The 2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 29th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier football league of Azerbaijan. The season began on 21 August 2020 and ended on 19 May 2021.
Neftçi Baku were the champions, winning the league for the 9th time in their history and ending Qarabağ FK’s 7-year winning streak. They qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 Champions League. Qarabağ and Sumgayit earned places in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Teams
Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. TeamYear EstablishedLocationVenueCapacityAzərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası Gabala1995Establishment of SC Qabala QabalaGabala City Stadium4,500Keşla1997KeshlaASK Arena5,800Neftchi Baku1906/1937BakuBakcell Arena10,200Qarabağ1951/1987AghdamAzersun Arena 5,200Sabah2017AbsheronBank Respublika Arena13,000Sabail2016SəbailBayil Arena3,200Sumgayit2010SumqayitKapital Bank Arena1,400Zira2014ZiraZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium1,300
Stadiums GabalaKeşlaQarabağNeftçi BakuGabala City StadiumASK ArenaAzersun ArenaBakcell Arena Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 5,800 Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 10,200SabahSabailSumgayitZiraBank Respublika ArenaASCO ArenaKapital Bank ArenaZira 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 Milla Keşla Zaur Akhundov Yunis Huseynov 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 Željko Sopić Resigned 3 July 2020 Pre-season Vicente Gómez 10 July 2020. Zira Zaur Hashimov End of contract 17 July 2020 Pre-season Rashad Sadygov 17 July 2020 Keşla Tarlan Ahmedov End of contract 8 August 2020 Pre-season Yunis Huseynov 16 August 2020 Neftchi Fizuli Mammedov Resigned 11 November 2020 4th Samir Abbasov 11 November 2020 Keşla Yunis Huseynov Resigned 24 January 2021 7th Sanan Gurbanov 25 January 2021 Sabah Vicente Gómez Mutual termination 11 March 2021 Pre-season Ramin Guliyev 11 March 2021
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 11Former Players Gabala Jurgen Goxha Raphael Alemão Vinko Međimorec Merab Gigauri Stefan Vukčević James Adeniyi Nicolas Rajsel Yaovi Akakpo Rodrigo Gattas Keşla Sílvio Anatole Abang Sadio Tounkara Eugeniu Cociuc Stanislav Namașco Mijuško Bojović César Meza Colli John Kamara Alexander Christovão Álvaro Vieira Artur Dmytro Klyots Shohrux Gadoyev Neftçi Bruno Telushi Rener Pavão Thallyson Ahmed Ahmedov Steeven Joseph-Monrose Mamadou Kane Keisuke Honda Sabir Bougrine Yusuf Lawal Mamadou Mbodj Vojislav Stanković Saman Nariman Jahan Prince Ibara Qarabağ Kevin Medina Patrick Andrade Uroš Matić Filip Ozobić Jaime Romero Abdellah Zoubir Owusu Kwabena Wilde-Donald Guerrier Sabah Mario Marina Amadou Diallo Tiemoko Fofana Julio Rodríguez Kévin Koubemba Filip Ivanović Saša Stamenković Dmytro Klyots Zurab Ochihava Álvaro Villete Ulysse Diallo Eugeniu Cociuc Nikola Vujadinović Sabail Luka Imnadze Nicholas Hagen Florijan Kadriu Hendrick Ekstein Milovan Petrovikj Alie Sesay Lema Mabidi Bakhtiar Rahmani Peyman Keshavarzi Sumgayit Martin Balco Hojjat Haghverdi Mehdi Sharifi Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov Adam Hemati Zira Facundo Melivilo Filipe Pachtmann Matheus Albino Rodrigue Bongongui Davit Volkovi Dimitrios Chantakias Clésio Lazar Đorđević Nemanja Anđelković Caio Rangel Alie Sesay
In bold: Players that join the club mid-season
In Italic: Players that left the club mid-season
League table
Fixtures and results Clubs played each other four times for a total of 28 matches each.
Matches 1–14
Matches 15–28
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Namik AlaskarovNeftçi192 Mahir EmreliQarabağ183 Filip OzobićQarabağ114 Ali GhorbaniSumgayit95 Davit VolkoviZira8 Rahim SadikhovSumgayit7 Mirabdulla AbbasovNeftçi7 Owusu KwabenaQarabağ9 Amil YunanovSabail6 Abdellah ZoubirQarabağ
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Matheus AlbinoZira72 Shahrudin MahammadaliyevQarabağ63 Agil MammadovNeftçi54 Anar NazirovGabala4 Mehdi JannatovSumgayit6 Stanislav NamașcoKeşla3 Nicholas HagenSabail8 Saša StamenkovićSabah2 Aydin BayramovSumgayit
See also Azerbaijan Premier League Azerbaijan First Division Azerbaijan Cup
References
External links UEFA