The 2009–10
Azerbaijan Premier League
The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...
was the eighteenth season of top-tier football in
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
. It began on 14 August 2009 and finished in May 2010.
FK Baku
FC Baku (), founded as Dinamo Baku in 1997, was an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku that had been an amateur club since 2016. Prior to that, Baku played 18 seasons in the Azerbaijan Premier League, winning the championship twice and the N ...
were the defending champions.
The league was competed in two stages. The first stage consisted of a regular home-and-away round-robin schedule for a total of 22 matches per team. The competition then split into two halves. However, each team took over to the respective group only records earned against the remaining 5 teams in their second round group. The teams ranked first through sixth played out the championship and the European spots while the bottom six teams had to avoid one of the two relegation places.
Teams
MOIK Baku
MOIK Baku is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Baku. MOIK was originally built around the concept of military sports club such as CSKA Moscow, CSKA Sofia.
History
The club was established under the name OIK (; ) in 1961 as sport society of ...
and
Bakili Baku were relegated after finishing the
2008–09 season in the bottom two places. Since the
Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA; ) is the governing body of football in Azerbaijan. Formed in 1992, it is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amateur and professional game in its territory. AFFA is a member o ...
did not grant a Premier League license to any of the teams in the
Azerbaijan First Division
The Azerbaijan First League () is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The league is run by AFFA. The winner promotes to Premier Division.
History
Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Azerbai ...
, the league size was reduced to twelve teams.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and sponsoring
Managerial changes
First round
League table
Results
Second round
Championship group
Relegation group
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
*
4 Player scored 4 goals
Scoring
* First goal of the season: ''Oleg Gvelesiani''
own goal
An own goal occurs in sports when a player performs actions that result in scoring points for the opposition, such as when a Association football, footballer puts a ball into their own net.
In some parts of the world, the term has become a met ...
for
Mughan
Mughan plain (, مغان دوزو; ) is a plain stretching from northwestern Iran to the southern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The highest density of irrigation canals is in the section of the Mughan plain which lies in the Republic of Aze ...
against
Standard Baku (
''14 August 2009'')
* Fastest goal of the season: 1st minute,
**
Allan Lalín for
Khazar Lankaran against
Standard Baku (
''17 October 2009'')
**
Jabá
Silvino João de Carvalho (born 20 May 1981) commonly known as Jabá, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
During the summer of 2009, Jabá moved to Azerbaijan Premier League side FC Baku.
On 1 Februar ...
for
Baku
Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...
against
Inter Baku (
''4 April 2010'')
* Latest goal of the season: 95th minute,
**
Tomasz Stolpa for
Gabala against
Neftchi Baku (
''3 April 2010'')
* Largest winning margin: 6 goals
**
Standard Baku 6–0
Karvan (
''9 May 2010'')
* Highest scoring game: 7 goals
**
Mughan
Mughan plain (, مغان دوزو; ) is a plain stretching from northwestern Iran to the southern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The highest density of irrigation canals is in the section of the Mughan plain which lies in the Republic of Aze ...
1–6
Inter Baku (
''18 October 2010'')
**
Standard Baku 3–4
Baku
Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...
(
''5 December 2009'')
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
**
Standard Baku 6–0
Karvan (
''9 May 2010'')
**
Mughan
Mughan plain (, مغان دوزو; ) is a plain stretching from northwestern Iran to the southern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The highest density of irrigation canals is in the section of the Mughan plain which lies in the Republic of Aze ...
1–6
Inter Baku (
''18 October 2010'')
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
**
Standard Baku 3–4
Baku
Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...
(
''5 December 2009'')
Clean sheets
* Most
clean sheets
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which the losing team fails to score. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball. Shutouts are usually seen as a result of ...
: 17
**
Neftchi Baku
* Fewest clean sheets: 5
**
Mughan
Mughan plain (, مغان دوزو; ) is a plain stretching from northwestern Iran to the southern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The highest density of irrigation canals is in the section of the Mughan plain which lies in the Republic of Aze ...
Awards
Monthly awards
References
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