2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League

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Azerbaijan Premier League 2020–21
Season information
Dates	21 August 2020 – May 2021
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The 2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 29th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier football league of Azerbaijan. The season began on 21 August 2020.

The winner of the league this season will earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 Champions League, and the second and third placed clubs would earn a place in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Year Established	Location	Venue	Capacity
Gabala	1995	Qabala	Gabala City Stadium	4,500
Keşla	1997	Keshla	ASK Arena	5,800
Neftchi Baku	1937	Baku	Bakcell Arena	10,200
Qarabağ	1951	Agdam	Azersun Arena {Baku}	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
Sabah	Sabail	Sumgayit	Zira
Bank Respublika Arena	ASCO Arena	Kapital Bank Arena	Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
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	Fariz Najafov	Elmar Bakhshiyev	Asif Mammadov	Joma	Milla
Keşla	Zaur Akhundov	Yunis Huseynov	Ilkin Qirtimov	Joma	Samaya LTD
Neftçi Baku	Kamran Guliyev	Fizuli Mammedov	Emin Mahmudov	Nike	Turkish Airlines
Qarabağ	Abdolbari Gozal	Gurban Gurbanov	Maksim Medvedev	Adidas	Azersun
Sabah	Magsud Adigozalov	Vicente Gómez	Ruslan Abışov	Nike	Bank Respublika
Sabail	Rashad Abdullayev	Aftandil Hacıyev	Rahid Amirguliyev	Nike	AzTea
Sumgayit	Riad Rafiyev	Aykhan Abbasov	Vurğun Hüseynov	Jako	Pasha Insurance, Azərikimya
Zira	Taleh Nasibov	Rashad Sadygov	Aghabala Ramazanov	Joma	Bakcell, Azfargroup

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sabah	Željko Sopić	Resigned	3 July 2020	Pre-season	Vicente Gómez	10 July 2020.
Zira	Zaur Hashimov	End of contract	17 July 2020	Pre-season	Rashad Sadygov	17 July 2020
Keşla	Tarlan Ahmedov	End of contract	8 August 2020	Pre-season	Yunis Huseynov	16 August 2020

Foreign players

A team could 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
Gabala	Jurgen Goxha	Merab Gigauri	Stefan Vukčević	Yaovi Akakpo	Rodrigo Gattas	Abdelrafik Gérard	Nicolas Rajsel	James Adeniyi
Keşla	Stanislav Namașco	Mijuško Bojović	Artur	John Kamara	Dmytro Klyots	Shohrux Gadoyev	Sílvio	Alexander Christovão
Neftçi Baku	Vojislav Stanković	Mamadou Mbodj	Rener Pavão	Thallyson	Mamadou Kane	Sabir Bougrine	Saman Nariman Jahan	Yusuf Lawal	Steeven Monrose
Qarabağ	Kevin Medina	Donald Guerrier	Patrick Andrade	Uroš Matić	Filip Ozobić	Jaime Romero	Abdellah Zoubir	Owusu Kwabena
Sabah	Saša Stamenković	Dmytro Bezruk	Nikola Vujadinović	Filip Ivanović	Mario Marina	Eugeniu Cociuc	Amadou Diallo	Kévin Koubemba	Ulysse Diallo	Julio Rodríguez
Sabail	Peyman Keshavarz	Lema Mabidi	Hendrick Ekstein	Florijan Kadriu	Nicholas Hagen
Sumgayit	Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov	Karam Sultanov	Adam Hemati	Ali Ghorbani
Zira	Matheus Albino	Alie Sesay	Lazar Đorđević	Gheorghe Anton	Caio Rangel	Clésio	Davit Volkovi

In bold: Players that capped for their national team.

League table

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Fixtures and results

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played 22 August 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Namik Alaskarov	Neftçi	2
	Mahir Emreli	Qarabağ
3	Azer Salahli	Keşla	1
	Peyman Keshavarz	Sabail

Clean sheets

As of matches played 22 August 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stanislav Namașco	Keşla	1
	Emil Balayev	Qarabağ

See also

• Azerbaijan Premier League
• Azerbaijan First Division
• Azerbaijan Cup

External links

• UEFA

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