# 2012–13 Ravan Baku season

The Ravan Baku 2012-13 season was Ravan Baku's second Azerbaijan Premier League season. Ravan started the season under new manager Cevat Güler, having replaced Bahman Hasanov in preseason. Güler was sacked as manager on 25 August with Hasanov being brought in as caretaker manager until Ravan appointed Kemal Alispahić on 24 September. Alispahić himself was sacked on 21 December 2012, after 4 wins in 13 games, and was replaced by Ramil Aliyev. Ravan went on to finish 8th in the league. They also participate in the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup, reaching the Quarterfinals, where they went out 6-2 on aggregate to Khazar Lankaran.

## Squad

    As of 4 March 2013
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POL | Łukasz Sapela |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Miloš Zečević (captain) |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Nodar Mammadov |
| 5 | DF | MDA | Nicolae Orlovschi |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Mukhtar Ismayilov |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Ramil Hashimzade |
| 8 | DF | AZE | Tural Akhundov |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Vusal Garaev |
| 10 | MF | LTU | Mindaugas Kalonas |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Davud Karimi |
| 13 | MF | AZE | Shahriyar Rahimov |
| 14 | FW | ARG | Juan Varea |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Tural Jalilov |
| 16 | DF | AZE | Orkhan Lalayev |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Ramazan Abbasov |
| 18 | MF | SLE | Samuel Barlay |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Huseyn Akhundov |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Miloš Adamović |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Tofig Mikayilov |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Ali Aliyev |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Nuran Gurbanov (loan from Gabala) |
| 28 | MF | AZE | Emin Mustafayev |
| 99 | GK | AZE | Murad Ganbarov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POL | Łukasz Sapela (from GKS Bełchatów) |
| 5 | DF | MDA | Nicolae Orlovschi (from Olimpia) |
| 14 | FW | ARG | Juan Manuel Varea (from Široki Brijeg) |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Huseyn Akhundov (from AZAL) |
| 23 | FW | SLE | Sallieu Bundu (loan from Charleston Battery) |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Nuran Gurbanov (loan from Gabala) |
| 28 | MF | AZE | Amit Guluzade (from Kayseri Erciyesspor) |
| 33 | MF | GHA | Francis Bossman (from Sloboda Užice) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Natig Karimi |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Tagim Novruzov (to AZAL) |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Elvin Musazade (loan return to Neftchi Baku) |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Farid Hashimzade (to Kəpəz) |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Serhiy Artiukh (to Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) |
| 16 | DF | AZE | Farrukh Rahimov |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Ramazan Abbasov (to Baku) |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Jeyhun Abdullayev |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Amid Huseynov (loan return to Khazar Lankaran) |
| 24 | DF | AZE | Huseyn Isgandarov (to Turan Tovuz) |
| 25 | DF | AZE | Ramil Nuriyev |
| 23 | FW | SLE | Sallieu Bundu (loan return to Charleston Battery) |
| 61 | GK | RUS | Ivan Vasiliev |
| 87 | MF | GEO | George Gulordava |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Nodar Mammadov (from Gabala) |
| 10 | MF | LTU | Mindaugas Kalonas (from Stomil Olsztyn) |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Ramazan Abbasov (from Baku) |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Miloš Adamović (from Sunkar) |
| 28 | MF | AZE | Emin Mustafayev (from Qarabağ) |
| -- | MF | AZE | Ramil Hashimzade (from Sumgayit) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Ekrem Hodžić (to Jedinstvo Bihać) |
| 7 | DF | AZE | Elvin Musazada (to Qarabağ) |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Vidaković (to Ordabasy) |
| 11 | MF | SLE | Sheriff Suma |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Emin Ibrahimov |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Cristian Torres (to Qarabağ) |
| 26 | MF | GHA | Francis Bossman (to Jagodina) |
| 28 | MF | AZE | Amit Guluzade (to Gabala) |

## Competitions
### Azerbaijan Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 March 2013. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Khazar Lankaran | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 28 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 9 | Turan | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 23 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 10 | Sumgayit | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 22 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 11 | Ravan Baku | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 22 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 12 | Kapaz | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 45 | −33 | 10 | Qualification for relegation group |

##### Notes

* Note 1: Simurq were awarded a 3-0 victory after Ravan Baku fielded 8 foreigners during the game instead of the maximum 7.

### Azerbaijan Premier League Relegation Group
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2013. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | AZAL | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 57 | |
| 8 | Khazar Lankaran | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 40 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 9 | Ravan Baku | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 40 | |
| 10 | Sumgayit | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 35 | |
| 11 | Turan (R) | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 30 | Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division |
* ↑ Khazar Lankaran qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League as winner of the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup.

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of 21 May 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | POL | Łukasz Sapela | 20 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Miloš Zečević | 23 | 1 | 21+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | AZE | Nodar Mammadov | 16 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MDA | Nicolae Orlovschi | 23 | 3 | 19+1 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Anar Hasanov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Ramil Hashimzade | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | AZE | Tural Akhundov | 26 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Vusal Garaev | 6 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | LTU | Mindaugas Kalonas | 15 | 8 | 12+1 | 8 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Anar Hüseynov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Sadiq Ramazanov | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AZE | Shahriyar Rahimov | 29 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ARG | Juan Manuel Varea | 34 | 15 | 31+0 | 14 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Tural Jalilov | 14 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | AZE | Orkhan Lalayev | 15 | 1 | 12+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Ramazan Abbasov | 13 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SLE | Samuel Barlay | 30 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Huseyn Akhundov | 13 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Miloš Adamović | 14 | 6 | 12+0 | 5 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Tofig Mikayilov | 33 | 3 | 19+12 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Ayaz Mehdiyev | 12 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Nuran Gurbanov | 19 | 2 | 16+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | AZE | Emin Mustafayev | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AZE | Ali Aliyev | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AZE | Camil Rahimli | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Raven Baku no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BIH | Ekrem Hodžić | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | AZE | Elvin Musazada | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Vidaković | 14 | 2 | 3+10 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | SLE | Sheriff Suma | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Davud Karimi | 15 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Emin Ibrahimov | 7 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Cristian Torres | 18 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SLE | Sallieu Bundu | 3 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GHA | Francis Bossman | 16 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | AZE | Amit Guluzade | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Juan Manuel Varea | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Mindaugas Kalonas | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Miloš Adamović | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 22 | Tofig Mikayilov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 5 | Nicolae Orlovschi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 10 | Nemanja Vidaković | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 27 | Nuran Gurbanov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 17 | Ramazan Abbasov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 23 | Sallieu Bundu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 20 | Cristian Torres | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 17 | Emin Ibrahimov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 13 | Shahriyar Rahimov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 18 | Samuel Barlay | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 25 | Ayaz Mehdiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 9 | Vusal Garaev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 16 | Orkhan Lalayev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Miloš Zečević | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 46 | 4 | 50 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Miloš Zečević | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Nodar Mammadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ekrem Hodžić | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Nicolae Orlovschi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Ramil Hashimzade | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | Tural Akhundov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Vusal Garaev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Mindaugas Kalonas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Sheriff Suma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Davud Karimi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Shahriyar Rahimov | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Juan Manuel Varea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Orkhan Lalayev | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Ramazan Abbasov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Samuel Barlay | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Huseyn Akhundov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Cristian Torres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Miloš Adamović | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Tofig Mikayilov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Ayaz Mehdiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Francis Bossman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Nuran Gurbanov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Amit Guluzade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 89 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 97 | 6 |