2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League

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Azerbaijan Premier League 2022–23
Season information
Dates	6 August 2022–
Season statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	141
Top goalscorer	Ramil Sheydayev (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Sabah 5-0 Kapaz (9 October 2022)
Biggest away win	Zira 1-7 Qarabağ (18 September 2022)
Highest scoring	Zira 1-7 Qarabağ (18 September 2022)
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The 2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 31st season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier football league of Azerbaijan. The season will begin on 6 August 2022.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Year Established	Location	Venue	Capacity
Gabala	1995	Qabala	Gabala City Stadium	4,500
Kapaz	1959	Ganja	Ganja City Stadium	27,000
Neftchi	1937	Baku	Bakcell Arena	11,000
Qarabağ	1951	Aghdam	Azersun Arena	5,200
Sabah	2017	Absheron, Baku	Bank Respublika Arena	13,000
Sabail	2016	Sabail, Baku	Bayil Arena	3,200
Shamakhi	1997	Shamakhi	Shamakhi City Stadium	2,200
Sumgayit	2010	Sumqayit	Kapital Bank Arena	1,400
Turan-Tovuz	1992	Tovuz	Tovuz City Stadium	6,800
Zira	2014	Zira, Baku	Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium	1,300

Stadiums

Gabala	Kapaz	Qarabağ	Neftçi Baku	Sabah
Gabala City Stadium	Ganja City Stadium	Azersun Arena	Bakcell Arena	Bank Respublika Arena
Capacity: 4,500	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 5,200	Capacity: 10,200	Capacity: 13,000
Sabail	Shamakhi	Sumgayit	Turan-Tovuz	Zira
ASCO Arena	Shamakhi City Stadium	Kapital Bank Arena	Tovuz City Stadium	Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Capacity: 3,200	Capacity: 2,200	Capacity: 1,400	Capacity: 6,800	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	Gilan & Knauf
Kapaz	Ilgar Nadiri	Tarlan Ahmadov	Tural Akhundov	Joma	-
Neftçi Baku	Kamran Guliyev	Laurențiu Reghecampf	Emin Mahmudov	Nike	Turkish Airlines
Qarabağ	Abdolbari Gozal	Gurban Gurbanov	Maksim Medvedev	Il’Azero	Azersun
Sabah	Magsud Adigozalov	Murad Musayev	Elvin Jamalov	Nike	Bank Respublika
Sabail	Abdulgani Nurmammadov	Mahmud Qurbanov	Rahid Amirguliyev	Jako	ASCO
Shamakhi	Elchin Usub	Vugar Asgarli	Elvin Mammadov	Joma	-
Sumgayit	Riad Rafiyev	Samir Abbasov	Vurğun Hüseynov	Jako	Pasha Insurance, Azərikimya
Turan-Tovuz	Ogtay Abdullayev	Aykhan Abbasov	Şehriyar Aliyev	Jako	-
Zira	Taleh Nasibov	Rashad Sadygov	Qismət Alıyev	Joma	Nar, Azfargroup

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sabail	Aftandil Hacıyev	23 May 2022	Mutual termination	Pre-season	Mahmud Qurbanov	26 May 2022
Neftçi	Samir Abbasov	10 June 2022	End of contract	Pre-season	Laurențiu Reghecampf	21 June 2022

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qarabağ	10	10	0	0	31	7	+24	30	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Sabah	11	9	1	1	26	9	+17	28	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Neftçi Baku	11	7	1	3	21	12	+9	22
4	Zira	11	6	1	4	15	17	−2	19
5	Gabala	11	5	2	4	15	11	+4	17
6	Turan-Tovuz	10	3	3	4	8	13	−5	12
7	Sabail	11	2	4	5	11	14	−3	10
8	Kapaz	11	1	2	8	7	26	−19	5
9	Shamakhi	11	0	4	7	5	16	−11	4
10	Sumgayit	11	0	4	7	2	16	−14	4

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 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.

Fixtures and results

Clubs played each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away GAB KAP NEF QAR SAB SEB SHA SUM TUR ZIR Gabala 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 5 Nov Kapaz 0–3 0–2 0–1 29 Oct 2–1 13 Nov 1–2 Neftçi Baku 12 Nov 5–2 2–3 3–0 0–0 2–1 Qarabağ 6 Nov 3–1 4–3 3–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 Sabah 30 Oct 5–0 2–1 13 Nov 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 Sabail 1–2 4–1 0–2 6 Nov 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 Shamakhi 1–1 0–1 30 Oct 0–1 1–1 11 Nov 0–1 Sumgayit 0–0 5 Nov 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 Turan-Tovuz 0–2 2–0 9 Nov 2–2 4 Nov 28 Oct 1–3 Zira 2–1 29 Oct 1–7 1–3 12 Nov 1–0 0–0 Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2022. Source: soccerway.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36 Home \ Away GAB KAP NEF QAR SAB SEB SHA SUM TUR ZIR Gabala Kapaz Neftçi Baku Qarabağ Sabah Sabail Shamakhi Sumgayit Turan-Tovuz Zira Source: soccerway.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 16 October 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ramil Sheydayev	Qarabağ	9
2	Musa Gurbanlı	Qarabağ	8
3	Joy-Lance Mickels	Sabah	5
	Rooney Eva	Turan-Tovuz
	Aghabala Ramazanov	Sabail
6	Emin Mahmudov	Neftçi	4
7	Isnik Alimi	Gabala	3
	Ataa Jaber	Neftçi
	Hamidou Keyta	Zira
	Sertan Taşqın	Zira
	Emmanuel Apeh	Sabah

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Musa Gurbanlı4	Qarabağ	Zira	1–7 (1)	02022-09-18-18 September 2022

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of matches played 16 October 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Tarlan Ahmadli	Turan-Tovuz	5
	Yusif Imanov	Sabah
3	Səlahət Ağayev	Gabala	3
	Aydın Bayramov	Sumgayit
	Agil Mammadov	Neftçi
6	Luka Gugeshashvili	Qarabağ	2
	Emil Balayev	Sabail
	Ivan Brkić	Neftçi
9	Alirza Mustabazada	Neftçi	1
	Mehdi Jannatov	Zira
	Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev	Qarabağ
	Orkhan Sadigli	Kapaz
	Anar Nazirov	Zira
	Huseynali Guliyev	Sabail

Agil Mammadov & Alirza Mustabazada both played in Neftçi's 1-0 victory over Shamakhi on 7 August 2022
Emil Balayev & Huseynali Guliyev both played in Sabail's 1-0 victory over Sumgayit on 8 October 2022

See also

• Azerbaijan Premier League
• Azerbaijan First Division
• Azerbaijan Cup

External links

• UEFA

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