1999–2000 Azerbaijan Top League

Azerbaijan Top League
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Shamkir
Relegated	MOIK Baku
Champions League	Shamkir
UEFA Cup	Gäncä ; Neftchi Baku
Matches played	242
Goals scored	313 (1.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Badri Kvaratskhelia (16)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Azerbaijan Top League was contested by twelve clubs and won by FK Shamkir.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Khazar
Dinamo
Fahlasi
Kimyachi
MOIK
Neftchi
Shafa

Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 1998–99

Team	Venue	Capacity
Bakı Fahlasi	Ismat Gayibov Stadium	5,000
Dinamo Baku	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium	29,858
Khazar University
Kapaz	Ganja City Stadium	26,120
Qarabağ	Guzanli Olympic Stadium¹	15,000
Kimyachi Sumgayit
MOIK Baku	Shafa Stadium (IV field)	8,152
Neftchi Baku	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium	29,858
Shafa Baku	Shafa Stadium (IV field)	8,152
Shamkir
Turan Tovuz	Tovuz City Stadium	10,000
Viləş Masallı	Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium	8,000

¹Qarabağ played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamkir (C)	22	17	4	1	46	11	+35	55	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Kapaz	22	14	2	6	46	24	+22	44	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Neftchi Baku	22	13	4	5	35	17	+18	43	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	FK Masallı	22	11	3	8	28	25	+3	36	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5	Bakı Fahlasi Maştağa	22	10	2	10	24	28	−4	32
6	Dinamo Baki	22	9	4	9	21	17	+4	31
7	Shafa Baku	22	8	3	11	22	32	−10	27
8	Karabakh Agdam	22	5	10	7	21	25	−4	25
9	Kimyachi Sumgayit	22	7	1	14	23	34	−11	22
10	Turan Tovuz	22	5	5	12	17	36	−19	20
11	Khazar University	22	5	3	14	19	41	−22	18
12	MOIK Baku (R)	22	3	3	16	11	41	−30	12	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BFA	DIN	KHU	KAP	KHS	MOI	NEF	QAR	SHB	SHA	TUR	MAS
Bakı Fahlasi		0–1	4–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–3	1–0	1–0
Dinamo Baku	1–0		3–1	0–2	0–1	4–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–1
Khazar University	1–0	0–2		3–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–0
Kapaz	2–1	1–0	4–2		2–0	5–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	9–0	3–0
Khazar Sumgayit	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–3		2–0	1–2	1–0	4–2	0–0	4–1	1–3
MOIK Baku	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–1		1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–2
Neftçi Baku	–^[a]	1–0	5–1	3–1	4–0	1–0		2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0
Qarabağ	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	–^[a]	1–1		2–0	1–5	0–0	0–0
Shafa Baku	0–2	0–3	2–1	3–2	2–0	3–0^[b]	0–0	2–2		0–2	1–0	3–1
Şəmkir	1–0	2–0	6–0	2–1	–^[a]	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–0		2–1	2–0
Turan	2–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	3–3		0–1
Viləş FK	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–0^[b]	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	3–0

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 1999-2000
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c The matches of the 8th round between Şəmkir and Khazar Sumgayit, Neftçi Baku and Bakı Fahlasi and Qarabağ and MOIK Baku were rated 0–3 for both teams.
^ ^a ^b Walkover.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Badri Kvaratskhelia	Shamkir	16
2	Rövşən Əhmədov	Gäncä	13
3	Viktor Kulikov	Shamkir	12
4	Ramiz Mammadov	Gäncä	10
4	Khagani Mammadov	ANS Pivani Bakı	9
6	Pasha Aliyev	Dinamo Baku	8
	Alay Bəhramov	Vilash Masalli	8
	Nazim Aliyev	Kimyachi Sumgayit	8
	Vadim Vasilyev	Neftchi	8
	Nadir Nabiyev	Turan Tovuz	8