# 2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League

The 2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League was the thirteenth season of the Top League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 7 August 2004 and finished on 24 May 2005. Neftchi Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous season, and they retained the title after defeating Khazar Lankaran in a playoff after both teams finished level on points and goal difference.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku (C) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 18 | +34 | 78 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Khazar Lankaran | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 15 | +53 | 78 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Karvan | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 66 | 18 | +48 | 76 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Turan | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 73 | |
| 5 | Baku | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 60 | 14 | +46 | 73 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 6 | Qarabağ | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 71 | |
| 7 | Inter Baku | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 66 | |
| 8 | FK MKT-Araz | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 57 | |
| 9 | Ganja | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 42 | |
| 10 | Karat Baki (R) | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 40 | Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division |
| 11 | Göyəzən | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 33 | |
| 12 | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 33 | |
| 13 | Şəmkir (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 32 | Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division |
| 14 | Şahdağ | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 32 | |
| 15 | MOIK Baku | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 30 | |
| 16 | Adliyya Baku (R) | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 66 | −42 | 25 | Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division |
| 17 | Bakili (R) | 34 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 71 | −49 | 14 | Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division |
| 18 | Shafa Baku | 34 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 95 | −79 | 7 | Team Dissolved |
* ↑ Neftçi Baku and Khazar Lankaran finished equal on points, and a championship play-off to determine the winner was won by Neftçi Baku.
* ↑ Baku qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winner of the 2004–05 Azerbaijan Cup.
* ↑ Safa withdrew during the winter break for financial reasons, all their remaining matches have been awarded 0-3 against them.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADL | BKL | BAK | GAN | GAS | GÖY | INT | KAB | KAR | KHA | ABB | MOI | NEF | QAR | SHB | ŞAH | SHA | TUR |
| Adliyya Baku | | 1–0 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Bakili | 1–0 | | 2–7 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Baku | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Ganja | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 6–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Göyazan | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Inter Baku | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 |
| Karat Baki | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Karvan | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 |
| Khazar Lankaran | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| FK MKT-Araz | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| MOIK Baku | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Neftçi Baku | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Qarabağ | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Shafa Baku | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–5 | | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Şahdağ | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Şəmkir | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 |
| Turan | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Match rated as walkover due to the withdrawal of Shafa Baku.
* 1 2 Walkover.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Zaur Ramazanov | Karvan | 21 |
| 2 | Samir Aliyev | Khazar Lankaran | 20 |
| 3 | Oktay Derelioğlu | Khazar Lankaran | 17 |
| 3 | Farrukh Ismayilov | Karvan | 17 |
| 5 | Issa Nikiema | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | 16 |
| 6 | Kanan Karimov | Turan Tovuz | 15 |
| 7 | Zaur Tagizade | Neftchi Baku | 14 |
| 8 | Fernando Pérez | Baku | 13 |
| 9 | Leandro Gomes | Baku | 12 |
| 9 | Vadim Vasilyev | Qarabağ | 12 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Escort Essong | Şəmkir | Adliyya Baku | 3–1 | 8 August 2004 |
| Issa Nikiema$^4$ | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | Karat Baku | 5–0 | 12 August 2004 |
| Samir Musayev | Qarabağ | Göyəzən | 4–2 | 26 September 2004 |
| Zaur Ramazanov | Karvan | Ganja | 3–0 | 26 September 2004 |
| Zaur Ramazanov | Karvan | Turan Tovuz | 4–3 | 17 October 2004 |
| Vadim Vasilyev | Qarabağ | MOIK Baku | 3–0 | 31 October 2004 |
| Samir Aliyev | Khazar Lankaran | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | 6–0 | 3 November 2004 |
| Mikheil Khutsishvili$^4$ | Ganja | Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | 6–1 | 19 March 2005 |
| Fernando Pérez$^4$ | Baku | Göyəzən | 6–0 | 21 April 2005 |
| Oktay Derelioğlu | Khazar Lankaran | Adliyya Baku | 6–1 | 3 May 2005 |
| Shalva Mumladze | Şahdağ | Göyəzən | 3–1 | 15 May 2005 |
| Yashar Abuzerov | Baku | Adliyya Baku | 4–0 | 24 May 2005 |
* $^4$ Player scored 4 goals