2008–09 AZAL PFC season

The Olimpik Baku 2008–09 season was Olimpik Baku's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season and their third season with Asgar Abdullayev as manager. They participated in the 2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League as well as the 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup, finishing the league in 6th place, being knocked out of the Cup at the Quarterfinal stage by Gabala and going out of the UEFA Cup at the 1st Qualifying Round stage after defeat to Vojvodina.

Olimpik Baku

2008–09 season
Chairman	Rasul Rasulov
Manager	Asgar Abdullayev
Stadium	Shafa Stadium
Premier League	6th
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarter-finals vs Gabala
UEFA Cup	1st Qualifying Round vs Vojvodina
Top goalscorer	League: Leandro Gomes (10) All: Leandro Gomes (10)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AZE Zabit Safarov 2 DF  MDA Serghei Laşcencov [1] 3 DF  AZE Nduka Usim [2] 4 DF  AZE Tarlan Ahmadov 5 MF  LTU Marijan Choruzi 6 DF  BRA Diano 7 DF  AZE Agil Nabiyev 8 FW  BRA Junivan 9 FW  AZE Samir Musayev 10 MF  TUN Bechir Mogaadi 11 MF  SRB Dragan Mandic 13 MF  AZE Nariman Azimov 14 MF  GEO Aleksandr Gogoberishvili

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  AZE Nizami Hajiyev 19 MF  GEO Revaz Getsadze 25 DF  AZE Mahir Shukurov 31 MF  AZE Samir Guliyev 35 FW  GEO Roman Akhalkatsi 44 GK  AZE Rauf Mehdiyev 55 FW  AZE Leandro Gomes [3] 77 DF  AZE Ramin Guliyev 96 GK  AZE Elshan Poladov — MF  AZE Rasif Safiyarov — MF  AZE Shahin Gurbanov — GK  AZE Jahangir Hasanzade

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 2 DF  MDA Serghei Laşcencov (from Karpaty Lviv) 5 MF  LTU Marijan Choruzi (from Ventspils) 6 DF  BRA Diano (from Belasitsa Petrich) 8 FW  BRA Junivan (from Turan Tovuz) 8 MF  AZE Arif Dashdemirov (from Masallı) 10 MF  TUN Bechir Mogaadi (from ES Hammam-Sousse) 17 DF  AZE Ramin Guliyev (from Neftchi Baku) 19 MF  GEO Revaz Getsadze (from Metalurgi Rustavi) 20 MF  AZE Nizami Hajiyev (from Inter Baku) 25 DF  AZE Mahir Shukurov (from Khazar Lankaran) 31 FW  GEO Mikheil Khutsishvili (from Dinamo Tbilisi) 35 MF  GEO Roman Akhalkatsi (from Karvan) 55 FW  AZE Leandro Gomes (from Baku)

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 2 DF  AZE Ilyas Gurbanov (to Mughan) 8 MF  AZE Arif Dashdemirov (to Standard Sumgayit) 10 MF  AZE Fabio Luis Ramim (to Baku) 17 MF  BRA Alessandro De Paula 21 FW  AZE Javid Huseynov (to Inter Baku) 22 FW  GUI Pathé Bangoura (to Mughan) — DF  MKD Bilal Velija (to Besa Kavajë) — MF  MKD Ilami Halimi (to Kastoria) — FW  AZE Narvik Sirkhayev (Retired)

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 14 MF  GEO Aleksandr Gogoberishvili (from Qarabağ) — GK  AZE Jahangir Hasanzade (from Gabala)

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 31 FW  GEO Mikheil Khutsishvili (to FK Vojvodina) 77 MF  AZE Yashar Abuzerov (to Gabala)[4]

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Results

10 August 2008 1	Olimpik Baku	1 – 1	Inter Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Gomes  86'	Summary	E.Mammadov  24'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

16 August 2008 2	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Olimpik Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ferhatovic  90'	Summary	Junivan  22'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium^2

24 August 2008 3	Olimpik Baku	1 – 0	FK Karvan	Baku
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Gomes  30'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

31 August 2008 4	Bakili Baku	1 – 2	Olimpik Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	A.Abbasov  90'	Summary	Musayev  24' Shukurov  86'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

20 September 2008 5	Olimpik Baku	0 – 1	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Tsvetkov  34'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

27 September 2008 6	Olimpik Baku	0 – 0	Standard Baku	Baku
16:30 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

4 October 2008 7	Baku	3 – 1	Olimpik Baku	Baku
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)	Mujiri  41' (pen.) Tijani  67' Fabio  87'	Summary	Lascencov  14' (pen.)	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

18 October 2008 8	Olimpik Baku	1 – 0	Gabala	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Getsadze  3'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

26 October 2008 9	Simurq	1 – 1	Olimpik Baku	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nasibov  44'	Summary	Getsadze  86'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

8 November 2008 10	Olimpik Baku	3 – 0	Turan Tovuz	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Lascencov  28' (pen.) Junivan  59' Mogaadi  85'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

16 November 2008 11	FK Mughan^2	0 – 1	Olimpik Baku	Salyan
14:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Junivan  73'	Stadium: Salyany Olympic Sport Complex Stadium

22 November 2008 12	Olimpik Baku	3 – 1	MOIK Baku	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Diano  23' Akhalkatsi  75' Mogaadi  89' (pen.)	Summary	Lascencov  43' (o.g.)	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

30 November 2008 13	Neftchi Baku	1 – 2	Olimpik Baku	Baku
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Bakhshiev  6'	Summary	Gomes  13' Getsadze  90'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

15 February 2009 14	Inter Baku	1 – 0	Olimpik Baku	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Accioly  62'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

21 February 2009 15	Olimpik Baku	0 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Ramazanov  24'	Stadium: Shafa Stadion

28 February 2009 16	Karvan	0 – 1	Olimpik Baku	Yevlakh
14:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Gomes  23'	Stadium: Yevlakh City Stadium

7 March 2009 17	Olimpik Baku	4 – 0	Bakili Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gomes  8', 10', 87' Junivan  58'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadion

14 March 2009 18	Khazar Lankaran	0 – 0	Olimpik Baku	Lankaran
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

22 March 2009 19	Standard Baku	0 – 0	Olimpik Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

5 April 2009 20	Olimpik Baku	2 – 1	Baku	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Junivan  51' Gomes  74'	Summary	Tijani  12'	Stadium: Shafa Stadion

12 April 2009 21	Gabala	1 – 1	Olimpik Baku	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Hatami  50'	Summary	Gomes  86'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

18 April 2009 22	Olimpik Baku	0 – 2	Simurq	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Bolkvadze  45' Mazyar  69'	Stadium: Shafa Stadion

26 April 2009 23	Turan Tovuz	1 – 0	Olimpik Baku	Tovuz
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Igbekoi  34'	Summary		Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium

3 May 2009 24	Olimpik Baku	1 – 0	FK Mughan^2	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Junivan  12'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadion

11 May 2009 25	MOIK Baku	1 – 6	Olimpik Baku	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Akhundov  80'	Summary	N.Azimov  30', 40', 56' Gomes  50' Hajiyev  73' Gogoberishvili  86'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

17 May 2009 26	Olimpik Baku	0 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadion

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Khazar Lankaran	26	15	5	6	49	21	+28	50
5	Qarabağ	26	14	7	5	35	22	+13	49	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6	Olimpik Baku	26	12	8	6	32	18	+14	44
7	Standard Baku	26	12	3	11	30	31	−1	39
8	Neftçi Baku	26	9	9	8	30	21	+9	36

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Karabakh won the 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Azerbaijan Cup

30 October 2008 Last 16 1st Leg	Olimpik Baku	1 – 0	Karvan	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Shukurov  52'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadion

5 November 2008 Last 16 2nd Leg	Karvan	0 – 1 (0 – 2 agg.)	Olimpik Baku	Yevlakh
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Diano  78'	Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium

25 February 2009 Quarterfinals 1st Leg	Gabala	1 - 1	Olimpik Baku	Qabala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kerimov  67' (pen.)	Summary	Mogaadi  35' (pen.)	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

11 March 2009 Quarterfinals 2nd Leg	Olimpik Baku	0 - 1 (1 - 2 agg.)	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Hatami  66'	Stadium: AZAL Stadium

UEFA Cup

Qualifying Rounds

17 July 2008 1st qualifying round 1st leg	Vojvodina	1 – 0	Olimpik Baku	Novi Sad, Serbia
22:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Đurić  59'	Report		Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium, Referee: Mark Whitby (Wales)

31 July 2008 1st qualifying round 2nd leg	Olimpik Baku	1 – 1 (1 – 2 agg.)	Vojvodina	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Akhalkatsi  49'	Report	Đurić  86'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Sandor Szabo (Hungary)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League[5]		Azerbaijan Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Serghei Laşcencov	21	2	19	2	0	0	2	0
3	DF		Usim Nduka	26	0	24	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Tarlan Ahmadov	25	0	23	0	0	0	2	0
5	MF		Marijan Choruzi	19	0	17	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF		Diano	23	1	21	1	0	0	1+1	0
7	DF		Agil Nabiyev	17	0	15	0	0	0	1+1	0
8	FW		Junivan	22	6	22	6	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Samir Musayev	17	1	15	1	0	0	0+2	0
10	MF		Bechir Mogaadi	20	2	18	2	0	0	2	0
11	MF		Dragan Mandic	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Nariman Azimov	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Aleksandr Gogoberishvili	13	1	13	1	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Nizami Hajiyev	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Revaz Getsadze	13	3	13	3	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Mahir Shukurov	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Vəliyev Arzuman	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Samir Guliyev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW		Roman Akhalkatsi	23	2	21	1	0	0	2	1
44	GK		Rauf Mehdiyev	21	0	19	0	0	0	2	0
55	GK		Leandro Gomes	25	10	24	10	0	0	1	0
77	DF		Ramin Guliyev	19	0	17	0	0	0	2	0
96	GK		Elshan Poladov	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Olimpik Baku and left during the season:
8	DF		Arif Dashdemirov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
31	FW		Mikheil Khutsishvili	12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
77	MF		Yashar Abuzerov	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League[6]	Azerbaijan Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW		55	Leandro Gomes	10	0	0	10
2	FW		8	Junivan	6	0	0	6
3	MF		19	Revaz Getsadze	3	0	0	3
	MF		13	Nariman Äzimov	3	0	0	3
	MF		10	Bechir Mogaadi	2	1	0	3
6	DF		2	Serghei Laşcencov	2	0	0	2
	DF		6	Diano	1	1	0	2
	DF		25	Mahir Shukurov	1	1	0	2
	FW		35	Roman Akhalkatsi	1	0	1	2
10	MF		20	Nizami Hajiyev	1	0	0	1
	FW		9	Samir Musayev	1	0	0	1
	MF		14	Aleksandr Gogoberishvili	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	32	3	1	36

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
7		DF	Agil Nabiyev	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
10		MF	Bechir Mogaadi	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17		DF	Ramin Guliyev	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
77		MF	Yashar Abuzerov	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0

Notes

• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.[7]
• On 31 October 2008, FK NBC Salyan changed their name to FK Mughan.[8]

References

1. Laşcencov was born in Zdolbuniv, Ukraine, but qualified to represent Moldova.
2. Usim was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but qualified to represent Azerbaijan.
3. Gomes was born in Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, but qualified to represent Azerbaijan.
4. "The four players signed a contract with". Gabala FC. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
5. "08-09 Stats" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
6. "09-10 Stats" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
7. Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
8. NBC is renamed

External links

• AZAL PFC Official Web Site
• AZAL PFC at PFL.AZ
• AZAL PFC Official Facebook Page