2014–15 Azerbaijan Cup

2014–15 Azerbaijan Cup

Tournament details
Country	Azerbaijan
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Qarabağ
Runner-up	Neftchi Baku
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	52 (2.26 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Vüqar Nadirov (5)

The 2014–15 Azerbaijan Cup was the 23rd season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan. The final of the cup has been played on 3 June 2015.^[1]

First round

The First Round games were drawn on 15 October 2014.^[2]

Qaradağ (2) v Zira (2)

22 October 2014 Match 1	Qaradağ (2)	1 – 0	Zira (2)	Baku
14:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nuriyev 16' (pen.)	Summary	T. Adigozelo  54'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: İnqilab Məmmədov

Lokomotiv-Bilajary (2) v MOIK Baku (2)

22 October 2014 Match 2	Lokomotiv-Bilajary (2)	0 – 1	MOIK Baku (2)	Baku
14:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Nəcəfov 53'	Stadium: FC Baku Training Ground Referee: Rəşad Əhmədov

Second round

The Two winners of the First Round will progress to the Second Round, which was drawn on 15 October 2014.^[2]

Neftchi Baku (1) v Qaradağ (2)

3 December 2014 Match 3	Neftchi Baku (1)	3 – 0	Qaradağ (2)	Baku
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Nfor 17' Cauê  68' Qurbanov 75' Denis 78'	Summary	A.Häsänov  68'	Stadium: Ismat Gayibov Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

Qarabağ (1) v MOIK Baku (2)

3 December 2014 Match 4	Qarabağ (1)	4 – 2	MOIK Baku (2)	Baku
15:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Emeghara 6' Richard 7' Veliyev  33' Medvedev 49' S.Aliyev  52' Nadirov 71'	Summary	Qəvami 35' Nəcəfov 88'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium^1 Attendance: 100 Referee: Xalil Xälilov

Gabala (1) v Ağsu (2)

3 December 2014 Match 5	Gabala (1)	3 – 0	Ağsu (2)	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Soltanov 2', 22' Farkaš 64'	Summary	N.Karimi  39'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Simurq (1) v Ravan Baku (2)

3 December 2014 Match 6	Simurq (1)	6 – 0	Ravan Baku (2)	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ćeran 9', 57' Zargarov  24' Stanojević 59' Gökdemir 60' Eyyubov  67' 75' Poljak 82' Weitzman  84'	Summary	O.Hasanov  29'  55'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

Sumgayit (1) v Baku (1)

3 December 2014 Match 7	Sumgayit (1)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p)	Baku (1)	Sumqayit
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	O.Aliyev  43' N.Mammadov  61' J.Hajiyev  65'  83' B.Näsirov  68'	Summary	A.Guliyev  27' V.Baybalayev  57' N.Gurbanov  62' Horvat  82'	Stadium: Kapital Bank Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Rahim Häsänov
	Penalties
	Aliyev Nasirov Mikayilov Poladov Hüseynov		Horvat Gurbanov Madatov Baybalayev Jabá Pelagias

Neftchala (2) v AZAL (1)

3 December 2014 Match 8	Neftchala (2)	1 – 2	AZAL (1)	Neftçala
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Aliyev 9' M.Bädälbäyli  21' R.Kärimov  67' M.Şahquliyev  82' V.Güläliyev  86' E.Adışirinli  90+4'	Summary	Eduardo  17' Mombongo-Dues 88' Kasradze 90+2' S.Rahimov  90+2' Juanfran  90+4'	Stadium: Nariman Narimanov Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ingilab Mämmädov

Khazar Lankaran (1) v Araz-Naxçıvan (1)

3 December 2014 Match 9	Khazar Lankaran (1)	Walkover^2	Araz-Naxçıvan (1)	Lankaran
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		[ Summary]		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

Shahdag Qusar (2) v Inter Baku (1)

3 December 2014 Match 10	Shahdag Qusar (2)	0 – 3	Inter Baku (1)	Qusar
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	D.Yusupov  64'	Summary	Tskhadadze 11' (pen.) E.Mammadov 40' Abbasov 90'	Stadium: Shovkat Ordukhanov Stadium Attendance: 200

Quarterfinals

The eight winners from the Second Round are drawn into four two-legged ties.

Neftchi Baku (1) v AZAL (1)

4 March 2015 Match 11 First leg	Neftchi Baku (1)	0 – 0	AZAL (1)	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Aliyev  34' Ramos  47' Flavinho  82'	Summary	Kļava  49' V.Igbekoi  65'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ingilab Mämmädov

AZAL (1) v Neftchi Baku (1)

13 March 2015 Match 11 Second leg	AZAL (1)	0 – 1 (0 – 1 agg.)	Neftchi Baku (1)	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kutsenko  26'	Summary	Wobay 19' S.Masimov  25' Ramos  45' M.Isayev  47' Yunuszade  63'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Ingilab Mämmädov

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Inter Baku (1) v Khazar Lankaran (1)

4 March 2015 Match 12 First leg	Inter Baku (1)	2 – 0	Khazar Lankaran (1)	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	D.Meza  38' Álvaro 41' Sankoh 69' (o.g.) Dashdemirov  73' Salukvadze  77'	Summary	E.Mirzäyev  29' S.Tounkara  72'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

Khazar Lankaran (1) v Inter Baku (1)

13 March 2015 Match 12 Second leg	Khazar Lankaran (1)	0 – 3 (0 – 5 agg.)	Inter Baku (1)	Lankaran
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Sankoh  14'	Summary	A.Mammadov 22' J.Diniyev  32' Aghayev  34' Dashdemirov 74' Nildo  87' Ismayilov 90+1'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

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Qarabağ (1) v Baku (1)

4 March 2015 Match 13 First leg	Qarabağ (1)	3 – 0	Baku (1)	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Reynaldo 6', 32' Nadirov 24' Teli  66'	Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium^1 Attendance: 500 Referee: Vusal Äliyev

Baku (1) v Qarabağ (1)

13 March 2015 Match 13 Second leg	Baku (1)	1 – 4 (1 – 7 agg.)	Qarabağ (1)	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Madatov 5' G.Aliyev  9'	Summary	Nadirov 12', 58', 69' Garayev  27' Taghiyev 56'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Xalili Xälilov

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Gabala (1) v Simurq (1)

4 March 2015 Match 14 First leg	Gabala (1)	0 – 3	Simurq (1)	Qabala
19:00 AZT (UTC+4)	U.Abbasov  41' Dodô  61'	Summary	Ćeran 17', 55' S.Zargarov  20' Melli  30' Lambot 57' T.Akhundov  81'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Simurq (1) v Gabala (1)

13 March 2015 Match 14 Second leg	Simurq (1)	0 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Gabala (1)	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	V.Mustafayev  4' Qirtimov  59'	Summary	B.Soltanov  32' Mendy  57' Huseynov  75' Santos  84'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

Semifinals

The four winners from the Quarterfinals were drawn into two two-legged ties.

Qarabağ (1) v Simurq (1)

13 April 2015 Match 15 First leg	Qarabağ (1)	1 – 0	Simurq (1)	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Taghiyev 15' Medvedev  27'	Summary	Qirtimov  66'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium^1 Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Simurq (1) v Qarabağ (1)

21 April 2015 Match 15 Second leg	Simurq (1)	0 – 0 (0 – 1 agg.)	Qarabağ (1)	Zaqatala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	E.Abdullayev  85' Kapsa  90+3'	Summary	George  40'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

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Neftchi Baku (1) v Inter Baku (1)

13 April 2015 Match 16 First leg	Neftchi Baku (1)	2 – 0	Inter Baku (1)	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Yunuszade  12' Canales 19', 71' Seyidov  62'	Summary	J.Diniyev  8' Aghayev  20'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ingilab Mämmädov

Inter Baku (1) v Neftchi Baku (1)

21 April 2015 Match 16 Second leg	Inter Baku (1)	2 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.)	Neftchi Baku (1)	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Abatsiyev  17' Dashdemirov 37' D.Meza  45+1' Tskhadadze 57'	Summary	E.Mehdiyev  19' Canales 27' Ramos  57' A.Guliyev  82' Abdullayev  90+3'	Stadium: Inter Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

Final

3 June 2015

20:00 AZST (UTC+5)

Qarabağ	3 – 1	Neftchi Baku
Reynaldo 5', 39' Muarem 85'	Summary	Nfor 77'

Gabala City Stadium, Qabala

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Rähim Häsänov

Scorers

5 goals:

• Vüqar Nadirov, Qarabağ

4 goals:

• Dragan Ćeran, Simurq
• Reynaldo, Qarabağ

3 goals:

• Nicolás Canales, Neftchi Baku

2 goals:

• Bakhtiyar Soltanov, Gabala
• Arif Dashdemirov, Inter Baku
• Bachana Tskhadadze, Inter Baku
• Röyal Nəcəfov, MOIK Baku
• Ernest Nfor, Neftchi Baku
• Javid Taghiyev, Qarabağ

1 goal:

• Freddy Mombongo-Dues, AZAL
• Lasha Kasradze, AZAL
• Pavol Farkaš, Gabala
• Mirsahib Abbasov, Inter Baku
• Afran Ismayilov, Inter Baku
• Asif Mammadov, Inter Baku
• Elvin Mammadov, Inter Baku
• Mikel Álvaro, Inter Baku
• Räfael Qävami, MOIK Baku
• Mahammad Aliyev, Neftchala
• Ruslan Qurbanov, Neftchi Baku
• Denis Silva, Neftchi Baku
• Julius Wobay, Neftchi Baku
• Maksim Medvedev, Qarabağ
• Richard Almeida, Qarabağ
• Muarem Muarem, Qarabağ
• Innocent Emeghara, Qarabağ
• Ramil Nuriyev, Qaradağ
• Ali Gökdemir, Simurq
• Rashad Eyyubov, Simurq
• Benjamin Lambot, Simurq
• Stjepan Poljak, Simurq
• Marko Stanojević, Simurq

Own goals:

• Alfred Sankoh (4 March 2015 vs Inter Baku)

Notes

• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.^[3]
• Following Araz-Naxçıvan's withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Premier League,^[4] Khazar Lankaran were awarded the victory.

References

1. "Финал Кубка Азербайджана перенесен на июнь". Azerisport.com. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
2. "Azərbaycan Kubokunda 2014/15 mövsümünün püşkü atıldı". www.azerisport.com (in Azerbaijani). Azerisport. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
3. Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
4. "Официально: ПФЛ подтвердила снятие Араза". www.azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azerifootball. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.