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2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season 2007–08
Champions Inter Baku
Relegated Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit
ABN Bärdä
UEFA Champions League Inter Baku
UEFA Cup Olimpik Baku
Khazar Lankaran
UEFA Intertoto Cup Neftchi Baku
Matches played 182
Goals scored 437 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer Khagani Mammadov (19)
Biggest home win Standard Baku 6-0 ABN Bärdä
Masallı 6-0 Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit
Biggest away win Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 0-6 Gabala
Highest scoring Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit 2-6 Neftchi Baku

The 2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 16th season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Khazar Lankaran were the defending champions, having won the previous season.

Shahdag Qusar were relegated after finishing the previous season in 13th. FK Gäncä, who were excluded from the league the previous season, also wouldn't take part in the 2007-08 season. On 13 August 2007 UEFA declared MKT Araz defunct and withdrew their participation from the league.

They were replaced by ABN Bärdä, Masallı and Standard Baku from the Azerbaijan First Division.

1Karabakh played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Updated to games played on July 29, 2008.
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Khazar Lankaran qualified for the first qualifiying round of the 1st qualifying round of the UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Azerbaijan 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.


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