1993 Azerbaijan Top League

The 1993 Azerbaijan Top League was the second season of the Azerbaijan Top League and was contested by 20 clubs with 2 points awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and no points were awarded for a defeat. Neftchi Baku were unable to defend their championship, with Karabakh Agdam becoming the champions.

Azerbaijan Top League
Season1993
ChampionsQarabağ FK
RelegatedFK Daşqın Zaqatala
Boz Qurd Samukh
Nefteqaz
Avei Agstafa
Azneftyağ Baku
Ümid
Matches played184
Goals scored474 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerSamir Alakbarov (16)
1992

The 20 participating teams where divided into two groups of 10, and faced each other twice. The top two clubs at the end of the 18 games qualified for the championship play-off matches, whilst the bottom three clubs were relegated. However Nefteqaz were spared relegation after Daşqın Zaqatala were relegated due to their financial problems. At the start of the season Taraggi Baku changed their name to Azneftyag Baku, whilst newly promoted Kyur Samukh became Boz Qurd Samukh.

Stadia and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationVenueCapacity
Avei AgstafaAğstafa
Azeri BakuBaku
Azneftyag BakuBaku
Boz Qurd SamukhSamukh
Daşqın ZaqatalaZaqatala
İnşaatçı BakuBaku
İnşaatçı SabirabadSabirabad
KapazGanjaGanja City Stadium26,120
Khazar LankaranLankaran
Khazar SumgayitSumgayitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium15,350
KurMingachevirYashar Mammadzade Stadium5,000
Kürmük QakhQakh
FK MasallıMasallıAnatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium7,500
Neftchi BakuBakuTofiq Bahramov Stadium31,200
NefteqazQusarShovkat Ordukhanov Stadium5,000
Nicat MaştağaBakuIsmat Gayibov Stadium5,000
Pambygchi BardaBardaBarda City Stadium10,000
QarabağQuzanlıGuzanli Olympic Complex Stadium2,000
Turan TovuzTovuzTovuz City Stadium6,800
ÜmidCəlilabad

First round

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Group A

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Table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Kapaz1813414813+3530Qualification for play-offs
2Turan Tovuz181260344+3030
3PFC Neftchi Baku1811523911+2827
4Khazar Lankaran188552320+321
5Pambygchi Barda187471721−418
6Kur186662125−418
7Nicat Maştağa1871102327−415
8Avei Agstafa (R)1835101126−1511Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
9Azneftyag Baku (R)1832131233−218
10Ümid (R)180216856−482
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ AwayAVAKAPKHAKURNEFNMSABBTARTURÜMD
Avei Agstafa0–3[a]0–41–10–20–11–02–00–3[a]0–0
Kapaz3–0[a]5–14–12–01–01–14–02–23–0[a]
Khazar Lankaran1–11–22–11–01–00–01–12–42–0
Kur2–02–21–00–02–20–21–00–32–1
PFC Neftchi Baku1–12–01–02–22–15–23–10–07–0
Nicat Maştağa1–03–62–34–10–30–12–10–32–0
Pambygchi Barda2–00–40–00–10–51–01–00–12–2
Azneftyag Baku0–00–31–22–11–30–10–20–3[a]2–0
Turan Tovuz1–00–00–00–00–01–01–02–04–0
Ümid1–50–3[a]1–20–3[a]0–3[a]1–40–3[a]2–30–6
Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 1993
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Walkover.

Group B

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Table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Karabakh Agdam (C)189722311+1225Qualification for play-offs
2Khazar Sumgayit1811252915+1424
3Daşqın Zaqatala (R)189363022+821Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
4Azeri Baku189182328−519
5İnşaatçı Baku187472822+618
6FK Masallı187382124−317
7Kürmük Qakh186572526−117
8İnşaatçı Sabirabad (R)185672122−116Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
9Boz Qurd Samukh (R)184681930−1114
10Nefteqaz1833121938−199
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ AwayAZBBQSDZGINBINSKHSKQUMASNEQQAR
Azeri Baku2–11–02–11–01–03–02–03–20–1
Boz Qurd Samukh2–21–23–01–00–20–20–02–12–2
Daşqın Zaqatala2–10–02–02–01–24–13–15–02–0
İnşaatçı Baku4–05–12–20–02–04–13–22–10–0
İnşaatçı Sabirabad3–13–11–21–13–21–13–13–0[a]0–0
Khazar Sumgayit4–12–21–02–01–01–05–13–01–0
Kürmük Qakh4–13–02–22–04–01–12–11–11–1
FK Masallı1–01–13–01–01–01–02–02–00–0
Nefteqaz1–21–23–10–3[a]1–11–23–03–21–1
Qarabağ2–02–03–0[a]2–12–21–01–02–13–0[a]
Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 1993
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Championship play-offs

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Semifinals

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Kapaz0 – 0Khazar Sumgayit
Penalties
3 – 4
Karabakh Agdam1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Turan Tovuz
U.Guseinov 102'

Final

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Karabakh Agdam1 – 0Khazar Sumgayit
Y.Guseinov 36'

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals[1]
1 Samir AlakbarovNeftchi16
2 Gurban GurbanovDaşqın Zaqatala11
Nazim AliyevKhazar Sumgayit11
4 Mehman AllahverdiyevGäncä10
Musa QurbanovDaşqın Zaqatala10
6 İmamyar SüleymanovGäncä9
7 Fikrət Hüseynovİnşaatçı Baku8
Alay BəhramovFK Masallı8
Fazil ƏsədovKhazar Lenkoran8
10 Məqsəd YaqubəliyevTuran Tovuz7

References

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  1. ^ "Çempionatın bombardirləri: Top-10 - 1993" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
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