Azerbaijan First Division

Azerbaijan First Division
Founded	1992; 33 years ago
Country	Azerbaijan
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Azerbaijan Premier League
Relegation to	Azerbaijan Regional League
Domestic cup(s)	Azerbaijan Cup
Current champions	MOIK Baku ; (2018–19)
TV partners	CBC Sport
Website	PFL
	Current: 2019–20 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 organized in a single Azerbaijan Premier League, which meant that the new second tier of Azerbaijani football would remain regionalized. For the first two seasons three regional groups organized the second tier, until in 1994 the single table in use today began to be used.

Competition format

The First Division currently has of 14 teams. All teams play each other two times.^[1]

Media coverage

CBC Sport currently own all the rights to broadcast the season's games on television.^[2]^[3]^[4] In Azerbaijan, the First Division games is also available on CBC Sport.

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
1992	ANS Pivani Bakı FK	Kür Samux	Pambıqçı (Neftçala)
1993	Xəzri Buzovna	Avtomobilçi Yevlax	Polad Sumqayıt
1993–94	Zabrat, Azneftyağ FK	Metallurq Sumgayit, OİK-Göyəzən (Qazax)	OIK, Pambıqçı (Neftçala)
1994–95	Şəmkir	OIK	Kürmük (Qax)
1995–96	Xəzər Sumqayıt	Çinar Polis Akademiyası	Fərid
1996–97	Çinar (Göyçay)	Araz FK	Kürmük (Qax)
1997–98	Şahdağ Quba
1998–99	[Inter Baku]
1999–00	Şahdağ Quba	Şəfa-2	HHQ-Şahin (Bakı)
2000–01	OIK	Ümid Bakı	Şahdağ Qusar
2001–02	Lokomotiv İmişli	Xəzər Sumqayıt	Bakılı
2002–03	Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, no league championship was held.^[5]
2003–04	Gənclərbirliyi	Göyəzən Qazax	Karat Bakı
2004–05	AMMK	Energetik	FKXəzər-Lənkəran-2
2005–06	Gilan	FKXəzər-Lənkəran-2	Simurq
2006–07	Masally	Standard Baku	Göyəzən Qazax
2007–08	Bakılı	MOIK	NBC Salyan
2008–09	ABN Bərdə	Şahdağ Qusar	Anşad-Petrol
2009–10	Gəncə	MOIK	Bakılı
2010–11	Abşeron	Rəvan	Bakılı
2011–12	Qaradağ	Karvan	Neftchala
2012–13	Ağsu	Qaradağ	Neftchala
2013–14	Araz Naxçıvan	Neftchala	Qaradağ
2014–15	Neftchala	Ağsu	Rəvan
2015–16	Neftchala	Qaradağ	Ağsu
2016–17	Turan Tovuz	Səbail	Ağsu
2017–18	Khazar Baku	Qaradağ Lökbatan	Shuvalan
2018–19	MOIK Baku	Sumgayit-2	Neftçi-2

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Winning Years	Runner-up	Runner-up Years	Third place	Third place Years
Neftchala	2	2014–15, 2015–16	1	2013–14	5	1992, 1993–94, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13
MOIK	2	2000–01, 2018–19	3	1994–95, 2007–08, 2009–10	1	1993–94
Qaradağ Lökbatan	1	2011–12	3	2012–13, 2015–16, 2017–18	1	2013–14
Xəzər Sumqayıt	1	1995–96	2	1993–94, 2001–02	1	1993
Bakılı	1	2007–08	1	1996–97	3	2001–02, 2009–10, 2010–11
Ağsu	1	2012–13	1	2014–15	2	2015–16, 2016–17
Şahdağ Qusar	1	1997–98	1	2008–09	1	2000–01
Shuvalan FK	1	2004–05			1	2017–18
Khazar Baku	1	2017–18
Turan Tovuz	1	2016–17
Araz Naxçıvan	1	2013–14
Nicat Maştağa	1	1992
Zabrat	1	1993–94
Shamkir	1	1994–95
Shahdagh Guba	1	1999–00
Lokomotiv Imishli	1	2001–02
Gənclərbirliyi	1	2003–04
Gilan	1	2005–06
ABN Bərdə	1	2008–09
Kapaz	1	2009–10
Masally	1	2006–07
Absheron	1	2010–11
Azneftyağ	1	1993–94
Xəzri Buzovna	1	1993
Çinar Göyçay	1	1996–97
Göyəzən Qazax FK			2	1993–94, 2003–04	1	2006–07
Xəzər-Lənkəran-2			1	2005–06	1	2004–05
Rəvan			1	2010–11	1	2014–15
Səbail			1	2016–17
Avtomobilçi Yevlax			1	1993
Çinar Polis Akademiyasi			1	1995–96
Kür Samux			1	1992
Şəfa-2			1	1999–00
Ümid Bakı			1	2000–01
Energetik			1	2004–05
Karvan			1	2011–12
Standard Baku			1	2006–07
Kürmük Qax					2	1994–95, 1996–97
Simurq					1	2005–06
Farid Baku					1	1995–96
Karat Bakı					1	2003–04
HHQ Şahin					1	1999–00
NBC Salyan					1	2007–08