# Azerbaijani football league system

The Azerbaijani football league system is a series of partially unconnected leagues for Azerbaijani football clubs. Unlike in many other nations, Azerbaijan runs separate concurrent leagues for professional football and amateur football, with no regular promotion or relegation between the professional and amateur leagues.
As of October 2023, Qarabağ are the current record holders with 10 titles.

## Current system
### Professional football

The current system has been in place since the creation of the Azerbaijan Premier League at the start of the 2001-2002 season. For each division, its official name, sponsored name and number of clubs is given:
| Level | League(s) / Division(s) | League(s) / Division(s) | League(s) / Division(s) | League(s) / Division(s) | League(s) / Division(s) | League(s) / Division(s) |
| Professional Leagues |||||||
| 1 | Premyer Liqa 10 clubs ↓ 1 relegation spot | Premyer Liqa 10 clubs ↓ 1 relegation spot | Premyer Liqa 10 clubs ↓ 1 relegation spot | Premyer Liqa 10 clubs ↓ 1 relegation spot | Premyer Liqa 10 clubs ↓ 1 relegation spot | Premyer Liqa 10 clubs ↓ 1 relegation spot |
| 2 | I Liqa 10 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot | I Liqa 10 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot | I Liqa 10 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot | I Liqa 10 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot | I Liqa 10 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot | I Liqa 10 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot |
| Semi-Professional League |||||||
| 3 | II Liqa 14 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot + 1 promotion play-off spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot | II Liqa 14 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot + 1 promotion play-off spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot | II Liqa 14 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot + 1 promotion play-off spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot | II Liqa 14 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot + 1 promotion play-off spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot | II Liqa 14 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot + 1 promotion play-off spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot | II Liqa 14 clubs ↑ 1 promotion spot + 1 promotion play-off spot ↓ 1 relegation spot + 1 relegation play-off spot |
| Non-Professional Leagues |||||||
| 4 | Region Liqası TBD clubs participate from 4 zones 16 club promotion to the final stage ↑ 1 promotion spot + 1 promotion play-off spot | Region Liqası TBD clubs participate from 4 zones 16 club promotion to the final stage ↑ 1 promotion spot + 1 promotion play-off spot | Region Liqası TBD clubs participate from 4 zones 16 club promotion to the final stage ↑ 1 promotion spot + 1 promotion play-off spot | Region Liqası TBD clubs participate from 4 zones 16 club promotion to the final stage ↑ 1 promotion spot + 1 promotion play-off spot | Region Liqası TBD clubs participate from 4 zones 16 club promotion to the final stage ↑ 1 promotion spot + 1 promotion play-off spot |
| 4 | Capital and Northern Zone ↑ 4 promotion to the final stage | Southern Zone ↑ 4 promotion to the final stage | Center Zone ↑ 4 promotion to the final stage | North West and West Zone ↑ 4 promotion to the final stage |
| Level | League(s) | League(s) | League(s) | League(s) | League(s) | League(s) | League(s) | League(s) | League(s) | League(s) | League(s) | League(s) |
| 1 | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct | Azerbaijani Women's Football Championship Irregular, currently defunct |

### Amateur football

Completely independent from the professional pyramid, there also exists an amateur league system. Azerbaijan's Amateur League is divided into four regions, which includes Baku, North, West and Central Region.
| Level | League/Division |
| 1 | Azərbaycan Həvəskarlar Liqası 36 clubs |

## Cup eligibility
### Domestic cups

All Azerbaijan Premier League and Azerbaijan First Division clubs directly enter the Azerbaijan Cup.

### European cups

From season 2008-09, the top side in the Azerbaijan Premier League qualify for the second qualifying stage of Champions League, while the second and third placed teams qualifying for the first qualifying stage of UEFA Europa League. The winners of the Azerbaijan Cup also qualify for the Europa League's second qualifying stage.
While Azeri clubs initially entered the UEFA Women's Champions League from 2003, the removal of the senior league has meant that no Azeri team has competed since 2007.