# 2009–10 Neftchi Baku PFK season

The 2009–10 season is Neftchi Baku's eighteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season. They started the season under the management of Boyukaga Aghayev before he left by mutual consent in mid September. Aghayev was replaced by Vagif Sadygov, who lasted 5 months before being sacked in mid February and replaced by Arif Asadov.

## 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 | TUR | Suat Usta |
| 4 | DF | EST | Taavi Rähn |
| 5 | MF | ROU | Leonard Naidin |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Eshgin Guliyev |
| 7 | FW | AZE | Samir Aliyev |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev |
| 9 | FW | URU | Walter Guglielmone |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Marian Aliuță |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Javid Huseynov |
| 12 | GK | LTU | Paulius Grybauskas |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov |
| 16 | DF | EST | Dmitri Kruglov |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov |
| 20 | FW | BRA | José Carlos |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Zaur Tagizade |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Tural Narimanov |
| 25 | FW | ROU | Adrian Neaga |
| 26 | MF | TKM | Nazar Baýramow |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev |
| 28 | FW | AZE | Amit Guluzade |
| 30 | FW | CMR | Valentine Atem |
| 44 | DF | GEO | Valeri Abramidze |
| 89 | GK | AZE | Elchin Sadygov |
| — | DF | AZE | Tärlän Quliyev |
| — | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov |
| — | FW | EST | Vladimir Voskoboinikov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | EST | Taavi Rähn (from FK Ekranas) |
| 5 | MF | ROU | Leonard Naidin (from Politehnica Iaşi) |
| 9 | FW | URU | Walter Guglielmone (from Inter Baku) |
| 12 | GK | LTU | Paulius Grybauskas (from Oţelul Galaţi) |
| 14 | DF | EST | Andrei Stepanov (from Watford) |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Tural Narimanov (loan return from FK Karvan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | AZE | Elnur Allahverdiyev (to Qarabağ) |
| — | DF | AUS | John Tambouras (to North Queensland Fury) |
| — | DF | IRL | Joe Kendrick (to Sligo Rovers) |
| — | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Olefir (to Oleksandriya) |
| — | MF | UKR | Oleh Herasymyuk (to Dynamo-2 Kyiv) |
| — | MF | BUL | Marcho Dafchev (to Lokomotiv Sofia) |
| — | MF | BUL | Svetoslav Petrov (to CSKA Sofia) |
| — | FW | AZE | Asif Mammadov (to Inter Baku) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Javid Huseynov (from Inter Baku) |
| 44 | DF | GEO | Valeri Abramidze (from Dynamo Barnaul) |
| — | FW | EST | Vladimir Voskoboinikov (from Luch-Energiya) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | EST | Andrei Stepanov (to Khimki) |

## Competitions
### Azerbaijan Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Baku | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 37 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Gabala | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 36 | Qualification for championship group |
| 6 | Neftçi Baku | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 35 | Qualification for championship group |
| 7 | Simurq | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 34 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 8 | Olimpik-Shuvalan | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 25 | Qualification for relegation group |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Baku | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 28 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 27 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Khazar Lankaran | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 27 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Neftçi Baku | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 23 | |
| 6 | Gabala | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 20 | |
* ↑ Baku were the winners of the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
* 1 2 QAR: 7 pts, 4–3; KHA: 4 pts, 3–4

### Azerbaijan Cup
## Squad statistics
### 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 |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Vladimir Mićović | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov | 27 | 1 | 27+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Suat Usta | 20 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | EST | Taavi Rähn | 19 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ROU | Leonard Naidin | 25 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Eshgin Guliyev | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | AZE | Samir Aliyev | 13 | 1 | 1+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev | 20 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | URU | Walter Guglielmone | 22 | 2 | 14+8 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Marian Aliuță | 24 | 3 | 15+9 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Javid Huseynov | 11 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | LTU | Paulius Grybauskas | 22 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov | 25 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | EST | Dmitri Kruglov | 29 | 1 | 29+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov | 21 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | BRA | José Carlos | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Zaur Tagizade | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Tural Narimanov | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | TKM | Nazar Baýramow | 14 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev | 26 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | AZE | Amit Guluzade | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ROU | Adrian Neaga | 30 | 11 | 30+0 | 11 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | CMR | Valentine Atem | 15 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GEO | Valeri Abramidze | 13 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 89 | GK | AZE | Elchin Sadygov | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AZE | Tärlän Quliyev | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | EST | Vladimir Voskoboinikov | 9 | 1 | 5+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Neftchi Baku that left during the season: ||||||||||
| 14 | DF | EST | Andrei Stepanov | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 25 | Adrian Neaga | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Marian Aliuță | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Walter Guglielmone | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | Samir Aliyev | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 27 | Rashad Abdullayev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | Vladimir Voskoboinikov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 30 | Valentine Atem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | Javid Huseynov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 5 | Leonard Naidin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Rail Malikov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 16 | Dmitri Kruglov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 28 | Amit Guluzade | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 25 | 8 | 25 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Vladimir Mićović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Rail Malikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Suat Usta | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Taavi Rähn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Leonard Naidin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Eshgin Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Elmar Bakhshiev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Walter Guglielmone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Marian Aliuță | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Javid Huseynov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Ruslan Abishov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Dmitri Kruglov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ruslan Amirjanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | José Carlos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Zaur Tagizade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Adrian Neaga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Nazar Baýramow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Rashad Abdullayev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Valentine Atem | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Valeri Abramidze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | Vladimir Voskoboinikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1 |

### Player of the Month

| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| Month | Player | Club |
| March | Araz Abdullayev | Neftchi Baku |