# 2015–16 Azerbaijan First Division

The 2015–16 Azerbaijan First Division is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan. Neftchala were the defending champions.

## Teams

Kapaz, Ravan Baku and Zira were promoted to Azerbaijan Premier League, while Baku relegated to Azerbaijan First Division. Shusha and Lokomotiv-Bilajary were dissolved.

### Stadia and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
| Ağsu | Agsu | Agsu City Stadium | 3,000 |
| Bakılı | Baku | Zirə Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | 1,500 |
| Baku | Baku | FC Baku's Training Base | 2,000 |
| Energetik | Mingachevir | Yashar Mammadzade Stadium | 5,000 |
| Göyəzən | Qazakh | Qazakh City Stadium | 15,000 |
| Mil-Muğan | Imishli | Heydar Aliyev Stadium | 8,500 |
| MOIK | Baku | MOIK Stadium | 3,000 |
| Neftçala | Neftchala | Nariman Narimanov Stadium | 2,000 |
| Qaradağ Lökbatan | Lökbatan | Lökbatan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | 2,000 |
| Şərurspor | Baku | Bayil Stadium | 5,000 |
| Şahdağ | Qusar | Şövkət Orduxanov Stadium | 4,000 |
| Şəmkir | Şəmkir | Shamkir City Stadium | 11,500 |
| Turan | Tovuz | Tovuz City Stadium | 6,800 |
| Zaqatala | Zaqatala | Zaqatala City Stadium | 3,500 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Neftchala (C) | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 62 | Promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League |
| 2 | Qaradağ Lökbatan | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 28 | +31 | 58 | |
| 3 | Ağsu | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 47 | |
| 4 | MOIK Baku | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 47 | |
| 5 | Şəmkir | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 38 | |
| 6 | Zaqatala | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 36 | |
| 7 | Turan Tovuz | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 36 | |
| 8 | Mil-Muğan | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 32 | |
| 9 | Bakili | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 30 | |
| 10 | Şahdağ | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 30 | |
| 11 | Baku | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 30 | |
| 12 | Şərurspor | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 28 | |
| 13 | Göyəzən | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 17 | |
| 14 | Energetik | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 100 | −86 | 15 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AGU | BKL | BAK | ENG | ATM | ARZ | MOI | NEF | QAD | SER | ABB | SHA | TUR | ZAG |
| Ağsu | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Bakili | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 7–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Baku | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Energetik | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 0–12 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| Göyəzən | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Mil-Muğan | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| MOIK Baku | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 9–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Neftchala | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 10–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Qaradağ | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Şərurspor | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Şahdağ | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Şəmkir | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Turan-T | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| Zaqatala | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Röyal Nəcəfov | MOİK | 24 |
| 2 | David Janelidze | Nefchala | 21 |
| 3 | Oruc Balaşlı | Zaqatala | 18 |
| 4 | Rahman Musayev | Şərurspor | 16 |

### Six Goals

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Röyal Nəcəfov | MOİK | Şahdağ | 9–1 | 13 May 2016 |

### Penta-trick

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| David Janelidze | Neftchala | Energetik | 10–0 | 13 May 2016 |

### Poker

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Röyal Nəcəfov | Energetik | MOİK | 1–5 | 18 March 2016 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Farmayil Aliyev | Neftchala | Energetik | 12–0 | 11 September 2015 |
| David Janelidze | Neftchala | Energetik | 12–0 | 11 September 2015 |
| Ulvi Guliyev | Bakılı | Energetik | 7–2 | 18 September 2015 |
| Rahman Musayev | Şərurspor | Göyəzən | 5–0 | 24 September 2015 |
| Rahman Musayev | Şərurspor | Energetik | 6–0 | 1 October 2015 |
| Ali Bagirov | Ağsu | Şahdağ | 4–1 | 22 October 2015 |
| Sajjad Kerman | Mil-Muğan | Energetik | 4–0 | 13 November 2015 |
| Cavid Mukhtarzade | Qaradağ | Şahdağ | 5–2 | 27 November 2015 |
| Elnur Samedov | Qaradağ | Ağsu | 3–3 | 18 December 2015 |
| Aqşin Həşimov | Şərurspor | Neftchala | 1–4 | 12 March 2016 |
| Elvin Nesibov | Zaqatala | Energetik | 6–0 | 12 March 2016 |
| Valeh Seyidov | Bakı | Mil-Muğan | 4–0 | 15 April 2016 |
| Azər Məmmədov | Turan Tovuz | Energetik | 5–0 | 21 April 2016 |