2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League

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Azerbaijan Premier League
Season2021–22
Dates14 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
Matches played73
Goals scored190 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerDavit Volkovi
(10 goals)
Biggest home winGabala 5–0 Sabail
(18 September 2021)
Biggest away winSumgayit 0–4 Qarabağ
(7 November 2021)
Highest scoringQarabağ 5–1 Sabah
(4 December 2021)
Longest winning run4 matches
Zira
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Qarabağ
Longest winless run11 matches
Sabail
Longest losing run4 matches
Keşla
Sabail
→
All statistics correct as of 12 March 2022.

The 2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 30th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier football league of Azerbaijan. The season began on 14 August 2021.

Teams[]

2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League is located in Azerbaijan
Keşla Neftçi Baku Sabah
Sumgayit
Sumgayit
Gabala
Gabala
Qarabağ
Zira
Zira
Sabail
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Locations of the 2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League teams.
Team in italics is from a zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and is playing its home games in Baku.

Stadia and locations[]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Year Established Location Venue Capacity[1]
Gabala 1995[2][3] Qabala Gabala City Stadium 4,500
Keşla 1997[4] Keshla 2,200
Neftchi Baku 1937 Baku Bakcell Arena 10,200
Qarabağ 1951 Agdam Azersun Arena 5,200
Sabah 2017 Absheron Bank Respublika Arena 13,000
Sabail 2016 Səbail Bayil Arena 3,200
Sumgayit 2010 Sumqayit Kapital Bank Arena 1,400
Zira 2014 Zira Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium 1,300

Stadiums[]

Gabala Keşla Qarabağ Neftçi Baku
Gabala City Stadium ASK Arena Azersun Arena Bakcell Arena
Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 5,800 Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 10,200
İlham Əliyev “Qəbələ” Futbol Klubunun stadion və təlim-məşq bazası kompleksində aparılan tikinti işləri ilə tanış olmuşdur.jpg Shafa Stadium1.jpg AzersunArena.jpg Bakcell Arena4.JPG
Sabah Sabail Sumgayit Zira
Bank Respublika Arena ASCO Arena Kapital Bank Arena Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Bank Respubika Arena.jpg Sumqayıt, Kapital Bank Arena - 4.jpg
Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 3,200 Capacity: 1,400 Capacity: 1,300

Personnel and kits[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Gabala Azerbaijan Fariz Najafov Azerbaijan Elmar Bakhshiyev Azerbaijan Asif Mammadov Spain Joma Gilan & Knauf
Keşla Azerbaijan Zaur Akhundov Azerbaijan Sanan Gurbanov Azerbaijan Ilkin Qirtimov Spain Joma Samaya LTD
Neftçi Baku Azerbaijan Kamran Guliyev Azerbaijan Samir Abbasov Azerbaijan Emin Mahmudov United States Nike Turkish Airlines
Qarabağ Turkey Abdolbari Gozal Azerbaijan Gurban Gurbanov Azerbaijan Maksim Medvedev Germany Adidas Azersun
Sabah Azerbaijan Magsud Adigozalov Russia Murad Musayev Azerbaijan Ruslan Abışov United States Nike Bank Respublika
Sabail Azerbaijan Rashad Abdullayev Azerbaijan Aftandil Hacıyev Azerbaijan Rahid Amirguliyev United States Nike AzTea
Sumgayit Azerbaijan Riad Rafiyev Belarus Alyaksey Baha Azerbaijan Vurğun Hüseynov Germany Jako Pasha Insurance, Azərikimya
Zira Azerbaijan Taleh Nasibov Azerbaijan Rashad Sadygov Azerbaijan Aghabala Ramazanov Spain Joma Bakcell, Azfargroup

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sabah Azerbaijan Ramin Guliyev (Acting Head Coach) End of role 26 May 2021[5] Pre-season Azerbaijan Ramin Guliyev 26 May 2021[5]
Sabah Azerbaijan Ramin Guliyev Resigned 21 October 2021[6] 8th Russia Murad Musayev 30 October 2021[7]
Sumgayit Azerbaijan Aykhan Abbasov Sacked 16 December 2021[8] 7th Belarus Alyaksey Baha 30 December 2021[9]

Foreign players[]

Each team can use only six foreign players on the field in each game.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Player 10 Player 11 Player 12 Left during the season
Gabala Albania Isnik Alimi Brazil Ruan Renato Brazil Raphael Utzig Cameroon Christophe Atangana Montenegro Stefan Vukčević Togo Yaovi Akakpo Spain Fernań López Jordan Omar Hani
Keşla Angola Aldair Neto Argentina Franco Flores Brazil Felipe Santos Georgia (country) Merab Gigauri Mali Sadio Tounkara Moldova Stanislav Namașco Nigeria Nathan Oduwa Cameroon Anatole Abang
Montenegro Mijuško Bojović
Senegal Oumar Goudiaby
Sierra Leone John Kamara
Neftçi Brazil Tiago Bezerra Brazil Ramon Machado Brazil Guilherme Pato Croatia Ivan Brkić Nigeria Yusuf Lawal Paraguay César Meza Portugal Hugo Basto Russia Azer Aliyev Senegal Mamadou Mbodj Serbia Vojislav Stanković Argentina Jorge Correa
France Romain Basque
Guinea Mamadou Kane
Morocco Sabir Bougrine
São Tomé and Príncipe Harramiz
Qarabağ Brazil Kady Cape Verde Patrick Andrade Colombia Kevin Medina France Abdellah Zoubir Georgia (country) Luka Gugeshashvili Montenegro Marko Vešović Portugal Leandro Andrade Senegal Ibrahima Wadji Spain Jaime Romero Spain Gaspar Panadero
Sabah Brazil Christian Brazil Higor Gabriel Croatia Špiro Peričić Georgia (country) Mikheil Ergemlidze Germany Joy-Lance Mickels Ivory Coast Tiemoko Fofana Paraguay Julio Rodríguez Russia Ildar Alekperov Spain Juan Cámara Spain Cristian Ceballos Ukraine Zurab Ochihava Serbia Petar Škuletić
Serbia Saša Stamenković
Sabail Albania Jurgen Goxha Liberia Jamal Arago Lithuania Domantas Šimkus Slovenia Nicolas Rajsel
Sumgayit Russia Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov Iran Saeid Bagherpasand
Zira Belgium Loris Brogno Brazil Filipe Pachtmann France Hamidou Keyta Georgia (country) Davit Volkovi Greece Dimitrios Chantakias Haiti Bryan Alceus Netherlands Mo Hamdaoui Serbia Nemanja Andjelkovic Brazil Welves
North Macedonia Gjorgi Stoilov

In bold: Players that capped for their national team.

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Qarabağ 18 13 4 1 38 10 +28 43 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Zira 19 10 5 4 27 16 +11 35 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Neftçi Baku 19 10 4 5 30 23 +7 34
4 Gabala 19 9 6 4 30 22 +8 33
5 Sabah 19 7 2 10 24 27 −3 23
6 Keşla 19 5 3 11 21 29 −8 18
7 Sumgayit 18 3 4 11 11 28 −17 13
8 Sabail 19 3 2 14 12 38 −26 11
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2022. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.[10]

Fixtures and results[]

Clubs played each other four times for a total of 28 matches each.

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

As of matches played 5 March 2022
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Georgia (country) Davit Volkovi Zira 10
2 Germany Joy-Lance Mickels Sabah 7
Azerbaijan Filip Ozobić Qarabağ
4 Azerbaijan Ulvi Isgandarov Gabala 6
Azerbaijan Musa Gurbanli Qarabağ
France Abdellah Zoubir Qarabağ
7 Albania Isnik Alimi Gabala 5
Brazil Felipe Santos Keşla
Brazil Raphael Alemão Gabala
Brazil Tiago Bezerra Neftçi

Hat-tricks[]

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Georgia (country) Davit Volkovi Zira Sabah 3-3 (A) 6 November 2021 [11]

Clean sheets[]

As of matches played 5 March 2022
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Azerbaijan Mehdi Jannatov Zira 8
2 Azerbaijan Nijat Mehbaliyev Gabala 7
3 Azerbaijan Şahruddin Mahammadaliyev Qarabağ 5
4 Azerbaijan Aydin Bayramov Sumgayit 4
5 Azerbaijan Emil Balayev Qarabağ 3
Azerbaijan Salahat Aghayev Sabah
7 Azerbaijan Kamran Ibrahimov Keşla 2
Azerbaijan Tarlan Ahmadli Sumgayit
Moldova Stanislav Namașco Keshla
Croatia Ivan Brkić Neftçi

Bayramov & Ahmadli both played in Sumgayit's 2-0 victory over Keşla on 14 August 2021

See also[]

  • Azerbaijan Premier League
  • Azerbaijan First Division
  • Azerbaijan Cup

References[]

  1. ^ Azərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası (in Azerbaijani)
  2. ^ "Qəbələ – 10". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ^ Establishment of SC Qabala Archived 23 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Arts, Sports & Events". Official Khazar University website. 2006. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  5. ^ a b "BAŞ MƏŞQÇİMİZ RAMİN QULİYEVLƏ YENİ MÜQAVİLƏ BAĞLADIQ". sabahfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. ^ "RAMİN QULİYEVLƏ YOLLAR AYRILDI". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC (Azerbaijan). 21 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ^ "MURAD MUSAYEV "SABAH"IN BAŞ MƏŞQÇİSİ TƏYİN EDİLDİ". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC (Azerbaijan). 30 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Baş məşqçi Ayxan Abbasovla müqaviləyə xitam verilib". sfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sumgayit FK. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Aleksey Baqa "Sumqayıt" FK-nın baş məşqçisi təyin olunub". sfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sumgayit FK. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Premyer Liqa: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Sabah 3-3 Zira". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

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