Azerbaijan First Division

The **Azerbaijan First Division** () is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The division is run by AFFA.

## History

Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Azerbaijan clubs of the former Soviet Premier Division and Soviet First Division organized in a single Azerbaijan Premier League, which meant that the new second tier of Azerbaijani football would remain regionalized. For the first two seasons three regional groups organized the second tier, until in 1994 the single table in use today began to be used.

## Competition format

The First Division currently has of 14 teams. All teams play each other two times.

## Media coverage

CBC Sport currently own all the rights to broadcast the season's games on television. In Azerbaijan, the First Division games is also available on CBC Sport.

## Winners

|style="width:12%;"|**Year**|style="width:32%;"|**Winner**|style="width:32%;"|**Runner-up**|style="width:32%;"|**Third place**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1992|ANS Pivani Bakı FK|Kür Samux|Pambıqçı (Neftçala)|||||
|1993|Xəzri Buzovna|Avtomobilçi Yevlax|Polad Sumqayıt|||||
|1993–94|Zabrat, Azneftyağ FK|Metallurq Sumgayit, OİK-Göyəzən (Qazax)|OIK, Pambıqçı (Neftçala)|||||
|1994–95|Şəmkir|OIK|Kürmük (Qax)|||||
|1995–96|Xəzər Sumqayıt|Çinar Polis Akademiyası|Fərid|||||
|1996–97|Çinar (Göyçay)|Araz FK|Kürmük (Qax)|||||
|1997–98|Şahdağ Quba|||||||
|1998–99|[Inter Baku]|||||||
|1999–2000|Şahdağ Quba|Şəfa-2|HHQ-Şahin (Bakı)|||||
|2000–01|OIK|Ümid Bakı|Şahdağ Qusar|||||
|2001–02|Lokomotiv İmişli|Xəzər Sumqayıt|Bakılı|||||
|2002–03|colspan=3|Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, no league championship was held.||||||
|2003–04|Gənclərbirliyi|Göyəzən Qazax|Karat Bakı|||||
|2004–05|AMMK|Energetik|FKXəzər-Lənkəran-2|||||
|2005–06|Gilan|FKXəzər-Lənkəran-2|Simurq|||||
|2006–07|Masally|Standard Baku|Göyəzən Qazax|||||
|2007–08|Bakılı|MOIK|NBC Salyan|||||
|2008–09|ABN Bərdə|Şahdağ Qusar|Anşad-Petrol|||||
|2009–10|Gəncə|MOIK|Bakılı|||||
|2010–11|Abşeron|Rəvan|Bakılı|||||
|2011–12|Qaradağ|Karvan|Neftchala|||||
|2012–13|Ağsu|Qaradağ|Neftchala|||||
|2013–14|Araz Naxçıvan|Neftchala|Qaradağ|||||
|2014–15|Neftchala|Ağsu|Rəvan|||||
|2015–16|Neftchala|Qaradağ|Ağsu|||||
|2016–17|Turan Tovuz|Səbail|Ağsu|||||
|2017–18|Khazar Baku|Qaradağ Lökbatan|Shuvalan|||||
|2018–19|MOIK Baku|Sumgayit-2|Neftçi-2|||||
|2019–20|Turan Tovuz|Sabail-2|Zagatala|||||
|2020–21|Neftçi-2|Zagatala|Turan Tovuz|||||
|2021–22|Qaradağ Lökbatan FK|Shamakhi FK-2|Qarabağ FK-2|||||
|2022–23|Araz-Naxçıvan|Neftçi-2|Turan-2|||||
|2023–24|Shamakhi|Qaradağ Lökbatan|MOIK Baku|||||
|2024–25||||||||

### Performance by club

|Club|Winners|Winning Years|Runner-up|Runner-up Years|Third place|Third place Years|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|MOIK||2000–01, 2018–19||1994–95, 2007–08, 2009–10||1993–94, 2023–24|
|Qaradağ Lökbatan||2011–12, 2021–22||2012–13, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2023–24||2013–14|
|Neftchala||2014–15, 2015–16||2013–14||1992, 1993–94, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13|
|Turan Tovuz||2016–17, 2019–20||||2020–21|
|Araz Naxçıvan||2013–14, 2022-23|||||
|Xəzər Sumqayıt||1995–96||1993–94, 2001–02||1993|
|Bakılı||2007–08||1996–97||2001–02, 2009–10, 2010–11|
|Ağsu||2012–13||2014–15||2015–16, 2016–17|
|Şahdağ Qusar||1997–98||2008–09||2000–01|
|Neftçi-2||2020–21||||2018–19|
|Shuvalan FK||2004–05||||2017–18|
|Khazar Baku||2017–18|||||
|Nicat Maştağa||1992|||||
|Zabrat||1993–94|||||
|Shamkir||1994–95|||||
|Shahdagh Guba||1999–00|||||
|Lokomotiv Imishli||2001–02|||||
|Gənclərbirliyi||2003–04|||||
|Gilan||2005–06|||||
|ABN Bərdə||2008–09|||||
|Kapaz||2009–10|||||
|Masally||2006–07|||||
|Absheron||2010–11|||||
|Azneftyağ||1993–94|||||
|Xəzri Buzovna||1993|||||
|Çinar Göyçay||1996–97|||||
|Shamakhi||2023–24|||||
|Göyəzən Qazax FK||||1993–94, 2003–04||2006–07|
|Zagatala||||2020–21||2019–20|
|Xəzər-Lənkəran-2||||2005–06||2004–05|
|Rəvan||||2010–11||2014–15|
|Şamaxı-2||||2021–22|||
|Səbail||||2016–17|||
|Səbail-2||||2019–20|||
|Avtomobilçi Yevlax||||1993|||
|Çinar Polis Akademiyasi||||1995–96|||
|Kür Samux||||1992|||
|Şəfa-2||||1999–00|||
|Ümid Bakı||||2000–01|||
|Energetik||||2004–05|||
|Karvan||||2011–12|||
|Standard Baku||||2006–07|||
|Kürmük Qax||||||1994–95, 1996–97|
|Simurq||||||2005–06|
|Farid Baku||||||1995–96|
|Karat Bakı||||||2003–04|
|HHQ Şahin||||||1999–00|
|NBC Salyan||||||2007–08|

### Club records

- Most consecutive wins: Absheron, 23, 2010-11
- Most points in a season: Absheron, 72 points, 2010-11
- Most unbeaten run: Absheron, 26 games, 2010-11

## Related pages

- Azerbaijan Premier League
- Azerbaijan Regional League
- Azerbaijan Supercup
- Azerbaijan Cup
- Football in Azerbaijan

## Other websites

- AFFA
- PFL
- Azerbaijan First Division summary (SOCCERWAY)

## Infobox (football league)

- **pixels**: 180
- **teams**: 14
- **promotion**: Azerbaijani Premier League, Azerbaijan Premier League
- **relegation**: Azerbaijan Regional League
- **levels**: 2
- **domest cup**: Azerbaijan Cup
- **champions**: MOIK Baku
- **season**: 2018–19 Azerbaijan First Division, 2018–19
- **tv**: CBC Sport
- **website**: [http://www.pfl.az PFL]
- **current**: 2019–20 Azerbaijan First Division