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{{Infobox football league
| logo = Azerbaijan Premier League logo.png
| pixels = 290
| country = Azerbaijan
| confed = [[UEFA]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1992}}
| teams = 10
| relegation =
| levels = 1
| domest_cup = [[Azerbaijan Cup]]
| confed_cup = [[UEFA Champions League]]<br/>[[UEFA Europa Conference League]]
| champions = [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]] (9th title)
| season = [[2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League|2021–22]]
| most successful club = [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]] <br>[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]] <br> (9 titles)
| tv = CBC Sport
| website = {{URL|https://pfl.az}}
| current = [[2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League]]
}}
The '''Azerbaijan Premier League''' ({{lang-az|Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası}}) is a professional league for men's [[association football]] clubs. At the top of the [[Azerbaijan football league system]], it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 10 clubs. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 36 matches each (playing each team in the league four times, twice at home and twice away). The Premier League champion secures the right to play in [[UEFA Champions League]] first qualifying round. The runner up and the 3rd place winner secure right to play in [[UEFA Europa Conference League]] starting in second qualifying round.
Since 1992, a total of 8 clubs have been crowned champions of the Azerbaijani football system. The Azerbaijan Premier League was first organized in 2007 and succeeded the Top Division ({{lang-az|Yüksək Liqa}}), which existed from 1992 to 2007. The current champions are [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], who won the title in the [[2021-22 Azerbaijan Premier League|2021-22]] season for the ninth time.
==Azerbaijan SSR Champions==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*1928: Progress-2 Baku
*1929–33: ''unknown''
*1934: Profsoyuz Baku
*1935: [[İnşaatçı Baku FK|Stroitel Yuga Baku]]
*1936: [[İnşaatçı Baku FK|Stroitel Yuga Baku]]
*1937: Lokomotiv Baku
*1938: Lokomotiv Baku
*1939: Lokomotiv Baku
*1940: Lokomotiv Baku
*1941–43: ''unknown''
*1944: Dinamo Baku
*1945: ''Not Played''
*1946: Lokomotiv Baku
*1947: Trudovye Rezervy Baku
*1948: KKF Baku
*1949: KKF Baku
*1950: Iskra Baku
*1951: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1952: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1953: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1954: Zavod im. S.M. Budennogo Baku
*1955: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1956: NPU Ordgonikidzeneft Baku
*1957: NPU Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1958: NPU Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1959: Baku Teams (Spartakiada)
*1960: [[MOIK Baku|SKA Baku]]
*1961: [[Spartak Guba FK|Spartak Guba]]
*1962: [[MOIK Baku|SKA Baku]]
*1963: Araz Baku
*1964: [[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Polad Sumgait]]
*1965: Vostok Baku
*1966: Vostok Baku
*1967: Araz Baku
*1968: [[MOIK Baku|SKA Baku]]
*1969: Araz Baku
*1970: [[MOIK Baku|SKA Baku]]
*1971: Khimik Salyany
*1972: Surahanets Baku
*1973: Araz Baku
*1974: Araz Baku
*1975: Araz Baku
*1976: Araz Baku
*1977: [[FC Qarabag Khankendi|Karabakh Khankendi]]
*1978: SKIF Baku
*1979: [[MOIK Baku|SKA Baku]]
*1980: Energetik Ali-Bayramly
*1981: Gandjlik Baku
*1982: Tokhudju Baku
*1983: Termist Baku
*1984: Termist Baku
*1985: [[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]]
*1986: [[Göyazan Qazakh FK|Göyəzən]]
*1987: [[Araz-Naxçıvan PFK|Araz Naxçıvan]]
*1988: [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ Ağdam]]
*1989: [[İnşaatçı Sabirabad FK|Stroitel Sabirabad]]
*1990: [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ Ağdam]]
*1991: [[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]]
{{div col end}}
==History==
===The 1990s===
The league was dominated by teams like [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]], [[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan Tovuz]] and [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]. However, financial struggles had bad impact on local clubs and most teams such as [[Khazri Buzovna]], [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]], [[FK Viləş Masallı|Vilash Masalli]] and [[Shafa Baku]] went bust due increasing debts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ölkə futbolu qara geyinməyə hazırlaşır (Yazı) |url=http://www.penalti.az/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3729:oelk-futbolu-qara-geyinmy-hazrlar-yaz&catid=9:manet&Itemid=13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827142406/https://www.penalti.az/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3729:oelk-futbolu-qara-geyinmy-hazrlar-yaz&catid=9:manet&Itemid=13 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 August 2021 |work=Penalti.az |access-date=3 December 2011 |language=az }}</ref> In 1997, Kapaz were known for their unbeaten run as club's final record for the [[1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League|1997–98]] league campaign stood at 22 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses, out of 26 games total, an unbeaten run not matched in any single season by any team in an Azerbaijani league division.<ref name=rek />
===The 2000s===
As league entered a new century, the [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]] found themselves facing new challengers. They were challenged by emerging [[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]], [[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]] and [[FC Baku|Baku]] in both competitions. The country's football received major blow in 2002, when [[UEFA]] imposed a two-year ban in response to a long-standing conflict between the [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan]] and majority of the country's top flight clubs.<ref>{{cite web|title=İbrahimoviç Qurbanova çatdı |url=http://www.futbolplusqol.com/2011/05/12/read=15908 |work=futbolplusqol.com |access-date=1 September 2011 |language=az |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009021641/http://www.futbolplusqol.com/2011/05/12/read%3D15908 |archive-date=9 October 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> The domestic championship was abandoned as a result of the conflict and the top clubs prevented their players from playing for the [[Azerbaijan national football team|national team]], with tax officials also probing allegations of fraud at the Azerbaijan federation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Walker|first=Paul|title=Relief for Wales as Uefa lifts ban on Azerbaijan|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/relief-for-wales-as-uefa-lifts-ban-on-azerbaijan-590976.html|work=Independent.co.uk|publisher=[[The Independent]]|access-date=1 September 2011}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Under the management of [[Agaselim Mirjavadov]], Khazar Lankaran finished as [[Azerbaijan Cup]] winners in 2006 and 2007, while becoming league champions in [[2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League|2006–07]] despite losing the title to Neftçi in [[2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League|2004–05]] during Championship play-off. [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]] was the first ever team from Azerbaijan to reach [[UEFA Europa League]] play off-round during the seasons [[2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round|2009–10]] and [[2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round|2010–11]]. Few gave chances for qualification to the next round, although the [[Agdam Rayon|Aghdam]] side caused quite a stir against favorites [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]], [[FC Honka|Honka]], [[FC Twente|Twente]] and [[Wisła Kraków]].
===The 2010s===
[[File:Böyükağa Hacıyev.jpg|200px|thumbnail|Under [[Boyukagha Hajiyev]]'s management, Neftçi became the first team to represent Azerbaijan in the group stage of a European competition.]]
The 2010s brought a bright start, with Neftçi emerged as a champion after six years of unsuccessful run.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ibrahimov|first=Erkin|title=Neftçi take title honours in Azerbaijan|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=aze/news/newsid=1625862.html|publisher=[[UEFA]]|access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Neftchi are Azerbaijani champions|url=http://news.az/articles/sports/35430|publisher=News.az}}</ref> In the next season, Neftçi repeated its domestic success after sealing their seventh title in club's history.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Чемпионский рецепт от Нефтчи|url=http://www.azerisport.com/football/20120501120622612.html|work=Azerisport.com|access-date=30 April 2012|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ibragimov|first=Erkin|title=Neftçi take honours in Azerbaijan|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=aze/news/newsid=1791493.html|work=[[UEFA]]|publisher=uefa.com|access-date=10 May 2012}}</ref> In that year, Neftçi Baku became the first Azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a European [[2012-13 UEFA Europa League|competition]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:"Нефтчи" стал первым азербайджанским футбольным клубом, вышедшим в групповой этап еврокубков - ФОТО |url=http://www.1news.az/sport/football/20120831010854839.html |work=1news.az |access-date=30 August 2012 |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901042323/http://www.1news.az/sport/football/20120831010854839.html |archive-date=1 September 2012 }}</ref> In [[2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League|2012–13]] season, Neftçi managed to win three titles in a row.<ref>{{cite web|title=ARDICIL ÜÇÜNCÜ DƏFƏ ÇEMPİON "NEFTÇİ"!!! |url=http://fanat.az/ardicil-ucuncu-d%C9%99f%C9%99-cempion-neftci/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042405/http://fanat.az/ardicil-ucuncu-d%C9%99f%C9%99-cempion-neftci/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 December 2017 |website=fanat.az |access-date=14 May 2013 |language=az }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Three in a row for Azerbaijani champions Neftçi|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=aze/news/newsid=1952020.html|work=uefa.com|publisher=[[UEFA]]|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref> In [[2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League|2013–14]] season, Qarabağ managed to win its 2nd title after 21 years,<ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaycan'da şampiyon Karabağ|url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/azerbaycan-da-sampiyon-karabag---1879010-skorerhaber/|work=www.milliyet.com.tr|publisher=[[Milliyet]]|access-date=7 May 2014|language=tr}}</ref> and continue to win domestic title consecutively. In 2014, Qarabağ became the second and most successful Azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a European [[2014-15 UEFA Europa League|competition]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:"Карабах" выбил "Твенте" из Лиги Европы|url=http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/739363|website=www.sovsport.ru|access-date=28 August 2014|language=ru}}</ref> After consecutive participation in Europa League, in 2017, Qarabağ became the first Azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]].
On 19 June 2020, the [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan|AFFA]] announced that the [[2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League|2019–20]] was officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan]]. As a result, [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]] were crowned champions for the seventh season in a row, whilst also qualifying for the [[2020–21 UEFA Champions League]], with [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], [[Keşla FK|Keşla]] and [[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]] qualifying for the [[2020–21 UEFA Europa League]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Официально: Сезон 2019/20 завершен досрочно. Карабах - чемпион, Сумгаит впервые в истории попал в Еврокубки |url=http://www.azerifootball.com/ru/13/news/45788.html |website=azerifootball.com/ |publisher=Azerifootball |access-date=19 June 2020 |language=ru |date=19 June 2020}}</ref>
==Competition format==
The competition format follows the usual double [[round-robin tournament|round-robin]] format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club four times, two times at home and two times away, for a total of 28 games.<ref name="futbolpress.az">{{cite web|title=Azərbaycan Premyer Liqasının formatı dəyişdi|url=http://futbolpress.az/v2/news-details/26273/|work=futbolpress.az|language=az}}</ref> Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned champion.
Beginning from 2022-23 season Azerbaijan Premier League is planned to be extended to 10 teams.<ref>{{cite web|title=Эльхан Мамедов: Планируем расширить АЗПЛ до 10-и команд, и надеемся увидеть там Кяпаз|url=https://www.azerisport.com/video/20211119101504359.html|work=azerisport.com|language=ru}}</ref>
Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history;
<div style="font-size:100%">
{|
|-
|width="20"|
|valign="top"|
*26 clubs = '''1992'''
*20 clubs = '''1993'''
*16 clubs = '''1993–94'''
*13 clubs = '''1994–95'''
*11 clubs = '''1995–96'''
*16 clubs = '''1996–98'''
{{col-3}}
*14 clubs = '''1998–99'''
*12 clubs = '''1999–00'''
*11 clubs = '''2000–01'''
*12 clubs = '''2001–02'''
*15 clubs = '''2003'''
*14 clubs = '''2003–04'''
{{col-3}}
*18 clubs = '''2004–05'''
*14 clubs = '''2005–09'''
*12 clubs = '''2009–13'''
*10 clubs = '''2013–16'''
*8 clubs = '''2016–22'''
*10 clubs = '''2022–...'''
|}
</div>
===Qualification for European competitions===
The champions qualify for the [[UEFA Champions League]], the second and third placed teams qualifies for the [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]. As of the start of the [[2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League]] season qualification for European competitions is as follows: champions qualify for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, runners-up and third placed team qualifies for the first qualifying round of the Conference League. A fourth spot is given to the winner of the [[Azerbaijan Cup]], who qualify for the first qualifying round of the Conference League. If the Azerbaijan Cup winner has already qualified for European competition through their league finish, the next highest placed club in the league takes their place.
==Members of the APL (2022–23 season)==
{{main|2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League}}
{{Location map+|Azerbaijan|float=right|width=330|caption=Locations of the '''2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League''' teams.<br/>Team in ''italics'' is from a zone of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]] and is playing its home games in [[Baku]].|places=
<!--BAKU CLUBS-->
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.4 |long=49.9 |label=[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]<br/>[[Sabah FK|Sabah]]}}
<!--OTHER CLUBS-->
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.6 |long=48.6 |label=[[Shamakhi FK|Shamakhi]] |position=left}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.98 |long=47.84 |label=[[Gabala FK|Gabala]] |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.706111 |long=46.361944 |label=[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]] |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=39.993 |long=46.9305 |label=''[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]''}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.5 |long=50.2 |label=[[Səbail FK|Sabail]] |position=right}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.59 |long=49.67 |label=[[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]] |position=top}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.992222 |long=45.625556 |label=[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan-Tovuz]]}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.4 |long=50.3 |label=[[Zira FK|Zira]] |position=bottom}}
}}
===Stadia and locations===
:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team
!Location
!Venue
!Capacity<ref>[http://pfl.az Azərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası] {{in lang|az}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|[[Qabala]]
|[[Gabala City Stadium]]
|align="center" |4,500
|-
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|[[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]]
|[[Ganja City Stadium]]
|align="center" |27,000
|-
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Baku]]
|[[Bakcell Arena]]
|align="center" |11,000
|-
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Aghdam]]
|[[Azersun Arena]]
|align="center" |5,200
|-
|[[Sabah FC (Azerbaijan)|Sabah]]
|[[Absheron District|Absheron, Baku]]
|[[Bank Respublika Arena]]
|align="center" |13,000
|-
|[[Sabail FK|Sabail]]
|[[Səbail|Sabail, Baku]]
|[[Bayil Arena]]
|align="center" |3,200
|-
|[[Shamakhi FK|Shamakhi]]
|[[Shamakhi]]
|[[Shamakhi City Stadium]]
|align="center" |2,200
|-
|[[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]]
|[[Sumqayit]]
|[[Kapital Bank Arena]]
|align="center" |1,400
|-
|[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan-Tovuz]]
|[[Tovuz, Azerbaijan|Tovuz]]
|[[Tovuz City Stadium]]
|align="center" |6,800
|-
|[[Zira FK|Zira]]
|[[Zirə|Zira, Baku]]
|[[Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium]]
|align="center" |1,300
|-
|}
==Azerbaijani League Champions and Top Scorers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="65"|Season
! width="130"|Champion
! width="130"|Runner-up
! width="130"|Third place
!Top scorers
|-
|[[1992 Azerbaijan Top League|1992]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]]
|[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nazim Aliyev]] ([[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]], 39 goals)
|-
|[[1993 Azerbaijan Top League|1993]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]]
|[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Samir Alakbarov]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[1993–94 Azerbaijan Top League|1993–94]]
|[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Musa Gurbanov]] ([[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]], 35 goals)
|-
|[[1994–95 Azerbaijan Top League|1994–95]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nazim Aliyev]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 26 goals)
|-
|[[1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League|1995–96]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Khazri Buzovna]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Fazil Parvarov ([[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]], 23 goals) / Rovshan Ahmadov ([[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]], 23 goals)
|-
|[[1996–97 Azerbaijan Top League|1996–97]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Khazri Buzovna]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Gurban Gurbanov]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 34 goals)
|-
|[[1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League|1997–98]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|[[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nazim Aliyev]] ([[FC Baku|Baku]], 23 goals)
|-
|[[1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League|1998–99]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|[[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Alay Bahramov ([[FK Viləş Masallı|Viləş Masallı]], 24 goals)
|-
|[[1999–2000 Azerbaijan Top League|1999–00]]
|[[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Badri Kvaratskhelia]] ([[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[2000–01 Azerbaijan Top League|2000–01]]
|[[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[FK Viləş Masallı|Vilash Masalli]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Pasha Aliyev]] ([[Bakılı PFK|Bakili Baku]], 12 goals)
|-
|[[2001–02 Azerbaijan Top League|2001–02]]
| colspan="4" style="background:#efefef" |{{center|''The [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan|AFFA]] and the clubs were discontinued due to the conflict between the clubs and the results were not taken into account.<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer02.html Azerbaijan 2001/02] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303022311/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer03.html |date=3 March 2014 }}</ref>''}}
|-
|2002–03
| colspan="4" style="background:#efefef" |{{center|''Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan]], no league championship was held.<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer03.html Azerbaijan 2002/03] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303022311/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer03.html |date=3 March 2014 }}</ref>''}}
|-
|[[2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League|2003–04]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Samir Musayev]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 20 goals)
|-
|[[2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League|2004–05]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
|[[Karvan FK|Karvan]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Zaur Ramazanov]] ([[Karvan FK|Karvan]], 21 goals)
|-
|[[2005–06 Azerbaijan Top League|2005–06]]
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|[[Karvan FK|Karvan]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|Cote d'Ivoire}} [[Yacouba Bamba]] ([[Karvan FK|Karvan]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League|2006–07]]
|[[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Zaur Ramazanov]] ([[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]], 20 goals)
|-
|[[2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League|2007–08]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|[[AZAL PFK|AZAL]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Khagani Mammadov]] ([[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]], 19 goals)
|-
|[[2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League|2008–09]]
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|[[Simurq PIK|Simurq]]
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Walter Guglielmone]] ([[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]], 17 goals)
|-
|[[2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League|2009–10]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Farid Guliyev]] ([[FK Standard Sumgayit|Standard Baku]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League|2010–11]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|{{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Georgi Adamia]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 18 goals)
|-
|[[2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League|2011–12]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Bahodir Nasimov]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League|2012–13]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Nicolás Canales]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 26 goals)
|-
|[[2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League|2013–14]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Reynaldo dos Santos Silva|Reynaldo]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 22 goals)
|-
|[[2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League|2014–15]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nurlan Novruzov]] ([[FC Baku|Baku]], 15 goals)
|-
|[[2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League|2015–16]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Zira FK|Zira]]
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Dani Quintana]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 15 goals)
|-
|[[2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League|2016–17]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Filip Ozobić]] ([[Gabala FK|Gabala]], 11 goals) & {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Rauf Aliyev]] ([[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]], 11 goals)
|-
|[[2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League|2017–18]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bagaliy Dabo]], ([[Gabala FK|Gabala]], 13 goals)
|-
|[[2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League|2018–19]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Sabail FK|Səbail]]
|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Mahir Madatov]], ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League|2019–20]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Keşla FK|Keşla]]
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Peyman Babaei]], ([[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]], 7 goals) & {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Steeven Joseph-Monrose]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 7 goals) & {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bagaliy Dabo]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 7 goals) & {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Mahir Emreli]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 7 goals)
|-
|[[2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League|2020–21]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]]
|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Namik Alaskarov]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 19 goals)
|-
|[[2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League|2021–22]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Zira FK|Zira]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Kady (footballer)|Kady]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 12 goals)
|}
==Performances==
===Performance by club===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!width="130"|Club
!Winners
!Runners-up
!Third place
!width="500"|Winning years
|-
| [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
| {{center|9}}
| {{center|5}}
| {{center|6}}
| [[1992 Azerbaijan Top League|1992]], [[1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League|1995-96]], [[1996–97 Azerbaijan Top League|1996-97]], [[2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League|2003-04]], [[2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League|2004-05]], [[2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League|2010-11]], [[2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League|2011-12]], [[2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League|2012-13]], [[2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League|2020-21]]
|-
| [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
| {{center|9}}
| {{center|4}}
| {{center|3}}
| [[1993 Azerbaijan Top League|1993]], [[2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League|2013-14]], [[2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League|2014-15]], [[2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League|2015-16]], [[2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League|2016-17]], [[2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League|2017-18]], [[2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League|2018-19]], [[2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League|2019-20]], [[2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League|2021-22]]
|-
| [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|2}}
| [[1994–95 Azerbaijan Top League|1994-95]], [[1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League|1997-98]], [[1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League|1998-99]]
|-
|[[Keşla FK|Keşla]]
|{{center|2}}
|{{center|3}}
|{{center|4}}
|[[2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League|2007-08]], [[2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League|2009-10]]
|-
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|{{center|2}}
|{{center|2}}
|{{center|1}}
|[[2005–06 Azerbaijan Top League|2005-06]], [[2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League|2008-09]]
|-
| [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|1}}
| [[1999–2000 Azerbaijan Top League|1999-00]], [[2000–01 Azerbaijan Top League|2000-01]]
|-
| [[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|–}}
| [[2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League|2006-07]]
|-
|-
| [[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|2}}
| [[1993–94 Azerbaijan Top League|1993-94]]
|-
| [[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|3}}
| –
|-
| [[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
| [[Khazri Buzovna]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
| [[Karvan FK|Karvan]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
| [[AZAL PFK|AZAL]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|–}}
| –
|-
| [[Zira FK|Zira]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|–}}
| –
|-
| [[Simurq PIK|Simurq]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
| [[FK Viləş Masallı|Viləş Masallı]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
| [[Sabail FK|Sabail]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
|-
| [[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
|}
==Players==
Azerbaijan Premier League clubs have almost complete freedom to sign whatever number and category of players they wish. There is no team or individual salary cap, no squad size limit, no age restrictions other than those applied by general employment law, no restrictions on the overall number of foreign players, and few restrictions on individual foreign players – all players with foreign nationality, including those able to claim a passport through a parent or grandparent, are eligible to play, and top players from outside the EU are able to obtain Azerbaijani work permits.
The only restriction on selection is the "Under-21 rule". This rule states that each club must include at least two players under the age of 21 in its matchday squad.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFFA 21 yaşla bağlı qərarı ləğv edir, bu dəfə Ramin Musayev Elxan Məmmədova qalib gəldi|url=http://sportinfo.az/news-288/?n=l|work=sportinfo.az|access-date=19 May 2013|language=az|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222032911/http://sportinfo.az/news-288/?n=l|archive-date=22 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Opinions on this rule appear to be divided among APL managers.
==Records==
Players in the Premier League compete for the Azerbaijan Premier League Golden Boot, awarded to the top scorer at the end of each season. [[Nazim Aliyev]] is the league's all-time top scorer with 183 goals, including 39 in the 1992 season.<ref name=Ekspress>[https://archive.today/2014.08.05-003513/http://www.express.com.az/second.asp?id=114453 Ekspress Newspaper] {{in lang|az}}</ref> During the 1995–96 season he became the first player to score 100 Premier League goals. Since then, 10 other players have reached the 100-goal mark.<ref name=Ekspress />
[[File:Qurban Qurbanov.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Gurban Gurbanov]] is one of the highest goalscorers in Premier League.]]
{| align="left" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 0; border: 1px solid #999; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; background-color:ivory; width:64%; font-size: 95%;"
|- style="background:beige;"
|+ '''Top Ten Highest Goalscorers'''<ref>{{cite web|title="100-lər klubu" üçün het-trik |url=http://www.football-plus.az/view_post.php?id=1866 |work=Football Plus Newspaper |access-date=1 September 2011 |language=az }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|- style="background:beige;"
! colspan="2" align="center"| Player
! align="center"| Period
! align="center" abbr="Club"| Club<ref>where player shot the most goals</ref>
! align="center"| Goals
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nazim Aliyev]]
| align="center"| 1992–99
| align="center"| [[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]]
| align="center"|183
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 2
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Mushfig Huseynov]]
| align="center"| 1992–07
| align="center"| [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
| align="center"| 125
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Rovshan Ahmadov
| align="center"| 1992–03
| align="center"| [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
| align="center"| 116
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 4
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Gurban Gurbanov]]
| align="center"| 1990–06
| align="center"| [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
| align="center"| 115
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Samir Alakbarov]]
| align="center"| 1992–01
| align="center"| [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
| align="center"| 115
|-
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 6
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Alay Bahramov
| align="center"| 1992–99
| align="center"| [[FK Viləş Masallı|Viləş Masallı]]
| align="center"| 108
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Vadim Vasilyev (footballer)|Vadim Vasilyev]]
| align="center"| 1994–07
| align="center"| Baki Fehlesi
| align="center"| 102
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 8
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Khagani Mammadov]]
| align="center"| 1994–12
| align="center"| [[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
| align="center"| 102
|-
! 9
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Kanan Karimov]]
| align="center"| 1995–12
| align="center"| [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
| align="center"| 101
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 10
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nadir Nabiyev]]
| align="center"| 1995–12
| align="center"| [[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
| align="center"| 100
|}
[[File:Aslan Kerimov.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Aslan Kerimov]] is one of the most capped players in Premier League.]]
{| align="left" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 0; border: 1px solid #999; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; background-color:ivory; width:64%; font-size: 95%;"
|- style="background:beige;"
|+ '''Top Ten Players With Most Appearances'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Premyer Liqamızın ilk "11"i |url=http://apasport.az/news.php?id=60224 |archive-url=https://archive.today/2013.01.15-025635/http://apasport.az/news.php?id=60224 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2013 |work=apasport.az |publisher=Apasport News Agency |access-date=13 August 2012 |language=az }}</ref>
|- style="background:beige;"
! colspan="2" align="center"| Player
! align="center"| Period
! align="center" abbr="Club"| Club<ref>where player played the most games.</ref>
! align="center"| Games
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Azer Mammadov]]
| align="center"| 1992–12
| align="center"| [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
| align="center"| 445
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 2
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Mahmud Gurbanov]]
| align="center"| 1992–12
| align="center"| [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
| align="center"| 421
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Aslan Kerimov]]
| align="center"| 1992–11
| align="center"| [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
| align="center"| 382
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 4
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Agil Mammadov (footballer, born 1972)|Agil Mammadov]]
| align="center"| 1992–11
| align="center"| [[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
| align="center"| 364
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Ismayil Mammadov
| align="center"| 1992–09
| align="center"| [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
| align="center"| 351
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 6
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Maksim Medvedev]]
| align="center"| 2006-present
| align="center"| [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
| align="center"| 344
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Kanan Karimov]]
| align="center"| 1995–12
| align="center"| [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
| align="center"| 327
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nadir Nabiyev]]
| align="center"| 1995–12
| align="center"| [[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
| align="center"| 316
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 9
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Mubariz Orujov
| align="center"| 1992–08
| align="center"| [[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
| align="center"| 311
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Mushfig Huseynov
| align="center"| 1992–07
| align="center"| [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
| align="center"| 305
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
|}
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; Biggest home win: [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]] 14–2 [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]] ([[1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League|1997–98]])<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:ПАС ИЗ-ЗА ГРАНИЦЫ|url=http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/1999-02-10/4_4/|work=Sports Express Newspaper|access-date=11 December 2011|language=ru}}</ref>
; Most consecutive games unbeaten: [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]], 30 games, [[1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League|1997–98]]<ref name=rek>{{cite web|title=Годы независимости. Успехи Нефтчи, Кяпаза, Шамкира, и французский позор|url=http://www.azerisport.com/football/20110604032742402.html|publisher=Azerisport.com|access-date=5 June 2011}}</ref>
; Youngest goalscorer: Orkhan Aliyev, for [[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]] vs [[Gabala FK|Gabala]], 15 years old, 236 days<ref>{{cite web|title=Europe's youngest top-flight goalscorers|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2117246.html|website=www.uefa.com|publisher=[[UEFA]]|access-date=23 June 2014}}</ref>
; Oldest player: [[Nadir Shukurov]], for [[Karvan FK|Karvan]] vs [[FK Mughan|Mughan]], 42 years, 19 April 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.affa.az/index.php?r=1&id=2892&lang=en|title=NBC is renamed|date=31 October 2008|publisher=[[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan|AFFA]]|access-date=10 March 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090423082806/http://www.affa.az/index.php?r=1&id=2892&lang=en| archive-date= 23 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
; All-time top scorer: [[Nazim Aliyev]] (Khazar Sumgayit, Neftçi, Qarabag, Shafa Baku, Dinamo Baku), (183 goals)
; Most APL appearances: [[Azer Mammadov]], 445
; Most goals in a season: [[Nazim Aliyev]] (Khazar Sumgayit), (39 goals), 1992
==UEFA ranking==
[[UEFA coefficient#League coefficient|UEFA Country Ranking]] for league participation after 2018–19 European football season.
{{updated|20 June 2019|<ref>[https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/index.html#/yr/2019 Country coefficients]</ref>}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Current<br>Ranking
!Movement
!Last Season<br>Ranking
!League
!Coefficient
|-
|24
|{{subon}}
|''(28)''
|align=left|{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Kazakhstan Premier League]]
|19.250
|-
|25
|{{suboff}}
|''(21)''
|align=left|{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Ekstraklasa]]
|19.250
|-
|26
|{{suboff}}
|''(23)''
|align=left|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} '''Azerbaijan Premier League'''
|19.000
|-
|27
|{{suboff}}
|''(18)''
|align=left|{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Israeli Premier League]]
|18.625
|-
|28
|{{steady}}
|''(24)''
|align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|Bulgarian First League]]
|17.500
|}
==Finances==
===Attendances===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Season<br />
!Total attendance<br />
!Number of <br />matches
!Average attendance<br />per match
!Ref
|-
|[[2001–02 Azerbaijan Top League|2001–02]]||187,929||171||1,099 ||<ref name=justlist1>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Посещаемость чемпионата Азербайджана выросла на 22% |url=http://www.azerisport.com/football/20101123020240273.html|publisher=Azerisport.com|access-date=23 November 2010|language=ru}}</ref>
|-
|[[2002–03 Azerbaijan Top League|2002–03]]
| colspan="4" style="background:#efefef" |{{center|''League was cancelled'' *}}
|-
|-
|[[2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League|2003–04]]||195,840||144||1,360 ||<ref name="jutlist1">{{cite news|title=2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League |date=6 April 2010|publisher=[[Jutarnji list]]|page=97|language=hr}}<!--|access-date=14 May 2010--></ref>
|-
|[[2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League|2004–05]]||470,670||290||1,623 ||<ref name="jutlist1"/>
|-
|[[2005–06 Azerbaijan Top League|2005–06]]||183,365||169||1,085 ||<ref name="jutlist1"/>
|-
|[[2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League|2006–07]]||225,216||144||1,564 ||<ref name="jutlist1"/>
|-
|[[2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League|2007–08]]||277,667||169||1,643 ||<ref name="jutlist1"/>
|-
|[[2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League|2008–09]]||309,582||182||1,701||<ref name="jutlist1"/>
|-
|[[2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League|2009–10]]||340,522||172||1,979||<ref name="atten1">{{cite web|title=Attendance of Azerbaijan Premier League |url=http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm|access-date=22 July 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110719102614/http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm| archive-date= 19 July 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League|2010–11]]||418,418||192||2,179||<ref name="atten1" />
|-
|[[2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League|2011–12]]||433,342||192||2,256||<ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaijani Premier League fourth in attendance in post-Soviet space|url=http://www.news.az/articles/sports/76345|work=News.az|access-date=27 August 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League|2012–13]]||364,910||192||1,900||<ref>{{cite web|title=18 turun azarkeş sayı – 214.470 nəfər |url=http://3w.fanat.az/18-turun-azarkes-sayi-214-470-n%C9%99f%C9%99r/ |website=fanat.az |access-date=26 December 2012 |language=az |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/2013.01.15-024454/http://3w.fanat.az/18-turun-azarkes-sayi-214-470-n%C9%99f%C9%99r/ |archive-date=15 January 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>
|-
|[[2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League|2013–14]]||281,400||175||1,608||<ref>{{cite web|title=Bakıda futbola maraq yoxdur: Lənkəranlılar hamıdan öndə |url=http://apasport.az/news.php?id=85012 |work=apasport.az |access-date=29 December 2013 |language=az |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227222149/http://www.apasport.az/news.php?id=85012 |archive-date=27 December 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>
|}
<sup>* [[UEFA]] has suspended the league after longstanding conflict between the [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan]] and the majority of the country's top-flight clubs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaijan embargo ends |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/executiveaffairs/news/newsid=71251.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/2012.09.13-101321/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/executiveaffairs/news/newsid=71251.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |work=Uefa.com |publisher=[[UEFA]] |access-date=29 April 2012 }}</ref> </sup>
===Sponsorship===
The [[Unibank Commercial Bank|UniBank]], who had sponsored the league since 2009, did not renew their sponsorship at the end of the 2011–12 season.<ref>[http://ru.trend.az/news/sports/1546396.html Unibank стал главным спонсором профессиональной футбольной лиги] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728072759/http://ru.trend.az/news/sports/1546396.html |date=28 July 2011 }} {{in lang|az}}</ref><ref>[http://www.1news.az/economy/20090924024300717.html Азербайджанский «Unibank» стал официальным спонсором Премьер-лиги] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926162111/http://www.1news.az/economy/20090924024300717.html |date=26 September 2009 }} {{in lang|az}}</ref> Talks began with [[Topaz (bookmaker)|Topaz]] betting operator, and a deal was confirmed shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite web|title="Topaz" Premyer Liqanın yeni sponsoru oldu|url=http://sportal.az/?goal=news&id=18401|work=Sportal.az|access-date=26 August 2012|language=az}}</ref>
* 2009–12: Unibank Premyer Liqası<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.az/eng/news/corporate/38603.html |title=Unibank has become general sponsor of Professional Football League |publisher=Azerbaijan Business Center |date=24 September 2009 |access-date=25 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003220759/http://abc.az/eng/news/corporate/38603.html |archive-date=3 October 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* 2012–19: Topaz Premyer Liqası<ref>{{cite web |url=http://azerisport.com/football/20120919040127452.html|title=Topaz и ПФЛ подписались на три совместных сезона|publisher=Azerisport.az|date=19 September 2012 |access-date=19 September 2012 }}</ref>
In August 2019, cooperation was suspended and PFL announced a new tender for sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azerifootball.com/ru/13/news/43228.html|title=ПФЛ пытается отомстить Topaz заключением контракта с другой букмекерской компанией. Но это незаконно|publisher=Azerifootball.com|date=6 August 2019 |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pfl.az/news/8367|title=PFL tender elan edir|publisher=Pfl.az|date=6 August 2019 |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref>
As well as sponsorship for the league itself, the Premier League has a number of official partners and suppliers. The technical for the league is [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] who is providing their match ball for the season.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFFA hər kluba 100 top verib|url=http://www.football-plus.az/olke/7632-affa-her-kluba-100-top-verib.html|access-date=13 August 2018|language=az}}</ref>
===Insolvency events===
Since the APL began, five of its member clubs have entered [[administration (insolvency)|administration]], while nearly twenty clubs liquidated.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Распался клуб-участник азербайджанской Премьер-лиги|url=http://www.trend.az/news/society/1242026.html|work=Trend.az|access-date=15 May 2013|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Futbolun vidalaşdıqları futbolla vidalaşa bilmir (Yazı)|url=http://rekord.az/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5559:futbolun-vidaladqlar-futbolla-vidalaa-bilmir-yaz&catid=24:analitika&Itemid=31|work=korner.az|access-date=15 May 2013|language=az}}</ref> A reduction in revenue from ticket sales for APL games and club merchandise impacted negatively on club expenditure. Players were asked to consider wage cuts and team squads were reduced.
A major criticism of the Premier League in the mid-2000s was the emergence of gulf between the Premier League and the [[Azerbaijan First Division|First Division]]. Criticism of the gap between clubs has continued, nevertheless, due to some clubs' increasing ability to spend more than the other Premier League clubs. For some clubs, including [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]], [[Karvan FK|Karvan]], [[Absheron FK|Absheron]], [[Mil-Muğan FK|MKT-Araz]] who have failed to win immediate promotion back to the top flight, financial problems, including in some cases administration or even liquidation have followed.
==Media coverage==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Broadcaster
|-
| {{flagu|Azerbaijan}}
| CBC Sport
|-
|align="left"|'''{{flagu|Austria}}'''||rowspan="5"|<br> [[Laola1]]
|-
|align="left"|'''{{flagu|Georgia}}'''
|-
|align="left"|'''{{flagu|Germany}}'''
|-
|align="left"|'''{{flagu|Russia}}'''
|-
|align="left"|'''{{flagu|Switzerland}}'''
|-
| International
| [[Bet365]]<br>LTV Channel
|-
|}
==Awards==
===Trophy===
The current Azerbaijan Premier League trophy was developed by the Professional Football League of Azerbaijan and the trophy has been awarded to the champion of Azerbaijan since the end of the [[2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League|2009–10 season]], replacing the previous Premier League trophy that had existed for only few years.
===Monthly and annual===
In addition to the winner's Trophy and the individual winner's medal players receive, Azerbaijan Premier League also awards the monthly Player of the Month award. Following the season, the awards such as the Player of the Year, Manager of the Year, and Young Player of the Year from Azerbaijan Premier League are handed out.
==See also==
*[[Azerbaijan First Division]]
*[[Azerbaijan Cup]]
*[[Football in Azerbaijan]]
*[[Soviet Top League]]
*[[List of foreign Azerbaijan Premier League players]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
*[http://www.pfl.az/ Azerbaijani Professional Football League Official website]
*[http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=aze/domesticleague/index.html Azerbaijani Premier League] at UEFA
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azerchamp.html Azerbaijan - List of Champions], RSSSF.com
*[https://int.soccerway.com/national/azerbaijan/premyer-liqa/ Azerbaijan Premier League summary], Soccerway
{{Azerbaijan Premier League}}
{{AFFA Supreme League}}
{{Football in Azerbaijan}}
{{UEFA leagues}}
{{Sport in Azerbaijan}}
{{Soviet republican level football championships}}
[[Category:Azerbaijan Premier League| ]]
[[Category:Top level football leagues in Europe|Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Football leagues in Azerbaijan|1]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 1992]]' |
New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext ) | '{{short description|Association football league}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox football league
| logo = Yarram Premier League logo.png
| pixels = 290
| country = Yarakh
| confed = [[UEFA]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1992}}
| teams = 10
| relegation =
| levels = 1
| domest_cup = [[Azerbaijan Cup]]
| confed_cup = [[UEFA Champions League]]<br/>[[UEFA Europa Conference League]]
| champions = [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]] (9th title)
| season = [[2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League|2021–22]]
| most successful club = [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]] <br>[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]] <br> (9 titles)
| tv = CBC Sport
| website = {{URL|https://pfl.az}}
| current = [[2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League]]
}}
The '''Azerbaijan Premier League''' ({{lang-az|Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası}}) is a professional league for men's [[association football]] clubs. At the top of the [[Azerbaijan football league system]], it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 10 clubs. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 36 matches each (playing each team in the league four times, twice at home and twice away). The Premier League champion secures the right to play in [[UEFA Champions League]] first qualifying round. The runner up and the 3rd place winner secure right to play in [[UEFA Europa Conference League]] starting in second qualifying round.
Since 1992, a total of 8 clubs have been crowned champions of the Azerbaijani football system. The Azerbaijan Premier League was first organized in 2007 and succeeded the Top Division ({{lang-az|Yüksək Liqa}}), which existed from 1992 to 2007. The current champions are [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], who won the title in the [[2021-22 Azerbaijan Premier League|2021-22]] season for the ninth time.
==Azerbaijan SSR Champions==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*1928: Progress-2 Baku
*1929–33: ''unknown''
*1934: Profsoyuz Baku
*1935: [[İnşaatçı Baku FK|Stroitel Yuga Baku]]
*1936: [[İnşaatçı Baku FK|Stroitel Yuga Baku]]
*1937: Lokomotiv Baku
*1938: Lokomotiv Baku
*1939: Lokomotiv Baku
*1940: Lokomotiv Baku
*1941–43: ''unknown''
*1944: Dinamo Baku
*1945: ''Not Played''
*1946: Lokomotiv Baku
*1947: Trudovye Rezervy Baku
*1948: KKF Baku
*1949: KKF Baku
*1950: Iskra Baku
*1951: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1952: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1953: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1954: Zavod im. S.M. Budennogo Baku
*1955: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1956: NPU Ordgonikidzeneft Baku
*1957: NPU Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1958: NPU Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
*1959: Baku Teams (Spartakiada)
*1960: [[MOIK Baku|SKA Baku]]
*1961: [[Spartak Guba FK|Spartak Guba]]
*1962: [[MOIK Baku|SKA Baku]]
*1963: Araz Baku
*1964: [[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Polad Sumgait]]
*1965: Vostok Baku
*1966: Vostok Baku
*1967: Araz Baku
*1968: [[MOIK Baku|SKA Baku]]
*1969: Araz Baku
*1970: [[MOIK Baku|SKA Baku]]
*1971: Khimik Salyany
*1972: Surahanets Baku
*1973: Araz Baku
*1974: Araz Baku
*1975: Araz Baku
*1976: Araz Baku
*1977: [[FC Qarabag Khankendi|Karabakh Khankendi]]
*1978: SKIF Baku
*1979: [[MOIK Baku|SKA Baku]]
*1980: Energetik Ali-Bayramly
*1981: Gandjlik Baku
*1982: Tokhudju Baku
*1983: Termist Baku
*1984: Termist Baku
*1985: [[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]]
*1986: [[Göyazan Qazakh FK|Göyəzən]]
*1987: [[Araz-Naxçıvan PFK|Araz Naxçıvan]]
*1988: [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ Ağdam]]
*1989: [[İnşaatçı Sabirabad FK|Stroitel Sabirabad]]
*1990: [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ Ağdam]]
*1991: [[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]]
{{div col end}}
==History==
===The 1990s===
The league was dominated by teams like [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]], [[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan Tovuz]] and [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]. However, financial struggles had bad impact on local clubs and most teams such as [[Khazri Buzovna]], [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]], [[FK Viləş Masallı|Vilash Masalli]] and [[Shafa Baku]] went bust due increasing debts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ölkə futbolu qara geyinməyə hazırlaşır (Yazı) |url=http://www.penalti.az/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3729:oelk-futbolu-qara-geyinmy-hazrlar-yaz&catid=9:manet&Itemid=13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827142406/https://www.penalti.az/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3729:oelk-futbolu-qara-geyinmy-hazrlar-yaz&catid=9:manet&Itemid=13 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 August 2021 |work=Penalti.az |access-date=3 December 2011 |language=az }}</ref> In 1997, Kapaz were known for their unbeaten run as club's final record for the [[1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League|1997–98]] league campaign stood at 22 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses, out of 26 games total, an unbeaten run not matched in any single season by any team in an Azerbaijani league division.<ref name=rek />
===The 2000s===
As league entered a new century, the [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]] found themselves facing new challengers. They were challenged by emerging [[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]], [[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]] and [[FC Baku|Baku]] in both competitions. The country's football received major blow in 2002, when [[UEFA]] imposed a two-year ban in response to a long-standing conflict between the [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan]] and majority of the country's top flight clubs.<ref>{{cite web|title=İbrahimoviç Qurbanova çatdı |url=http://www.futbolplusqol.com/2011/05/12/read=15908 |work=futbolplusqol.com |access-date=1 September 2011 |language=az |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009021641/http://www.futbolplusqol.com/2011/05/12/read%3D15908 |archive-date=9 October 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> The domestic championship was abandoned as a result of the conflict and the top clubs prevented their players from playing for the [[Azerbaijan national football team|national team]], with tax officials also probing allegations of fraud at the Azerbaijan federation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Walker|first=Paul|title=Relief for Wales as Uefa lifts ban on Azerbaijan|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/relief-for-wales-as-uefa-lifts-ban-on-azerbaijan-590976.html|work=Independent.co.uk|publisher=[[The Independent]]|access-date=1 September 2011}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Under the management of [[Agaselim Mirjavadov]], Khazar Lankaran finished as [[Azerbaijan Cup]] winners in 2006 and 2007, while becoming league champions in [[2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League|2006–07]] despite losing the title to Neftçi in [[2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League|2004–05]] during Championship play-off. [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]] was the first ever team from Azerbaijan to reach [[UEFA Europa League]] play off-round during the seasons [[2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round|2009–10]] and [[2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round|2010–11]]. Few gave chances for qualification to the next round, although the [[Agdam Rayon|Aghdam]] side caused quite a stir against favorites [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]], [[FC Honka|Honka]], [[FC Twente|Twente]] and [[Wisła Kraków]].
===The 2010s===
[[File:Böyükağa Hacıyev.jpg|200px|thumbnail|Under [[Boyukagha Hajiyev]]'s management, Neftçi became the first team to represent Azerbaijan in the group stage of a European competition.]]
The 2010s brought a bright start, with Neftçi emerged as a champion after six years of unsuccessful run.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ibrahimov|first=Erkin|title=Neftçi take title honours in Azerbaijan|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=aze/news/newsid=1625862.html|publisher=[[UEFA]]|access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Neftchi are Azerbaijani champions|url=http://news.az/articles/sports/35430|publisher=News.az}}</ref> In the next season, Neftçi repeated its domestic success after sealing their seventh title in club's history.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Чемпионский рецепт от Нефтчи|url=http://www.azerisport.com/football/20120501120622612.html|work=Azerisport.com|access-date=30 April 2012|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ibragimov|first=Erkin|title=Neftçi take honours in Azerbaijan|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=aze/news/newsid=1791493.html|work=[[UEFA]]|publisher=uefa.com|access-date=10 May 2012}}</ref> In that year, Neftçi Baku became the first Azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a European [[2012-13 UEFA Europa League|competition]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:"Нефтчи" стал первым азербайджанским футбольным клубом, вышедшим в групповой этап еврокубков - ФОТО |url=http://www.1news.az/sport/football/20120831010854839.html |work=1news.az |access-date=30 August 2012 |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901042323/http://www.1news.az/sport/football/20120831010854839.html |archive-date=1 September 2012 }}</ref> In [[2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League|2012–13]] season, Neftçi managed to win three titles in a row.<ref>{{cite web|title=ARDICIL ÜÇÜNCÜ DƏFƏ ÇEMPİON "NEFTÇİ"!!! |url=http://fanat.az/ardicil-ucuncu-d%C9%99f%C9%99-cempion-neftci/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042405/http://fanat.az/ardicil-ucuncu-d%C9%99f%C9%99-cempion-neftci/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 December 2017 |website=fanat.az |access-date=14 May 2013 |language=az }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Three in a row for Azerbaijani champions Neftçi|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=aze/news/newsid=1952020.html|work=uefa.com|publisher=[[UEFA]]|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref> In [[2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League|2013–14]] season, Qarabağ managed to win its 2nd title after 21 years,<ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaycan'da şampiyon Karabağ|url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/azerbaycan-da-sampiyon-karabag---1879010-skorerhaber/|work=www.milliyet.com.tr|publisher=[[Milliyet]]|access-date=7 May 2014|language=tr}}</ref> and continue to win domestic title consecutively. In 2014, Qarabağ became the second and most successful Azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a European [[2014-15 UEFA Europa League|competition]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:"Карабах" выбил "Твенте" из Лиги Европы|url=http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/739363|website=www.sovsport.ru|access-date=28 August 2014|language=ru}}</ref> After consecutive participation in Europa League, in 2017, Qarabağ became the first Azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]].
On 19 June 2020, the [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan|AFFA]] announced that the [[2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League|2019–20]] was officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan]]. As a result, [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]] were crowned champions for the seventh season in a row, whilst also qualifying for the [[2020–21 UEFA Champions League]], with [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], [[Keşla FK|Keşla]] and [[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]] qualifying for the [[2020–21 UEFA Europa League]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Официально: Сезон 2019/20 завершен досрочно. Карабах - чемпион, Сумгаит впервые в истории попал в Еврокубки |url=http://www.azerifootball.com/ru/13/news/45788.html |website=azerifootball.com/ |publisher=Azerifootball |access-date=19 June 2020 |language=ru |date=19 June 2020}}</ref>
==Competition format==
The competition format follows the usual double [[round-robin tournament|round-robin]] format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club four times, two times at home and two times away, for a total of 28 games.<ref name="futbolpress.az">{{cite web|title=Azərbaycan Premyer Liqasının formatı dəyişdi|url=http://futbolpress.az/v2/news-details/26273/|work=futbolpress.az|language=az}}</ref> Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned champion.
Beginning from 2022-23 season Azerbaijan Premier League is planned to be extended to 10 teams.<ref>{{cite web|title=Эльхан Мамедов: Планируем расширить АЗПЛ до 10-и команд, и надеемся увидеть там Кяпаз|url=https://www.azerisport.com/video/20211119101504359.html|work=azerisport.com|language=ru}}</ref>
Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history;
<div style="font-size:100%">
{|
|-
|width="20"|
|valign="top"|
*26 clubs = '''1992'''
*20 clubs = '''1993'''
*16 clubs = '''1993–94'''
*13 clubs = '''1994–95'''
*11 clubs = '''1995–96'''
*16 clubs = '''1996–98'''
{{col-3}}
*14 clubs = '''1998–99'''
*12 clubs = '''1999–00'''
*11 clubs = '''2000–01'''
*12 clubs = '''2001–02'''
*15 clubs = '''2003'''
*14 clubs = '''2003–04'''
{{col-3}}
*18 clubs = '''2004–05'''
*14 clubs = '''2005–09'''
*12 clubs = '''2009–13'''
*10 clubs = '''2013–16'''
*8 clubs = '''2016–22'''
*10 clubs = '''2022–...'''
|}
</div>
===Qualification for European competitions===
The champions qualify for the [[UEFA Champions League]], the second and third placed teams qualifies for the [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]. As of the start of the [[2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League]] season qualification for European competitions is as follows: champions qualify for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, runners-up and third placed team qualifies for the first qualifying round of the Conference League. A fourth spot is given to the winner of the [[Azerbaijan Cup]], who qualify for the first qualifying round of the Conference League. If the Azerbaijan Cup winner has already qualified for European competition through their league finish, the next highest placed club in the league takes their place.
==Members of the APL (2022–23 season)==
{{main|2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League}}
{{Location map+|Azerbaijan|float=right|width=330|caption=Locations of the '''2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League''' teams.<br/>Team in ''italics'' is from a zone of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]] and is playing its home games in [[Baku]].|places=
<!--BAKU CLUBS-->
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.4 |long=49.9 |label=[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]<br/>[[Sabah FK|Sabah]]}}
<!--OTHER CLUBS-->
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.6 |long=48.6 |label=[[Shamakhi FK|Shamakhi]] |position=left}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.98 |long=47.84 |label=[[Gabala FK|Gabala]] |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.706111 |long=46.361944 |label=[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]] |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=39.993 |long=46.9305 |label=''[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]''}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.5 |long=50.2 |label=[[Səbail FK|Sabail]] |position=right}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.59 |long=49.67 |label=[[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]] |position=top}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.992222 |long=45.625556 |label=[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan-Tovuz]]}}
{{Location map~|Azerbaijan|lat=40.4 |long=50.3 |label=[[Zira FK|Zira]] |position=bottom}}
}}
===Stadia and locations===
:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team
!Location
!Venue
!Capacity<ref>[http://pfl.az Azərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası] {{in lang|az}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|[[Qabala]]
|[[Gabala City Stadium]]
|align="center" |4,500
|-
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|[[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]]
|[[Ganja City Stadium]]
|align="center" |27,000
|-
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Baku]]
|[[Bakcell Arena]]
|align="center" |11,000
|-
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Aghdam]]
|[[Azersun Arena]]
|align="center" |5,200
|-
|[[Sabah FC (Azerbaijan)|Sabah]]
|[[Absheron District|Absheron, Baku]]
|[[Bank Respublika Arena]]
|align="center" |13,000
|-
|[[Sabail FK|Sabail]]
|[[Səbail|Sabail, Baku]]
|[[Bayil Arena]]
|align="center" |3,200
|-
|[[Shamakhi FK|Shamakhi]]
|[[Shamakhi]]
|[[Shamakhi City Stadium]]
|align="center" |2,200
|-
|[[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]]
|[[Sumqayit]]
|[[Kapital Bank Arena]]
|align="center" |1,400
|-
|[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan-Tovuz]]
|[[Tovuz, Azerbaijan|Tovuz]]
|[[Tovuz City Stadium]]
|align="center" |6,800
|-
|[[Zira FK|Zira]]
|[[Zirə|Zira, Baku]]
|[[Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium]]
|align="center" |1,300
|-
|}
==Azerbaijani League Champions and Top Scorers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="65"|Season
! width="130"|Champion
! width="130"|Runner-up
! width="130"|Third place
!Top scorers
|-
|[[1992 Azerbaijan Top League|1992]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]]
|[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nazim Aliyev]] ([[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]], 39 goals)
|-
|[[1993 Azerbaijan Top League|1993]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]]
|[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Samir Alakbarov]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[1993–94 Azerbaijan Top League|1993–94]]
|[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Musa Gurbanov]] ([[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]], 35 goals)
|-
|[[1994–95 Azerbaijan Top League|1994–95]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|[[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nazim Aliyev]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 26 goals)
|-
|[[1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League|1995–96]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Khazri Buzovna]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Fazil Parvarov ([[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]], 23 goals) / Rovshan Ahmadov ([[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]], 23 goals)
|-
|[[1996–97 Azerbaijan Top League|1996–97]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Khazri Buzovna]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Gurban Gurbanov]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 34 goals)
|-
|[[1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League|1997–98]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|[[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nazim Aliyev]] ([[FC Baku|Baku]], 23 goals)
|-
|[[1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League|1998–99]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|[[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Alay Bahramov ([[FK Viləş Masallı|Viləş Masallı]], 24 goals)
|-
|[[1999–2000 Azerbaijan Top League|1999–00]]
|[[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
|[[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Badri Kvaratskhelia]] ([[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[2000–01 Azerbaijan Top League|2000–01]]
|[[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[FK Viləş Masallı|Vilash Masalli]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Pasha Aliyev]] ([[Bakılı PFK|Bakili Baku]], 12 goals)
|-
|[[2001–02 Azerbaijan Top League|2001–02]]
| colspan="4" style="background:#efefef" |{{center|''The [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan|AFFA]] and the clubs were discontinued due to the conflict between the clubs and the results were not taken into account.<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer02.html Azerbaijan 2001/02] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303022311/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer03.html |date=3 March 2014 }}</ref>''}}
|-
|2002–03
| colspan="4" style="background:#efefef" |{{center|''Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan]], no league championship was held.<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer03.html Azerbaijan 2002/03] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303022311/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer03.html |date=3 March 2014 }}</ref>''}}
|-
|[[2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League|2003–04]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Samir Musayev]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 20 goals)
|-
|[[2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League|2004–05]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
|[[Karvan FK|Karvan]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Zaur Ramazanov]] ([[Karvan FK|Karvan]], 21 goals)
|-
|[[2005–06 Azerbaijan Top League|2005–06]]
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|[[Karvan FK|Karvan]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|Cote d'Ivoire}} [[Yacouba Bamba]] ([[Karvan FK|Karvan]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League|2006–07]]
|[[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Zaur Ramazanov]] ([[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]], 20 goals)
|-
|[[2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League|2007–08]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|[[AZAL PFK|AZAL]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Khagani Mammadov]] ([[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]], 19 goals)
|-
|[[2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League|2008–09]]
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|[[Simurq PIK|Simurq]]
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Walter Guglielmone]] ([[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]], 17 goals)
|-
|[[2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League|2009–10]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Farid Guliyev]] ([[FK Standard Sumgayit|Standard Baku]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League|2010–11]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|{{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Georgi Adamia]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 18 goals)
|-
|[[2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League|2011–12]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Bahodir Nasimov]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League|2012–13]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Nicolás Canales]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 26 goals)
|-
|[[2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League|2013–14]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Reynaldo dos Santos Silva|Reynaldo]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 22 goals)
|-
|[[2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League|2014–15]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nurlan Novruzov]] ([[FC Baku|Baku]], 15 goals)
|-
|[[2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League|2015–16]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Zira FK|Zira]]
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Dani Quintana]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 15 goals)
|-
|[[2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League|2016–17]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|[[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Filip Ozobić]] ([[Gabala FK|Gabala]], 11 goals) & {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Rauf Aliyev]] ([[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]], 11 goals)
|-
|[[2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League|2017–18]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bagaliy Dabo]], ([[Gabala FK|Gabala]], 13 goals)
|-
|[[2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League|2018–19]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Sabail FK|Səbail]]
|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Mahir Madatov]], ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League|2019–20]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Keşla FK|Keşla]]
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Peyman Babaei]], ([[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]], 7 goals) & {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Steeven Joseph-Monrose]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 7 goals) & {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bagaliy Dabo]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 7 goals) & {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Mahir Emreli]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 7 goals)
|-
|[[2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League|2020–21]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]]
|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Namik Alaskarov]] ([[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]], 19 goals)
|-
|[[2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League|2021–22]]
|[[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
|[[Zira FK|Zira]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Kady (footballer)|Kady]] ([[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]], 12 goals)
|}
==Performances==
===Performance by club===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!width="130"|Club
!Winners
!Runners-up
!Third place
!width="500"|Winning years
|-
| [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
| {{center|9}}
| {{center|5}}
| {{center|6}}
| [[1992 Azerbaijan Top League|1992]], [[1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League|1995-96]], [[1996–97 Azerbaijan Top League|1996-97]], [[2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League|2003-04]], [[2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League|2004-05]], [[2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League|2010-11]], [[2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League|2011-12]], [[2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League|2012-13]], [[2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League|2020-21]]
|-
| [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
| {{center|9}}
| {{center|4}}
| {{center|3}}
| [[1993 Azerbaijan Top League|1993]], [[2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League|2013-14]], [[2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League|2014-15]], [[2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League|2015-16]], [[2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League|2016-17]], [[2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League|2017-18]], [[2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League|2018-19]], [[2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League|2019-20]], [[2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League|2021-22]]
|-
| [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|2}}
| [[1994–95 Azerbaijan Top League|1994-95]], [[1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League|1997-98]], [[1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League|1998-99]]
|-
|[[Keşla FK|Keşla]]
|{{center|2}}
|{{center|3}}
|{{center|4}}
|[[2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League|2007-08]], [[2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League|2009-10]]
|-
|[[FC Baku|Baku]]
|{{center|2}}
|{{center|2}}
|{{center|1}}
|[[2005–06 Azerbaijan Top League|2005-06]], [[2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League|2008-09]]
|-
| [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|1}}
| [[1999–2000 Azerbaijan Top League|1999-00]], [[2000–01 Azerbaijan Top League|2000-01]]
|-
| [[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|–}}
| [[2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League|2006-07]]
|-
|-
| [[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|2}}
| [[1993–94 Azerbaijan Top League|1993-94]]
|-
| [[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|3}}
| –
|-
| [[FK Khazar Sumgayit|Khazar Sumgayit]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
| [[Khazri Buzovna]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
| [[Karvan FK|Karvan]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
| [[AZAL PFK|AZAL]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|–}}
| –
|-
| [[Zira FK|Zira]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|–}}
| –
|-
| [[Simurq PIK|Simurq]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
| [[FK Viləş Masallı|Viləş Masallı]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
| [[Sabail FK|Sabail]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
|-
| [[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| –
|-
|}
==Players==
Azerbaijan Premier League clubs have almost complete freedom to sign whatever number and category of players they wish. There is no team or individual salary cap, no squad size limit, no age restrictions other than those applied by general employment law, no restrictions on the overall number of foreign players, and few restrictions on individual foreign players – all players with foreign nationality, including those able to claim a passport through a parent or grandparent, are eligible to play, and top players from outside the EU are able to obtain Azerbaijani work permits.
The only restriction on selection is the "Under-21 rule". This rule states that each club must include at least two players under the age of 21 in its matchday squad.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFFA 21 yaşla bağlı qərarı ləğv edir, bu dəfə Ramin Musayev Elxan Məmmədova qalib gəldi|url=http://sportinfo.az/news-288/?n=l|work=sportinfo.az|access-date=19 May 2013|language=az|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222032911/http://sportinfo.az/news-288/?n=l|archive-date=22 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Opinions on this rule appear to be divided among APL managers.
==Records==
Players in the Premier League compete for the Azerbaijan Premier League Golden Boot, awarded to the top scorer at the end of each season. [[Nazim Aliyev]] is the league's all-time top scorer with 183 goals, including 39 in the 1992 season.<ref name=Ekspress>[https://archive.today/2014.08.05-003513/http://www.express.com.az/second.asp?id=114453 Ekspress Newspaper] {{in lang|az}}</ref> During the 1995–96 season he became the first player to score 100 Premier League goals. Since then, 10 other players have reached the 100-goal mark.<ref name=Ekspress />
[[File:Qurban Qurbanov.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Gurban Gurbanov]] is one of the highest goalscorers in Premier League.]]
{| align="left" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 0; border: 1px solid #999; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; background-color:ivory; width:64%; font-size: 95%;"
|- style="background:beige;"
|+ '''Top Ten Highest Goalscorers'''<ref>{{cite web|title="100-lər klubu" üçün het-trik |url=http://www.football-plus.az/view_post.php?id=1866 |work=Football Plus Newspaper |access-date=1 September 2011 |language=az }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|- style="background:beige;"
! colspan="2" align="center"| Player
! align="center"| Period
! align="center" abbr="Club"| Club<ref>where player shot the most goals</ref>
! align="center"| Goals
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nazim Aliyev]]
| align="center"| 1992–99
| align="center"| [[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]]
| align="center"|183
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 2
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Mushfig Huseynov]]
| align="center"| 1992–07
| align="center"| [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
| align="center"| 125
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Rovshan Ahmadov
| align="center"| 1992–03
| align="center"| [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
| align="center"| 116
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 4
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Gurban Gurbanov]]
| align="center"| 1990–06
| align="center"| [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
| align="center"| 115
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Samir Alakbarov]]
| align="center"| 1992–01
| align="center"| [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]]
| align="center"| 115
|-
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 6
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Alay Bahramov
| align="center"| 1992–99
| align="center"| [[FK Viləş Masallı|Viləş Masallı]]
| align="center"| 108
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Vadim Vasilyev (footballer)|Vadim Vasilyev]]
| align="center"| 1994–07
| align="center"| Baki Fehlesi
| align="center"| 102
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 8
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Khagani Mammadov]]
| align="center"| 1994–12
| align="center"| [[Inter Baku PIK|Inter Baku]]
| align="center"| 102
|-
! 9
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Kanan Karimov]]
| align="center"| 1995–12
| align="center"| [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
| align="center"| 101
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 10
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nadir Nabiyev]]
| align="center"| 1995–12
| align="center"| [[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
| align="center"| 100
|}
[[File:Aslan Kerimov.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Aslan Kerimov]] is one of the most capped players in Premier League.]]
{| align="left" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 0; border: 1px solid #999; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; background-color:ivory; width:64%; font-size: 95%;"
|- style="background:beige;"
|+ '''Top Ten Players With Most Appearances'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Premyer Liqamızın ilk "11"i |url=http://apasport.az/news.php?id=60224 |archive-url=https://archive.today/2013.01.15-025635/http://apasport.az/news.php?id=60224 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2013 |work=apasport.az |publisher=Apasport News Agency |access-date=13 August 2012 |language=az }}</ref>
|- style="background:beige;"
! colspan="2" align="center"| Player
! align="center"| Period
! align="center" abbr="Club"| Club<ref>where player played the most games.</ref>
! align="center"| Games
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Azer Mammadov]]
| align="center"| 1992–12
| align="center"| [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
| align="center"| 445
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 2
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Mahmud Gurbanov]]
| align="center"| 1992–12
| align="center"| [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]]
| align="center"| 421
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Aslan Kerimov]]
| align="center"| 1992–11
| align="center"| [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
| align="center"| 382
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 4
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Agil Mammadov (footballer, born 1972)|Agil Mammadov]]
| align="center"| 1992–11
| align="center"| [[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
| align="center"| 364
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Ismayil Mammadov
| align="center"| 1992–09
| align="center"| [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
| align="center"| 351
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 6
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Maksim Medvedev]]
| align="center"| 2006-present
| align="center"| [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
| align="center"| 344
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Kanan Karimov]]
| align="center"| 1995–12
| align="center"| [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]]
| align="center"| 327
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nadir Nabiyev]]
| align="center"| 1995–12
| align="center"| [[Turan-Tovuz IK|Turan]]
| align="center"| 316
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
! 9
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Mubariz Orujov
| align="center"| 1992–08
| align="center"| [[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]]
| align="center"| 311
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Mushfig Huseynov
| align="center"| 1992–07
| align="center"| [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
| align="center"| 305
|- style="background:lemonchiffon;"
|}
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; Biggest home win: [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]] 14–2 [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]] ([[1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League|1997–98]])<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:ПАС ИЗ-ЗА ГРАНИЦЫ|url=http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/1999-02-10/4_4/|work=Sports Express Newspaper|access-date=11 December 2011|language=ru}}</ref>
; Most consecutive games unbeaten: [[Kapaz PFK|Kapaz]], 30 games, [[1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League|1997–98]]<ref name=rek>{{cite web|title=Годы независимости. Успехи Нефтчи, Кяпаза, Шамкира, и французский позор|url=http://www.azerisport.com/football/20110604032742402.html|publisher=Azerisport.com|access-date=5 June 2011}}</ref>
; Youngest goalscorer: Orkhan Aliyev, for [[Sumgayit FK|Sumgayit]] vs [[Gabala FK|Gabala]], 15 years old, 236 days<ref>{{cite web|title=Europe's youngest top-flight goalscorers|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2117246.html|website=www.uefa.com|publisher=[[UEFA]]|access-date=23 June 2014}}</ref>
; Oldest player: [[Nadir Shukurov]], for [[Karvan FK|Karvan]] vs [[FK Mughan|Mughan]], 42 years, 19 April 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.affa.az/index.php?r=1&id=2892&lang=en|title=NBC is renamed|date=31 October 2008|publisher=[[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan|AFFA]]|access-date=10 March 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090423082806/http://www.affa.az/index.php?r=1&id=2892&lang=en| archive-date= 23 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
; All-time top scorer: [[Nazim Aliyev]] (Khazar Sumgayit, Neftçi, Qarabag, Shafa Baku, Dinamo Baku), (183 goals)
; Most APL appearances: [[Azer Mammadov]], 445
; Most goals in a season: [[Nazim Aliyev]] (Khazar Sumgayit), (39 goals), 1992
==UEFA ranking==
[[UEFA coefficient#League coefficient|UEFA Country Ranking]] for league participation after 2018–19 European football season.
{{updated|20 June 2019|<ref>[https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/index.html#/yr/2019 Country coefficients]</ref>}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Current<br>Ranking
!Movement
!Last Season<br>Ranking
!League
!Coefficient
|-
|24
|{{subon}}
|''(28)''
|align=left|{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Kazakhstan Premier League]]
|19.250
|-
|25
|{{suboff}}
|''(21)''
|align=left|{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Ekstraklasa]]
|19.250
|-
|26
|{{suboff}}
|''(23)''
|align=left|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} '''Azerbaijan Premier League'''
|19.000
|-
|27
|{{suboff}}
|''(18)''
|align=left|{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Israeli Premier League]]
|18.625
|-
|28
|{{steady}}
|''(24)''
|align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|Bulgarian First League]]
|17.500
|}
==Finances==
===Attendances===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Season<br />
!Total attendance<br />
!Number of <br />matches
!Average attendance<br />per match
!Ref
|-
|[[2001–02 Azerbaijan Top League|2001–02]]||187,929||171||1,099 ||<ref name=justlist1>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Посещаемость чемпионата Азербайджана выросла на 22% |url=http://www.azerisport.com/football/20101123020240273.html|publisher=Azerisport.com|access-date=23 November 2010|language=ru}}</ref>
|-
|[[2002–03 Azerbaijan Top League|2002–03]]
| colspan="4" style="background:#efefef" |{{center|''League was cancelled'' *}}
|-
|-
|[[2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League|2003–04]]||195,840||144||1,360 ||<ref name="jutlist1">{{cite news|title=2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League |date=6 April 2010|publisher=[[Jutarnji list]]|page=97|language=hr}}<!--|access-date=14 May 2010--></ref>
|-
|[[2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League|2004–05]]||470,670||290||1,623 ||<ref name="jutlist1"/>
|-
|[[2005–06 Azerbaijan Top League|2005–06]]||183,365||169||1,085 ||<ref name="jutlist1"/>
|-
|[[2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League|2006–07]]||225,216||144||1,564 ||<ref name="jutlist1"/>
|-
|[[2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League|2007–08]]||277,667||169||1,643 ||<ref name="jutlist1"/>
|-
|[[2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League|2008–09]]||309,582||182||1,701||<ref name="jutlist1"/>
|-
|[[2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League|2009–10]]||340,522||172||1,979||<ref name="atten1">{{cite web|title=Attendance of Azerbaijan Premier League |url=http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm|access-date=22 July 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110719102614/http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm| archive-date= 19 July 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League|2010–11]]||418,418||192||2,179||<ref name="atten1" />
|-
|[[2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League|2011–12]]||433,342||192||2,256||<ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaijani Premier League fourth in attendance in post-Soviet space|url=http://www.news.az/articles/sports/76345|work=News.az|access-date=27 August 2013}}</ref>
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|[[2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League|2012–13]]||364,910||192||1,900||<ref>{{cite web|title=18 turun azarkeş sayı – 214.470 nəfər |url=http://3w.fanat.az/18-turun-azarkes-sayi-214-470-n%C9%99f%C9%99r/ |website=fanat.az |access-date=26 December 2012 |language=az |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/2013.01.15-024454/http://3w.fanat.az/18-turun-azarkes-sayi-214-470-n%C9%99f%C9%99r/ |archive-date=15 January 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>
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|[[2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League|2013–14]]||281,400||175||1,608||<ref>{{cite web|title=Bakıda futbola maraq yoxdur: Lənkəranlılar hamıdan öndə |url=http://apasport.az/news.php?id=85012 |work=apasport.az |access-date=29 December 2013 |language=az |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227222149/http://www.apasport.az/news.php?id=85012 |archive-date=27 December 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>
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<sup>* [[UEFA]] has suspended the league after longstanding conflict between the [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan]] and the majority of the country's top-flight clubs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaijan embargo ends |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/executiveaffairs/news/newsid=71251.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/2012.09.13-101321/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/executiveaffairs/news/newsid=71251.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |work=Uefa.com |publisher=[[UEFA]] |access-date=29 April 2012 }}</ref> </sup>
===Sponsorship===
The [[Unibank Commercial Bank|UniBank]], who had sponsored the league since 2009, did not renew their sponsorship at the end of the 2011–12 season.<ref>[http://ru.trend.az/news/sports/1546396.html Unibank стал главным спонсором профессиональной футбольной лиги] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728072759/http://ru.trend.az/news/sports/1546396.html |date=28 July 2011 }} {{in lang|az}}</ref><ref>[http://www.1news.az/economy/20090924024300717.html Азербайджанский «Unibank» стал официальным спонсором Премьер-лиги] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926162111/http://www.1news.az/economy/20090924024300717.html |date=26 September 2009 }} {{in lang|az}}</ref> Talks began with [[Topaz (bookmaker)|Topaz]] betting operator, and a deal was confirmed shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite web|title="Topaz" Premyer Liqanın yeni sponsoru oldu|url=http://sportal.az/?goal=news&id=18401|work=Sportal.az|access-date=26 August 2012|language=az}}</ref>
* 2009–12: Unibank Premyer Liqası<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.az/eng/news/corporate/38603.html |title=Unibank has become general sponsor of Professional Football League |publisher=Azerbaijan Business Center |date=24 September 2009 |access-date=25 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003220759/http://abc.az/eng/news/corporate/38603.html |archive-date=3 October 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* 2012–19: Topaz Premyer Liqası<ref>{{cite web |url=http://azerisport.com/football/20120919040127452.html|title=Topaz и ПФЛ подписались на три совместных сезона|publisher=Azerisport.az|date=19 September 2012 |access-date=19 September 2012 }}</ref>
In August 2019, cooperation was suspended and PFL announced a new tender for sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azerifootball.com/ru/13/news/43228.html|title=ПФЛ пытается отомстить Topaz заключением контракта с другой букмекерской компанией. Но это незаконно|publisher=Azerifootball.com|date=6 August 2019 |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pfl.az/news/8367|title=PFL tender elan edir|publisher=Pfl.az|date=6 August 2019 |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref>
As well as sponsorship for the league itself, the Premier League has a number of official partners and suppliers. The technical for the league is [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] who is providing their match ball for the season.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFFA hər kluba 100 top verib|url=http://www.football-plus.az/olke/7632-affa-her-kluba-100-top-verib.html|access-date=13 August 2018|language=az}}</ref>
===Insolvency events===
Since the APL began, five of its member clubs have entered [[administration (insolvency)|administration]], while nearly twenty clubs liquidated.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Распался клуб-участник азербайджанской Премьер-лиги|url=http://www.trend.az/news/society/1242026.html|work=Trend.az|access-date=15 May 2013|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Futbolun vidalaşdıqları futbolla vidalaşa bilmir (Yazı)|url=http://rekord.az/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5559:futbolun-vidaladqlar-futbolla-vidalaa-bilmir-yaz&catid=24:analitika&Itemid=31|work=korner.az|access-date=15 May 2013|language=az}}</ref> A reduction in revenue from ticket sales for APL games and club merchandise impacted negatively on club expenditure. Players were asked to consider wage cuts and team squads were reduced.
A major criticism of the Premier League in the mid-2000s was the emergence of gulf between the Premier League and the [[Azerbaijan First Division|First Division]]. Criticism of the gap between clubs has continued, nevertheless, due to some clubs' increasing ability to spend more than the other Premier League clubs. For some clubs, including [[Shamkir FC|Shamkir]], [[Karvan FK|Karvan]], [[Absheron FK|Absheron]], [[Mil-Muğan FK|MKT-Araz]] who have failed to win immediate promotion back to the top flight, financial problems, including in some cases administration or even liquidation have followed.
==Media coverage==
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==Awards==
===Trophy===
The current Azerbaijan Premier League trophy was developed by the Professional Football League of Azerbaijan and the trophy has been awarded to the champion of Azerbaijan since the end of the [[2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League|2009–10 season]], replacing the previous Premier League trophy that had existed for only few years.
===Monthly and annual===
In addition to the winner's Trophy and the individual winner's medal players receive, Azerbaijan Premier League also awards the monthly Player of the Month award. Following the season, the awards such as the Player of the Year, Manager of the Year, and Young Player of the Year from Azerbaijan Premier League are handed out.
==See also==
*[[Azerbaijan First Division]]
*[[Azerbaijan Cup]]
*[[Football in Azerbaijan]]
*[[Soviet Top League]]
*[[List of foreign Azerbaijan Premier League players]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
*[http://www.pfl.az/ Azerbaijani Professional Football League Official website]
*[http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=aze/domesticleague/index.html Azerbaijani Premier League] at UEFA
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azerchamp.html Azerbaijan - List of Champions], RSSSF.com
*[https://int.soccerway.com/national/azerbaijan/premyer-liqa/ Azerbaijan Premier League summary], Soccerway
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<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Football league</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:auto; min-width:21em; max-width:25em"><caption class="infobox-title">Azerbaijan Premier League</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/enwiki//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload?wpDestFile=Yarram_Premier_League_logo.png" class="new" title="File:Yarram Premier League logo.png">File:Yarram Premier League logo.png</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1992<span class="noprint">; 30 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1992</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Yarakh</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Geography_of_association_football" title="Geography of association football">Confederation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">10</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Level on pyramid</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic cup(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_Cup" title="Azerbaijan Cup">Azerbaijan Cup</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">International cup(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a><br /><a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA_Europa_Conference_League" title="UEFA Europa Conference League">UEFA Europa Conference League</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a> (9th title) <br />(<a href="/enwiki/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League">2021–22</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most championships</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a> <br /><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a> <br /> (9 titles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">TV partners</th><td class="infobox-data">CBC Sport</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pfl.az">pfl<wbr />.az</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i>Current: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League">2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>The <b>Azerbaijan Premier League</b> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası</i>) is a professional league for men's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> clubs. At the top of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_football_league_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan football league system">Azerbaijan football league system</a>, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 10 clubs. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 36 matches each (playing each team in the league four times, twice at home and twice away). The Premier League champion secures the right to play in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> first qualifying round. The runner up and the 3rd place winner secure right to play in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA_Europa_Conference_League" title="UEFA Europa Conference League">UEFA Europa Conference League</a> starting in second qualifying round.
</p><p>Since 1992, a total of 8 clubs have been crowned champions of the Azerbaijani football system. The Azerbaijan Premier League was first organized in 2007 and succeeded the Top Division (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Yüksək Liqa</i>), which existed from 1992 to 2007. The current champions are <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>, who won the title in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2021-22_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2021-22 Azerbaijan Premier League">2021-22</a> season for the ninth time.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Azerbaijan_SSR_Champions"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Azerbaijan SSR Champions</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#The_1990s"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">The 1990s</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#The_2000s"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">The 2000s</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#The_2010s"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">The 2010s</span></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Competition_format"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Competition format</span></a>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Qualification_for_European_competitions"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Qualification for European competitions</span></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Members_of_the_APL_(2022–23_season)"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Members of the APL (2022–23 season)</span></a>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Stadia_and_locations"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Stadia and locations</span></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Azerbaijani_League_Champions_and_Top_Scorers"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Azerbaijani League Champions and Top Scorers</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Performances"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Performances</span></a>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Performance_by_club"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Performance by club</span></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Players"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Players</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Records"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Records</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#UEFA_ranking"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">UEFA ranking</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Finances"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Finances</span></a>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Attendances"><span class="tocnumber">10.1</span> <span class="toctext">Attendances</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Sponsorship"><span class="tocnumber">10.2</span> <span class="toctext">Sponsorship</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Insolvency_events"><span class="tocnumber">10.3</span> <span class="toctext">Insolvency events</span></a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Media_coverage"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Media coverage</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Awards"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Awards</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Trophy"><span class="tocnumber">12.1</span> <span class="toctext">Trophy</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Monthly_and_annual"><span class="tocnumber">12.2</span> <span class="toctext">Monthly and annual</span></a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">15</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Azerbaijan_SSR_Champions">Azerbaijan SSR Champions</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Azerbaijan SSR Champions">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<ul><li>1928: Progress-2 Baku</li>
<li>1929–33: <i>unknown</i></li>
<li>1934: Profsoyuz Baku</li>
<li>1935: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C4%B0n%C5%9Faat%C3%A7%C4%B1_Baku_FK" title="İnşaatçı Baku FK">Stroitel Yuga Baku</a></li>
<li>1936: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C4%B0n%C5%9Faat%C3%A7%C4%B1_Baku_FK" title="İnşaatçı Baku FK">Stroitel Yuga Baku</a></li>
<li>1937: Lokomotiv Baku</li>
<li>1938: Lokomotiv Baku</li>
<li>1939: Lokomotiv Baku</li>
<li>1940: Lokomotiv Baku</li>
<li>1941–43: <i>unknown</i></li>
<li>1944: Dinamo Baku</li>
<li>1945: <i>Not Played</i></li>
<li>1946: Lokomotiv Baku</li>
<li>1947: Trudovye Rezervy Baku</li>
<li>1948: KKF Baku</li>
<li>1949: KKF Baku</li>
<li>1950: Iskra Baku</li>
<li>1951: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku</li>
<li>1952: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku</li>
<li>1953: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku</li>
<li>1954: Zavod im. S.M. Budennogo Baku</li>
<li>1955: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku</li>
<li>1956: NPU Ordgonikidzeneft Baku</li>
<li>1957: NPU Ordjonikidzeneft Baku</li>
<li>1958: NPU Ordjonikidzeneft Baku</li>
<li>1959: Baku Teams (Spartakiada)</li>
<li>1960: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/MOIK_Baku" title="MOIK Baku">SKA Baku</a></li>
<li>1961: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Spartak_Guba_FK" title="Spartak Guba FK">Spartak Guba</a></li>
<li>1962: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/MOIK_Baku" title="MOIK Baku">SKA Baku</a></li>
<li>1963: Araz Baku</li>
<li>1964: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Khazar_Sumgayit" title="FK Khazar Sumgayit">Polad Sumgait</a></li>
<li>1965: Vostok Baku</li>
<li>1966: Vostok Baku</li>
<li>1967: Araz Baku</li>
<li>1968: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/MOIK_Baku" title="MOIK Baku">SKA Baku</a></li>
<li>1969: Araz Baku</li>
<li>1970: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/MOIK_Baku" title="MOIK Baku">SKA Baku</a></li>
<li>1971: Khimik Salyany</li>
<li>1972: Surahanets Baku</li>
<li>1973: Araz Baku</li>
<li>1974: Araz Baku</li>
<li>1975: Araz Baku</li>
<li>1976: Araz Baku</li>
<li>1977: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Qarabag_Khankendi" title="FC Qarabag Khankendi">Karabakh Khankendi</a></li>
<li>1978: SKIF Baku</li>
<li>1979: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/MOIK_Baku" title="MOIK Baku">SKA Baku</a></li>
<li>1980: Energetik Ali-Bayramly</li>
<li>1981: Gandjlik Baku</li>
<li>1982: Tokhudju Baku</li>
<li>1983: Termist Baku</li>
<li>1984: Termist Baku</li>
<li>1985: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Khazar_Sumgayit" title="FK Khazar Sumgayit">Khazar Sumgayit</a></li>
<li>1986: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/G%C3%B6yazan_Qazakh_FK" title="Göyazan Qazakh FK">Göyəzən</a></li>
<li>1987: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Araz-Nax%C3%A7%C4%B1van_PFK" title="Araz-Naxçıvan PFK">Araz Naxçıvan</a></li>
<li>1988: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ Ağdam</a></li>
<li>1989: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C4%B0n%C5%9Faat%C3%A7%C4%B1_Sabirabad_FK" title="İnşaatçı Sabirabad FK">Stroitel Sabirabad</a></li>
<li>1990: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ Ağdam</a></li>
<li>1991: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Khazar_Sumgayit" title="FK Khazar Sumgayit">Khazar Sumgayit</a></li></ul>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_1990s">The 1990s</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The 1990s">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>The league was dominated by teams like <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan Tovuz</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>. However, financial struggles had bad impact on local clubs and most teams such as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazri_Buzovna" title="Khazri Buzovna">Khazri Buzovna</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Vil%C9%99%C5%9F_Masall%C4%B1" title="FK Viləş Masallı">Vilash Masalli</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shafa_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="Shafa Baku">Shafa Baku</a> went bust due increasing debts.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> In 1997, Kapaz were known for their unbeaten run as club's final record for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League">1997–98</a> league campaign stood at 22 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses, out of 26 games total, an unbeaten run not matched in any single season by any team in an Azerbaijani league division.<sup id="cite_ref-rek_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rek-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_2000s">The 2000s</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The 2000s">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>As league entered a new century, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a> found themselves facing new challengers. They were challenged by emerging <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran_FK" title="Khazar Lankaran FK">Khazar Lankaran</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a> in both competitions. The country's football received major blow in 2002, when <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> imposed a two-year ban in response to a long-standing conflict between the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Association_of_Football_Federations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan">Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan</a> and majority of the country's top flight clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> The domestic championship was abandoned as a result of the conflict and the top clubs prevented their players from playing for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national football team">national team</a>, with tax officials also probing allegations of fraud at the Azerbaijan federation.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> Under the management of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Agaselim_Mirjavadov" class="mw-redirect" title="Agaselim Mirjavadov">Agaselim Mirjavadov</a>, Khazar Lankaran finished as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_Cup" title="Azerbaijan Cup">Azerbaijan Cup</a> winners in 2006 and 2007, while becoming league champions in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League">2006–07</a> despite losing the title to Neftçi in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League">2004–05</a> during Championship play-off. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a> was the first ever team from Azerbaijan to reach <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a> play off-round during the seasons <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League_qualifying_phase_and_play-off_round" title="2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round">2009–10</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_UEFA_Europa_League_qualifying_phase_and_play-off_round" class="mw-redirect" title="2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round">2010–11</a>. Few gave chances for qualification to the next round, although the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Agdam_Rayon" class="mw-redirect" title="Agdam Rayon">Aghdam</a> side caused quite a stir against favorites <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rosenborg_BK" title="Rosenborg BK">Rosenborg</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Honka" title="FC Honka">Honka</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Twente" title="FC Twente">Twente</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wis%C5%82a_Krak%C3%B3w" title="Wisła Kraków">Wisła Kraków</a>.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_2010s">The 2010s</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The 2010s">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:B%C3%B6y%C3%BCka%C4%9Fa_Hac%C4%B1yev.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/B%C3%B6y%C3%BCka%C4%9Fa_Hac%C4%B1yev.jpg/200px-B%C3%B6y%C3%BCka%C4%9Fa_Hac%C4%B1yev.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="264" class="thumbimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/B%C3%B6y%C3%BCka%C4%9Fa_Hac%C4%B1yev.jpg/300px-B%C3%B6y%C3%BCka%C4%9Fa_Hac%C4%B1yev.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/B%C3%B6y%C3%BCka%C4%9Fa_Hac%C4%B1yev.jpg/400px-B%C3%B6y%C3%BCka%C4%9Fa_Hac%C4%B1yev.jpg 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="700" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:B%C3%B6y%C3%BCka%C4%9Fa_Hac%C4%B1yev.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Under <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Boyukagha_Hajiyev" title="Boyukagha Hajiyev">Boyukagha Hajiyev</a>'s management, Neftçi became the first team to represent Azerbaijan in the group stage of a European competition.</div></div></div>
<p>The 2010s brought a bright start, with Neftçi emerged as a champion after six years of unsuccessful run.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> In the next season, Neftçi repeated its domestic success after sealing their seventh title in club's history.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> In that year, Neftçi Baku became the first Azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a European <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2012-13_UEFA_Europa_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2012-13 UEFA Europa League">competition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> In <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League">2012–13</a> season, Neftçi managed to win three titles in a row.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> In <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League">2013–14</a> season, Qarabağ managed to win its 2nd title after 21 years,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> and continue to win domestic title consecutively. In 2014, Qarabağ became the second and most successful Azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a European <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2014-15_UEFA_Europa_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2014-15 UEFA Europa League">competition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> After consecutive participation in Europa League, in 2017, Qarabağ became the first Azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2017–18 UEFA Champions League">Champions League</a>.
</p><p>On 19 June 2020, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Association_of_Football_Federations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan">AFFA</a> announced that the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League">2019–20</a> was officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Azerbaijan" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan">COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan</a>. As a result, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a> were crowned champions for the seventh season in a row, whilst also qualifying for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2020–21 UEFA Champions League">2020–21 UEFA Champions League</a>, with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ke%C5%9Fla_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Keşla FK">Keşla</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sumgayit_FK" title="Sumgayit FK">Sumgayit</a> qualifying for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Europa_League" title="2020–21 UEFA Europa League">2020–21 UEFA Europa League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Competition_format">Competition format</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Competition format">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>The competition format follows the usual double <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Round-robin_tournament" title="Round-robin tournament">round-robin</a> format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club four times, two times at home and two times away, for a total of 28 games.<sup id="cite_ref-futbolpress.az_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-futbolpress.az-15">[15]</a></sup> Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned champion.
</p><p>Beginning from 2022-23 season Azerbaijan Premier League is planned to be extended to 10 teams.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup>
</p><p>Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history;
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<ul><li>26 clubs = <b>1992</b></li>
<li>20 clubs = <b>1993</b></li>
<li>16 clubs = <b>1993–94</b></li>
<li>13 clubs = <b>1994–95</b></li>
<li>11 clubs = <b>1995–96</b></li>
<li>16 clubs = <b>1996–98</b></li></ul>
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<ul><li>14 clubs = <b>1998–99</b></li>
<li>12 clubs = <b>1999–00</b></li>
<li>11 clubs = <b>2000–01</b></li>
<li>12 clubs = <b>2001–02</b></li>
<li>15 clubs = <b>2003</b></li>
<li>14 clubs = <b>2003–04</b></li></ul>
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<ul><li>18 clubs = <b>2004–05</b></li>
<li>14 clubs = <b>2005–09</b></li>
<li>12 clubs = <b>2009–13</b></li>
<li>10 clubs = <b>2013–16</b></li>
<li>8 clubs = <b>2016–22</b></li>
<li>10 clubs = <b>2022–...</b></li></ul>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Qualification_for_European_competitions">Qualification for European competitions</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Qualification for European competitions">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>The champions qualify for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>, the second and third placed teams qualifies for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA_Europa_Conference_League" title="UEFA Europa Conference League">UEFA Europa Conference League</a>. As of the start of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League">2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League</a> season qualification for European competitions is as follows: champions qualify for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, runners-up and third placed team qualifies for the first qualifying round of the Conference League. A fourth spot is given to the winner of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_Cup" title="Azerbaijan Cup">Azerbaijan Cup</a>, who qualify for the first qualifying round of the Conference League. If the Azerbaijan Cup winner has already qualified for European competition through their league finish, the next highest placed club in the league takes their place.
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<h2><span id="Members_of_the_APL_.282022.E2.80.9323_season.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Members_of_the_APL_(2022–23_season)">Members of the APL (2022–23 season)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Members of the APL (2022–23 season)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan Premier League is located in Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Azerbaijan_adm_location_map.svg/330px-Azerbaijan_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="253" class="notpageimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Azerbaijan_adm_location_map.svg/495px-Azerbaijan_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Azerbaijan_adm_location_map.svg/660px-Azerbaijan_adm_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="919" /></a><div class="od" style="top:42.105%;left:83.077%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Neftçi Sabah" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Neftçi Sabah" width="8" height="8" class="notpageimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pl" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a><br /><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sabah_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabah FK">Sabah</a></div></div></div><div class="od" style="top:36.842%;left:63.077%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Shamakhi" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Shamakhi" width="8" height="8" class="notpageimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pl" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamakhi_FK" title="Shamakhi FK">Shamakhi</a></div></div></div><div class="od" style="top:26.842%;left:51.385%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Gabala" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Gabala" width="8" height="8" class="notpageimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pv" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_FK" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a></div></div></div><div class="od" style="top:34.05%;left:28.645%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Kapaz" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Kapaz" width="8" height="8" class="notpageimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pv" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a></div></div></div><div class="od" style="top:52.816%;left:37.392%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Qarabağ" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Qarabağ" width="8" height="8" class="notpageimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;left:5px"><div><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a></i></div></div></div><div class="od" style="top:39.474%;left:87.692%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Sabail" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Sabail" width="8" height="8" class="notpageimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C9%99bail_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Səbail FK">Sabail</a></div></div></div><div class="od" style="top:37.105%;left:79.538%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Sumgayit" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Sumgayit" width="8" height="8" class="notpageimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pv" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sumgayit_FK" title="Sumgayit FK">Sumgayit</a></div></div></div><div class="od" style="top:26.52%;left:17.316%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Turan-Tovuz" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Turan-Tovuz" width="8" height="8" class="notpageimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan-Tovuz</a></div></div></div><div class="od" style="top:42.105%;left:89.231%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Zira" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Zira" width="8" height="8" class="notpageimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pv" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zira_FK" title="Zira FK">Zira</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Azerbaijan_adm_location_map.svg" title="File:Azerbaijan adm location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Locations of the <b>2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League</b> teams.<br />Team in <i>italics</i> is from a zone of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a> and is playing its home games in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>.</div></div></div>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Stadia_and_locations">Stadia and locations</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Stadia and locations">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<dl><dd><i>Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.</i></dd></dl>
<table class="wikitable sortable">
<tbody><tr>
<th>Team
</th>
<th>Location
</th>
<th>Venue
</th>
<th>Capacity<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup>
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_FK" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qabala" title="Qabala">Qabala</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_City_Stadium" title="Gabala City Stadium">Gabala City Stadium</a>
</td>
<td align="center">4,500
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ganja,_Azerbaijan" title="Ganja, Azerbaijan">Ganja</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ganja_City_Stadium" title="Ganja City Stadium">Ganja City Stadium</a>
</td>
<td align="center">27,000
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bakcell_Arena" title="Bakcell Arena">Bakcell Arena</a>
</td>
<td align="center">11,000
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Aghdam" title="Aghdam">Aghdam</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azersun_Arena" title="Azersun Arena">Azersun Arena</a>
</td>
<td align="center">5,200
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sabah_FC_(Azerbaijan)" title="Sabah FC (Azerbaijan)">Sabah</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Absheron_District" title="Absheron District">Absheron, Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bank_Respublika_Arena" title="Bank Respublika Arena">Bank Respublika Arena</a>
</td>
<td align="center">13,000
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sabail_FK" title="Sabail FK">Sabail</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C9%99bail" class="mw-redirect" title="Səbail">Sabail, Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bayil_Arena" title="Bayil Arena">Bayil Arena</a>
</td>
<td align="center">3,200
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamakhi_FK" title="Shamakhi FK">Shamakhi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamakhi" title="Shamakhi">Shamakhi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Shamakhi_City_Stadium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shamakhi City Stadium (page does not exist)">Shamakhi City Stadium</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2,200
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sumgayit_FK" title="Sumgayit FK">Sumgayit</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sumqayit" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumqayit">Sumqayit</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapital_Bank_Arena" title="Kapital Bank Arena">Kapital Bank Arena</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1,400
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan-Tovuz</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tovuz,_Azerbaijan" title="Tovuz, Azerbaijan">Tovuz</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tovuz_City_Stadium" title="Tovuz City Stadium">Tovuz City Stadium</a>
</td>
<td align="center">6,800
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zira_FK" title="Zira FK">Zira</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zir%C9%99" title="Zirə">Zira, Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zira_Olympic_Sport_Complex_Stadium" title="Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium">Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1,300
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Azerbaijani_League_Champions_and_Top_Scorers">Azerbaijani League Champions and Top Scorers</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Azerbaijani League Champions and Top Scorers">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<table class="wikitable">
<tbody><tr>
<th width="65">Season
</th>
<th width="130">Champion
</th>
<th width="130">Runner-up
</th>
<th width="130">Third place
</th>
<th>Top scorers
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1992_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1992 Azerbaijan Top League">1992</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Khazar_Sumgayit" title="FK Khazar Sumgayit">Khazar Sumgayit</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nazim_Aliyev" title="Nazim Aliyev">Nazim Aliyev</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Khazar_Sumgayit" title="FK Khazar Sumgayit">Khazar Sumgayit</a>, 39 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1993_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1993 Azerbaijan Top League">1993</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Khazar_Sumgayit" title="FK Khazar Sumgayit">Khazar Sumgayit</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Samir_Alakbarov" title="Samir Alakbarov">Samir Alakbarov</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>, 16 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1993–94 Azerbaijan Top League">1993–94</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Musa_Gurbanov" title="Musa Gurbanov">Musa Gurbanov</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan</a>, 35 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1994–95 Azerbaijan Top League">1994–95</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nazim_Aliyev" title="Nazim Aliyev">Nazim Aliyev</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>, 26 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League">1995–96</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazri_Buzovna" title="Khazri Buzovna">Khazri Buzovna</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> Fazil Parvarov (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>, 23 goals) / Rovshan Ahmadov (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>, 23 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1996–97 Azerbaijan Top League">1996–97</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazri_Buzovna" title="Khazri Buzovna">Khazri Buzovna</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gurban_Gurbanov" title="Gurban Gurbanov">Gurban Gurbanov</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>, 34 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League">1997–98</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nazim_Aliyev" title="Nazim Aliyev">Nazim Aliyev</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a>, 23 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League">1998–99</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> Alay Bahramov (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Vil%C9%99%C5%9F_Masall%C4%B1" title="FK Viləş Masallı">Viləş Masallı</a>, 24 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1999–2000 Azerbaijan Top League">1999–00</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Badri_Kvaratskhelia" title="Badri Kvaratskhelia">Badri Kvaratskhelia</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>, 16 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2000–01 Azerbaijan Top League">2000–01</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Vil%C9%99%C5%9F_Masall%C4%B1" title="FK Viləş Masallı">Vilash Masalli</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pasha_Aliyev" title="Pasha Aliyev">Pasha Aliyev</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bak%C4%B1l%C4%B1_PFK" title="Bakılı PFK">Bakili Baku</a>, 12 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2001–02 Azerbaijan Top League">2001–02</a>
</td>
<td colspan="4" style="background:#efefef"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><i>The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Association_of_Football_Federations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan">AFFA</a> and the clubs were discontinued due to the conflict between the clubs and the results were not taken into account.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup></i></div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2002–03
</td>
<td colspan="4" style="background:#efefef"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><i>Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Association_of_Football_Federations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan">Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan</a>, no league championship was held.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup></i></div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League">2003–04</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Samir_Musayev" title="Samir Musayev">Samir Musayev</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>, 20 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League">2004–05</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran_FK" title="Khazar Lankaran FK">Khazar Lankaran</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karvan_FK" title="Karvan FK">Karvan</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zaur_Ramazanov" title="Zaur Ramazanov">Zaur Ramazanov</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karvan_FK" title="Karvan FK">Karvan</a>, 21 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2005–06 Azerbaijan Top League">2005–06</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karvan_FK" title="Karvan FK">Karvan</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast"><img alt="Ivory Coast" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/23px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/35px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/45px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Yacouba_Bamba" title="Yacouba Bamba">Yacouba Bamba</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karvan_FK" title="Karvan FK">Karvan</a>, 16 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League">2006–07</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran_FK" title="Khazar Lankaran FK">Khazar Lankaran</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zaur_Ramazanov" title="Zaur Ramazanov">Zaur Ramazanov</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran_FK" title="Khazar Lankaran FK">Khazar Lankaran</a>, 20 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League">2007–08</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/AZAL_PFK" class="mw-redirect" title="AZAL PFK">AZAL</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khagani_Mammadov" title="Khagani Mammadov">Khagani Mammadov</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>, 19 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League">2008–09</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Simurq_PIK" title="Simurq PIK">Simurq</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay"><img alt="Uruguay" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="945" data-file-height="630" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Walter_Guglielmone" title="Walter Guglielmone">Walter Guglielmone</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>, 17 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League">2009–10</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Farid_Guliyev" title="Farid Guliyev">Farid Guliyev</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Standard_Sumgayit" title="FK Standard Sumgayit">Standard Baku</a>, 16 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League">2010–11</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran_FK" title="Khazar Lankaran FK">Khazar Lankaran</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Georgi_Adamia" title="Georgi Adamia">Georgi Adamia</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>, 18 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League">2011–12</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran_FK" title="Khazar Lankaran FK">Khazar Lankaran</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan"><img alt="Uzbekistan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bahodir_Nasimov" title="Bahodir Nasimov">Bahodir Nasimov</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>, 16 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League">2012–13</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chile" title="Chile"><img alt="Chile" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Canales" title="Nicolás Canales">Nicolás Canales</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>, 26 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League">2013–14</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_FK" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="504" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Reynaldo_dos_Santos_Silva" class="mw-redirect" title="Reynaldo dos Santos Silva">Reynaldo</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>, 22 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League">2014–15</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_FK" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nurlan_Novruzov" title="Nurlan Novruzov">Nurlan Novruzov</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a>, 15 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League">2015–16</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zira_FK" title="Zira FK">Zira</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_FK" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dani_Quintana" title="Dani Quintana">Dani Quintana</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>, 15 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League">2016–17</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_FK" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Filip_Ozobi%C4%87" title="Filip Ozobić">Filip Ozobić</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_FK" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a>, 11 goals) & <span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rauf_Aliyev" title="Rauf Aliyev">Rauf Aliyev</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>, 11 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League">2017–18</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_FK" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bagaliy_Dabo" title="Bagaliy Dabo">Bagaliy Dabo</a>, (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_FK" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a>, 13 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League">2018–19</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sabail_FK" title="Sabail FK">Səbail</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mahir_Madatov" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahir Madatov">Mahir Madatov</a>, (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>, 16 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League">2019–20</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ke%C5%9Fla_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Keşla FK">Keşla</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"><img alt="Iran" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Peyman_Babaei" title="Peyman Babaei">Peyman Babaei</a>, (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sumgayit_FK" title="Sumgayit FK">Sumgayit</a>, 7 goals) & <span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Steeven_Joseph-Monrose" title="Steeven Joseph-Monrose">Steeven Joseph-Monrose</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>, 7 goals) & <span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bagaliy_Dabo" title="Bagaliy Dabo">Bagaliy Dabo</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>, 7 goals) & <span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mahir_Emreli" title="Mahir Emreli">Mahir Emreli</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>, 7 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League">2020–21</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sumgayit_FK" title="Sumgayit FK">Sumgayit</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Namik_Alaskarov" class="mw-redirect" title="Namik Alaskarov">Namik Alaskarov</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>, 19 goals)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League">2021–22</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zira_FK" title="Zira FK">Zira</a>
</td>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="504" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kady_(footballer)" title="Kady (footballer)">Kady</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>, 12 goals)
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Performances">Performances</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Performances">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Performance_by_club">Performance by club</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Performance by club">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<table class="wikitable sortable">
<tbody><tr>
<th width="130">Club
</th>
<th>Winners
</th>
<th>Runners-up
</th>
<th>Third place
</th>
<th width="500">Winning years
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">9</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">5</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">6</div>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1992_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1992 Azerbaijan Top League">1992</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League">1995-96</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1996–97 Azerbaijan Top League">1996-97</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League">2003-04</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League">2004-05</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League">2010-11</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League">2011-12</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League">2012-13</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League">2020-21</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">9</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">4</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">3</div>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1993_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1993 Azerbaijan Top League">1993</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League">2013-14</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League">2014-15</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League">2015-16</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League">2016-17</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League">2017-18</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League">2018-19</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League">2019-20</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League">2021-22</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">3</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">2</div>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1994–95 Azerbaijan Top League">1994-95</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League">1997-98</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League">1998-99</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ke%C5%9Fla_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Keşla FK">Keşla</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">2</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">3</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">4</div>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League">2007-08</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League">2009-10</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">2</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">2</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2005–06 Azerbaijan Top League">2005-06</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League">2008-09</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">2</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">2</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1999–2000 Azerbaijan Top League">1999-00</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2000–01 Azerbaijan Top League">2000-01</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran_FK" title="Khazar Lankaran FK">Khazar Lankaran</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">3</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League">2006-07</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">2</div>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1993–94 Azerbaijan Top League">1993-94</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_FK" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">2</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">3</div>
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Khazar_Sumgayit" title="FK Khazar Sumgayit">Khazar Sumgayit</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">2</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazri_Buzovna" title="Khazri Buzovna">Khazri Buzovna</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karvan_FK" title="Karvan FK">Karvan</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/AZAL_PFK" class="mw-redirect" title="AZAL PFK">AZAL</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zira_FK" title="Zira FK">Zira</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Simurq_PIK" title="Simurq PIK">Simurq</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Vil%C9%99%C5%9F_Masall%C4%B1" title="FK Viləş Masallı">Viləş Masallı</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sabail_FK" title="Sabail FK">Sabail</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sumgayit_FK" title="Sumgayit FK">Sumgayit</a>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">–</div>
</td>
<td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1</div>
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Players">Players</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Players">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Azerbaijan Premier League clubs have almost complete freedom to sign whatever number and category of players they wish. There is no team or individual salary cap, no squad size limit, no age restrictions other than those applied by general employment law, no restrictions on the overall number of foreign players, and few restrictions on individual foreign players – all players with foreign nationality, including those able to claim a passport through a parent or grandparent, are eligible to play, and top players from outside the EU are able to obtain Azerbaijani work permits.
</p><p>The only restriction on selection is the "Under-21 rule". This rule states that each club must include at least two players under the age of 21 in its matchday squad.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup> Opinions on this rule appear to be divided among APL managers.
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Records">Records</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Records">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Players in the Premier League compete for the Azerbaijan Premier League Golden Boot, awarded to the top scorer at the end of each season. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nazim_Aliyev" title="Nazim Aliyev">Nazim Aliyev</a> is the league's all-time top scorer with 183 goals, including 39 in the 1992 season.<sup id="cite_ref-Ekspress_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ekspress-21">[21]</a></sup> During the 1995–96 season he became the first player to score 100 Premier League goals. Since then, 10 other players have reached the 100-goal mark.<sup id="cite_ref-Ekspress_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ekspress-21">[21]</a></sup>
</p>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Qurban_Qurbanov.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Qurban_Qurbanov.jpg/200px-Qurban_Qurbanov.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="255" class="thumbimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Qurban_Qurbanov.jpg/300px-Qurban_Qurbanov.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Qurban_Qurbanov.jpg/400px-Qurban_Qurbanov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="574" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Qurban_Qurbanov.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gurban_Gurbanov" title="Gurban Gurbanov">Gurban Gurbanov</a> is one of the highest goalscorers in Premier League.</div></div></div>
<table align="left" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 0; border: 1px solid #999; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; background-color:ivory; width:64%; font-size: 95%;">
<caption><b>Top Ten Highest Goalscorers</b><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr style="background:beige;">
<th colspan="2" align="center">Player
</th>
<th align="center">Period
</th>
<th align="center" abbr="Club">Club<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup>
</th>
<th align="center">Goals
</th></tr>
<tr>
<th>1
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nazim_Aliyev" title="Nazim Aliyev">Nazim Aliyev</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1992–99
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftchi Baku</a>
</td>
<td align="center">183
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:lemonchiffon;">
<th>2
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mushfig_Huseynov" title="Mushfig Huseynov">Mushfig Huseynov</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1992–07
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td align="center">125
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>3
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> Rovshan Ahmadov
</td>
<td align="center">1992–03
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>
</td>
<td align="center">116
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:lemonchiffon;">
<th>4
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gurban_Gurbanov" title="Gurban Gurbanov">Gurban Gurbanov</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1990–06
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td align="center">115
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>5
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Samir_Alakbarov" title="Samir Alakbarov">Samir Alakbarov</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1992–01
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a>
</td>
<td align="center">115
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:lemonchiffon;">
<th>6
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> Alay Bahramov
</td>
<td align="center">1992–99
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Vil%C9%99%C5%9F_Masall%C4%B1" title="FK Viləş Masallı">Viləş Masallı</a>
</td>
<td align="center">108
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>7
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vadim_Vasilyev_(footballer)" title="Vadim Vasilyev (footballer)">Vadim Vasilyev</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1994–07
</td>
<td align="center">Baki Fehlesi
</td>
<td align="center">102
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:lemonchiffon;">
<th>8
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khagani_Mammadov" title="Khagani Mammadov">Khagani Mammadov</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1994–12
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter_Baku_PIK" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku PIK">Inter Baku</a>
</td>
<td align="center">102
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>9
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kanan_Karimov" title="Kanan Karimov">Kanan Karimov</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1995–12
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>
</td>
<td align="center">101
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:lemonchiffon;">
<th>10
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nadir_Nabiyev" title="Nadir Nabiyev">Nadir Nabiyev</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1995–12
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan</a>
</td>
<td align="center">100
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Aslan_Kerimov.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Aslan_Kerimov.jpg/200px-Aslan_Kerimov.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="249" class="thumbimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Aslan_Kerimov.jpg/300px-Aslan_Kerimov.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Aslan_Kerimov.jpg/400px-Aslan_Kerimov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="472" data-file-height="588" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Aslan_Kerimov.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Aslan_Kerimov" title="Aslan Kerimov">Aslan Kerimov</a> is one of the most capped players in Premier League.</div></div></div>
<table align="left" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 0; border: 1px solid #999; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; background-color:ivory; width:64%; font-size: 95%;">
<caption><b>Top Ten Players With Most Appearances</b><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr style="background:beige;">
<th colspan="2" align="center">Player
</th>
<th align="center">Period
</th>
<th align="center" abbr="Club">Club<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup>
</th>
<th align="center">Games
</th></tr>
<tr>
<th>1
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azer_Mammadov" title="Azer Mammadov">Azer Mammadov</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1992–12
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>
</td>
<td align="center">445
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:lemonchiffon;">
<th>2
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mahmud_Gurbanov" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahmud Gurbanov">Mahmud Gurbanov</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1992–12
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>
</td>
<td align="center">421
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>3
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Aslan_Kerimov" title="Aslan Kerimov">Aslan Kerimov</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1992–11
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td align="center">382
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:lemonchiffon;">
<th>4
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Agil_Mammadov_(footballer,_born_1972)" title="Agil Mammadov (footballer, born 1972)">Agil Mammadov</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1992–11
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan</a>
</td>
<td align="center">364
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>5
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> Ismayil Mammadov
</td>
<td align="center">1992–09
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>
</td>
<td align="center">351
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:lemonchiffon;">
<th>6
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maksim_Medvedev" title="Maksim Medvedev">Maksim Medvedev</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2006-present
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td align="center">344
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>7
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kanan_Karimov" title="Kanan Karimov">Kanan Karimov</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1995–12
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>
</td>
<td align="center">327
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>8
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nadir_Nabiyev" title="Nadir Nabiyev">Nadir Nabiyev</a>
</td>
<td align="center">1995–12
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan</a>
</td>
<td align="center">316
</td></tr>
<tr style="background:lemonchiffon;">
<th>9
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> Mubariz Orujov
</td>
<td align="center">1992–08
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran_FK" title="Khazar Lankaran FK">Khazar Lankaran</a>
</td>
<td align="center">311
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>10
</th>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> Mushfig Huseynov
</td>
<td align="center">1992–07
</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a>
</td>
<td align="center">305
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
<dl><dt>Biggest home win</dt>
<dd><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a> 14–2 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League">1997–98</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup></dd>
<dt>Most consecutive games unbeaten</dt>
<dd><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a>, 30 games, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League">1997–98</a><sup id="cite_ref-rek_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rek-2">[2]</a></sup></dd>
<dt>Youngest goalscorer</dt>
<dd>Orkhan Aliyev, for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sumgayit_FK" title="Sumgayit FK">Sumgayit</a> vs <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabala_FK" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a>, 15 years old, 236 days<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup></dd>
<dt>Oldest player</dt>
<dd><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nadir_Shukurov" title="Nadir Shukurov">Nadir Shukurov</a>, for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karvan_FK" title="Karvan FK">Karvan</a> vs <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Mughan" class="mw-redirect" title="FK Mughan">Mughan</a>, 42 years, 19 April 2009<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup></dd>
<dt>All-time top scorer</dt>
<dd><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nazim_Aliyev" title="Nazim Aliyev">Nazim Aliyev</a> (Khazar Sumgayit, Neftçi, Qarabag, Shafa Baku, Dinamo Baku), (183 goals)</dd>
<dt>Most APL appearances</dt>
<dd><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azer_Mammadov" title="Azer Mammadov">Azer Mammadov</a>, 445</dd>
<dt>Most goals in a season</dt>
<dd><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nazim_Aliyev" title="Nazim Aliyev">Nazim Aliyev</a> (Khazar Sumgayit), (39 goals), 1992</dd></dl>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="UEFA_ranking">UEFA ranking</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: UEFA ranking">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA_coefficient#League_coefficient" title="UEFA coefficient">UEFA Country Ranking</a> for league participation after 2018–19 European football season.
</p>
<dl><dd><i>As of 20 June 2019<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup></i></dd></dl>
<table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;">
<tbody><tr>
<th>Current<br />Ranking
</th>
<th>Movement
</th>
<th>Last Season<br />Ranking
</th>
<th>League
</th>
<th>Coefficient
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>24
</td>
<td><img alt="upward-facing green arrow" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/10px-Sub_on.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Substituted in" width="10" height="13" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/15px-Sub_on.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/20px-Sub_on.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" />
</td>
<td><i>(28)</i>
</td>
<td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan"><img alt="Kazakhstan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kazakhstan_Premier_League" title="Kazakhstan Premier League">Kazakhstan Premier League</a>
</td>
<td>19.250
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>25
</td>
<td><img alt="downward-facing red arrow" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/10px-Sub_off.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Substituted off" width="10" height="13" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/15px-Sub_off.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/20px-Sub_off.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" />
</td>
<td><i>(21)</i>
</td>
<td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ekstraklasa" title="Ekstraklasa">Ekstraklasa</a>
</td>
<td>19.250
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>26
</td>
<td><img alt="downward-facing red arrow" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/10px-Sub_off.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Substituted off" width="10" height="13" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/15px-Sub_off.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/20px-Sub_off.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" />
</td>
<td><i>(23)</i>
</td>
<td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <b>Azerbaijan Premier League</b>
</td>
<td>19.000
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>27
</td>
<td><img alt="downward-facing red arrow" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/10px-Sub_off.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Substituted off" width="10" height="13" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/15px-Sub_off.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/20px-Sub_off.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" />
</td>
<td><i>(18)</i>
</td>
<td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"><img alt="Israel" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Israeli_Premier_League" title="Israeli Premier League">Israeli Premier League</a>
</td>
<td>18.625
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>28
</td>
<td><img alt="Steady" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Steady" width="11" height="11" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" />
</td>
<td><i>(24)</i>
</td>
<td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/First_Professional_Football_League_(Bulgaria)" title="First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)">Bulgarian First League</a>
</td>
<td>17.500
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Finances">Finances</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Finances">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Attendances">Attendances</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Attendances">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;">
<tbody><tr>
<th>Season<br />
</th>
<th>Total attendance<br />
</th>
<th>Number of <br />matches
</th>
<th>Average attendance<br />per match
</th>
<th>Ref
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2001–02 Azerbaijan Top League">2001–02</a></td>
<td>187,929</td>
<td>171</td>
<td>1,099</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-justlist1_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justlist1-30">[30]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2002–03 Azerbaijan Top League">2002–03</a>
</td>
<td colspan="4" style="background:#efefef"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><i>League was cancelled</i> *</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League">2003–04</a></td>
<td>195,840</td>
<td>144</td>
<td>1,360</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-jutlist1_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jutlist1-31">[31]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League">2004–05</a></td>
<td>470,670</td>
<td>290</td>
<td>1,623</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-jutlist1_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jutlist1-31">[31]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2005–06 Azerbaijan Top League">2005–06</a></td>
<td>183,365</td>
<td>169</td>
<td>1,085</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-jutlist1_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jutlist1-31">[31]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League">2006–07</a></td>
<td>225,216</td>
<td>144</td>
<td>1,564</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-jutlist1_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jutlist1-31">[31]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League">2007–08</a></td>
<td>277,667</td>
<td>169</td>
<td>1,643</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-jutlist1_31-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jutlist1-31">[31]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League">2008–09</a></td>
<td>309,582</td>
<td>182</td>
<td>1,701</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-jutlist1_31-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jutlist1-31">[31]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League">2009–10</a></td>
<td>340,522</td>
<td>172</td>
<td>1,979</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-atten1_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atten1-32">[32]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League">2010–11</a></td>
<td>418,418</td>
<td>192</td>
<td>2,179</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-atten1_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atten1-32">[32]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League">2011–12</a></td>
<td>433,342</td>
<td>192</td>
<td>2,256</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League">2012–13</a></td>
<td>364,910</td>
<td>192</td>
<td>1,900</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League">2013–14</a></td>
<td>281,400</td>
<td>175</td>
<td>1,608</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><sup>* <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> has suspended the league after longstanding conflict between the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Association_of_Football_Federations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan">Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan</a> and the majority of the country's top-flight clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup> </sup>
</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Sponsorship">Sponsorship</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sponsorship">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Unibank_Commercial_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Unibank Commercial Bank">UniBank</a>, who had sponsored the league since 2009, did not renew their sponsorship at the end of the 2011–12 season.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup> Talks began with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Topaz_(bookmaker)" title="Topaz (bookmaker)">Topaz</a> betting operator, and a deal was confirmed shortly afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></sup>
</p>
<ul><li>2009–12: Unibank Premyer Liqası<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup></li>
<li>2012–19: Topaz Premyer Liqası<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></sup></li></ul>
<p>In August 2019, cooperation was suspended and PFL announced a new tender for sponsorship.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></sup>
</p><p>As well as sponsorship for the league itself, the Premier League has a number of official partners and suppliers. The technical for the league is <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> who is providing their match ball for the season.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a></sup>
</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Insolvency_events">Insolvency events</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Insolvency events">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Since the APL began, five of its member clubs have entered <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Administration_(insolvency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Administration (insolvency)">administration</a>, while nearly twenty clubs liquidated.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></sup> A reduction in revenue from ticket sales for APL games and club merchandise impacted negatively on club expenditure. Players were asked to consider wage cuts and team squads were reduced.
</p><p>A major criticism of the Premier League in the mid-2000s was the emergence of gulf between the Premier League and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_First_Division" title="Azerbaijan First Division">First Division</a>. Criticism of the gap between clubs has continued, nevertheless, due to some clubs' increasing ability to spend more than the other Premier League clubs. For some clubs, including <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karvan_FK" title="Karvan FK">Karvan</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Absheron_FK" title="Absheron FK">Absheron</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mil-Mu%C4%9Fan_FK" title="Mil-Muğan FK">MKT-Araz</a> who have failed to win immediate promotion back to the top flight, financial problems, including in some cases administration or even liquidation have followed.
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Media coverage">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<table class="wikitable">
<tbody><tr>
<th>Country
</th>
<th>Broadcaster
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> </span>Azerbaijan
</td>
<td>CBC Sport
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td align="left"><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> </span>Austria</b></td>
<td rowspan="5"><br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Laola1" title="Laola1">Laola1</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td align="left"><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> </span>Georgia</b>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td align="left"><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> </span>Germany</b>
</td></tr>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Awards">Awards</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Awards">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Trophy">Trophy</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Trophy">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>The current Azerbaijan Premier League trophy was developed by the Professional Football League of Azerbaijan and the trophy has been awarded to the champion of Azerbaijan since the end of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League">2009–10 season</a>, replacing the previous Premier League trophy that had existed for only few years.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Monthly_and_annual">Monthly and annual</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Monthly and annual">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>In addition to the winner's Trophy and the individual winner's medal players receive, Azerbaijan Premier League also awards the monthly Player of the Month award. Following the season, the awards such as the Player of the Year, Manager of the Year, and Young Player of the Year from Azerbaijan Premier League are handed out.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_First_Division" title="Azerbaijan First Division">Azerbaijan First Division</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_Cup" title="Azerbaijan Cup">Azerbaijan Cup</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Football_in_Azerbaijan" title="Football in Azerbaijan">Football in Azerbaijan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Soviet_Top_League" title="Soviet Top League">Soviet Top League</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_foreign_Azerbaijan_Premier_League_players" title="List of foreign Azerbaijan Premier League players">List of foreign Azerbaijan Premier League players</a></li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=aze/news/newsid=1952020.html">"Three in a row for Azerbaijani champions Neftçi"</a>. <i>uefa.com</i>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=uefa.com&rft.atitle=Three+in+a+row+for+Azerbaijani+champions+Neft%C3%A7i&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uefa.com%2Fmemberassociations%2Fassociation%3Daze%2Fnews%2Fnewsid%3D1952020.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.milliyet.com.tr/azerbaycan-da-sampiyon-karabag---1879010-skorerhaber/">"Azerbaycan'da şampiyon Karabağ"</a>. <i>www.milliyet.com.tr</i> (in Turkish). <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Milliyet" title="Milliyet">Milliyet</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 May</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.milliyet.com.tr&rft.atitle=Azerbaycan%27da+%C5%9Fampiyon+Karaba%C4%9F&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.milliyet.com.tr%2Fazerbaycan-da-sampiyon-karabag---1879010-skorerhaber%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/739363"><bdi lang="ru">"Карабах" выбил "Твенте" из Лиги Европы</bdi></a>. <i>www.sovsport.ru</i> (in Russian)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 August</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.sovsport.ru&rft.atitle=%22%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%85%22+%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB+%22%D0%A2%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%22+%D0%B8%D0%B7+%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8+%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%8B&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sovsport.ru%2Fnews%2Ftext-item%2F739363&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.azerifootball.com/ru/13/news/45788.html">"Официально: Сезон 2019/20 завершен досрочно. Карабах - чемпион, Сумгаит впервые в истории попал в Еврокубки"</a>. <i>azerifootball.com/</i> (in Russian). Azerifootball. 19 June 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 June</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=azerifootball.com%2F&rft.atitle=%D0%9E%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%3A+%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD+2019%2F20+%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD+%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE.+%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%85+-+%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C+%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B8%D1%82+%D0%B2%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5+%D0%B2+%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB+%D0%B2+%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BA%D0%B8&rft.date=2020-06-19&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.azerifootball.com%2Fru%2F13%2Fnews%2F45788.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-futbolpress.az-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-futbolpress.az_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://futbolpress.az/v2/news-details/26273/">"Azərbaycan Premyer Liqasının formatı dəyişdi"</a>. <i>futbolpress.az</i> (in Azerbaijani).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=futbolpress.az&rft.atitle=Az%C9%99rbaycan+Premyer+Liqas%C4%B1n%C4%B1n+format%C4%B1+d%C9%99yi%C5%9Fdi&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffutbolpress.az%2Fv2%2Fnews-details%2F26273%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.azerisport.com/video/20211119101504359.html">"Эльхан Мамедов: Планируем расширить АЗПЛ до 10-и команд, и надеемся увидеть там Кяпаз"</a>. <i>azerisport.com</i> (in Russian).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=azerisport.com&rft.atitle=%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD+%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%3A+%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%BC+%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%90%D0%97%D0%9F%D0%9B+%D0%B4%D0%BE+10-%D0%B8+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C+%D0%B8+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%81%D1%8F+%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C+%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC+%D0%9A%D1%8F%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B7&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azerisport.com%2Fvideo%2F20211119101504359.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pfl.az">Azərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Azerbaijani)</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer02.html">Azerbaijan 2001/02</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140303022311/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer03.html">Archived</a> 3 March 2014 at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140222032911/http://sportinfo.az/news-288/?n=l">"AFFA 21 yaşla bağlı qərarı ləğv edir, bu dəfə Ramin Musayev Elxan Məmmədova qalib gəldi"</a>. <i>sportinfo.az</i> (in Azerbaijani). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sportinfo.az/news-288/?n=l">the original</a> on 22 February 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=sportinfo.az&rft.atitle=AFFA+21+ya%C5%9Fla+ba%C4%9Fl%C4%B1+q%C9%99rar%C4%B1+l%C9%99%C4%9Fv+edir%2C+bu+d%C9%99f%C9%99+Ramin+Musayev+Elxan+M%C9%99mm%C9%99dova+qalib+g%C9%99ldi&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsportinfo.az%2Fnews-288%2F%3Fn%3Dl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Ekspress-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ekspress_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ekspress_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/2014.08.05-003513/http://www.express.com.az/second.asp?id=114453">Ekspress Newspaper</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Azerbaijani)</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.football-plus.az/view_post.php?id=1866">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"100-lər klubu" üçün het-trik"</a>. <i>Football Plus Newspaper</i> (in Azerbaijani)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 September</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Football+Plus+Newspaper&rft.atitle=%22100-l%C9%99r+klubu%22+%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCn+het-trik&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.football-plus.az%2Fview_post.php%3Fid%3D1866&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged October 2016">permanent dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">where player shot the most goals</span>
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<li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/2013.01.15-025635/http://apasport.az/news.php?id=60224">"Premyer Liqamızın ilk "11"i"</a>. <i>apasport.az</i> (in Azerbaijani). Apasport News Agency. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://apasport.az/news.php?id=60224">the original</a> on 15 January 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 August</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=apasport.az&rft.atitle=Premyer+Liqam%C4%B1z%C4%B1n+ilk+%2211%22i&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fapasport.az%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D60224&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">where player played the most games.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/1999-02-10/4_4/"><bdi lang="ru">ПАС ИЗ-ЗА ГРАНИЦЫ</bdi></a>. <i>Sports Express Newspaper</i> (in Russian)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sports+Express+Newspaper&rft.atitle=%D0%9F%D0%90%D0%A1+%D0%98%D0%97-%D0%97%D0%90+%D0%93%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%A6%D0%AB&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sport-express.ru%2Fnewspaper%2F1999-02-10%2F4_4%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2117246.html">"Europe's youngest top-flight goalscorers"</a>. <i>www.uefa.com</i>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 June</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.uefa.com&rft.atitle=Europe%27s+youngest+top-flight+goalscorers&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uefa.com%2Fmemberassociations%2Fnews%2Fnewsid%3D2117246.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.affa.az/index.php?r=1&id=2892&lang=en">"NBC is renamed"</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Association_of_Football_Federations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan">AFFA</a>. 31 October 2008. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090423082806/http://www.affa.az/index.php?r=1&id=2892&lang=en">Archived</a> from the original on 23 April 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 March</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=NBC+is+renamed&rft.pub=AFFA&rft.date=2008-10-31&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.affa.az%2Findex.php%3Fr%3D1%26id%3D2892%26lang%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/index.html#/yr/2019">Country coefficients</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-justlist1-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-justlist1_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.azerisport.com/football/20101123020240273.html"><bdi lang="ru">Посещаемость чемпионата Азербайджана выросла на 22%</bdi></a> (in Russian). Azerisport.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 November</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0+%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0+%D0%BD%D0%B0+22%25&rft.pub=Azerisport.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.azerisport.com%2Ffootball%2F20101123020240273.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-jutlist1-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-jutlist1_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jutlist1_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jutlist1_31-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jutlist1_31-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jutlist1_31-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jutlist1_31-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">"2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League" (in Croatian). <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jutarnji_list" title="Jutarnji list">Jutarnji list</a>. 6 April 2010. p. 97.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=2003%E2%80%9304+Azerbaijan+Top+League&rft.pages=97&rft.date=2010-04-06&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-atten1-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-atten1_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-atten1_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm">"Attendance of Azerbaijan Premier League"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110719102614/http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 19 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 July</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Attendance+of+Azerbaijan+Premier+League&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.european-football-statistics.co.uk%2Fattn.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.news.az/articles/sports/76345">"Azerbaijani Premier League fourth in attendance in post-Soviet space"</a>. <i>News.az</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=News.az&rft.atitle=Azerbaijani+Premier+League+fourth+in+attendance+in+post-Soviet+space&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.az%2Farticles%2Fsports%2F76345&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/2013.01.15-024454/http://3w.fanat.az/18-turun-azarkes-sayi-214-470-n%C9%99f%C9%99r/">"18 turun azarkeş sayı – 214.470 nəfər"</a>. <i>fanat.az</i> (in Azerbaijani). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://3w.fanat.az/18-turun-azarkes-sayi-214-470-n%C9%99f%C9%99r/">the original</a> on 15 January 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 December</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=fanat.az&rft.atitle=18+turun+azarke%C5%9F+say%C4%B1+%E2%80%93+214.470+n%C9%99f%C9%99r&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F3w.fanat.az%2F18-turun-azarkes-sayi-214-470-n%25C9%2599f%25C9%2599r%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131227222149/http://www.apasport.az/news.php?id=85012">"Bakıda futbola maraq yoxdur: Lənkəranlılar hamıdan öndə"</a>. <i>apasport.az</i> (in Azerbaijani). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://apasport.az/news.php?id=85012">the original</a> on 27 December 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 December</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=apasport.az&rft.atitle=Bak%C4%B1da+futbola+maraq+yoxdur%3A+L%C9%99nk%C9%99ranl%C4%B1lar+ham%C4%B1dan+%C3%B6nd%C9%99&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fapasport.az%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D85012&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/2012.09.13-101321/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/executiveaffairs/news/newsid=71251.html">"Azerbaijan embargo ends"</a>. <i>Uefa.com</i>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/executiveaffairs/news/newsid=71251.html">the original</a> on 13 September 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 April</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Uefa.com&rft.atitle=Azerbaijan+embargo+ends&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uefa.com%2Fuefa%2Fmanagement%2Fexecutiveaffairs%2Fnews%2Fnewsid%3D71251.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ru.trend.az/news/sports/1546396.html">Unibank стал главным спонсором профессиональной футбольной лиги</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110728072759/http://ru.trend.az/news/sports/1546396.html">Archived</a> 28 July 2011 at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Azerbaijani)</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.1news.az/economy/20090924024300717.html">Азербайджанский «Unibank» стал официальным спонсором Премьер-лиги</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090926162111/http://www.1news.az/economy/20090924024300717.html">Archived</a> 26 September 2009 at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Azerbaijani)</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sportal.az/?goal=news&id=18401">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Topaz" Premyer Liqanın yeni sponsoru oldu"</a>. <i>Sportal.az</i> (in Azerbaijani)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 August</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sportal.az&rft.atitle=%22Topaz%22+Premyer+Liqan%C4%B1n+yeni+sponsoru+oldu&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsportal.az%2F%3Fgoal%3Dnews%26id%3D18401&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111003220759/http://abc.az/eng/news/corporate/38603.html">"Unibank has become general sponsor of Professional Football League"</a>. Azerbaijan Business Center. 24 September 2009. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://abc.az/eng/news/corporate/38603.html">the original</a> on 3 October 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 September</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Unibank+has+become+general+sponsor+of+Professional+Football+League&rft.pub=Azerbaijan+Business+Center&rft.date=2009-09-24&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fabc.az%2Feng%2Fnews%2Fcorporate%2F38603.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://azerisport.com/football/20120919040127452.html">"Topaz и ПФЛ подписались на три совместных сезона"</a>. Azerisport.az. 19 September 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 September</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Topaz+%D0%B8+%D0%9F%D0%A4%D0%9B+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8C+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0&rft.pub=Azerisport.az&rft.date=2012-09-19&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fazerisport.com%2Ffootball%2F20120919040127452.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.azerifootball.com/ru/13/news/43228.html">"ПФЛ пытается отомстить Topaz заключением контракта с другой букмекерской компанией. Но это незаконно"</a>. Azerifootball.com. 6 August 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 August</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D0%9F%D0%A4%D0%9B+%D0%BF%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F+%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C+Topaz+%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BC+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0+%D1%81+%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B9+%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B9.+%D0%9D%D0%BE+%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE&rft.pub=Azerifootball.com&rft.date=2019-08-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.azerifootball.com%2Fru%2F13%2Fnews%2F43228.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pfl.az/news/8367">"PFL tender elan edir"</a>. Pfl.az. 6 August 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 August</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=PFL+tender+elan+edir&rft.pub=Pfl.az&rft.date=2019-08-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pfl.az%2Fnews%2F8367&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.football-plus.az/olke/7632-affa-her-kluba-100-top-verib.html">"AFFA hər kluba 100 top verib"</a> (in Azerbaijani)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 August</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=AFFA+h%C9%99r+kluba+100+top+verib&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.football-plus.az%2Folke%2F7632-affa-her-kluba-100-top-verib.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trend.az/news/society/1242026.html"><bdi lang="ru">Распался клуб-участник азербайджанской Премьер-лиги</bdi></a>. <i>Trend.az</i> (in Russian)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Trend.az&rft.atitle=%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%8F+%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1-%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA+%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9+%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trend.az%2Fnews%2Fsociety%2F1242026.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rekord.az/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5559:futbolun-vidaladqlar-futbolla-vidalaa-bilmir-yaz&catid=24:analitika&Itemid=31">"Futbolun vidalaşdıqları futbolla vidalaşa bilmir (Yazı)"</a>. <i>korner.az</i> (in Azerbaijani)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=korner.az&rft.atitle=Futbolun+vidala%C5%9Fd%C4%B1qlar%C4%B1+futbolla+vidala%C5%9Fa+bilmir+%28Yaz%C4%B1%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Frekord.az%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D5559%3Afutbolun-vidaladqlar-futbolla-vidalaa-bilmir-yaz%26catid%3D24%3Aanalitika%26Itemid%3D31&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijan+Premier+League" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Premier_League&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pfl.az/">Azerbaijani Professional Football League Official website</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=aze/domesticleague/index.html">Azerbaijani Premier League</a> at UEFA</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azerchamp.html">Azerbaijan - List of Champions</a>, RSSSF.com</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://int.soccerway.com/national/azerbaijan/premyer-liqa/">Azerbaijan Premier League summary</a>, Soccerway</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Predecessor: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Soviet_Top_League" title="Soviet Top League">Soviet Top League</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:;width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Top League</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1992_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1992 Azerbaijan Top League">1992</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1993_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1993 Azerbaijan Top League">1993</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1993–94 Azerbaijan Top League">1993–94</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1994–95 Azerbaijan Top League">1994–95</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League">1995–96</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1996–97 Azerbaijan Top League">1996–97</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League">1997–98</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League">1998–99</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="1999–2000 Azerbaijan Top League">1999–00</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2000–01 Azerbaijan Top League">2000–01</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2001–02 Azerbaijan Top League">2001–02</a></li>
<li><span style="color:#d9d9d9;"><abbr title=""Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, no league championship was held"">2002–03</abbr></span></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League">2003–04</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League">2004–05</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2005–06 Azerbaijan Top League">2005–06</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Azerbaijan_Top_League" title="2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League">2006–07</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Premier League</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Azerbaijan Premier League">2007–08</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League">2008–09</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League">2009–10</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League">2010–11</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League">2011–12</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League">2012–13</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League">2013–14</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League">2014–15</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League">2015–16</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League">2016–17</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League">2017–18</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League">2018–19</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League">2019–20</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League">2020–21</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League">2021–22</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League">2022–23</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi</a> (9)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a> (9)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a> (3)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamakhi_FK" title="Shamakhi FK">Shamakhi</a> (2)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a> (2)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a> (2)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran_FK" title="Khazar Lankaran FK">Khazar Lankaran</a> (1)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan</a> (1)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:;width:1%">Current teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2022%E2%80%9323_Gabala_FK_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022–23 Gabala FK season (page does not exist)">Gabala</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2022%E2%80%9323_Kapaz_PFK_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022–23 Kapaz PFK season (page does not exist)">Kapaz</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Neft%C3%A7i_PFK_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2022–23 Neftçi PFK season">Neftçi </a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Qaraba%C4%9F_FK_season" title="2022–23 Qarabağ FK season">Qarabağ</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2022%E2%80%9323_Sabah_FC_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022–23 Sabah FC season (page does not exist)">Sabah</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2022%E2%80%9323_Sabail_FK_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022–23 Sabail FK season (page does not exist)">Sabail</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2022%E2%80%9323_Shamakhi_FK_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022–23 Shamakhi FK season (page does not exist)">Shamakhi</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2022%E2%80%9323_Sumgayit_FK_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022–23 Sumgayit FK season (page does not exist)">Sumgayit</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2022%E2%80%9323_Turan-Tovuz_IK_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022–23 Turan-Tovuz IK season (page does not exist)">Turan-Tovuz</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2022%E2%80%9323_Zira_FK_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022–23 Zira FK season (page does not exist)">Zira</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:;width:1%">Former clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/ABN_Barda" title="ABN Barda">ABN Barda</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Adliyya_Baku" title="Adliyya Baku">Adliyya</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/ANS_Pivani_Bak%C4%B1_FK" title="ANS Pivani Bakı FK">ANS Pivani</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Araz-Nax%C3%A7%C4%B1van_PFK" title="Araz-Naxçıvan PFK">Araz-Naxçıvan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Avei_Agstafa" title="FK Avei Agstafa">Avei</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Avtomobil%C3%A7i_Yevlax_FK" title="Avtomobilçi Yevlax FK">Avtomobilçi</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shuvalan_FK" title="Shuvalan FK">AZAL</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_under-18_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national under-18 football team">Azerbaijan U18</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azeri_Baku_FK" title="Azeri Baku FK">Azeri</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azneftya%C4%9F_Baku_FK" title="Azneftyağ Baku FK">Azneftyağ</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bak%C4%B1l%C4%B1_PFK" title="Bakılı PFK">Bakılı</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Boz_Qurd_Samukh_FK" title="Boz Qurd Samukh FK">Boz Qurd</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C3%87%C4%B1raqqala_Siy%C9%99z%C9%99n_FK" title="Çıraqqala Siyəzən FK">Çıraqqala</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Da%C5%9Fq%C4%B1n_Zaqatala" title="FK Daşqın Zaqatala">Daşqın</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Energetik_%C6%8Fli-Bayraml%C4%B1_FK" title="Energetik Əli-Bayramlı FK">Energetik (Əli-Bayramlı)</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Energetik_FK" title="Energetik FK">Energetik (Mingachevir)</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_F%C9%99rid_Baku" title="FK Fərid Baku">Fərid</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Genclerbirliyi_Sumqayit" title="FK Genclerbirliyi Sumqayit">Genclerbirliyi</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=FK_G%C9%99nclik_Navah%C4%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FK Gənclik Navahı (page does not exist)">Gənclik</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/G%C3%B6yazan_Qazakh_FK" title="Göyazan Qazakh FK">Göyazan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C4%B0n%C5%9Faat%C3%A7%C4%B1_Baku_FK" title="İnşaatçı Baku FK">İnşaatçı (Baku)</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C4%B0n%C5%9Faat%C3%A7%C4%B1_Sabirabad_FK" title="İnşaatçı Sabirabad FK">İnşaatçı (Sabirabad)</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=FK_Karat_Baku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FK Karat Baku (page does not exist)">Karat</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karvan_FK" title="Karvan FK">Karvan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/K%C3%BCrm%C3%BCk_Qakh_FK" title="Kürmük Qakh FK">Kürmük</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=FK_Lokomotiv_%C4%B0mi%C5%9Fli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FK Lokomotiv İmişli (page does not exist)">Lokomotiv</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mil-Mu%C4%9Fan_FK" title="Mil-Muğan FK">MKT-Araz</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/MOIK_Baku" title="MOIK Baku">MOIK</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Mughan" class="mw-redirect" title="FK Mughan">Mughan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Neftqaz_Bak%C4%B1" title="FK Neftqaz Bakı">Neftqaz-GNKAR</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Pambiqci_Neftcala" title="FK Pambiqci Neftcala">Pambiqci</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Plastik_Salyan_FK" title="Plastik Salyan FK">Plastik</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=FK_Qaraba%C4%9F_Barda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FK Qarabağ Barda (page does not exist)">Qarabağ (Barda)</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ravan_Baku_FK" title="Ravan Baku FK">Ravan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Spartak_Guba_FK" title="Spartak Guba FK">Shahdag (Quba)</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shahdag_Qusar_FK" title="Shahdag Qusar FK">Shahdag (Qusar)</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shafa_Baku_FK" title="Shafa Baku FK">Shafa</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamkir_FC" title="Shamkir FC">Shamkir</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Simurq_PIK" title="Simurq PIK">Simurq</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C5%9Eirvan_K%C3%BCrd%C9%99mir_FK" title="Şirvan Kürdəmir FK">Şirvan (Kurdamir)</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C5%9Eirvan_%C5%9Eamax%C4%B1_FK" title="Şirvan Şamaxı FK">Şirvan (Shamakhi)</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Standard_Sumgayit" title="FK Standard Sumgayit">Standard</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=FK_%C3%9Cmid_Baku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FK Ümid Baku (page does not exist)">Təfəkkür Universiteti</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C3%9Cmid_FK" title="Ümid FK">Ümid</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Vil%C9%99%C5%9F_Masall%C4%B1" title="FK Viləş Masallı">Viləş</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran_FK" title="Khazar Lankaran FK">Khazar Lankaran</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FK_Khazar_Sumgayit" title="FK Khazar Sumgayit">Khazar Sumgayit</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khazri_Buzovna" title="Khazri Buzovna">Khazri Buzovna</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Kapaz</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamakhi_FK" title="Shamakhi FK">Shamakhi</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftçi Baku</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qaraba%C4%9F_FK" title="Qarabağ FK">Qarabağ</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sabah_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabah FK">Sabah</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C9%99bail_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Səbail FK">Səbail</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sumgayit_FK" title="Sumgayit FK">Sumgayit</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turan-Tovuz_IK" title="Turan-Tovuz IK">Turan-Tovuz</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zira_FK" title="Zira FK">Zira</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_Azerbaijan_football_transfers_summer_2022" title="List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2022">Summer 2022 transfers</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=List_of_Azerbaijan_football_transfers_winter_2022%E2%80%9323&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2022–23 (page does not exist)">Winter 2022–23 transfers</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_foreign_Azerbaijan_Premier_League_players" title="List of foreign Azerbaijan Premier League players">Foreign players</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Premier League</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_First_Division" title="Azerbaijan First Division">First Division</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_Regional_League" title="Azerbaijan Regional League">Regional League</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/AFFA_Amateur_League" title="AFFA Amateur League">AFFA Amateur League</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijani_women%27s_football_championship" title="Azerbaijani women's football championship">Women's League</a> (defunct)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijani_football_league_system" title="Azerbaijani football league system">Azerbaijani football league system</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_Cup" title="Azerbaijan Cup">Azerbaijan Cup</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_Supercup" title="Azerbaijan Supercup">Azerbaijan Supercup</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_in_Azerbaijani_football" title="2009–10 in Azerbaijani football">2009–10</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_in_Azerbaijani_football" title="2010–11 in Azerbaijani football">2010–11</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_in_Azerbaijani_football" title="2011–12 in Azerbaijani football">2011–12</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_in_Azerbaijani_football" title="2012–13 in Azerbaijani football">2012–13</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2013%E2%80%9314_in_Azerbaijani_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2013–14 in Azerbaijani football (page does not exist)">2013–14</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_in_Azerbaijani_football" title="2014–15 in Azerbaijani football">2014–15</a></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_in_Azerbaijani_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015–16 in Azerbaijani football (page does not exist)">2015–16</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2016%E2%80%9317_in_Azerbaijani_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2016–17 in Azerbaijani football (page does not exist)">2016–17</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2017%E2%80%9318_in_Azerbaijani_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2017–18 in Azerbaijani football (page does not exist)">2017–18</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2018%E2%80%9319_in_Azerbaijani_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2018–19 in Azerbaijani football (page does not exist)">2018–19</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2019%E2%80%9320_in_Azerbaijani_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019–20 in Azerbaijani football (page does not exist)">2019–20</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2020%E2%80%9321_in_Azerbaijani_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2020–21 in Azerbaijani football (page does not exist)">2020–21</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national football team">Men</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_football_team_results" title="Azerbaijan national football team results">Results</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Azerbaijan women's national football team">Women</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Azerbaijan women's national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_futsal_team" title="Azerbaijan national futsal team">Futsal</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_under-23_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national under-23 football team">U-23</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_under-21_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national under-21 football team">U-21</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_under-20_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national under-20 football team">U-20</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_under-19_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national under-19 football team">U-19</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_under-18_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national under-18 football team">U-18</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_under-17_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_beach_soccer_team" title="Azerbaijan national beach soccer team">Beach</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of football clubs in Azerbaijan">Clubs</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan">Venues</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_foreign_Azerbaijan_Premier_League_players" title="List of foreign Azerbaijan Premier League players">Foreign Premier League Players</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijani_Footballer_of_the_Year" title="Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year">Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of football clubs in Azerbaijan">List of football clubs in Azerbaijan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_Football_Academy" title="Azerbaijan Football Academy">Azerbaijan Football Academy</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Football_Championship_of_the_Azerbaijan_SSR" title="Football Championship of the Azerbaijan SSR">Championship of the Azerbaijan SSR</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Association_of_Football_Federations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan">Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Primera_Divisi%C3%B3" title="Primera Divisió">Andorra</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Belarusian_Premier_League" title="Belarusian Premier League">Belarus</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Belgian_First_Division_A" title="Belgian First Division A">Belgium</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Premier_League_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Czech_First_League" title="Czech First League">Czech Republic</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Faroe_Islands_Premier_League" title="Faroe Islands Premier League">Faroe Islands</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Veikkausliiga" title="Veikkausliiga">Finland</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Erovnuli_Liga" title="Erovnuli Liga">Georgia</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gibraltar_Football_League_(2019-present)" title="Gibraltar Football League (2019-present)">Gibraltar</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I" title="Nemzeti Bajnokság I">Hungary</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Besta_deild_karla" title="Besta deild karla">Iceland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Israeli_Premier_League" title="Israeli Premier League">Israel</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Italy</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kazakhstan_Premier_League" title="Kazakhstan Premier League">Kazakhstan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Football_Superleague_of_Kosovo" title="Football Superleague of Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Latvian_Higher_League" title="Latvian Higher League">Latvia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/A_Lyga" title="A Lyga">Lithuania</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Luxembourg_National_Division" title="Luxembourg National Division">Luxembourg</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maltese_Premier_League" title="Maltese Premier League">Malta</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Moldovan_Super_Liga" title="Moldovan Super Liga">Moldova</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Montenegrin_First_League" title="Montenegrin First League">Montenegro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eredivisie" title="Eredivisie">Netherlands</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Macedonian_First_Football_League" title="Macedonian First Football League">North Macedonia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/NIFL_Premiership" title="NIFL Premiership">Northern Ireland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eliteserien" title="Eliteserien">Norway</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ekstraklasa" title="Ekstraklasa">Poland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Primeira_Liga" title="Primeira Liga">Portugal</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/League_of_Ireland_Premier_Division" title="League of Ireland Premier Division">Republic of Ireland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Liga_I" title="Liga I">Romania</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Russian_Premier_League" title="Russian Premier League">Russia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campionato_Sammarinese_di_Calcio" title="Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio">San Marino</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Scottish_Premiership" title="Scottish Premiership">Scotland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Serbian_SuperLiga" title="Serbian SuperLiga">Serbia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Slovak_Super_Liga" title="Slovak Super Liga">Slovakia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Slovenian_PrvaLiga" title="Slovenian PrvaLiga">Slovenia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/La_Liga" title="La Liga">Spain</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Allsvenskan" title="Allsvenskan">Sweden</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Swiss_Super_League" title="Swiss Super League">Switzerland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="Süper Lig">Turkey</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ukrainian_Premier_League" title="Ukrainian Premier League">Ukraine</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cymru_Premier" title="Cymru Premier">Wales</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>Austria
<ul><li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tagblatt_Pokal" title="Tagblatt Pokal">Tagblatt Pokal</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gauliga_Ostmark" title="Gauliga Ostmark">Gauliga Ostmark</a></small></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/First_League_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bulgarian_football_league_system" title="Bulgarian football league system">Bulgaria</a>
<ul><li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bulgarian_Republic_Football_Championship" title="Bulgarian Republic Football Championship">Republic</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bulgarian_State_Football_Championship" title="Bulgarian State Football Championship">State</a></small></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Czechoslovak_First_League" title="Czechoslovak First League">Czechoslovakia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Football_Tournament" title="The Football Tournament">Denmark</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/DDR-Oberliga" title="DDR-Oberliga">East Germany</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">England</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mestaruussarja" title="Mestaruussarja">Finland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/German_football_league_system" title="German football league system">Germany</a>
<ul><li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bezirksliga_Bayern" title="Bezirksliga Bayern">Bezirksliga Bayern</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gauliga" title="Gauliga">Gauliga</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kreisliga_Bayern" title="Kreisliga Bayern">Kreisliga Bayern</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kreisliga_Hessen" title="Kreisliga Hessen">Hessen</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kreisliga_Nordmain" title="Kreisliga Nordmain">Nordmain</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kreisliga_Odenwald" title="Kreisliga Odenwald">Odenwald</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kreisliga_Pfalz" title="Kreisliga Pfalz">Pfalz</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kreisliga_Saar" title="Kreisliga Saar">Saar</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kreisliga_S%C3%BCdmain" title="Kreisliga Südmain">Südmain</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kreisliga_S%C3%BCdwest" title="Kreisliga Südwest">Südwest</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kreisliga_W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Kreisliga Württemberg">Württemberg</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nordkreis-Liga" title="Nordkreis-Liga">Nordkreis-Liga</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oberliga_Berlin_(1945%E2%80%931963)" title="Oberliga Berlin (1945–1963)">Oberliga Berlin</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oberliga_Nord_(1947%E2%80%931963)" title="Oberliga Nord (1947–1963)">Oberliga Nord</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oberliga_S%C3%BCd_(1945%E2%80%931963)" title="Oberliga Süd (1945–1963)">Oberliga Süd</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oberliga_S%C3%BCdwest_(1945%E2%80%931963)" title="Oberliga Südwest (1945–1963)">Oberliga Südwest</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oberliga_West_(1947%E2%80%931963)" title="Oberliga West (1947–1963)">Oberliga West</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%BCdkreis-Liga" title="Südkreis-Liga">Südkreis-Liga</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Westkreis-Liga" title="Westkreis-Liga">Westkreis-Liga</a></small></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gibraltar_Premier_Division" title="Gibraltar Premier Division">Gibraltar</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/First_League_of_Herzeg-Bosnia" title="First League of Herzeg-Bosnia">Herzeg-Bosnia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Palestine_League" title="Palestine League">Mandatory Palestine</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Scottish_football_league_system" title="Scottish football league system">Scotland</a>
<ul><li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Scottish_Football_League_Premier_Division" title="Scottish Football League Premier Division">Premier Division</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Scottish_Premier_League" title="Scottish Premier League">Premier League</a></small></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Amateurliga_Saarland" title="Amateurliga Saarland">Saarland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/First_League_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="First League of Serbia and Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Soviet_Top_League" title="Soviet Top League">Soviet Union</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turkish_football_league_system" title="Turkish football league system">Turkey</a>
<ul><li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turkish_Football_Championship" title="Turkish Football Championship">Turkish Championship</a></small></li>
<li><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turkish_National_Division" title="Turkish National Division">National Division</a></small></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Yugoslav_First_League" title="Yugoslav First League">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Liechtenstein_Football_Association" title="Liechtenstein Football Association">Liechtenstein</a> is the only UEFA member association without a national league.</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of football clubs in Azerbaijan">List of clubs</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Premier League</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan">List of stadiums</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijan_Chess_Federation" title="Azerbaijan Chess Federation">Federation</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Azerbaijani_Chess_Championship" title="Azerbaijani Chess Championship">Championship</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_Azerbaijani_chess_players" title="List of Azerbaijani chess players">List of chess players</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Football_Championship_of_the_Latvian_SSR" title="Football Championship of the Latvian SSR">Latvia</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_Soviet_and_Russian_football_champions" title="List of Soviet and Russian football champions">Russia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Football_Championship_of_the_Tajik_SSR&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Football Championship of the Tajik SSR (page does not exist)">Tajikistan</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Football_Championship_of_the_Ukrainian_SSR" title="Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR">Ukraine</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Football_Championship_of_the_Uzbek_SSR&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Football Championship of the Uzbek SSR (page does not exist)">Uzbekistan</a></li></ul>
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