1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League

The 1995-96 Azerbaijan Top League was the fifth season of the Azerbaijan Top League and was contested by 11 clubs and was the first season were 3 points were awarded for a win. Kəpəz were the defending champions but were unable to keep their title as Neftchi Baku completed a domestic double, winning their second Azerbaijan League title and the Azerbaijan Cup.

Azerbaijan Top League
Season1995-96
ChampionsNeftchi Baku
UEFA CupNeftchi Baku
Khazri Buzovna
Cup Winners' CupQarabağ
Matches played170
Top goalscorerRovshan Akhmedov
Fazil Parvanov (23)
1996-97 →

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 1995–96
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Venue Capacity
Bakı Fahlasi Baku Ismat Gayibov Stadium 5,000
Kapaz Ganja Ganja City Stadium 26,120
Qarabağ Quzanlı Guzanli Olympic Complex Stadium 2,000
Khazri Buzovna Buzovna
Kur-Nur Mingachevir Yashar Mammadzade Stadium 5,000
MOIK Baku Baku
Neftchi Baku Baku Tofiq Bahramov Stadium 31,200
Pambiqci Neftcala Neftçala
Shamkir Şəmkir Shamkir City Stadium
Turan Tovuz Tovuz Tovuz City Stadium 6,800
Viləş Masallı Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium 7,500

First round

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Khazri Buzovna 20 14 5 1 31 7 +24 47 Qualification for championship group
2 Kapaz 20 13 4 3 74 20 +54 43
3 Turan 20 13 2 5 41 24 +17 41
4 Qarabağ 20 12 4 4 38 15 +23 40
5 Neftçi Baku 20 11 6 3 42 17 +25 39
6 Kur-Nur 20 7 4 9 35 41 −6 25
7 Bakı Fahlasi 20 6 3 11 20 35 −15 21 Qualification for relegation group
8 FK Masallı 20 6 1 13 22 46 −24 19
9 MOIK Baku 20 5 1 14 16 43 −27 16
10 Şəmkir 20 3 4 13 15 39 −24 13
11 Pambiqci Neftcala 20 2 2 16 16 63 −47 8
Source: Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away BFA KAP KHB KNU MAS MOI NEF PNE QAR SHA TUR
Bakı Fahlasi 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–2 1–0 2–4 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–2
Kapaz 4–1 2–1 7–1 1–1 7–2 0–0 10–1 0–3 8–0 3–3
Khazri Buzovna 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1
Kur-Nur 1–1 0–5 0–3 5–0 5–3 0–4 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–2
FK Masallı 5–2 0–4 0–1 0–4 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 3–2 2–6
MOIK Baku 1–2 0–4 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–4
Neftçi Baku 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 5–0 5–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 3–1
Pambiqci Neftcala 0–1 2–10 0–1 3–5 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–7 0–0 1–4
Qarabağ 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–3
Şəmkir 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–4 3–0 1–2 0–2
Turan 0–1 0–2 0–3 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–1
Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 1995/96
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Neftçi Baku (C) 20 10 6 4 32 20 +12 36 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Khazri Buzovna 20 8 9 3 22 14 +8 33
3 Kapaz 20 9 5 6 34 21 +13 32
4 Turan 20 9 3 8 26 30 −4 30
5 Qarabağ 20 4 9 7 25 26 −1 21 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Kur-Nur 20 1 4 15 12 46 −34 7
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Karabakh Agdam qualified for the qualifying round of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as runners up in the 1995–96 Azerbaijan Cup since Neftchi Baku won both the League and the Cup

Results
Home \ Away KAP KHB KNU NEF QAR TUR
Kapaz 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1
Khazri Buzovna 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 4–1
Kur-Nur 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1
Neftçi Baku 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–2
Qarabağ 1–2 4–0 2–2 1–2 –[lower-alpha 1]
Turan 2–1 0–0 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 1–3 1–0
Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 1995/96
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match between Qarabağ and Turan was rated as 0–3 loss for both teams because of match-fixing.[1]
  2. Walkover.

Relegation group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Bakı Fahlasi 16 9 2 5 26 18 +8 29
8 FK Masallı 16 9 1 6 26 29 −3 28
9 Şəmkir 16 7 4 5 31 18 +13 25
10 MOIK Baku 16 6 2 8 14 16 −2 20
11 Pambiqci Neftcala 16 4 1 11 18 34 −16 13
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

    Results
    Home \ Away BFA MAS MOI PNE SHA
    Bakı Fahlasi 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 6–3 3–0
    FK Masallı 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0
    MOIK Baku 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0
    Pambiqci Neftcala 2–0 4–1 4–1 0–1
    Shamkir 0–1 9–2 2–0 8–2
    Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 1995/96
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    Notes:
    1. Walkover.

    Season statistics

    Top scorers
    Rank Player Club Goals[2]
    1 Azerbaijan Fazil Parvanov Kəpəz 23
    Azerbaijan Rovshan Akhmedov Kəpəz 23
    3 Azerbaijan Nazim Aliyev Neftchi Baku/Qarabağ 22
    4 Azerbaijan Musa Kurbanov Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz 15
    5 Azerbaijan Yadigar Süleymanov Kəpəz 14
    6 Azerbaijan Samir A. Məmmədov MOIK Baku/Kur Nur Mingechaur 13
    Azerbaijan Mehman İbrahimov Pambiqci Neftcala 13
    Azerbaijan Ələddin Abbasov Shamkir 13
    9 Azerbaijan Gurban Gurbanov Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz 12
    10 Azerbaijan İlham Məmmədov Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz/Neftchi Baku 11

    References
    1. "Yüksək dəstə - 1995/96" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
    2. "Çempionatın bombardirləri: Top-10 – 1995/96" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
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