The 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League was the eighteenth season of top-tier football in Azerbaijan. It began on 14 August 2009 and finished in May 2010. FK Baku were the defending champions.
The league was competed in two stages. The first stage consisted of a regular home-and-away round-robin schedule for a total of 22 matches per team. The competition then split into two halves. However, each team took over to the respective group only records earned against the remaining 5 teams in their second round group. The teams ranked first through sixth played out the championship and the European spots while the bottom six teams had to avoid one of the two relegation places.
Teams MOIK Baku and Bakili Baku were relegated after finishing the 2008–09 season in the bottom two places. Since the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan did not grant a Premier League license to any of the teams in the Azerbaijan First Division,uefa.com:Новый формат, новые ожидания the league size was reduced to twelve teams.
Stadia and locations
TeamLocationVenueCapacityAzerbaycan Peshekar Liqasi BakuTofig Bakhramov Stadium29,858InterBakuShafa Stadium7,840KarvanYevlakhYevlakh Stadium8,500KhazarLankaranLankaran City Stadium17,500MughanSalyanSalyany Olympic Stadium4,000NeftchiBakuIsmet Gaibov Stadium7,000Olimpik-ShuvalanBakuShafa Stadium7,840QarabağAghdamGuzanli Olympic Stadium15,000Qäbälä PFCQäbäläGabala City Stadium2,000SimurqZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium3,500StandardSumgayitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium26,000TuranTovuzTovuz City Stadium10,000
Personnel and sponsoring TeamHead coachTeam captainKitmakerShirt sponsorCüneyt BiçerJamshid MaharramovErreàInterKakhaber TskhadadzeSamir AbbasovAdidasIBAKarvanYunis HuseynovIsmayil MammadovAdidasAzneftemashKhazarAgaselim MirjavadovKamran AgaevPumaPalSüdMughanAlmir HurticElnur MammadovOlympikusNissanNeftchiArif AsadovRail MalikovAdidasSOCAROlimpik-ShuvalanNazim SuleymanovAgil NabiyevAdidasSilk WayQarabağGurban GurbanovAslan KerimovAdidasAzersun HoldingQäbälä PFCTony AdamsKanan KarimovAdidasSimurqRoman PokoraAlexandr MalyginAdidasStandardBoyukagha HajiyevAgil MammadovKappaBank StandardTuranNizami SadygovNadir NabiyevAdidas
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointmentInter BakuValentin KhodukinStatement of PSC "Inter"Resigned10 June 2009Kakhaber Tskhadadze10 June 2009Khazar LankaranIgor PonomaryovResigned11 June 2009Agaselim MirjavadovПолушок от ХЛ: Главный тренер – Мирджавадов, вице-президент – Пономарев! 16 June 2009Neftchi BakuBoyukaga AghayevMutual consent16 September 2009Vagif Sadygov«Несмотря на все, я помогу Фогтсу с Россией» 29 September 2009FK BakuGjoko HadžievskiХафиз Мамедов принял отставку Хаджиевски Resigned24 September 2009Bülent KorkmazBülent Korkmaz, Bakü yolunda 25 September 2009FK Standard SumgayitValdas IvanauskasValdas İvanauskas istefya gönədirildi Sacked21 October 2009Boyukagha Hajiyev23 October 2009Olimpik-ShuvalanAsgar AbdullayevАскер Абдуллаев подал в отставку Resigned23 November 2009Nazim SuleymanovНазим Сулейманов сменил Аскера Абдуллаева в ОШ 23 November 2009FK MughanKemal AlispahićМугань подтвердила факт ухода Алиспахича Sacked1 December 2009Almir HurtićАльмир Хуртич: Рад, что нет травмированных игроков 1 December 2009Neftchi BakuVagif SadygovVaqif Sadıqov istefaya göndərildi Sacked21 February 2010Arif AsadovArif Əsədov maksimum nəticə istəyir 25 February 2010FK BakuBülent KorkmazБюлент Коркмаз подал в отставку Resigned22 March 2010Cüneyt Biçer“Bakı”nın yeni baş məşqçisinin adı məlum oldu 3 April 2010
First round
League table
Results
Second round
Championship group
Relegation group
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Farid GuliyevStandard Sumgayit162Anatoli DorosOlimpik-Shuvalan12Robertas PoškusInter Baku124Adrian NeagaNeftchi Baku115JabáBaku10Nadir NabievTuran Tovuz107Mario SergioBaku9Allan LalínTuran Tovuz99Ģirts KarlsonsInter Baku810Khagani MammadovKarvan7
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result DateSamir Musayev Turan Tovuz Mughan 3–2 Ģirts Karlsons Inter Baku Turan Tovuz 3–1 Anatolie Doroș Olimpik-Shuvalan Turan Tovuz 4–1 Farid Guliyev4 Standard Karvan 6–0 Robertas Poškus Inter Baku Gabala 4–1 Nadir Nabiyev Turan Tovuz Karvan 4–1 Farid Guliyev Standard Simurq 4–0 4 Player scored 4 goals
Scoring First goal of the season: Oleg Gvelesiani own goal for Mughan against Standard Baku (14 August 2009) Fastest goal of the season: 1st minute, Allan Lalín for Khazar Lankaran against Standard Baku (17 October 2009) Jabá for Baku against Inter Baku (4 April 2010) Latest goal of the season: 95th minute, Tomasz Stolpa for Gabala against Neftchi Baku (3 April 2010) Largest winning margin: 6 goals Standard Baku 6–0 Karvan (9 May 2010) Highest scoring game: 7 goals Mughan 1–6 Inter Baku (18 October 2010) Standard Baku 3–4 Baku (5 December 2009) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals Standard Baku 6–0 Karvan (9 May 2010) Mughan 1–6 Inter Baku (18 October 2010) Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals Standard Baku 3–4 Baku (5 December 2009)
Clean sheets Most clean sheets: 17 Neftchi Baku Fewest clean sheets: 5 Mughan
Awards
Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthPlayerClubOctoberVagif JavadovFK QarabağNovemberMario SergioKhazar LankaranDecemberAfran IsmayilovРамин Мусаев: Главное, чтобы Афран не подхватил звездную болезнь FK QarabağJanuaryFebruaryKhagani MammadovЛучшие игроки февраля и марта названыь FK KarvanMarchAraz AbdullayevNeftchi BakuAprilMay
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