The 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 22nd season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the top tier of Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Neftchi Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous season.
Teams
Kəpəz and Turan were relegated from the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League.
The format of the league changed as a total of 10 teams contested the league, with two clubs relegated in the previous season and no teams promoted from the first division. The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.
As of this season, PFL announced that each player will have to wear not only the number, but also his name on the back of the jersey.
Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. TeamLocationVenueCapacityAzərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası AZALBakuAZAL Stadium3,000BakuFC Baku's Training Base2,000GabalaGabalaGabala City Stadium4,000InterBakuShafa Stadium8,000KhazarLankaranLankaran City Stadium15,000NeftchiBakuBakcell Arena11,000QarabağAğdamTofig Bahramov Stadium31,200RavanBakuBayil Stadium5,000SimurqZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium3,500SumgayitSumqayitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium16,000
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. TeamManagerTeam captainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAZAL Vagif Sadygov Jahangir Hasanzade Umbro Silk WayBaku Milinko Pantić Elvin Mammadov Kappa Gabala Yuri Semin Volodimir Levin Joma PepsiInter Kakhaber Tskhadadze Vagif Javadov Umbro IBAKhazar Mustafa Denizli Rahid Amirguliyev Puma PalmaliNeftçi Boyukagha Hajiyev Rashad Sadiqov Adidas SOCARQarabağ Gurban Gurbanov Rashad Sadygov Adidas AzersunRavan Güvenç Kurtar Ramazan Abbasov Legea NissanSimurq Giorgi Chikhradze Ruslan Poladov JomaSumgayit Agil Mammadov Samir Abbasov Umbro Azerkimya
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Baku Božidar Bandović Sacked 20 May 2013 Pre-season Milinko Pantić 14 June 2013 Gabala Luis Aragón (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 20 May 2013 Yuri Semin 21 May 2013 Sumgayit Bernhard RaabResigned 11 June 2013 Agil Mammadov 12 June 2013 Neftchi Boyukagha Hajiyev 25 July 2013 Tarlan Ahmadov 26 July 2013 Ravan Ramil Aliyev 12 August 2012 10th Vladislav Kadyrov 12 August 2013 Vladislav KadyrovSacked 5 October 2013 9th Shahin Diniyev 7 October 2013 Neftchi Tarlan Ahmadov 23 October 2013 2nd Nazim Suleymanov 25 October 2013Khazar John Toshack Resigned 22 November 20138th Giovanni Melkiorre (caretaker) 22 November 2013 Giovanni Melkiorre (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 3 December 2013 Mustafa Denizli 3 December 2013Ravan Shahin DiniyevResigned 3 January 2014 9th Güvenç Kurtar 3 January 2014 Neftchi Nazim Suleymanov 8 January 2014 3rd Boyukagha Hajiyev 11 January 2014 AZAL Vagif Sadygov Sacked 16 March 2014 8th Tarlan Ahmadov 17 March 2014 Khazar Mustafa Denizli Mutual Termination 16 May 2014 6th TBD TBD
League table
Results
Games 1–18
Games 19–36
Season statistics
Scoring First goal of the season: Mindaugas Kalonas for Baku against Gabala (2 August 2013) Fastest goal of the season: 2nd minute, Ernest Nfor for Neftchi Baku against Baku (10 November 2013) Latest goal of the season: 94 minutes, Shahriyar Rahimov for AZAL against Ravan Baku (8 December 2013) Mahir Shukurov for Neftchi Baku against Gabala (15 December 2013) Largest winning margin: 5 goals Baku 5–0 Ravan Baku (18 August 2013) Highest scoring game: 7 goals Qarabağ 4–3 Gabala (3 November 2013) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals Qarabağ 5–1 Sumgayit (11 August 2013) Baku 5–0 Ravan Baku (18 August August 2013) Ravan Baku 1–5 Inter Baku (25 August 2013) Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals Gabala 3–2 Inter Baku (3 August 2013)
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 ReynaldoQarabağ222 Vagif JavadovInter144 Dragan ĆeranSimurq133 Danijel SubotićGabala125 Mbilla EtameKhazar116 Bachana TskhadadzeInter107 Leroy GeorgeQarabağ98 Rauf AliyevBaku8 ChumbinhoQarabağ Afran IsmayilovBaku Will JohnAZAL12 LeonardoGabala7 Bahodir NasimovNeftchi Stjepan PoljakSimurq NildoKhazar Lorenzo EbecilioGabala
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Bachana Tskhadadze Inter Ravan 5–1 Reynaldo Qarabağ Neftchi 4–1 Reynaldo Qarabağ Inter 4–1
Clean sheets Most clean sheets: 18 Qarabağ Fewest clean sheets: 4 Sumgayit
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 16 Aleksandr Shemonayev (AZAL) Most red cards: 3 Elvin Yunuszade (Neftchi Baku) Ilkin Qirtimov (Simurq)
Club Most yellow cards: 112 Ravan Baku Most red cards: 13 Neftchi Baku
Awards
Monthly awards MonthPlayerClubAugust Javid HuseynovBakuSeptember Afran IsmayilovBakuOctober ReynaldoQarabağNovember Vagif JavadovInter BakuDecember Danijel SubotićGabalaFebruary ReynaldoQarabağMarch ReynaldoQarabağApril Richard AlmeidaQarabağMay ReynaldoQarabağ
Last updated: 11 November 2013 Source: Azerbaijan Premier League
PFL Team of the Year
The PFL team of the year was: Goalkeeper: Giorgi Lomaia (Inter) Defence: Bruno Bertucci (Neftchi), Mahir Shukurov (Neftchi), Denis Silva (Neftchi), Yohan Bocognano (Inter) Midfield: David Meza (Inter), Richard Almeida (Qarabağ), Leroy George (Qarabağ), Chumbinho (Qarabağ) Attack: Reynaldo (Qarabağ), Ernest Nfor (Neftchi)
See also 2013–14 Azerbaijan Cup 2013 Azerbaijan Supercup
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