# 1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League

The 1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League was the fifth season of the Azerbaijan Top League and was contested by 11 clubs and was the first season were 3 points were awarded for a win. Kəpəz were the defending champions but were unable to keep their title as Neftchi Baku completed a domestic double, winning their second Azerbaijan League title and the Azerbaijan Cup.

## Stadia and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Bakı Fahlasi | Baku | Ismat Gayibov Stadium | 5,000 |
| Kapaz | Ganja | Ganja City Stadium | 26,120 |
| Qarabağ | Quzanlı | Guzanli Olympic Complex Stadium | 2,000 |
| Khazri Buzovna | Buzovna | | |
| Kur-Nur | Mingachevir | Yashar Mammadzade Stadium | 5,000 |
| MOIK Baku | Baku | | |
| Neftchi Baku | Baku | Tofiq Bahramov Stadium | 31,200 |
| Pambiqci Neftcala | Neftçala | | |
| Shamkir | Şəmkir | Shamkir City Stadium | |
| Turan Tovuz | Tovuz | Tovuz City Stadium | 6,800 |
| Viləş | Masallı | Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium | 7,500 |

## First round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Khazri Buzovna | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 7 | +24 | 47 | Qualification for championship group |
| 2 | Kapaz | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 43 | Qualification for championship group |
| 3 | Turan | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 41 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 40 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Neftçi Baku | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 39 | Qualification for championship group |
| 6 | Kur-Nur | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 25 | Qualification for championship group |
| 7 | Bakı Fahlasi | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 21 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 8 | FK Masallı | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 19 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 9 | MOIK Baku | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 43 | −27 | 16 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 10 | Şəmkir | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 39 | −24 | 13 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 11 | Pambiqci Neftcala | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 63 | −47 | 8 | Qualification for relegation group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BFA | KAP | KHB | KNU | MAS | MOI | NEF | PNE | QAR | SHA | TUR |
| Bakı Fahlasi | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Kapaz | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 10–1 | 0–3 | 8–0 | 3–3 |
| Khazri Buzovna | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Kur-Nur | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | | 5–0 | 5–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| FK Masallı | 5–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–4 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–6 |
| MOIK Baku | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| Neftçi Baku | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Pambiqci Neftcala | 0–1 | 2–10 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 0–7 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Qarabağ | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Şəmkir | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 0–2 |
| Turan | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |

## Second round
### Championship group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku (C) | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 36 | Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Khazri Buzovna | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 33 | Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Kapaz | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 32 | |
| 4 | Turan | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 30 | |
| 5 | Qarabağ | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 21 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 6 | Kur-Nur | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 46 | −34 | 7 | |
* ↑ Karabakh Agdam qualified for the qualifying round of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as runners up in the 1995–96 Azerbaijan Cup since Neftchi Baku won both the League and the Cup

### Results

| Home \ Away | KAP | KHB | KNU | NEF | QAR | TUR |
| Kapaz | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Khazri Buzovna | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Kur-Nur | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Neftçi Baku | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Qarabağ | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | – |
| Turan | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
* ↑ The match between Qarabağ and Turan was rated as 0–3 loss for both teams because of match-fixing.
* ↑ Walkover.

### Relegation group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Bakı Fahlasi | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 29 |
| 8 | FK Masallı | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 28 |
| 9 | Şəmkir | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 25 |
| 10 | MOIK Baku | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 20 |
| 11 | Pambiqci Neftcala | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 13 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BFA | MAS | MOI | PNE | SHA |
| Bakı Fahlasi | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 3–0 |
| FK Masallı | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| MOIK Baku | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Pambiqci Neftcala | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | | 0–1 |
| Shamkir | 0–1 | 9–2 | 2–0 | 8–2 | |
* ↑ Walkover.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Fazil Parvanov | Kəpəz | 23 |
| 1 | Rovshan Akhmedov | Kəpəz | 23 |
| 3 | Nazim Aliyev | Neftchi Baku/Qarabağ | 22 |
| 4 | Musa Kurbanov | Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz | 15 |
| 5 | Yadigar Süleymanov | Kəpəz | 14 |
| 6 | Samir A. Məmmədov | MOIK Baku/Kur Nur Mingechaur | 13 |
| 6 | Mehman İbrahimov | Pambiqci Neftcala | 13 |
| 6 | Ələddin Abbasov | Shamkir | 13 |
| 9 | Gurban Gurbanov | Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz | 12 |
| 10 | İlham Məmmədov | Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz/Neftchi Baku | 11 |