The AZAL 2011–12 season was AZAL's seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season. AZAL finished the season in 7th place and were knocked out of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup by FK Baku in the Quarter-finals and by FC Minsk of Belarus in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
Nazim Suleymanov resigned as manager of AZAL during preseason, being replaced by Elkhan Abdullayev, who himself resigned in October, being replaced by Rafig Mirzayev. Mirzayev was the manager for 6 months before having his contract terminated by mutual consent in April 2012. Mais Azimov was appointed as a caretaker manager for one game before Vagif Sadygov was appointed manager on 6 April 2012. The team's kit was supplied by Umbro and their sponsor was Silk Way.
Squad
Transfers
Summer
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Out:
Winter
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Out:
Competitions
Azerbaijan Premier League
Results summary
Results by round
Results
Table
Azerbaijan Premier League Relegation Group
Results summary
Results by round
Results
Table
Azerbaijan Cup
Europa League
First qualifying round
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for AZAL no longer at the club:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueAzerbaijan CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 MF 11 Zouhir Benouahi 10 1 0 112 FW 23 Tales Schutz 10 0 0 103 MF 8 Elshan Mammadov 4 0 0 4 FW 15 Gheorghe Boghiu 5 0 0 55 MF 10 Nugzar Kvirtiya 2 1 0 3 MF 88 Ervin Bulku 3 0 0 3 DF 14 Orkhan Safiyaroglu 2 1 0 3 Own goal 2 0 1 39 MF 17 Victor Igbekoyi 1 0 1 2 MF 16 Branislav Arsenijević 2 0 0 2 MF 7 Tarlan Khalilov 2 0 0 212 DF 13 Tural Narimanov 1 0 0 1 DF 13 Shahriyar Rahimov 0 1 0 1TOTALS43 4 2 49
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNamePremier LeagueAzerbaijan CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 GK Amil Agajanov 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 02 DF Robert Petrov 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 03 DF Nduka Usim 6 0 0 0 1 1 7 15 DF Agil Nabiyev 7 1 1 0 1 0 9 16 DF Mindaugas Daunoravičius 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 07 MF Tarlan Khalilov 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 18 FW Elshan Mammadov 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 010 MF Nugzar Kvirtiya 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 111 MF Zouhir Benouahi 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 012 GK Jahangir Hasanzade 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 013 DF Shahriyar Rahimov 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 014 MF Orkhan Safiyaroglu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 015 FW Gheorghe Boghiu 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 016 MF Branislav Arsenijević 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 017 MF Victor Igbekoyi 6 2 2 0 1 0 9 219 MF Huseyn Akhundov 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 020 MF Mensur Limani 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 022 MF Elgun Abbasli 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 023 FW Tales Schutz 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 125 DF Tural Narimanov 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 025 FW Cristian Ruiz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 088 MF Ervin Bulku 8 0 1 0 0 0 9 0TOTALS8257141937
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