2012–13 AZAL PFC season

The AZAL 2012–13 season was AZAL's eighth Azerbaijan Premier League season and their first season with Vagif Sadygov as manager. They participated in the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League, finishing 7th in the initial 22 game championship. They then went unbeaten, winning nine and drawing one, as the finished top of the Relegation Group with 57 points, 17 points clear of 8th placed Khazar Lankaran. They took part in the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup, which they were knocked out of at the second round stage by Simurq.

AZAL

2012–13 season
Chairman	Zaur Akhundov
Manager	Vagif Sadygov
Stadium	AZAL Arena
Premier League	7th
Azerbaijan Cup	Second Round vs Simurq
Top goalscorer	League: Nildo (21) All: Nildo (21)
Highest home attendance	2,500 vs Ravan Baku 11 August 2012
Lowest home attendance	200 vs Sumgayit 25 November 2012 200 vs Turan Tovuz 15 December 2012 200 vs Kəpəz 23 February 2013 200 vs Ravan Baku 19 April 2013 200 vs Sumgayit 8 May 2013
Average home league attendance	785
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

As of 10 April 2013

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 Amil Agajanov 2 DF  ESP Juanfran 3 DF  AZE Nduka Usim (Vice-captain) 4 DF  BRA Aílton 6 MF  AZE Tagim Novruzov 7 MF  AZE Javid Tagiyev 9 FW  AZE Elshan Mammadov 10 MF  AZE Tarlan Khalilov 11 MF  MAR Zouhir Benouahi 12 GK  AZE Jahangir Hasanzade (Captain) 15 DF  LVA Oskars Kļava 16 FW  BRA Nildo 17 MF  NGA Victor Igbekoyi

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  AZE Orkhan Safiyaroglu 20 DF  SRB Branislav Arsenijević 22 DF  AZE Ruslan Tagizade 23 DF  AZE Tural Narimanov 24 DF  UKR Ruslan Zubkov 25 MF  AZE Habil Nurəhmədov 27 GK  AZE Ruslan Majidov 28 MF  USA Will John 32 MF  SRB Vladimir Bogdanović 37 MF  LTU Andrius Velička 77 DF  AZE Saşa Yunisoğlu 99 MF  AZE Orkhan Hasanov

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  ESP Juanfran (from La Nucía)[1] 4 DF  BRA Aílton (Ferencvárosi)[2] 6 MF  AZE Tagim Novruzov (from Ravan) 7 MF  AZE Javid Tagiyev (from Turan Tovuz) 8 MF  TKM Elman Tagaýew (from Altyn Asyr)[3] 15 DF  LVA Oskars Kļava (from Liepājas Metalurgs)[4] 16 FW  BRA Nildo (from Górnik Leczna)[5] 18 FW  AZE Rahman Musayev (from Qaradağ) 21 FW  AZE Yasin Abbasov (from Sumgayit) 22 DF  AZE Ruslan Tagizade (from Neftchi Baku) 24 DF  UKR Ruslan Zubkov (from Odessa) 27 GK  AZE Ruslan Majidov (from Sumgayit) 28 MF  MDA Artur Pătraş (Politehnica Timișoara)[6] 33 GK  AZE Khayyam Hasanov (from Shusha) 37 FW  LTU Andrius Velička (from Ekranas) 77 FW  AZE Arif Isayev (from Gabala) 99 MF  AZE Orkhan Hasanov (from Neftchi 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  MKD Robert Petrov 6 DF  LTU Mindaugas Daunoravičius (to FK Nevėžis)[7] 10 MF  RUS Nugzar Kvirtiya (to Turan Tovuz) 13 DF  AZE Shahriyar Rahimov (loan return to Inter Baku) 15 FW  MDA Gheorghe Boghiu (to Milsami)[8] 19 MF  AZE Huseyn Akhundov (to Ravan Baku) 20 MF  SRB Mensur Limani (to KF Tirana)[9] 23 FW  BRA Tales Schutz (to Inter Baku) 24 DF  UKR Ruslan Zubkov (loan to Turan Tovuz) 88 MF  ALB Ervin Bulku (to Sepahan)[10]

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 24 DF  UKR Ruslan Zubkov (loan return from Turan Tovuz) 25 MF  AZE Habil Nurəhmədov (from Khazar Lankaran) 28 MF  USA Will John (from Oleksandriya, previously on loan to Missouri Comets) 32 MF  SRB Vladimir Bogdanović (from Panetolikos) 77 DF  AZE Saşa Yunisoğlu (from Neftchi 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 5 DF  AZE Agil Nabiyev (to Baku) 8 MF  TKM Elman Tagaýew (to Aşgabat) 14 DF  AZE Sabuhi Hasanov 18 MF  AZE Rahman Musayev 21 FW  AZE Yasin Abbasov (to Neftchala) 26 MF  AZE Etibar Shahmardanov (to Henstedt-Ulzburg) 28 MF  MDA Artur Pătraş (to Politehnica Chişinău)[11] 77 MF  AZE Arif Isayev (to Denizlispor)

Competitions

Friendlies

19 January 2013	AZAL	1 - 3	Volyn	Antalya, Turkey
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov  87'	Summary Report	Lopes  29'  41' Iliev  76'

22 January 2013	AZAL	1 - 1	Dalian Aerbin	Antalya, Turkey
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Velička  57'		Hoarau  87'

29 January 2013	AZAL	4 - 0	Zenith Myllypuro	Antalya, Turkey
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Nildo  34' Benouahi  54' Bogdanović  78' Igbekoyi  87'

1 February 2013	AZAL	4 - 0	Teteks	Antalya, Turkey
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Benouahi  35', 55' Novruzov  67' Hasanov  90+3'

Azerbaijan Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	7	8	7	32	25	+7	29	5	4	2	23	11	+12	2	4	5	9	14	−5

Last updated: 3 March 2013.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W
Position	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	5	4	3	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

4 August 2012 1	Sumgayit	2 – 2	AZAL	Sumgayit
18:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Aliyev  44' Fardjad-Azad  55'	Summary	Tagiyev  12' Benouahi  67'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Anar Salmanov

11 August 2012 2	AZAL	3 – 1	Ravan Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nildo  4' Benouahi  68', 73'	Summary	Varea  76'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Elchin Mammadov

18 August 2012 3	Kəpəz	0 – 2	AZAL	Ganja
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Nildo  30', 51'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

16 September 2012 5	AZAL	6 – 2	Qarabağ	Baku
18:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Arsenijević  13' Nildo  19', 49', 59', 77' Benouahi  43' (pen.)	Summary	Richard  81', 87'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aliyar Agayev

23 September 2012 6	AZAL	0 – 0	Inter Baku	Sumgayit
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Anar Salmanov

29 September 2012 7	Gabala	0 – 0	AZAL	Qabala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

3 October 2012 8	AZAL	0 – 2	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
18:30 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Scarlatache  41', 45'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

20 October 2012 9	Turan Tovuz	1 – 0	AZAL	Tovuz
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Günlü  13'	Summary		Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

26 October 2012 10	Simurq	1 – 1	AZAL	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Sattarly  90+4'	Summary	R.Tagizade  29'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

30 October 2012 11	AZAL	2 – 1	Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Igbekoyi  39' Nildo  76'	Summary	Horvat  10'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

4 November 2012 12	Qarabağ	2 – 0	AZAL	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Muarem  59' Javadov  65'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

19 November 2012 13	Ravan Baku	1 – 0	AZAL	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	N.Gurbanov  84'	Summary		Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Elçin Mämmädov

25 November 2012 14	AZAL	1 – 1	Sumgayit	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Fardjad-Azad  3'	Summary	Benouahi  9' (pen.)	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Äliyar Ağayev

2/3 December 2012^1 15	Khazar Lankaran	1 – 2	AZAL	Lankaran
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Subašić  21'	Summary	Tagizade  11' Benouahi  80'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

9 December 2012 16	Inter Baku	0 – 0	AZAL	Baku
15:15AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

15 December 2012 17	AZAL	0 – 0	Turan Tovuz	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

22 December 2012 18	Neftchi Baku	4 – 2	AZAL	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Flavinho  18' Wobay  36' Sadiqov  68' Imamverdiyev  89'	Summary	Benouahi  78' Nildo  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Eighth Kilometer District Stadium Attendance: 1000 Referee: Elchin Mammadov

9 February 2013 19	AZAL	1 – 1	Simurq	Baku
18:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Nildo  55'	Summary	Popović  2' Ramaldanov  62'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Anar Salmanov

13 February 2012 4	AZAL	1 – 2	Neftchi Baku	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Nildo  73'	Summary	Canales  28', 46'	Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

16 February 2013 20	Baku	2 – 0	AZAL	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Nabiyev  42' Horvat  80'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

23 February 2013 21	AZAL	3 – 0	Kəpəz	Baku
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Tagiyev  27' Safiyaroglu  37' Igbekoyi  81'	Summary		Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

3 March 2012 22	AZAL	6 – 1	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Igbekoyi  19' Tagiyev  47', 64' Arsenijević  75' Benouahi  80' John  89'	Summary	Dabo  14' Hüseynov  64'  83'	Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Gabala	22	9	5	8	26	27	−1	32	Qualification for championship group
6	Baku	22	6	12	4	24	15	+9	30
7	AZAL	22	7	8	7	32	25	+7	29	Qualification for relegation group
8	Khazar Lankaran	22	7	7	8	32	27	+5	28
9	Turan	22	6	5	11	24	35	−11	23

Source: Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan and Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

• Note 1: The match was originally played on 02.12.2012 but suspended in 54th minute at 1-1 due to fog. The remaining minutes were played the next day.[12]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	9	1	0	25	8	+17	28	5	0	0	12	3	+9	4	1	0	13	5	+8

Last updated: 20 May 2013.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2013. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

13 March 2013 23	Kəpəz	1 – 3	AZAL	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Guliyev  53'	Summary	Nildo  17', 29' (pen.) Igbekoyi  47'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

30 March 2013 24	Khazar Lankaran	1 – 1	AZAL	Lankaran
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Silva  34'	Summary	Kļava  23' Aílton  20'  72'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

7 April 2013 25	AZAL	2 – 0	Turan Tovuz	Baku
17:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Nildo  16' John  75'	Summary		Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Anar Salmanov

14 April 2013 26	Sumgayit	0 – 2	AZAL	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Tagizade  6' Nildo  30'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

19 April 2013 27	AZAL	3 – 2	Ravan Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nildo  5' John  58', 84'	Summary	Abbasov  68' Kalonas  90+3'	Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

28 April 2013 28	AZAL	2 – 0	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Igbekoyi  21' Tagiyev  64'	Summary	Allahverdiyev  45'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 650 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

3 May 2013 29	Turan Tovuz	0 – 2	AZAL	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Nildo  7', 27' Tagiyev  28'  45+3'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 30 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

8 May 2013 30	AZAL	1 – 0	Sumgayit	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nildo  70'	Summary		Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

14 May 2013 31	Ravan Baku	3 – 5	AZAL	Baku
17:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Igbekoyi  28' (o.g.) Adamović  44' Abbasov  52' Orlovschi  85'	Summary	Tagizade  12' Igbekoyi  31' Novruzov  63' Nildo  66', 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

18 May 2013 32	AZAL	4 – 0	Kəpəz	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Igbekoyi  6', 30' Tagizade  30' Kļava  70'	Summary		Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Ramil Ähmädov

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	AZAL	32	16	9	7	57	32	+25	57
8	Khazar Lankaran	32	10	10	12	40	37	+3	40	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
9	Ravan Baku	32	12	4	16	46	53	−7	40
10	Sumgayit	32	9	8	15	31	49	−18	35
11	Turan (R)	32	8	6	18	34	59	−25	30	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division

Source: Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Khazar Lankaran qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League as winner of the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup.

Azerbaijan Cup

28 November 2012 Second Round	AZAL	0 – 1	Simurq	Baku
17:45 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	R.Poladov  26'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

Squad statistics

As of 21 May 2013

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Amil Agajanov	9	0	8+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF		Juanfran	30	0	29+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Nduka Usim	28	0	25+2	0	1+0	0
4	DF		Junior Ailton	28	0	27+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF		Tagim Novruzov	29	1	27+1	1	1+0	0
7	MF		Javid Tagiyev	26	5	17+8	5	1+0	0
9	FW		Elshan Mammadov	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
10	MF		Tarlan Khalilov	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Zouhir Benouahi	26	8	24+1	8	0+1	0
12	GK		Jahangir Hasanzade	19	0	19+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Orkhan Safiyaroglu	5	0	2+2	0	0+1	0
15	DF		Oskars Kļava	26	2	20+5	2	1+0	0
16	FW		Nildo	33	21	30+2	21	1+0	0
17	MF		Victor Igbekoyi	30	8	28+1	8	1+0	0
19	MF		Orkhan Safiyaroglu	7	1	5+2	1	0+0	0
20	DF		Branislav Arsenijević	32	2	30+1	2	1+0	0
22	DF		Ruslan Tagizade	26	5	16+10	5	0+0	0
23	DF		Tural Narimanov	11	0	6+5	0	0+0	0
27	GK		Ruslan Majidov	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0
28	MF		Will John	6	4	3+3	4	0+0	0
32	MF		Vladimir Bogdanović	14	0	7+7	0	0+0	0
37	MF		Andrius Velicka	15	0	4+11	0	0+0	0
77	DF		Saşa Yunisoğlu	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
99	MF		Orkhan Hasanov	14	0	7+7	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for AZAL no longer at the club:
5	DF		Agil Nabiyev	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Elman Tagaýew	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Etibar Shahmardanov	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
28	MF		Artur Pătraş	8	0	6+1	0	1+0	0
77	FW		Arif Isayev	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	FW		16	Nildo	21	0	21
2	MF		11	Zouhir Benouahi	8	0	8
	FW		17	Victor Igbekoyi	8	0	8
4	MF		7	Javid Tagiyev	5	0	5
5	MF		28	Will John	4	0	4
	DF		22	Ruslan Tagizade	4	0	4
7	DF		20	Branislav Arsenijević	2	0	2
	DF		15	Oskars Kļava	2	0	2
9	MF		19	Orkhan Safiyaroglu	1	0	1
	MF		6	Tagim Novruzov	1	0	1
				TOTALS	57	0	57

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Total
1		GK	Amil Agajanov	3	0	0	0	3	0
2		DF	Juanfran	5	0	0	0	5	0
3		DF	Nduka Usim	3	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Junior Ailton	4	1	0	0	4	1
6		MF	Tagim Novruzov	11	0	0	0	11	0
7		MF	Javid Tagiyev	5	1	0	0	5	1
11		MF	Zouhir Benouahi	4	0	0	0	4	0
12		GK	Jahangir Hasanzade	1	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Oskars Kļava	9	0	1	0	10	0
17		FW	Victor Igbekoyi	6	0	0	0	6	0
20		DF	Branislav Arsenijević	2	0	0	0	2	0
22		DF	Ruslan Tagizade	7	0	0	0	7	0
23		DF	Tural Narimanov	1	0	0	0	1	0
26		MF	Etibar Shahmardanov	1	0	0	0	1	0
28		MF	Artur Pătraş	1	0	0	0	1	0
32		MF	Vladimir Bogdanović	1	0	0	0	1	0
37		MF	Andrius Velička	1	0	0	0	1	0
99		MF	Orkhan Hasanov	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	66	2	1	0	67	2

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External links

• Official website
• AZAL PFC at PFL.AZ