The

Azerbaijan Cup The Azerbaijan Cup () is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid ...

2012–13 is the 21st season of the annual cup competition in

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. It started on 23 October 2012 with ten games of the first round and ended on 28 May 2013 with the final.

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were the defending champions, with twenty-one teams competing in this year's competition. The winner of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the

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First round

The games were played on the 22 and 24 October 2012.

Second round

The five winners from the preliminary round joined the remaining eleven teams of the

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in this round, all games were played on 28 November 2012.

Quarterfinals

The eight winners from the second round were drawn into four two-legged ties. The first legs were played on 27 February 2013 and the second legs on 7 March 2013.

Semifinals

The four quarterfinal winners were drawn into two two-legged semifinal ties. The first legs were played on 17 April 2013, and the second legs on 24 April.

Final

Scorers

4 goals: * Aghabala Ramazanov, Khazar Lankaran 3 goals: * Yuriy Fomenko, Kəpəz * Novruz Alakbarov, Qaradağ 2 goals: *

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Bachana Tskhadadze Bachana Tskhadadze ( ka, ბაჩანა ცხადაძე; born 23 October 1987) is a Georgian former footballer who played as a forward. He works as a football manager. Club career Inter Baku Tskhadadze signed for Inter Baku in May ...

, Inter Baku * Rahid Amirguliyev, Khazar Lankaran * Elvin Yunuszade, Neftchi Baku * Baxtiyar Fazai, FC Qala *

Vüqar Nadirov Vüqar Arshad oglu Nadirov (; born 15 June 1987 in Agdam Rayon, Ağdam) is an Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani footballer, who last played for Sabail FK. Career Club Nadirov left FK Qarabağ in June 2015 after six years with the club, going on to ...

, Qarabağ * Ruhid Yusubov, Qaradağ * Orxan Babayev,

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1 goal: * Shahriyar Aliyev,

* Tural Gurbatov,

* Agil Nabiyev,

* Marius Pena,

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* Nicat Tagiyev, FC Ağsu * Dodô, Gabala * Muammer Erdoğdu, Gabala *

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, Gabala * Ilia Kandelaki, Inter Baku * Ibrahima Niasse, Inter Baku * Nizami Hajiyev, Inter Baku * Asif Mammadov, Inter Baku * Bakhtiyar Soltanov, Kəpəz * Luciano Olguín, Khazar Lankaran *

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, Khazar Lankaran * Branimir Subašić, Khazar Lankaran * Elnur Abbasov, Neftchala * Samir Abdulov, Neftchala * Araz Abdullayev, Neftchi Baku * Elshan Abdullayev, Neftchi Baku *

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, Neftchi Baku * Flavinho, Neftchi Baku * Bahodir Nasimov, Neftchi Baku * Kamil Nurähmädov, Neftchi Baku * Éric Ramos, Neftchi Baku * Mahir Shukurov, Neftchi Baku *

Afran Ismayilov Afran Ismayilov (, born on 8 October 1988) is an Azerbaijani professional football coach and a former midfielder who is an assistant coach with Araz-Naxçıvan. Early years Ismayilov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, started playing football at ag ...

, Qarabağ * Emeka Opara, Qarabağ *

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, Qarabağ * Rufat Mammadov, Qaradağ * Mehdi Mehdiyev, Qaradağ * Miloš Adamović, Ravan Baku * Orkhan Lalayev, Ravan Baku * Miloš Zečević, Ravan Baku * Juan Manuel Varea, Ravan Baku * Ruslan Poladov, Simurq * Murad Hüseynov, Simurq * Azar Safarli,

* Farmayil Aliyev,

Turan Tovuz Turan Tovuz () is an Azerbaijani football club based in Tovuz. The club won the Azerbaijan championship once, in 1994–1995. The club's home stadium is Tovuz City Stadium. History Founded by Vidadi Ahmedov on 23 February 1992, the club was t ...

1 own goal: * Bujamin Asani (playing for Kəpəz against Qarabağ)

References

*Qarabağ have played their home games at the

Tofiq Bahramov Stadium The Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It served as the home ground for the Azerbaijan national football team until they moved to the Baku Olympi ...

since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in

Quzanlı Quzanlı () is a village and the most populous municipality in the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 13,002. The municipality consists of the villages of Guzanly, Birinci Quzanlı, Birinji Guzanly, Eyvazlı, Agdam, Eyvazly, ...

.Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum!

External links

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