2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League
Appearance
Season | 2004–05 |
---|---|
Champions | Neftchi Baku |
Relegated | Karat Baki Shamkir Adliyya Baku Bakılı Baku Shafa Baku |
Champions League | Neftchi Baku |
UEFA Cup | Khazar Lankaran Baku |
Intertoto Cup | Karvan |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 738 (2.41 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Zaur Ramazanov (21) |
Biggest home win | Khazar Lankaran 6-0 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit Adliyya Baku 6-0 MOIK Baku |
Biggest away win | Bakılı 2-7 Baku |
Highest scoring | Bakılı 2-7 Baku |
← 2003–04 2005–06 → |
The 2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League was the thirteenth season of the Top League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 7 August 2004 and finished on 24 May 2005. Neftchi Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous season, and they retained the title after defeating Khazar Lankaran in a playoff after both teams finished level on points and goal difference.
Teams
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Neftçi Baku (C) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 18 | +34 | 78 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round[a] |
2 | Khazar Lankaran | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 15 | +53 | 78 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
3 | Karvan | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 66 | 18 | +48 | 76 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
4 | Turan | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 73 | |
5 | Baku | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 60 | 14 | +46 | 73 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b] |
6 | Qarabağ | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 71 | |
7 | Inter Baku | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 66 | |
8 | FK MKT-Araz | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 57 | |
9 | Ganja | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 42 | |
10 | Karat Baki (R) | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 40 | Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division |
11 | Göyəzən | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 33 | |
12 | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 33 | |
13 | Şəmkir (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 32 | Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division |
14 | Şahdağ | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 32 | |
15 | MOIK Baku | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 30 | |
16 | Adliyya Baku (R) | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 66 | −42 | 25 | Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division |
17 | Bakili (R) | 34 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 71 | −49 | 14 | |
18 | Shafa Baku | 34 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 95 | −79 | 7 | Team Dissolved[c] |
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Neftçi Baku and Khazar Lankaran finished equal on points, and a championship play-off to determine the winner was won by Neftçi Baku.
- ^ Baku qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winner of the 2004–05 Azerbaijan Cup.
- ^ Safa withdrew during the winter break for financial reasons, all their remaining matches have been awarded 0-3 against them.
Results
[edit]Championship play-off
[edit]Neftchi Baku | 2 – 1 | Khazar Lankaran |
---|---|---|
Abbasov 68' Tagizade 73' |
Qurbanov 42' |
Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[1] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Zaur Ramazanov | Karvan | 21 |
2 | Samir Aliyev | Khazar Lankaran | 20 |
3 | Oktay Derelioğlu | Khazar Lankaran | 17 |
Farrukh Ismayilov | Karvan | 17 | |
5 | Issa Nikiema | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | 16 |
6 | Kanan Karimov | Turan Tovuz | 15 |
7 | Zaur Tagizade | Neftchi Baku | 14 |
8 | Fernando Pérez | Baku | 13 |
9 | [2] Leandro Gomes | Baku | 12 |
Vadim Vasilyev | Qarabağ | 12 |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Escort Essong | Şəmkir | Adliyya Baku | 3–1 | 8 August 2004 |
Issa Nikiema4 | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | Karat Baku | 5–0 | 12 August 2004 |
Samir Musayev | Qarabağ | Göyəzən | 4–2 | 26 September 2004 |
Zaur Ramazanov | Karvan | Ganja | 3–0 | 26 September 2004 |
Zaur Ramazanov | Karvan | Turan Tovuz | 4–3 | 17 October 2004 |
Vadim Vasilyev | Qarabağ | MOIK Baku | 3–0 | 31 October 2004 |
Samir Aliyev | Khazar Lankaran | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | 6–0 | 3 November 2004 |
Mikheil Khutsishvili4 | Ganja | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | 6–1 | 19 March 2005 |
Fernando Pérez4 | Baku | Göyəzən | 6–0 | 21 April 2005 |
Oktay Derelioğlu | Khazar Lankaran | Adliyya Baku | 6–1 | 3 May 2005 |
Shalva Mumladze | Şahdağ | Göyəzən | 3–1 | 15 May 2005 |
Yashar Abuzerov | Baku | Adliyya Baku | 4–0 | 24 May 2005 |
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
References
[edit]- ^ "Top 10 Goal Scorers" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ Did not become an Azerbaijani citizen until 2006
- ^ "Azerbaijan 2004/05". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
External links
[edit]- Azerbaijan 2004-05 RSSSF