The 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 23rd season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Qarabağ were the defending champions, having won the previous season. The season started on 9 August 2014 and ended on 28 May 2015.
Teams
Ravan Baku were relegated to Azerbaijan First Division.
The format of the league did not change as a total of 10 teams contested the league, with the last club relegated and Araz-Naxçıvan 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.
On 3 November 2014, Araz-Naxçıvan announced their withdrawal from the league due to alleged constant biased referee decisions, which meant that all of their results were annulled.
Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. TeamLocationVenueCapacityAzərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası Araz-NaxçıvanNakhchivanNakhchivan City Stadium11,800AZALBakuAZAL Stadium5,000BakuFC Baku's Training Base2,000GabalaGabalaGabala City Stadium8,000Inter BakuBakuInter Arena10,000Khazar LankaranLankaranLankaran City Stadium15,000Neftchi BakuBakuBakcell Arena11,000QarabağAğdamTofiq Bahramov Stadium31,200SimurqZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium3,500SumgayitSumqayitKapital Bank Arena16,000
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 sponsorAraz-Naxçıvan Asgar Abdullayev Elmin Chobanov Joma AZAL Tarlan Ahmadov Shahriyar Rahimov Umbro Silk WayBaku Ibrahim Uzunca Aqil Mammadov Kappa Gabala Roman Hryhorchuk Volodimir Levin Joma PepsiInter Baku Kakhaber Tskhadadze Asif Mammadov Umbro IBAKhazar Lankaran Elbrus Mammadov Rahid Amirguliyev Puma PalmaliNeftçi Baku Arif Asadov Flavinho Adidas SOCARQarabağ Gurban Gurbanov Rashad Sadygov Adidas AzersunSimurq Giorgi Chikhradze Ilkin Qirtimov JomaSumgayit Agil Mammadov Ruslan Poladov Umbro Azerkimya
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Khazar Lankaran Mustafa DenizliMutual consent 16 May 2014Pre-season Oğuz Çetin 5 June 2014 Gabala Yuri Semin 23 May 2014 Dorinel Munteanu 14 June 2014 Baku Milinko Pantić 24 July 2014 Ibrahim Uzunca 12 August 2014 Neftchi Baku Boyukagha Hajiyev Resigned 3 September 2014 6th Arif Asadov 4 September 2014 Gabala Dorinel Munteanu Sacked 8 December 2014 6th Sanan Gurbanov (caretaker) 8 December 2014 Gabala Sanan Gurbanov (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 21 December 2014 6th Roman Hryhorchuk 21 December 2014 Khazar Oğuz Çetin Resigned 22 December 2014 5th Elbrus Mammadov 23 December 2014
League table
Results
Games 1–18
Games 19–36
Season statistics
Scoring First goal of the season: Rauf Aliyev for Khazar against AZAL (9 August 2014) Fastest goal of the season: 1st minute, Freddy Mombongo-Dues for AZAL against Inter Baku (19 February 2015) Latest goal of the season: 94 minutes, Mirhuseyn Seyidov for Neftchi Baku against Khazar Lankaran (24 November 2014) Largest winning margin: 7 goals Inter Baku 7–0 Baku (19 September 2014) Highest scoring game: 7 goals Inter Baku 7–0 Baku (19 September 2014) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals Inter Baku 7–0 Baku (19 September 2014)
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Nurlan NovruzovBaku152 Dragan ĆeranSimurq143 Freddy Mombongo-DuesAZAL13 Magomed KurbanovSumgayit5 Javid HuseynovGabala11 Nicolás CanalesNeftchi7 ReynaldoQarabağ10 Leroy GeorgeQarabağ9 Mikel ÁlvaroInter Baku910 NildoInter Baku8
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Freddy Mombongo-Dues4 AZAL Simurq 5–0 4 Player scored 4 goals
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards; 12 Ruslan Abışov (Gabala) Alfred Sankoh (Khazar Lankaran) Éric Ramos (Neftchi Baku)
Most red cards; 2 Vugar Baybalayev (Baku) Elshad Manafov (Baku) Carlos Cardoso (Neftchi Baku)
Club Most yellow cards: 105 Neftchi Baku Most red cards: 8 Baku Neftchi Baku
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