Ravan Baku FK
Ravan Baku crest
Full nameRəvan Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)Aslanlar (The Lions)
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Dissolved2017; 7 years ago (2017)
GroundBayil Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanMushfig Safiyev
ManagerBahman Hasanov
LeagueAzerbaijan First Division
2015–169th
Current season

Ravan Baku FK (Azerbaijani: Rəvan Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Baku, that plays in the Azerbaijan First Division.[1]

History

The club was founded in 2009. In May 2011, team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after clinching second place in Azerbaijan First Division.[2]

In club's debut 2011–12 season, Ravan ended in 8th position in Azerbaijan Premier League, the club's highest ever league finish. Following season, the club repeated its record by finishing 8th once again. In 2013, Ravan's ownership faced heavy criticism from local media, football experts and fans, for hiring and firing managers quite so often.[3][4] Ravan were officially relegated on 17 May 2014 after suffering a 3–2 defeat at home to Baku.[5]

Domestic history

As of 20 May 2016[6][7]
Season League Azerbaijan Cup Top goalscorer
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2009–10 2nd 6 22 11 4 7 32 28 37 Preliminary Round
2010–11 2nd 2 26 19 3 4 54 14 60 First round Azerbaijan Asim İbrahimov
2011–12 1st 8 31 10 11 11 39 39 41 First round Serbia Miloš Zečević
Serbia Nemanja Vidaković
Azerbaijan Tagim Novruzov 		5
2012–13 1st 8 32 12 4 16 46 53 40 1/4 Finals Argentina Juan Manuel Varea 14
2013–14 1st 10 36 4 10 21 22 66 22 Semi-finals Serbia Miloš Adamović 5
2014–15 2nd 3 30 21 4 5 70 22 67 Second round
2015–16 1st 9 36 5 9 22 27 63 18 Quarter-final Azerbaijan Ramazan Abbasov 5
2016–17 2nd 13 26 6 1 19 24 70 10 1/8 finals Azerbaijan Mehemmed Aliyev 4

Stadium

Bayil Stadium is a typical football stadium in Bayil district of Baku, Azerbaijan. The stadium was one of the venues during 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Players

For a list of all former and current Ravan Baku PFC players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Ravan Baku FK players.

Azerbaijani teams are limited to nine players without Azerbaijani citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

Current squad

As of 7 August 2016

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 Azerbaijan AZE Farid Aghayev
2 GK Azerbaijan AZE Tural Abbaszade
3 GK Iran IRN Omid Masumi
4 DF Azerbaijan AZE Afsar Mammadov
5 DF Azerbaijan AZE Ulvi Kalashov
6 DF Azerbaijan AZE Suleyman Mustafazade
7 DF Azerbaijan AZE Farid Guliyev
8 DF Azerbaijan AZE Rashad Soltanov
9 DF Azerbaijan AZE Imran Tahmirazli
10 DF Azerbaijan AZE Akbar Ahmadov
11 DF Azerbaijan AZE Elvin Aliyev
12 DF Azerbaijan AZE Eltun Khudadatov
13 MF Azerbaijan AZE Elnur Abdulov
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Azerbaijan AZE Jamshid Maharramov
15 MF Azerbaijan AZE Aslan Huseynov
16 MF Azerbaijan AZE Samir Abdulov
17 MF Azerbaijan AZE Elmir Namazov
18 MF Azerbaijan AZE Mirgasim Cabbarli
19 MF Azerbaijan AZE Aziz Huseynov
20 MF Azerbaijan AZE Mirkamil Hashimli
21 MF Azerbaijan AZE Zeynalabdin Huseynov
22 MF Iran IRN Saed Fakharishalde
23 MF Iran IRN Changiz Shahriari
24 FW Azerbaijan AZE Ceyhun Abdullayev
25 FW Iran IRN Javid Taleb
26 FW Ukraine UKR Yasyn Khamid

Managers

As of Match played 24 October 2014
Name Managerial Tenure P W D L Win %
Azerbaijan Asim İbrahimov ? 2010 – 2011 ? ? ? ? 0
Azerbaijan Bahman Hasanov ? 2011 – Sep 2011 6 0 3 3 0
Azerbaijan Vladislav Kadyrov Sep 2011 – Feb 2012 13 5 4 4 38.46
Azerbaijan Bahman Hasanov Feb 2012 – Jun 2012 14 5 4 5 35.71
Turkey Cevat Güler Jul 2012 – Aug 2012 4 0 3 1 0
Azerbaijan Bahman Hasanov (Caretaker) Aug 2012  – Sep 2012 2 1 0 1 50
Bosnia and Herzegovina Kemal Alispahić Sept 2012  – Dec 2012 13 5 1 8 38.46
Azerbaijan Ramil Aliyev Dec 2012 – Aug 2013 16 8 0 8 50
Azerbaijan Vladislav Kadyrov Aug 2013 – Oct 2013 7 1 3 3 14.29
Azerbaijan Shahin Diniyev Oct 2013 – Jan 2014 11 1 3 7 9.09
Turkey Güvenç Kurtar Jan 2014 – May 2014 22 3 6 13 13.64
Azerbaijan Ramil Aliyev Jun 2014 – Jul 2015 31 21 4 6 67.74
Azerbaijan Emin Quliyev Jul 2015 – 17 Oct 2015 8 0 2 6 0
Azerbaijan Bahman Hasanov 17 Oct 2015  – 0 0 0 0 0

Records

Further information: List of Ravan Baku FK records and statistics

References

  1. ^ "FK Rəvan Bakı". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ ""Rəvan" da Premyer-Liqaya yüksəldi!". Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. ^ ""Nurgün Motors"un prezidentinin "oyunu"". virtualaz.org (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ^ Эльхан АБДУЛЛАЕВ: В Азербайджане берут тех, у кого тренерские категории В и С, а ПРО сидят без дела. azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ^ Президент АФФА: Ряван вылетает и будет играть в первом дивизионе. www.azerifootball.com (in Russian). Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  6. ^ Ionescu, Romeo (2000-10-12). "Azerbaijan – List of Final Tables". Rec. Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  7. ^ Manaschev, Erlan; et al. (2008-06-06). "Azerbaijan – List of Champions". Rec. Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2008-06-18.

External links

Azerbaijan Premier League
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