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AZAL
2011–12 season
Chairman	Zaur Akhundov
Manager	Nazim Suleymanov; until 7 July 2011; Elkhan Abdullayev; 12 July – 31 October 2011; Rafig Mirzayev; 1 November 2011 – 2 April 2012; Mais Azimov; (caretaker) 2–6 April 2012; Vagif Sadygov; from 6 April 2011
Stadium	AZAL Arena
Premier League	7th
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarter-finals vs Baku
Europa League	1st Qualifying Round vs Minsk
Top goalscorer	League: Tales Schutz ; Zouhir Benouahi (10); All: Zouhir Benouahi (11)
Highest home attendance	2,800 vs Khazar ; 14 August 2011
Lowest home attendance	100 vs Turan ; 12 May 2012
Average home league attendance	887
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The AZAL 2011–12 season was AZAL's seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season. AZAL finished the season in 7th place and were knocked out of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup by FK Baku in the Quarter-finals and by FC Minsk of Belarus in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Nazim Suleymanov resigned as manager of AZAL during preseason,^[1] being replaced by Elkhan Abdullayev,^[2] who himself resigned in October,^[3] being replaced by Rafig Mirzayev. Mirzayev was the manager for 6 months before having his contract terminated by mutual consent in April 2012.^[4] Mais Azimov was appointed as a caretaker manager for one game^[5]^[6] before Vagif Sadygov was appointed manager on 6 April 2012.^[7] The team's kit was supplied by Umbro and their sponsor was Silk Way.

Squad

As of 7 February 2012

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AZE	Amil Ağacanov
2	DF	MKD	Robert Petrov
3	DF	AZE	Nduka Usim (2nd vice-captain)
5	DF	AZE	Aqil Nabiyev (captain)
6	DF	LTU	Mindavgas Daunoraviçius
7	MF	AZE	Tarlan Xalilov
8	FW	AZE	Əlşan Məmmədov
10	MF	RUS	Nuqzar Kvirtiya
11	MF	MAR	Zunair Benüahi
12	GK	AZE	Cəhangir Hasanzadə (1st vice-captain)
13	DF	AZE	Şəhriyar Rəhimov (on loan from Inter Baku)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	AZE	Orxan Safiyəroğlu
15	FW	MDA	Georqiy Boğiu
16	DF	SRB	Branişlav Arsənijeviç
17	MF	NGA	Viktor İqbekoyi
19	MF	AZE	Hüseyn Axundov
20	MF	SRB	Mənsur Limanı
22	MF	AZE	Elqun Abbaslı
23	FW	BRA	Tales Şutz
25	DF	AZE	Tural Nərimanov (on loan from Neftchi Baku)
88	MF	ALB	Ervin Bulku

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AZE	Amil Agajanov (from Mughan)
6	DF	LTU	Mindaugas Daunoravičius (from Tauras)
8	FW	AZE	Elshan Mammadov (from Mughan)
15	FW	MDA	Gheorghe Boghiu (from Milsami)^[8]
16	DF	SRB	Branislav Arsenijević (from Sarajevo)
23	FW	BRA	Tales Schutz (from South China AA)
25	FW	ARG	Christian Ruiz (from The Strongest)
88	MF	ALB	Ervin Bulku (from Hajduk Split)^[9]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	LVA	Ritus Krjauklis (to FK Liepājas Metalurgs)
8	FW	ALB	Eleandro Pema (to KS Kamza)
13	MF	SRB	Dragan Mandić (retired)
14	DF	AZE	Elvin Aliyev (to FK Baku)
15	FW	LTU	Gvidas Juska (to Banga)
20	FW	BLR	Gennadi Bliznyuk (to Belshina)
21	MF	SRB	Mirko Bunjevčević (to Zemun)
22	MF	AZE	Anar Hasanov (to FK Karvan)
24	FW	BUL	Enyo Krastovchev (to Inter Baku)
96	GK	AZE	Elshan Poladov (to FC Kəpəz)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	AZE	Shahriyar Rahimov (on loan from Inter Baku)
25	DF	AZE	Tural Narimanov (on loan from Neftchi Baku)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	MF	AZE	Vusal Garayev (to Ravan Baku)
23	MF	NGA	Pius Ikedia (to Mağusa Türk Gücü)
25	FW	ARG	Cristian Ruiz (to Deportivo Pereira)}

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	8	5	9	35	35	0	29	7	1	3	26	16	+10	1	4	6	9	19	−10

Last updated: 13 August 2011.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W
Position																						7

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

7 August 2011 1	Simurq	0–3	AZAL	Zaqatala City Stadium
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Shemonayev 67'	Summary	Benouahi 17', 46' Ramaldanov 90+3' (o.g.) Igbekoyi 13' 40'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

14 August 2011 2	AZAL	0–3	Khazar Lankaran	AZAL Stadium
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Piţ 13' Opara 61', 75'	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

18 August 2011 3	Gabala	1–1	AZAL	Gabala City Stadium
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Shukurov 11' Burton 50'	summary	Igbekoyi 43'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aliyar Agayev

27 August 2011 4	AZAL	3–1	Neftchi Baku	AZAL Stadium
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mammadov 45', 72' Bulku 56'	Summary	Georgievski 57'	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

11 September 2011 5	Kəpəz	3–1	AZAL	Ganja City Stadium
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Karimov 1' Feutchine 36' Fomenko 81'	Summary	Bulku 45+2'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

17 September 2011 6	AZAL	1–1	Inter Baku	AZAL Stadium
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Boghiu 49'	Summary	Levin 87'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

23 September 2011 7	AZAL	1–3	Qarabağ	AZAL Stadium
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Boghiu 3'	Summary	Arsenijević 15' (o.g.) Adamia 21', 77' Adamia 41' 82'	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Anar Salmanov

29 September 2011 8	Baku	0–0	AZAL	Tofig Bahramov Stadium
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Attendance: 420 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

15 October 2011 9	Turan Tovuz	0–0	AZAL	Tovuz City Stadium
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Beriashvili 45+1'	Summary		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

22 October 2011 10	AZAL	1–2	Ravan Baku	AZAL Stadium
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mammadov 35'	Summary	Zečević 27' Hodžić 89'	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

30 October 2011 11	Sumgayit	2–1	AZAL	Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Abdulov 5' Mammadov 33'	Summary	Schutz 70'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

5 November 2011 12	AZAL	3–0	Gabala	AZAL Stadium
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Schutz 50', 69' Khalilov 90'	Summary		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Anar Salmanov

19 November 2011 13	AZAL	2–0	Kəpəz	AZAL Stadium
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Arsenijević 38' Schutz 59'	Summary		Attendance: 1000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

25 November 2011 14	Inter Baku	1–1	AZAL	Shafa Stadium
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zargarov 54'	Summary	Schutz 10'	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

4 December 2011 15	AZAL	1–0	Baku	AZAL Stadium
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Schutz 16' Khalilov 79' 86'	Summary		Attendance: 1000 Referee: Anar Salmanov

11 December 2011 16	Neftchi Baku	7–1	AZAL	Ismat Gayibov Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kvirtiya 3' (o.g.) Nasimov 11' (pen.), 19', 32' Huseynov 52' Flavinho 56' Georgievski 77'	Summary	Benouahi 64'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

14 December 2011 17	AZAL	5–1	Simurq	AZAL Stadium
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov 17' Benouahi 19' (pen.) Schutz 49', 53' Boghiu 90+2'	Summary	Poškus 68'	Attendance: 950 Referee: Anar Salmanov

20 December 2011 18	Ravan Baku	3–1	AZAL	Dalga Arena
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Huseynov 34' Barlay 45+1' Igor Souza 60'	Summary	Benouahi 70'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

15 February 2012 19	Khazar Lankaran	1–0	AZAL	Lankaran City Stadium
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Amirguliev 74'	Summary		Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

21 February 2012 20	AZAL	3–2	Turan Tovuz	AZAL Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Benouahi 1', 71' Boghiu 78'	Summary	Nabiyev 38' Huseynov 90'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Alik Yunusov

2 March 2012 21	Qarabağ	1–0	AZAL	Guzanli Olympic Stadium
14:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Aliyev 80'	Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

7 March 2012 22	AZAL	6–3	Sumgayit	AZAL Stadium
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Schutz 30', 71' Benouahi 33', 53' Arsenijević 55' Khalilov 72'	Summary	Aliyev 54' Pamuk 76' Mustafayev 78' (pen.)	Attendance: 300 Referee: Elvin Askerov

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Baku	22	10	5	7	27	22	+5	35	Qualification for championship group
6	Gabala	22	10	5	7	27	23	+4	35	Qualification for championship group
7	AZAL	22	8	5	9	35	35	0	29	Qualification for relegation group
8	Ravan Baku	22	6	7	9	23	29	−6	25
9	Kapaz	22	6	4	12	26	38	−12	22

Source: Soccerway: Azerbaijan Premier League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Azerbaijan Premier League Relegation Group

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	4	3	3	9	9	0	15	2	3	0	5	2	+3	2	0	3	4	7	−3

Last updated: 21 December 2011.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W
Position	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

11 March 2012 23	Turan	3–0	AZAL	Tovuz
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Erdoğdu 10' Agamammadli 16' (o.g.) Islamov 48' (o.g.)	Summary		Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Fuad Hasanov

18 March 2012 24	Ravan Baku	2–0	AZAL	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hodžić 18' Novruzov 41' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Alik Yunusov

24 March 2012 25	AZAL	2–0	Kəpəz	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kvirtia 59' Boghiu 72'	Summary		Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

1 April 2012 26	Simurq	1–2	AZAL	Zaqatala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tarasovs 24'	Summary	Safiyaroglu 27' Kvirtiya 61'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

8 April 2012 27	AZAL	1–1	Sumgayit	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nabiyev 40' 79' Igbekoyi 55' 55' Bulku 87'	Summary	E.Guliyev 54' (pen.) T.Guliyev 15' 74'	Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

14 April 2012 28	AZAL	1–1	Ravan Baku	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Benouahi 58'	Summary	Hodžić 47'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Elvin Askerov

22 April 2012 29	Kəpəz	0–2	AZAL	Tovuz
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Allahguliyev 55' (o.g.) Narimanov 65'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

29 April 2012 30	AZAL	0–0	Simurq	Baku
18:15 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 250 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

6 May 2012 31	Sumgayit	1–0	AZAL	Sumgayit
17:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Hasanov 83'	Summary		Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 135 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

12 May 2012 32	AZAL	1–0	Turan	Baku
17:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Safiyaroglu 10' Schutz 35' 75'	Summary		Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Elvin Askerov

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	AZAL	32	12	8	12	44	44	0	44
8	Ravan Baku	32	10	11	11	39	39	0	41
9	Simurq	32	8	10	14	27	41	−14	34
10	Kapaz	32	9	5	18	35	55	−20	32
11	Turan (R)	32	6	7	19	26	42	−16	25	Qualification for relegation playoffs
12	Sumgayit (R)	32	6	6	20	27	52	−25	24	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Azerbaijan Cup

30 November 2011 Last 16	AZAL	2–0	Shahdag	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Benouahi 65' Kvirtiya 90'	Summary		Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

14 March 2012 Quarter-finals 1st leg	Baku	3–1	AZAL	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Šolić 27' Česnauskis 59' Koke 64'	Summary	Rahimov 68'	Stadium: Tofig Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

28 March 2012 Quarter-finals 2nd leg	AZAL	1–2 (2–5 agg.)	Baku	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kvirtiya 45+1' Safiyaroglu 52'	Summary	Juninho 5', 85'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

Europa League

First qualifying round

30 June 2011 1st leg	AZAL	1–1	Minsk	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Igbekoyi 14'	Report	Voronkov 11'	Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 2,900^[10] Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

7 July 2011 2nd leg	Minsk	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	AZAL	Minsk, Belarus
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Loshankov 5' Sascheko 11'	Report	Sachivko 66' (o.g.) Usim 46'	Stadium: Dynama Stadium Attendance: 3,000^[11] Referee: Angel Angelov (Bulgaria)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 14 May 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AZE	Amil Agajanov	12	0	10+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
2	DF	MKD	Robert Petrov	30	0	24+1	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	AZE	Nduka Usim	32	0	28+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	AZE	Agil Nabiyev	23	0	18+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
6	DF	LTU	Mindaugas Daunoravičius	14	0	8+5	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	AZE	Tarlan Khalilov	32	2	15+14	2	1+0	0	2+0	0
8	FW	AZE	Elshan Mammadov	25	4	15+6	4	1+1	0	0+2	0
10	MF	RUS	Nugzar Kvirtiya	33	3	26+2	2	2+1	1	1+1	0
11	MF	MAR	Zouhir Benouahi	30	11	23+2	10	3+0	1	2+0	0
12	GK	AZE	Jahangir Hasanzade	25	0	21+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
13	DF	AZE	Shahriyar Rahimov	11	1	7+2	0	1+1	1	0+0	0
14	MF	AZE	Orkhan Safiyaroglu	16	3	5+9	2	1+1	1	0+0	0
15	FW	MDA	Gheorghe Boghiu	30	5	14+13	5	3+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	SRB	Branislav Arsenijević	30	2	27+0	2	3+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	NGA	Victor Igbekoyi	29	2	24+0	1	2+1	0	2+0	1
18	FW	AZE	Elmin Chobanov	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	AZE	Huseyn Akhundov	23	0	11+10	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
20	MF	SRB	Mensur Limani	17	0	9+5	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
22	MF	AZE	Elgun Abbasli	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	BRA	Tales Schutz	23	10	20+2	10	1+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	AZE	Tural Narimanov	10	1	8+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
88	MF	ALB	Ervin Bulku	24	3	20+2	3	2+0	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for AZAL no longer at the club:
6	DF	LVA	Ritus Krjauklis	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	MF	AZE	Vusal Garayev	9	0	5+2	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
23	MF	NGA	Pius Ikedia	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
24	FW	BUL	Enyo Krastovchev	4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
25	FW	ARG	Cristian Ruiz	7	0	2+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF	11	Zouhir Benouahi	10	1	0	11
2	FW	23	Tales Schutz	10	0	0	10
3	MF	8	Elshan Mammadov	4	0	0	4
3	FW	15	Gheorghe Boghiu	5	0	0	5
5	MF	10	Nugzar Kvirtiya	2	1	0	3
	MF	88	Ervin Bulku	3	0	0	3
	DF	14	Orkhan Safiyaroglu	2	1	0	3
			Own goal	2	0	1	3
9	MF	17	Victor Igbekoyi	1	0	1	2
	MF	16	Branislav Arsenijević	2	0	0	2
	MF	7	Tarlan Khalilov	2	0	0	2
12	DF	13	Tural Narimanov	1	0	0	1
12	DF	13	Shahriyar Rahimov	0	1	0	1
			TOTALS	43	4	2	49

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Amil Agajanov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2		DF	Robert Petrov	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
3		DF	Nduka Usim	6	0	0	0	1	1	7	1
5		DF	Agil Nabiyev	7	1	1	0	1	0	9	1
6		DF	Mindaugas Daunoravičius	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7		MF	Tarlan Khalilov	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
8		FW	Elshan Mammadov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Nugzar Kvirtiya	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	1
11		MF	Zouhir Benouahi	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
12		GK	Jahangir Hasanzade	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13		DF	Shahriyar Rahimov	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
14		MF	Orkhan Safiyaroglu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		FW	Gheorghe Boghiu	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Branislav Arsenijević	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Victor Igbekoyi	6	2	2	0	1	0	9	2
19		MF	Huseyn Akhundov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		MF	Mensur Limani	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22		MF	Elgun Abbasli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		FW	Tales Schutz	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
25		DF	Tural Narimanov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25		FW	Cristian Ruiz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
88		MF	Ervin Bulku	8	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
			TOTALS	82	5	7	1	4	1	93	7