2024–25 Azerbaijan First Division

Azerbaijan First Division
Season2024–25
ChampionsGabala (2nd title)
PromotedGabala
İmişli
Karvan
RelegatedQaradağ Lökbatan
Matches played135
Goals scored356 (2.64 per match)
Biggest home winKarvan 5–0 Mingəçevir (19 December 2024)
Zaqatala 6–1 Baku Sportinq (10 April 2025)
Biggest away winQaradağ Lökbatan 0–5 Qəbələ (19 September 2024)
Baku Sportinq 0–5 Qəbələ (4 April 2025)
Highest scoringDifai Ağsu 3–5 Karvan (3 April 2025)
Longest winning runKarvan (6)
Longest unbeaten runGabala (21)
Highest attendance3,000
Total attendance64,595
Average attendance478
← 2023–24
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Azerbaijan First Division was the second-level of football in Azerbaijan.

In the 20th round of the First League on 7 April 2025, Gabala won 5–0 against Baku Sporting, securing promotion to the Premier League with 7 matchdays (35 games) remaining before the end of the tournament.[1]

Teams

A total of 10 teams would compete, with the winners promoted to Azerbaijan Premier League and the team whom finished last relegated to the Azerbaijan Second League.

Team Location Venue Capacity
Baku Sporting Baku Bine Stadium 600
Cəbrayıl Jabrayil Neftchi Football Center Stadium 200
Difai Ağsu Agsu Agsu City Stadium 3,000
Karvan Yevlakh Yevlakh City Stadium 5,000
Mingəçevir Mingachevir Yashar Mammadzade Stadium 5,000
MOİK Baku Bine Stadium 600
Qaradağ Lökbatan Baku Lökbatan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium 2,500
Qəbələ Qabala Gabala City Stadium 4,500
İmişli Imishli Heydar Aliyev Stadium 8,500
Zaqatala Zaqatala Zaqatala City Stadium 3,500

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Qəbələ (C, P) 27 21 4 2 56 8 +48 67 Promotion to the Azerbaijan Premier League
2 İmişli (P) 27 15 7 5 43 20 +23 52
3 Karvan (P) 27 13 8 6 53 37 +16 47
4 Mingəçevir 27 9 8 10 30 36 −6 35
5 Zaqatala 27 8 10 9 35 34 +1 34
6 MOİK 27 8 6 13 29 43 −14 30
7 Cəbrayıl 27 8 5 14 26 34 −8 29
8 Baku Sporting 27 7 7 13 21 43 −22 28
9 Difai Ağsu (O) 27 7 5 15 36 54 −18 26 Qualification to the Azerbaijan First Division play-off
10 Qaradağ Lökbatan (R) 27 5 8 14 27 47 −20 23 Relegation to the Azerbaijan Second Division
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Clubs play each other three times for a total of 27 matches each.

Home \ Away BAK CƏB DIF KAR MIN MOİ QAR QƏB ZAQ İMI BAK CƏB DIF KAR MIN MOİ QAR QƏB ZAQ İMI
Baku Sporting — 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–2 0–0 2–2 — — 1–2 — — 0–0 0–1 0–5 — —
Cəbrayıl 1–2 — 0–4 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–3 0–0 0–2 2–1 — — — 2–0 — 3–0 — 1–0 —
Difai Ağsu 0–1 0–1 — 1–4 3–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–4 — 1–1 — 3–5 1–4 — — — 1–0 1–3
Karvan 3–1 1–2 3–3 — 5–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 — — — — 2–2 2–0 — 1–1
Mingəçevir 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 — 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–0 4–0 — — 2–1 — — — — 2–2 0–0
MOİK 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–2 — 2–2 0–4 3–1 4–3 — 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 — — — 0–0 —
Qaradağ Lökbatan 2–3 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 — 0–5 1–1 0–1 — — 3–1 — 0–0 0–1 — 0–3 — —
Qəbələ 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 — 0–0 0–0 — 3–1 4–0 — 2–0 1–0 — — 4–0 —
Zaqatala 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 — 1–4 6–1 — — 3–0 — — 0–0 — — 0–2
İmişli 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 — 0–0 2–0 — — — 2–1 3–1 1–0 — —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Azerbaijan First Division play-off

The ninth-placed team (Difai Ağsu) faced the fourth-placed team of the 2024–25 Azerbaijan Second Division (Hypers Guba) for the final place in the 2025–26 Azerbaijan First Division.[2][3]

Hypers Guba1–3Difai Ağsu

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Domi Massoumou Gabala 16
2 Emil Qasımov Karvan 15
3 Bahruz Teymurov Karvan 13
4 Seyxan Fərəcov İmişli 11
İbrahim Əliyev MOIK Baku
5 Ezekiel Morgan Karvan 10
6 Roini Ismayilov Zagatala 9
Elshad Taghiyev Gabala
Abdullahi Shuaybu Gabala
7 Christian Kamta Difai Ağsu 8
Jean-Paul Assoumou Zagatala
8 Pablo Henrique İmişli 7
Muhammad Benjamin Difai Ağsu
Nahid Aliyev Mingəçevir
9 Araz Abdullayev Qaradağ Lökbatan 6
Jalal Jabrayilov Zagatala

Spectators

In the 2024/25 season, a total of 64,595 spectators watched the First League games. Across 135 matches played, the average attendance was 478 spectators per game. The highest attendance figures were recorded for the team Karvan FK, whose matches were watched by a total of 1,950 spectators. The season's attendance record was 3,000 spectators, set during the 8th and 24th rounds in the matches between Karvan FK and Gabala SC.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Birinci Liqa: "Qəbələ" yenidən Premyer Liqada". Apasport.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  2. ^ "Futbol üzrə Azərbaycan I Liqasında pley-off oyununun vaxtı bəlli olub". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  3. ^ ""Difai" I Liqada qalmağı bacardı". Apasport.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-05-28.
  4. ^ ""Karvan"dan böyük üstünlük". pfl.az. 2025-06-13. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
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