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

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Stadia and locations

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TeamVenueCapacity
Azerbaijan U-18
Bakılı BakuShafa Stadium (IV field)8,152
Bakı FahlasiIsmat Gayibov Stadium5,000
Dinamo BakuTofik Bakhramov Stadium29,858
KapazGanja City Stadium26,120
Khazri Buzovna
Khazar Sumgayit
Kur NurYashar Mammadzade Stadium5,000
MOIK BakuShafa Stadium (IV field)8,152
Neftchi BakuTofik Bakhramov Stadium29,858
Qarabağ AğdamGuzanli Olympic Stadium115,000
Qarabağ BärdäBarda City Stadium10,000
Shamkir
Turan TovuzTovuz City Stadium10,000
Viləş MasallıAnatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium8,000

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

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Kapaz (C)2622406710+5770Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2Dinamo Baku2616644820+2854Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3Shamkir2615924410+3454
4Qarabağ Ağdam2614754322+2149Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
5Bakı Fahlasi2614754528+1749Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
6Neftchi Baku2613494323+2043
7MOIK Baku2612773929+1043
8Viləş Masallı26105112638−1235
9Turan Tovuz2694132645−1931
10Bakili Baku2684143543−828
11Kur Nur2683152636−1027Team withdrew at the end of the season
12Khazar Sumgayit2642201554−3914
13Azerbaijan U-18 (R)2630231660−449Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
14Qarabağ Bärdä (R)2612231065−555
15Khazri Buzovna (R)8107625−193Team withdrew[a]
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Khazri Buzovna withdrew after the eighth round of fixtures and dissolved

Results

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Home \ AwayU18BFABKLDINKAPKHSKNUMOINEFQARQBÄSHATURMAS
Azerbaijan U-182–40–20–30–13–0[a]0–30–40–20–53–0[b]1–21–20–2
Bakı Fahlasi2–14–22–20–11–00–02–01–02–43–0[b]0–02–04–1
Bakılı3–01–22–60–33–01–02–40–30–23–0[b]1–12–05–0
Dinamo Baku4–00–00–01–13–25–01–21–13–03–0[b]2–02–02–1
Kapaz6–04–04–12–04–12–05–02–03–23–0[b]0–03–06–1
Khazar Sumgayit1–00–3[c]0–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]2–20–3[a]3–00–02–02–0
Kur Nur2–10–11–00–11–32–10–11–40–03–00–11–53–0
MOIK Baku2–11–12–10–11–12–10–01–02–13–0[b]1–13–01–1
Neftçi Baku2–03–14–12–00–13–0[a]2–02–11–13–11–13–01–2
Qarabağ1–02–21–00–10–01–03–22–11–03–0[b]0–03–13–0
Qarabağ Bärdä1–22–61–10–11–3[d]0–3[b]3–20–3[b]0–00–3[b]0–3[b]0–3[b]
Şəmkir3–02–03–0[c]4–10–13–0[a]2–02–12–03–0[c]2–07–01–1
Turan2–00–21–11–10–23–0[c]1–01–11–01–52–10–01–0
Viləş FK2–10–01–00–11–33–0[a]2–10–02–10–01–00–12–1
Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 1997-98
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Match rated as walkover due to the withdrawal of Khazar Sumgayit.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Match rated as walkover due to the withdrawal of Qarabağ Bärdä
  3. ^ a b c d Walkover.
  4. ^ Match counted as a defeat for both clubs.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals[2]
1 Nazim AliyevDinamo Baku / Khazar Sumgayit23
2 Badri KvaratskheliaKapaz20
3 Farrukh IsmayilovDinamo14
Vadim VasilyevBakı Fahlasi14
5 Samir AliyevBakili / MOIK13
6 Yalçın BağırovQarabağ / Dinamo10
Vüqar QəmbərovBakili10
Mushfig HuseynovQarabağ10
9 Gurban GurbanovNeftchi9
10 Ceyhun TanrıverdiyevMOIK / Kapaz8

References

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  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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