# 2011–12 Ravan Baku season

The Ravan Baku 2011–12 season was Ravan Baku's first Azerbaijan Premier League season, which they finished in 8th place. They also took part in the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup, getting knocked out in the first round by FK Baku on penalties. Ravan Baku started the season under Bahman Hasanov who Resigned on 20 September 2011, being replaced by Vladislav Kadyrov who in turn was sacked on 5 February 2012, to be replaced by Bahman Hasanov.

## Squad

    As of 28 January 2012
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Miloš Zečević (captain) |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Ekrem Hodžić |
| 5 | MF | AZE | Natig Karimi |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Tagim Novruzov |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Elvin Musazade |
| 8 | DF | AZE | Tural Akhundov |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Vusal Garaev |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Vidaković |
| 11 | MF | SLE | Sheriff Suma |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Davud Karimi |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Farid Hashimzade |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Serhiy Artiukh |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Tural Jalilov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | AZE | Farrukh Rahimov |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Ramazan Abbasov |
| 18 | MF | SLE | Samuel Barlay |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Cristian Torres |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Jeyhun Abdullayev |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Amid Huseynov (on loan from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 24 | DF | AZE | Huseyn Iskanderov |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Orkhan Lalayev |
| 30 | DF | AZE | Maharram Muslumzadeh |
| 61 | GK | RUS | Ivan Vasiliev |
| 87 | MF | GEO | George Gulordava |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Sergey Chernyshev |
| - | DF | AZE | Ramil Nuriyev |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | EST | Artur Kotenko (from AEP Paphos) |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Miloš Zečević (from Mughan) |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Ekrem Hodžić (from Mughan) |
| 5 | MF | AZE | Natig Karimi (from Absheron) |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Tagim Novruzov (from Mughan) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Igor Souza (from Mughan) |
| 8 | DF | AZE | Tural Akhundov (from Mughan) |
| 9 | FW | SWE | John Pelu (from Mughan) |
| 10 | FW | URU | Angel Gutiérrez (from Mughan) |
| 11 | DF | SLE | Sheriff Suma (from Jönköpings Södra) |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Davud Karimi (from Mughan) |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Farid Hashimzade (from Mughan) |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Tural Jalilov (on loan from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Ramazan Abbasov (from Kəpəz) |
| 18 | MF | SLE | Samuel Barlay (from Mughan) |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Bong Bertrand (from Saham Club) |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Cristian Torres (from Gabala) |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Jeyhun Abdullayev (from Mughan) |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Amid Huseynov (on loan from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 30 | MF | RUS | Sharapudin Shalbuzov (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 87 | MF | GEO | George Gulordava (from Mughan) |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Sergey Chernyshev (from Mughan) |
| — | DF | AZE | Elkhan Jabrailov (from Mughan) |
| — | MF | AZE | Anar Gasimov (from Mughan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | AZE | Kamil Qafarov (released) |
| — | GK | AZE | Elchin Jafarov Qafarov (released) |
| — | GK | AZE | Kenan Hajiyev (released) |
| — | DF | AZE | Mushfig Gambarov (released) |
| — | DF | AZE | Bakhtiyar Mehraliyev (released) |
| — | DF | AZE | Shahin Khasayly (released) |
| — | DF | AZE | Rashad Mammadov (released) |
| — | DF | AZE | Shikhgayib Shikhgayibov (released) |
| — | DF | AZE | Elchin Hashimov (released) |
| — | GK | AZE | Tarik Gasymov (released) |
| — | DF | AZE | Fakhraddin Murvatov (released) |
| — | MF | AZE | Samed Rzayev (released) |
| — | MF | AZE | Javid Rajabov (released) |
| — | MF | AZE | Elnur Huseynov (released) |
| — | MF | AZE | Farkhad Iskanderov (released) |
| — | MF | AZE | Agshin Hashimov (released) |
| — | MF | AZE | Eldar Ismayilov (released) |
| — | MF | AZE | Asif Zeynalov (released) |
| — | FW | AZE | Izzatali Suleymanov (released) |
| — | FW | AZE | Zahid Tayibov (released) |
| — | FW | AZE | Emin Amiraslanov (released) |
| — | FW | AZE | Zaur Mammadov (released) |
| — | MF | NGA | Abu Abedi Kanu (released) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Elvin Musazade (on loan from Neftchi Baku) |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Vusal Garaev (from AZAL) |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Vidaković (from Borac Banja Luka) |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Serhiy Artiukh (from Turan Tovuz) |
| 25 | DF | AZE | Orkhan Lalayev (loan return from FC Shusha) |
| 30 | MF | AZE | Maharram Muslumzade (from Turan Tovuz) |
| 61 | GK | RUS | Ivan Vasiliev (from Karvan) |
| — | DF | AZE | Elmar Yehyabeyov (from Shahdag Qusar) |
| — | DF | AZE | Ramil Nuriyev (from Sumgayit) |
| — | DF | AZE | Asif Zeynalov (from Bakili Baku) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | EST | Artur Kotenko (to FF Jaro) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Igor Souza |
| 9 | FW | SWE | John Pelu (to Strindheim IL) |
| 10 | FW | URU | Ángel Gutiérrez (to Deportivo Mictlán) |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Bong Bertrand (to Al-Ahli) |
| 30 | MF | RUS | Sharapudin Shalbuzov |
| — | DF | AZE | Elkhan Jabrailov |
| — | MF | AZE | Anar Gasymov (to FK Neftchala) |
| — | DF | AZE | Sabuhi Hasanov |

## 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: 21 December 2011. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Gabala | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 35 | Qualification for championship group |
| 7 | AZAL | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 29 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 8 | Ravan Baku | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 25 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 9 | Kapaz | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 22 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 10 | Simurq | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 19 | Qualification for relegation group |

### Azerbaijan Premier League Relegation Group
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | AZAL | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 44 | |
| 8 | Ravan Baku | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 41 | |
| 9 | Simurq | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 34 | |
| 10 | Kapaz | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 32 | |
| 11 | Turan (R) | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 25 | Qualification for relegation playoffs |
| 12 | Sumgayit (R) | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 24 | Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division |

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of 15 May 2012

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Miloš Zečević | 30 | 5 | 29+0 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Ekrem Hodžić | 27 | 4 | 26+0 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | AZE | Natig Karimi | 20 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Tagim Novruzov | 23 | 5 | 19+3 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Elvin Musazade | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | AZE | Tural Akhundov | 32 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Vusal Garaev | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Vidaković | 14 | 5 | 14+0 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | SLE | Sheriff Suma | 29 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Davud Karimi | 26 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Farid Hashimzade | 16 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Serhiy Artiukh | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Tural Jalilov | 17 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | AZE | Farrukh Rahimov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Ramazan Abbasov | 32 | 3 | 21+10 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SLE | Samuel Barlay | 29 | 4 | 26+2 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Cristian Torres | 29 | 4 | 22+6 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Jeyhun Abdullayev | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Amid Huseynov | 9 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | AZE | Huseyn Iskanderov | 14 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | AZE | Ramil Nuriyev | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | AZE | Maharram Muslumzadeh | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 61 | GK | RUS | Ivan Vasiliev | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | GEO | George Gulordava | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Sergey Chernyshev | 14 | 0 | 1+13 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Raven Baku no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | EST | Artur Kotenko | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Igor Souza | 17 | 4 | 16+0 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | John Pelu | 9 | 2 | 9+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | URU | Ángel Gutiérrez | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Bong Bertrand | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | RUS | Sharapudin Shalbuzov | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | DF | 3 | Miloš Zečević | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Nemanja Vidaković | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | MF | 6 | Tagim Novruzov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Igor Souza | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 18 | Samuel Barlay | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | 4 | Ekrem Hodžić | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | Cristian Torres | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 17 | Ramazan Abbasov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | John Pelu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 11 | Sheriff Suma | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 22 | Amid Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 39 | 0 | 39 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Miloš Zečević | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ekrem Hodžić | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Natig Karimi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Tagim Novruzov | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | Igor Souza | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Tural Akhundov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | John Pelu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Ángel Gutiérrez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Nemanja Vidaković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Sheriff Suma | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Davud Karimi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Tural Jalilov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Farrukh Rahimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Ramazan Abbasov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Samuel Barlay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Cristian Torres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Amid Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Huseyn Iskanderov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Sharapudin Shalbuzov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 61 | GK | Ivan Vasiliev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 87 | MF | George Gulordava | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | Sergey Chernyshev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 77 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 6 |