Azerbaijan First League 2025/2026 — the 34th season of the Azerbaijan First League, the second-highest football league in Azerbaijan, organized by the Azerbaijan Professional Football League.
At the meeting of the AFFA Licensing Committee held on May 8, 2025, prior to the season, the clubs Jabrayil FK, Dinamo Baku FK, Hypers Quba FK, Qaradağ Lökbatan FK, Mingachevir FK, MOIK Baku, Shahdag Qusar FK, Shafa FK, Shamkir FK, Shimal FK, and Zagatala PFK were granted licenses to participate in the First League competitions, while the clubs Araz Saatlı FK and Fuzuli FK were denied licenses.
The 2025/2026 season of the Azerbaijan First League started on 11 September 2025.
Teams A total of 10 teams would compete, with the winners promoted to Azerbaijan Premier League and the team whom finished last relegated to the Azerbaijan Second League.
TeamLocationVenueCapacityBaku SportingBakuBaku Sporting Arena600CəbrayılJabrayilASCO Arena3,200Difai AğsuAgsuAgsu City Stadium3,000MingəçevirMingachevirYashar Mammadzade Stadium5,200MOİKBakuBine Stadium1,800SabailBakuASCO Arena3,200ShafaBakuASK Arena5,800Shahdag QusarShamakhiShamakhi OSC Stadium2,000ShimalSiyazanSiyazan City Stadium980ZaqatalaZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium2,800
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank Player ClubGoals1 Seykhan FaracovMOIK122 Ruslan VoronsovSabail73 Kenneth KalungaMingachevir6 Khayyam MammadliBaku Sportinq Ilham Allahverdiyev Dileyn AçimiJabrayil7 Kamran QuliyevSabail5 Emil Qasımov9 Amir EbrahimzadehShafa4 Parviz Azadov Nihad Quliyev Elnur Jafarov Emin Zamanov
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