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2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League

Azerbaijan Premier League
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Season 2013–14
Champions Qarabağ
Matches played 180
Goals scored 416 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Reynaldo (22 goals)
Biggest home win Qarabağ 5–1 Sumgayit
Qarabağ 5–1 Ravan Baku
Biggest away win Ravan 1-5 Inter
Highest scoring Qarabağ 4–3 Gabala
Khazar Lankaran 4–3 Sumgayit
Longest winning run 7 games
Qarabağ, AZAL
Longest unbeaten run 11 games
Qarabağ
Longest losing run 4 games
Ravan Baku, Sumgayit
Highest attendance 10,000
Khazar 0–0 Neftchi
(25 August 2013)
Lowest attendance 150
Simurq 2–0 Ravan Baku
(3 August 2013)
Average attendance 1,608

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.

Kəpəz 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.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Updated to games played on 17 May 2014.
Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Updated to games played on 20 December 2013.
Source: Soccerway: Azerbaijan Premier League Table
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


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