2008–09 Neftchi Baku PFK season

The Neftchi Baku 2008–09 season was Neftchi Baku's seventeenth Azerbaijan Premier League season. They started the season under the management of Anatoliy Demyanenko, however he was replaced by Hans-Jürgen Gede on 1 September 2008. On 28 February 2009 Gede was replaced Boyukaga Agaev, who was in charge until the end of the season. They finished 8th in the league and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the quarterfinal stage by Karabakh. Neftchi also took part in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, reaching the Third Round before losing to Vaslui of Romania.

Neftchi Baku

2008–09 season
Chairman	Sadyg Sadygov
Manager	Anatoliy Demyanenko until 1 September 2008 Hans-Jürgen Gede 1 September 2008 – 28 February 2009 Boyukaga Agaev from28 February 2009
Stadium	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
Premier League	8th
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarterfinals vs Karabakh
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Third round vs Vaslui
Top goalscorer	League: Adrian Neaga (5) All: Adrian Neaga (5)
Home colours Away colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Squad

^[1][2] 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  SRB Vladimir Mićović 2 DF  AZE Rail Malikov 3 DF  UKR Volodymyr Olefir 4 DF  EST Dmitri Kruglov 5 MF  AZE Araz Abdullayev 6 MF  AZE Javid Imamverdiyev 7 FW  AZE Samir Aliyev 9 MF  AZE Mirhuseyn Seyidov 10 MF  AZE Eshgin Guliyev 11 MF  BUL Marcho Dafchev 12 GK  AZE Anar Nazirov 15 DF  AZE Ruslan Abishov 17 FW  TUR Ali Cansun 19 DF  TUR Suat Usta 21 FW  BRA José Carlos

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  AZE Zaur Tagizade 23 MF  AZE Elmar Bakhshiev 25 DF  AZE Emin Jafarguliyev 27 FW  CMR Valentine Atem 32 DF  TKM Nazar Baýramow 34 GK  POL Tomasz Bobel 77 MF  BUL Svetoslav Petrov — DF  AZE Eltun Yagublu — DF  AUS John Tambouras — DF  IRL Joe Kendrick — MF  AZE Orkhan Hasanov — MF  ROU Marian Aliuță — FW  ROU Adrian Neaga — FW  AZE Tural Isgandarov

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 3 DF  UKR Volodymyr Olefir (from Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) 4 DF  EST Dmitri Kruglov (from Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan) 9 FW  GEO Giorgi Chelidze (from Dinamo Batumi) 11 MF  BUL Marcho Dafchev (from Lokomotiv Sofia) 17 MF  UKR Oleh Herasymyuk (loan from Dynamo-2 Kyiv) 19 DF  TUR Suat Usta (from Çaykur Rizespor) 23 MF  AZE Elmar Bakhshiev (from Khazar Lankaran) 27 FW  CMR Valentine Atem (from MSV Duisburg) — FW  ROU Adrian Neaga (from Steaua București)

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 6 MF  AZE Rashad Sadiqov (to Qarabağ) 7 MF  MDA Vadim Boreț (to Baku) 12 GK  AZE Huseyn Mahammadov (to Standard Baku) 20 FW  AZE Branimir Subašić (to Red Star Belgrade) 22 MF  AZE Marcos (loan return to Karvan) 77 DF  AZE Ramin Guliyev (to Olimpik Baku)

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 5 MF  AZE Araz Abdullayev (from Youth Team) 6 MF  AZE Javid Imamverdiyev (from Youth Team) 9 MF  AZE Mirhuseyn Seyidov (from Youth Team) 34 GK  POL Tomasz Bobel (from FC Erzgebirge Aue) — DF  AUS John Tambouras (from Drogheda United) — DF  IRL Joe Kendrick (from Drogheda United)[3] — MF  ROU Marian Aliuță (from FC Vaslui)

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 5 DF  AZE Elnur Allahverdiyev (to Qarabağ) 8 MF  AZE Aleksandr Chertoganov (to Simurq) 9 FW  GEO Giorgi Chelidze (to Olimpi Rustavi) 10 FW  GEO Georgi Adamia (to Baku) 14 DF  AZE Rashad Sadygov (to Kocaelispor) 17 MF  UKR Oleh Herasymyuk (loan return to Dynamo-2 Kyiv)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League

Results

Standard Baku v Neftchi Baku

9 August 2008 1	Standard Baku	1 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Baku
18:15 AZST (UTC+5)	Pisla 45'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Baku

16 August 2008 2	Neftchi Baku	0 – 1	Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Pérez 48'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Gabala v Neftchi Baku

24 August 2008 3	Gabala	0 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Qabala
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Herasymyuk 40'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Simurq

30 August 2008 4	Neftchi Baku	0 – 0	Simurq	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Turan Tovuz v Neftchi Baku

21 September 2008 5	Turan Tovuz	0 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Tovuz
13:30 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium

Neftchi Baku v NBC Salyan¹

27 September 2008 6	Neftchi Baku	0 – 0	NBC Salyan1	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

MOIK Baku v Neftchi Baku

5 October 2008 7	MOIK Baku	0 – 5	Neftchi Baku	Baku
14:15 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	A.Cansun 45' Kruglov 47' José Carlos 66' Abdullayev 84' Bakhshiev 90'	Stadium: MOIK Stadium

Khazar Lankaran v Neftchi Baku

19 October 2008 8	Khazar Lankaran	2 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Lankaran
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tsvetkov 30' Abdullayev 43'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Inter Baku

25 October 2008 9	Neftchi Baku	1 – 3	Inter Baku	Baku
14:15 AZST (UTC+5)	Dafchev 83' (pen.)	Summary	Guglielmone 25' (pen.) Accioly 44' Rubins 63'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Qarabağ v Neftchi Baku

8 November 2008 10	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Baku2
AZT (UTC+4)	Imamaliev 90'	Summary	Bakhshiev 23'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Karvan

15 November 2008 11	Neftchi Baku	0 – 1	Karvan	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Doros 54'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Bakili Baku v Neftchi Baku

23 November 2008 12	Bakili Baku	0 – 2	Neftchi Baku	Baku
AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Seyidov 3' A.Cansun 56'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Olimpik Baku

30 November 2008 13	Neftchi Baku	1 – 2	Olimpik Baku	Baku
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Bakhshiev 6'	Summary	Gomes 13' Getsadze 90'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Standard Baku

15 February 2009 14	Neftchi Baku	2 – 1	Standard Baku	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Neaga 33' A.Cansun 90'	Summary	Rodrigo 60'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Baku v Neftchi Baku

21 February 2009 15	Baku	2 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mujiri 48' Batista 76'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Gabala

1 March 2009 16	Neftchi Baku	0 – 0	Gabala	Baku
16:15 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Simurq v Neftchi Baku

8 March 2009 17	Simurq	0 – 2	Neftchi Baku	Zaqatala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Atem 40' Usta 50'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Turan Tovuz

15 March 2009 18	Neftchi Baku	1 – 1	Turan Tovuz	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Dafchev 59'	Summary	A.Gadiri 6'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Mughan v Neftchi Baku

21 March 2009 19	Mughan	0 – 3	Neftchi Baku	Salyan
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Kruglov 3' Aliyev 53' Neaga 67'	Stadium: Salyany Olympic Sport Complex Stadium

Neftchi Baku v MOIK Baku

5 April 2009 20	Neftchi Baku	3 – 1	MOIK Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Atem 13', 27' Neaga 83'	Summary	Aliyev 63'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

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

Inter Baku v Neftchi Baku

19 April 2009 22	Inter Baku	2 – 2	Neftchi Baku	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Guglielmone 52', 55'	Summary	Petrov 24' Olefir 44'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Qarabağ

26 April 2009 23	Neftchi Baku	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Teli 70'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Karvan v Neftchi Baku

3 May 2009 24	Karvan	1 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Yevlakh
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nadirov 47'	Summary	Aliuță 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Bakili Baku

9 May 2009 25	Neftchi Baku	3 – 0	Bakili Baku	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Aliuță 4' Neaga 45', 60'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Olimpik Baku v Neftchi Baku

17 May 2009 26	Olimpik Baku	0 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Olimpik Baku	26	12	8	6	32	18	+14	44
7	Standard Baku	26	12	3	11	30	31	−1	39
8	Neftçi Baku	26	9	9	8	30	21	+9	36
9	Karvan	26	10	4	12	28	33	−5	34
10	Gabala	26	9	6	11	28	21	+7	33

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

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup

Neftchi Baku v MOIK Baku

29 October 2008 Round of 16 1st Leg	Neftchi Baku	2 – 1	MOIK Baku	Baku
AZST (UTC+5)	Dafchev 18' (pen.) Kruglov 62'	Summary	Safarzade 4'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

MOIK Baku v Neftchi Baku

5 November 2008 Round of 16 2nd Leg	MOIK Baku	0 – 3 (1 – 5 agg.)	Neftchi Baku	Baku
AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	José Carlos 13' Bakhshiev 32' Abishov 43'	Stadium: MOIK Stadium

Karabakh v Neftchi Baku

24 February 2009 Quarterfinals 1st Leg	Karabakh	1 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Baku2
AZST (UTC+5)	Ramazanov 4'	Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Karabakh

12 March 2009 Quarterfinals 2nd Leg	Neftchi Baku	0 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.)	Karabakh	Baku
AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Neftchi Baku v Nitra

21 June 2008 First Round 1st leg	Neftchi Baku	2 – 0	Nitra	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Sadygov 7' Sadiqov 10'	Report		Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

Nitra v Neftchi Baku

28 June 2008 First Round 2nd leg	Nitra	3 – 1 (3 – 3 (a) agg.)	Neftchi Baku	Nitra, Slovakia
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Semeník 21', 83' Čeman 46'	Report	José Carlos 84'	Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Referee: Novo Panic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

Germinal Beerschot v Neftchi Baku

5 July 2008 Second Round 1st leg	Germinal Beerschot	1 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Antwerp, Belgium
23:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Malki 18'	Report	Adamia 31'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)

Neftchi Baku v Germinal Beerschot

12 July 2008 Second Round 2nd leg	Neftchi Baku	1 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Germinal Beerschot	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Allahverdiyev 57'	Report		Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Neftchi Baku v Vaslui

19 July 2008 Third Round 1st leg	Neftchi Baku	2 – 1	Vaslui	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Herasymyuk 28' Sadiqov 84'	Report	Genchev 29'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Vaslui v Neftchi Baku

26 July 2008 Third Round 2nd leg	Vaslui	2 – 0 (3 – 2 agg.)	Neftchi Baku	Vaslui, Romania
22:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Burdujan 30' Temwanjera 38'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League[4]		Azerbaijan Cup		Intertoto Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SRB	Vladimir Mićović	26	0	20	0	0	0	6	0
2	DF	AZE	Rail Malikov	26	0	21	0	0	0	5	0
3	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Olefir	19	1	14	1	0	0	5	0
4	DF	EST	Dmitri Kruglov	29	2	24	2	0	0	5	0
4	DF	AUS	John Tambouras	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	AZE	Araz Abdullayev	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
6	MF	AZE	Javid Imamverdiyev	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	AZE	Samir Aliyev	12	1	11	1	0	0	1	0
9	MF	AZE	Mirhuseyn Seyidov	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF	AZE	Eshgin Guliyev	12	0	11	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	BUL	Marcho Dafchev	16	2	12	2	0	0	4	0
12	GK	AZE	Anar Nazirov	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	AZE	Ruslan Abishov	22	0	16	0	0	0	6	0
17	FW	TUR	Ali Cansun	15	4	15	4	0	0	0	0
19	DF	TUR	Suat Usta	17	1	17	1	0	0	0	0
20	DF	AZE	Ruslan Abbasov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	FW	BRA	José Carlos	20	2	19	1	0	0	1	1
22	FW	AZE	Zaur Tagizade	12	1	8	1	0	0	4	0
23	MF	AZE	Elmar Bakhshiev	24	3	24	3	0	0	0	0
25	MF	AZE	Emin Jafarguliyev	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	CMR	Valentine Atem	13	3	13	3	0	0	0	0
32	DF	TKM	Nazar Baýramow	25	0	19	0	0	0	6	0
34	GK	POL	Tomasz Bobel	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	BUL	Svetoslav Petrov	13	1	13	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	AZE	Eltun Yagublu	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRL	Joe Kendrick	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ROU	Marian Aliuță	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0
	MF	AZE	Orkhan Hasanov	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ROU	Adrian Neaga	13	5	13	5	0	0	0	0
	FW	AZE	Tural Isgandarov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Neftchi Baku who left during the season:
5	DF	AZE	Elnur Allahverdiyev	11	1	5	0	0	0	6	1
6	MF	AZE	Rashad Sadiqov	9	2	4	0	0	0	5	2
8	MF	AZE	Aleksandr Chertoganov	11	0	6	0	0	0	5	0
9	FW	GEO	Giorgi Chelidze	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	0
10	FW	GEO	Georgi Adamia	14	1	8	0	0	0	6	1
14	DF	AZE	Rashad Sadygov	15	1	9	0	0	0	6	1
17	MF	UKR	Oleh Herasymyuk	11	2	5	1	0	0	6	1

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Intertoto Cup	Total
1	FW			Adrian Neaga	5	0	0	5
2	FW		17	Ali Cansun	4	0	0	4
	MF		23	Elmar Bakhshiev	3	1	0	4
4	FW		27	Valentine Atem	3	0	0	3
	DF		4	Dmitri Kruglov	2	1	0	3
	MF		11	Marcho Dafchev	2	1	0	3
	FW		21	José Carlos	1	1	1	3
8	MF		12	Marian Aliuță	2	0	0	2
	MF		17	Oleh Herasymyuk	1	0	1	2
	MF		6	Rashad Sadiqov	0	0	2	2
11	DF		19	Suat Usta	1	0	0	1
	DF		3	Volodymyr Olefir	1	0	0	1
	MF		77	Svetoslav Petrov	1	0	0	1
	FW		7	Samir Aliyev	1	0	0	1
	FW		22	Zaur Tagizade	1	0	0	1
	MF		5	Araz Abdullayev	1	0	0	1
	MF		9	Mirhuseyn Seyidov	1	0	0	1
	DF		15	Ruslan Abishov	0	0	1	1
	DF		14	Rashad Sadygov	0	0	1	1
	FW		10	Georgi Adamia	0	0	1	1
	DF		5	Elnur Allahverdiyev	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	30	5	7	42

Notes

• On 31 October 2008, FK NBC Salyan changed their name to FK Mughan.^[5]
• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.^[6]