2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League
2006–07 Azerbaijan Premier League was the fifteenth season of top-tier football in Azerbaijan. The season started with 14 teams, but ended with 13 after FK Gäncä were excluded. FK Baku were the defending champions with the season began on 5 August 2006 and ended on 23 May 2007. At the end of the season the league was dissolved and replaced by the Azerbaijan Premier League.
| Season | 2006–07 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Khazar Lenkoran |
| Relegated | FK Gäncä Sahdag Qusar |
| Champions League | Khazar Lenkoran |
| UEFA Cup | Neftchi Baku MKT Araz |
| Intertoto Cup | FK Baku |
| Matches played | 144 |
| Goals scored | 246 (1.71 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Zaur Ramazanov (20 goals) |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → | |
Teams
MOIK Baku and Göyazan Qazax were relegated after finishing the previous season in 13th and 14th place. They were replaced by Gilan Qäbälä and Simurq Zaqatala from the Azerbaijan First Division.
Stadia and locations
Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 2006–07
| Team | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| FK Baku | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | 29,858 |
| Gabala | Gabala City Stadium | 2,000 |
| Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium | 15,350 |
| Inter Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,200 |
| Kapaz | Ganja City Stadium | 26,120 |
| Karabakh | Guzanli Olympic Stadium1 | 15,000 |
| Karvan | Yevlakh Stadium | 5,000 |
| Khazar Lankaran | Lankaran City Stadium | 15,000 |
| MKT Araz | Heydar Aliyev Stadium | 8,500 |
| Neftchi Baku | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | 29,858 |
| Olimpik Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,200 |
| Shahdag Qusar | Shovkat Ordukhanov Stadium | 5,000 |
| Simurq Zaqatala | Zaqatala City Stadium | 4,000 |
| Turan Tovuz | Tovuz City Stadium | 10,000 |
1Karabakh played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.[1]
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khazar Lankaran (C) | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 16 | +34 | 56 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Neftçi Baku | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 15 | +32 | 54 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
| 3 | Baku | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 48 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Inter Baku | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 12 | +24 | 45 | |
| 5 | FK MKT-Araz | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 41 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
| 6 | Olimpik Baku | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 41 | |
| 7 | Karvan | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 35 | |
| 8 | Qarabağ | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 27 | |
| 9 | Simurq | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 25 | |
| 10 | Turan | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 20 | |
| 11 | Gabala | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 47 | −30 | 16 | |
| 12 | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 54 | −38 | 12 | |
| 13 | Şahdağ (R) | 24 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 47 | −32 | 11 | Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division |
| 14 | Ganja (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team excluded[lower-alpha 2] |
- MKT-Araz qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winner of the 2004–05 Azerbaijan Cup.
- FK Gäncä were excluded from the league due to financial problems.
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Zaur Ramazanov |
Khazar Lankaran | 20 |
| 2 | Khagani Mammadov |
Olimpik-Shuvalan | 13 |
| 3 |  Georgi Adamia |
Neftchi Baku | 10 |
| Samir Aliyev |
Inter Baku/Neftchi Baku | 10 | |
 Yacouba Bamba |
Karvan | 10 | |
| 6 |  Viktor Ibekoyi |
Turan Tovuz | 9 |
| Nadir Nabiev |
Neftchi Baku | 9 | |
| Ramin Nasibov |
Simurq | 9 | |
| 9 |  Anatolie Doroș |
MKT Araz | 8 |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samir Musayev | Qarabağ | Şahdağ | 3–1 | 10 August 2006 |
| Samir Aliyev | Inter Baku | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | 4–1 | 22 October 2006 |
| Khagani Mammadov | Olimpik-Shuvalan | Şahdağ | 3–1 | 13 December 2006 |
 Volodymyr Mazyar | Simurq | Qarabağ | 3–0 | 12 May 2007 |
| Zaur Ramazanov | Khazar Lankaran | Turan Tovuz | 3–2 | 12 May 2006 |
References
- Стадион в Гузанлы одобрен ПФЛ (in Russian)
- "Top 10 goal scorers" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- "Azerbaijan 2006/07". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
External links
- Azerbaijan 2006-07 RSSSF
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