The Azerbaijan Cup

Azerbaijan Cup

The Azerbaijan Cup is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union; it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid....

 2011–12 is the nineteenth season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

. It started on 26 October 2011 with five games of the Premiliary Round and will end in May 2012 with the Final. FC Inter Baku

FC Inter Baku

Inter Baku PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku, that currently plays in Azerbaijan Premier League.Inter Baku is a multi-sports club and competes in football, wrestling, boxing, judo and unifight. The football team won the championship in 2008 and 2010...

 are the defending champions. Twenty-two teams are scheduled to compete in this year's competition.

The winner of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

2012–13 UEFA Europa League

The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League will be the fourth season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. The final will be played at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands....

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Preliminary round

The games were played on 26 October 2011.
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First Round

The five winners from the Preliminary Round joined the remaining eleven teams of the 2011-12 Azerbaijan Premier League in this round and
played against each other over one game. The games were played on 30 November 2011.
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Notes

• Match Abandoned after Turan
  PFC Turan Tovuz
  Turan Tovuz PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Tovuz. The club plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top division in Azerbaijani football and won the league title once, in 1994-1995...
  
   refused to restart the game after conceding a disputed goal

Quarterfinals

The eight winners from the First Round were drawn into four two-legged ties.

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Semifinals

The four quarterfinal winners were drawn into two two-legged semifinal ties.
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Final

The two semifinals winners participated in this stage of the competition.

Top Scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Serge Djiehoua Serge Djiehoua Serge Djiehoua is an Ivorian football player who plays as a striker for Gabala FC. On 24 August 2008, he made his debut for Antalyaspor against Beşiktaş JK in the Turkcell Super League, scoring his team's second goal in a losing effort.-References:...	Gabala	2
	Royal Najafov	Şuşa	2
	F. Amirguliyev	Şahdag Qusar FC Sahdag Qusar FC Shahdagh Qusar is an Azerbaijani football club based in Qusar, that currently takes part in Azerbaijan First Division.-History:...	2
	Ceyhun Sultanov	Kapaz	2
	Cătălin Doman Catalin Doman Catalin Petre Doman born . He is a Romanian professional footballer, who currently plays for FK Khazar Lankaran.- Club career :...	Khazar Lankaran	2
2	Saşa Yunisoğlu Sasa Yunisoglu Saşa Yunisoğlu or Sasha Yunisoglu is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays for FK Baku.Born in Mykolaiv, now Ukraine, he is half Ukrainian descent. He plays defender role in the field.-Career:...	Gabala	1
	Bahodir Nasimov Bahodir Nasimov Bakhodir Odimdjonovich Nasimov is an Uzbekistani footballer currently playing for Neftchi Baku PFC.-Career:On 22 February 2010 Rubin Kazan signed the Uzbek forward from Dynamo Samarkand on a three-year deal, the 22-year-old recently ended a loan spell at FK Samarqand-Dinamo.It was reported that...	Neftchi Baku	1
	Branimir Subašić Branimir Subašic Branimir Subašić is a Serbian born Azerbaijani international footballer who plays as a striker for FK Khazar Lankaran and Azerbaijan National Football Team.- Career :...	Khazar Lankaran	1
	Bakhtiyar Soltanov	Qarabağ	1
	Afran Ismayilov Afran Ismayilov Afran Ismayilov is a footballer who plays as midfielder for FK Qarabağ.-Early years:Ismayilov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, started playing football at age 8 and attended Neftchi Baku football school under Rovshan Gasymov.-Club career:...	Qarabağ	1
	Leonardo Rocha Leonardo da Silva Rocha Leonardo da Silva Rocha is a Brazilian football player at the position of striker.He played at Azerbaijan Premier League since 2007, changed 4 teams and finally signed contract with FK Qarabağ in 2011....	Qarabağ	1
	Samir Abdulov Samir Abdulov Samir Abdulov is a Azerbaijani footballer currently playing for Yuksak Liqa club FK Simurq Zaqatala as a striker.-External links:*...	Sumgayit Sumgayit City PFC Sumgayit City PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Sumgayit. As of 2011, the club plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League.-History:The club was founded in 2010...	1
	Kamil Nurahmadov	Sumgayit Sumgayit City PFC Sumgayit City PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Sumgayit. As of 2011, the club plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League.-History:The club was founded in 2010...	1
	Nasibov	Bakili Baku Bakili Baku Bakili Baku is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Baku that currently plays in the Azerbaijan First Division.- History :The club was founded in 1963 under name of Araz, re-established by Misir Abilov in 1995 and consisted of amateur footballers. Officially as a professional football club it was...	1
	Huseynov	Bakili Baku Bakili Baku Bakili Baku is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Baku that currently plays in the Azerbaijan First Division.- History :The club was founded in 1963 under name of Araz, re-established by Misir Abilov in 1995 and consisted of amateur footballers. Officially as a professional football club it was...	1
	Hashimov	Karvan FK Karvan FK Karvan is an Azerbaijani football club based in Yevlakh, that currently plays in Azerbaijan First Division, one of the most successful clubs in modern Azerbaijan football history, becoming first Azerbaijan club to pass first qualification stage in UEFA Cup....	1
	Amrahov	Neftchala	1
	Gadimov	Qaradağ FK Qaradağ -History:The club was established in 2009 under the name of Neftchi-ISM as an Neftchi Baku's reserve team and played in Azerbaijan First Division. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team and therefore the club was ineligible for promotion to the Azerbaijan...	1
	Tagiyev	Qaradağ FK Qaradağ -History:The club was established in 2009 under the name of Neftchi-ISM as an Neftchi Baku's reserve team and played in Azerbaijan First Division. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team and therefore the club was ineligible for promotion to the Azerbaijan...	1
	Alakberov	Qaradağ FK Qaradağ -History:The club was established in 2009 under the name of Neftchi-ISM as an Neftchi Baku's reserve team and played in Azerbaijan First Division. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team and therefore the club was ineligible for promotion to the Azerbaijan...	1
	Aliyev	Mughan FK Mughan FK Mughan Salyan is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Salyan. The club reached the Azerbaijan Premier League for the first time in 2008-2009. The club was first promoted after FK Masallı withdrew for the 2008/09 season...	1
	Tayibov	Shahdag Qusar	1
	Gheorghe Boghiu Gheorghe Boghiu Gheorghe Boghiu is a Moldavian football striker who plays for Uzbek League club Nasaf Qarshi.Boghiu played for FC Olimpia Bălţi before moving to Russian First Division side FC Avangard Kursk in 2006. He transferred to Romanian side FC Oţelul Galaţi in January 2007. and returned to the Russian...	AZAL	1
	Nugzar Kvirtiya Nugzar Kvirtiya Nugzar Valeryevich Kvirtiya is a Russian professional football player. Since September 2009, he has played for FK Olimpik Baku.-External links:*...	AZAL	1
	Samir Zargarov	Inter Baku	1
	Asif Mirili	Inter Baku	1

External links

• Azerbaijan Cup at soccerway.com