# 2011–12 Neftchi Baku PFK season

The Neftchi Baku 2011–12 season is Neftchi Baku's twentieth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their first season under manager Boyukagha Hajiyev.

## Squad

    As of 15 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 | Rauf Mehdiyev |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov (captain) |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Denis Silva |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Igor Mitreski |
| 6 | MF | MKD | Slavčo Georgievski |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elshan Abdullayev |
| 9 | MF | BRA | Flavinho |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Javid Huseynov |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Elchin Sadygov |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Bahodir Nasimov |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Alessandro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Elvin Musazade |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Aghabala Ramazanov |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Farid Guliev |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev |
| 26 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev |
| 28 | FW | AZE | Emin Mehdiyev |
| 29 | FW | AZE | Ilham Allahverdiyev |
| 30 | GK | SRB | Saša Stamenković |
| 32 | DF | AZE | Elvin Yunuszade |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Bahodir Nasimov (from Rubin Kazan, previously on loan) |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev (on loan from Everton) |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Elvin Musazade (loan return from Simurq) |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Farid Guliev (loan return from Simurq) |
| 30 | GK | SRB | Saša Stamenković (from Red Star) |
| 32 | DF | AZE | Elvin Yunuszade (loan return from Simurq) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | ALG | Yacine Hima (to FC Wil) |
| 28 | MF | AZE | Amit Guluzade (to Kayseri Erciyesspor) |
| — | GK | AZE | Emil Balayev (on loan to Sumgayit City) |
| — | DF | AZE | Slavik Alkhasov (on loan to Sumgayit City) |
| — | DF | AZE | Ruslan Tagizade (on loan to Sumgayit City) |
| — | MF | AZE | Eshgin Guliyev (on loan to Sumgayit City) |
| — | MF | AZE | Kamil Nurähmädov (on loan to Sumgayit City) |
| — | FW | AZE | Orkhan Hasanov (on loan to Sumgayit City) |
| — | FW | AZE | Ruslan Qurbanov (on loan to Sumgayit City) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Tärlän Quliyev (on loan to Sumgayit) |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev (to Gabala) |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Émile Mpenza |
| 13 | DF | AZE | Tural Narimanov (on loan to AZAL) |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev (Loan return Everton) |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Eltun Yagublu (to Qarabağ) |
| — | MF | AZE | Nijat Gurbanov (on loan to Simurq) |

## Competitions
### 2011-12 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftçi Baku | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 17 | +28 | 49 | Qualification for championship group |
| 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 |

### 2011-12 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 | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Championship group

| 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.

### Kadyrov Cup
#### Group stage
#### Match for third place
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 21 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Rauf Mehdiyev | 12 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AZE | Rail Malikov | 29 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Denis Silva | 38 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Igor Mitreski | 34 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MKD | Slavčo Georgievski | 39 | 4 | 31+1 | 4 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Flavinho | 34 | 10 | 28+0 | 10 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Javid Huseynov | 32 | 1 | 11+14 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Bahodir Nasimov | 36 | 18 | 28+1 | 16 | 4+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Abishov | 37 | 5 | 30+0 | 5 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Alessandro | 24 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Amirjanov | 28 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 26 | 1 | 18+4 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Elvin Musazade | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Aghabala Ramazanov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | AZE | Farid Guliev | 18 | 3 | 4+9 | 3 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | AZE | Javid Imamverdiyev | 30 | 1 | 7+16 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | AZE | Karim Diniyev | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev | 32 | 7 | 26+1 | 7 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | AZE | Emin Mehdiyev | 8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | AZE | Ilham Allahverdiyev | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SRB | Saša Stamenković | 27 | 0 | 21+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | AZE | Elvin Yunuszade | 13 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| -- | DF | AZE | Elshan Abdullayev | 7 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Neftchi no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | AZE | Tärlän Quliyev | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Émile Mpenza | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Elchin Sadygov | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Araz Abdullayev | 9 | 3 | 2+6 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AZE | Elton Yagublu | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| -- | DF | AZE | Tural Narimanov | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Bahodir Nasimov | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Flavinho | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 27 | Rashad Abdullayev | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | DF | 15 | Ruslan Abishov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 6 | Slavčo Georgievski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 19 | Araz Abdullayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 22 | Farid Guliev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 11 | Javid Huseynov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Denis Silva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 18 | Ruslan Amirjanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 19 | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 25 | Javid Imamverdiyev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 55 | 4 | 0 | 59 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Rauf Mehdiyev | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Rail Malikov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Denis Silva | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Igor Mitreski | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Slavčo Georgievski | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Flavinho | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Javid Huseynov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Bahodir Nasimov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ruslan Abishov | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Alessandro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Ruslan Amirjanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mirhuseyn Seyidov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | Farid Guliev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Javid Imamverdiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Rashad Abdullayev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Emin Mehdiyev | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Elvin Yunuszade | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 48 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 6 |

### Monthly awards

| Month | Azerbaijan Professional Football League Awards | Azerbaijan Professional Football League Awards |
| Month | Player | Award |
| November | Flavinho | Won |

### Annual awards

| Award | PFL Seasonal Awards | PFL Seasonal Awards |
| Award | Player | Award |
| Player of the Year | Flavinho | Won |
| Manager of the Year | Boyukagha Hajiyev | Won |

## Team kit

These are the 2011–12 Neftchi Baku kits.
Supplier: Adidas Sponsor(s): SOCAR
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