# 2012–13 Neftchi Baku PFK season

The Neftchi Baku 2012–13 season is Neftchi Baku's 21st Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their third season under manager Boyukagha Hajiyev. Neftchi participated in the Second and Third UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, defeating FC Zestaponi of Georgia in the Second round before losing to Ironi Kiryat Shmona of Israel in the Third round. This meant that they dropped down into the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play Off Round, where they defeated APOEL of Cyprus 4–2 on aggregate to qualify for the group stages of the Europa League for the first time. In the group stages they were drawn against FK Partizan of Serbia, Rubin Kazan of Russia and Internazionale of Italy. They also won the Azerbaijan Premier League for the 3rd time in a row, and completed a domestic double by defeating Khazar Lankaran on penalties in the Azerbaijan Cup final.

## Squad

    As of 11 April 2013
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | CHI | José Cabión |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Tärlän Quliyev |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Igor Mitreski |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadiqov (captain) |
| 8 | FW | AZE | Elshan Abdullayev |
| 9 | MF | BRA | Flavinho |
| 10 | MF | SLE | Julius Wobay |
| 11 | FW | CHI | Nicolás Canales |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Emil Balayev |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Samir Yusifov |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Bahodir Nasimov |
| 15 | MF | PAR | Éric Ramos (loan from Rubio Ñu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Bruno Bertucci |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Mirhüseyn Seyidov |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Eshgin Guliyev |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Kamil Nurähmädov |
| 22 | DF | AZE | Mahir Shukurov |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev |
| 26 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Kanan Manafov |
| 28 | MF | AZE | Emin Mehdiyev |
| 30 | GK | SRB | Saša Stamenković |
| 32 | DF | AZE | Elvin Yunuszade |
| 33 | MF | AZE | Orkhan Bashirov |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | AZE | Eyyub Aliyev (at Simurq) |
| — | DF | AZE | Slavik Alkhasov (at Sumgayit) |
| — | DF | AZE | Nijat Gurbanov (at Simurq) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | AZE | Ruslan Qurbanov (at Sumgayit) |
| 29 | FW | AZE | Ilham Allahverdiyev (at FK Qaradag) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Saşa Yunisoğlu (from Gabala) |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadigov (from Qarabağ) |
| 10 | MF | SLE | Julius Wobay (from Al-Masry) |
| 11 | FW | CHI | Nicolás Canales (from Palestino) |
| 15 | MF | PAR | Eric Ramos (loan from Rubio Ñu) |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Bruno Bertucci (from Grasshoppers) |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev (from Everton) |
| 22 | DF | AZE | Mahir Shukurov (from Gabala) |
| — | GK | AZE | Emil Balayev (from Sumgayit FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Rauf Mehdiyev (Retired) |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov (to Denizlispor) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva (to Grêmio) |
| 6 | MF | MKD | Slavčo Georgievski (to İnter Baku) |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Javid Huseynov (to Adana Demirspor) |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Elchin Sadygov (to Sumgayit FC) |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Tural Narimanov (to AZAL) |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov (to Khazar Lankaran) |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Alessandro |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov (to Inter Baku) |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Aghabala Ramazanov (to Khazar Lankaran) |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Farid Guliev (to Turan Tovuz) |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev (to Gabala) |
| — | FW | AZE | Orkhan Hasanov (to AZAL) |
| — | DF | AZE | Ruslan Tagizade (to AZAL) |
| — | GK | AZE | Eyyub Aliyev (on loan to Simurg) |
| — | DF | AZE | Slavik Alkhasov (on loan to Sumgayit) |
| — | FW | AZE | Ruslan Qurbanov (on loan to Sumgayit) |
| — | DF | AZE | Nicat Qurbanov (on loan to Simurg) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Johnny Leoni (loan from Omonia) |
| 2 | MF | CHI | José Luis Cabión (from Colo-Colo) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva (from Grêmio) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Johnny Leoni (loan return to Omonia) |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Saşa Yunisoğlu (to AZAL) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho (to Sport) |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Elgiz Karamli (to Kəpəz) |
| 29 | FW | AZE | Ilham Allahverdiyev (on loan at FK Qaradag) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Boyukagha Hajiyev |
| Assistant first team coach | Tarlan Ahmadov |
| Assistant first team coach | Bakhtiyar Musayev |
| Assistant first team coach | Kamal Quliyev |
| Goalkeeper coach | Nebojsa Manojlović |
| Fitness coach | Ruben Seles |
| Club doctor | Boris Khatagurov |
| Assistant doctor | Rasim Gadimaliev |
| Assistant doctor | Tofig Gasimov |
| Physiotherapist | Zakir Guliyev |
| Source: Neftchi Baku PFC Archived 2012-12-23 at the Wayback Machine ||

## 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: 4 March 2013. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 44 | Qualification for championship group |
| 2 | Inter Baku | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 41 | Qualification for championship group |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 39 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Simurq | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 36 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Gabala | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 32 | Qualification for championship group |

### Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2013. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku (C) | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 62 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Inter Baku | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 57 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Simurq | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 48 | |
| 5 | Baku | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 41 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Play Off Round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RUB | INT | PAR | NEF |
| 1 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Partizan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Neftçi | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (2) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Partizan 1, Neftçi 0.

## Squad statistics

    As of 28 May 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | MF | CHI | José Cabión | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva | 19 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Tärlän Quliyev | 30 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Igor Mitreski | 42 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadigov | 46 | 7 | 27+2 | 5 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 8+0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | AZE | Elshan Abdullayev | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Flavinho | 45 | 8 | 28+0 | 5 | 5+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | SLE | Julius Wobay | 48 | 12 | 28+3 | 8 | 4+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 3 | 8+0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | CHI | Nicolás Canales | 48 | 30 | 31+0 | 26 | 5+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 8+0 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Emil Balayev | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Samir Yusifov | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Bahodir Nasimov | 10 | 1 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | PAR | Eric Ramos | 48 | 2 | 31+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Bruno Bertucci | 39 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev | 45 | 5 | 19+9 | 4 | 6+0 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 33 | 1 | 10+9 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Eshgin Guliyev | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Kamil Nurähmädov | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AZE | Mahir Shukurov | 41 | 2 | 26+2 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev | 33 | 8 | 9+13 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | AZE | Emin Mehdiyev | 28 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | AZE | Ilham Allahverdiyev | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SRB | Saša Stamenković | 44 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | AZE | Elvin Yunuszade | 38 | 2 | 21+3 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Neftchi no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AZE | Rauf Mehdiyev | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Saşa Yunisoğlu | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Nicolás Canales | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Julius Wobay | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 25 | Javid Imamverdiyev | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Flavinho | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | MF | 6 | Rashad Sadigov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 17 | Araz Abdullayev | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | | | Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 15 | Eric Ramos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 22 | Mahir Shukurov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 32 | Elvin Yunuszade | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 16 | Bruno Bertucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 19 | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Denis Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 8 | Elshan Abdullayev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 21 | Kamil Nurähmädov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 14 | Bahodir Nasimov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 59 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 84 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Saşa Yunisoğlu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Denis Silva | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Tärlän Quliyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Igor Mitreski | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Rashad Sadigov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Rodriguinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Flavinho | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Julius Wobay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Nicolás Canales | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Emil Balayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Bahodir Nasimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Eric Ramos | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Bruno Bertucci | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Araz Abdullayev | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Eshgin Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Mahir Shukurov | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Javid Imamverdiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | Emin Mehdiyev | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 30 | GK | Saša Stamenković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Elvin Yunuszade | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 78 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 119 | 7 |

### Monthly awards

| Month | Azerbaijan Professional Football League Awards | Azerbaijan Professional Football League Awards |
| Month | Player | Award |
| November | Nicolás Canales | Won |
| December | Nicolás Canales | Won |
| February | Nicolás Canales | Won |

## Team kit

These are the 2012–13 Neftchi Baku kits.