2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League

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.

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season2021–22
Dates14 August 2021 –
Matches played52
Goals scored142 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerDavit Volkovi
(5 goals)
Biggest home winGabala 5–0 Sabail
(18 September 2021)
Biggest away winKeşla 0–2 Sumgayit
(14 August 2021)
Keşla 0–2 Zira
(11 September 2021)
Sabah 0–2 Gabala
(11 September 2021)
Sabail 1–3 Neftçi
(2 October 2021)
Highest scoringGabala 5–0 Sabail
(18 September 2021)
Longest winning run3 matches
Qarabağ
Neftçi
Gabala
Longest unbeaten run6 matches
Qarabağ
Longest winless run6 matches
Sabah
Longest losing run4 matches
Keşla
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 3 October 2021.

Teams
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 ASK Arena 5,800
Neftchi Baku 1906/1937 Baku Bakcell Arena 10,200
Qarabağ 1951/1987 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
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 Gilan & Knauf
Keşla Zaur Akhundov Sanan Gurbanov Ilkin Qirtimov Joma Samaya LTD
Neftçi Baku Kamran Guliyev Samir Abbasov Emin Mahmudov Nike Turkish Airlines
Qarabağ Abdolbari Gozal Gurban Gurbanov Maksim Medvedev Adidas Azersun
Sabah Magsud Adigozalov Ramin Guliyev 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 Ramin Guliyev (Acting Head Coach) End of role 26 May 2021[5] Pre-season Ramin Guliyev 26 May 2021[5]

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
Gabala Isnik Alimi Ruan Renato Raphael Utzig Christophe Atangana Stefan Vukčević Yaovi Akakpo Fernań López Omar Hani
Keşla Aldair Neto Felipe Santos Anatole Abang Merab Gigauri Sadio Tounkara Stanislav Namașco Mijuško Bojović Oumar Goudiaby
Neftçi Romain Basque Mamadou Kané Yusuf Lawal Sabir Bougrine César Meza Hugo Basto Harramiz Mamadou Mbodj Vojislav Stanković Tiago Bezerra Jorge Correa Ramon Machado
Qarabağ Kady Patrick Andrade Kevin Medina Ibrahima Wadji Abdellah Zoubir Marko Vešović Gaspar Panadero Jaime Romero
Sabah Špiro Peričić Mikheil Ergemlidze Joy-Lance Mickels Tiemoko Fofana Julio Rodríguez Ildar Alekperov Saša Stamenković Juan Cámara Cristian Ceballos Zurab Ochihava
Sabail Jurgen Goxha Jamal Arago Domantas Šimkus Nicolas Rajsel
Sumgayit Saeid Bagherpasand Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov
Zira Loris Brogno Filipe Pachtmann Welves Davit Volkovi Dimitrios Chantakias Mo Hamdaoui Nemanja Andjelkovic

In bold: Players that capped for their national team.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Qarabağ 13 9 3 1 28 8 +20 30 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Gabala 13 7 4 2 22 13 +9 25 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Zira 13 6 4 3 22 14 +8 22
4 Neftçi Baku 13 6 3 4 20 18 +2 21
5 Sabah 13 4 2 7 17 23 −6 14
6 Sumgayit 13 3 3 7 8 17 −9 12
7 Keşla 13 3 2 8 14 23 −9 11
8 Sabail 13 3 1 9 11 26 −15 10
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2021. 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.[6]

Fixtures and results

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

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of matches played 27 November 2021
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Davit Volkovi Zira 9
2 Filip Ozobić Qarabağ 6
3 Ulvi Isgandarov Gabala 5
Joy-Lance Mickels Sabah
5 Isnik Alimi Gabala 4
Aleksey Isayev Sabah
Tiago Bezerra Neftçi
Musa Gurbanli Qarabağ
Abdellah Zoubir Qarabağ
10 7 players 3

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Davit VolkoviZiraSabah3-3 (A)6 November 2021[7]

Clean sheets
As of matches played 12 September 2021
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Aydin Bayramov Sumgayit 2
2 Tarlan Ahmadli Sumgayit 1
Kamran Agayev Sabail
Emil Balayev Qarabağ
Nijat Mehbaliyev Gabala
Mehdi Jannatov Zira

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

See also

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. "BAŞ MƏŞQÇİMİZ RAMİN QULİYEVLƏ YENİ MÜQAVİLƏ BAĞLADIQ". sabahfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. "Premyer Liqa: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  7. "Sabah 3-3 Zira". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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