2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League Explained

Competition:Azerbaijan Top League
Season:2006–07
Winners:Khazar Lenkoran
Relegated:FK Gäncä
Sahdag Qusar
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Khazar Lenkoran
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Neftchi Baku
MKT Araz
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:FK Baku
League Topscorer:Zaur Ramazanov
(20 goals)
Matches:144
Total Goals:246
Prevseason:2005–06
Nextseason:2007–08

2006–07 Azerbaijan Premier League was the fifteenth season of top-tier football in Azerbaijan. The season started with 14 teams, but ended with 13 after FK Gäncä were excluded. FK Baku were the defending champions with the season began on 5 August 2006 and ended on 23 May 2007. At the end of the season the league was dissolved and replaced by the Azerbaijan Premier League.

Teams

MOIK Baku and Göyazan Qazax were relegated after finishing the previous season in 13th and 14th place. They were replaced by Gilan Qäbälä and Simurq Zaqatala from the Azerbaijan First Division.

Stadia and locations

TeamVenueCapacity
FK BakuTofik Bakhramov Stadium29,858
GabalaGabala City Stadium2,000
Gänclärbirliyi SumqayitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium15,350
Inter BakuShafa Stadium8,200
KapazGanja City Stadium26,120
KarabakhGuzanli Olympic Stadium115,000
KarvanYevlakh Stadium5,000
Khazar LankaranLankaran City Stadium15,000
MKT ArazHeydar Aliyev Stadium8,500
Neftchi BakuTofik Bakhramov Stadium29,858
Olimpik BakuShafa Stadium8,200
Shahdag QusarShovkat Ordukhanov Stadium5,000
Simurq ZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium4,000
Turan TovuzTovuz City Stadium10,000

1Karabakh played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.[1]

Managerial changes

League standings

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[2]
1 Zaur RamazanovKhazar Lankaran20
2 Khagani MammadovOlimpik-Shuvalan13
3 Georgi AdamiaNeftchi Baku10
Samir AliyevInter Baku/Neftchi Baku10
Yacouba BambaKarvan10
6 Viktor IbekoyiTuran Tovuz9
Nadir NabievNeftchi Baku9
Ramin NasibovSimurq9
9 Anatolie DoroșMKT Araz8

Hat-tricks

[3]

Player For Against Result Date
Qarabağ Şahdağ 3–1
Inter Baku Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 4–1
Olimpik-Shuvalan Şahdağ 3–1
Simurq Qarabağ 3–0
Khazar Lankaran Turan Tovuz3–2

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://azerifootball.com/ru/13/news/461.html Стадион в Гузанлы одобрен ПФЛ
  2. Web site: Top 10 goal scorers . pfl.az . 6 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120809170749/http://www.pfl.az/upload/arxiv/200607/bombardirlertop10200607.pdf . 9 August 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Azerbaijan 2006/07 . . 6 December 2013.