2007–08 FK Baku season

The FK Baku 2007-08 season was Baku's tenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and was their first season with Gjoko Hadžievski as their manager, having replaced Boyukagha Hajiyev in July 2007. They finished the season in 8th place in the league and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Quarterfinal stage by Gabala.

Baku

2007-08 season
President	Hafiz Mammadov
Manager	Gjoko Hadžievski
Stadium	Tofig Bakhramov Stadium
Premier League	8th
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarterfinals vs Gabala
Intertoto Cup	First Round vs Dacia Chișinău
Top goalscorer	Fernando Néstor Pérez (8)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

[1][2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  AZE Andrezinho [3] 3 DF  AZE Rafael Amirbekov 5 DF  AZE Ilgar Abdurahmanov 6 DF  AZE Vugar Guliev 7 DF  AZE Asif Abbasov 8 MF  BUL Asen Nikolov 10 MF  GEO Amiran Mujiri 12 FW  ARG Fernando Nestor Pérez 14 MF  GEO Aleksandr Gogoberishvili 15 MF  AZE Jamshid Maharramov 16 FW  AZE Farid Guliev 17 FW  NGA Ahmad Tijani 18 MF  AZE Hafiz Aliyev 19 DF  SRB Bojan Ilić 20 MF  AZE Elnur Abbasov 22 MF  AZE Vasif Aliyev 23 GK  SEN Khalidou Sissokho

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK  AZE Orkhan Mirzaev 26 MF  AZE Tarlan Khalilov 27 FW  AZE Emin Amiraslanov 55 FW  AZE Leandro Gomes [4] 67 MF  AZE Ramal Huseynov 77 MF  AZE Elnur Abdullaev — GK  AZE Aqil Mammadov — DF  AZE Sabuhi Hasanov — DF  AZE Elnur Yusifov — DF  BUL Stanislav Bachev — DF  SRB Dejan Branković — MF  CRO Ernad Skulić — FW  AZE Anatoli Ponomarev (loan from Östers IF) — FW  AZE Bakhtiyar Soltanov — FW  MKD Cvetan Čurlinov — FW  SEN Ely Cissé

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  AZE Ilgar Abdurahmanov (from Simurq) 8 MF  BUL Asen Nikolov (from Partizan) 9 FW  PAR Israel Rodríguez (from Sportivo Luqueño) 15 MF  AZE Jamshid Maharramov (from Karvan) 17 FW  NGA Ahmad Tijani (from Shahdag) 19 DF  SRB Bojan Ilic (from Qarabağ) 22 FW  AZE Vasif Aliyev (from Gabala) — DF  BUL Stanislav Bachev (from Marek Dupnitsa) — DF  CMR Hiobi Hiobi Willy Jackson (from Tonnerre Kalara Club de Yaoundé) — FW  AZE Bakhtiyar Soltanov (Youth Team)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  AZE Rail Malikov (to Neftchi Baku) — DF  AZE Ramin Guliv (to Neftchi Baku) — MF  AZE Jeyhun Sultanov (to Khazar Lankaran) — MF  AZE Ilgar Guliev — MF  SRB Darko Jovandić (to Banat Zrenjanin) — FW  AZE Ramazan Abbasov (to Neftchi Baku) — FW  AZE Samir Musayev (to Simurq) — FW  AZE Emin Amiraslanov (to Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  AZE Hafiz Aliyev (from Turan Tovuz) — DF  SRB Dejan Branković (from OFK Beograd) — MF  CRO Ernad Skulić (from Inter Zaprešić) — FW  MKD Cvetan Čurlinov (from Žalgiris Vilnius) — FW  AZE Anatoli Ponomarev (loan from Östers IF) — FW  SEN Ely Cissé (from Kasımpaşa)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CMR Hiobi Hiobi Willy Jackson (to Deportivo Mongomo) 9 FW  PAR Israel Rodríguez (to Standard Baku)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

[5][6]

Results

12 August 2007 1	Baku	3 – 1	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Khalilov  14' Mujiri  18' Pérez  30'	Summary	N.Tagiev  86'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

19 August 2007 2	Gabala	2 – 0	Baku	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Balamestny  76' Aptsiauri  80'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

25 August 2007 3	Baku	0 – 0	Inter Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

1 September 2007 4	Standard Baku	1 – 1	Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	T.Narimanov  78'	Summary	I.Rodríguez  50'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

15 September 2007 5	Baku	2 – 1	Masallı	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	V.Guliev  85' Gogoberishvili  87'	Summary	Osmar  55'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

23 September 2007 6	Baku	5 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Sadiqov  .' (o.g.)	Summary	Amirbekov  .' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

30 September 2007 7	Olimpik Baku	3 – 0	Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Junivan  6', 70' Y.Abuzerov  45'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

7 October 2007 8	Baku	1 – 1	Simurq	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tijani  47'	Summary	R.Hajiyev  23'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

28 October 2007 9	Karvan	0 – 1	Baku	Yevlakh
22:25 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Pérez  51'	Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium

4 November 2007 10	Baku	2 – 2	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gomes  41' (pen.) Pérez  56'	Summary	Juninho  4' Ramazanov  31'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

10 November 2007 11	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hajiyev  90'	Summary	Tijani  7'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium^1

24 November 2007 12	Baku	0 – 0	ABN Bärdä	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

2 December 2007 13	Turan Tovuz	0 – 2	Baku	Tovuz
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Pérez  76' Tijani  83'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium

16 February 2008 14	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	0 – 3	Baku	Sumqayit
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Mujiri  14' Maharramov  57' Pérez  83'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium

24 February 2008 15	Baku	3 – 0	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Tijani  16' Cissé  56' Ponomarev  86'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

1 March 2008 16	Inter Baku	1 – 0	Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zlatinov  90'	Summary		Stadium: Zabrat Stadium

16 March 2008 17	Baku	0 – 1	Standard Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Gutierrez  9'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

29 March 2008 19	Neftchi Baku	3 – 2	Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Subašić  3' Adamia  28' Kruglov  31'	Summary	Gomes  22' Pérez  76'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

6 April 2008 20	Baku	0 – 1	Olimpik Baku	Baku
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	S.Musayev  55'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

13 April 2008 21	Simurq	0 – 0	Baku	Zaqatala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

20 April 2008 22	Baku	3 – 3	Karvan	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Cissé  15' Tijani  27' Branković  39'	Summary	Camara  13' Akhalkatsi  30' Zeynalov  68'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

26 April 2008 18	Masallı	2 – 0	Baku	Masally
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nadirov  20' (pen.) Dadashev  86'	Summary		Stadium: Anatoly Banishevski Stadium

4 May 2008 23	Khazar Lankaran	0 – 0	Baku	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

12 May 2008 24	Baku	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

17 May 2008 25	ABN Bärdä	0 – 4	Baku	Barda
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Bachev  25' Cissé  49' Mujiri  54' Abdullaev  78'	Stadium: Barda City Stadium

27 May 2008 26	Baku	2 – 2	Turan Tovuz	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Pérez  50', 84'	Summary	Beraia  5', 19'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Gabala	26	11	3	12	33	36	−3	36
7	Simurq	26	9	9	8	31	25	+6	36
8	Baku	26	8	11	7	35	26	+9	35
9	Standard Baku	26	8	8	10	36	26	+10	32
10	FK Masallı	26	8	6	12	30	40	−10	30

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Azerbaijan Cup

26 September 2007 1st Round 1st Leg	Standard Baku II	1 – 5	Baku	Baku
		[ Summary]

3 October 2007 1st Round 2nd Leg	Baku	Not Played (5 – 1 agg.)	Standard Baku II	Baku
		[ Summary]		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

24 October 2007 Round of 16 1st Leg	Baku	3 – 0	Inter Baku II	Baku
		[ Summary]		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

30 October 2007 Round of 16 2nd Leg	Inter Baku II	0 – 2 (0 – 5 agg.)	Baku	Baku
		Summary	I.Rodríguez  28' Mujiri  55'

6 March 2008 Quarterfinals 1st Leg	Baku	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
	Tijani  28'	Summary Summary	Zargarov  21'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

19 March 2008 Quarterfinals 2nd Leg	Gabala	1 – 1 (2 – 2 agg.) (5 – 4 p)	Baku	Qabala
		Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Intertoto Cup

23 June 2007 First round 1st Leg	Baku	1 – 1	Dacia Chișinău	Baku, Azerbaijan
	Andronik  80' (o.g.)	Summary	Onila  45'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Ferenc Bede (Hungary)

30 June 2007 First round 2nd Leg	Dacia Chișinău	1 – 1 (2 – 2 agg.) (3 – 1 p)	Baku	Chișinău, Moldova
	Onila  7'	Summary	Mujiri  64'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
	Penalties
	Lipa Orbu Bolohan Guşilă Andronik		Nikolov Musayev Huseynov Amirbekov

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League[7]		Azerbaijan Cup		Intertoto Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Andrezinho	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Rafael Amirbekov	25	0	23	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF		Ilgar Abdurahmanov	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF		Vugar Guliev	11	1	9	1	0	0	2	0
7	DF		Asif Abbasov	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Asen Nikolov	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Amiran Mujiri	21	4	19	4	0	0	2	0
12	FW		Fernando Nestor Pérez	24	8	24	8	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Aleksandr Gogoberishvili	19	1	19	1	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Jamshid Maharramov	23	1	21	1	0	0	2	0
16	FW		Farid Guliev	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW		Ahmad Tijani	19	7	17	7	0	0	2	0
18	MF		Hafiz Aliyev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Bojan Ilic	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF		Elnur Abbasov	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Vasif Aliyev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK		Khalidou Sissokho	25	0	23	0	0	0	2	0
25	GK		Orkhan Mirzaev	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Tarlan Khalilov	14	1	12	1	0	0	2	0
27	FW		Emin Amiraslanov	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
55	FW		Leandro Gomes	19	3	19	3	0	0	0	0
67	MF		Ramal Huseynov	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
77	MF		Elnur Abdullaev	21	1	19	1	0	0	2	0
	GK		Aqil Mammadov	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Sabuhi Hasanov	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Elnur Yusifov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Stanislav Bachev	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
	DF		Dejan Branković	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
	MF		Ernad Skulić	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Anatoli Ponomarev	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bakhtiyar Soltanov	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Cvetan Čurlinov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ely Cissé	9	3	9	3	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Baku who left on loan during the season:
Players who appeared for Baku who left during the season:
9	FW		Samir Musayev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW		Israel Rodríguez	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League[7]	Azerbaijan Cup	Intertoto Cup	Total
1	FW		12	Fernando Nestor Pérez	8	0	0	8
2	FW		17	Ahmad Tijani	7	1	0	8
3	MF		10	Amiran Mujiri	4	1	0	5
4	FW		55	Leandro Gomes	3	0	0	3
	FW			Ely Cissé	3	0	0	3
6	FW		9	Israel Rodríguez	1	1	0	2
7	MF		15	Jamshid Maharramov	1	0	0	1
	MF		14	Aleksandr Gogoberishvili	1	0	0	1
	MF		77	Elnur Abdullaev	1	0	0	1
	DF			Dejan Branković	1	0	0	1
	MF		26	Tarlan Khalilov	1	0	0	1
	DF			Stanislav Bachev	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Vugar Guliev	1	0	0	1
	FW			Anatoli Ponomarev	1	0	0	1
	FW		9	Samir Musayev	1	0	0	1
				Own Goal	1	0	1	2
				Unknown	0	9	0	9
				TOTALS	35	12	2	49

Notes

• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.[8]

References

1. http://www.national-football-teams.com/club/3103/2007_1/Baki_Fk.html
2. http://en.eufo.de/index/squad/fk-baku/2007-08
3. Andrezinho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but gained Azerbaijani citizenship in order to play for the national team.
4. Leandro Gomes was born in Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, but gained Azerbaijani citizenship in order to play for the national team.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-02-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. http://www.futbol24.com/national/Azerbaijan/Yuksek-Liqa/2007-2008/results/#statLR-Page=3
7. "Kim oynadı, kim vurdu – 2007/08" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
8. Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! (in Azerbaijani) Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine