Azerbaijan Premier League
The Azerbaijan Premier League (Azerbaijani: [Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)), is the top football competition in Azerbaijan.
History
The Azerbaijan Premier League was created in 2007 and replaced the Top Division (Azerbaijani: [Yüksək Liqa] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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 | 23x15px Nazim Aliyev | 1992–1999 | Neftchi Baku | 183 |
| 2 | 23x15px Mushfig Huseynov | 1992–2007 | FK Qarabağ | 125 |
| 3 | 23x15px Rovshan Ahmadov | 1992–2003 | Kapaz | 116 |
| 4 | 23x15px Gurban Gurbanov | 1990–2006 | Neftchi Baku | 115 |
| 5 | 23x15px Samir Alakbarov | 1992–2001 | Neftchi Baku | 115 |
| 6 | 23x15px Alay Bahramov | 1992–1999 | FK Masallı | 108 |
| 7 | 23x15px Vadim Vasilyev | 1994–2007 | Baki Fehlesi | 102 |
| 8 | 23x15px Khagani Mammadov | 1994–2012 | Inter Baku | 102 |
| 9 | 23x15px Kanan Karimov | 1995–2012 | FK Shamkir | 101 |
| 10 | 23x15px Nadir Nabiyev | 1995–2012 | Turan Tovuz | 100 |
| Player | Period | Club[6] | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23x15px Mahmud Gurbanov | 1992–2012 | Kapaz | 421 |
| 2 | 23x15px Aslan Kerimov | 1992–2011 | FK Qarabağ | 382 |
| 3 | 23x15px Azer Mammadov | 1992–present | Kapaz | 374 |
| 4 | 23x15px Agil Mammadov | 1992–2011 | Turan Tovuz | 364 |
| 5 | 23x15px Ismayil Mammadov | 1992–2009 | FK Shamkir | 351 |
| 6 | 23x15px Kanan Karimov | 1995–2012 | FK Shamkir | 327 |
| 7 | 23x15px Nadir Nabiyev | 1995–2012 | Turan Tovuz | 316 |
| 8 | 23x15px Mubariz Orujov | 1992–2008 | Khazar Lankaran | 311 |
| 9 | 23x15px Mushfig Huseynov | 1992–2007 | FK Qarabağ | 305 |
| 10 | 23x15px Adahim Niftaliyev | 1995–2011 | Khazar Lankaran | 303 |
Player records
- As of 14 August 2011
- All-time top scorer: 23x15px Nazim Aliyev (183 goals)[7]
- Top scorer in one season: 1992 23x15px Nazim Aliyev (39 goals)
- Most league titles won: 23x15px Mahmud Qurbanov, he has won Azerbaijani championship record 10 times.[8]
- Oldest player: 23x15px Nadir Shukurov, for Karvan vs Mughan, 42 years, 19 April 2009[9]
- Youngest goalscorer: 23x15px Ramal Huseynov, for Shahdag vs Kimyachi Sumgayit, 13 years old, 333 days[10]
- First appearance and goal scored by foreign player: 23x15px Otar Korghalidze (1995)[11]
- Most appearances by foreign player: 23x15px Georgi Adamia (133 matches by 9 August 2010)
- Highest transfer fee (money) paid: 23x15px Oktay Derelioğlu, from Akçaabat Sebatspor to Khazar Lankaran, €200,000, 9 December 2004[12]
- Highest transfer fee (money) received: 23x15px Vagif Javadov, from FK Qarabağ to FC Twente, €1,500,000, January 5, 2010[13]
Club records
- As of 19 August 2012
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Champions and top scorers
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.
Azerbaijan Premier League Media
- Azerbaijan Premier League trophy 2011-2012.jpg
Azerbaijan Premier League 2011–12 trophy
Related pages
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ekspress Newspaper Archived 2014-08-05 at Archive.today (in Azerbaijani)
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- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
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- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil). (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]
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Azerbaijan 2002/03