The 2024–25 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 33rd season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier football league of Azerbaijan.
On April 27, 2025, in the 32nd round of the Premier League, Qarabağ secured the championship with four rounds remaining after drawing 1–1 against Sabah, thus becoming Premier League champions for the 12th time in their history and for the 4th consecutive time.
This is the last season with 10 participating teams. The league will expand to 12 teams from 2025–26 season.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from2023–24 Azerbaijan First DivisionRelegated to2024–25 Azerbaijan First DivisionShamakhiGabala
Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. TeamYear EstablishedLocationVenueCapacityAzərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası Araz-Naxçıvan1967Nakhchivan, BakuDalga Arena6,500Kapaz1959Ganja, TovuzTovuz City Stadium6,500Neftchi1937BakuNeftchi Arena10,260Qarabağ1951Aghdam, BakuTofiq Bahramov Stadium 31,200Sabah2017AbsheronBank Respublika Arena8,600Sabail2016Sabail, Baku ASCO Arena3,200Shamakhi1997ShamakhiShamakhi City Stadium2,200Sumgayit2010SumgaitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium8,700Turan Tovuz1992TovuzTovuz City Stadium6,500Zira2014Zira, BakuZira Sport Complex1,300
Stadiums KapazQarabağNeftçiSabahDalga ArenaGanja City StadiumNeftchi Arena Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 26,120 Capacity: 31,200 Capacity: 10,289 Capacity: 8,969SabailShamakhiSumgayitTuran TovuzZiraASCO ArenaZira Sport Complex Capacity: 3,200 Capacity: 2,176 Capacity: 9,502 Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 1,256
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 Araz-Naxçıvan Ramin Akhundov Elmar Bakhshiyev Vadim Abdullayev Hummel Samaya Ltd Kapaz Ilgar Nadiri Azer Baghirov Vurğun Hüseynov Joma - Neftçi Kamran Guliyev Samir Abbasov Emin Mahmudov Erreà SOCAR Qarabağ Tahir Gozal Gurban Gurbanov Abdellah Zoubir Adidas Azersun Sabah Magsud Adigozalov Vasili Berezutski Elvin Jamalov Nike Bank Respublika Sabail Abdulgani Nurmammadov Javid Huseynov Yusif Nabiyev Adidas ASCO Shamakhi Elchin Usub Aykhan Abbasov Emin Zamanov Joma Sumgayit Riad Rafiyev Vagif Javadov Vugar Mustafayev Jako Azerikimya Turan Tovuz Ogtay Abdullayev Kurban Berdyev Şehriyar Aliyev Jako Huner Group Zira Taleh Nasibov Rashad Sadygov Qismət Alıyev Arem Nar, Azfargroup
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Neftçi Miodrag Božović End of contract 30 June 2024Pre-season Roman Hryhorchuk 1 July 2024 Turan Tovuz Aykhan Abbasov Kurban Berdyev 25 June 2024 Neftçi Roman Hryhorchuk Mutual Agreement 7 October 20249th Samir Abbasov 14 October 2024 Sumgayit Samir Abbasov Signed by Neftçi 14 October 20248th Vagif Javadov Sabah Krunoslav Rendulić Mutual agreement 25 November 20245th Vasili Berezutski 25 November 2024 Sumgayit Vagif Javadov Made permanent 8 January 20256th Vagif Javadov 8 January 2025
Foreign players Each team can use only seven foreign players on the field in each game.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 9Player 10Player 11Player 12Player 13Player 14Player 15Player 16Left during the season Araz-Naxçıvan Mićo Kuzmanović Jatobá Ramon Machado Wanderson Maranhão Igor Ribeiro Felipe Santos Issouf Paro Ayyoub Allach Cristian Avram César Meza Colli Benny Nuno Rodrigues Kapaz Paná Yegor Khvalko Pachu Rati Ardazishvili Trent Buhagiar Karim L'Koucha Rogério Diogo Verdasca Mahamadou Ba Shervoni Mabatshoev Redon Mihana Keverton Victor Braga Lassana N'Diaye Neftçi Yegor Bogomolsky Alex Fernandes Yuri Matias Dembo Darboe Robert Bauer Bassala Sambou Erwin Koffi Ryonosuke Ohori Edvin Kuč Raphael Guzzo Moustapha Seck Alpha Conteh Andriy Shtohrin Andre Shinyashiki Brayan Moreno Márk Tamás Keelan Lebon Qarabağ Redon Xhixha Yassine Benzia Kady Borges Matheus Silva Leandro Andrade Patrick Andrade Kevin Medina Fabijan Buntić Abdellah Zoubir Emmanuel Addai Marko Janković Marko Vešović Mateusz Kochalski Oleksiy Kashchuk Júlio Romão Juninho Hamidou Keyta Sabah Bojan Letić Ygor Nogueira Ivan Lepinjica Joy-Lance Mickels Kaheem Parris Stas Pokatilov Vincent Thill Sofian Chakla Jesse Sekidika Njegoš Kupusović Pavol Šafranko Jon Irazabal Umarali Rakhmonaliev Sabail Amir Bilali David Gomis Madi Queta Gitay Sofir Soulyman Allouch Ayman Bouali Innocent Nshuti Marko Nikolić Gorka Larrucea Dmytro Lytvyn Shamakhi Belajdi Pusi Michael Thuíque Brahim Konaté Leroy Mickels Vasilije Radenović Ricardo Fernandes Andrei Tîrcoveanu Vasilije Bakić Alphonce Msanga Vladyslav Veremeev Jonathan Benteke Giorgi Kantaria Sumgayit Slaviša Radović Alan Dias Trésor Mossi Ronaldo Vásquez Giorgi Kharaishvili Momo Yansané Roi Kahat Sylvanus Nimely Miloš Milović Easah Suliman Jasurbek Jaloliddinov Bobur Abdikholikov Fernando Medeiros Jordan Rezabala Nikola Vujnović Kristijan Velinovski Turan Tovuz Christian Jô Alex Souza Haiderson Hurtado Arash Ghaderi Denis Marandici Roderick Miller Aykhan Guseynov Ivan Konovalov Anton Krachkovsky Sergey Samok Álex Serrano Emmanuel Hackman Otto John Zira Martins Júnior Filipe Pachtmann Ruan Renato Raphael Utzig Iron Gomis Davit Volkovi Giorgi Papunashvili Salifou Soumah Stephane Acka Pierre Zebli Issa Djibrilla Yusuf Lawal Eldar Kuliyev Tiago Silva Ange Mutsinzi Abbas Ibrahim In italics: Players that are on loan from another APL side. In bold:' Players that have been capped for their national team.
League table
Fixtures and results Clubs play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.
Season statistics
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Leandro AndradeQarabağ152 Salifou SoumahZira123 Davit VolkoviZira11 Jesse SekidikaSabah4 Felipe SantosAraz-Naxçıvan105 Joy-Lance MickelsSabah9 Nariman AkhundzadeQarabağ Raphael UtzigZira Pavol ŠafrankoSabah6 Filip OzobićNeftçi8 Oleksiy KashchukQarabağ Brahim KonatéShamakhi7 Yassine BenziaQarabağ7 Giorgi PapunashviliZira Alex SouzaTuran Tovuz
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Davit VolkoviZiraSabail4–1 (H)
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Cristian AvramAraz-Naxçıvan132 Aydın BayramovZira123 Ivan KonovalovTuran Tovuz104 Mekhti DzhenetovSumgayit7 Ricardo FernandesShamakhi6 Mateusz KochalskiQarabağ67 Rza JafarovNeftçi58 Fabijan BuntićQarabağ4 Yusif İmanovSabah Shakhruddin MagomedaliyevQarabağ Hüseynali GuliyevSabail RógerioKapaz
Attendances
In the 2024/25 season, a total of 275,933 spectators attended the Premier League matches. With 180 games played, the average attendance per match was 1,533. In terms of spectators, Turan Tovuz had the highest figures, with a total of 78,500 fans attending their matches with an average of 4,361 per game.
# Club Average 1 Turan 4,361 2 Neftçi 2,209 3 Sumqayıt 1,858 4 Qarabağ 1,729 5 Sabah 1,327 6 Şamaxi 1,161 7 Kəpəz 1,033 8 Zirə 753 9 Səbail 642 10 Araz-Naxçivan 256
Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/aze/aveaze25.htm
Records In the 2024/25 season, Turan Tovuz became the 7th team in the 32-year history of the national championships to not concede a single goal in their first 5 matches. The club's match against Neftçi ended in a 0:0 draw, and they went on to defeat Sumgayit, Qarabağ, and Sabail by one unanswered goal each, and Kapaz by three unanswered goals. The last time this record was matched was in the 2016-17 season by Gabala. Turan Tovuz's goalkeeper, Ivan Konozalov, became the second foreign goalkeeper in the history of the national championships to keep a clean sheet in the first 5 matches, following Dmytro Bezotosnyi, who achieved this with Gabala in the 2016/17 season.
For the second time in 32 years, "Neftçi" failed to win any of their first 5 matches. They ended their matches against "Turan Tovuz" and "Shamakhi" in goalless draws, and drew 1:1 with "Sabail" and "Araz-Naxçıvan." The club first experienced this in the 2017/18 season, where they also failed to win in their first 5 matches. That winless streak lasted for 6 games and was only broken in the 7th match.
On September 20, during the 7th round match between Qarabağ and Neftçi, Neftçi player Robert Bauer scored an own goal, becoming the author of the season's first own goal. This was the 234th own goal in the history of the national championships and the 25th own goal scored by the club, setting an unfortunate record in the tournament's history. Additionally, with this goal, Qarabağ celebrated its 34th own goal scored by opponents, further extending its record.
The derby match between Neftçi and Qarabağ held at Neftçi Arena on February 16, 2025, during 23rd tour, became the most attended game of the 2024/25 Premier League season, drawing 9,355 spectators.
See also 2024–25 Azerbaijan First Division 2024–25 Azerbaijan Cup
References
External links UEFA