2024–25 Azerbaijan Premier League

Azerbaijan Premier League

Season	2024–25
Dates	2 August 2024 – 24 May 2025
Matches played	90
Goals scored	219 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Felipe Santos and Joy-Lance Mickels (8)
Longest unbeaten run	Araz-Naxçıvan (15 matches)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 27 August 2024.

The 2024–25 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 33rd season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier football league of Azerbaijan.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2023–24 Azerbaijan First Division	Relegated to 2024–25 Azerbaijan First Division
Shamakhi	Gabala

Neftçi
Sabah

Araz-Nakhchivan

Kapaz

Qarabağ

Sabail

Shamakhi

Sumgayit

Turan Tovuz

Zira

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Locations of the 2024–25 Azerbaijan Premier League teams

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Year Established	Location	Venue	Capacity[1]
Araz-Naxçıvan	1967	Nakhchivan, Baku	Dalga Arena	6,500
Kapaz	1959	Ganja, Tovuz	Tovuz City Stadium	6,500
Neftchi	1937	Baku	Neftchi Arena	10,260
Qarabağ	1951	Aghdam, Baku	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium	31,200
Sabah	2017	Absheron	Bank Respublika Arena	8,600
Sabail	2016	Sabail, Baku	ASCO Arena	3,200
Shamakhi	1997[2]	Shamakhi	Shamakhi City Stadium	2,200
Sumgayit	2010	Sumgait	Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium	8,700
Turan Tovuz	1992	Tovuz	Tovuz City Stadium	6,500
Zira	2014	Zira, Baku	Zira Sport Complex	1,300

Stadiums

Araz-Naxçıvan	Kapaz	Qarabağ	Neftçi	Sabah
Dalga Arena	Ganja City Stadium	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium	Neftchi Arena	Bank Respublika Arena
Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 26,000	Capacity: 31,200	Capacity: 10,260	Capacity: 8,600
Sabail	Shamakhi	Sumgayit	Turan Tovuz	Zira
ASCO Arena	Shamakhi City Stadium	Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium	Tovuz City Stadium	Zira Sport Complex
Capacity: 3,200	Capacity: 2,200	Capacity: 8,700	Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 1,300

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Araz-Naxçıvan	Ramin Akhundov	Elmar Bakhshiyev	Vadim Abdullayev	Hummel[3]	Samaya Ltd
Kapaz	Ilgar Nadiri	Azer Baghirov	Vurğun Hüseynov	Joma	-
Neftçi	Kamran Guliyev	Samir Abbasov	Emin Mahmudov	Erreà	SOCAR
Qarabağ	Tahir Gozal	Gurban Gurbanov	Abdellah Zoubir	Adidas	Azersun
Sabah	Magsud Adigozalov	Krunoslav Rendulić	Elvin Jamalov	Nike	Bank Respublika
Sabail	Abdulgani Nurmammadov	Vagif Javadov	Yusif Nabiyev	Adidas	ASCO
Shamakhi	Elchin Usub	Aykhan Abbasov	Emin Zamanov	Joma
Sumgayit	Riad Rafiyev	Vagif Javadov	Vugar Mustafayev	Jako	Azerikimya
Turan Tovuz	Ogtay Abdullayev	Kurban Berdyev	Şehriyar Aliyev	Jako	Huner Group
Zira	Taleh Nasibov	Rashad Sadygov	Qismət Alıyev	Joma	Nar, Azfargroup

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Neftçi	Miodrag Božović	End of contract	30 June 2024[4]	Pre-season	Roman Hryhorchuk	1 July 2024[5]
Turan Tovuz	Aykhan Abbasov				Kurban Berdyev	25 June 2024[6]
Neftçi	Roman Hryhorchuk	Mutual Agreement	7 October 2024[7]	9th	Samir Abbasov	14 October 2024[8]
Sumgayit	Samir Abbasov	Signed by Neftçi	14 October 2024[8]	8th	Vagif Javadov (Interim)
Sumgayit	Vagif Javadov (Interim)	Made permanent	8 January 2025	6th	Vagif Javadov	8 January 2025[9]

Foreign players

Each team can use only seven foreign players on the field in each game.

Main articles: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2024 and List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2024–25

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Player 10	Player 11	Player 12	Player 13	Player 14	Player 15	Player 16	Left during the season
Araz-Naxçıvan	Mićo Kuzmanović	Jatobá	Ramon Machado	Wanderson Maranhão	Igor Ribeiro	Felipe Santos	Issouf Paro	Cristian Avram	César Meza Colli	Benny	Nuno Rodrigues
Kapaz	Redon Mihana	Paná	Yegor Khvalko	Pachu	Rati Ardazishvili	Trent Buhagiar	Karim L'Koucha	Rogério	Diogo Verdasca	Mahamadou Ba	Shervoni Mabatshoev						Keverton Victor Braga Lassana N'Diaye
Neftçi	Yegor Bogomolsky	Yuri Matias	Dembo Darboe	Robert Bauer	Erwin Koffi	Keelan Lebon	Alpha Conteh	Edvin Kuč	Raphael Guzzo	Moustapha Seck	Andriy Shtohrin						Andre Shinyashiki Brayan Moreno Márk Tamás
Qarabağ	Redon Xhixha	Yassine Benzia	Júlio Romão	Matheus Silva	Leandro Andrade	Patrick Andrade	Kevin Medina	Fabijan Buntić	Abdellah Zoubir	Emmanuel Addai	Marko Janković	Marko Vešović	Mateusz Kochalski	Oleksiy Kashchuk			Juninho Hamidou Keyta
Sabah	Bojan Letić	Ygor Nogueira	Ivan Lepinjica	Joy-Lance Mickels	Kaheem Parris	Stas Pokatilov	Vincent Thill	Sofian Chakla	Jesse Sekidika	Njegoš Kupusović	Pavol Šafranko	Jon Irazabal
Sabail	Amir Bilali	David Gomis	Madi Queta	Gitay Sofir	Soulyman Allouch	Ayman Bouali	Innocent Nshuti	Marko Nikolić	Gorka Larrucea	Dmytro Lytvyn
Shamakhi	Belajdi Pusi	Brahim Konaté	Leroy Mickels	Vasilije Radenović	Ricardo Fernandes	Vasilije Bakić	Alphonce Msanga	Alphonce Msanga									Jonathan Benteke Giorgi Kantaria
Sumgayit	Slaviša Radović	Alan Dias	Trésor Mossi	Ronaldo Vásquez	Jordan Rezabala	Giorgi Kharaishvili	Momo Yansané	Roi Kahat	Sylvanus Nimely	Miloš Milović	Easah Suliman	Jasurbek Jaloliddinov					Fernando Medeiros Nikola Vujnović Kristijan Velinovski
Turan Tovuz	Christian	Jô	Kauan	Alex Souza	Arash Ghaderi	Denis Marandici	Otto John	Roderick Miller	Aykhan Guseynov	Ivan Konovalov	Anton Krachkovsky	Sergey Samok	Álex Serrano	Emmanuel Hackman
Zira	Martins Júnior	Filipe Pachtmann	Ruan Renato	Raphael Utzig	Iron Gomis	Davit Volkovi	Giorgi Papunashvili	Salifou Soumah	Stephane Acka	Pierre Zebli	Issa Djibrilla	Yusuf Lawal	Eldar Kuliyev	Tiago Silva	Ange Mutsinzi		Abbas Ibrahim

In italics:' Players that are on loan from another APL side.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Qarabağ	20	16	2	2	51	11	+40	50	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Araz-Naxçıvan	20	13	3	4	23	15	+8	42	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3	Zira	20	11	3	6	31	17	+14	36
4	Turan Tovuz	20	9	8	3	28	21	+7	35
5	Sabah	21	6	10	5	30	28	+2	28
6	Neftçi	21	4	9	8	19	30	−11	21
7	Sumgayit	20	6	3	11	15	28	−13	21
8	Shamakhi	21	4	5	12	19	29	−10	17
9	Kapaz	21	5	2	14	20	46	−26	17
10	Sabail	20	4	3	13	19	30	−11	15	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.[10]

Fixtures and results

Clubs play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.

Home \ Away	ARA	KAP	NEF	QAR	SAB	SEB	SHA	SUM	TUR	ZIR	ARA	KAP	NEF	QAR	SAB	SEB	SHA	SUM	TUR	ZIR
Araz-Naxçıvan		1–0	1–1	1–4	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		8 FEB	2–1	8 MAR	3 MAY	22 FEB	15 MAR	5 APR	19 APR	24 MAY
Kapaz	0–2		4–3	0–5	2–3	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–4	12 APR		1 MAR	17 MAY	1 FEB	29 MAR	15 FEB	10 MAY	5–2	26 APR
Neftçi	0–1	2–1		0–3	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	29 MAR	3 MAY		15 FEB	1–1	17 MAY	1 FEB	22 FEB	8 MAR	12 APR
Qarabağ	2–0	3–0	4–0		3–2	2–1	3–0	5–0	0–1	4–0	10 MAY	15 MAR	19 APR		22 FEB	8 FEB	3–2	3 MAY	1–2	5 APR
Sabah	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1		1–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	1 MAR	5 APR	24 MAY	26 APR		19 APR	10 MAY	0–0	8 FEB	15 MAR
Sabail	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–3	2–4		2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	26 APR	1–0	15 MAR	12 APR	15 FEB		1 MAR	24 MAY	5 APR	10 MAY
Shamakhi	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–0		1–0	2–2	0–2	17 MAY	19 APR	5 APR	18 JAN	8 MAR	3 MAY		8 FEB	22 FEB	1–2
Sumgayit	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1		2–4	0–2	1 FEB	8 MAR	26 APR	1 MAR	29 MAR	0–2	12 APR		17 MAY	15 FEB
Turan Tovuz	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0		1–0	15 FEB	24 MAY	10 MAY	29 MAR	12 APR	1 FEB	26 APR	15 MAR		1 MAR
Zira	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	4–1	0–1	4–1	0–0		1–0	22 FEB	8 FEB	1 FEB	17 MAY	8 MAR	29 MAR	19 APR	3 MAY

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2025. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 19 January 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[11]
1	Felipe Santos	Araz-Naxçıvan	8
	Joy-Lance Mickels	Sabah
2	Leandro Andrade	Qarabağ	7
	Davit Volkovi	Zira
3	Jesse Sekidika	Sabah	6
4	Toral Bayramov	Qarabağ	5
	Giorgi Papunashvili	Zira
	Pavol Šafranko	Sabah
	Nariman Akhundzade	Qarabağ
	Belajdi Pusi	Shamakhi

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Davit Volkovi	Zira	Sabail	4–1 (H)	4 August 2024	[12]

Own goals

• Vasilije Bakić – Shamakhi vs Zira 2 November 2024

Clean sheets

As of match played 6 November 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ivan Konovalov	Turan Tovuz	7
2	Cristian Avram	Araz-Naxçıvan	6
3	Aydın Bayramov	Zira	5
4	Ricardo Fernandes	Shamakhi	4
	Mateusz Kochalski	Qarabağ
6	Rza Jafarov	Neftçi	3
	Mekhti Dzhenetov	Sumgayit
8	Huseynali Guliyev	Sabail	2
9	Sadig Mammadzade	Qarabağ	1
	Yusif İmanov	Sabah
	Fabijan Buntić	Qarabağ
	Nijat Mehbaliyev	Sabah
	Rógerio	Kapaz

Discipline

Red cards

As of match played 6 November 2024

• Elvin Cafarguliyev - Araz-Naxçıvan vs Qarabağ (2 August 2024)
• Elmir Taghiyev - Qarabağ vs Kapaz (9 August 2024)
• Brahim Konaté - Sabail vs Shamakhi (5 October 2024)
• Edvin Kuč - Neftçi vs Sabail (19 October 2024)
• Diogo Verdasca - Turan Tovuz vs Kapaz (25 October 2024)
• Turan Valizade - Neftçi vs Araz-Naxçıvan (1 November 2024)

Attendances

Records

In the 2024/25 season, Turan Tovuz became the 7th team in the 32-year history of the national championships to not concede a single goal in their first 5 matches. The club's match against Neftçi ended in a 0:0 draw, and they went on to defeat Sumgayit, Qarabağ, and Sabail by one unanswered goal each, and Kapaz by three unanswered goals. The last time this record was matched was in the 2016-17 season by Gabala.[13] Turan Tovuz's goalkeeper, Ivan Konozalov, became the second foreign goalkeeper in the history of the national championships to keep a clean sheet in the first 5 matches, following Dmytro Bezotosnyi, who achieved this with Gabala in the 2016/17 season.[13]

For the second time in 32 years, "Neftçi" failed to win any of their first 5 matches. They ended their matches against "Turan Tovuz" and "Shamakhi" in goalless draws, and drew 1:1 with "Sabail" and "Araz-Naxçıvan." The club first experienced this in the 2017/18 season, where they also failed to win in their first 5 matches. That winless streak lasted for 6 games and was only broken in the 7th match.[14]

On September 20, during the 7th round match between Qarabağ and Neftçi, Neftçi player Robert Bauer scored an own goal, becoming the author of the season's first own goal. This was the 234th own goal in the history of the national championships and the 25th own goal scored by the club, setting an unfortunate record in the tournament's history. Additionally, with this goal, Qarabağ celebrated its 34th own goal scored by opponents, further extending its record.[15]

See also

• 2024-25 Azerbaijan First Division
• 2024-25 Azerbaijan Cup

References

1. Azərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası (in Azerbaijani)
2. "Arts, Sports & Events". Official Khazar University website. 2006. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
3. ""Araz-Naxçıvan"ı yeni mövsümdə "Hummel" geyindirəcək". arazpfk.com (in Azerbaijani). Araz-Naxçıvan PFK. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
4. "Bojoviçlə müqavilənin müddəti uzadılmayacaq". neftchi.az (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
5. ""Neftçi" PFK-nın baş məşqçisi postuna yeni təyinat olub". neftchi.az (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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7. "Təşəkkürlər, Roman Qriqorçuk". neftchi.az (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
8. "Samir Abasov "Neftçi"nin yeni baş məşqçisidir". neftchi.az (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
9. "Vaqif Cavadovla 2,5 illik müqavilə imzalanıb". facebook.com/sumqayitfc (in Azerbaijani). Sumgayit FK. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
10. "Premyer Liqa: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
11. "Premier League – Top Scorers". soccer24.com. Soccer24. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
12. "Zira 4-1 Sabail". soccerway.com. Soccerway.com. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
13. "Tarixdə 7-ci: İkinci legioner" (in Azerbaijani). Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası. 2025-09-02.
14. "32 ildə ikinci dəfə" (in Azerbaijani). Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası. 2024-09-02.
15. "Azərbaycan Premyer Liqasının cari mövsümündə ilk avtoqol qeydə alınıb". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). 2024-09-21. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

External links

• UEFA