2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League 2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League was the twentieth season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. Neftchi Baku was the defending champions, having won their second Azerbaijani championship the previous season .the league , the ten sides remaining of the 2010–11 season , one promoted club from the 2010–11 Azerbaijan First Division and a totally new club instead of defunct First Division champions FC Absheron . The format of the league was same as 2010–11 season.2011–12 Azerbaijan First Division was directly promoted, while runners up of first division played play-off game with the team that finished 11th in Azerbaijan Premier League.Teams were relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division after finishing 12th and last, at the end of last season . They were replaced by First Division champions FC Absheron and runners-up Ravan Baku . However, due sponsorship problems Absheron became defunct and replaced by Sumgayit City F.C..31 May 2011, it was announced that FK Ganja changed their name to FC Kəpəz . On 18 July 2011, FK Mughan also ruled out to participate in this season due sponsorship reasons and replaced by Simurq PFC .Stadia and locations Team Location Venue Capacity AZAL Baku AZAL Stadium 3,000 Baku Tofig Bahramov Stadium 30,000 Gabala Gabala Gabala City Stadium 2,000 Inter Baku Shafa Stadium 8,150 Kəpəz Ganja Ganja City Stadium 25,000 Khazar Lankaran Lankaran City Stadium 15,000 Neftchi Baku Tofig Bahramov Stadium 30,000 Qarabağ Agdam Guzanli Olympic Stadium 2,000 Ravan Baku Baku Dalga Arena 6,500 Simurq Zaqatala Zaqatala City Stadium 3,500 Sumgayit Sumqayit Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium16,000 Turan Tovuz Tovuz City Stadium 6,800
Personnel and sponsoring Managerial changes Season events On 21 August 2011, Inter Baku - FK Baku game was suspended during last minutes due referee scandal, therefore game's fate decided after Professional Football League of Azerbaijan's decision. On 23 August 2011, PFL awarded 3-0 technical victory to FK Baku and announced the following punishments were given to Inter Baku's individuals: Georgi Nikolov, club's chairman: 5 game ban from football and fined 5,000 AZN . Kakhaber Tskhadadze: fined 1,000 AZN. Giorgi Lomaia: 2 game ban and fined 2,000 AZN. August 2011 , the Disciplinary Committee of AFFA imposed the punishment on the scandal that took place in two matches. Khazar Lankaran fined 10,000 AZN after club's fans threw alien objects to the court, injuring the head of Inter Baku's coach Kakhaber Tskhadadze . Khazar also must play its next two league home matches in an empty stadium because of its fans' aggressive behavior .Turan Tovuz 26,000 AZN and moved its next two league home matches on a neutral ground for injuring referees, breaking PFL camera as well as for refusing to play at the second half of 2011–12 Azerbaijan Cup . The club's president Musa Suleymanov has been disqualified for five matches and club received technical defeat of 0-3.First round League table Results Second round Championship group The top six teams of the first phase participate in this group, which will decide which team will win the championship. Additionally, teams in this group compete for one 2012–13 Champions League and two Europa League spots.Champions League Second qualifying round , with the runners-up and third place team earning a spot in the Europa League first qualifying round .Table Results Relegation group The bottom six teams of the first phase will determine the teams to be relegated to the 2012–13 Azerbaijan First Division . The bottom team of this group will be directly relegated, while the fifth-placed team will have to compete in relegation/promotion playoffs with the second-placed teams of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan First Division. On April 30 , due decision of Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan , no clubs from Azerbaijan First Division will be promoted which means all clubs from this season will be remaining in the league.Table Results Season statistics Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 16 Neftchi 2 11 Kapaz 3 10 AZAL 3 10 Neftchi 3 10 AZAL 4 9 Gabala 5 8 Simurq 5 8 Khazar Lankaran 5 8 Gabala
May 2012 Hat-tricks Scoring First goal of the season: John Pelu for Ravan Baku against Kəpəz Fastest goal of the season: 1st minute , *Shahin Karimov for Kəpəz against AZAL *Dejan Rusič for Khazar Lankaran against Kəpəz Latest goal of the season: 90+4 minutes , *Ramazan Abbasov for Ravan Baku against Simurq *Akif Taghiyev for Turan Tovuz against Simurq Largest winning margin: 6 goals *Neftchi Baku 7–1 AZAL Highest scoring game: 9 goals *AZAL 6–3 Sumgayit Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals *Neftchi Baku 7–1 AZAL Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals *AZAL 6–3 SumgayitClean sheets Most clean sheets: 17 *Inter Baku Fewest clean sheets: 4 *KəpəzDiscipline Most yellow cards : 82 *AZAL Most yellow cards : 12 *Vidas Alunderis Most red cards : 7 *Inter Baku *Ravan Baku *Kəpəz Most red cards : 3 *Tagim NovruzovAwards Monthly awards Annual awards
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