The 2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 29th season of the
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 ...
, the highest tier
football
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league of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
. The season began on 21 August 2020 and ended on 19 May 2021.
were the champions, winning the league for the 9th time in their history and ending
Qarabağ FK
Qarabağ Futbol Klubu () is an Azerbaijani professional football club that competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top flight of Azerbaijani football. The club originates from Aghdam in the Karabakh ( Azerbaijani: ''Qarabağ'') region, ...
’s 7-year winning streak. They qualified for the
first qualifying round of the 2021–22
Champions League. Qarabağ and Sumgayit earned places in the second qualifying round of the
UEFA Europa Conference League
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.
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
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eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
Foreign players
A team could use only six foreign players on the field in each game.
In bold: Players that capped for their national team.
League table
Fixtures and results
Clubs played each other four times for a total of 28 matches each.
Matches 1–14
Matches 15–28
Season statistics
Top scorers
Clean sheets
See also
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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 ...
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Azerbaijan First Division
The Azerbaijan First League () is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The league is run by AFFA. The winner promotes to Premier Division.
History
Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Azerbai ...
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Azerbaijan Cup
The Azerbaijan Cup ()
is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid ...
References
External links
UEFA
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Azerbaijan
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