The 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 22nd season of

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...

, the Azerbaijani professional league for

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clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Neftchi Baku are the defending champions, having won the previous

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Teams

Kəpəz and

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were relegated from the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League. The format of the league will change as a total of 10 teams will contest the league, with the last two clubs relegated and no teams promoted from the first division. The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games. As of this season, PFL announced that each player will have to wear not only the number, but also his name on the back of the jersey.

Stadia and locations

:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Games 1–18

Games 19–36

Season statistics

Scoring

* First goal of the season: Mindaugas Kalonas for

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against Gabala (''2 August 2013'') * Fastest goal of the season: 2nd minute, ** Ernest Nfor for Neftchi Baku against

(''10 November 2013'') * Latest goal of the season: 94 minutes, **Shahriyar Rahimov for AZAL against

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(''8 December 2013'')
Mahir Shukurov for Neftchi Baku against Gabala (''15 December 2013'') * Largest winning margin: 5 goals **

5–0

(''18 August 2013'') * Highest scoring game: 7 goals ** Qarabağ 4–3 Gabala (''3 November 2013'') * Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals ** Qarabağ 5–1 Sumgayit (''11 August 2013'') **

5–0

(''18 August August 2013'') **

1–5

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(''25 August 2013'') * Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals ** Gabala 3–2

(''3 August 2013'')

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

* Most

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: 18 ** Qarabağ * Fewest clean sheets: 4 ** Sumgayit

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 16 **Aleksandr Shemonayev ( AZAL) * Most red cards: 3 **

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( Neftchi Baku) ** Ilkin Qirtimov ( Simurq)

Club

* Most yellow cards: 112 **

* Most red cards: 13 ** Neftchi Baku

Awards

Monthly awards

Last updated: 11 November 2013
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PFL Team of the Year

The PFL team of the year was: *Goalkeeper: Giorgi Lomaia (Inter) *Defence:

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(Neftchi), Mahir Shukurov (Neftchi), Denis Silva (Neftchi),

Yohan Bocognano Yohan Bocognano (born 16 June 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for US Corte and the Corsica national team. Career Bocognano was born in Ajaccio. In January 2014, Bocognano signed for Inter Baku in the Azerba ...

(Inter) *Midfield: David Meza (Inter), Richard Almeida (Qarabağ),

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(Qarabağ), Chumbinho (Qarabağ) *Attack: Reynaldo (Qarabağ), Ernest Nfor (Neftchi)

References

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