2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup

2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup
Tournament details
Country	Azerbaijan
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	Neftchi Baku
Runner-up	Khazar Lankaran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	67 (2.58 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Aghabala Ramazanov (4)
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The Azerbaijan Cup 2012–13 is the 21st season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan. It started on 23 October 2012 with ten games of the first round and ended on 28 May 2013 with the final. FC Baku were the defending champions, with twenty-one teams competing in this year's competition.

The winner of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

First round

The games were played on the 22 and 24 October 2012.^[1]

22 October 2012	Qala	2 – 4	Kapaz	Baku
17:00 AZST (UTC+5)	B.Fazai 81', 85'	Report	Fomenko 2', 13', 59' Soltanov 45'	Stadium: Zirə Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Vusal Aliyev

24 October 2012	Taraggi	3 – 1	Ağsu	Ganja
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	O.Babayev 39', 50' A.Safarli 88'	Report	N.Tagiyev 87'	Stadium: Ganja City Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Anar Niyazov

24 October 2012	Qaradağ	7 – 0	Lokomotiv-Bilajary	Lökbatan
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)	N.Alakbarov 14', 62', 68' M.Mehdiyev 56' R.Mammadov 73' Yusubov 76', 78'	Report		Stadium: Lökbatan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Elvin Äsgärov

24 October 2012	MOIK Baku	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 1 p)	Bakılı	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Report		Stadium: Shafa Stadium (IV field) Attendance: 30 Referee: Orkhan Mämmädov

24 October 2012	Şuşa	0 – 1	Neftçala	Baku
15:00 AZST (UTC+5)		Report	E.Abbasov 59'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium (IV field) Attendance: 200 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

Second round

The five winners from the preliminary round joined the remaining eleven teams of the Azerbaijan Premier League in this round, all games were played on 28 November 2012.^[2]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AZAL	0−1	Simurq
Taraggi	0−5	Neftchi
Gabala	2−0	Qaradağ
Kapaz	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Qarabağ
Baku	3−1	Sumgayit
MOIK Baku	0−3	Inter Baku
Ravan Baku	2−1	Neftçala
Turan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5p)	Khazar

Quarterfinals

The eight winners from the second round were drawn into four two-legged ties. The first legs were played on 27 February 2013 and the second legs on 7 March 2013.

27 February 2013 First Leg	Simurq	0 – 0	Neftchi Baku	Zaqatala
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary	Imamverdiyev 90+3'	Stadium: Zaqatala City Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

7 March 2013 Second Leg	Neftchi Baku	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 0 agg.)	Simurq	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Flavinho 120'	Summary	Božić 64' 72'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

27 February 2013 First Leg	Gabala	1 – 1	Qarabağ	Qabala
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Dodô 33'	Summary	Nadirov 56'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Aliyar Ağayev

7 March 2013 Second Leg	Qarabağ	0 – 0 (a 1 – 1 agg.)	Gabala	Quzanlı
18:00 AZT (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Guzanli Olympic Complex Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Fariz Yusifov

27 February 2013 First Leg	Baku	1 – 1	Inter Baku	Baku
15:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Nabiyev 90+2'	Summary	Kandelaki 80'	Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Häsänov

7 March 2013 Second Leg	Inter Baku	2 – 2 (3 – 3 (a) agg.)	Baku	Baku
16:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Tskhadadze 42', 60'	Summary	Šolić 32' Aliyev 68'	Stadium: Shafa Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Anar Salmanov

27 February 2013 Quarterfinals 1st leg	Ravan Baku	1 – 2	Khazar Lankaran	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Zečević 6'	Summary	Amirguliyev 74' Pamuk 80'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rauf Jabbarov

7 March 2013 Quarterfinals 2nd leg	Khazar Lankaran	4 – 1 (6 – 2 agg.)	Ravan Baku	Lankaran
17:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Ramazanov 8', 81' (pen.), 90+2' Olguín 28'	Summary	Adamović 69'	Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Orkhan Mammadov

Semifinals

The four quarterfinal winners were drawn into two two-legged semifinal ties. The first legs were played on 17 April 2013, and the second legs on 24 April.

17 April 2013 First Leg	Baku	1 – 0	Khazar	Baku
16:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Pena 82' (pen.)			Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Vüsal Äliyev

24 April 2013 Second Leg	Khazar	2 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Baku	Lankaran
19:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Ramazanov 45+1' Amirguliyev 82'			Stadium: Lankaran City Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Elchin Mammadov

17 April 2013 First Leg	Neftchi Baku	2 – 1	Qarabağ	Baku
19:30 AZST (UTC+5)	A. Abdullayev 62' (pen.) Nasimov 90'		Nadirov 55'	Stadium: Backell Arena Attendance: 1000 Referee: Anar Salmanov

24 April 2013 Second Leg	Qarabağ	2 – 2 (3 – 4 agg.)	Neftchi Baku	Baku
21:00 AZST (UTC+5)	Richard 41' (pen.) Opara 86'		Yunuszade 42' Canales 77'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium¹ Attendance: 3,820 Referee: Fariz Yusifov