1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League

Azerbaijan Top League

Season	1995-96
Champions	Neftchi Baku
UEFA Cup	Neftchi Baku Khazri Buzovna
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qarabağ
Matches played	170
Top goalscorer	Rovshan Akhmedov Fazil Parvanov (23)
← 1994–95 1996-97 →

The 1995-96 Azerbaijan Top League was the fifth season of the Azerbaijan Top League and was contested by 11 clubs and was the first season were 3 points were awarded for a win. Kəpəz were the defending champions but were unable to keep their title as Neftchi Baku completed a domestic double, winning their second Azerbaijan League title and the Azerbaijan Cup.

Stadia and locations

Fahlasi
Khazri Buzovna
MOIK
Neftchi

Kapaz

Kur Nur

Pambiqci Neftcala

Qarabağ

Shamkir

Turan Tovuz

Viləş Masallı

Location of teams in Azerbaijan Premier League 1995–96

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Bakı Fahlasi	Baku	Ismat Gayibov Stadium	5,000
Kapaz	Ganja	Ganja City Stadium	26,120
Qarabağ	Quzanlı	Guzanli Olympic Complex Stadium	2,000
Khazri Buzovna	Buzovna
Kur-Nur	Mingachevir	Yashar Mammadzade Stadium	5,000
MOIK Baku	Baku
Neftchi Baku	Baku	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium	31,200
Pambiqci Neftcala	Neftçala
Shamkir	Şəmkir	Shamkir City Stadium
Turan Tovuz	Tovuz	Tovuz City Stadium	6,800
Viləş	Masallı	Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium	7,500

First round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Khazri Buzovna	20	14	5	1	31	7	+24	47	Qualification to championship group
2	Kəpəz	20	13	4	3	74	20	+54	43
3	Turan	20	13	2	5	41	24	+17	41
4	Qarabağ	20	12	4	4	38	15	+23	40
5	Neftchi Baku	20	11	6	3	42	17	+25	39
6	Kur-Nur	20	7	4	9	35	41	−6	25
7	Bakı Fahlasi	20	6	3	11	20	35	−15	21	Qualification to relegation group
8	FK Masallı	20	6	1	13	22	46	−24	19
9	MOIK Baku	20	5	1	14	16	43	−27	16
10	Şəmkir	20	3	4	13	15	39	−24	13
11	Pambiqci Neftcala	20	2	2	16	16	63	−47	8

Source: Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second round

Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Neftchi Baku (C)	20	10	6	4	32	20	+12	36	UEFA Cup 1996–97 Preliminary round
2	Khazri Buzovna	20	8	9	3	22	14	+8	33
3	Kəpəz	20	9	5	6	34	21	+13	32
4	Turan	20	9	3	8	26	30	−4	30
5	Karabakh Agdam	20	4	9	7	25	26	−1	21	Qualification to 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1
6	Kur-Nur	20	1	4	15	12	46	−34	7

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Karabakh Agdam qualified for the qualifying round of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as runners up in the 1995–96 Azerbaijan Cup since Neftchi Baku won both the League and the Cup
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Bakı Fahlasi	16	9	2	5	26	18	+8	29
8	FK Masallı	16	9	1	6	26	29	−3	28
9	Şəmkir	16	7	4	5	31	18	+13	25
10	MOIK Baku	16	6	2	8	14	16	−2	20	1
11	Pambiqci Neftcala	16	4	1	11	18	34	−16	13

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Originally two teams were to be relegated, but due to the league expanding to 16 teams no-one was relegated.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fazil Parvanov	Kəpəz	23
	Rovshan Akhmedov	Kəpəz	23
3	Nazim Aliyev	Neftchi Baku/Qarabağ	22
4	Musa Kurbanov	Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz	15
5	Yadigar Süleymanov	Kəpəz	14
6	Samir A. Məmmədov	MOIK Baku/Kur Nur Mingechaur	13
	Mehman İbrahimov	Pambiqci Neftcala	13
	Ələddin Abbasov	Shamkir	13
9	Gurban Gurbanov	Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz	12
10	İlham Məmmədov	Kur Nur Mingechaur/Turan Tovuz/Neftchi Baku	11

External links

• 1995-96 RSSSF
• APL Stats