2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League

The 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 22nd season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Neftchi Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous season.

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season2013–14
ChampionsQarabağ
Matches played180
Goals scored416 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorerReynaldo (22 goals)
Biggest home winQarabağ 5–1 Sumgayit[1]
Qarabağ 5–1 Ravan Baku[2]
Biggest away winRavan 1–5 Inter[3]
Highest scoringQarabağ 4–3 Gabala[4]
Khazar Lankaran 4–3 Sumgayit
Longest winning run7 games
Qarabağ, AZAL
Longest unbeaten run11 games
Qarabağ
Longest losing run4 games
Ravan Baku, Sumgayit
Highest attendance10,000
Khazar 0–0 Neftchi
(25 August 2013)[5]
Lowest attendance150
Simurq 2–0 Ravan Baku
(3 August 2013)[6]
Average attendance1,608[7]

Teams

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Location of teams in 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League

Kəpəz and Turan were relegated from the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League.

The format of the league changed as a total of 10 teams contested the league, with two clubs relegated in the previous season and no teams promoted from the first division.[8] The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.[9]

As of this season, PFL announced that each player will have to wear not only the number, but also his name on the back of the jersey.[10]

Stadia and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationVenueCapacity[11]
AZALBakuAZAL Stadium3,000
BakuBakuFC Baku's Training Base2,000
GabalaGabalaGabala City Stadium4,000
InterBakuShafa Stadium8,000
KhazarLankaranLankaran City Stadium15,000
NeftchiBakuBakcell Arena11,000
QarabağAğdamTofig Bahramov Stadium31,200
RavanBakuBayil Stadium5,000
SimurqZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium3,500
SumgayitSumqayitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium16,000

Personnel and kits

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

TeamManagerTeam captainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
AZAL Vagif Sadygov Jahangir HasanzadeUmbroSilk Way
Baku Milinko Pantić Elvin MammadovKappa
Gabala Yuri Semin Volodimir LevinJomaPepsi[12]
Inter Kakhaber Tskhadadze Vagif JavadovUmbroIBA
Khazar Mustafa Denizli Rahid AmirguliyevPumaPalmali[13]
Neftçi Boyukagha Hajiyev Rashad SadiqovAdidasSOCAR
Qarabağ Gurban Gurbanov Rashad SadygovAdidasAzersun[14]
Ravan Güvenç Kurtar Ramazan AbbasovLegeaNissan[15]
Simurq Giorgi Chikhradze Ruslan PoladovJoma
Sumgayit Agil Mammadov Samir AbbasovUmbroAzerkimya[16]

Managerial changes

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TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Baku Božidar BandovićSacked20 May 2013[17]Pre-season Milinko Pantić14 June 2013
Gabala Luis Aragón (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker20 May 2013[18] Yuri Semin21 May 2013[18]
Sumgayit Bernhard RaabResigned11 June 2013[19] Agil Mammadov12 June 2013[19]
Neftchi Boyukagha Hajiyev25 July 2013[20] Tarlan Ahmadov26 July 2013[21]
Ravan Ramil Aliyev12 August 2012[22]10th Vladislav Kadyrov12 August 2013[22]
Vladislav KadyrovSacked5 October 2013[23]9th Shahin Diniyev7 October 2013
Neftchi Tarlan Ahmadov23 October 20132nd Nazim Suleymanov25 October 2013[24]
Khazar John ToshackResigned22 November 2013[25]8th Giovanni Melkiorre (caretaker)22 November 2013[25]
Giovanni Melkiorre (caretaker)End of tenure as caretaker3 December 2013 Mustafa Denizli3 December 2013
Ravan Shahin DiniyevResigned3 January 20149th Güvenç Kurtar3 January 2014
Neftchi Nazim Suleymanov8 January 20143rd Boyukagha Hajiyev11 January 2014
AZAL Vagif SadygovSacked16 March 20148th Tarlan Ahmadov17 March 2014[26]
Khazar Mustafa DenizliMutual Termination[27]16 May 20146thTBDTBD

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Qarabağ (C)3621966521+4472Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2Inter Baku3620796037+2367Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3Gabala36187114836+1261
4Neftçi Baku36179104743+460Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
5Baku36169115343+1057
6Khazar Lankaran361213114449−549
7Simurq361113123528+746
8AZAL36613172949−2031
9Sumgayit36510212761−3425
10Ravan Baku (R)36410222266−4422Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
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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Season statistics

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Scoring

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Top scorers

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As of 12 May 2014
RankPlayerClubGoals[33][34]
1 ReynaldoQarabağ22
2 Vagif JavadovInter14
4 Dragan ĆeranSimurq13
3 Danijel SubotićGabala12
5 Mbilla EtameKhazar11
6 Bachana TskhadadzeInter10
7 Leroy GeorgeQarabağ9
8 Rauf AliyevBaku8
ChumbinhoQarabağ
Afran IsmayilovBaku
Will JohnAZAL
12 LeonardoGabala7
Bahodir NasimovNeftchi
Stjepan PoljakSimurq
NildoKhazar
Lorenzo EbecilioGabala

Hat-tricks

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PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Bachana TskhadadzeInterRavan5–125 August 2013[35]
ReynaldoQarabağNeftchi4–128 February 2014[36]
ReynaldoQarabağInter4–17 May 2014

Clean sheets

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Discipline

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Player

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Club

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Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month
PlayerClub
August Javid HuseynovBaku
September Afran IsmayilovBaku
October ReynaldoQarabağ
November Vagif JavadovInter Baku
December Danijel SubotićGabala
February ReynaldoQarabağ
March ReynaldoQarabağ
April Richard AlmeidaQarabağ
May ReynaldoQarabağ

Last updated: 11 November 2013
Source: Azerbaijan Premier League

PFL Team of the Year

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The PFL team of the year was:[38]

See also

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References

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