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2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League
The 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League was the eighteenth season of top-tier football in Azerbaijan. It began on 14 August 2009 and finished in May 2010. FK Baku were the defending champions. The league was competed in two stages. The first stage consisted of a regular home-and-away round-robin schedule for a total of 22 matches per team. The competition then split into two halves. However, each team took over to the respective group only records earned against the remaining 5 teams in their second round group. The teams ranked first through sixth played out the championship and the European spots while the bottom six teams had to avoid one of the two relegation places. Teams MOIK Baku and Bakili Baku were relegated after finishing the 2008–09 season in the bottom two places. Since the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan did not grant a Premier League license to any of the teams in the Azerbaijan First Division, the league size was reduced to twelve teams. Stad ... [...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] |
MOIK Baku
MOIK Baku is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Baku. MOIK was originally built around the concept of military sports club such as CSKA Moscow, CSKA Sofia. History The club was established under the name OIK (; ) in 1961 as sport society of Azerbaijani Armed Forces and was funded by USSR Ministry of Defense until 1990 and Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense since 1993. It has never participated in any Soviet football league, entered Soviet Cup just once and was eliminated in the preliminary round, but has won Azerbaijan USSR League 4 times and Azerbaijan USSR Cup 8 times. MOIK began to participate at Azerbaijan First Division in 1993, making its Azerbaijan Premier League debut in 1995. The club has won Azerbaijan First Division two times. Its best indicator at Azerbaijan Premier League is the 7th place (2001). To the beginning of 2003–04 season the club changed its name into MOIK (; ). Achievements * Azerbaijan USSR League Champions: 4 1962, 1968, 1970, 1979 * Azerbaijan USS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shafa Stadium
ASK Arena (), formerly Inter Arena and Shafa Stadium is an all-seater football stadium located in Baku . The stadium was built on the site of Termist stadium in 2001 and has a capacity of 8,125 spectators. The stadium surrounded by practice fields, administration buildings and four-star hotel. Background ASK Arena was built by AFFA in 2001. The first match played was a 2001–02 UEFA Cup first qualifying round between Shafa Baku and Olimija Ljubljana where the match ended 0–4. The first goal scored by Dušan Kosič. The stadium was one of the venues for the group stages of the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. A Group A match were played there. In July 2014, it was announced that stadium will change its name to Inter-Arena after Keşla FK (whose former name was "Inter Baku") loaned stadium for long-term from AFFA. As the stadium changed its owner, in July 2018 it was renamed again into ASK Arena (which means ''Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation'') for sponsorship reasons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tofig Bakhramov Stadium
The Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It served as the home ground for the Azerbaijan national football team until they moved to the Baku Olympic Stadium. It holds 31,200 seats making it the second largest stadium in the country. The stadium is also used by the Azerbaijan Premier League clubs in the final rounds of European competitions. History The Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium was built in 1951. Its construction started before World War II in 1939, but was suspended. When its construction resumed, it was finished by German prisoners of war. Initially the stadium was named after Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) and built in form of C (Cyrillic: Cтaлин). After the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1956 it was renamed after Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) as a part of de-Stalinization. In 1993, the stadium was named after the famous football referee Tofi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital cities by elevation, lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, on 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 #Administrative divisions, twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, as well as the industrial settlement of Neft Daşları built on oil rigs away from Baku city in the Caspian Sea. The Old City (Baku), Old City, conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFC Turan Tovuz
Turan Tovuz () is an Azerbaijani football club based in Tovuz. The club won the Azerbaijan championship once, in 1994–1995. The club's home stadium is Tovuz City Stadium. History Founded by Vidadi Ahmedov on 23 February 1992, the club was the first Azerbaijani professional football club under the name of Turan Tovuz. However, since 1997, club found themselves slipping further and further down the table, which was influenced by financial difficulties. In 2011–12 season, ended with Turan in 11th position in Azerbaijan Premier League, the club's lowest ever league finish. In 2012–13 season, Turan for the first time in their history relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division, after twenty years in the top flight. In 2013, club's owners decided to change the club's name to ''Turan-T''. The club restored their name a few months later. On March 29, 2025, in the 28th round of the 2024–25 season of the Premier League, Turan Tovuz played their 100th anniversary match, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Sumgayit
FK Standard Sumgayit () was an Azerbaijani football club. They played in the AFFA Supreme League, the top division in Azerbaijani football. Founded in Baku, the club moved to Sumgayit on 12 June 2009, which changed also club's name to Standard Sumgayit. In 2010, the club's owners announced that the club will be dissolved, and they will not be participating in Azerbaijan First Division. Stadium Standard played their home games at the 15,350 capacity Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium in Sumqayit Sumqayit (or Sumgait; ; , ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city had a population of 427,000 at the beginning of 2024, making it the List of cities in Azerb .... League and domestic cup history Individual records Appearances Goals Managers External links Official website(archived) Standard Bakuat AFFA.az at UEFA.com References Football clubs in Azerbaijan Defunct football clubs i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simurq PFC
Simurq PIK () was an Azerbaijani football (soccer), football club based in Zaqatala (city), Zaqatala, that competed in the Azerbaijan Premier League. History Early years (2005–2009) The club was founded in 2005 and participated in the Azerbaijan First Division. The club's first season was very successful, and in the Azerbaijan Premier League 2006-07, 2006–07 season, the club was participating in the Azerbaijan Premier League.Zaqatala futbolu və “Simurq” PFK-nın tarixindən After its debut season in the Premier League, Simurq finished 9th out of 14 clubs. The Azerbaijani magazine ''Football+'' recognized Simurq as the "Surprise of the Year" of the Azerbaijan Premier League 2006-07, 2006–07 season based on polling results. The club finished the Azerbaijan Premier League 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qäbälä PFC
Gabala SC (, ), also spelled Qabala, is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Qabala, which have competed in the Azerbaijan Premier League since 2006. They will be set to play in Azerbaijan Premier League from 2025–26 season following their promotion from the Azerbaijan First Division in 2024–25. Gabala has been the runner up in the Premier League three times and has won the national cup twice, in 2019 and 2023. Gabala is one of the 2 teams that started the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League for 2 seasons and managed to move on to the group stage. History The club was founded under the name of ''Goy Gol'' on 3 July 1995, based in Goy Gol. On 1 September 2005, Goy Gol was registered in Gabala by the Ministry of Justice, before the AFFA registered the team as professional on 5 September of the same year. In the summer of 2006, the team moved from Goygol to Qabala, before the club changed its name to Gilan PFK. Later, the club changed its name to Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Khazar Lankaran
Khazar Lankaran FK () was an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the summer of 2016 the club has concentrated on youth football. It played in the Azerbaijan Premier League for twelve-seasons, winning the title once, and the Azerbaijan Cup three times. Khazar were also a member of the European Club Association, an organization that replaced the previous G-14 which consists of major football clubs in Europe. History Early years (2004–2012) The club was founded in 2004 by Azerbaijani entrepreneur Mubariz Mansimov and dubbed by the local media as ''"Caucasian Chelsea"'' because of its strong financial position. Under Agaselim Mirjavadov, the club won the Premier League title during the 2006–07 season and the Azerbaijan Cup twice. Khazar also won the CIS Cup in 2008, defeating Pakhtakor Tashkent in the final. After Fabian Veldwijk's appointment, a string of Romanian players and foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olimpik-Shuvalan PFC Baku
Shuvalan FK (, ) was an Azerbaijani football club based in Şüvəlan, Baku. The club was founded in 2005 and dissolved in 2019. The club was renamed four times in its short history, becoming Olimpik Baku, Olimpik-Shuvalan Baku, AZAL and Shuvalan. UEFA is still recognizing the club as Olimpik-Shuvalan at European competitions. The club is also a member of the European Club Association, an organization that replaced the previous G-14 which consists of major football clubs in Europe. History Early years (1996–2006) The club was established in 1996 as a futsal club under the name of ''AMMK''. It participated in national futsal league from the season 1996–97 until 2003–04. AMMK also represented Azerbaijan in UEFA Futsal Cup 2003/04 season. AMMK became a professional football team in 2004 and joined the Azerbaijan First Division. The first Azerbaijan Premier League season was not much successful for Olimpik Baku. Croatian manager Stjepan Čordaš worked just for a couple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
