# 2008–09 FK Khazar Lankaran season

The Khazar Lankaran 2008–09 season is Khazar Lankaran's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season. Khazar started the season under the management of Rasim Kara, however he was replaced by Igor Ponomaryov during the season. Khazar finished the season in 4th place and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the quarterfinal stage by Baku.

## 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 | AZE | Dmitriy Kramarenko |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Göksel Akinci |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Fatih Sonkaya |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Emin Quliyev |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Fizuli Mammedov |
| 7 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Poladov |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Ivan Tsvetkov |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Jeyhun Sultanov |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Rômulo |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Ramiz Kerimov |
| 13 | FW | SWE | Nadir Benchenaa |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rahid Amirguliev |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Alim Gurbanov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Dzhambazov |
| 20 | FW | ROU | Claudiu Răducanu |
| 21 | MF | BUL | Radomir Todorov |
| 23 | DF | LTU | Audrius Veikutis |
| 25 | GK | AZE | Kamran Agayev |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Mario Sergio |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Diego Souza |
| 34 | DF | TUR | Muammer Erdoğdu |
| 50 | FW | CIV | Yacouba Bamba |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Juninho |
| 60 | FW | TUR | Ahmet Dursun |
| 72 | MF | TUR | Devran Ayhan |
| 77 | FW | POR | Renato Queirós |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Göksel Akinci (from Kasımpaşa) |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Ivan Tsvetkov (from Sivasspor) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Rômulo (from Fortaleza) |
| 20 | FW | ROU | Claudiu Răducanu (from Cluj) |
| 21 | DF | LTU | Andrius Veikutis (from Žalgiris Vilnius) |
| 34 | DF | TUR | Muammer Erdoğdu (from Galatasaray) |
| 77 | FW | POR | Renato Queirós (from Paços de Ferreira) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Mahir Shukurov (to Olimpik Baku) |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev (to Neftchi Baku) |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Zaur Ramazanov (to Qarabağ) |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Rashad Kerimov (to Karvan) |
| — | FW | AZE | Nadir Nabiyev (to Standard Baku) |
| — | FW | BRA | Roberto Santos (to Gama) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Fatih Sonkaya (from Porto) |
| 13 | FW | SWE | Nadir Benchenaa (from Union Royale Namur) |
| 60 | FW | TUR | Ahmet Dursun (from Kocaelispor) |
| 72 | MF | TUR | Devran Ayhan (from Kocaelispor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Inter Baku | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 16 | +38 | 61 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Simurq | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 53 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Khazar Lankaran | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 21 | +28 | 50 | |
| 5 | Qarabağ | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Olimpik Baku | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 44 | |
* ↑ Karabakh won the 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

### UEFA Cup
#### Qualifying Phase
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Dmitriy Kramarenko | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Göksel Akinci | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva | 17 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Fatih Sonkaya | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Emin Quliyev | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Fizuli Mammedov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Poladov | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Ivan Tsvetkov | 21 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Jeyhun Sultanov | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Rômulo | 22 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Ramiz Kerimov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | SWE | Nadir Benchenaa | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rahid Amirguliev | 26 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Alim Gurbanov | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Dzhambazov | 23 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ROU | Claudiu Răducanu | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BUL | Radomir Todorov | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | LTU | Audrius Veikutis | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | AZE | Kamran Agayev | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Mario Sergio | 20 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Diego Souza | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | TUR | Muammer Erdoğdu | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | CIV | Yacouba Bamba | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Juninho | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 60 | FW | TUR | Ahmet Dursun | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | TUR | Devran Ayhan | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | POR | Renato Queirós | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Khazar Lankaran who left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | AZE | Mahir Shukurov | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Zaur Ramazanov | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Ivan Tsvetkov | 15 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Rômulo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 30 | Mario Sergio | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 60 | Ahmet Dursun | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 20 | Claudiu Răducanu | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Rahid Amirguliev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 19 | Kostadin Dzhambazov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | Denis Silva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 27 | Rashad Abdullayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 55 | Juninho | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | 77 | Renato Queirós | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 5 | Emin Quliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 72 | Devran Ayhan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 10 | Zaur Ramazanov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 49 | 8 | 1 | 58 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Dmitriy Kramarenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Elmar Bakhshiev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Rahid Amirguliev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Rashad Abdullayev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |