2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League
The 2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 16th season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Khazar Lankaran were the defending champions, having won the previous season.
Teams
were relegated after finishing the previous season in 13th. FK Gäncä, who were excluded from the league the previous season, also wouldn't take part in the 2007-08 season. On 13 August 2007 UEFA declared MKT Araz defunct and withdrew their participation from the league.They were replaced by ABN Bärdä, Masallı and Standard Baku from the Azerbaijan First Division.
Stadia and locations
Team | Venue | Capacity |
ABN Bärdä | Barda City Stadium | 10,000 |
FK Baku | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | 29,858 |
Gabala | Gabala City Stadium | 2,000 |
Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium | 15,350 |
Inter Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,200 |
Karabakh | Guzanli Olympic Stadium1 | 15,000 |
Karvan | Yevlakh Stadium | 5,000 |
Khazar Lankaran | Lankaran City Stadium | 15,000 |
FK Masallı | Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium | 7,500 |
Neftchi Baku | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | 29,858 |
Olimpik Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,200 |
Simurq Zaqatala | Zaqatala City Stadium | 4,000 |
Standard Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,200 |
Turan Tovuz | Tovuz City Stadium | 10,000 |
1Karabakh played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.Team | Manager | Team captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
ABN Bärdä | Faig Jabbarov | |||
Baku | Gjoko Hadžievski | |||
Gabala | Ramiz Mammadov | Erreà | ||
Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit | Sabir Aliyev | |||
Inter Baku | Valentyn Khodukin | |||
Karabakh | Rasim Kara | |||
Karvan | Tabriz Hasanov | |||
Khazar Lankaran | Agaselim Mirjavadov | |||
FK Masallı | Gahraman Aliyev | |||
Neftchi Baku | Anatoliy Demyanenko | |||
Olimpik Baku | Asgar Abdullayev | Umbro | Silk Way Airlines | |
Simurq | Roman Pokora | |||
Standard Baku | Yunis Huseynov | |||
Turan Tovuz | Salahattin Darvand |
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
- 4 Player scored 4 goals