The 2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 31st season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier football league of Azerbaijan. The season begun on 6 August 2022 and ended 28 May 2023.

Teams

Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. TeamYear EstablishedLocationVenueCapacityAzərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası Gabala1995Establishment of SC Qabala QabalaGabala City Stadium4,500Kapaz1959GanjaGanja City Stadium27,000Neftchi1937BakuBakcell Arena11,000Qarabağ1951AghdamAzersun Arena 5,200Sabah2017Absheron, BakuBank Respublika Arena13,000Sabail2016Sabail, BakuBayil Arena3,200Shamakhi1997ShamakhiShamakhi City Stadium2,200Sumgayit2010SumgaitKapital Bank Arena1,400Turan Tovuz1992TovuzTovuz City Stadium6,800Zira2014Zira, BakuZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium1,300

Stadiums GabalaKapazQarabağNeftçiSabahGabala City StadiumGanja City StadiumAzersun ArenaBakcell ArenaBank Respublika Arena Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 10,200 Capacity: 13,000SabailShamakhiSumgayitTuran TovuzZiraASCO ArenaShamakhi City StadiumKapital Bank ArenaTovuz City StadiumZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Capacity: 3,200 Capacity: 2,200 Capacity: 1,400 Capacity: 6,800 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 Kapaz Ilgar Nadiri Tarlan Ahmadov Tural Akhundov Joma - Neftçi Kamran Guliyev Laurențiu Reghecampf Emin Mahmudov Nike Turkish Airlines Qarabağ Abdolbari Gozal Gurban Gurbanov Maksim Medvedev Il’Azero Azersun Sabah Magsud Adigozalov Murad Musayev Elvin Jamalov Nike Bank Respublika Sabail Abdulgani Nurmammadov Shahin Diniyev Rahid Amirguliyev Jako ASCO Shamakhi Elchin Usub Vugar Asgarli Elvin Mammadov Joma - Sumgayit Riad Rafiyev Samir Abbasov Vurğun Hüseynov Jako Pasha Insurance, Azərikimya Turan Tovuz Ogtay Abdullayev Aykhan Abbasov Şehriyar Aliyev Jako - Zira Taleh Nasibov Rashad Sadygov Qismət Alıyev Joma Nar, Azfargroup

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Sabail Aftandil Hacıyev 23 May 2022 Mutual termination Pre-season Mahmud Qurbanov 26 May 2022 Neftçi Samir Abbasov 10 June 2022 End of contract Pre-season Laurențiu Reghecampf 21 June 2022 Sumgayit Alyaksey Baha 21 September 2022 Mutual termination 8th Samir Abbasov 26 September 2022 Sabail Mahmud Qurbanov 28 December 2022 Resigned 10th Shahin Diniyev 29 December 2022

Foreign players Each team could use only seven foreign players on the field in each game.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 9Player 10Player 11Player 12Player 13Left during the season Gabala Isnik Alimi Ramon Ruan Felipe Alemão Christophe Atangana Fares Abu Akel Omar Hani Yaovi Akakpo Andriy Stryzhak Ayyoub Allach Kapaz Yegor Khvalko Juninho Maranhense Mario Mustapic Salif Cissé Giorgi Kantaria Mate Kvirkvia Ahmed Isaiah Abdullahi Shuaibu Mikheil Ergemlidze Peyman Keshavarzi Rinat Guseynov Neftçi Yegor Bogomolsky Saldanha Ivan Brkić Keelan Lebon Vato Arveladze Solomon Kvirkvelia Ataa Jaber César Meza Azer Aliyev Vojislav Stanković Kenny Saief Guilherme Pato Godsway Donyoh Yusuf Lawal Mamadou Mbodj Qarabağ Redon Xhixha Yassine Benzia Júlio Romão Leandro Andrade Kevin Medina Adama Diakhaby Abdellah Zoubir Luka Gugeshashvili Marko Janković Marko Vešović Kady Owusu Kwabena Ibrahima Wadji Sabah Bojan Letić Christian Davit Volkovi Joy-Lance Mickels Emmanuel Apeh Abdoulaye Ba Cristian Ceballos Jon Irazabal Zurab Ochihava Oleksiy Kashchuk Alyaksandr Nyachayew Tiemoko Fofana Sabail Franco Mazurek Emil Martinov França David Gomis Goba Zakpa Matija Ljujić Luwagga Kizito Maksym Chekh Petro Stasyuk Facundo Cardozo Shamakhi Sumgayit Diego Carioca Steven Pereira Karim Abubakar Ilnur Valiev Masaki Murata Terrence Tisdell Todor Todoroski Alya Toure Almir Aganspahić Rifat Nurmugamet Filipe Chaby Damjan Daničić Richard Gadze Ouro-Nile Toure Turan Tovuz Belajdi Pusi Ben Aziz Dao Rooney Eva Wankewai Piruz Marakvelidze Denis Marandici Nathan Oduwa Henry Okebugwu Roderick Miller Aykhan Guseynov Siyanda Xulu Divine Naah Imeda Ashortia Zira Loris Brogno Moïse Adiléhou Filipe Pachtmann Hamidou Keyta Dimitrios Chantakias Toni Gomes Wilde-Donald Guerrier Mo Hamdaoui Issa Djibrilla Abbas Ibrahim Andrija Luković Vladyslav Kulach Eldar Kuliyev Nemanja Anđelković In bold: Players capped for their national team.

League table

Fixtures and results Clubs played each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.

Matches 1–18

Matches 19–36

Season statistics Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ramil SheydayevQarabağ222 Musa GurbanliQarabağ213 Joy-Lance MickelsSabah17 Emin MahmudovNeftçi5 Oleksiy KashchukSabah16 Rooney EvaTuran Tovuz7 Abdullahi ShuaibuKapaz118 Davit VolkoviSabah109 Isnik AlimiGabala910 Hamidou KeytaZira8 Abdellah ZoubirQarabağ Emmanuel ApehSabah RamonGabala

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Musa Gurbanlı4QarabağZira1–7 Rooney EvaTuran TovuzNeftçi4–0 4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Yusif ImanovSabah192 Ivan Brkić Neftçi133 Tarlan AhmadliTuran Tovuz104 Shakhruddin MagomedaliyevQarabağ9 Luka GugeshashviliQarabağ

See also Azerbaijan Premier League Azerbaijan First Division Azerbaijan Cup

References

External links UEFA