| Club: | AZAL |
| Season: | 2011–12 |
| Manager: | Nazim Suleymanov until 7 July 2011 Elkhan Abdullayev 12 July – 31 October 2011 Rafig Mirzayev 1 November 2011 – 2 April 2012 Mais Azimov (caretaker) 2–6 April 2012 Vagif Sadygov from 6 April 2011 |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Zaur Akhundov |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Stadium: | AZAL Arena |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 7th |
| Cup1: | Azerbaijan Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals vs Baku |
| Cup2: | Europa League |
| Cup2 Result: | 1st Qualifying Round vs Minsk |
| League Topscorer: | Tales Schutz Zouhir Benouahi (10) |
| Season Topscorer: | Zouhir Benouahi (11) |
| Highest Attendance: | 2,800 vs Khazar 14 August 2011 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 100 vs Turan 12 May 2012 |
| Average Attendance: | 887 |
| Prevseason: | 2010–11 |
| Nextseason: | 2012–13 |
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The AZAL 2011–12 season was AZAL's seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season. AZAL finished the season in 7th place and were knocked out of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup by FK Baku in the Quarter-finals and by FC Minsk of Belarus in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
Nazim Suleymanov resigned as manager of AZAL during preseason,[1] being replaced by Elkhan Abdullayev,[2] who himself resigned in October,[3] being replaced by Rafig Mirzayev. Mirzayev was the manager for 6 months before having his contract terminated by mutual consent in April 2012.[4] Mais Azimov was appointed as a caretaker manager for one game[5] [6] before Vagif Sadygov was appointed manager on 6 April 2012.[7] The team's kit was supplied by Umbro and their sponsor was Silk Way.
See main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2011. In:[8] [9] Out:
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See main article: 2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League.
See main article: 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup.
See main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
See main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.
|-|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for AZAL no longer at the club:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Azerbaijan Cup | width=150 | Europa League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF |  | 11 | Zouhir Benouahi | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||
| 2 | FW |  | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 3 | MF |  | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| FW |  | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 5 | MF |  | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| MF |  | 88 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 14 | Orkhan Safiyaroglu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | MF | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| MF |  | 16 | Branislav Arsenijević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 7 | Tarlan Khalilov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 12 | DF | | 13 | Tural Narimanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 43 | 4 | 2 | 49 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total | ||||||||
| width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | GK | Amil Agajanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | DF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | | DF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | | DF | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 6 |  | DF | Mindaugas Daunoravičius | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | MF | Tarlan Khalilov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | | MF | Zouhir Benouahi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | | GK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | | DF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | | MF | Orkhan Safiyaroglu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | FW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | | MF | Branislav Arsenijević | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | MF | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| 19 | | MF | Huseyn Akhundov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | | MF | Elgun Abbasli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | FW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 25 | | DF | Tural Narimanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 25 |  | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 88 | | MF | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| TOTALS | 82 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 93 | 7 | |||||||