Azerbaijan First Division
The Azerbaijan First Division (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The division is run by AFFA.
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.
The First division currently consists of fifteen teams. After each season the champions are directly promoted to the Premier League, while runners up of first division will play play-off game with the team that finished last in Azerbaijan Premier League. All teams play each other four times.
Members of the Azerbaijan First Division (2011–12 season)
At the end of the 2010-11 season, champions FC Absheron and runners-up was initially must be promoted but due financial difficulties, FC Absheron became defunct, while FK Mughan was demoted to first division and replaced by Sumgayit City F.C..[1] A further three places were given to Taraggi FC, Lokomotiv-Bilajary FK and Həkəri FK, who will be debutantes from this season.[1]
Location of teams in 2011-12 Azerbaijan First Division
| Team |
Location |
Stadium |
Stadium capacity |
| Bakili Baku |
Baku |
Shafa Stadium |
8,000 |
| Energetik |
Mingachevir |
Yashar Mammadzade Stadium |
5,000 |
| Göyazan |
Qazakh |
Qazakh City Stadium |
15,000 |
| Karvan |
Yevlakh |
Yevlakh Stadium |
5,000 |
| Lokomotiv-Bilajary |
Baku |
FK Baku training ground |
1,000 |
| MKT Araz |
Imishli |
Heydar Aliyev Stadium |
8,500 |
| MOIK Baku |
Baku |
MOIK Stadium |
3,000 |
| Mughan |
Salyan |
Salyan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium |
2,000 |
| Neftchala |
Neftchala |
Nariman Narimanov Stadium |
2,000 |
| Qaradağ |
Lökbatan |
Lökbatan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium |
2,000 |
| Shahdag |
Qusar |
Şövkət Orduxanov Stadium |
4,000 |
| Shamkir |
Şəmkir |
Shamkir City Stadium |
11,500 |
| Shusha |
Baku |
Shafa Stadium |
8,000 |
| Taraggi |
Ganja |
Ganja City Stadium |
25,000 |
Winners
Records
Club records
- As of 4 September 2011
- Most consecutive wins: Absheron, 23, 2010-11[2]
- Most points in a season: Absheron, 72 points, 2010-11[2]
- Most unbeaten run: Absheron, 26 games, 2010-11[2]
See also
References
External links
- (Azerbaijani) AFFA
- (Azerbaijani) PFL
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