The Azerbaijan Premier League (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası), is the top football competition in Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijan Premier League was created in 2007 and replaced the Top Division (Azerbaijani: Yüksək Liqa) which existed between 1992 and 2007. The Azerbaijan Premier League is run by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. The Top Division was run by the Professional Football League of Azerbaijan. The creation of the Premier League gave the football clubs more independence.
Since 1992, a total of 8 football clubs have become champions of the top Azerbaijani football competition. Neftchi Baku are the current Azerbaijan Premier League champions.[1]
Players in the Premier League compete for the trophy "Azerbaijan Premier League Golden Boot", awarded to the top goalscorer at the end of each football season. Nazim Aliyev is the league's all-time top scorer with 183 goals, including 39 in the 1992 season.[2] 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.[2]
Player | Period | Club[4] | Goals | |
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1 | Nazim Aliyev | 1992–1999 | Neftchi Baku | 183 |
2 | Mushfig Huseynov | 1992–2007 | FK Qarabağ | 125 |
3 | Rovshan Ahmadov | 1992–2003 | Kapaz | 116 |
4 | Gurban Gurbanov | 1990–2006 | Neftchi Baku | 115 |
5 | Samir Alakbarov | 1992–2001 | Neftchi Baku | 115 |
6 | Alay Bahramov | 1992–1999 | FK Masallı | 108 |
7 | Vadim Vasilyev | 1994–2007 | Baki Fehlesi | 102 |
8 | Khagani Mammadov | 1994–2012 | Inter Baku | 102 |
9 | Kanan Karimov | 1995–2012 | FK Shamkir | 101 |
10 | Nadir Nabiyev | 1995–2012 | Turan Tovuz | 100 |
Player | Period | Club[6] | Games | |
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1 | Mahmud Gurbanov | 1992–2012 | Kapaz | 421 |
2 | Aslan Kerimov | 1992–2011 | FK Qarabağ | 382 |
3 | Azer Mammadov | 1992–present | Kapaz | 374 |
4 | Agil Mammadov | 1992–2011 | Turan Tovuz | 364 |
5 | Ismayil Mammadov | 1992–2009 | FK Shamkir | 351 |
6 | Kanan Karimov | 1995–2012 | FK Shamkir | 327 |
7 | Nadir Nabiyev | 1995–2012 | Turan Tovuz | 316 |
8 | Mubariz Orujov | 1992–2008 | Khazar Lankaran | 311 |
9 | Mushfig Huseynov | 1992–2007 | FK Qarabağ | 305 |
10 | Adahim Niftaliyev | 1995–2011 | Khazar Lankaran | 303 |
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Season | Champion | 2nd position | 3rd position | Top scorer |
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1992 | Neftchi Baku | Khazar Sumgayit | Turan | Nazim Aliyev (Khazar Sumgayit, 39 goals) |
1993 | Qarabağ | Khazar Sumgayit | Turan | Samir Alakbarov (Neftchi Baku, 16 goals) |
1993-94 | Turan Tovuz | Qarabağ | Kapaz | Musa Gurbanov (Turan, 35 goals) |
1994-95 | Kapaz | Turan | Neftchi Baku | Nazim Aliyev (Neftchi Baku, 27 goals) |
1995-96 | Neftchi Baku | Khazri Buzovna | Kapaz | Nazim Aliyev (Neftchi Baku/Qarabağ, 23 goals) |
1996-97 | Neftchi Baku | Qarabağ | Khazri Buzovna | Gurban Gurbanov (Neftchi Baku, 25 goals) |
1997-98 | Kapaz | FC Baku | Shamkir | Nazim Aliyev (FC Baku, 23 goals) |
1998-99 | Kapaz | Shamkir | Neftchi Baku | Alay Bahramov (Vilash Masalli, 24 goals) |
1999-00 | Shamkir | Kapaz | Neftchi Baku | Badri Kvaratskhelia (Shakmir, 16 goals) |
2000-01 | Shamkir | Neftchi Baku | Vilash Masalli | Pasha Aliyev (Bakili Baku, 12 goals) |
2001-02 | Shamkir | Neftchi Baku | Qarabağ | Kanan Karimov (Kapaz, 14 goals) Dmitri Kudinov (Qarabağ, 14 goals) |
2002-03 | Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, no league championship was held.[16] | |||
2003-04 | Neftchi Baku | Shamkir | Qarabağ | Samir Musayev (Qarabağ, 20 goals) |
2004-05 | Neftchi Baku | Khazar Lankaran | Karvan | Zaur Ramazanov (Karvan, 21 goals) |
2005-06 | FC Baku | Karvan | Neftchi Baku | Yacouba Bamba (Karvan, 16 goals) |
2006-07 | Khazar Lankaran | Neftchi Baku | FC Baku | Zaur Ramazanov (Khazar Lankaran, 20 goals) |
2007-08 | Inter Baku | AZAL | Neftchi Baku | Khagani Mammadov (Inter Baku, 19 goals) |
2008-09 | FC Baku | Inter Baku | Simurq | Walter Guglielmone (Inter Baku, 17 goals) |
2009-10 | Inter Baku | FC Baku | Qarabağ | Farid Guliyev (Standard Baku, 16 goals) |
2010-11 | Neftchi Baku | Khazar Lankaran | Qarabağ | Georgi Adamia (Qarabağ, 18 goals) |
2011-12 | Neftchi Baku | Khazar Lankaran | Inter Baku | Bahodir Nasimov (Neftchi Baku, 16 goals) |
Club | Winners | Winning Years |
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Neftchi Baku | 1992, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2011–12 | |
Kapaz | 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99 | |
Shamkir | 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02 | |
FC Baku | 2005–06, 2008–09 | |
Inter Baku | 2007–08, 2009–10 | |
Qarabağ | 1993 | |
Turan Tovuz | 1993–94 | |
Khazar Lankaran | 2006–07 |
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 season, replacing the previous Premier League trophy that had existed for only few years.
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