2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League


The 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 22nd season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Neftchi Baku are the defending champions, having won the previous season.

Teams

and Turan were relegated from the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League.
The format of the league will change as a total of 10 teams will contest the league, with the last two clubs relegated and no teams promoted from the first division. The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.
As of this season, PFL announced that each player will have to wear not only the number, but also his name on the back of the jersey.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
AZALBakuAZAL Stadium3,000
BakuFC Baku's Training Base2,000
GabalaGabalaGabala City Stadium4,000
InterBakuShafa Stadium8,000
KhazarLankaranLankaran City Stadium15,000
NeftchiBakuBakcell Arena11,000
QarabağAğdamTofig Bahramov Stadium31,200
RavanBakuBayil Stadium5,000
SimurqZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium3,500
SumgayitSumqayitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium16,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamManagerTeam captainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
AZAL Vagif Sadygov Jahangir HasanzadeUmbroSilk Way
Baku Milinko Pantić Elvin MammadovKappa
Gabala Yuri Semin Volodimir LevinJomaPepsi
Inter Kakhaber Tskhadadze Vagif JavadovUmbroIBA
Khazar Mustafa Denizli Rahid AmirguliyevPumaPalmali
Neftçi Boyukagha Hajiyev Rashad SadiqovAdidasSOCAR
Qarabağ Gurban Gurbanov Rashad SadygovAdidasAzersun
Ravan Güvenç Kurtar Ramazan AbbasovLegeaNissan
Simurq Giorgi Chikhradze Ruslan PoladovJoma
Sumgayit Agil Mammadov Samir AbbasovUmbroAzerkimya

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Games 1-18

Games 19-36

Season statistics

Scoring

Mahir Shukurov for Neftchi Baku against Gabala
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 ReynaldoQarabağ22
2 Vagif JavadovInter14
4 Dragan ĆeranSimurq13
3 Danijel SubotićGabala12
5 Mbilla EtameKhazar11
6 Bachana TskhadadzeInter10
7 Leroy GeorgeQarabağ9
8 Rauf AliyevBaku8
8 ChumbinhoQarabağ8
8 Afran IsmayilovBaku8
8 Will JohnAZAL8
12 LeonardoGabala7
12 Bahodir NasimovNeftchi7
12 Stjepan PoljakSimurq7
12 NildoKhazar7
12 Lorenzo EbecilioGabala7

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Player

Monthly awards

Last updated: 11 November 2013

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PFL Team of the Year

The PFL team of the year was: