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Neftchi Baku PFC
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Full name Neftchi Professional Football Club
Nickname(s) Ağ-qaralar (Black and whites)
Neftçiler (Oil Workers)
Founded March 18, 1937
Ground Tofig Bakhramov Republican Stadium,
Baku
(Capacity: 29,000)
President Flag of Azerbaijan Akper Hadjiev
Head Coach Flag of Azerbaijan Boyukaga Agaev
League AFFA Supreme League
2007-08 3rd place
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Neftchi Baku is an Azerbaijani football club based in the capital, Baku, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League.

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[edit] History

[edit] Soviet period

PFC Neftchi was founded in 1937.[1] During the years of 1937-1967, it was known as Neftyanik and it was renamed Neftchi in 1968.[2]

The 1966 squad

Neftchi played three spells in the Soviet Top League, in 1949-1950, 1960-1970, and 1977-1988, for a total of 23 years in the top division of Soviet football.[2] The club appeared in the Soviet First League, the second-highest division, from 1946-1948, 1951-1959, 1973-1976, and 1989-1991, with its top finish in 1976 as the runner-up.[2]

Neftyanik's top scorer in this early era was Azerbaijani footballing legend Alekper Mamedov, who also played for FC Dynamo Moscow; Mamedov netted 51 goals in league play during the 1950s and 1960's for the Black-Whites, despite playing for the prime of his career in Moscow.[3]

Arguably, the club's greatest achievement was a 3rd place finish in the Soviet Top League in 1966, the highest finish for any Azerbaijani side in the Soviet era.[4] The 1966 squad was made up of many of the all-time great Azerbaijani footballers,[5] including forwards Anatoliy Banishevskiy (the UEFA Golden Player for Azerbaijan) and Kazbek Tuaev, midfielder Aleksandr Trophimov, and goalkeeper Sergey Kramarenko.[6] Fans and journalists in Azerbaijan commemorated the 40th anniversary of Neftchi's success in 2006.[7]

[edit] Azerbaijan Premier League

The club is currently one of the strongest teams in Azerbaijani Premier League, and claimed the Azerbaijan league title four times so far - 1992, 1995-96, 2003-04 and 2004-05. Neftchi also managed to win the Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, or CIS Cup, in 2006.[8] In 2005, Neftchi finished the tournament in second place.

In European cups sponsored by UEFA, PFC Neftchi have advanced to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League twice, having defeated Bosnian champions - NK Široki Brijeg - and Icelandic champions - FH Hafnarfjarðar - in 2004 and 2005 respectively.[9][10] Neftchi advanced to the third round of the 2008 Intertoto Cup, after defeating the Slovak club FC Nitra and the Belgian side K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot in the first two rounds.[11]

In January 2008, Czech coach Vlastimil Petržela, was replaced by Ukrainian Anatoliy Demyanenko.[12] At the end of the 2007-08 season, Neftchi finished 3rd in the Azerbaijan league.[13]

[edit] Stadium

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium

Neftchi Baku currently use the 29,858 capacity Tofik Bakhramov Stadium. It is named after the famous Azeri referee Tofik Bakhramov and is the largest in Azerbaijan. The stadium is also used by the Azerbaijan national football team and FK Baku. It was built in 1952.

[edit] Achievements

1967, 1968, 1970, 1971[15]
1992, 1995-96, 1996-97, 2003-04, 2004-05[16]
1994-95, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2001-02, 2003-04
2006

[edit] League and domestic cup history

For UEFA club competition results, see next section below.
As of 27 June 2008:[16][17]
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Notes
1992 1st 1 36 30 2 4 104 23 62 Quarter-Finals
1993 1st 5 18 11 5 2 39 11 27 Quarter-Finals
1993-94 1st 8 30 11 7 12 37 11 29 Quarter-Finals
1994-95 1st 3 24 17 4 3 67 15 38 Winner
1995-96 1st 1 20 11 6 3 42 17 39 Winner
1996-97 1st 1 30 23 5 2 98 20 74
1997-98 1st 6 26 13 4 9 43 23 43
1998-99 1st 3 26 15 7 4 57 18 52 Winner
1999-00 1st 3 22 13 4 5 35 17 43 Semi-Finals
2000-01 1st 2 20 16 3 1 57 11 51 Runners-up
2001-02 1st 3 22 13 5 4 34 7 44 Winners
2003-04 1st 1 26 22 3 1 66 15 69 Winners
2004-05 1st 1 34 24 6 4 52 18 78 Quarter-Finals
2005-06 1st 3 26 15 9 2 51 16 54 Semi-Finals
2006-07 1st 2 24 17 3 4 47 15 44 Semi-Finals
2007-08 1st 3 26 16 7 3 42 18 55 Semi-Finals

[edit] UEFA club competition results

As of December, 2008.

Competition Matches W D L GF GA
UEFA Champions League 10 4 1 5 7 20
UEFA Cup 10 3 1 6 9 19
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2 0 1 1 0 3
UEFA Intertoto Cup 6 3 1 2 7 7
Total 28 10 4 14 23 49
Season Cup's name Round Country Club Result
1995/96 UEFA Cup Winners Cup 1Q Flag of Cyprus APOEL F.C. 0-3, 0-0
1996/97 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Bulgaria PFC Lokomotiv Sofia 2-1, 0-6
1997/98 UEFA Champions League 1Q Flag of Poland RTS Widzew Łódź 0-2, 0-8
1999/00 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Serbia FK Crvena Zvezda 2-3, 0-1
2000/01 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Slovenia NK Hit Gorica 1-0, 1-3
2001/02 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Slovenia NK Hit Gorica 0-0, 0-1
2004/05 UEFA Champions League 1Q Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina NK Široki Brijeg 1-2, 1-0
2Q Flag of Russia PFC CSKA Moscow 0-0, 0-2
2005/06 UEFA Champions League 1Q Flag of Iceland FH 2-0, 2-1
2Q Flag of Belgium RSC Anderlecht 0-5, 1-0
2007/08 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Austria SV Ried 1-3, 2-1
2008/09 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Flag of Slovakia FC Nitra 2-0, 1-3
2R Flag of Belgium K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot 1-1, 1-0 [18]
3R Flag of Romania F.C. Vaslui 2-1, 0-2

[edit] Current squad

Neftchi's José Carlos dos Reis in action against Simurq Zaqatala

As of 9 July, 2009.

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Serbia GK Vladimir Micovic
2 Flag of Azerbaijan DF Rail Malikov
4 Flag of Estonia DF Dmitri Kruglov
7 Flag of Azerbaijan FW Samir Aliyev
8 Flag of Azerbaijan MF Elmar Bakhshiev
9 Flag of Azerbaijan FW Orkhan Hasanov
10 Flag of Azerbaijan MF Eshgin Guliyev
11 Flag of Bulgaria MF Marcho Dafchev
15 Flag of Azerbaijan DF Ruslan Abishov
17 Flag of Azerbaijan MF Araz Abdullayev
19 Flag of Azerbaijan DF Emin Çafarquliev
No. Position Player
21 Flag of Brazil FW José Carlos
22 Flag of Azerbaijan MF Zaur Tagizade (captain)
23 Flag of Romania MF Marian Aliuţă
25 Flag of Romania FW Adrian Neaga
27 Flag of Azerbaijan MF Rashad Abdullayev
32 Flag of Turkmenistan MF Nazar Baýramow
61 Flag of Turkey DF Suat Usta
77 Flag of Cameroon FW Valentine Atem
Flag of Tunisia DF Asef Gadiri
Flag of Azerbaijan DF Ruslan Amirjanov
Flag of Azerbaijan MF Tural Narimanov

[edit] Notable players

Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet era
  
Flag of Azerbaijan Since independence
  

[edit] Managers

[edit] Managers in Soviet Top League

[edit] Managers in modern history

[edit] References

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  3. ^ "Mamedov Alekper Amirovich". KLISF (Club for History and Statistics of Amateur Football). 2006. http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=en&id=162549673503265. Retrieved on 2008-07-08. 
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  6. ^ Ibragimov, Erkin (2004-02-02). "Neftchi's season in the sun". uefa.com. http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=57154/newsid=138630.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-07. 
  7. ^ Kyazimzade, Akshin (2006-12-01). "Бронза, старей, увы, тускнеет (Bronze, the oldest, alas, it grows dim)" (in Russian). Career Master. http://careermaster.biz/?page=show_journal&journal_id=1&id=20. Retrieved on 2008-07-03. 
  8. ^ "Скандал на Кубке Содружества: чемпионы Армении отказались играть с азербайджанцами (Scandal at the CIS Cup: The champions of Armenia refused to play the Azerbaijanis)" (in Russian). NewsRU.com. 2006-01-19. http://www.newsru.com/sport/19jan2006/scandal.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-23. 
  9. ^ "UEFA Champions League History Season 2004 First Round". uefa.com. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2004/round=1965/index.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-21. 
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  11. ^ "Football Europe: PFC Neftçi in the Intertoto Cup 2008". uefa.com. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=59890/competition=16/index.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-03. 
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  13. ^ "Standings: Yuksek Liqa - 2007/2008". uefa.com. 2008-05-28. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/countries/association=57154/standings.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-18. 
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  15. ^ Terekhov, Alexey, et al.. "Football: Men: Soviet Union: Cup". Sports123.com. http://sports123.com/foo/msovc.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-18. 
  16. ^ a b Manaschev, Erlan, et al. (2008-06-06). "Azerbaijan - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azerchamp.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-18. 
  17. ^ Ionescu, Romeo (2000-10-12). "Azerbaijan - List of Final Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azerhist.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-27. 
  18. ^ "Grasshoppers survive as Neftçi upset odds". uefa.com. 2008-07-12. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/intertotocup/news/kind=1/newsid=732000.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-12. 

[edit] External links

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Azerbaijan Premier League · 2009–10
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UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
Overall Champions: Braga
Other winners of Third Round
Eliminated in Third Round
Eliminated in Second Round
Eliminated in First Round
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