0	2	0
30	MF	BRA	Mario Sergio	20	5	20	5	0	0	0	0
33	MF	BRA	Diego Souza	22	0	20	0	0	0	2	0
34	DF	TUR	Muammer Erdoğdu	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
50	FW	CIV	Yacouba Bamba	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
55	MF	BRA	Juninho	22	1	21	1	0	0	0+1	0
60	FW	TUR	Ahmet Dursun	10	5	10	5	0	0	0	0
72	MF	TUR	Devran Ayhan	20	1	20	1	0	0	0	0
77	FW	POR	Renato Queirós	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Khazar Lankaran who left during the season:
4	DF	AZE	Mahir Shukurov	2	0	0+0	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	AZE	Elmar Bakhshiev	2	0	0+0	0	0	0	2	0
10	FW	AZE	Zaur Ramazanov	2	1	0+0	0	0	0	2	1

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Ivan Tsvetkov	15	2	0	17
2	FW		11	Rômulo	8	0	0	8
3	MF		30	Mario Sergio	5	0	0	5
	FW		60	Ahmet Dursun	5	0	0	5
	FW		20	Claudiu Răducanu	1	4	0	5
6	MF		14	Rahid Amirguliev	4	0	0	4
7	DF		19	Kostadin Dzhambazov	3	0	0	3
	DF		3	Denis Silva	3	0	0	3
8	MF		27	Rashad Abdullayev	2	0	0	2
	MF		55	Juninho	1	1	0	2
11	FW		77	Renato Queirós	0	1	0	1
	MF		5	Emin Quliyev	1	0	0	1
	MF		72	Devran Ayhan	1	0	0	1
	FW		10	Zaur Ramazanov	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	49	8	1	58

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
1		GK	Dmitriy Kramarenko	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
8		MF	Elmar Bakhshiev	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1
14		MF	Rahid Amirguliev	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
37		MF	Rashad Abdullayev	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	1

Notes

• On 31 October 2008, FK NBC Salyan changed their name to FK Mughan.^[26]
• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.^[27]