2009–10 in Azerbaijani football

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Azerbaijani football in 2010

Azerbaijan Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inter Baku	22	15	4	3	36	18	+18	49	Qualification for championship group
2	Khazar Lankaran	22	12	8	2	29	11	+18	44
3	Qarabağ	22	11	9	2	21	12	+9	42
4	Baku	22	10	7	5	22	17	+5	37
5	Gabala	22	10	6	6	24	21	+3	36
6	Neftçi Baku	22	9	8	5	20	14	+6	35
7	Simurq	22	9	7	6	26	21	+5	34	Qualification for relegation group
8	Olimpik-Shuvalan	22	6	7	9	20	23	−3	25
9	Turan	22	4	5	13	23	32	−9	17
10	Mughan	22	3	7	12	12	27	−15	16
11	Standard	22	2	5	15	16	34	−18	11
12	Karvan	22	2	5	15	17	36	−19	11

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Championship group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inter Baku (C)	20	7	8	5	22	19	+3	29	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Baku	20	7	7	6	19	15	+4	28	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
3	Qarabağ	20	6	9	5	16	18	−2	27^[b]	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4	Khazar Lankaran	20	6	9	5	19	14	+5	27^[b]	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
5	Neftçi Baku	20	4	11	5	11	12	−1	23
6	Gabala	20	4	8	8	18	27	−9	20

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Baku were the winners of the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
^ ^a ^b QAR: 7 pts, 4–3; KHA: 4 pts, 3–4

Relegation group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Olimpik-Shuvalan	20	10	6	4	27	15	+12	36
8	Simurq	20	8	7	5	21	21	0	31
9	Turan	20	7	8	5	27	22	+5	29
10	Mughan	20	7	6	7	17	16	+1	27
11	Standard (R)	20	7	4	9	26	23	+3	25	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
12	Karvan (R)	20	2	7	11	14	35	−21	13	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Azerbaijan First Division

Azerbaijan Cup

23 May 2010

20:00 AZST (UTC+5)

Khazar Lankaran	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Baku
Skulić 100' Šolić 104'	Summary	Beqiri 120'

Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 26,000^[1]

Referee: Elchin Mämmädov

National team

12 August 2009 2010 FIFA WC Q	Azerbaijan	0 – 2	Germany	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku
21:00 UTC+5		(Report)	11' Schweinsteiger 53' Klose	Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Alan Kelly

5 September 2009 2010 FIFA WC Q	Azerbaijan	1 – 2	Finland	Lankaran City Stadium, Lankaran
20:00 UTC+5	Məmmədov 49'	(Report)	74' Tihinen 85' Johansson	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stelios Trifonos

9 September 2009 2010 FIFA WC Q	Germany	4 – 0	Azerbaijan	AWD-Arena, Hannover
20:45 UTC+2	Ballack 14' (pen.) Klose 55', 65' Podolski 71'	(Report)		Attendance: 35,369 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

10 October 2009 2010 FIFA WC Q	Liechtenstein	0 – 2	Azerbaijan	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
20:00 UTC+2		(Report)	55' Javadov 82' Məmmədov	Attendance: 1,635 Referee: Pavle Radovanović

14 October 2009 2010 FIFA WC Q	Azerbaijan	1 – 1	Russia	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku
21:00 UTC+5	Javadov 53'	(Report)	13' Arshavin	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Howard Webb

15 November 2009 UAE Int. Cup	Iraq	1 – 0	Azerbaijan	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain
13:45 CET	Abbas 88'	(Report)		Referee: Mohamed Ali Al Junaibi

18 November 2009 UAE Int. Cup	Czech Republic	0 – 2	Azerbaijan	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain
		(Report)	25' Javadov 89' Abushev	Attendance: 500 Referee: Farid Ali Al Marzouqi

25 February 2010 Friendly	Jordan	0 – 2	Azerbaijan	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
17:00 CET		(Report)	1' Ramim 31' Ismayilov	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hamdi Shaaban

3 March 2010 Friendly	Luxembourg	1 – 2	Azerbaijan	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City
20:00 CET	Strasser 34'	(Report)	24' Guliev 37' Məmmədov	Attendance: 874 Referee: Petteri Kari

26 May 2010 Friendly	Moldova	1 – 1	Azerbaijan	Sportzentrum Seekirchen, Seekirchen
18:30 CEST	Cojocari 81'	(Report)	21' Məmmədov	Attendance: 200 Referee: Gerald Lehner

29 May 2010 Friendly	Azerbaijan	1 – 3	Macedonia	Sportplatz Bischofshofen, Bischofshofen
18:30 CET	Mammadov 89'	(Report)	9' Tričkovski 66' (o.g.) R.F. Sadygov 88' Ǵurovski	Attendance: 500 Referee: Dietmar Drabek

2 June 2010 Friendly	Honduras	0 – 0	Azerbaijan	Alois Latini Stadion, Zell am See
20:30 UTC		(Report)		Attendance: 300 Referee: Oliver Drachta

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Name	Friendlies	WC Qualifying	Total
1	MF	Elvin Mammadov	3	2	5
2	FW	Vagif Javadov	1	2	3
3	DF	Ruslan Abishov	1	0	1
	MF	Fábio Luís Ramim	1	0	1
	MF	Afran Ismayilov	1	0	1
	FW	Farid Guliyev	1	0	1
		TOTALS	8	4	12

Azerbaijani clubs in Europe

Summary

Club	Competition	Final round
Baku	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round Play-off round
Qarabağ	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Inter Baku	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round
Simurq	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round

Baku

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Baku scorer(s)
2009–10 Champions League - Second qualifying round
14 July 2009	Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys (A)	Ekranas	2–2	Félix Batista
21 July 2009	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku (H)	Ekranas	4–2	Félix (2) Mujiri Šolić
2009–10 Champions League - Third qualifying round
28 July 2009	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku (H)	Levski Sofia	0–0
5 August 2009	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia (A)	Levski Sofia	2–0
2009–10 Europa League - Play-off round
20 August 2009	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku (H)	Basel	1–3	Pérez
27 August 2009	St. Jakob-Park, Basel (A)	Basel	5–1	Félix

Qarabağ

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Qarabağ scorer(s)
2009–10 Europa League - Second qualifying round
16 July 2009	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim (A)	Rosenborg	0–0
23 July 2009	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku (H)	Rosenborg	1–0	Sadygov
2009–10 Europa League - Third qualifying round
30 July 2009	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki (A)	Honka Espoo	0–1	Mammadov
6 August 2009	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku (H)	Honka Espoo	2–1	Mammadov Sadygov
2009–10 Europa League - Play-off round
20 August 2009	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede (A)	Twente	3–1	Nadirov
27 August 2009	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku (H)	Twente	0–0

Inter Baku

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Inter Baku scorer(s)
2009–10 Europa League - First qualifying round
2 July 2009	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava (A)	Spartak Trnava	2–1	Ángel Gutiérrez
9 July 2009	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku (H)	Spartak Trnava	1–3	Guglielmone

Simurq

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score
2009–10 Europa League - First qualifying round
2 July 2009	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku (H)	Bnei Yehuda	0–1
9 July 2009	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv (A)	Bnei Yehuda	3–0

^ "Bakı vs. Khazar Lankaran - 23 May 2010 - Soccerway".

[table_note_res_EL20.55472140738495-1] Baku were the winners of the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

[table_hth_QAR0.55472140738495-2] QAR: 7 pts, 4–3; KHA: 4 pts, 3–4

[3] "Bakı vs. Khazar Lankaran - 23 May 2010 - Soccerway".

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