The 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 22nd season of
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 top tier of Azerbaijani professional league for
association football
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clubs, since its establishment in 1992.
Neftchi Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous
season
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.
Teams
Kəpəz and
Turan were relegated from the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League.
The format of the league changed as a total of 10 teams contested the league, with two clubs relegated in the previous season 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 FIFA
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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
Baku
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against
Gabala (
''2 August 2013'')
* Fastest goal of the season: 2nd minute,
**
Ernest Nfor for
Neftchi Baku against
Baku
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(
''10 November 2013'')
* Latest goal of the season: 94 minutes,
**Shahriyar Rahimov for
AZAL
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against
Ravan Baku (
''8 December 2013'')
for
Neftchi Baku against
Gabala (
''15 December 2013'')
* Largest winning margin: 5 goals
**
Baku
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5–0
Ravan Baku (
''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'')
**
Baku
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5–0
Ravan Baku (
''18 August August 2013'')
**
Ravan Baku 1–5
Inter Baku (
''25 August 2013'')
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
**
Gabala 3–2
Inter Baku (
''3 August 2013'')
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
* Most
clean sheets: 18
**
Qarabağ
* Fewest clean sheets: 4
**
Sumgayit
Discipline
Player
* Most yellow cards: 16
**Aleksandr Shemonayev (
AZAL
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)
* Most red cards: 3
**
Elvin Yunuszade (
Neftchi Baku)
**
Ilkin Qirtimov (
Simurq)
Club
* Most yellow cards: 112
**
Ravan Baku
* Most red cards: 13
**
Neftchi Baku
Awards
Monthly awards
Last updated: 11 November 2013
Source
Azerbaijan Premier League
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PFL Team of the Year
The PFL team of the year was:
*Goalkeeper:
Giorgi Lomaia (Inter)
*Defence:
Bruno Bertucci (Neftchi),
Mahir Shukurov (Neftchi),
Denis Silva (Neftchi),
Yohan Bocognano (Inter)
*Midfield:
David Meza (Inter),
Richard Almeida (Qarabağ),
Leroy George (Qarabağ),
Chumbinho (Qarabağ)
*Attack:
Reynaldo (Qarabağ),
Ernest Nfor (Neftchi)
See also
*
2013–14 Azerbaijan Cup
*
2013 Azerbaijan Supercup
References
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