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 contested ...

, the Azerbaijani professional league for

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clubs, since its establishment in 1992.

Qarabağ Karabakh ( az, Qarabağ ; hy, Ղարաբաղ, Ġarabaġ ) is a geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and Ar ...

were the defending champions, having won the previous

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. The season began on 6 August 2016 and concluded on 29 April 2017. On 16 April 2017,

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 (1997–2 ...

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

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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. :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA 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, **

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for

against AZAL (''9 September 2016'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Azerbaijan Premier League 2016-17 2016–17 in European association football leagues 2016–17 1