# 2011–12 FK Qarabağ season

The Qarabağ 2011–12 season was Qarabağ's 19th Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their fourth season under Gurban Gurbanov. They finished the season in 4th place, and were knocked out of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup at the Semi-final stage by FK Baku. They also participated in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, entering at the first qualifying round stage. They beat Banga Gargždai of Lithuania, before beating EB/Streymur of the Faroe Islands on away goals in the second qualifying round. They were knocked out of the Europa League in the third qualifying round against Club Brugge of Belgium, losing 4-2 on aggregate. Their kits were manufactured by Kappa and was sponsored by Azersun.

## Squad

    As of 7 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 | AZE | Farhad Veliyev |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Gara Garayev |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Zaur Hashimov |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Maksim Medvedev |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadigov (captain) |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Namiq Yusifov (vice captain) |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Bakhtiyar Soltanov |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Emin Imamaliev |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Osman Umarov |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Elgiz Karamli |
| 16 | DF | AZE | Kamil Huseynov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vügar Nadirov |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Ilgar Gurbanov |
| 19 | MF | MKD | Muarem Muarem |
| 20 | MF | MKD | Nderim Nedzipi |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Afran Ismayilov |
| 23 | FW | AZE | Tural Isgandarov |
| 24 | DF | ALB | Admir Teli |
| 25 | DF | ALB | Ansi Agolli |
| 44 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu |
| 70 | FW | AZE | Vagif Javadov |
| 77 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Adamia |
| 99 | GK | SRB | Bojan Pavlović |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Bakhtiyar Soltanov (from FK Baku) |
| 25 | DF | ALB | Ansi Agolli (from Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, previously on loan) |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Leonardo Rocha (from FK Baku) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Aftandil Hajiyev (to Turan Tovuz) |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Aslan Kerimov (to Sumgayit City) |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov (to FK Baku) |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Samir Abbasov (to Sumgayit City) |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Sahil Kerimov (to Sumgayit City) |
| 16 | MF | AZE | Rashad Karimov (to Sumgayit City) |
| 31 | MF | LVA | Andrejs Rubins (to Simurq) |
| 72 | MF | TUR | Devran Ayhan |
| — | FW | AZE | Murad Sattarli (on loan to Sumgayit City) |
| — | MF | AZE | Aykhan Abbasov (to Turan Tovuz) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | MKD | Muarem Muarem (from FK Rabotnički) |
| 44 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 70 | FW | AZE | Vagif Javadov (from Volga Nizhny Novgorod) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 88 | FW | BRA | Leonardo Rocha (to Treze) |

## 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: 13 August 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Inter Baku | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 45 | Qualification for championship group |
| 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 |

### Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group
#### 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.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 14 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Farhad Veliyev | 5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Gara Garayev | 27 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Zaur Hashimov | 14 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Maksim Medvedev | 36 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AZE | Rashad Sadigov | 34 | 5 | 22+2 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Namiq Yusifov | 42 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Bakhtiyar Soltanov | 34 | 5 | 9+17 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+4 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Emin Imamaliev | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev | 38 | 8 | 18+11 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 | 5+0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Rashad Sadygov | 37 | 3 | 25+2 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vügar Nadirov | 31 | 4 | 14+8 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Ilgar Gurbanov | 27 | 1 | 11+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MKD | Muarem Muarem | 17 | 2 | 11+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MKD | Nderim Nedzipi | 12 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AZE | Afran Ismayilov | 35 | 7 | 23+3 | 6 | 4+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | AZE | Tural Isgandarov | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ALB | Admir Teli | 43 | 2 | 32+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | ALB | Ansi Agolli | 41 | 2 | 29+2 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | AZE | Vagif Javadov | 13 | 2 | 6+3 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Adamia | 38 | 7 | 26+2 | 6 | 2+2 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | SRB | Bojan Pavlović | 38 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Qarabağ no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 88 | FW | BRA | Leonardo Rocha | 15 | 3 | 11+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 77 | Giorgi Adamia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Rauf Aliyev | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 22 | Afran Ismayilov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Bakhtiyar Soltanov | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | 14 | Rashad Sadiqov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 17 | Vüqar Nadirov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 88 | Leonardo Rocha | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 24 | Admir Teli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 25 | Ansi Agolli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Maksim Medvedev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 70 | Vagif Javadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 19 | Muarem Muarem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | | Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 18 | Ilgar Gurbanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 37 | 6 | 10 | 53 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Farhad Veliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Gara Garayev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Maksim Medvedev | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Rashad Sadigov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Namiq Yusifov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Rauf Aliyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Rashad Sadygov | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Vügar Nadirov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ilgar Gurbanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Muarem Muarem | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Nderim Nedzipi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Afran Ismayilov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Admir Teli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Ansi Agolli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Vagif Javadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Giorgi Adamia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 88 | FW | Leonardo Rocha | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | Bojan Pavlović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 62 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 75 | 3 |

### Monthly awards

| Month | Azerbaijan Professional Football League Awards | Azerbaijan Professional Football League Awards |
| Month | Player | Award |
| February | Afran Ismayilov | Won |

### Annual awards

| Award | PFL Seasonal Awards | PFL Seasonal Awards |
| Award | Player | Award |
| Best Forward | Rauf Aliyev | Won |