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

TeamVenueCapacity
ABN BärdäBarda City Stadium10,000
FK BakuTofik Bakhramov Stadium29,858
GabalaGabala City Stadium2,000
Gänclärbirliyi SumqayitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium15,350
Inter BakuShafa Stadium8,200
KarabakhGuzanli Olympic Stadium115,000
KarvanYevlakh Stadium5,000
Khazar LankaranLankaran City Stadium15,000
FK MasallıAnatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium7,500
Neftchi BakuTofik Bakhramov Stadium29,858
Olimpik BakuShafa Stadium8,200
Simurq ZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium4,000
Standard BakuShafa Stadium8,200
Turan TovuzTovuz City Stadium10,000

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.
TeamManagerTeam captainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
ABN Bärdä Faig Jabbarov
Baku Gjoko Hadžievski
Gabala Ramiz MammadovErreà
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 AbdullayevUmbroSilk Way Airlines
Simurq Roman Pokora
Standard Baku Yunis Huseynov
Turan Tovuz Salahattin Darvand

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks