2023–24 Azerbaijan Premier League

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Azerbaijan Premier League 2023–24
Season information
Dates	4 August 2023–2024
Season statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	91
Top goalscorer	Alexandre Ramalingom (4 goals)
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The 2023–24 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 32nd season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier football league of Azerbaijan. The season began on 4 August 2023 and will end in 2024.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from Azerbaijan First Division	Relegated from 2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League
Araz-Naxçıvan	Shamakhi

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Year Established	Location	Venue	Capacity
Araz-Naxçıvan	1967	Baku	Dalga Arena	6,500
Gabala	1995	Qabala	Gabala City Stadium	4,500
Kapaz	1959	Ganja	Ganja City Stadium	26,000
Neftchi	1937	Baku	Bakcell Arena	10,260
Qarabağ	1951	Aghdam	Azersun Arena	4,677
Sabah	2017	Absheron	Bank Respublika Arena	13,000
Sabail	2016	Sabail, Baku	ASCO Arena	3,200
Sumgayit	2010	Sumgait	Kapital Bank Arena	1,326
Turan Tovuz	1992	Tovuz	Tovuz City Stadium	6,500
Zira	2014	Zira, Baku	Zira Sport Complex	1,200

Stadiums

Araz-Naxçıvan	Gabala	Kapaz	Qarabağ	Neftçi
Nakhchivan City Stadium	Gabala City Stadium	Ganja City Stadium	Azersun Arena	Bakcell Arena
Capacity: 12,800	Capacity: 4,500	Capacity: 26,000	Capacity: 4,677	Capacity: 10,260
Sabah	Sabail	Sumgayit	Turan Tovuz	Zira
Bank Respublika Arena	ASCO Arena	Kapital Bank Arena	Tovuz City Stadium	Zira Sport Complex
Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 3,200	Capacity: 1,326	Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 1,200

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
Araz-Naxçıvan	Onur Guliyev	Azer Baghirov	Numan Kurdić	Diadora	Samaya Ltd
Gabala	Fariz Najafov	Elmar Bakhshiyev	Asif Mammadov	Capelli Sport	Gilan & Knauf
Kapaz	Ilgar Nadiri	Azer Mammadov	Vurğun Hüseynov	Joma	-
Neftçi	Kamran Guliyev	Adrian Mutu	Emin Mahmudov	Erreà	SOCAR
Qarabağ	Abdolbari Gozal	Gurban Gurbanov	Maksim Medvedev	Adidas	Azersun
Sabah	Magsud Adigozalov	Murad Musayev	Elvin Jamalov	Nike	Bank Respublika
Sabail	Abdulgani Nurmammadov	Shahin Diniyev	Aghabala Ramazanov	Adidas	ASCO
Sumgayit	Riad Rafiyev	Samir Abbasov	Elvin Badalov	Macron	Pasha Insurance, Azərikimya
Turan Tovuz	Ogtay Abdullayev	Aykhan Abbasov	Kamal Bayramov	Jako	Huner Group
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
Araz-Naxçıvan				Pre-season	Azer Baghirov	17 July 2023
Kapaz	Tarlan Ahmadov				Azer Mammadov	12 June 2023
Neftçi	Laurențiu Reghecampf	Mutual Agreement	21 June 2023		Adrian Mutu	11 July 2023

Foreign players

Each team can use only seven 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	Player 13	Left during the season
Araz-Naxçıvan	Ismail Azzaoui	Semir Bukvic	Numan Kurdić	Mićo Kuzmanović	Wanderson Maranhão	Igor Ribeiro	Elvis Mashike	Mohammed Kadiri	Cristian Avram	Nuno Rodrigues
Gabala	Christophe Atangana	Lucas Áfrico	Bilel Aouacheria	Samuel Tetteh	Fares Abu Akel	Gilad Avramov	Osama Khalaila	Omar Hani	Ayyoub Allach	Ahmed Isaiah	Yaovi Akakpo	Zurab Ochihava
Kapaz	Yegor Khvalko	Vladislav Vasilyuchek	Juninho Maranhense	Mate Kvirkvia	Georgi Papunaşvili	Abdullahi Shuaibu	Olawale Onanuga	Latyr Fall
Neftçi	Yegor Bogomolsky	Andre Shinyashiki	Yuri Matias	Ivan Brkić	Keelan Lebon	Aaron Olanare	Ataa Jaber	Mudo Valdez	Kenny Saief
Qarabağ	Redon Xhixha	Yassine Benzia	Juninho	Júlio Romão	Leandro Andrade	Patrick Andrade	Kevin Medina	Adama Diakhaby	Hamidou Keyta	Abdellah Zoubir	Luka Gugeshashvili	Marko Janković	Marko Vešović
Sabah	Bojan Letić	Christian	Higor Gabriel	Jearl Margaritha	Davit Volkovi	Joy-Lance Mickels	Kaheem Parris	Vincent Thill	Sofian Chakla	Emmanuel Apeh	Cristian Ceballos	Jon Irazabal	Ildar Alekperov
Sabail	Paná	Adi Mehremić	David Gomis	Nir Bardea	Yadin Lugasi	Alexandre Ramalingom	Pedro Nuno	Matija Ljujić
Sumgayit	Octávio	Trésor Mossi	Steven Pereira	Casimir Ninga	Erik Sorga	Roi Kahat	Abou Dosso	Masaki Murata	Todor Todoroski	Easah Suliman
Turan Tovuz	Belajdi Pusi	Brunão	Pachu	Martin Petkov	Piruz Marakvelidze	Denis Marandici	Otto John	Roderick Miller	Aykhan Guseynov	Álex Serrano
Zira	Filipe Pachtmann	Ruan Renato	Dimitrios Chantakias	Salifou Soumah	Stephane Acka	Pierre Zebli	Issa Djibrilla	Abbas Ibrahim	Andrija Luković	Vladyslav Kulach	Eldar Kuliyev	Nemanja Andjelković		Toni Gomes

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zira	9	6	1	2	9	5	+4	19	Champions League First qualifying round
2	Qarabağ	9	6	1	2	18	6	+12	19	Conference League Second qualifying round
3	Sabail	9	5	2	2	15	11	+4	17
4	Araz-Naxçıvan	9	4	2	3	9	9	0	14
5	Neftçi	9	3	3	3	7	7	0	12
6	Turan Tovuz	9	3	2	4	12	11	+1	11
7	Sumgayit	8	3	2	3	8	10	−2	11
8	Sabah	8	1	4	3	11	12	−1	7
9	Gabala	9	2	1	6	6	16	−10	7
10	Kapaz	9	1	2	6	5	13	−8	5	Azerbaijan First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2023. 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.

Home \ Away	ARA	GAB	KAP	NEF	QAR	SAB	SEB	SUM	TUR	ZIR	ARA	GAB	KAP	NEF	QAR	SAB	SEB	SUM	TUR	ZIR
Araz-Naxçıvan		2–0		1–0				1–1	0–3	1–0
Gabala	22 Oct				1–2		0–1	1–2		1–0
Kapaz	1–2	0–1		1–0			0–3		0–2	21 Oct
Neftçi		2–0			0–2		1–1
Qarabağ	2–1		1–1			2–0		5–0	3–0	0–1
Sabah	1–1	5–0	2–2	1–1				21 Oct	0–3
Sabail	1–0			20 Oct	2–1	2–2		1–4		1–2
Sumgayit			1–0	0–1		25 Oct			0–0
Turan Tovuz		2–2		0–1	20 Oct		1–3
Zira			1–0	1–1		1–0		1–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2023. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 1 October 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Juninho	Qarabağ	5
2	Alexandre Ramalingom	Sabail	4
3	Martin Petkov	Turan Tovuz	3
	Hamidou Keyta	Qarabağ
	Osama Khalaila	Gabala
	Yusif Nabiyev	Sabail
	Belajdi Pusi	Turan Tovuz
	Abdellah Zoubir	Qarabağ
	Orkhan Aliyev	Araz-Naxçıvan
10	Qismət Alıyev	Zira	2
	Emmanuel Apeh	Sabah
	Yuri Matias	Neftçi
	Pedro Nuno	Sabail
	Mate Kvirkvia	Kapaz
	Bojan Letić	Sabah
	Roderick Miller	Turan Tovuz
	Rovlan Muradov	Sumgayit
	Anatoliy Nuriyev	Sabah
	Adama Diakhaby	Qarabağ

Own goals

• Sertan Taşqın – Turan Tovuz vs Qarabağ 13 August 2023
• Jon Irazabal – Sabah vs Neftçi 20 August 2023

Clean sheets

As of match played 1 October 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Tiago Silva	Zira	4
	Aydın Bayramov	Turan Tovuz
3	Ivan Brkić	Neftçi	3
	Cristian Avram	Araz-Naxçıvan
5	Səlahət Ağayev	Sabail	2
	Rashad Azizli	Gabala
7	Vladislav Vasilyuchek	Kapaz	1
	Yusif İmanov	Sabah
	Luka Gugeshashvili	Qarabağ
	Rza Jafarov	Neftçi
	Amin Ramazanov	Qarabağ
	Mekhti Dzhenetov	Sumgayit
	Andrey Lunyov	Qarabağ

Rza Jafarov & Ivan Brkić both played in Neftçi's 2-0 victory over Gabala on 27 August 2023

Discipline

Red cards

As of match played 1 October 2023

• Ulvi Isgandarov - Araz-Naxçıvan vs Gabala (12 August 2023)
• Amin Seydiyev - Zira vs Sabah (26 August 2023)
• Rza Jafarov - Neftçi vs Gabala (27 August 2023)
• Pierre Zebli - Zira vs Sumgayit (15 September 2023)
• Mohammed Kadiri - Araz-Naxçıvan vs Neftçi (16 September 2023)
• Kevin Medina - Gabala vs Qarabağ (25 September 2023)
• Bojan Letić - Sabail vs Sabah (30 September 2023)
• Igor Ribeiro - Araz-Naxçıvan vs Zira (1 October 2023)

See also

• Azerbaijan Premier League
• Azerbaijan First Division
• Azerbaijan Cup

External links

• UEFA

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