The 2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League (known as the Unibank Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons) was the twentieth season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992.
Neftchi Baku was the defending champions, having won their second Azerbaijani championship the
previous season.
The twelve teams participating in the league included the ten sides remaining from the
2010–11 season, one promoted club from the
2010–11 Azerbaijan First Division
The Azerbaijan First Division 2010-11 is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan, it is also known as the Birinci Dästä. Fourteen teams participated in Azerbaijani First Division in 2010–11.
Teams
League table
See also
* 2010–11 Az ...
and a totally new club instead of the defunct First Division champions
FC Absheron.
The format of the league was the same as in the
2010–11 season.
There is only one change in season's regulation as only champion of
2011–12 Azerbaijan First Division
The 2011-12 Azerbaijan First Division is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan. Fourteen teams participated in Azerbaijani First Division in 2011-12.
Teams
At the end of the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League, 2010–11 season, champions F ...
was directly promoted, while runners up of first division played play-off game with the team that finished 11th in
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 ...
.
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 ...
were relegated to 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 ...
after finishing 12th and last, at the end of
last season. They were replaced by First Division champions
FC Absheron and runners-up
Ravan Baku. However, due sponsorship problems Absheron became defunct and replaced by
Sumgayit City F.C.
On 31 May 2011, it was announced that FK Ganja changed their name to
FC Kəpəz
Kapaz PFK (, ), is an Azerbaijani football (soccer), football club based in Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja, which competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier of Football in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan football. The club was founded as Toxucu i ...
. On 18 July 2011,
FK Mughan
Mughan FK () was an Azerbaijani football club, based in Salyan..
The club reached the Azerbaijan Premier League for the first time in 2008–2009.
The club was first promoted after FK Masallı withdrew for the 2008/09 season. On 31 October 2008 ...
also ruled out to participate in this season due sponsorship reasons and replaced by
Simurq PFC.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and sponsoring
Managerial changes
Season events
Inter Baku scandal
On 21 August 2011,
Inter Baku -
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 ...
game was suspended during last minutes due referee scandal, therefore game's fate decided after Professional Football League of Azerbaijan's decision. On 23 August 2011, PFL awarded 3-0 technical victory to FK Baku and announced the following punishments were given to
Inter Baku's individuals:
*Georgi Nikolov, club's chairman: 5 game ban from football and fined 5,000
AZN.
*
Kakhaber Tskhadadze: fined 1,000
AZN.
*
Giorgi Lomaia: 2 game ban and fined 2,000
AZN.
Furthermore, Inter Baku fined additional 13,000
AZN for breaching security regulations.
Khazar Lankaran and Turan controversy
On 6 August 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of AFFA imposed the punishment on the scandal that took place in two matches. Khazar Lankaran fined 10,000
AZN after club's fans threw alien objects to the court, injuring the head of Inter Baku's coach
Kakhaber Tskhadadze. Khazar also must play its next two league home matches in an empty stadium because of its fans' aggressive behavior.
AFFA fined Turan Tovuz 26,000
AZN and moved its next two league home matches on a neutral ground for injuring referees, breaking PFL camera as well as for refusing to play at the second half of
2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup.
[ The club's president Musa Suleymanov has been disqualified for five matches and club received technical defeat of 0-3.
]
First round
League table
Results
Second round
Championship group
The top six teams of the first phase participate in this group, which will decide which team will win the championship. Additionally, teams in this group compete for one 2012–13 Champions League
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...
and two Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...
spots.
The winners will qualify for the Champions League Second qualifying round
The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of Un ...
, with the runners-up and third place team earning a spot in the Europa League first qualifying round.
Table
Results
Relegation group
The bottom six teams of the first phase will determine the teams to be relegated to the 2012–13 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 bottom team of this group will be directly relegated, while the fifth-placed team will have to compete in relegation/promotion playoffs with the second-placed teams of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan First Division
The 2011-12 Azerbaijan First Division is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan. Fourteen teams participated in Azerbaijani First Division in 2011-12.
Teams
At the end of the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League, 2010–11 season, champions F ...
. On April 30, due decision of 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 ...
, no clubs from 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 ...
will be promoted which means all clubs from this season will be remaining in the league.
Table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
Last updated: 11 May 2012
Source
Azerbaijan Premier League
/small>
Hat-tricks
Scoring
* First goal of the season: John Pelu for Ravan Baku against Kəpəz (''6 August 2011'')
* Fastest goal of the season: 1st minute,
**Shahin Karimov for Kəpəz against AZAL
Azerbaijan Airlines (), also known as AZAL, is the national flag carrier and largest airline of Azerbaijan. Based in Baku, adjacent to Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the carrier operates to destinations across Asia, the Commonwealth of Ind ...
(''11 September 2011'')
** Dejan Rusič for Khazar Lankaran against Kəpəz (''16 December 2011'')
* Latest goal of the season: 90+4 minutes,
** Ramazan Abbasov for Ravan Baku against Simurq (''19 August 2011'')
**Akif Taghiyev for Turan Tovuz against Simurq (''25 August 2012'')
* Largest winning margin: 6 goals
** Neftchi Baku 7–1 AZAL
Azerbaijan Airlines (), also known as AZAL, is the national flag carrier and largest airline of Azerbaijan. Based in Baku, adjacent to Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the carrier operates to destinations across Asia, the Commonwealth of Ind ...
(''11 December 2012'')
* Highest scoring game: 9 goals
**AZAL
Azerbaijan Airlines (), also known as AZAL, is the national flag carrier and largest airline of Azerbaijan. Based in Baku, adjacent to Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the carrier operates to destinations across Asia, the Commonwealth of Ind ...
6–3 Sumgayit
Sumqayit (or Sumgait; ; , ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city had a population of 427,000 at the beginning of 2024, making it the second largest city in ...
(''7 March 2012'')
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
** Neftchi Baku 7–1 AZAL
Azerbaijan Airlines (), also known as AZAL, is the national flag carrier and largest airline of Azerbaijan. Based in Baku, adjacent to Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the carrier operates to destinations across Asia, the Commonwealth of Ind ...
(''11 December 2012'')
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
**AZAL
Azerbaijan Airlines (), also known as AZAL, is the national flag carrier and largest airline of Azerbaijan. Based in Baku, adjacent to Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the carrier operates to destinations across Asia, the Commonwealth of Ind ...
6–3 Sumgayit
Sumqayit (or Sumgait; ; , ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city had a population of 427,000 at the beginning of 2024, making it the second largest city in ...
(''7 March 2012'')
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
** Inter Baku
* Fewest clean sheets: 4
** Kəpəz
Discipline
* Most yellow cards (club): 82
**AZAL
Azerbaijan Airlines (), also known as AZAL, is the national flag carrier and largest airline of Azerbaijan. Based in Baku, adjacent to Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the carrier operates to destinations across Asia, the Commonwealth of Ind ...
* Most yellow cards (player): 12
**Vidas Alunderis
Vidas Alunderis (born 27 March 1979) is a Lithuanian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender.
Honours
Zagłębie Lubin
* Ekstraklasa: 2006–07 Ekstraklasa, 2006–07
Refer ...
( Simurq)
* Most red cards (club): 7
** Inter Baku
** Ravan Baku
** Kəpəz
* Most red cards (player): 3
**Tagim Novruzov ( Ravan Baku)
Awards
Monthly awards
Annual awards
See also
*2011–12 Azerbaijan First Division
The 2011-12 Azerbaijan First Division is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan. Fourteen teams participated in Azerbaijani First Division in 2011-12.
Teams
At the end of the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League, 2010–11 season, champions F ...
* 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup
* List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2011
*List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2012
This is a list of Azerbaijan football transfers in the winter transfer window 2012 by club. Only clubs of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League are included.
Azerbaijan Premier League 2011-12
AZAL Baku
In:
Out:
Baku
In:
...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2011-12 Azerbaijan Premier League
Azerbaijan Premier League seasons
1
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 ...