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2016–17 Azerbaijan First Division
The 2016–17 Azerbaijan First Division was the 25th season of the second level of football in Azerbaijan. Neftchala FK were the defending champions. Teams No team was promoted from the 2015–16 season, whilst Ravan Baku dropped back to the First Division. Reigning champions Neftchala, along with Baku both didn't participate in this season. Stadia and locations :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. League table Results References External links pfl.azAFFA {{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 Azerbaijan First Division Azerbaijan First Division seasons Azerbaijan First Division The Azerbaijan First Division ( az, Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football (soccer), football. The division is run by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, AFFA. ... 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan First Division
The Azerbaijan First Division ( az, Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football (soccer), football. The division is run by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, AFFA. No teams are promoted to Azerbaijan Premier League, Premier Division. History Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Azerbaijan clubs of the former Soviet Top League, Soviet Premier Division and Soviet First League, Soviet First Division conformed a single Azerbaijan Premier League, which meant that the new second tier of Azerbaijan football would remain regionalized. For the first two seasons three regional groups conformed the second tier, until in 1994 the single table in use today began to be used. Competition format The First Division currently consists of 14 teams. All teams play each other two times. Media coverage CBC Sport currently own all the rights to broadcast the season's games on terrestrial TV. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Shamkir
Shamkir Football Club ( az, Şəmkir Futbol Klubu), is an Azerbaijani football club based in Şəmkir, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan First Division. The club is one of the most oldest and most successful clubs in Azerbaijan's football history with two Azerbaijan Premier League titles. History The club was established in 1954, even though it never participated at any Soviet football league. It was re-established in 1993. Shamkir's most successful years were at the start of the 2000s, after Shahbaz Suleymanov's takeover, club with Agaselim Mirjavadov consecutively won three Azerbaijan Premier League titles and reached the final of Azerbaijan Cup three times. The club also became the first Azerbaijani team to pass qualifying stage of Champions League. In 2005, the club was briefly defunct due to sponsorship reasons but re-established once again on 19 August 2009 after finding sponsors. Stadium Shamkir Olympic Sport Complex Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MOIK Stadium
MOIK Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of MOIK Baku MOIK Baku is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Baku. MOIK was originally built around the same concept of military sports club as CSKA Moscow, CSKA Sofia. History The club was established under name OIK ( az, Ordu İdman Klubu; en, Sports ... of the Azerbaijan Premier League. The stadium holds 3,000 people spectators. External linksStadium information Football venues in Baku {{Azerbaijan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heydar Aliyev Stadium
Heydar Aliyev Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Imishli, Azerbaijan. It is named after the former Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Az .... It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Mil-Muğan. The stadium holds 8,500 people and was opened in 2006. Football venues in Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imishli (city)
Imishli ( az, İmişli) is a city and the capital of the Imishli District of Azerbaijan. History During the Tsardom of Russia, Qaradonlu belonged to the Javad Khan administration. In 1906, the first School of Qaradonlu region was established, with many living-buildings, caravanserais, mills and shops in the area. In August 1930, Qaradonlu was organized in Mil-Mugan as a region. As early as the October Revolution, land-reclamation and irrigation work were made based on the intense irrigated plant-growing. In 1933, Qaradonlu Machine-Tractor Plant was built in the Qaradonlu historical region. As a result of the construction of the railway between Ələt and Yerevan, people moved from the center of the region to suburbs of the railway stations. The population increase produced two-story brick buildings in Qaradonlu and Imishli. The regional capital was moved there and the region became Imishli District. Imishli village also expanded. Government houses were constructed, completel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qazakh City Stadium
Qazakh City Stadium ( az, Qazax şəhər stadionu) is a multi-use stadium in Qazakh, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Göyazan Qazakh FK. The stadium holds 15,000 people. See also *List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan This is a list of football stadiums in Azerbaijan, ranked in descending order of capacity. See also *List of European stadiums by capacity *2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup *UEFA Euro 2020 References {{Sport in Azerbaijan * Azerbaijan ... References Football venues in Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qazakh
Qazax (; ) is a city in and the capital of the Gazakh District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 20,900. Gazakh is a city and administrative district in the west of Azerbaijan, the "western gate" of Azerbaijan. History Early history In the 17–18th century, Gazakh was the capital of the Kazakh Sultanate. During the Russian Empire, the city was the administrative center of the Kazakh uezd of the Elizavetpol Governorate. It is situated 10 km from the Aghstafa station of the Transcaucasus Railway. Conflicts and disputes with Armenia From 1905 to 1906, during the Armenian–Tatar massacres, many Armenian homes were burned and looted by Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis), as well as the Armenian school and church. Many Armenian inhabitants as a result fled to Tbilisi and other nearby Armenian-populated areas. From an Armenian perspective, these territories were historical Armenian provinces—which had been, factually, incorporated in various Armenian states—a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yashar Mammadzade Stadium
Yashar Mammadzade Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Mingachevir, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Energetik FC. The stadium holds 5,000 people. References See also *List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan This is a list of football stadiums in Azerbaijan, ranked in descending order of capacity. See also *List of European stadiums by capacity *2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup *UEFA Euro 2020 References {{Sport in Azerbaijan * Azerbaijan ... Sport in Azerbaijan Football venues in Azerbaijan Multi-purpose stadiums in Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingachevir
Mingachevir ( az, Mingəçevir ) is the fourth-largest city in Azerbaijan with a population of about 106,000. It's often called the "city of lights" because of its hydroelectric power station on the Kur River, which divides the city down the middle. The current city was founded in 1948, partly by German prisoners of war captured during World War II. Mingechevir is also home to Mingachevir Polytechnic Institute. The city forms an administrative division of Azerbaijan. The district is located 323 km from Baku and 17 km from the Baku-Tbilisi railway. Geographically, the region is located in the center of the republic on both sides of the Kura River. History The archaeological history of this area extends from the eneolith era (3000 BC) to the AD 17th century. In 1871, Adolf Berge, chairman of the Caucasus archaeological committee, gave information about the archaeological monuments of Mingachevir at the second congress of archaeologists in St Petersburg. wrongfully pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zirə Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Zira Stadium, also known as Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium is a football stadium in Zirə, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th .... References Football venues in Azerbaijan Zira FK {{Azerbaijan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, alongside the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, and the town of Oil Rocks built on stilts in the Caspian Sea, away from Baku. The Inner City of Baku, along with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agsu City Stadium
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