# 2013–14 Azerbaijan First Division

The 2013–14 Azerbaijan First Division is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan. The season was started on 10 September 2013 and there were sixteen teams participating in the league. Ağsu were the defending champions.

## Teams

Turan-T were relegated for the first time in their history, after twenty years in Azerbaijan Premier League, the longest period in its history. On 21 August 2013, it was announced that Araz and Karvan after reformation will join the first division, while Qala and Taraggi will not participate after becoming defunct.
On 10 September 2013, Mil-Muğan also joined the league, while Turan's name changed to Turan-T.

### Stadia and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
| Ağsu | Agsu | Agsu City Stadium | 3,000 |
| Araz | Nakhchivan | Nakhchivan City Stadium | 12,800 |
| Bakılı | Baku | Zirə Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | 1,500 |
| Energetik | Mingachevir | Yashar Mammadzade Stadium | 5,000 |
| Göyəzən | Qazakh | Qazakh City Stadium | 15,000 |
| Karvan | Yevlakh | Yevlakh Stadium | 5,000 |
| Kəpəz | Ganja | Ganja City Stadium | 25,000 |
| Lokomotiv | Baku | FC Baku stadium | 3,000 |
| Mil-Muğan | Imishli | Heydar Aliyev Stadium | 8,500 |
| MOIK | Baku | MOIK Stadium | 3,000 |
| Neftçala | Neftchala | Nariman Narimanov Stadium | 2,000 |
| Qaradağ | Lökbatan | Lökbatan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | 2,000 |
| Şahdağ | Qusar | Şövkət Orduxanov Stadium | 4,000 |
| Şəmkir | Şəmkir | Shamkir City Stadium | 11,500 |
| Şuşa | Shusha | Shafa Stadium | 8,000 |
| Turan-T | Tovuz | Tovuz City Stadium | 6,800 |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Team captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Ağsu | Rufat Guliyev | TBD | Umbro | Aqua Vita |
| Araz | Asgar Abdullayev | TBD | Lescon | |
| Bakılı | Rakif Aliyev | TBD | | |
| Energetik | Sahib Gojayev | TBD | | |
| Göyəzən | Mehdi Salmanov | TBD | | |
| Karvan | Kanan Karimov | TBD | | |
| Kəpəz | Vidadi Rzayev | TBD | | |
| Lokomotiv | İlgar Huseynov | TBD | | |
| Mil-Muğan | Matlab Mammadov | TBD | | |
| MOIK | Namig Adilov | TBD | | |
| Neftçala | Bahram Shahguliyev | TBD | Lescon | SOCAR Petroleum |
| Qaradağ | Adil Mahmudov | TBD | Lescon | SOCAR |
| Şahdağ | Kamran Alibabayev | TBD | Lescon | AZENCO |
| Şəmkir | Ruslan Abbasov | TBD | | |
| Şuşa | Nadir Gasymov | Emin Mollayev | | |
| Turan-T | Rasim Aliyev | Asef Gadiri | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Araz-Naxçıvan (C, P) | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 11 | +55 | 79 | Promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League |
| 2 | Neftchala | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 80 | 22 | +58 | 68 | |
| 3 | Qaradağ | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 14 | +38 | 63 | |
| 4 | Ağsu | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 58 | |
| 5 | Şahdağ | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 22 | +33 | 55 | |
| 6 | Şuşa | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 26 | +34 | 54 | |
| 7 | Turan-T | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 44 | |
| 8 | Karvan | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 42 | |
| 9 | Mil-Muğan | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 40 | |
| 10 | Lokomotiv-Bilajary | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 39 | |
| 11 | Şəmkir | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 31 | |
| 12 | MOIK Baku | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 29 | |
| 13 | Kapaz | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 25 | |
| 14 | Bakili | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 24 | |
| 15 | Energetik | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 92 | −81 | 11 | |
| 16 | Göyəzən | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 89 | −76 | 11 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AGU | ARZ | BKL | ENG | ATM | KAR | KAP | LBA | MM | MOI | NEF | QAD | ABB | SHA | SHU | TUR |
| Ağsu | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–1 |
| Araz-Naxçıvan | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 9–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Bakili | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Energetik | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| Göyəzən | 1–6 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Karvan | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–5 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Kapaz | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Lokomotiv-Bilajary | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 3–1 |
| Mil-Muğan | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 |
| MOIK Baku | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 |
| Neftchala | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 6–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Qaradağ | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Şahdağ | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Şəmkir | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Şuşa | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 2–2 |
| Turan-T | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of Match played 13 April 2014
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ali Bagirov | Karvan | 25 |
| 2 | David Janalidze | Araz | 24 |
| 3 | Muhammad Badalbeyli | MOIK Baku | 20 |
| 4 | Sarhan Agayev | Şahdağ | 18 |
| 5 | Elvin Adisirinli | Shusha | 17 |
| 6 | Rashad Piriyev | Turan-T | 14 |
| 7 | Jeyhun Abdullayev | Neftchala | 12 |
| 8 | Qalib Amrahov | Ağsu | 11 |
| 9 | Ali Babayev Banishevskiy | Shusha | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Farmayil Aliyev | Turan-T | Lokomotiv-Bilajary | 6–2 | 12 October 2013 |
| Muhammad Aliyev | Neftchala | MOIK Baku | 5–5 | 12 October 2013 |
| Jeyhun Abdullayev | Neftchala | Energetik | 6–0 | 1 November 2013 |
| Ahmad Tijani | Şuşa | Turan-T | 3–0 | 9 November 2013 |
| Tural Gurbatov | Lokomotiv-Bilajary | Kəpəz | 3–2 | 16 November 2013 |
| Elvin Adisirinli | Şuşa | Göyəzən | 6–0 | 30 November 2013 |
| Mehdi Mehdiyev | Kəpəz | MOIK Baku | 3–1 | 8 December 2013 |
| Elvin Adısirinli | Şuşa | Lokomotiv-Bilajary | 5–2 | 21 December 2013 |
| Sarhan Agayev$^5$ | Şahdağ | Göyəzən | 6–0 | 8 February 2014 |
| Ali Bagirov | Karvan | Lokomotiv-Bilajary | 5–2 | 8 February 2014 |
| Ali Bagirov | Karvan | Göyəzən | 4–0 | 9 March 2014 |
| Qalib Amrahov | Agsu | Göyəzən | 6–1 | 5 April 2014 |
* $^5$ Player scored 5 goals