The 2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 16th season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Khazar Lankaran were the defending champions, having won the previous season.
Teams Shahdag Qusar were relegated after finishing the previous season in 13th. FK Gäncä, who were excluded from the league the previous season, also would not take part in the 2007–08 season. On 13 August 2007 UEFA declared MKT Araz defunct and withdrew their participation from the league.
They were replaced by ABN Bärdä, Masallı and Standard Baku from the Azerbaijan First Division.
Stadia and locations
TeamVenueCapacityABN BärdäBarda City Stadium10,000FK BakuTofik Bakhramov Stadium29,858GabalaGabala City Stadium2,000Gänclärbirliyi SumqayitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium15,350Inter BakuShafa Stadium8,200KarabakhGuzanli Olympic Stadium115,000KarvanYevlakh Stadium5,000Khazar LankaranLankaran City Stadium15,000FK MasallıAnatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium7,500Neftchi BakuTofik Bakhramov Stadium29,858Olimpik BakuShafa Stadium8,200Simurq ZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium4,000Standard BakuShafa Stadium8,200Turan TovuzTovuz City Stadium10,000
1Karabakh played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.Стадион в Гузанлы одобрен ПФЛ
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. TeamManagerTeam captainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorABN Bärdä Faig Jabbarov Baku Gjoko Hadžievski Gabala Ramiz Mammadov ErreàGänclärbirliyi Sumqayit Sabir Aliyev Inter Baku Valentyn Khodukin Karabakh Rasim Kara Karvan Tabriz Hasanov Khazar Lankaran Agaselim Mirjavadov FK Masallı Gahraman Aliyev Neftchi Baku Anatoliy Demyanenko Olimpik Baku Asgar Abdullayev Umbro Silk Way AirlinesSimurq Roman Pokora Standard Baku Yunis Huseynov Turan Tovuz Salahattin Darvand
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Neftchi Baku Vlastimil Petržela Sacked 5 January 2008 Anatoliy Demyanenko 5 January 2008
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Khagani MammadovInter192 Branimir SubašićNeftchi143 Walter GuglielmoneInter 11 JunivanOlimpik-Shuvalan11 Zaur RamazanovKhazar 116 Volodymyr MazyarSimurq107 Roman AkhalkatsiKarvan9 Georgi AdamiaNeftchi 99 Vitali BalamestnyGabala8 Léo RochaStandard Baku8
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Branimir Subašić Neftchi Gänclärbirliyi 6–2 Roman Akhalkatsi Karvan Turan 5–1 Khagani Mammadov Inter Turan 4–0 Vitali Balamestny4 Gabala Gänclärbirliyi 0–6 Anatolie Doroș Standard Gänclärbirliyi 5–1 Nadir Nabiyev Khazar Gänclärbirliyi 5–0 4 Player scored 4 goals
References
Azerbaijan - List of final tables (RSSSF)