Azerbaijan First Division
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The Azerbaijan First Division (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The division is run by AFFA.
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History
Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Azerbaijan clubs of the former Soviet Premier Division and Soviet First Division conformed a single Azerbaijan Premier League, which meant that the new second tier of Azerbaijan football would remain regionalized. For the first two seasons three regional groups conformed the second tier, until in 1994 the single table in use today began to be used.
Competition format
The First Division currently consists of 16 teams. After each season the two teams are directly promoted to the Premier League. All teams play each other two times.
Media coverage
CBC currently own all the rights to broadcast the season's games on terrestrial TV.[1][2][3] In Azerbaijan, the First Division games is also available on CBC Sport.
Members of the Azerbaijan First Division (2015–16 season)
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- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ağsu | Agsu | Agsu City Stadium | 3,000 |
| Bakılı | Baku | Zirə Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | 1,500 |
| Energetik | Mingachevir | Yashar Mammadzade Stadium | 5,000 |
| Göyəzən | Qazakh | Qazakh City Stadium | 15,000 |
| Kəpəz | Ganja | Ganja City Stadium | 25,000 |
| Lokomotiv | Baku | FC Baku stadium | 3,000 |
| Mil-Muğan | Imishli | Heydar Aliyev Stadium | 8,500 |
| MOIK | Baku | MOIK Stadium | 3,000 |
| Neftçala | Neftchala | Nariman Narimanov Stadium | 2,000 |
| Qaradağ | Lökbatan | Lökbatan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | 2,000 |
| Ravan | Baku | Bayil Stadium | 5,000 |
| Şahdağ | Qusar | Şövkət Orduxanov Stadium | 4,000 |
| Şəmkir | Şəmkir | Shamkir City Stadium | 11,500 |
| Şuşa | Shusha | Shafa Stadium | 8,000 |
| Turan | Tovuz | Tovuz City Stadium | 6,800 |
| Zira | Baku | Zirə Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | 1,500 |
Winners
Performance by club
Records
Club records
- As of 14 November 2013
- Most consecutive wins: Absheron, 23, 2010-11[5]
- Most points in a season: Absheron, 72 points, 2010-11[5]
- Most unbeaten run: Absheron, 26 games, 2010-11[5]
See also
References
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- ↑ "Телехозяин" азербайджанского чемпионата (Russian)
- ↑ Снова АзТВ (Russian)
- ↑ Заключено соглашение, дающее право эксклюзивного показа матчей чемпионата и Кубка Азербайджана по футболу (Russian)
- ↑ Azerbaijan 2002/03
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