# 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League

The 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 23rd season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Qarabağ were the defending champions, having won the previous season. The season started on 9 August 2014 and ended on 28 May 2015.

## Teams

Ravan Baku were relegated to Azerbaijan First Division.
The format of the league did not change as a total of 10 teams contested the league, with the last club relegated and Araz-Naxçıvan promoted from the First Division. The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.
On 3 November 2014, the Araz-Naxçıvan announced their withdrawal from the league due constant biased referee decisions, which meant that all of their results were annulled.

### Stadia and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Araz-Naxçıvan | Nakhchivan | Nakhchivan City Stadium | 11,800 |
| AZAL | Baku | AZAL Stadium | 5,000 |
| Baku | Baku | FC Baku's Training Base | 2,000 |
| Gabala | Gabala | Gabala City Stadium | 8,000 |
| Inter Baku | Baku | Inter Arena | 10,000 |
| Khazar Lankaran | Lankaran | Lankaran City Stadium | 15,000 |
| Neftchi Baku | Baku | Bakcell Arena | 11,000 |
| Qarabağ | Ağdam | Tofiq Bahramov Stadium | 31,200 |
| Simurq | Zaqatala | Zaqatala City Stadium | 3,500 |
| Sumgayit | Sumqayit | Kapital Bank Arena | 16,000 |

### 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 |
| Araz-Naxçıvan | Asgar Abdullayev | Elmin Chobanov | Joma | |
| AZAL | Tarlan Ahmadov | Shahriyar Rahimov | Umbro | Silk Way |
| Baku | Ibrahim Uzunca | Aqil Mammadov | Kappa | |
| Gabala | Roman Hryhorchuk | Volodimir Levin | Joma | Pepsi |
| Inter Baku | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | Asif Mammadov | Umbro | IBA |
| Khazar Lankaran | Elbrus Mammadov | Rahid Amirguliyev | Puma | Palmali |
| Neftçi Baku | Arif Asadov | Flavinho | Adidas | SOCAR |
| Qarabağ | Gurban Gurbanov | Rashad Sadygov | Adidas | Azersun |
| Simurq | Giorgi Chikhradze | Ilkin Qirtimov | Joma | |
| Sumgayit | Agil Mammadov | Ruslan Poladov | Umbro | Azerkimya |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Khazar Lankaran | Mustafa Denizli | Mutual consent | 16 May 2014 | Pre-season | Oğuz Çetin | 5 June 2014 |
| Gabala | Yuri Semin | Mutual consent | 23 May 2014 | Pre-season | Dorinel Munteanu | 14 June 2014 |
| Baku | Milinko Pantić | Mutual consent | 24 July 2014 | Pre-season | Ibrahim Uzunca | 12 August 2014 |
| Neftchi Baku | Boyukagha Hajiyev | Resigned | 3 September 2014 | 6th | Arif Asadov | 4 September 2014 |
| Gabala | Dorinel Munteanu | Sacked | 8 December 2014 | 6th | Sanan Gurbanov (caretaker) | 8 December 2014 |
| Gabala | Sanan Gurbanov (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 21 December 2014 | 6th | Roman Hryhorchuk | 21 December 2014 |
| Khazar | Oğuz Çetin | Resigned | 22 December 2014 | 5th | Elbrus Mammadov | 23 December 2014 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Qarabağ (C) | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 68 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Inter Baku | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 63 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Gabala | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 54 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Neftchi Baku | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Simurq | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 39 | |
| 6 | AZAL | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 39 | |
| 7 | Khazar Lankaran | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 32 | |
| 8 | Sumgayit | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 31 | |
| 9 | Baku | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 68 | −49 | 17 | Relegation to the Azerbaijan First Division |
| 10 | Araz-Naxçıvan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team withdrawn |
* ↑ Araz-Naxçıvan were officially withdrawn from the league on 17 November 2014

## Season statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Rauf Aliyev for Khazar against AZAL (9 August 2014)
* Fastest goal of the season: 1st minute,
** Freddy Mombongo-Dues for AZAL against Inter Baku (19 February 2015)
* Latest goal of the season: 94 minutes,
** Mirhuseyn Seyidov for Neftchi Baku against Khazar Lankaran (24 November 2014)
* Largest winning margin: 7 goals
** Inter Baku 7–0 Baku (19 September 2014)
* Highest scoring game: 7 goals
** Inter Baku 7–0 Baku (19 September 2014)
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
** Inter Baku 7–0 Baku (19 September 2014)

### Top scorers

    As of 28 May 2015
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nurlan Novruzov | Baku | 15 |
| 2 | Dragan Ćeran | Simurq | 14 |
| 3 | Freddy Mombongo-Dues | AZAL | 13 |
| 3 | Magomed Kurbanov | Sumgayit | 13 |
| 5 | Javid Huseynov | Gabala | 11 |
| 5 | Nicolás Canales | Neftchi | 11 |
| 7 | Reynaldo | Qarabağ | 10 |
| 7 | Leroy George | Qarabağ | 10 |
| 9 | Mikel Álvaro | Inter Baku | 9 |
| 10 | Nildo | Inter Baku | 8 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Freddy Mombongo-Dues$^4$ | AZAL | Simurq | 5–0 | 22 May 2015 |
* $^4$ Player scored 4 goals

### Discipline
#### Player
##### Most yellow cards; 12

* Ruslan Abışov (Gabala)
* Alfred Sankoh (Khazar Lankaran)
* Éric Ramos (Neftchi Baku)

##### Most red cards; 2

* Vugar Baybalayev (Baku)
* Elshad Manafov (Baku)
* Carlos Cardoso (Neftchi Baku)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 105
** Neftchi Baku
* Most red cards: 8
** Baku
** Neftchi Baku