2024–25 Azerbaijan Premier League

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates2 August 2024 – 24 May 2025
ChampionsQarabağ (12th title)
RelegatedSabail
UEFA Champions LeagueQarabağ
UEFA Europa LeagueSabah
UEFA Conference LeagueAraz-Naxçıvan
Zira
Matches played155
Goals scored377 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerLeandro Andrade (11 goals)
Longest unbeaten runAraz-Naxçıvan (15 matches)
Highest attendance9,355
Total attendance275,933
Average attendance1,533

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

On April 27, 2025, in the 32nd round of the Premier League, Qarabağ secured the championship with four rounds remaining after drawing 1–1 against Sabah, thus becoming Premier League champions for the 12th time in their history and for the 4th consecutive time.[1]

This season is last league participating with 10 teams and expand to 12 teams from 2025–26 season.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2023–24 Azerbaijan First Division 		Relegated to
2024–25 Azerbaijan First Division
Shamakhi Gabala
Locations of the 2024–25 Azerbaijan Premier League teams

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Year Established Location Venue Capacity[2]
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[3] 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: 26,120 Capacity: 31,200 Capacity: 10,289 Capacity: 8,969
Sabail Shamakhi Sumgayit Turan Tovuz Zira
ASCO Arena Shamakhi City Stadium Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Tovuz City Stadium Zira Sport Complex
Capacity: 3,200 Capacity: 2,176 Capacity: 9,502 Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 1,256

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[4] 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 Vasili Berezutski Elvin Jamalov Nike Bank Respublika
Sabail Abdulgani Nurmammadov Javid Huseynov 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 Arem 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[5] Pre-season Roman Hryhorchuk 1 July 2024[6]
Turan Tovuz Aykhan Abbasov Kurban Berdyev 25 June 2024[7]
Neftçi Roman Hryhorchuk Mutual Agreement 7 October 2024[8] 9th Samir Abbasov 14 October 2024[9]
Sumgayit Samir Abbasov Signed by Neftçi 14 October 2024[9] 8th Vagif Javadov (Interim)
Sabah Krunoslav Rendulić Mutual agreement 25 November 2024[10] 5th Vasili Berezutski 25 November 2024[11]
Sumgayit Vagif Javadov (Interim) Made permanent 8 January 2025 6th Vagif Javadov 8 January 2025[12]

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 Ayyoub Allach Cristian Avram César Meza Colli Benny Nuno Rodrigues
Kapaz Paná Yegor Khvalko Pachu Rati Ardazishvili Trent Buhagiar Karim L'Koucha Rogério Diogo Verdasca Mahamadou Ba Shervoni Mabatshoev Redon Mihana
Keverton
Victor Braga
Lassana N'Diaye
Neftçi Yegor Bogomolsky Alex Fernandes Yuri Matias Dembo Darboe Robert Bauer Bassala Sambou Erwin Koffi Ryonosuke Ohori Edvin Kuč Raphael Guzzo Moustapha Seck Alpha Conteh Andriy Shtohrin Andre Shinyashiki
Brayan Moreno
Márk Tamás
Keelan Lebon
Qarabağ Redon Xhixha Yassine Benzia Kady Borges Matheus Silva Leandro Andrade Patrick Andrade Kevin Medina Fabijan Buntić Abdellah Zoubir Emmanuel Addai Marko Janković Marko Vešović Mateusz Kochalski Oleksiy Kashchuk Júlio Romão
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 Umarali Rakhmonaliev
Sabail Amir Bilali David Gomis Madi Queta Gitay Sofir Soulyman Allouch Ayman Bouali Innocent Nshuti Marko Nikolić Gorka Larrucea Dmytro Lytvyn
Shamakhi Belajdi Pusi Michael Thuíque Brahim Konaté Leroy Mickels Vasilije Radenović Ricardo Fernandes Andrei Tîrcoveanu Vasilije Bakić Alphonce Msanga Vladyslav Veremeev Jonathan Benteke
Giorgi Kantaria
Sumgayit Slaviša Radović Alan Dias Trésor Mossi Ronaldo Vásquez Giorgi Kharaishvili Momo Yansané Roi Kahat Sylvanus Nimely Miloš Milović Easah Suliman Jasurbek Jaloliddinov Bobur Abdikholikov Fernando Medeiros
Jordan Rezabala
Nikola Vujnović
Kristijan Velinovski
Turan Tovuz Christian Jô Kauan Alex Souza Haiderson Hurtado Arash Ghaderi Denis Marandici Roderick Miller Aykhan Guseynov Ivan Konovalov Anton Krachkovsky Sergey Samok Álex Serrano Emmanuel Hackman Otto John
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 (C) 36 28 5 3 86 19 +67 89 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Zira 36 23 5 8 59 27 +32 74 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3 Araz-Naxçıvan 36 15 13 8 34 29 +5 58
4 Turan Tovuz 36 14 13 9 45 39 +6 55
5 Sabah 36 10 18 8 50 46 +4 48 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
6 Neftçi 36 10 13 13 39 49 −10 43
7 Shamakhi 36 9 9 18 32 46 −14 36
8 Sumgayit 36 9 6 21 31 53 −22 33
9 Kapaz 36 8 8 20 28 65 −37 32
10 Sabail (R) 36 4 10 22 28 59 −31 22 Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Lower number of points based on yellow and red cards; 8) Draw.[13]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Sabah qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the 2024–25 Azerbaijan Cup winners.

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 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1
Kapaz 0–2 4–3 0–5 2–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–2 0–1
Neftçi 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–4
Qarabağ 2–0 3–0 4–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 5–0 0–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 5–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–0
Sabah 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
Sabail 0–2 4–0 1–1 0–3 2–4 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–2 1–4 0–0 0–1
Shamakhi 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2
Sumgayit 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–4 0–2 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 3–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3
Turan Tovuz 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2
Zira 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 4–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[14]
1 Leandro Andrade Qarabağ 15
2 Salifou Soumah Zira 12
3 Davit Volkovi Zira 11
Jesse Sekidika Sabah
4 Felipe Santos Araz-Naxçıvan 10
5 Joy-Lance Mickels Sabah 9
Nariman Akhundzade Qarabağ
Raphael Utzig Zira
Pavol Šafranko Sabah
6 Filip Ozobić Neftçi 8
Oleksiy Kashchuk Qarabağ
Brahim Konaté Shamakhi
7 Yassine Benzia Qarabağ 7
Giorgi Papunashvili Zira
Alex Souza Turan Tovuz


Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Davit Volkovi Zira Sabail 4–1 (H) 4 August 2024 [15]

Clean sheets

As of match played 4 March 2025
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Cristian Avram Araz-Naxçıvan 13
2 Aydın Bayramov Zira 12
3 Ivan Konovalov Turan Tovuz 10
4 Mekhti Dzhenetov Sumgayit 7
Ricardo Fernandes Shamakhi
6 Mateusz Kochalski Qarabağ 6
7 Rza Jafarov Neftçi 5
8 Fabijan Buntić Qarabağ 4
Yusif İmanov Sabah
Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev Qarabağ
Hüseynali Guliyev Sabail
Rógerio Kapaz

Attendances

In the 2024/25 season, a total of 275,933 spectators attended the Premier League matches. With 180 games played, the average attendance per match was 1,533. In terms of spectators, Turan Tovuz had the highest figures, with a total of 78,500 fans attending their matches with an average of 4,361 per game.[16]

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.[17] 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.[17]

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.[18]

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.[19]

The derby match between Neftçi and Qarabağ held at Neftçi Arena on February 16, 2025, during 23rd tour, became the most attended game of the 2024/25 Premier League season, drawing 9,355 spectators.[20]

See also

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