The 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 23rd 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 Azerbaijani professional league for

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clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Qarabağ were the defending champions, having won the previous

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. The season started on 9 August 2014 and ended on 28 May 2015.

Teams

Ravan Baku were relegated to

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. The format of the league did not change as a total of 10 teams contested the league, with the last club relegated and Araz-Naxçıvan promoted from the

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. 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. On 3 November 2014, Araz-Naxçıvan announced their withdrawal from the league due to alleged constant biased referee decisions, which meant that all of their results were annulled.

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:

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for

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against

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(''9 August 2014'') * Fastest goal of the season: 1st minute, ** Freddy Mombongo-Dues for

against Inter Baku (''19 February 2015'') * Latest goal of the season: 94 minutes, ** Mirhuseyn Seyidov for Neftchi Baku against Khazar Lankaran (''24 November 2014'') * Largest winning margin: 7 goals ** Inter Baku 7–0

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(''19 September 2014'') * Highest scoring game: 7 goals ** Inter Baku 7–0

(''19 September 2014'') * Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals ** Inter Baku 7–0

(''19 September 2014'')

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

* ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Discipline

Player

; Most yellow cards; 12 *

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( Gabala) * Alfred Sankoh ( Khazar Lankaran) * Éric Ramos ( Neftchi Baku) ; Most red cards; 2 *Vugar Baybalayev (

) *Elshad Manafov (

) * Carlos Cardoso ( Neftchi Baku)

Club

* Most yellow cards: 105 ** Neftchi Baku * Most red cards: 8 **

** Neftchi Baku

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2014-15 Azerbaijan Premier League Azerbaijan Premier League seasons 1

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