| Season | 2013–14 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Qarabağ |
| Matches | 180 |
| Goals | 416 (2.31 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Reynaldo (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Qarabağ 5–1Sumgayit[1] Qarabağ 5–1Ravan Baku[2] |
| Biggest away win | Ravan 1–5Inter[3] |
| Highest scoring | Qarabağ 4–3Gabala[4] Khazar Lankaran 4–3Sumgayit |
| 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 0–0Neftchi (25 August 2013)[5] |
| Lowest attendance | 150 Simurq 2–0Ravan Baku (3 August 2013)[6] |
| Average attendance | 1,608[7] |
2014–15 → | |
The2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 22nd season ofAzerbaijan Premier League, the top tier of Azerbaijani professional league forassociation football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.Neftchi Baku were the defending champions, having won the previousseason.
Kəpəz andTuran were relegated from the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League.
The format of the league changed as a total of 10 teams contested the league, with two clubs relegated in the previous season and no teams promoted from thefirst division.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10]
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity[11] |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZAL | Baku | AZAL Stadium | 3,000 |
| Baku | Baku | FC Baku's Training Base | 2,000 |
| Gabala | Gabala | Gabala City Stadium | 4,000 |
| Inter | Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,000 |
| Khazar | Lankaran | Lankaran City Stadium | 15,000 |
| Neftchi | Baku | Bakcell Arena | 11,000 |
| Qarabağ | Ağdam | Tofig Bahramov Stadium | 31,200 |
| Ravan | Baku | Bayil Stadium | 5,000 |
| Simurq | Zaqatala | Zaqatala City Stadium | 3,500 |
| Sumgayit | Sumqayit | Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium | 16,000 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baku | Sacked | 20 May 2013[17] | Pre-season | 14 June 2013 | ||
| Gabala | End of tenure as caretaker | 20 May 2013[18] | 21 May 2013[18] | |||
| Sumgayit | Resigned | 11 June 2013[19] | 12 June 2013[19] | |||
| Neftchi | 25 July 2013[20] | 26 July 2013[21] | ||||
| Ravan | 12 August 2012[22] | 10th | 12 August 2013[22] | |||
| Sacked | 5 October 2013[23] | 9th | 7 October 2013 | |||
| Neftchi | 23 October 2013 | 2nd | 25 October 2013[24] | |||
| Khazar | Resigned | 22 November 2013[25] | 8th | 22 November 2013[25] | ||
| End of tenure as caretaker | 3 December 2013 | 3 December 2013 | ||||
| Ravan | Resigned | 3 January 2014 | 9th | 3 January 2014 | ||
| Neftchi | 8 January 2014 | 3rd | 11 January 2014 | |||
| AZAL | Sacked | 16 March 2014 | 8th | 17 March 2014[26] | ||
| Khazar | Mutual Termination[27] | 16 May 2014 | 6th | TBD | TBD |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qarabağ(C) | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 65 | 21 | +44 | 72 | Qualification forChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Inter Baku | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 67 | Qualification forEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Gabala | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 61 | |
| 4 | Neftçi Baku | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 60 | Qualification forEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Baku | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 57 | |
| 6 | Khazar Lankaran | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 49 | |
| 7 | Simurq | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 46 | |
| 8 | AZAL | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 31 | |
| 9 | Sumgayit | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 61 | −34 | 25 | |
| 10 | Ravan Baku(R) | 36 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 66 | −44 | 22 | Relegation toAzerbaijan First Division |
Games 1–18[edit]
Source:Soccerway: Azerbaijan Premier League Table Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. | Games 19–36[edit]
Source:Soccerway: Azerbaijan Premier League Table Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[33][34] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qarabağ | 22 | |
| 2 | Inter | 14 | |
| 4 | Simurq | 13 | |
| 3 | Gabala | 12 | |
| 5 | Khazar | 11 | |
| 6 | Inter | 10 | |
| 7 | Qarabağ | 9 | |
| 8 | Baku | 8 | |
| Qarabağ | |||
| Baku | |||
| AZAL | |||
| 12 | Gabala | 7 | |
| Neftchi | |||
| Simurq | |||
| Khazar | |||
| Gabala |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inter | Ravan | 5–1 | 25 August 2013[35] | |
| Qarabağ | Neftchi | 4–1 | 28 February 2014[36] | |
| Qarabağ | Inter | 4–1 | 7 May 2014 |
| Month | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | |
| August | Baku | |
| September | Baku | |
| October | Qarabağ | |
| November | Inter Baku | |
| December | Gabala | |
| February | Qarabağ | |
| March | Qarabağ | |
| April | Qarabağ | |
| May | Qarabağ |
Last updated: 11 November 2013
Source:Azerbaijan Premier League
The PFL team of the year was:[38]