2009–10 Simurq PFC season

The Simurq PFC 2009–10 season was Simurq's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season, which they finished in 8th position. They were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup by Olimpik-Shuvalan at the quarterfinal stage. It was their fourth and final season with Roman Pokora as their manager.

Simurq

2009–10 season
Chairman	Zaur Mammadov
Manager	Roman Pokora
Stadium	Zaqatala City Stadium
Premier League	8th
Azerbaijan Cup	Last 16 vs Olimpik-Shuvalan
Europa League	First qualifying round vs Bnei Yehuda
Top goalscorer	League: Ruslan Hunchak & Elshan Mammadov (7) All: Ruslan Hunchak & Elshan Mammadov (7)
Home colours Away colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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  UKR Taras Chopyk 2 DF  GEO Teymuraz Gongadze 3 DF  AZE Rasim Ramaldanov (captain) 8 MF  UKR Ruslan Hunchak 9 FW  AZE Elshan Mammadov 11 DF  AZE Rustam Mammadov 12 GK  AZE Fuad Ahmadov 15 MF  AZE Tural Jalilov 17 MF  GEO Kakhaber Chkhetiani 18 MF  GEO David Bolkvadze

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  UKR Yuriy Bulychev 21 FW  BUL Nikolay Valev 23 MF  GEO Roman Akhalkatsi 24 MF  UKR Andriy Raspopov 25 MF  AZE Ramil Sayadov 27 FW  AZE Ramin Nasibov 32 FW  MDA Alexandru Golban 77 GK  UKR Vitaliy Postranskyi 88 MF  AZE Jamal Mammadov

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2010

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  GEO Teymuraz Gongadze (from Olimpi Rustavi) 7 MF  LVA Genādijs Soloņicins (from Liepājas Metalurgs)[1] 10 MF  MDA Alexandru Popovici (loan from Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol) 21 FW  BUL Nikolay Valev (from Slavia Sofia) 23 MF  GEO Roman Akhalkatsi (from Olimpik Baku) 27 FW  BLR Andrey Sherakow (from Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino) 32 DF  UKR Andriy Sokolenko (from Kharkiv) 33 FW  AZE Daniel Akhtyamov (from Minsk) 44 GK  AZE Rauf Mehdiyev (from Olimpik Baku) 77 GK  UKR Vitaliy Postranskyi (from Metalurh Zaporizhya)

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 10 MF  MDA Alexandru Popovici (loan return to Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol) 13 MF  UKR Volodymyr Mazyar (to Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva) 20 MF  GEO Mikheil Makhviladze (to Sioni Bolnisi) 21 MF  AZE Aleksandr Chertoganov (loan return to Neftchi Baku) 22 MF  GEO Grigol Dolidze (to Olimpi Rustavi) 23 DF  AZE Fizuli Mammedov (loan return to Khazar Lankaran)

Winter

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2011

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 DF  SRB Dragan Perišić (from Metalurh Zaporizhya) 24 MF  UKR Andriy Raspopov (from Granit Mikashevichi) 32 FW  MDA Alexandru Golban (from Tobol) 33 MF  SRB Nenad Begović (from Ashdod)

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  UKR Aleksandr Malygin (to Zakarpattia) 5 DF  AZE Sergei Sokolov (to Gabala) 5 DF  SRB Dragan Perišić (to Sheikh Jamal) 7 MF  LVA Genādijs Soloņicins (to Liepājas Metalurgs)[2] 14 FW  UKR Serhiy Artiukh (to Poltava) 27 FW  BLR Andrey Sherakow (to Minsk) 32 DF  UKR Andriy Sokolenko 33 FW  AZE Daniel Akhtyamov 33 MF  SRB Nenad Begović (to Brantford Galaxy) 44 GK  AZE Rauf Mehdiyev (to Karvan)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

First round

Results

Main article: 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League

Gabala v Simurq

16 August 2009 1	Gabala	2 - 1	Simurq	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Karimov 11' Melnyk 23'	Summary	Artiukh 34'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

Simurq v Inter Baku

23 September 2009 2	Simurq	0 - 0	Inter Baku	Zaqatala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Standard v Simurq

20 October 2009 3	Standard	1 - 2	Simurq	Sumgayit
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Guliyev 3'	Summary	Bolkvadze 30' Y.Bulychev 37'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Baku v Simurq

12 September 2009 4	Baku	1 - 2	Simurq	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Šolić 65'	Summary	Mammadov 54' Hunchak 75'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Simurq v Qarabağ

20 September 2009 5	Simurq	1 - 0	Qarabağ	Zaqatala
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Artiukh 6'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Neftchi Baku v Simurq

27 September 2009 6	Neftchi Baku	0 - 1	Simurq	Baku
16:15 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Sokolov 24'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Simurq v Karvan

17 October 2009 7	Simurq	2 - 0	Karvan	Zaqatala
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mammadov 34' Hunchak 52'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Khazar Lankaran v Simurq

24 October 2009 8	Khazar Lankaran	3 - 0	Simurq	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Lalín 4' Calincov 24' Tsvetkov 48'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Azad Mutallimov

Simurq v Inter Baku

31 October 2009 9	Simurq	1 - 1	Inter Baku	Zaqatala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Chkhetiani 6'	Summary	Odikadze 49'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

Olimpik-Shuvalan v Simurq

8 November 2009 10	Olimpik-Shuvalan	0 - 3	Simurq	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	V.Hagverdiyev  17'  69'	Summary	E.Mammadov 10' Hunchak 69' (pen.) Valev 10'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Simurq v Turan Tovuz

21 November 2009 11	Simurq	2 - 1	Turan Tovuz	Zaqatala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Soloņicins 38' Chkhetiani 62'	Summary	R.Abbasov 29'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Elnur Muradov

Simurq v Gabala

28 November 2009 12	Simurq	1 - 1	Gabala	Zaqatala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov 47'	Summary	Malygin 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Mughan v Simurq

6 December 2010 13	Mughan	0 - 0	Simurq	Salyan
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Salyan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Azad Mutallimov

Simurq v Standard

9 December 2010 14	Simurq	1 - 1	Standard	Zaqatala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Valev 20'	Summary	Guliyev 22'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 950 Referee: Rasim Mämmädov

Simurq v Baku

13 December 2009 15	Simurq	1 - 2	Baku	Zaqatala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hunchak 45' (pen.)	Summary	Fábio 5' Šolić 65'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 3,050 Referee: Azer Hamzayev

Qarabağ v Simurq

20 December 2009 16	Qarabağ	0 - 0	Simurq	Baku1
14:15 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Anar Salmanov

Simurq v Neftchi Baku

26 December 2009 17	Simurq	0 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Zaqatala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: Elnur Muradov Referee: 500

Karvan v Simurq

3 February 2010 18	Karvan	3 - 2	Simurq	Yevlakh
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov 5', 64' Marcos 42'	Summary	Perišić 35' Intskirveli 74' (o.g.)	Stadium: Yevlakh City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Simurq v Khazar Lankaran

9 February 2010 19	Simurq	1 - 2	Khazar Lankaran	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hunchak 81' (pen.)	Summary	Juninho Cristian 67'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Inter Baku v Simurq

13 February 2010 20	Inter Baku	2 - 1	Simurq	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Poškus 25' Navalovski 45'	Summary	Hunchak 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Hacieli Ağayev

Simurq v Olimpik-Shuvalan

17 February 2010 21	Simurq	2 - 0	Olimpik-Shuvalan	Zaqatala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hunchak 16' Golban 39' Jalilov  85'	Summary	Ismael Gaúcho  52'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Rasim Mämmädov

Turan Tovuz v Simurq

21 February 2010 22	Turan Tovuz	1 - 2	Simurq	Tovuz
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	P.Kolawole 90+3'	Summary	Bolkvadze 14', 63'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Azad Mutallimov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Gabala	22	10	6	6	24	21	+3	36	Qualification for championship group
6	Neftçi Baku	22	9	8	5	20	14	+6	35
7	Simurq	22	9	7	6	26	21	+5	34	Qualification for relegation group
8	Olimpik-Shuvalan	22	6	7	9	20	23	−3	25
9	Turan	22	4	5	13	23	32	−9	17

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

Relegation group

Results

Simurq v Karvan

12 March 2010 23	Simurq	0 - 0	Karvan	Zaqatala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Jeyhun Hashimov

Simurq v Olimpik-Shuvalan

20 March 2010 24	Simurq	0 - 3	Olimpik-Shuvalan	Zaqatala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Ibekoyi 10' Claudiano 38' Doroș 39'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

Turan Tovuz v Simurq

27 March 2010 25	Turan Tovuz	0 - 0	Simurq	Tovuz
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Azad Mutallimov

Simurq v Mughan

3 April 2010 26	Simurq	1 - 0	Mughan	Zaqatala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mammadov 16'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Hajieli Ağayev

Standard v Simurq

10 April 2010 27	Standard	3 - 1	Simurq	Sumgayit
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mazyar 36' Guliyev 49' Requelme 77'	Summary	Mammadov 47'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Elnur Muradov

Karvan v Simurq

17 April 2010 28	Karvan	0 - 0	Simurq	Yevlakh
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	M.Hamroyev  35'  59' Pereira  32'  82'	Summary		Stadium: Yevlakh City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Olimpik-Shuvalan v Simurq

23 April 2010 29	Olimpik-Shuvalan	0 - 0	Simurq	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Elnur Muradov

Simurq v Turan Tovuz

1 May 2010 30	Simurq	2 - 1	Turan Tovuz	Zaqatala
AZST (UTC+5)	Golban 39' Elsh.Mammadov 80'	Summary	Eln.Mammadov 67'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

Mughan v Simurq

9 May 2010 31	Mughan	3 - 1	Simurq	Salyan
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)	M.Zečević 26' Akhundov 52' Jugo 87'	Summary	Jalilov 16'	Stadium: Salyan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

Simurq v Standard

16 May 2010 32	Simurq	0 - 4	Standard	Zaqatala
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	İsayev 14' Guliyev 18', 88', 90+2'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Fuad Häsänov

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Olimpik-Shuvalan	20	10	6	4	27	15	+12	36
8	Simurq	20	8	7	5	21	21	0	31
9	Turan	20	7	8	5	27	22	+5	29
10	Mughan	20	7	6	7	17	16	+1	27
11	Standard (R)	20	7	4	9	26	23	+3	25	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division

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

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup

Simurq v Ganca

4 November 2009 First round 1st leg	Simurq	2 - 0	Ganca	Zaqatala
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Artiukh 45' Y.Bulychev 55'	Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

Ganca v Simurq

11 November 2009 First round 2nd leg	Ganca	0 - 1 (0 - 3 agg.)	Simurq	Ganja
13:30 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	R.Mammadov 10'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium

Simurq v Olimpik-Shuvalan

7 March 2010 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Simurq	0 - 0	Olimpik-Shuvalan	Zaqatala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Elnur Muradov

Olimpik-Shuvalan v Simurq

16 March 2010 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Olimpik-Shuvalan	0 - 0 (0 - 0 agg.) (4 – 2 p)	Simurq	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 850 Referee: Azad Mutallimov

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Simurq v Bnei Yehuda

2 July 2009 First qualifying round 1st leg	Simurq	0 – 1	Bnei Yehuda	Baku1, Azerbaijan
29:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Baldout 83'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Richard Trutz (Slovakia)

Bnei Yehuda v Simurq

9 July 2009 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Bnei Yehuda	3 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	Simurq	Tel Aviv, Israel
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Galván 27', 66' Biton 86'	Summary		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 2,937 Referee: Radek Příhoda (Czech Republic)

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	UKR	Taras Chopik	10	0	10	0	0	0	0+0	0
2	MF	GEO	Teymuraz Gongadze	12	0	12	0	0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	AZE	Rasim Ramaldanov	11	0	11	0	0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	UKR	Ruslan Hunchak	32	7	31	7	0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	AZE	Elshan Mammadov	32	7	30	7	0	0	1+1	0
11	DF	AZE	Rustam Mammadov	10	0	10	0	0	0	0+0	0
12	GK	AZE	Fuad Ahmadov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	AZE	Tural Jalilov	29	1	28	1	0	0	0+1	0
17	MF	GEO	Kakhaber Chkhetiani	30	2	28	2	0	0	2+0	0
18	MF	GEO	David Bolkvadze	31	3	29	3	0	0	2+0	0
19	MF	UKR	Yuri Bulychev	32	1	30	1	0	0	2+0	0
21	FW	BUL	Nikolay Valev	19	2	17	2	0	0	2+0	0
23	MF	GEO	Roman Akhalkatsi	20	0	18	0	0	0	2+0	0
24	DF	UKR	Andriy Raspopov	5	0	5	0	0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	AZE	Ramil Sayadov	12	0	12	0	0	0	0+0	0
27	FW	AZE	Ramin Nasibov	8	0	8	0	0	0	0+0	0
32	FW	MDA	Alexandru Golban	15	2	15	2	0	0	0+0	0
77	GK	UKR	Vitaliy Postranskyi	18	0	18	0	0	0	0+0	0
88	MF	AZE	Jamal Mammadov	11	0	11	0	0	0	0+0	0
	MF	AZE	Ramil Ağayev	6	0	6	0	0	0	0+0	0
	GK	AZE	Səbuhi Əhmədov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0+0	0
	FW	AZE	Laçın Şəkərov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0+0	0
	DF	AZE	Ilkin Qirtimov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Simurq who left during the season:
4	DF	UKR	Aleksandr Malygin	21	0	19	0	0	0	2+0	0
5	MF	AZE	Sergei Sokolov	18	1	16	1	0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	SRB	Dragan Perišić	4	1	4	1	0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	LVA	Genādijs Soloņicins	20	1	18	1	0	0	1+1	0
10	MF	MDA	Alexandru Popovici	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
13	FW	UKR	Volodymyr Mazyar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
14	FW	UKR	Serhiy Artiukh	21	2	19	2	0	0	2+0	0
20	DF	GEO	Mikheil Makhviladze	1	0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0
22	MF	GEO	Grigol Dolidze	1	0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0
27	FW	BLR	Andrey Sherakow	7	0	7	0	0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	UKR	Andriy Sokolenko	9	0	9	0	0	0	0+0	0
33	FW	AZE	Daniel Akhtyamov	3	0	3	0	0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	SRB	Nenad Begović	4	0	4	0	0	0	0+0	0
44	GK	AZE	Rauf Mehdiyev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0

Goal scorers

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Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF		8	Ruslan Hunchak	7	0	0	7
	FW		9	Elshan Mammadov	7	0	0	7
3	MF		18	David Bolkvadze	3	0	0	3
	FW		14	Serhiy Artiukh	2	1	0	3
5	MF		17	Kakhaber Chkhetiani	2	0	0	2
	FW		21	Nikolay Valev	2	0	0	2
	FW		32	Alexandru Golban	2	0	0	2
	FW		19	Yuriy Bulychev	1	1	0	2
9	MF		15	Tural Jalilov	1	0	0	1
	MF		7	Genādijs Soloņicins	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Sergei Sokolov	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Dragan Perišić	1	0	0	1
	FW		11	Rustam Mammadov	0	1	0	1
				Own Goal	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	31	3	0	34

Notes

• Note 1: Played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Simurq Zaqatala's Zaqatala City Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.