# 2010–11 Neftchi Baku PFK season

The Neftchi Baku 2010–11 season is Neftchi Baku's nineteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their only season under manager 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 | AZE | Rauf Mehdiyev |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov (captain) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva |
| 4 | MF | ALG | Yacine Hima |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Igor Mitreski |
| 6 | MF | MKD | Slavčo Georgievski |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev |
| 9 | MF | BRA | Flavinho |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Émile Mpenza |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Javid Huseynov |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Elchin Sadygov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Bahodir Nasimov |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Alessandro |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Ruslan Qurbanov |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev |
| 26 | DF | AZE | Tärlän Quliyev |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev |
| 28 | FW | AZE | Amit Guluzade |

### 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 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Farid Guliev (at Simurq) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva (from Grêmio) |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Igor Mitreski (from CSKA Sofia) |
| 6 | MF | MKD | Slavčo Georgievski (from Ethnikos Achnas) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Flavinho (from Grêmio Barueri) |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Émile Mpenza (from Sion) |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Bahodir Nasimov (On loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Alessandro (from Vitória) |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev (from FK Karvan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Vladimir Mićović |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Suat Usta (to Diyarbakırspor) |
| 4 | DF | EST | Taavi Rähn (from Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| 7 | FW | AZE | Samir Aliyev (to Simurq) |
| 9 | FW | URU | Walter Guglielmone (to Club Guaraní) |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Marian Aliuță |
| 16 | DF | EST | Dmitri Kruglov (to Inter Baku) |
| 20 | FW | BRA | José Carlos |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Zaur Tagizade (Retired) |
| 25 | FW | ROU | Adrian Neaga (to Unirea Urziceni) |
| 26 | MF | TKM | Nazar Baýramow (to Qizilqum Zarafshon) |
| 30 | FW | CMR | Valentine Atem (to Tiko United) |
| 44 | DF | GEO | Valeri Abramidze (to Inter Baku) |
| — | FW | EST | Vladimir Voskoboinikov (to Levadia Tallinn) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | ALG | Yacine Hima (from Eupen) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho (from Santos) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Farid Guliev (loan to Simurq) |
| 24 | GK | LTU | Paulius Grybauskas (from Wigry Suwałki) |
| 30 | MF | GEO | Vladimir Burduli |
| — | MF | ROU | Leonard Naidin (to Mioveni) |

## Competitions
### Azerbaijan Premier League
#### First round
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 9 | +31 | 48 | Qualification for championship group |
| 2 | Khazar Lankaran | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 47 | Qualification for championship group |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 42 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Inter Baku | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 40 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | AZAL | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 36 | Qualification for championship group |

#### Championship group
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku (C) | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 17 | +36 | 67 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Khazar Lankaran | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 60 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 58 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | AZAL | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 49 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Inter Baku | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 49 | |
| 6 | Baku | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 40 | |
* ↑ Khazar Lankaran won the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

### 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 | AZE | Rauf Mehdiyev | 23 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov | 23 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva | 31 | 1 | 27+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ALG | Yacine Hima | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Igor Mitreski | 33 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MKD | Slavčo Georgievski | 32 | 1 | 29+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho | 9 | 3 | 6+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev | 10 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Flavinho | 22 | 14 | 20+0 | 11 | 2+0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Émile Mpenza | 24 | 6 | 15+8 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Javid Huseynov | 30 | 3 | 10+17 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Elchin Sadygov | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Bahodir Nasimov | 31 | 15 | 28+0 | 15 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov | 28 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Alessandro | 25 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev | 20 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 23 | 1 | 16+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Ruslan Qurbanov | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev | 26 | 2 | 9+14 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | AZE | Tärlän Quliyev | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev | 29 | 8 | 26+0 | 7 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | AZE | Amit Guluzade | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Neftchi who left on loan during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | AZE | Farid Guliev | 13 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Neftchi who left during the season: ||||||||||
| 24 | GK | LTU | Paulius Grybauskas | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GEO | Vladimir Burduli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Bahodir Nasimov | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Flavinho | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | 27 | Rashad Abdullayev | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Émile Mpenza | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Rodriguinho | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 25 | Javid Imamverdiyev | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 11 | Javid Huseynov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | Ruslan Abishov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 17 | Araz Abdullayev | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 3 | Denis Silva | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Igor Mitreski | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 7 | Farid Guliev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 19 | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 6 | Slavčo Georgievski | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 53 | 7 | 60 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Rauf Mehdiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Rail Malikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Denis Silva | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Yacine Hima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Igor Mitreski | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Slavčo Georgievski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Farid Guliev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Rodriguinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Elmar Bakhshiev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Flavinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Émile Mpenza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Javid Huseynov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Bahodir Nasimov | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ruslan Abishov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Alessandro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Araz Abdullayev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ruslan Amirjanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Ruslan Qurbanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Paulius Grybauskas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Javid Imamverdiyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Tärlän Quliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Rashad Abdullayev | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | Amit Guluzade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 58 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 1 |

### Player of the Month

| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| Month | Player | Club |
| September | Bahodir Nasimov | Neftchi Baku |
| October | Flavinho | Neftchi Baku |
| February | Flavinho | Neftchi Baku |