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2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League
The 2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 31st season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier Association football, football league of Azerbaijan. The season begun on 6 August 2022 and ended 28 May 2023. Teams Stadia and locations :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.'' Stadiums 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. Managerial changes Foreign players Each team could use only seven List of foreign Azerbaijan Premier League players, foreign players on the field in each game. In bold: Players capped for their national team. League table Fixtures and results Clubs played each other four times for a total of 36 matches each. Matches 1–18 Matches 19–36 Season statistics Top scorers Hat-tricks * 4 Player scored 4 goals Clean sheets See also * Azerbaijan Premier League * Azerbaijan First Division * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan Premier League
The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve clubs. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 33 matches each (playing each team in the league three times, twice at home and once away). The Premier League champion secures the right to play in UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. The runner up and the 3rd-place winner secure the right to play in UEFA Europa Conference League starting in second qualifying round. Since 1992, a total of eight clubs have been crowned champions of the Azerbaijani football system. The Azerbaijan Premier League was first organized in 2007 and succeeded the Top Division (), which existed from 1992 to 2007. The current champions are Qarabağ FK, Qarabağ, who won the title in the 2024–25 Azerbaijan Premier League, 2024–25 season for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians until 2023, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaijanis until their expulsion during the 1990s. The Nagorno-Karabakh region was entirely claimed by and partially controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, but was recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan gradually re-established control over Nagorno-Karabakh region and the seven surrounding districts. Throughout the Soviet period, Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast were heavily discriminated against. The Soviet Azerbaijani authorities worked to suppress Armenian culture and identity in Nagorno-Karabakh, pressured Armenians to leave the region and encouraged Azerbaijanis to settle within it, although Armenians remained the majority population. During the ''glasnost'' period, a 1988 Nagorno-Karabak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabail Raion
Sabail raion () is one of the 12 raions of the capital city of Baku, located on the Caspian shore. It is the oldest district in the city. It contains the Old City of Baku and the Baku Boulevard, as well as the settlements Badamdar and Bibiheybət, the administrative territorial divisions no. 1 and no. 2, the municipalities of Badamdar, Bibiheybət and Sabail, and is bordered by the raions of Nasimi, Yasamal and Garadagh. Current head of the raion's executive power is Eldar Azizov (since 2015). The governing body includes the juridical, socio-economic and other departments. History Originally named Bayil Bibi-Heybat, the raion assumed the name of Joseph Stalin in 1931 and in 1960 was renamed after 26 Baku Commissars. On April 29, 1992, the raion gained the name of Sabail, the historical architectural ensemble about 350 m south-west to the Baku Bay. Sabail castle is a historical monument built in the 13th century located near the Baku Bay and remained under the seawater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Respublika Arena
Bank Respublika Arena, former Alinja Arena, is a multi-use stadium in Masazır settlement of Absheron, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,600 people and opened in 2014. References See also *List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan This is a list of football stadiums in Azerbaijan, ranked in descending order of Seating capacity, capacity. The minimum capacity is 1,000. Existing stadiums See also *List of European stadiums by capacity *2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup *UEF ... Football venues in Azerbaijan Sports venues in Baku {{Azerbaijan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absheron District
Absheron District () is one of the 66 Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan, districts of Azerbaijan. Located in the east of the country, it belongs to the Absheron-Khizi Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khizi District, Khizi, Gobustan District, Gobustan, Baku, Hajigabul District, Hajigabul, Salyan District (Azerbaijan), Salyan, and the city of Sumgait. Its capital and largest city is Xırdalan, Khyrdalan. As of 2020, the district had a population of 214,100. Although the district shares the same name as the Absheron Peninsula, the area covered by the district is not conterminous, being further west and mostly inland. History Absheron District was founded in 1963 by the Soviet government to assure enough labour force, highly educated professional staff and necessary provisions are given to enterprises and firms, kolkhozes and collective farms, poultry and agrarian industries, construction centres, scientific-research institutes and laboratories present o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azersun Arena
The Azersun Arena or Tofiq Ismayilov Stadium, also referred as Surakhani Stadium () is a football stadium in Yeni Suraxanı, Baku, Azerbaijan, opened in June 2015. The main tenant of the stadium is Qarabağ, who moved from their home at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium when it was completed. Construction The stadium has a capacity of 5,800 viewers and is based in Yeni Suraxanı. The stadium opened in 2015. History Azersun Arena hosted a 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round match between Dinamo Minsk and Željezničar. See also * List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan * List of European stadiums by capacity This is a list of the largest stadiums in European countries. Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included. They are ordered by their audience capacity. The capacity figures are for each stadium's permanent total seating capacity. C ... References Football venues in Baku Multi-purpose stadiums in Azerbaijan {{Azerbaija ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aghdam
Aghdam () is a town and the nominal capital of the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan. Founded in the 18th century, it was granted city status in 1828 and grew considerably during the Soviet period. Aghdam lies from Stepanakert at the eastern foot of the Karabakh Range, on the outskirts of the Karabakh plain. Before the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, butter, wine and brandy, machine, and silk factories, and an airport and two railway stations functioned there. By 1989, Aghdam had 28,031 inhabitants. As Azerbaijani forces withdrew from Karabakh following political turmoil in the country during the war, Armenian forces captured Aghdam in July 1993. The heavy fighting forced the city's population to flee eastwards. Upon the seizure, Armenian forces sacked the town. Until 2020, it was ''de facto'' a part of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, and was almost entirely ruined and uninhabited. As part of the agreement that ended the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, the town and its surrounding distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakcell Arena
Bakcell is Azerbaijan's first and largest private telecommunications company. With nearly 9,000 base stations, it covers 99.9% of Azerbaijan's population and 92.6% of the country's territory. Bakcell provides telecommunications services to over 3 million subscribers. The fastest mobile internet in Azerbaijan is provided by Bakcell. It was awarded the title of "Azerbaijan's Fastest Mobile Network" by Ookla from 2018 to 2024. The company is part of NEQSOL Holding, a diversified group of companies operating across various industries and countries. The group's main areas of activity include oil and gas, telecommunications, high technologies, and construction. The operations and services of its companies extend to countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and the United Arab Emirates. See also * Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (Azerbaijan) References External links * {{Communications i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganja City Stadium
Ganja City Stadium is located in Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja, Azerbaijan. It is used by Kapaz PFC, Kapaz football club, and has a capacity of 15,000. In the 2016-17 domestic league season, tenants Kapaz PFK drew the highest average home attendance (8,096). During the summer of 2017, the pitch at the Ganja City Stadium was relaid, with work being completed in October 2017. References Football venues in Azerbaijan Sport in Ganja, Azerbaijan Kapaz PFK {{Azerbaijan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganja, Azerbaijan
Ganja (; ) is Azerbaijan's List of cities in Azerbaijan, third largest city, with a population of around 335,600.Azərbaycan Respublikası. — 2. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və inzibati rayonları. — 2.4. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və inzibati rayonlarının ərazisi, əhalisinin sayı və sıxlığı, səhifə 66. /Azərbaycanın əhalisi (statistik bülleten) Müəllifi: State Statistics Committee, Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi. Buraxılışa məsul şəxs: Rza Allahverdiyev. Bakı — 2015, 134 səhifə. The city has been a historic and cultural center throughout most of its existence. It was the capital of the Ganja Khanate until 1804; after Qajar Iran ceded it to the Russian Empire following the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813, it became part of the administrative divisions of the Georgia Governorate, Georgia-Imeretia Governorate, Tiflis Governorate, and Elizavetpol Governorate. Following the dissolution of the Russian Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabala City Stadium
Gabala City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Gabala, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Gabala FK. The stadium has an all-seated capacity of 2,000 spectators. It is planned to start the reconstruction of the stadium in 2012 and expand the capacity of the stadium up to 15,000 seats. See also *List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan This is a list of football stadiums in Azerbaijan, ranked in descending order of Seating capacity, capacity. The minimum capacity is 1,000. Existing stadiums See also *List of European stadiums by capacity *2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup *UEF ... References Football venues in Azerbaijan Sports venues completed in 1985 Qabala District 1985 establishments in the Soviet Union {{Azerbaijan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qabala
Qabala () is a city and the administrative centre of the Qabala District of Azerbaijan. The municipality consists of the city of Gabala and the village of Küsnət, Qabala, Küsnat. Before the city was known as Kutkashen, but after the Republic of Azerbaijan's independence the town was renamed in honour of the much older city of Gabala, the former capital of Caucasian Albania, the archaeological site of which is about 20 km southwest. History Antiquity Gabala is the ancient capital of Caucasian Albania. Archaeological evidence indicates that the city functioned as the capital of Caucasian Albania as early as the 4th century BC. Up to the present time, there are the ruins of the ancient city and the main gate of Caucasian Albania. Ongoing excavations near the village Chukhur show that Gabala from the 4th – 3rd centuries BC and up to the 18th century was one of the main cities with developed trade and crafts. The ruins of the ancient town are situated 15 km from the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
