Azerbaijan Premier League

The Azerbaijan Premier League (), is the top football competition in Azerbaijan.

History
The Azerbaijan Premier League was created in 2007 and replaced the Top Division () which existed between 1992 and 2007. The Azerbaijan Premier League is run by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. The Top Division was run by the Professional Football League of Azerbaijan. The creation of the Premier League gave the football clubs more independence.

Since 1992, a total of 8 football clubs have become champions of the top Azerbaijani football competition. Neftchi Baku are the current Azerbaijan Premier League champions.

 Statistics 
 Records 
Players in the Premier League compete for the trophy "Azerbaijan Premier League Golden Boot", awarded to the top goalscorer at the end of each football season. Nazim Aliyev is the league's all-time top scorer with 183 goals, including 39 in the 1992 season.Ekspress Newspaper   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.

+ Top Ten Highest Goalscorers   Player Period Clubwhere player shot the most goals Goals 1  Nazim Aliyev 1992–1999 Neftchi Baku183  2  Mushfig Huseynov 1992–2007 FK Qarabağ 125  3  Rovshan Ahmadov 1992–2003 Kapaz 116  4  Gurban Gurbanov 1990–2006 Neftchi Baku 115  5  Samir Alakbarov 1992–2001 Neftchi Baku 115  6  Alay Bahramov 1992–1999 FK Masallı 108 7  Vadim Vasilyev 1994–2007 Baki Fehlesi 102  8  Khagani Mammadov 1994–2012 Inter Baku 102  9  Kanan Karimov 1995–2012 FK Shamkir 101  10  Nadir Nabiyev 1995–2012 Turan Tovuz 100 


+ Top Ten Players With Most Appearances  Player Period Clubwhere player played the most games. Games 1  Mahmud Gurbanov 1992–2012 Kapaz 421 2  Aslan Kerimov 1992–2011 FK Qarabağ 382 3  Azer Mammadov 1992–present Kapaz 374 4  Agil Mammadov 1992–2011 Turan Tovuz 364 5  Ismayil Mammadov 1992–2009 FK Shamkir 351 6  Kanan Karimov 1995–2012 FK Shamkir 327 7  Nadir Nabiyev 1995–2012 Turan Tovuz 316  8  Mubariz Orujov 1992–2008 Khazar Lankaran 311 9  Mushfig Huseynov 1992–2007 FK Qarabağ 305 10  Adahim Niftaliyev 1995–2011 Khazar Lankaran 303

 Player records 

All-time top scorer:  Nazim Aliyev (183 goals)Express newspaper  
Top scorer in one season: 1992  Nazim Aliyev (39 goals)
Most league titles won:  Mahmud Qurbanov, he has won Azerbaijani championship record 10 times.
Oldest player:  Nadir Shukurov, for Karvan vs Mughan, 42 years, 19 April 2009
Youngest goalscorer:  Ramal Huseynov, for Shahdag vs Kimyachi Sumgayit, 13 years old, 333 days
First appearance and goal scored by foreign player:  Otar Korghalidze (1995) 
Most appearances by foreign player:  Georgi Adamia (133 matches by 9 August 2010)
 Highest transfer fee (money) paid:  Oktay Derelioğlu, from Akçaabat Sebatspor to Khazar Lankaran, €200,000, 9 December 2004
 Highest transfer fee (money) received:  Vagif Javadov, from FK Qarabağ to FC Twente, €1,500,000, January 5, 2010

 Club records 

Most titles won: Neftchi Baku, 7
Most unbeaten teams: Kəpəz, 30 games, 1997-98
Biggest home win: Neftchi Baku 11–0 Shahdag (1999–00)

 Soviet time champions 

1928: Progress-2 Baku
1929-33: unknown
1934: Profsoyuz Baku
1935: Stroitel Yuga Baku
1936: Stroitel Yuga Baku
1937: Lokomotiv Baku
1938: Lokomotiv Baku
1939: Lokomotiv Baku
1940: Lokomotiv Baku
1941-43: unknown
1944: Dinamo Baku
1945: Not Played
1946: Lokomotiv Baku
1947: Trudovye Rezervy Baku
1948: KKF Baku
1949: KKF Baku
1950: Iskra Baku

1951: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
1952: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
1953: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
1954: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku
1955: Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
1956: NPU Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
1957: NPU Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
1958: NPU Ordjonikidzeneft Baku
1959: Baku Teams(Spartakiada)
1960: OIK Baku
1961: Spartak  Quba
1962: OIK Baku
1963: Araz Baku
1964: Polad Sumgait
1965: Vostok Baku
1966: Vostok Baku
1967: Araz Baku

1968  OIK Baku
1969  Araz Baku
1970  OIK Baku
1971  Khimik Salyany
1972  Surahanets Baku
1973  Araz Baku
1974  Araz Baku
1975  Araz Baku
1976  Araz Baku
1977  Karabakh Khankendi
1978  SKIF Baku
1979  OIK Baku
1980  Energetik Ali-Bayramly
1981  Gandjlik Baku
1982  Tokhudju Baku
1983  Termist Baku
1984  Termist Baku

1985  Khazar Sumgait
1986  Goyazan Qazakh
1987  Araz Nakhichevan
1988  FK Qarabağ
1989  Stroitel Sabirabad
1990  FK Qarabağ
1991  Khazar Sumgait

 Champions and top scorers 
SeasonChampion2nd position3rd positionTop scorer1992Neftchi BakuKhazar SumgayitTuran Nazim Aliyev (Khazar Sumgayit, 39 goals)1993QarabağKhazar SumgayitTuran Samir Alakbarov (Neftchi Baku, 16 goals)1993-94Turan TovuzQarabağKapaz Musa Gurbanov (Turan, 35 goals)1994-95KapazTuranNeftchi Baku Nazim Aliyev (Neftchi Baku, 27 goals)1995-96Neftchi BakuKhazri BuzovnaKapaz Nazim Aliyev (Neftchi Baku/Qarabağ, 23 goals)1996-97Neftchi BakuQarabağKhazri Buzovna Gurban Gurbanov (Neftchi Baku, 25 goals)1997-98KapazFC BakuShamkir Nazim Aliyev (FC Baku, 23 goals)1998-99KapazShamkirNeftchi Baku Alay Bahramov (Vilash Masalli, 24 goals)1999-00ShamkirKapazNeftchi Baku  Badri Kvaratskhelia (Shakmir, 16 goals)2000-01ShamkirNeftchi BakuVilash Masalli Pasha Aliyev (Bakili Baku, 12 goals)2001-02ShamkirNeftchi BakuQarabağ Kanan Karimov (Kapaz, 14 goals) Dmitri Kudinov (Qarabağ, 14 goals)2002-03Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, no league championship was held.Azerbaijan 2002/032003-04Neftchi BakuShamkirQarabağ Samir Musayev (Qarabağ, 20 goals)2004-05Neftchi BakuKhazar LankaranKarvan Zaur Ramazanov (Karvan, 21 goals)2005-06FC BakuKarvanNeftchi Baku Yacouba Bamba (Karvan, 16 goals)2006-07Khazar LankaranNeftchi BakuFC Baku Zaur Ramazanov (Khazar Lankaran, 20 goals)2007-08Inter BakuAZALNeftchi Baku Khagani Mammadov (Inter Baku, 19 goals)2008-09FC BakuInter BakuSimurq Walter Guglielmone (Inter Baku, 17 goals)2009-10Inter BakuFC BakuQarabağ Farid Guliyev (Standard Baku, 16 goals)2010-11Neftchi BakuKhazar LankaranQarabağ Georgi Adamia (Qarabağ, 18 goals)2011-12Neftchi BakuKhazar LankaranInter Baku Bahodir Nasimov (Neftchi Baku, 16 goals)

 Performance by club 
 Club Winners Winning Years Neftchi Baku 7 1992, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2011–12 Kapaz 3 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99 Shamkir 3 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02 FC Baku 2 2005–06, 2008–09 Inter Baku 2 2007–08, 2009–10 Qarabağ 1 1993 Turan Tovuz 1 1993–94 Khazar Lankaran 1 2006–07

Awards
Trophy
The current Azerbaijan Premier League trophy was developed by the Professional Football League of Azerbaijan and the trophy has been awarded to the champion of Azerbaijan since the end of the 2009–10 season, replacing the previous Premier League trophy that had existed for only few years.

Related pages
Football in Azerbaijan
Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan national football team
Azerbaijan Supercup
Azerbaijan Cup

References

 Other websites 
Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan Official website 
Azerbaijani Professional Football League Official website
League at UEFA

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Category:2000s establishments in Azerbaijan