The Neftchi Baku 2012–13 season is Neftchi Baku's 21st Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their third season under manager Boyukagha Hajiyev. Neftchi participated in the Second and Third UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, defeating FC Zestaponi of Georgia in the Second round before losing to Ironi Kiryat Shmona of Israel in the Third round. This meant that they dropped down into the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play Off Round, where they defeated APOEL of Cyprus 4–2 on aggregate to qualify for the group stages of the Europa League for the first time. In the group stages they were drawn against FK Partizan of Serbia, Rubin Kazan of Russia and Internazionale of Italy. They also won the Azerbaijan Premier League for the 3rd time in a row, and completed a domestic double by defeating Khazar Lankaran on penalties in the Azerbaijan Cup final.
Squad
(captain)
Out on loan
Transfers Summer
In:
Azeri Football
Out:
Azeri Football
Winter
In:
Out:
Coaching staff PositionStaffManager Boyukagha HajiyevAssistant first team coach Tarlan AhmadovAssistant first team coach Bakhtiyar MusayevAssistant first team coach Kamal QuliyevGoalkeeper coach Nebojsa ManojlovićFitness coach Ruben SelesClub doctor Boris KhatagurovAssistant doctor Rasim GadimalievAssistant doctor Tofig GasimovPhysiotherapist Zakir Guliyev Source: Neftchi Baku PFC
Competitions Friendlies
Azerbaijan Premier League
Results summary
Results by round
Results
League table
Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group Results summary
Results by round
Results
Table
Azerbaijan Cup
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying phase
UEFA Europa League
Play Off Round
Group stage
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Neftchi no longer at the club:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueAzerbaijan CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal1 FW11Nicolás Canales 26 1 1 2 302 MF10Julius Wobay 8 0 3 1 123 MF25Javid Imamverdiyev 5 0 2 1 8FW9 Flavinho 5 1 0 2 85 MF6 Rashad Sadigov 5 0 1 1 76 MF17Araz Abdullayev 4 1 0 0 57 Own goal 2 0 0 0 2MF15Eric Ramos 1 1 0 0 2DF22Mahir Shukurov 0 1 0 1 2DF32Elvin Yunuszade 0 2 0 0 211DF16Bruno Bertucci 1 0 0 0 1MF19Mirhuseyn Seyidov 1 0 0 0 1DF3 Denis Silva 1 0 0 0 1FW8 Elshan Abdullayev 0 1 0 0 1FW21Kamil Nurähmädov 0 1 0 0 1FW14Bahodir Nasimov 0 1 0 0 1TOTALS5910 7 8 84
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNamePremier LeagueAzerbaijan CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal3 DFSaşa Yunisoğlu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 03 DFDenis Silva 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 DFTärlän Quliyev 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 05 DFIgor Mitreski 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 9 16 MFRashad Sadigov 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 17 MFRodriguinho 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09 FWFlavinho 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 110MFJulius Wobay 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 011FWNicolás Canales 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 012GKEmil Balayev 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 014FWBahodir Nasimov 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 015FWEric Ramos 7 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 14 016DFBruno Bertucci 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 10 017MFAraz Abdullayev 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 019MFMirhuseyn Seyidov 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 020MFEshgin Guliyev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 022DFMahir Shukurov 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 025MFJavid Imamverdiyev 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 128FWEmin Mehdiyev 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 230GKSaša Stamenković 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 032DFElvin Yunuszade 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 1TOTALS785151601911197
Monthly awards MonthAzerbaijan Professional Football League AwardsPlayerAwardNovember Nicolás Canales December February
Team kit These are the 2012–13 Neftchi Baku kits.
References
Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı. Neftchi Baku played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku instead of their regular stadium, Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku. Neftchi Baku played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku as their own Ismat Gayibov Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria. Ironi Kiryat Shmona played their home match at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa as their own Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
External links Neftchi Baku at Soccerway.com