The 2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 25th season of the
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
association football
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clubs, since its establishment in 1992.
Qarabağ were the defending champions, having won the previous
season
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. The season began on 6 August 2016 and concluded on 29 April 2017.
On 16 April 2017,
Qarabağ defeated
Inter Baku
Shamakhi FK ( az, Şamaxı Futbol Klubu, ) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Shamakhi, that currently competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League. The club has won the Premier League title twice.
History
Early years (1997– ...
3–0 to successfully defend their league title - their fourth league title in a row and fifth overall.
Teams
On 13 June 2016 the Professional Football League of Azerbaijan announced that both
Khazar Lankaran
Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season.
Since the ...
, and
Ravan
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, had been refused licenses to play in the 2016–17 Premier League and that no First Division teams would replace them.
On 25 April 2017,
Zira were awarded a 3–0 victory over
Neftçi Baku after Neftçi Baku fielded 7 foreign players in their 2–2 draw on 23 April 2017.
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Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Stadiums
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Games 1–14
Games 15–28
Season statistics
Top scorers
Top assists
Hat-tricks
Scoring
* First goal of the season: Elvin Badalov for
Neftçi Baku against
AZAL (
''6 August 2016'')
* Fastest goal of the season: 2nd minute,
**
Reynaldo for
Qarabağ against
AZAL (
''9 September 2016'')
References
External links
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2016–17 in European association football leagues
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