Ravan Baku FK

Ravan Baku FK (Azerbaijani: Rəvan Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku that plays in the Azerbaijan First Division.^[1]

Ravan Baku FK

Full name	Rəvan Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)	Aslanlar (The Lions)
Founded	2009; 16 years ago (2009)
Dissolved	2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Ground	Bayil Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Mushfig Safiyev
Manager	Bahman Hasanov
League	Azerbaijan First Division
2015–16	9th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

The club was founded in 2009. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after clinching second place in Azerbaijan First Division.^[2]

In the club's debut 2011–12 season, Ravan ended in 8th position in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the club's highest ever league finish. The following season, the club repeated its record by finishing 8th once again. In 2013, Ravan's ownership faced heavy criticism from local media, football experts and fans, for hiring and firing managers quite so often.^[3][4] Ravan were officially relegated on 17 May 2014 after suffering a 3–2 defeat at home to Baku.^[5]

Domestic history

As of 20 May 2016^[6][7]

Season	League									Azerbaijan Cup	Top goalscorer
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
2009–10	2nd	6	22	11	4	7	32	28	37	Preliminary Round
2010–11	2nd	2	26	19	3	4	54	14	60	First round	Asim İbrahimov
2011–12	1st	8	31	10	11	11	39	39	41	First round	Miloš Zečević Nemanja Vidaković Tagim Novruzov	5
2012–13	1st	8	32	12	4	16	46	53	40	1/4 Finals	Juan Manuel Varea	14
2013–14	1st	10	36	4	10	21	22	66	22	Semi-finals	Miloš Adamović	5
2014–15	2nd	3	30	21	4	5	70	22	67	Second round
2015–16	1st	9	36	5	9	22	27	63	18	Quarter-final	Ramazan Abbasov	5
2016–17	2nd	13	26	6	1	19	24	70	10	1/8 finals	Mehemmed Aliyev	4

Stadium

Bayil Stadium is a typical football stadium in Bayil district of Baku, Azerbaijan. The stadium was one of the venues during 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Players

For a list of all former and current Ravan Baku PFC players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Ravan Baku FK players.

Azerbaijani teams are limited to nine players without Azerbaijani citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

Current squad

As of 7 August 2016

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 Farid Aghayev 2 GK  AZE Tural Abbaszade 3 GK  IRN Omid Masumi 4 DF  AZE Afsar Mammadov 5 DF  AZE Ulvi Kalashov 6 DF  AZE Suleyman Mustafazade 7 DF  AZE Farid Guliyev 8 DF  AZE Rashad Soltanov 9 DF  AZE Imran Tahmirazli 10 DF  AZE Akbar Ahmadov 11 DF  AZE Elvin Aliyev 12 DF  AZE Eltun Khudadatov 13 MF  AZE Elnur Abdulov

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  AZE Jamshid Maharramov 15 MF  AZE Aslan Huseynov 16 MF  AZE Samir Abdulov 17 MF  AZE Elmir Namazov 18 MF  AZE Mirgasim Cabbarli 19 MF  AZE Aziz Huseynov 20 MF  AZE Mirkamil Hashimli 21 MF  AZE Zeynalabdin Huseynov 22 MF  IRN Saed Fakharishalde 23 MF  IRN Changiz Shahriari 24 FW  AZE Ceyhun Abdullayev 25 FW  IRN Javid Taleb 26 FW  UKR Yasyn Khamid

Managers

As of Match played 24 October 2014

Name	Managerial Tenure	P	W	D	L	Win %
Asim İbrahimov	? 2010 – 2011	?	?	?	?	0
Bahman Hasanov	? 2011 – Sep 2011	6	0	3	3	0
Vladislav Kadyrov	Sep 2011 – Feb 2012	13	5	4	4	38.46
Bahman Hasanov	Feb 2012 – Jun 2012	14	5	4	5	35.71
Cevat Güler	Jul 2012 – Aug 2012	4	0	3	1	0
Bahman Hasanov (Caretaker)	Aug 2012  – Sep 2012	2	1	0	1	50
Kemal Alispahić	Sept 2012  – Dec 2012	13	5	1	8	38.46
Ramil Aliyev	Dec 2012 – Aug 2013	16	8	0	8	50
Vladislav Kadyrov	Aug 2013 – Oct 2013	7	1	3	3	14.29
Shahin Diniyev	Oct 2013 – Jan 2014	11	1	3	7	9.09
Güvenç Kurtar	Jan 2014 – May 2014	22	3	6	13	13.64
Ramil Aliyev	Jun 2014 – Jul 2015	31	21	4	6	67.74
Emin Quliyev	Jul 2015 – 17 Oct 2015	8	0	2	6	0
Bahman Hasanov	17 Oct 2015  –	0	0	0	0	0

Records

Further information: List of Ravan Baku FK records and statistics