The 2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 27th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League. It was won by the defending champions Qarabağ, for their sixth consecutive championship title. The season began on 11 August 2018.
The winner of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 Champions League, and the second and third placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 Europa League.
Teams Kapaz was relegated at the conclusion of the previous season. Sabah were promoted and participated in the Premier League this season.
Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. TeamYear EstablishedLocationVenueCapacityAzərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası Gabala1995Establishment of SC Qabala QabalaGabala City Stadium4,500Keşla1997KeshlaASK Arena8,125Neftchi Baku1937BakuBakcell Arena10,500Qarabağ1951AghdamAzersun Arena {Baku}5,800Sabah2017BakuAlinja Arena13,000Sabail2016SəbailBayil Arena5,000Sumgayit2010SumqayitKapital Bank Arena1,500Zira2014ZiraZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium1,400
Stadiums GabalaKeşlaNeftchi BakuQarabağGabala City StadiumASK ArenaBakcell ArenaAzersun Arena Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 8,200 Capacity: 10,500 Capacity: 5,800SabahSabailSumgayitZiraAlinja ArenaBayil ArenaKapital Bank ArenaZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 3,200 Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 1,400
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 sponsorGabala Sanan Gurbanov Javid Huseynov Joma QafqaZ HotelsKeşla Tarlan Ahmedov Kamran Aghayev Joma Samaya LTDNeftchi Baku Roberto Bordin Ruslan Abışov Nike Qarabağ Gurban Gurbanov Rashad Sadygov Adidas Azersun HoldingSabah Elshad Ahmadov Javid Imamverdiyev Macron Bank RespublikaSabail Aftandil Hajiyev Rahid Amirguliyev Macron AzTeaSumgayit Aykhan Abbasov Vurğun Hüseynov Macron Pasha InsuranceZira Samir Abbasov Kamal Bayramov Joma Santral Electric
Foreign players A team could use only six foreign players on the field in each game.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 9Player 10Player 11Player 12 Gabala Sabien Lilaj Steeven Joseph-Monrose James Adeniyi Vojislav Stanković Lalawélé Atakora Dmytro Bezotosnyi Keşla Denis Silva Valeriy Kutsenko John Kamara Andre Clennon Edvinas Girdvainis Nikola Mitrović Jonathan Ayite Angelo Pena Neftchi Gianluca Sansone Goran Paracki Mamadou Mbodj Bagaliy Dabo Vangelis Platellas Soni Mustivar Kyrylo Petrov Petru Racu Qarabağ Ansi Agolli Vagner Simeon Slavchev Dzon Delarge Filip Ozobić Abdellah Zoubir Donald Guerrier Hannes Halldórsson Jakub Rzeźniczak Dani Quintana Míchel Innocent Emeghara Sabah Wanderson Éric Ramos Filip Ivanović Saša Stamenković Marko Dević Vitaliy Kvashuk Sabail Imanol Iriberri Emil Martinov Kévin Koubemba Tamaz Tsetskhladze Maudo Jarjué Tome Kitanovski Oleksandr Rybka Eugeniu Cociuc Ihor Korotetskyi Michael Essien Sumgayit Ali Babayev Atilla Yıldırım Amir Agayev Aleksey Isayev Peyman Babaei Zira Bilal Hamdi Dylan Duventru Sadio Tounkara Alexandru Dedov Adrian Scarlatache Miloš Radivojević Robin Ngalande Mpho Kgaswane In bold: Players that capped for their national team.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentr Gabala Roman Hryhorchuk End of contract 29 May 2018 Pre-season Sanan Gurbanov 30 May 2018 Neftchi Baku Tarlan Ahmedov End of contract 31 May 2018 Pre-season Roberto Bordin 8 June 2018 Sabail Samir Aliyev Mutual consent 22 May 2018 Pre-season Aftandil Hajiyev 11 June 2018 Sumgayit Samir Abbasov End of contract 20 May 2018 Pre-season Nazim Suleymanov 7 June 2018 Sabah Arif Asadov End of contract Pre-season Elshad Ahmadov Keşla Yuriy Maksymov Sacked 17 July 2018 Pre-season Mladen Milinković 25 July 2018 Zira Aykhan Abbasov Resignation 29 August 2018 8th Samir Abbasov 29 August 2018 Keşla Mladen Milinković Sacked 29 October 2018 7th Tarlan Ahmadov 30 October 2018
League table
Positions by round
Results Clubs played each other four times for a total of 28 matches each.
Games 1–14
Games 15–28
Notes
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Mahir EmreliQarabağ162 Bagaliy DaboNeftçi Baku143 James AdeniyiGabala104 Marko DevićSabah8 Filip OzobićQarabağ6 Mirabdulla AbbasovNeftçi Baku7 Emin MahmudovNeftçi Baku Dani QuintanaQarabağ Abdellah ZoubirQarabağ10 Steeven Joseph-MonroseGabala6 Julio RodríguezZira
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref. Mahir EmreliQarabağKeşla5–1 Dani QuintanaQarabağZira6–0 Mahir EmreliQarabağSabail4–0
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Salahat AghayevNeftçi122 Vagner da SilvaQarabağ103 Dmytro BezotosnyiGabala84 Emil BalayevSabail7 Saša StamenkovićSabah
Scoring First goal of the season: Mirabdulla Abbasov for Neftçi Baku against Sumgayit. (11 August 2018)
See also Azerbaijan Premier League Azerbaijan First Division
References
External links UEFA