# 2011–12 FK Baku season

The Baku 2011–12 season was Baku's fourteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, in which they finished in 6th position. They also took part in the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup, which they won beating Neftchi Baku in the final and therefore qualified for the First qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. It was their first full season under the management of Aleksandrs Starkovs.

## Squad

    As of 19 February 2012
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 | CRO | Marko Šarlija |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Duje Baković |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Deniss Ivanovs |
| 4 | MF | MDA | Vadim Boret |
| 6 | MF | SLE | Ibrahim Kargbo |
| 7 | MF | LTU | Deividas Česnauskis |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Juninho |
| 9 | FW | LVA | Māris Verpakovskis |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Lucas Horvat |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Elvin Aliyev (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Jamshid Maharramov (captain) |
| 16 | GK | AZE | Aqil Mammadov |
| 19 | FW | AZE | Nurlan Novruzov |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Novruz Mammadov |
| 23 | GK | SEN | Khalidou Sissokho |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Nenad Kovačević |
| 25 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Aliyev |
| 36 | FW | CRC | Winston Parks |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Aleksandar Šolić |
| 98 | FW | ESP | Koke |
| 99 | MF | AZE | Rahman Hajiyev |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Deniss Ivanovs (from Sivasspor) |
| 7 | MF | LTU | Deividas Česnauskis (from Aris) |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Juninho (from Domžale) |
| 9 | FW | LVA | Māris Verpakovskis (from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov (from FK Qarabağ) |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Elvin Aliyev (from AZAL Baku) |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Novruz Mammadov (from Mughan) |
| 36 | FW | CRC | Winston Parks (from Politehnica Timișoara) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Rafael Amirbekov |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Borbiconi (loan return to Metz) |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Mahmud Qurbanov (to Sumgayit City) |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Ernad Skulić (to Inter Zaprešić) |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Vagif Javadov (loan return to Twente) |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Adnan Barakat (to Muangthong United) |
| 12 | FW | MDA | Veaceslav Sofroni (to Costuleni) |
| 18 | DF | BUL | Radomir Todorov (to Spartak Varna) |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Bakhtiyar Soltanov (to Qarabağ) |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Juninho (to Ferroviária) |
| 99 | MF | BRA | Leonardo Rocha (to Qarabağ) |
| — | DF | AZE | Haji Ahmadov (on loan to Sumgayit City) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Duje Baković (from NK Rijeka) |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Lucas Mario Horvat (from NK Domžale) |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Nenad Kovačević (from Red Star Belgrade) |
| 98 | FW | ESP | Koke (from Rayo Vallecano) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Nijat Abdullayev |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Fábio Luís Ramim |
| 29 | MF | AZE | Aziz Guliyev (to Inter Baku) |
| 32 | DF | MDA | Alexei Savinov |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Stevan Bates (to FK Rad) |
| 39 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Levyha (to Olimpik Donetsk) |
| 85 | FW | BRA | Jabá (to Antalyaspor) |
| — | DF | AZE | Emin Jafarguliyev (on loan to Simurq) |

## 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: 21 December 2011. 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | L |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 5 |

#### Results
##### Notes

* Match Abandoned in the 94th minute, at 0–0. Match awarded 0–3

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Khazar Lankaran | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 44 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 41 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Baku | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 35 | Qualification for championship group |
| 6 | Gabala | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 35 | Qualification for championship group |
| 7 | AZAL | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 29 | Qualification for relegation 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: 21 December 2011. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

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

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku (C) | 32 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 63 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Khazar Lankaran | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 59 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Inter Baku | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 53 | |
| 5 | Gabala | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 52 | |
| 6 | Baku | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 50 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
* 1 2 Baku qualified for the first qualifiying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup.

### Azerbaijan Cup
#### Final
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 21 May 2012
| 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 | CRO | Marko Šarlija | 30 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Duje Baković | 5 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Deniss Ivanovs | 36 | 3 | 31+0 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | MDA | Vadim Boret | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SLE | Ibrahim Kargbo | 33 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | LTU | Deividas Česnauskis | 29 | 8 | 17+8 | 7 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Juninho | 30 | 6 | 22+3 | 3 | 5+0 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | LVA | Māris Verpakovskis | 22 | 3 | 15+4 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Lucas Horvat | 16 | 1 | 10+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov | 22 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Elvin Aliyev | 15 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Jamshid Maharramov | 29 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | AZE | Aqil Mammadov | 7 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Namik Alaskarov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | AZE | Nurlan Novruzov | 17 | 2 | 3+11 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AZE | Elshad Manafov | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Novruz Mammadov | 25 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Tural Gurbatov | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | SEN | Khalidou Sissokho | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Nenad Kovačević | 13 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Aliyev | 17 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | MDA | Alexei Savinov | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | CRC | Winston Parks | 29 | 8 | 25+0 | 8 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Aleksandar Šolić | 29 | 8 | 18+6 | 7 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 85 | FW | AZE | Vadim Abdullayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | ESP | Koke | 15 | 4 | 9+1 | 2 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 99 | MF | AZE | Rahman Hajiyev | 28 | 2 | 13+13 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Baku no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | MDA | Vadim Boret | 14 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Stevan Bates | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | AZE | Emin Jafarguliyev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Fábio Luís Ramim | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Nijat Abdullayev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | AZE | Aziz Guliyev | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 85 | FW | BRA | Jabá | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 36 | Winston Parks | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | MF | 77 | Aleksandar Šolić | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 1 | MF | 7 | Deividas Česnauskis | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Juninho | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 98 | Koke | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Māris Verpakovskis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | Deniss Ivanovs | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 99 | Rahman Hajiyev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 19 | Nurlan Novruzov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Duje Baković | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 10 | Lucas Horvat | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | | Awarded Goals | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 42 | 8 | 50 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Marko Šarlija | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Duje Baković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Deniss Ivanovs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Vadim Boret | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Stevan Bates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Ibrahim Kargbo | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Deividas Česnauskis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Juninho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Māris Verpakovskis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Lucas Horvat | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Elvin Aliyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Jamshid Maharramov | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Aqil Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Nurlan Novruzov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Novruz Mammadov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Nenad Kovačević | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Shahriyar Aliyev | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Aziz Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Alexei Savinov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Winston Parks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Aleksandar Šolić | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | Koke | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 70 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 85 | 4 |

### Monthly awards

| Month | Azerbaijan Professional Football League Awards | Azerbaijan Professional Football League Awards |
| Month | Player | Award |
| October | Winston Parks | Won |
| April | Deividas Česnauskis | Won |

### Annual awards

| Award | PFL Seasonal Awards | PFL Seasonal Awards |
| Award | Player | Award |
| Young Player of the Year | Nurlan Novruzov | Won |