# 2008–09 Neftchi Baku PFK season

The Neftchi Baku 2008–09 season was Neftchi Baku's seventeenth Azerbaijan Premier League season. They started the season under the management of Anatoliy Demyanenko, however he was replaced by Hans-Jürgen Gede on 1 September 2008. On 28 February 2009 Gede was replaced Boyukaga Agaev, who was in charge until the end of the season. They finished 8th in the league and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the quarterfinal stage by Karabakh. Neftchi also took part in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, reaching the Third Round before losing to Vaslui of Romania.

## Squad

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 | SRB | Vladimir Mićović |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Olefir |
| 4 | DF | EST | Dmitri Kruglov |
| 5 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev |
| 7 | FW | AZE | Samir Aliyev |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Eshgin Guliyev |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Marcho Dafchev |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Anar Nazirov |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Ali Cansun |
| 19 | DF | TUR | Suat Usta |
| 21 | FW | BRA | José Carlos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Zaur Tagizade |
| 23 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev |
| 25 | DF | AZE | Emin Jafarguliyev |
| 27 | FW | CMR | Valentine Atem |
| 32 | DF | TKM | Nazar Baýramow |
| 34 | GK | POL | Tomasz Bobel |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Svetoslav Petrov |
| — | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu |
| — | DF | AUS | John Tambouras |
| — | DF | IRL | Joe Kendrick |
| — | MF | AZE | Orkhan Hasanov |
| — | MF | ROU | Marian Aliuță |
| — | FW | ROU | Adrian Neaga |
| — | FW | AZE | Tural Isgandarov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Olefir (from Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) |
| 4 | DF | EST | Dmitri Kruglov (from Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan) |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Chelidze (from Dinamo Batumi) |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Marcho Dafchev (from Lokomotiv Sofia) |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Oleh Herasymyuk (loan from Dynamo-2 Kyiv) |
| 19 | DF | TUR | Suat Usta (from Çaykur Rizespor) |
| 23 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev (from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 27 | FW | CMR | Valentine Atem (from MSV Duisburg) |
| — | FW | ROU | Adrian Neaga (from Steaua București) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadiqov (to Qarabağ) |
| 7 | MF | MDA | Vadim Boreț (to Baku) |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Huseyn Mahammadov (to Standard Baku) |
| 20 | FW | AZE | Branimir Subašić (to Red Star Belgrade) |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Marcos (loan return to Karvan) |
| 77 | DF | AZE | Ramin Guliyev (to Olimpik Baku) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev (from Youth Team) |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev (from Youth Team) |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov (from Youth Team) |
| 34 | GK | POL | Tomasz Bobel (from FC Erzgebirge Aue) |
| — | DF | AUS | John Tambouras (from Drogheda United) |
| — | DF | IRL | Joe Kendrick (from Drogheda United) |
| — | MF | ROU | Marian Aliuță (from FC Vaslui) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev (to Qarabağ) |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Aleksandr Chertoganov (to Simurq) |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Chelidze (to Olimpi Rustavi) |
| 10 | FW | GEO | Georgi Adamia (to Baku) |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov (to Kocaelispor) |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Oleh Herasymyuk (loan return to Dynamo-2 Kyiv) |

## Competitions
### Azerbaijan Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Olimpik Baku | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 44 |
| 7 | Standard Baku | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 39 |
| 8 | Neftçi Baku | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 36 |
| 9 | Karvan | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 34 |
| 10 | Gabala | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 33 |

### Intertoto Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Intertoto Cup | Intertoto Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Vladimir Mićović | 26 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Olefir | 19 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | EST | Dmitri Kruglov | 29 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | John Tambouras | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | AZE | Samir Aliyev | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Eshgin Guliyev | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Marcho Dafchev | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Anar Nazirov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Ali Cansun | 15 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | TUR | Suat Usta | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abbasov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | BRA | José Carlos | 20 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Zaur Tagizade | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev | 24 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Emin Jafarguliyev | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | CMR | Valentine Atem | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | TKM | Nazar Baýramow | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | POL | Tomasz Bobel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Svetoslav Petrov | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | IRL | Joe Kendrick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ROU | Marian Aliuță | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | AZE | Orkhan Hasanov | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ROU | Adrian Neaga | 13 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | AZE | Tural Isgandarov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Neftchi Baku who left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadiqov | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Aleksandr Chertoganov | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Chelidze | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GEO | Georgi Adamia | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Oleh Herasymyuk | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Intertoto Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Adrian Neaga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 17 | Ali Cansun | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | 23 | Elmar Bakhshiev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 27 | Valentine Atem | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 4 | Dmitri Kruglov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Marcho Dafchev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 21 | José Carlos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 12 | Marian Aliuță | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 17 | Oleh Herasymyuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 6 | Rashad Sadiqov | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 19 | Suat Usta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Volodymyr Olefir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 77 | Svetoslav Petrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 7 | Samir Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 22 | Zaur Tagizade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 5 | Araz Abdullayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 9 | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 15 | Ruslan Abishov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 14 | Rashad Sadygov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 10 | Georgi Adamia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 5 | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 30 | 5 | 7 | 42 |