1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League

The 1997-98 Azerbaijan Top League was the seventh season of the Azerbaijan Top League, since their independence from the USSR in August 1991, and was contested by 15 clubs. Kapaz won their second title and Qarabağ and the Azerbaijan U-18 team were relegated. Khazri Buzovna pulled out of the league and dissolved after 8 games, as did Kur Nur at the end of the season.

Azerbaijan Top League
Season1997–98
ChampionsKapaz
RelegatedAzerbaijan U-18
Qarabağ
Kur Nur
Khazri Buzovna
Champions LeagueKapaz
UEFA CupDinamo Baku
Cup Winners' CupQarabağ
Intertoto CupBakı Fahlasi
Top goalscorerNazim Aliyev (23)

Teams

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 1997–98
Team Venue Capacity
Azerbaijan U-18
Bakılı Baku Shafa Stadium (IV field) 8,152
Bakı Fahlasi Ismat Gayibov Stadium 5,000
Dinamo Baku Tofik Bakhramov Stadium 29,858
Kapaz Ganja City Stadium 26,120
Khazri Buzovna
Khazar Sumgayit
Kur Nur Yashar Mammadzade Stadium 5,000
MOIK Baku Shafa Stadium (IV field) 8,152
Neftchi Baku Tofik Bakhramov Stadium 29,858
Qarabağ Ağdam Guzanli Olympic Stadium1 15,000
Qarabağ Bärdä Barda City Stadium 10,000
Shamkir
Turan Tovuz Tovuz City Stadium 10,000
Viləş Masallı Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium 8,000

1Qarabağ played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.[1]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kapaz (C) 26 22 4 0 67 10 +57 70 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dinamo Baku 26 16 6 4 48 20 +28 54 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Shamkir 26 15 9 2 44 10 +34 54
4 Qarabağ Ağdam 26 14 7 5 43 22 +21 49 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
5 Bakı Fahlasi 26 14 7 5 45 28 +17 49 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
6 Neftchi Baku 26 13 4 9 43 23 +20 43
7 MOIK Baku 26 12 7 7 39 29 +10 43
8 Viləş Masallı 26 10 5 11 26 38 −12 35
9 Turan Tovuz 26 9 4 13 26 45 −19 31
10 Bakili Baku 26 8 4 14 35 43 −8 28
11 Kur Nur 26 8 3 15 26 36 −10 27 Team withdrew at the end of the season
12 Khazar Sumgayit 26 4 2 20 15 54 −39 14
13 Azerbaijan U-18 (R) 26 3 0 23 16 60 −44 9 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
14 Qarabağ Bärdä (R) 26 1 2 23 10 65 −55 5
15 Khazri Buzovna (R) 8 1 0 7 6 25 −19 3 Team withdrew[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Khazri Buzovna withdrew after the eighth round of fixtures and dissolved

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Nazim Aliyev Dinamo Baku / Khazar Sumgayit 23
2 Badri Kvaratskhelia Kapaz 20
3 Farrukh Ismayilov Dinamo 14
Vadim Vasilyev Bakı Fahlasi 14
5 Samir Aliyev Bakili / MOIK 13
6 Yalçın Bağırov Qarabağ / Dinamo 10
Vüqar Qəmbərov Bakili 10
Mushfig Huseynov Qarabağ 10
9 Gurban Gurbanov Neftchi 9
10 Ceyhun Tanrıverdiyev MOIK / Kapaz 8

References
  1. Стадион в Гузанлы одобрен ПФЛ (in Russian)
  2. "Çempionatın bombardirləri: Top-10 - 1997-98" (PDF). www.pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
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