2007–08 FK Khazar Lankaran season
# 2007–08 FK Khazar Lankaran season

The Khazar Lankaran 2007–08 season was Khazar Lankaran's third Azerbaijan Premier League season. It was their second season under the management of Agaselim Mirjavadov. They finished 4th in the league and won the Azerbaijan Cup in extra-time against Inter Baku.

## Squad

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Dmitriy Kramarenko |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Mahir Shukurov |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Emin Quliyev |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Fizuli Mammedov |
| 7 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Poladov |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Jeyhun Sultanov |
| 10 | MF | AZE | Zaur Ramazanov |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Rashad Karimov |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Ramiz Kerimov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rahid Amirguliev |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Nadir Nabiyev |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Alim Gurbanov |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Dzhambazov |
| 21 | MF | BUL | Radomir Todorov |
| 25 | GK | AZE | Kamran Agayev |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Mario Sergio |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Diego Souza |
| 50 | FW | CIV | Yacouba Bamba |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Juninho |

## Transfers

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev (from Inter Baku) |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Ramiz Kerimov |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Dzhambazov (from Slavia Sofia) |
| 21 | MF | BUL | Radomir Todorov (from Naftex Burgas) |
| 50 | FW | CIV | Yacouba Bamba (from Karvan) |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Juninho (from Brasilis) |
| — | DF | AZE | Zaur Hashimov (from Inter Baku) |
| — | DF | AZE | Amid Huseynov (from Youth Team) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Mikayil Yusifov (to Kartalspor) |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Adehim Niftaliyev (to Masallı) |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Valeri Abramidze (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 7 | MF | AZE | Mahmud Qurbanov (to Inter Baku) |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Ilgar Gurbanov (to Sivasspor) |
| 9 | MF | ROU | Róbert Ilyés (to Brașov) |
| 21 | DF | BLR | Syarhey Pawlyukovich (to Dinamo Minsk) |
| — | DF | COL | Rodriqo Rosa Sales |
| — | FW | BRA | Osmar Sigueira (to Masallı) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva (from Gama) |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Mahir Shukurov (from Inter Baku) |
| 7 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Poladov (from Standard Baku) |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Nadir Nabiyev (from Neftchi Baku) |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Mario Sergio (from Portuguesa) |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Diego Souza (from Brasilis) |
| — | FW | BRA | Roberto Santos (from Paulista) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | AZE | Adehim Niftaliyev (to Masallı) |
| 20 | FW | GHA | Edmond N'Tiamoah (to Servette) |
| 28 | DF | LTU | Darius Žutautas |
| — | DF | AZE | Zaur Hashimov (to Qarabağ) |
| — | DF | AZE | Amid Huseynov (to Masallı) |
| — | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov (loan to Masallı) |

## Competitions

### Azerbaijan Premier League

**Table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Olimpik Baku | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 7 | +22 | 58 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Neftçi Baku | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 18 | +24 | 55 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Khazar Lankaran | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 44 | 16 | +28 | 52 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 5 | Qarabağ | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 41 | |
| 6 | Gabala | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 36 | |

* 1 2 Khazar Lankaran qualified for the first qualifiying round of the 1st qualifying round of the UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Azerbaijan Cup.

### Azerbaijan Cup

**Final**

Source: Cup Results

### CIS Cup

**Group stage**

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khazar Lankaran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| FBK Kaunas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 |
| Aktobe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |

## Squad statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | CIS Cup | CIS Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Dmitriy Kramarenko | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Denis Silva | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Mahir Shukurov | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Emin Quliyev | 20 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Fizuli Mammedov | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | AZE | Ruslan Poladov | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Elmar Bakhshiev | 41 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AZE | Jeyhun Sultanov | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Zaur Ramazanov | 33 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Rashad Karimov | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Rahid Amirguliev | 24 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | AZE | Nadir Nabiyev | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Alim Gurbanov | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Dzhambazov | 28 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BUL | Radomir Todorov | 31 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | AZE | Kamran Agayev | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AZE | Rashad Abdullayev | 32 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Mario Sergio | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Diego Souza | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | CIV | Yacouba Bamba | 16 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Juninho | 13 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | BRA | Roberto Santos | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Khazar Lankaran who left on loan during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | AZE | Vüqar Nadirov | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Khazar Lankaran who left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | AZE | Adehim Niftaliyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GHA | Edmond N'Tiamoah | 13 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | LTU | Darius Žutautas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | AZE | Zaur Hashimov | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | CIS Cup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Zaur Ramazanov | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | MF | 30 | Mario Sergio | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | | Nadir Nabiyev | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 55 | Juninho | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 20 | Edmond N'Tiamoah | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | 50 | Yacouba Bamba | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 35 | Diego Souza | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Rahid Amirguliev | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 27 | Rashad Abdullayev | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Emin Quliyev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Elmar Bakhshiev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | 21 | Radomir Todorov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 18 | Alim Gurbanov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 9 | Jeyhun Sultanov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 7 | Ruslan Poladov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | | Own Goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | | Unknown | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| | | | TOTALS | 44 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 86 |
