Azerbaijan First Division

Azerbaijan First Division

Country	Azerbaijan
Founded	1992 (1992)
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Azerbaijan Premier League
Relegation to	AFFA Amateur League
Domestic cup(s)	Azerbaijan Cup
Current champions	Neftçala (2 titles) (2015–16)
TV partners	CBC Sport
Website	http://www.pfl.az
2015–16 Azerbaijan First Division

The Azerbaijan First Division (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The division is run by AFFA.

History

Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Azerbaijan clubs of the former Soviet Premier Division and Soviet First Division conformed a single Azerbaijan Premier League, which meant that the new second tier of Azerbaijan football would remain regionalized. For the first two seasons three regional groups conformed the second tier, until in 1994 the single table in use today began to be used.

Competition format

The First Division currently consists of 14 teams. All teams play each other two times.

Media coverage

CBC currently own all the rights to broadcast the season's games on terrestrial TV.^[1]^[2]^[3] In Azerbaijan, the First Division games is also available on CBC Sport.

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
1992	Nicat Maştağa	Kür Samux	Pambıqçı (Neftçala)
1993	Xəzri Buzovna	Avtomobilçi Yevlax	Polad Sumqayıt
1993–94	Zabrat, Azneftyağ FK	Metallurq Sumgayit, OİK-Göyəzən (Qazax)	OIK, Pambıqçı (Neftçala)
1994–95	Şəmkir	OIK	Kürmük (Qax)
1995–96	Xəzər Sumqayıt	Çinar Polis Akademiyası	Fərid
1996–97	Çinar (Göyçay)	Araz FK	Kürmük (Qax)
1997–98	Şahdağ Qusar	Şəfa
1998–99	Inter Baku
1999–00	Şahdağ Quba	Şəfa-2	HHQ-Şahin (Bakı)
2000–01	OIK	Ümid Bakı	Şahdağ Qusar
2001–02	Lokomotiv İmişli	Xəzər Sumqayıt	Bakılı
2002–03	Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, no league championship was held.^[4]
2003–04	Gənclərbirliyi	Göyəzən Qazax	Karat Bakı
2004–05	AMMK	Energetik	FKXəzər-Lənkəran-2
2005–06	Gilan	FKXəzər-Lənkəran-2	Simurq
2006–07	Masally	Standard Baku	Göyəzən Qazax
2007–08	Bakılı	MOIK	NBC Salyan
2008–09	ABN Bərdə	Şahdağ Qusar	Anşad-Petrol
2009–10	Gəncə	MOIK	Bakılı
2010–11	Abşeron	Rəvan	Bakılı
2011–12	Qaradağ	Karvan	Neftchala
2012–13	Ağsu	Qaradağ	Neftchala
2013–14	Araz Naxçıvan	Neftchala	Qaradağ
2014–15	Neftchala	Ağsu	Rəvan
2015–16	Neftchala	Qaradağ	Ağsu

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Winning Years	Runner-up	Runner-up Years	Third place	Third place Years
Neftchala	2	2014–15, 2015–16	1	2013–14	5	1992, 1993–94, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13
MOIK	1	2000–01	3	1994–95, 2007–08, 2009–10	1	1993–94
Qaradağ Lökbatan	1	2011–12	2	2012–13, 2015–16	1	2013–14
Xəzər Sumqayıt	1	1995–96	2	1993–94, 2001–02	1	1993
Bakılı	1	2007–08	1	1996–97	3	2001–02, 2009–10, 2010–11
Ağsu	1	2012–13	1	2014–15	1	2015–16
Şahdağ Qusar	1	1997–98	1	2008–09	1	2000–01
AMMK	1	2004–05
Araz Naxçıvan	1	2013–14
Nicat Maştağa	1	1992
Zabrat	1	1993–94
Shamkir	1	1994–95
Shahdagh Guba	1	1999–00
Lokomotiv Imishli	1	2001–02
Gənclərbirliyi	1	2003–04
Gilan	1	2005–06
ABN Bərdə	1	2008–09
Kapaz	1	2009–10
Masally	1	2006–07
Absheron	1	2010–11
Azneftyağ	1	1993–94
Xəzri Buzovna	1	1993
Çinar Göyçay	1	1996–97
Göyəzən Qazax FK			2	1993–94, 2003–04	1	2006–07
Xəzər-Lənkəran-2			1	2005–06	1	2004–05
Rəvan			1	2010–11	1	2014–15
Avtomobilçi Yevlax			1	1993
Çinar Polis Akademiyasi			1	1995–96
Kür Samux			1	1992
Şəfa-2			1	1999–00
Ümid Bakı			1	2000–01
Energetik			1	2004–05
Karvan			1	2011–12
Standard Baku			1	2006–07
Kürmük Qax					2	1994–95, 1996–97
Simurq					1	2005–06
Farid Baku					1	1995–96
Karat Bakı					1	2003–04
HHQ Şahin					1	1999–00
NBC Salyan					1	2007–08

Records

Club records

As of 14 November 2013

Most consecutive wins: Absheron, 23, 2010-11^[5]
Most points in a season: Absheron, 72 points, 2010-11^[5]
Most unbeaten run: Absheron, 26 games, 2010-11^[5]

References

↑ "Телехозяин" азербайджанского чемпионата Archived February 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. (Russian)
↑ Снова АзТВ (Russian)
↑ Заключено соглашение, дающее право эксклюзивного показа матчей чемпионата и Кубка Азербайджана по футболу (Russian)
↑ Azerbaijan 2002/03 Archived March 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
1 2 3 "Azərbaycan çempionunun rekordları". apasport.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2011.

External links

(Azerbaijani) AFFA
(Azerbaijani) PFL

Football in Azerbaijan

League competitions	Premier League First Division Azerbaijani football league system Women's League (defunct) AFFA Amateur League

Cup competitions	Azerbaijan Cup Azerbaijan Supercup

Anual tournaments	Azerbaijan Winter Cup (2016)

National teams	Men (Results) Women U-17 Futsal U-21 U-19 U-17 Beach

Lists and categories	Clubs Venues Foreign Premier League Players

Awards	Footballer of the Year

Others	Professional Football League of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Football Academy

Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan First Division 2015–16

Teams	Ağsu Bakılı Baku Energetik Göyazan Kapaz Mil-Muğan MOIK Neftchala Qaradağ Şərurspor Şahdağ Səmkir Şuşa Turan Zaqatala

Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Second level football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

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