Final Table: 1.Kapaz (Ganja) 26 22 4 0 67-10 70 2.Dinamo (Baku) 26 16 6 4 48-20 54 3.Shamkir (Shamkir) 26 15 9 2 44-10 54 4.Garabagh (Aghdam) 26 14 7 5 43-22 49 5.Baki Fahlasi (Baku) 26 14 7 5 45-28 49 6.Neftchi (Baku) 26 13 4 9 43-23 43 7.OIK 26 12 7 7 39-29 43 8.Vilash (Masalli) 26 10 5 11 26-38 35 9.Turan (Tovuz) 26 9 4 13 26-45 31 10.Bakili (Baku) 26 8 4 14 35-43 28 [*] 11.Kur Nur (Mingachevir) 26 8 3 15 26-36 27 12.Sumgayit (Sumgayit) 26 4 2 20 15-54 14 [x] 13.U18 26 3 0 23 16-60 9 14.Garabagh (Barda) 26 1 2 23 10-65 5 [x,+] =============================================== 15.Khazri (Buzovna) 8 1 0 7 6-25 3 [-] [*] started the season as Araz Baku, but changed name to Bakili; based in Baku, official home town may be Nakchivan [x] withdrew during second half of season and had remaining matches awarded 0-3 against them; Garabagh B-Sumgayit awarded 0-0 against both [+] Garabagh Barda are the new name for Pambygchi Barda [-] Khazri withdrew after 8 rounds; their place was taken by U18 Round 1 [Sep 14] Vilash 2-1 Kur Nur Araz 0-3 Kapaz Shamkir 2-0 Garabagh B Garabagh A 1-0 Sumgayit Turan 1-1 Dinamo Neftchi 3-1 Fahlasi OIK 5-0 Khazri [annulled] Round 2 [Sep 20,21] Kur Nur 0-1 Fahlasi Sumgayit 2-0 Turan Garabagh B 0-0 Garabagh A Kapaz 0-0 Shamkir Vilash 1-0 Araz [played later] Dinamo 1-2 OIK Khazri 2-8 Neftchi [annulled] Round 3 [Sep 27,28] Shamkir 1-1 Vilash Garabagh A 0-0 Kapaz Turan 2-1 Garabagh B OIK 2-1 Sumgayit Neftchi 2-0 Dinamo Araz 1-0 Kur Nur [played later] Fahlasi 1-0 Khazri [annulled] Round 4 [Oct 4,5] Dinamo 0-0 Fahlasi Sumgayit 2-2 Neftchi Garabagh B 3-2 OIK Kapaz 3-0 Turan Vilash 0-0 Garabagh A Araz 1-1 Shamkir Kur Nur 2-0 Khazri [annulled] Round 5 [Oct 18] Shamkir 2-0 Kur Nur Turan 1-0 Vilash OIK 1-1 Kapaz Neftchi 3-1 Garabagh B Fahlasi 1-0 Sumgayit Garabagh A 1-0 Araz [Nov 5] Khazri 0-2 Dinamo [annulled] Round 6 [Oct 25] Kur Nur 0-1 Dinamo Garabagh B 2-6 Fahlasi Kapaz 2-0 Neftchi Vilash 0-0 OIK Shamkir 3-0 Garabagh A Araz 2-0 Turan [Nov 19] Sumgayit 3-0 Khazri [annulled] Round 7 [Nov 1,2] Garabagh A 3-2 Kur Nur Turan 0-0 Shamkir Neftchi 1-2 Vilash Fahlasi 0-1 Kapaz OIK 2-1 Araz Dinamo 3-2 Sumgayit Khazri 1-4 Garabagh B [annulled] Round 8 [Nov 8,9] Kur Nur 2-1 Sumgayit Garabagh B 0-1 Dinamo Vilash 0-0 Fahlasi Shamkir 2-1 OIK Garabagh A 3-1 Turan Araz 0-3 Neftchi Round 9 [Nov 15,16] Turan 1-0 Kur Nur OIK 2-1 Garabagh A Neftchi 1-1 Shamkir Sumgayit 3-0 Garabagh B Fahlasi 4-2 Araz Dinamo 1-1 Kapaz Khazri 0-3 Vilash [annulled] Round 10 [Nov 22,23] Kur Nur 3-0 Garabagh B Kapaz 4-1 Sumgayit Vilash 0-1 Dinamo Shamkir 2-0 Fahlasi Garabagh A 1-0 Neftchi Turan 1-1 OIK Araz 3-0 U18 Round 11 [Nov 29,30] OIK 0-0 Kur Nur Neftchi 3-0 Turan Fahlasi 2-4 Garabagh A U18 1-2 Shamkir Sumgayit 2-0 Vilash Garabagh B 1-3 Kapaz Dinamo 0-0 Araz Round 12 [Dec 6,7] Kur Nur 1-3 Kapaz Vilash 1-0 Garabagh B Shamkir 4-1 Dinamo Garabagh A 1-0 U18 Turan 0-2 Fahlasi OIK 1-0 Neftchi Araz 3-0 Sumgayit Postponed Matches Kapaz 6-0 U18 U18 2-1 Garabagh B Fahlasi 2-1 U18 Kur Nur 2-1 U18 Round 13 [Dec 13,14] U18 0-2 Turan [played earlier] Neftchi 2-0 Kur Nur Fahlasi 2-0 OIK Sumgayit 0-0 Shamkir Kapaz 6-1 Vilash Dinamo 3-0 Garabagh A Garabagh B 1-1 Araz Postponed Matches U18 0-2 Neftchi OIK 2-1 U18 U18 1-2 Vilash Sumgayit 1-0 U18 U18 - Dinamo [NB: several teams did not pay registration fees during winter break] Round 14 [Feb 14] Kur Nur 3-0 Vilash Kapaz - Araz [to be decided by the Federation] Garabagh B awd Shamkir [awarded 0-3 to Shamkir] Sumgayit awd Garabagh A [awarded 0-3 to Garabagh A] Dinamo 2-0 Turan U18 0-4 OIK Fahlasi 1-0 Neftchi [remaining rounds unfortunately unavailable] Final Table: 1.Kapaz (Ganja) 26 22 4 0 67-10 70 2.Dinamo (Baku) 26 16 6 4 48-20 54 3.Shamkir (Shamkir) 26 15 9 2 44-10 54 4.Garabagh (Aghdam) 26 14 7 5 43-22 49 5.Baki Fahlasi (Baku) 26 14 7 5 45-28 49 6.Neftchi (Baku) 26 13 4 9 43-23 43 7.OIK 26 12 7 7 39-29 43 8.Vilash (Masalli) 26 10 5 11 26-38 35 9.Turan (Tovuz) 26 9 4 13 26-45 31 10.Bakili (Baku) 26 8 4 14 35-43 28 [*] 11.Kur Nur (Mingachevir) 26 8 3 15 26-36 27 12.Sumgayit (Sumgayit) 26 4 2 20 15-54 14 [x] 13.U18 26 3 0 23 16-60 9 14.Garabagh (Barda) 26 1 2 23 10-65 5 [x,+] =============================================== 15.Khazri (Buzovna) 8 1 0 7 6-25 3 [-] [*] started the season as Araz Baku, but changed name to Bakili; based in Baku, official home town may be Nakchivan [x] apparently withdrew sometime during second half of season and had remaining matches awarded 0-3 against them; Garabagh B-Sumgayit awarded 0-0 against both [+] Garabagh Barda are the new name for Pambygchi Barda [-] Khazri withdrew after 8 rounds; their place was taken by U18 Relegated: Kur Nur (Mingachevir), U18 and Garabagh (Barda) Apparently Sumgayit changed name to Kimyachi Sumgayit; OIK apparently changed name to either SKA, Shafa or Dalgich. Promoted: Shahdag Kusari, and two of SKA, Shafa and Dalgich (Baku). Azerbaijan Cup 1997/98 Final (May 28) Kapaz Ganja 2-0 Garabagh Aghdam [21' Kvartskhelia, 52' Aliyev]
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Kamal Mamedzade (bati@wicklow.baku.az) Last updated: 6 Aug 1999 (C) Copyright Kamal Mamedzade and RSSSF 1999