Azerbaijan Premier League
The Azerbaijan Premier League (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası), is the top football competition in Azerbaijan.
History
The Azerbaijan Premier League was created in 2007 and replaced the Top Division (Azerbaijani: Yüksək Liqa) 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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[2]
| Player | Period | Club[4] | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nazim Aliyev
|
1992–1999 | Neftchi Baku | 183 |
| 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 |
| Player | Period | Club[6] | 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
- As of 14 August 2011
- All-time top scorer: Nazim Aliyev (183 goals)[7]
- Top scorer in one season: 1992 Nazim Aliyev (39 goals)
- Most league titles won: Mahmud Qurbanov, he has won Azerbaijani championship record 10 times.[8]
- Oldest player: Nadir Shukurov, for Karvan vs Mughan, 42 years, 19 April 2009[9]
- Youngest goalscorer: Ramal Huseynov, for Shahdag vs Kimyachi Sumgayit, 13 years old, 333 days[10]
- First appearance and goal scored by foreign player:
Otar Korghalidze (1995)[11] - 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[12] - Highest transfer fee (money) received: Vagif Javadov, from FK Qarabağ to FC Twente, €1,500,000, January 5, 2010[13]
Club records
- As of 19 August 2012
Soviet time champions
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Champions and top scorers
Performance by club
| Club | Winners | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|
| Neftchi Baku | 1992, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2011–12 | |
| Kapaz | 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99 | |
| Shamkir | 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02 | |
| FC Baku | 2005–06, 2008–09 | |
| Inter Baku | 2007–08, 2009–10 | |
| Qarabağ | 1993 | |
| Turan Tovuz | 1993–94 | |
| Khazar Lankaran | 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.
Azerbaijan Premier League Media
Azerbaijan Premier League 2011–12 trophy
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Цена чемпионства". Azerisport.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ekspress Newspaper Archived 2014-08-05 at Archive.today (in Azerbaijani)
- ↑ ""100-lər klubu" üçün het-trik". Football Plus Newspaper (in azərbaycanca). Retrieved 1 September 2011.[dead link]
- ↑ where player shot the most goals
- ↑ "Premyer Liqamızın ilk "11"i". apasport.az (in azərbaycanca). Apasport News Agency. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ where player played the most games.
- ↑ Express newspaper Archived 2014-08-05 at Archive.today (in Azerbaijani)
- ↑ Махмуд Гурбанов: Это словно первое чемпионство (in Russian)
- ↑ "NBC is renamed". AFFA. 31 October 2008. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ↑ "Ramal Hüseynovun rekordu toxunulmaz qaldı" (in azərbaycanca). Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ↑ "Azərbaycan çempionatları tarixində ilk əcnəbi futbolçu". fanat.az. Retrieved 10 November 2010. (in Azerbaijani)
- ↑ Azeri title race hotting up. uefa.com. 2004-12-09. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=266573.html=. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ↑ Azerbaijan's footballer to play in Holland's Twente. news.az. 2009-12-28. http://www.news.az/articles/5652=. Retrieved 2009-12-28.[dead link]
- ↑ "Годы независимости. Успехи Нефтчи, Кяпаза, Шамкира, и французский позор". Azerisport.com. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ↑ "ПАС ИЗ-ЗА ГРАНИЦЫ". Sports Express Newspaper (in русский). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ↑ Azerbaijan 2002/03