Baku

2007-08 season
President	Hafiz Mammadov
Manager	Gjoko Hadžievski
Stadium	Tofig Bakhramov Stadium
Premier League	8th
Azerbaijan Cup	Quarterfinals vs Gabala
Intertoto Cup	First Round vs Dacia Chișinău
Top goalscorer	Fernando Néstor Pérez (8)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The FK Baku 2007-08 season was Baku's tenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and was their first season with Gjoko Hadžievski as their manager, having replaced Boyukagha Hajiyev in July 2007. They finished the season in 8th place in the league and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Quarterfinal stage by Gabala.

Squad

^[1][2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  AZE Andrezinho [3] 3 DF  AZE Rafael Amirbekov 5 DF  AZE Ilgar Abdurahmanov 6 DF  AZE Vugar Guliev 7 DF  AZE Asif Abbasov 8 MF  BUL Asen Nikolov 10 MF  GEO Amiran Mujiri 12 FW  ARG Fernando Nestor Pérez 14 MF  GEO Aleksandr Gogoberishvili 15 MF  AZE Jamshid Maharramov 16 FW  AZE Farid Guliev 17 FW  NGA Ahmad Tijani 18 MF  AZE Hafiz Aliyev 19 DF  SRB Bojan Ilić 20 MF  AZE Elnur Abbasov 22 MF  AZE Vasif Aliyev 23 GK  SEN Khalidou Sissokho

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK  AZE Orkhan Mirzaev 26 MF  AZE Tarlan Khalilov 27 FW  AZE Emin Amiraslanov 55 FW  AZE Leandro Gomes [4] 67 MF  AZE Ramal Huseynov 77 MF  AZE Elnur Abdullaev — GK  AZE Aqil Mammadov — DF  AZE Sabuhi Hasanov — DF  AZE Elnur Yusifov — DF  BUL Stanislav Bachev — DF  SRB Dejan Branković — MF  CRO Ernad Skulić — FW  AZE Anatoli Ponomarev (loan from Östers IF) — FW  AZE Bakhtiyar Soltanov — FW  MKD Cvetan Čurlinov — FW  SEN Ely Cissé

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  AZE Ilgar Abdurahmanov (from Simurq) 8 MF  BUL Asen Nikolov (from Partizan) 9 FW  PAR Israel Rodríguez (from Sportivo Luqueño) 15 MF  AZE Jamshid Maharramov (from Karvan) 17 FW  NGA Ahmad Tijani (from Shahdag) 19 DF  SRB Bojan Ilic (from Qarabağ) 22 FW  AZE Vasif Aliyev (from Gabala) — DF  BUL Stanislav Bachev (from Marek Dupnitsa) — DF  CMR Hiobi Hiobi Willy Jackson (from Tonnerre Kalara Club de Yaoundé) — FW  AZE Bakhtiyar Soltanov (Youth Team)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  AZE Rail Malikov (to Neftchi Baku) — DF  AZE Ramin Guliv (to Neftchi Baku) — MF  AZE Jeyhun Sultanov (to Khazar Lankaran) — MF  AZE Ilgar Guliev — MF  SRB Darko Jovandić (to Banat Zrenjanin) — FW  AZE Ramazan Abbasov (to Neftchi Baku) — FW  AZE Samir Musayev (to Simurq) — FW  AZE Emin Amiraslanov (to Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  AZE Hafiz Aliyev (from Turan Tovuz) — DF  SRB Dejan Branković (from OFK Beograd) — MF  CRO Ernad Skulić (from Inter Zaprešić) — FW  MKD Cvetan Čurlinov (from Žalgiris Vilnius) — FW  AZE Anatoli Ponomarev (loan from Östers IF) — FW  SEN Ely Cissé (from Kasımpaşa)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CMR Hiobi Hiobi Willy Jackson (to Deportivo Mongomo) 9 FW  PAR Israel Rodríguez (to Standard Baku)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Main article: 2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League

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Results

Baku v Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit

12 August 2007 1	Baku	3 – 1	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Khalilov 14' Mujiri 18' Pérez 30'	Summary	N.Tagiev 86'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Gabala v Baku

19 August 2007 2	Gabala	2 – 0	Baku	Qabala
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Balamestny 76' Aptsiauri 80'	Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Baku v Inter Baku

25 August 2007 3	Baku	0 – 0	Inter Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Standard Baku v Baku

1 September 2007 4	Standard Baku	1 – 1	Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	T.Narimanov 78'	Summary	I.Rodríguez 50'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Baku v Masallı

15 September 2007 5	Baku	2 – 1	Masallı	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	V.Guliev 85' Gogoberishvili 87'	Summary	Osmar 55'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Baku v Neftchi Baku

23 September 2007 6	Baku	5 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Sadiqov .' (o.g.)	Summary	Amirbekov .' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Olimpik Baku v Baku

30 September 2007 7	Olimpik Baku	3 – 0	Baku	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Junivan 6', 70' Y.Abuzerov 45'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium

Baku v Simurq

7 October 2007 8	Baku	1 – 1	Simurq	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Tijani 47'	Summary	R.Hajiyev 23'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Karvan v Baku

28 October 2007 9	Karvan	0 – 1	Baku	Yevlakh
22:25 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Pérez 51'	Stadium: Yevlakh Stadium

Baku v Khazar Lankaran

4 November 2007 10	Baku	2 – 2	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gomes 41' (pen.) Pérez 56'	Summary	Juninho 4' Ramazanov 31'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Qarabağ v Baku

10 November 2007 11	Qarabağ	1 – 1	Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Hajiyev 90'	Summary	Tijani 7'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium1

Baku v ABN Bärdä

24 November 2007 12	Baku	0 – 0	ABN Bärdä	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Turan Tovuz v Baku

2 December 2007 13	Turan Tovuz	0 – 2	Baku	Tovuz
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Pérez 76' Tijani 83'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium

Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit v Baku

16 February 2008 14	Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit	0 – 3	Baku	Sumqayit
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Mujiri 14' Maharramov 57' Pérez 83'	Stadium: Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium

Baku v Gabala

24 February 2008 15	Baku	3 – 0	Gabala	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Tijani 16' Cissé 56' Ponomarev 86'	Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Inter Baku v Baku

1 March 2008 16	Inter Baku	1 – 0	Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zlatinov 90'	Summary		Stadium: Zabrat Stadium

Baku v Standard Baku

16 March 2008 17	Baku	0 – 1	Standard Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Gutierrez 9'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Neftchi Baku v Baku

29 March 2008 19	Neftchi Baku	3 – 2	Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Subašić 3' Adamia 28' Kruglov 31'	Summary	Gomes 22' Pérez 76'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

Baku v Olimpik Baku

6 April 2008 20	Baku	0 – 1	Olimpik Baku	Baku
17:15 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	S.Musayev 55'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Simurq v Baku

13 April 2008 21	Simurq	0 – 0	Baku	Zaqatala
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium

Baku v Karvan

20 April 2008 22	Baku	3 – 3	Karvan	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Cissé 15' Tijani 27' Branković 39'	Summary	Camara 13' Akhalkatsi 30' Zeynalov 68'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Masallı v Baku

26 April 2008 18	Masallı	2 – 0	Baku	Masally
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Nadirov 20' (pen.) Dadashev 86'	Summary		Stadium: Anatoly Banishevski Stadium

Khazar Lankaran v Baku

4 May 2008 23	Khazar Lankaran	0 – 0	Baku	Lankaran
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium

Baku v Qarabağ

12 May 2008 24	Baku	0 – 0	Qarabağ	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

ABN Bärdä v Baku

17 May 2008 25	ABN Bärdä	0 – 4	Baku	Barda
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Bachev 25' Cissé 49' Mujiri 54' Abdullaev 78'	Stadium: Barda City Stadium

Baku v Turan Tovuz

27 May 2008 26	Baku	2 – 2	Turan Tovuz	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Pérez 50', 84'	Summary	Beraia 5', 19'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Gabala	26	11	3	12	33	36	−3	36
7	Simurq	26	9	9	8	31	25	+6	36
8	Baku	26	8	11	7	35	26	+9	35
9	Standard Baku	26	8	8	10	36	26	+10	32
10	FK Masallı	26	8	6	12	30	40	−10	30

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Azerbaijan Cup

Standard Baku II v Baku

26 September 2007 1st Round 1st Leg	Standard Baku II	1 – 5	Baku	Baku
		[ Summary]

Baku v Standard Baku II

3 October 2007 1st Round 2nd Leg	Baku	Not Played (5 – 1 agg.)	Standard Baku II	Baku
		[ Summary]		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Baku v Inter Baku II

24 October 2007 Round of 16 1st Leg	Baku	3 – 0	Inter Baku II	Baku
		[ Summary]		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Inter Baku II v Baku

30 October 2007 Round of 16 2nd Leg	Inter Baku II	0 – 2 (0 – 5 agg.)	Baku	Baku
		Summary	I.Rodríguez 28' Mujiri 55'

Baku v Gabala

6 March 2008 Quarterfinals 1st Leg	Baku	1 – 1	Gabala	Baku
	Tijani 28'	Summary Summary	Zargarov 21'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium

Gabala v Baku

19 March 2008 Quarterfinals 2nd Leg	Gabala	1 – 1 (2 – 2 agg.) (5 – 4 p)	Baku	Qabala
		Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Baku v Dacia Chișinău

23 June 2007 First round 1st Leg	Baku	1 – 1	Dacia Chișinău	Baku, Azerbaijan
	Andronik 80' (o.g.)	Summary	Onila 45'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Referee: Ferenc Bede (Hungary)

Dacia Chișinău v Baku

30 June 2007 First round 2nd Leg	Dacia Chișinău	1 – 1 (2 – 2 agg.) (3 – 1 p)	Baku	Chișinău, Moldova
	Onila 7'	Summary	Mujiri 64'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
	Penalties
	Lipa Orbu Bolohan Guşilă Andronik		Nikolov Musayev Huseynov Amirbekov

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League[7]		Azerbaijan Cup		Intertoto Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	AZE	Andrezinho	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	AZE	Rafael Amirbekov	25	0	23	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	AZE	Ilgar Abdurahmanov	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	AZE	Vugar Guliev	11	1	9	1	0	0	2	0
7	DF	AZE	Asif Abbasov	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	BUL	Asen Nikolov	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF	GEO	Amiran Mujiri	21	4	19	4	0	0	2	0
12	FW	ARG	Fernando Nestor Pérez	24	8	24	8	0	0	0	0
14	MF	GEO	Aleksandr Gogoberishvili	19	1	19	1	0	0	0	0
15	MF	AZE	Jamshid Maharramov	23	1	21	1	0	0	2	0
16	FW	AZE	Farid Guliev	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW	NGA	Ahmad Tijani	19	7	17	7	0	0	2	0
18	MF	AZE	Hafiz Aliyev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	SRB	Bojan Ilic	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	AZE	Elnur Abbasov	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	AZE	Vasif Aliyev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	SEN	Khalidou Sissokho	25	0	23	0	0	0	2	0
25	GK	AZE	Orkhan Mirzaev	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	AZE	Tarlan Khalilov	14	1	12	1	0	0	2	0
27	FW	AZE	Emin Amiraslanov	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
55	FW	AZE	Leandro Gomes	19	3	19	3	0	0	0	0
67	MF	AZE	Ramal Huseynov	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
77	MF	AZE	Elnur Abdullaev	21	1	19	1	0	0	2	0
	GK	AZE	Aqil Mammadov	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	AZE	Sabuhi Hasanov	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	AZE	Elnur Yusifov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	BUL	Stanislav Bachev	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	SRB	Dejan Branković	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	CRO	Ernad Skulić	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	AZE	Anatoli Ponomarev	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	AZE	Bakhtiyar Soltanov	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	MKD	Cvetan Čurlinov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SEN	Ely Cissé	9	3	9	3	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Baku who left on loan during the season:
Players who appeared for Baku who left during the season:
9	FW	AZE	Samir Musayev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	PAR	Israel Rodríguez	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League[7]	Azerbaijan Cup	Intertoto Cup	Total
1	FW		12	Fernando Nestor Pérez	8	0	0	8
2	FW		17	Ahmad Tijani	7	1	0	8
3	MF		10	Amiran Mujiri	4	1	0	5
4	FW		55	Leandro Gomes	3	0	0	3
	FW			Ely Cissé	3	0	0	3
6	FW		9	Israel Rodríguez	1	1	0	2
7	MF		15	Jamshid Maharramov	1	0	0	1
	MF		14	Aleksandr Gogoberishvili	1	0	0	1
	MF		77	Elnur Abdullaev	1	0	0	1
	DF			Dejan Branković	1	0	0	1
	MF		26	Tarlan Khalilov	1	0	0	1
	DF			Stanislav Bachev	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Vugar Guliev	1	0	0	1
	FW			Anatoli Ponomarev	1	0	0	1
	FW		9	Samir Musayev	1	0	0	1
				Own Goal	1	0	1	2
				Unknown	0	9	0	9
				TOTALS	35	12	2	49

Notes

• Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.^[8]

References