2010–11 AZAL PFC season

AZAL

2010-11 season

Chairman

Zaur Akhundov

Manager

Stadium

4th

Semi-finals vs Inter Baku

Top goalscorer

League: Gvidas Juska (9)
All: Gvidas Juska (9)

Highest home attendance

4,000 vs Khazar Lankaran
13 March 2011

Lowest home attendance

300 vs Turan Tovuz
14 August 2010
Simurq
12 September 2010
Inter Baku
16 October 2010

Average home league attendance

1,311

Home colours

Away colours

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The AZAL 2010-11 season was AZAL's sixth Azerbaijan Premier League season. AZAL finished the season in 8th place and were knocked out of the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup by Inter Baku in the semi-finals. It was their first full season under the management of Nazim Suleymanov. The team's kit was supplied by Umbro and their sponsor was Silk Way.

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Robert Petrov
3	DF	Nduka Usim (2nd vice-captain)
4	DF	Namig Abdullazade
5	DF	Agil Nabiyev (captain)
6	DF	Ritus Krjauklis
7	MF	Tarlan Khalilov
8	FW	Eleandro Pema
9	MF	Viktor Ibekoyi
10	MF	Nugzar Kvirtiya
11	MF	Zouhir Benouahi
12	GK	Jahangir Hasanzade (1st vice-captain)
13	MF	Dragan Mandić

No.	Position	Player
14	DF	Elvin Aliyev
15	FW	Gvidas Juska
16	MF	Mensur Limani
17	MF	Vusal Garaev
18	MF	Orkhan Safiyaroglu
19	MF	Huseyn Akhundov
20	FW	Gennadi Bliznyuk
21	MF	Mirko Bunjevčević
22	MF	Anar Hasanov
23	MF	Pius Ikedia
24	FW	Enyo Krastovchev
96	GK	Elshan Poladov

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2010

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Robert Petrov (from Slavia Sofia)
6	DF	Ritus Krjauklis (from Ventspils)^[1]
8	FW	Eleandro Pema (from Kastrioti Kruje)
11	MF	Zouhir Benouahi (from Al-Fahaheel)
14	DF	Elvin Aliyev (loan from FK Baku)
20	DF	Marius Kazlauskas (from Dunajská Streda)
23	MF	Pius Ikedia (from RBC Roosendaal)

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Serghei Laşcencov (Banned)^[2]
5	MF	Claudiano (to Sriwijaya)
	FW	Ismael Gaúcho (to Juventude Sport Clube)^[3]

Winter

Main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2011

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

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Mensur Limani (from Vllaznia Shkodër)
20	FW	Gennadi Bliznyuk (from Belshina Bobruisk)
24	FW	Enyo Krastovchev (from Levski Sofia)

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

No.	Position	Player
6	DF	Abiodun Lawal (released)
16	FW	Samir Abdulov (to FK Ganja)
17	MF	Huseyn Akhundov (loan to FK Mughan)
20	DF	Marius Kazlauskas (to Banga Gargždai)

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Results

Main article: 2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League

7 August 2010 1	Baku	2 - 3	AZAL	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Jabá 64', 77'	Summary	Juška 43', 52' Bunjevčević 54'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

14 August 2010 2	AZAL	1 - 0	Turan Tovuz	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mandić 69'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

21 August 2010 3	FK Ganja	1 - 1	AZAL	Qabala
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Junivan 42'	Summary	Usim 69'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

29 August 2010 4	AZAL	0 - 1	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Beqiri 90+2'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

12 September 2010 5	AZAL	2 - 1	Simurq	Baku
18:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Juška 73' (pen.), 85' Garaev 34', 75'	Summary	Rahimov 90'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

19 September 2010 6	Qarabağ	0 - 0	AZAL	Baku¹
17:10 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

26 September 2010 7	AZAL	2 - 0	MOIK Baku	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Garaev 39' Juska 90'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

1 October 2010 8	Neftchi Baku	1 - 0	AZAL	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Mpenza 3'	Summary		Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

16 October 2010 9	AZAL	5 - 0	Inter Baku	Baku
16:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Juška 69' Igbekoi 49', 79' Kvirtiya 76' Garaev 82'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

23 October 2010 10	Gabala	0 - 0	AZAL	Qabala
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Report Summary		Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Jeyhun Hashimov

30 October 2010 11	AZAL	2 - 0	FK Mughan	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Juška 29' Igbekoi 85'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

6 November 2010 12	Simurq	0 - 1	AZAL	Zaqatala
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Benouahi 28'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 155 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

12 November 2010 13	MOIK Baku	1 - 1	AZAL	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Gurbanov 47' (pen.) Gventsadze 60'	Summary	Ikedia 27'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Elvin Askerov

21 November 2010 14	AZAL	2 - 0	Qarabağ	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Benouahi 75', 84'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

28 November 2010 15	Turan Tovuz	1 - 2	AZAL	Tovuz
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Erdoğdu 58'	Summary	Benouahi 12', 53'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Elnur Muradov

4 December 2010 16	AZAL	0 - 0	Neftchi Baku	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

11 December 2010 17	Inter Baku	1 - 1	AZAL	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zlatinov 61'	Summary	Juška 70'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

19 December 2010 18	AZAL	2 - 2	Gabala	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Juška 45' Petrov 90'	Report Summary	Isayev 3' Antić 19'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

23 December 2010 19	FK Mughan	3 - 1	AZAL	Salyan
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mammadov 27', 61' Hodžić 70' Mirzayev 43', 90+4'	Summary	Garaev 8'	Stadium: Salyan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

12 February 2011 20	AZAL	0 - 0	FK Ganja	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Elnur Muradov

20 February 2011 21	Khazar Lankaran	2 - 1	AZAL	Lankaran
17:30 AZT (UTC+4)	Abdullayev 45' Chiacu 78'	Summary	Nduka 57'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

25 February 2011 22	AZAL	0 - 0	Baku	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Neftçi Baku !Neftçi Baku	22	14	6	2	40	9	+31	48	Qualification for Championship Group
2	Khazar Lankaran !Khazar Lankaran	22	14	5	3	28	12	+16	47
3	Qarabağ !Qarabağ	22	13	3	6	30	14	+16	42
4	Inter Baku !Inter Baku	22	12	4	6	24	16	+8	40
5	AZAL !AZAL	22	9	9	4	27	26	+1	36
6	Baku !Baku	22	9	6	7	28	21	+7	33
7	Gabala !Gabala	22	8	7	7	19	14	+5	31	Qualification for Relegation Group
8	Mughan !Mughan	22	7	6	9	14	23	−9	27
9	Ganja !Ganja	22	5	9	8	23	27	−4	24
10	Turan !Turan	22	3	6	13	17	35	−18	15
11	Simurq !Simurq	22	2	6	14	12	34	−22	12
12	MOIK Baku !MOIK Baku	22	1	3	18	6	47	−41	6

Updated to games played on 27 February 2011.
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group

Results

13 March 2011 23	AZAL	1 - 0	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Krastovchev 76'	Summary		Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

18 March 2011 24	Qarabağ	1 - 0	AZAL	Baku
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Adamia 31' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium¹ Attendance: 550 Referee: Anar Salmanov

3 April 2011 25	AZAL	1 - 0	Inter Baku	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Kvirtiya 45'	Summary		Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

10 April 2011 26	AZAL	1 - 0	Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Bliznyuk 45+2'	Summary		Stadium: AZAL Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Elnur Muradov

17 April 2011 27	Neftchi Baku	2 - 1	AZAL	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Abdullayev 49' Mpenza 51'	Summary	Benouahi 6'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

23 April 2011 28	Khazar Lankaran	3 - 0	AZAL	Lankaran
18:30 AZST (UTC+5)	Opara 58' Parks 76' Abdullayev 79'	Summary		Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

1 May 2011 29	AZAL	1 - 3	Neftchi Baku	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Petrov 75', 87' Juska 90+1'	Summary	Huseynov 11' Krjauklis 17' (o.g.) Rodriguinho 90'	Stadium: AZAL Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rovshan Ahmadov

7 May 2011 30	Baku	2 - 1	AZAL	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Šolić 20' Sofroni 79'	Summary	Usim 66'	Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Rahim Hasanov

13 May 2011 31	Inter Baku	0 - 0	AZAL	Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

18 May 2011 32	AZAL	3 - 1	Qarabağ	Baku
20:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Limani 41' Bunjevčević 43' Krastovchev 88'	Summary	Adamia 12'	Stadium: Tofig Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Neftçi Baku !Neftçi Baku (C)	32	19	10	3	53	17	+36	67	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Khazar Lankaran !Khazar Lankaran	32	16	12	4	38	18	+20	60	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ¹
3	Qarabağ !Qarabağ	32	17	7	8	41	22	+19	58	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	AZAL !AZAL	32	13	10	9	36	28	+8	49	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
5	Inter Baku !Inter Baku	32	13	10	9	29	24	+5	49
6	Baku !Baku	32	10	10	12	33	32	+1	40

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Khazar Lankaran won the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Azerbaijan Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup

8 December 2010 First Round	Ravan Baku	1 - 2	AZAL	Baku
13:00 AZT (UTC+4)	R.Mammadov 90+2'	Summary	Pema 30' Nabiyev 63'	Stadium: Bayil Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Jeyhun Hashimov

2 March 2011 Quarterfinal 1st Leg	AZAL	2 - 0	Turan Tovuz	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Juska 39' Kvirtiya 43'	Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Ramil Diniyev

9 March 2011 Quarterfinal 2nd Leg	Turan Tovuz	1 - 1 (3 - 1 agg.)	AZAL	Tovuz
14:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Kondev 76'	Summary	Pema 63'	Stadium: Tovuz City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

27 April 2011 Semi Final 1st Leg	Inter Baku	0 - 0	AZAL	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

4 May 2011 Semi Final 2nd Leg	AZAL	0 - 1 (0 - 1 agg.)	Inter Baku	Baku
18:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Summary	Odikadze 2'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Robert Petrov	35	1	31+0	1	4+0	0
3	DF		Nduka Usim	36	3	31+0	3	5+0	0
4	DF		Namig Abdullazade	3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
5	DF		Agil Nabiyev	33	1	28+0	0	5+0	1
6	DF		Ritus Krjauklis	14	0	7+3	0	4+0	0
7	MF		Tarlan Khalilov	10	0	4+5	0	0+1	0
8	FW		Eleandro Pema	17	2	8+6	0	3+0	2
9	MF		Victor Igbekoi	33	3	29+0	3	4+0	0
10	MF		Nugzar Kvirtiya	31	3	20+7	2	3+1	1
11	MF		Zouhir Benouahi	28	6	22+4	6	2+0	0
12	GK		Jahangir Hasanzade	29	0	25+0	0	4+0	0
13	MF		Dragan Mandić	21	1	20+0	1	1+0	0
14	DF		Elvin Aliyev	29	0	27+0	0	2+0	0
15	FW		Gvidas Juska	35	11	24+7	10	2+2	1
16	MF		Mensur Limani	12	1	7+2	1	2+1	0
17	MF		Vusal Garaev	27	3	12+12	3	2+1	0
18	MF		Orkhan Safiyaroglu	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
20	FW		Gennadi Bliznyuk	8	1	6+0	1	2+0	0
21	MF		Mirko Bunjevčević	34	2	29+2	2	2+1	0
22	MF		Anar Hasanov	10	0	0+8	0	1+1	0
23	MF		Pius Ikedia	23	1	7+14	1	2+0	0
24	FW		Enyo Krastovchev	15	2	5+6	2	3+1	0
96	GK		Elshan Poladov	8	0	7+0	0	1+0	0
			Javid Rahimov	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Players who appeared for AZAL and left on loan during the season:
19	MF		Huseyn Akhundov	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0
Players who appeared for AZAL and left during the season:
6	MF		Abiodun Lawal	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
16	FW		Samir Abdulov	9	0	2+6	0	1+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Azerbaijan Cup	Total
1	FW	15	Gvidas Juska	10	1	11
2	MF	11	Zouhir Benouahi	6	0	6
3	MF	9	Victor Igbekoi	3	0	3
	DF	3	Nduka Usim	3	0	3
	MF	17	Vusal Garaev	3	0	3
	MF	10	Nugzar Kvirtiya	2	1	3
7	MF	21	Mirko Bunjevčević	2	0	2
	FW	24	Enyo Krastovchev	2	0	2
	FW	8	Eleandro Pema	0	2	2
10	MF	13	Dragan Mandić	1	0	1
	DF	2	Robert Petrov	1	0	1
	MF	16	Mensur Limani	1	0	1
	FW	20	Gennadi Bliznyuk	1	0	1
	MF	23	Pius Ikedia	1	0	1
	DF	5	Agil Nabiyev	0	1	1
			TOTALS	36	5	41

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Azerbaijan Cup		Total
2		DF	Robert Petrov	4	1	1	0	1	0
3		DF	Nduka Usim	5	0	0	0	5	0
5		DF	Agil Nabiyev	4	0	0	0	4	0
9		MF	Viktor Ibekoyi	8	0	1	0	9	0
10		MF	Nugzar Kvirtiya	3	0	1	0	4	0
11		MF	Zouhir Benouahi	9	0	1	0	10	0
12		GK	Jahangir Hasanzade	3	0	1	0	4	0
13		MF	Dragan Mandić	3	0	0	0	3	0
14		DF	Elvin Aliyev	10	0	0	0	10	0
15		FW	Gvidas Juska	1	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Samir Abdulov	0	0	1	0	1	0
17		MF	Vusal Garaev	4	1	1	0	5	1
21		MF	Mirko Bunjevčević	3	0	0	0	3	0
23		MF	Pius Ikedia	1	0	0	0	1	0
24		FW	Enyo Krastovchev	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	57	2	7	0	64	2

References

Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.^[4]

↑ "Ritus Krjauklis". lff.lv. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
↑ "CAS Issues it's Decision in the Case FC Karparty and FC Metalist (Ukraine)" (PDF). tas-cas.org. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Ismael Gaúcho". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
↑ Doğma torpaq, qüdrətinə qurban olum! Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (Azerbaijani)

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