2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League

The 2004-05 Azerbaijan Top League was the thirteenth season of the Top League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 7 August 2004 and finished on 24 May 2005. Neftchi Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous season, and they retained the title after defeating Khazar Lankaran in a playoff after both teams finished level on points and goal difference.

Azerbaijan Top League
Season2004–05
ChampionsNeftchi Baku
RelegatedKarat Baki
Shamkir
Adliyya Baku
Bakılı Baku
Shafa Baku
Champions LeagueNeftchi Baku
UEFA CupKhazar Lankaran
Baku
Intertoto CupKarvan
Matches played306
Goals scored738 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerZaur Ramazanov (21)
Biggest home winKhazar Lankaran 6-0 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit
Adliyya Baku 6-0 MOIK Baku
Biggest away winBakılı 2-7 Baku
Highest scoringBakılı 2-7 Baku

Teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Neftçi Baku (C) 34 24 6 4 52 18 +34 78 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
2 Khazar Lankaran 34 24 6 4 68 15 +53 78 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Karvan 34 23 7 4 66 18 +48 76 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Turan 34 22 7 5 64 21 +43 73
5 Baku 34 21 10 3 60 14 +46 73 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
6 Qarabağ 34 22 5 7 61 31 +30 71
7 Inter Baku 34 19 9 6 44 24 +20 66
8 FK MKT-Araz 34 16 9 9 35 23 +12 57
9 Ganja 34 11 9 14 37 37 0 42
10 Karat Baki (R) 34 12 4 18 40 62 −22 40 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
11 Göyəzən 34 9 6 19 30 52 −22 33
12 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 34 9 6 19 32 58 −26 33
13 Şəmkir (R) 34 9 5 20 34 48 −14 32 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
14 Şahdağ 34 8 8 18 29 51 −22 32
15 MOIK Baku 34 7 9 18 24 34 −10 30
16 Adliyya Baku (R) 34 7 4 23 24 66 −42 25 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
17 Bakili (R) 34 3 5 26 22 71 −49 14
18 Shafa Baku 34 2 1 31 16 95 −79 7 Team Dissolved[lower-alpha 3]
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Neftçi Baku and Khazar Lankaran finished equal on points, and a championship play-off to determine the winner was won by Neftçi Baku.
  2. Baku qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winner of the 2004–05 Azerbaijan Cup.
  3. Safa withdrew during the winter break for financial reasons, all their remaining matches have been awarded 0-3 against them.

Championship play-off
Neftchi Baku2 – 1Khazar Lankaran
Abbasov  68'
Tagizade  73'		 Qurbanov  42'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Zaur Ramazanov Karvan 21
2 Samir Aliyev Khazar Lankaran 20
3 Oktay Derelioğlu Khazar Lankaran 17
Farrukh Ismayilov Karvan 17
5 Issa Nikiema Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 16
6 Kanan Karimov Turan Tovuz 15
7 Zaur Tagizade Neftchi Baku 14
8 Fernando Pérez Baku 13
9 [2] Leandro Gomes Baku 12
Vadim Vasilyev Qarabağ 12

Hat-tricks

[3]

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Escort EssongŞəmkirAdliyya Baku3–18 August 2004
Issa Nikiema4Gänclärbirliyi SumqayitKarat Baku5–012 August 2004
Samir MusayevQarabağGöyəzən4–226 September 2004
Zaur RamazanovKarvanGanja3–026 September 2004
Zaur RamazanovKarvanTuran Tovuz4–317 October 2004
Vadim VasilyevQarabağMOIK Baku3–031 October 2004
Samir AliyevKhazar LankaranGänclärbirliyi Sumqayit6–03 November 2004
Mikheil Khutsishvili4GanjaGänclärbirliyi Sumqayit6–119 March 2005
Fernando Pérez4BakuGöyəzən6–021 April 2005
Oktay DerelioğluKhazar LankaranAdliyya Baku6–13 May 2005
Shalva MumladzeŞahdağGöyəzən3–115 May 2005
Yashar AbuzerovBakuAdliyya Baku4–024 May 2005
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

References
  1. "Top 10 Goal Scorers" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. Did not become an Azerbaijani citizen until 2006
  3. "Azerbaijan 2004/05". rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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