# 2011–12 FK Khazar Lankaran season

The Khazar Lankaran 2011–12 season was Khazar Lankaran's seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season. They finished second in the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League, qualifying for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League again. In the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League they entered, and were knocked out, at the Second Qualifying Round by Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel. They also took part in the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup getting knocked out at the Quarterfinal stage by Inter Baku.
Khazar started the season under Mircea Rednic, but he was sacked and replaced the next day by Cüneyt Biçer. Biçer was then sacked on 15 March 2012 and replaced by Yunis Hüseynov.

## Squad

    As of 10 February 2012
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Kamran Agayev |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev |
| 3 | DF | ALB | Elvin Beqiri |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Akif Tagiyev |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Robert Alviž |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Cătălin Doman |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Éder Bonfim |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Branimir Subašić |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Elnur Abdullayev |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Andrei Mureşan |
| 12 | MF | MLI | Salif Ballo |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rahid Amirguliev (captain) |
| 15 | MF | MLI | Sadio Tounkara |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Adrian Piţ |
| 17 | DF | AZE | Zahid Guliyev |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Alim Gurbanov |
| 21 | DF | BUL | Radomir Todorov |
| 22 | MF | POR | António Semedo |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Khalilov |
| 26 | GK | AZE | Orkhan Sadigli |
| 30 | FW | CRC | Randall Brenes |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Stevan Bates (on loan from FK Rad) |
| 38 | MF | AZE | Gafar Aliyev |
| 81 | MF | BRA | Ricardo Vilana |
| 85 | GK | AZE | Kamal Bayramov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Kamal Bayramov (from Turan Tovuz) |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Éder Bonfim (from Steaua) |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Csaba Borbély (from Oțelul Galați) |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Branimir Subašić (from FC Gabala) |
| 17 | DF | AZE | Zahid Guliyev (from Absheron) |
| 22 | FW | POR | António Semedo (from Alki Larnaca) |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Habil Nurəhmədov (from Absheron) |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Mario Rosas (from Salamanca) |
| 33 | FW | SVN | Dejan Rusič (from Al Taawon) |
| 77 | MF | ROU | Marius Onofraş (from Steaua) |
| 80 | FW | POR | João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro (from Olympiakos Nicosia) |
| 81 | MF | BRA | Ricardo Vilana (from Steaua) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Diego Souza (to Inter Baku) |
| 6 | DF | POR | Bruno Simão (to Portimonense) |
| 7 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Poladov (to Inter Baku) |
| 8 | DF | ROU | Nicolae Muşat (loan return to Dinamo București) |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Alexandru Piţurcă |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Csaba Borbély (to CF Brăila) |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Yevhen Kopyl |
| 17 | MF | ROU | Hristu Chiacu (loan return to Dinamo București) |
| 19 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Bangoura (to Djoliba AC) |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Adrian Scarlatache (loan return to Dinamo București) |
| 28 | DF | ROU | Cosmin Frăsinescu (loan return to Gloria Bistriţa) |
| 36 | FW | CRC | Winston Parks (loan return to Politehnica Timișoara) |
| 55 | MF | AZE | Tural Jalilov (on loan to Ravan Baku) |
| 77 | DF | ROU | Stelian Stancu (to Sportul Studențesc București) |
| 77 | MF | ROU | Marius Onofraş (fto CSMS Iaşi) |
| 80 | FW | POR | João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro (to Apollon Limassol FC) |
| — | DF | BIH | Veldin Muharemović (to FK Sarajevo) |
| — | MF | AZE | Asif Mammadov (to Inter Baku) |
| — | FW | AZE | Amid Huseynov (on loan to Ravan Baku) |
| — | FW | HON | Allan Lalín (to Real España) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | AZE | Akif Taghiyev (from Turan) |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Robert Alviž (from Anagennisi Dherynia) |
| 12 | FW | MLI | Salif Ballo (from AS Real Bamako) |
| 15 | MF | MLI | Sadio Tounkara (from Jeanne d'Arc FC) |
| 21 | DF | BUL | Radomir Todorov (from Spartak Varna) |
| 30 | FW | CRC | Randall Brenes (from Cartaginés) |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Stevan Bates (on loan from FK Rad) |
| 38 | MF | AZE | Gafar Aliyev (from Ravan Baku) |
| — | FW | MLI | Siriman Magassouba (from AS Real Bamako) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Emeka Opara (to Al Naser) |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Eldar Ismayilov |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Habil Nurəhmədov (to AZAL) |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Mario Rosas (to SD Huesca) |
| 33 | FW | SVN | Dejan Rusič (to Al-Taawon) |
| 84 | MF | SLE | Julius Wobay (to Al-Masry) |
| — | DF | EST | Tihhon Šišov (to JK Nõmme Kalju) |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 17 | +28 | 49 | Qualification for championship group |
| 2 | Inter Baku | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 45 | Qualification for championship group |
| 3 | Khazar Lankaran | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 44 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 41 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Baku | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 35 | Qualification for championship group |

### Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku (C) | 32 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 63 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Khazar Lankaran | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 59 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Inter Baku | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 53 | |
| 5 | Gabala | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 52 | |
| 6 | Baku | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 50 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
* 1 2 Baku qualified for the first qualifiying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 14 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Kamran Agayev | 30 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 27 | 1 | 24+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ALB | Elvin Beqiri | 24 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Robert Alviž | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Cătălin Doman | 29 | 6 | 21+3 | 4 | 1+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Éder Bonfim | 36 | 5 | 31+0 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Branimir Subašić | 30 | 7 | 23+4 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Elnur Abdullayev | 28 | 1 | 18+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Andrei Mureşan | 34 | 2 | 26+3 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | MLI | Salif Ballo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rahid Amirguliev | 36 | 5 | 31+0 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MLI | Sadio Tounkara | 12 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Adrian Piţ | 35 | 2 | 30+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | AZE | Zahid Guliyev | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Alim Qurbanov | 10 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BUL | Radomir Todorov | 12 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | POR | António Semedo | 10 | 3 | 1+7 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Khalilov | 15 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | AZE | Orkhan Sadigli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | CRC | Randall Brenes | 13 | 3 | 5+6 | 1 | 2+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Stevan Bates | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | BRA | Ricardo Vilana | 19 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | AZE | Kamal Bayramov | 7 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| -- | FW | AZE | Fikrat Ulduzlu | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Khazar no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | BRA | Diego Souza | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Csaba Borbély | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Emeka Opara | 14 | 3 | 8+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Eldar Ismayilov | 1 | 3 | 1+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Habil Nurəhmədov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Mario Rosas | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SVN | Dejan Rusič | 15 | 3 | 7+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ROU | Marius Onofraş | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | POR | João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | SLE | Julius Wobay | 10 | 3 | 7+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Branimir Subašić | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 30 | Cătălin Doman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | 14 | Rahid Amirguliev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Éder Bonfim | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 15 | Emeka Opara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 84 | Julius Wobay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 22 | António Semedo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 33 | Dejan Rusic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 16 | Adrian Piţ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 30 | Randall Brenes | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | | | Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 81 | Ricardo Vilana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 11 | Andrei Mureşan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 17 | Zahid Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 15 | Sadio Tounkara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 2 | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 10 | Elnur Abdullayev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 44 | 6 | 1 | 51 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Kamal Bayramov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Elnur Allahverdiyev | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Elvin Beqiri | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Robert Alviž | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Cătălin Doman | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Éder Bonfim | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Elnur Abdullayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Andrei Mureşan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Rahid Amirguliev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Emeka Opara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Adrian Piţ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Zahid Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Alim Gurbanov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | António Semedo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Habil Nurəhmədov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Randall Brenes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Mario Rosas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Stevan Bates | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 81 | MF | Ricardo Vilana | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | Julius Wobay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | Kamal Bayramov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 69 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 79 | 5 |

### Monthly awards

| Month | Azerbaijan Professional Football League Awards | Azerbaijan Professional Football League Awards |
| Month | Player | Award |
| May | Eder Bonfim | Won |

### Annual awards

| Award | PFL Seasonal Awards | PFL Seasonal Awards |
| Award | Player | Award |
| Best Goalkeeper | Kamran Agayev | Won |
| Best Defender | Ruslan Abishov | Won |
| Best Midfielder | Adrian Piț | Won |

## Team kit

These are the 2011–12 Khazar Lankaran kits.
Supplier: Puma Sponsor(s): Palmali
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