page_title: Azerbaijan Premier League
section_title: Records
hierarchical_section_title: Azerbaijan Premier League / Records
caption_attribution_description: Русский: футболист Аслан Керимов (Азербайджан)
context_page_description: The Azerbaijani Premier League is the top tier in Azerbaijani club football. The league is contested by 8 teams, in which the season runs from August to May. The winner enters the UEFA Champions League from the first qualifying round.
  The Azerbaijani Premier League was first organized in 2007 and succeeded the Top Division, which existed from 1992 to 2007.
  Since 1992, a total of 8 clubs have been crowned champions of the Azerbaijani football system. The current champions are Qarabağ, who won the title in the 2019–20 season for the eighth time.
context_section_description: Players in the Premier League compete for the Azerbaijani Premier League Golden Boot, awarded to the top scorer at the end of each season. Nazim Aliyev is the league's all-time top scorer with 183 goals, including 39 in the 1992 season. During the 1995–96 season he became the first player to score 100 Premier League goals. Since then, 10 other players have reached the 100-goal mark.
  Biggest home win
  Kapaz 14–2 Shamkir (1997–98)
  Most consecutive games unbeaten
  Kapaz, 30 games, 1997–98
  Youngest goalscorer
  Orkhan Aliyev, for Sumgayit vs Gabala, 15 years old, 236 days
  Oldest player
  Nadir Shukurov, for Karvan vs Mughan, 42 years, 19 April 2009
  All-time top scorer
  Nazim Aliyev (Khazar Sumgayit, Neftchi, Qarabag, Shafa Baku, Dinamo Baku), (183 goals)
  Most APL appearances
  Azer Mammadov, 445
  Most goals in a season
  Nazim Aliyev (Khazar Sumgayit), (39 goals), 1992
caption: Aslan Kerimov is one of the most capped players in Premier League.
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