2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League

The 2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 30th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier football league of Azerbaijan. The season began on 14 August 2021.

Azerbaijan Premier League
Season2021–22
Dates14 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
Matches played95
Goals scored253 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerDavit Volkovi
(10 goals)
Biggest home winGabala 5–0 Sabail
(18 September 2021)
Biggest away winSumgayit 0–4 Qarabağ
(7 November 2021)
Highest scoringQarabağ 5–1 Sabah
(4 December 2021)
Longest winning run5 matches
Neftçi
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Qarabağ
Longest winless run13 matches
Sabail
Longest losing run6 matches
Sabail
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 19 March 2022.

Teams

On 6 April 2022, the Azerbaijan Premier League approved the name change of Keşla FK to Shamakhi FK.[1]

Locations of the 2020–21 Azerbaijan Premier League teams.
Team in italics is from a zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and is playing its home games in Baku.

Stadia and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Year Established Location Venue Capacity[2]
Gabala 1995[3][4] Qabala Gabala City Stadium 4,500
Shamakhi 1997[5] Shamakhi Shamakhi City Stadium 2,200
Neftchi Baku 1937 Baku Bakcell Arena 10,200
Qarabağ 1951 Agdam Azersun Arena 5,200
Sabah 2017 Absheron Bank Respublika Arena 13,000
Sabail 2016 Səbail Bayil Arena 3,200
Sumgayit 2010 Sumqayit Kapital Bank Arena 1,400
Zira 2014 Zira Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium 1,300

Stadiums
Gabala Shamakhi Qarabağ Neftçi Baku
Gabala City Stadium Shamakhi City Stadium Azersun Arena Bakcell Arena
Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 2,200 Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 10,200
Sabah Sabail Sumgayit Zira
Bank Respublika Arena ASCO Arena Kapital Bank Arena Zira 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 Gilan & Knauf
Shamakhi Zaur Akhundov Sanan Gurbanov 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 Murad Musayev Ruslan Abışov Nike Bank Respublika
Sabail Rashad Abdullayev Aftandil Hacıyev Rahid Amirguliyev Nike AzTea
Sumgayit Riad Rafiyev Alyaksey Baha 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 Ramin Guliyev (Acting Head Coach) End of role 26 May 2021[6] Pre-season Ramin Guliyev 26 May 2021[6]
Sabah Ramin Guliyev Resigned 21 October 2021[7] 8th Murad Musayev 30 October 2021[8]
Sumgayit Aykhan Abbasov Sacked 16 December 2021[9] 7th Alyaksey Baha 30 December 2021[10]

Foreign players

Each team can use only six foreign players on the field in each game.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Player 10 Player 11 Player 12 Player 13 Player 14 Left during the season
Gabala Isnik Alimi Patrick Ruan Raphael Alemão Christophe Atangana Omar Hani Stefan Vukčević Fernán López Yaovi Akakpo
Shamakhi Aldair Neto Franco Flores Felipe Santos Merab Gigauri Sadio Tounkara Stanislav Namașco Nathan Oduwa Anatole Abang
Mijuško Bojović
Oumar Goudiaby
John Kamara
Neftçi Tiago Bezerra Ramon Machado Guilherme Pato Ivan Brkić Yusuf Lawal César Meza Hugo Basto Azer Aliyev Mamadou Mbodj Vojislav Stanković Jorge Correa
Romain Basque
Mamadou Kane
Sabir Bougrine
Harramiz
Qarabağ Kady Leandro Andrade Patrick Andrade Kevin Medina Abdellah Zoubir Luka Gugeshashvili Marko Vešović Ibrahima Wadji Jaime Romero Gaspar Panadero
Sabah Alyaksandr Nyachayew Bojan Letić Christian Higor Gabriel Lucas Rangel Špiro Peričić Mikheil Ergemlidze Joy-Lance Mickels Tiemoko Fofana Julio Rodríguez Juan Cámara Cristian Ceballos Zurab Ochihava Oleksiy Kashchuk Petar Škuletić
Saša Stamenković
Sabail Jurgen Goxha Jamal Arago Domantas Šimkus Nicolas Rajsel
Sumgayit Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov Ilnur Valiev Saeid Bagherpasand
Zira Loris Brogno Filipe Pachtmann Hamidou Keyta Davit Volkovi Dimitrios Chantakias Bryan Alceus Mo Hamdaoui Nemanja Andjelkovic Ahmed Isaiah Welves
Gjorgi Stoilov

In bold: Players that capped for their national team.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Qarabağ (X) 23 18 4 1 59 11 +48 58 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Neftçi Baku (X) 24 14 5 5 39 25 +14 47 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Zira 24 12 6 6 32 24 +8 42
4 Sabah 24 11 2 11 36 30 +6 35
5 Gabala 24 9 8 7 32 33 −1 35
6 Shamakhi 24 5 5 14 25 46 −21 20
7 Sumgayit 23 3 6 14 13 37 −24 15
8 Sabail 24 4 2 18 17 47 −30 14
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2022. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.[11]
(X) Assured of at least Europa Conference League second qualifying round, but may still qualify for UEFA Champions League first qualifying round.

Fixtures and results

Clubs played each other four times for a total of 28 matches each.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of matches played 24 April 2022
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Joy-Lance Mickels Sabah 11
Davit Volkovi Zira
3 Filip Ozobić Qarabağ 10
Ibrahima Wadji Qarabağ
5 Abdellah Zoubir Qarabağ 8
Kady Qarabağ
Tiago Bezerra Neftçi
8 Isnik Alimi Gabala 7
Musa Gurbanli Qarabağ
10 Ulvi Isgandarov Gabala 6
Ramil Sheydayev Qarabağ
Aleksey Isayev Sabah
Felipe Santos Shamakhi

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Davit VolkoviZiraSabah3-3 (A)6 November 2021[12]

Clean sheets
As of matches played 5 March 2022
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Mehdi Jannatov Zira 8
2 Nijat Mehbaliyev Gabala 7
3 Şahruddin Mahammadaliyev Qarabağ 5
4 Aydin Bayramov Sumgayit 4
5 Emil Balayev Qarabağ 3
Salahat Aghayev Sabah
7 Kamran Ibrahimov Shamakhi 2
Tarlan Ahmadli Sumgayit
Stanislav Namașco Keshla
Ivan Brkić Neftçi

Bayramov & Ahmadli both played in Sumgayit's 2-0 victory over Keşla on 14 August 2021

See also

References
  1. "Peşəkar Futbol Liqasının məlumatı". pfl.az (in Azerbaijani). Azerbaijan Premier League. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  2. Azərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası (in Azerbaijani)
  3. "Qəbələ – 10". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. Establishment of SC Qabala Archived 23 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Arts, Sports & Events". Official Khazar University website. 2006. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  6. "BAŞ MƏŞQÇİMİZ RAMİN QULİYEVLƏ YENİ MÜQAVİLƏ BAĞLADIQ". sabahfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  7. "RAMİN QULİYEVLƏ YOLLAR AYRILDI". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC (Azerbaijan). 21 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. "MURAD MUSAYEV "SABAH"IN BAŞ MƏŞQÇİSİ TƏYİN EDİLDİ". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC (Azerbaijan). 30 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  9. "Baş məşqçi Ayxan Abbasovla müqaviləyə xitam verilib". sfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sumgayit FK. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  10. "Aleksey Baqa "Sumqayıt" FK-nın baş məşqçisi təyin olunub". sfc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Sumgayit FK. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  11. "Premyer Liqa: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  12. "Sabah 3-3 Zira". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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