2014–15 Azerbaijan First Division

Football league season

Azerbaijan First Division
Season	2014–15
Champions	Neftchala
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Azerbaijan First Division is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan. Araz were the defending champions. The season started on 6 September 2014 and there were sixteen teams participating in the league.

Teams

Araz were promoted to Azerbaijan Premier League, while Ravan Baku relegated to Azerbaijan First Division. In July 2014, it was confirmed that Zira FK will participate in the first division.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Bakılı
Ravan
MOIK
Lokomotiv-Bilajary
Zira

Şuşa class=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2014-15 Azerbaijan First Division

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-Bilajary	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	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

Personnel and kits

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

Team	Manager	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ağsu	Rufat Guliyev	TBD	Umbro	Aqua Vita
Bakılı	Rafik Aliyev	TBD	TBD	TBD
Energetik	Sahib Gojayev	TBD
Göyəzən	Elxan Muradov	TBD
Kəpəz	Vidadi Rzayev	TBD	TBD	TBD
Lokomotiv-Bilajary	İlgar Huseynov	TBD
Mil-Muğan	Matlab Mammadov	TBD	TBD	TBD
MOIK	Namig Adilov	TBD	Kappa
Neftçala	Kamal Guliyev	TBD	Lescon	SOCAR Petroleum
Qaradağ Lökbatan	Adil Mahmudov	TBD	Lescon	SOCAR
Ravan	Ramil Aliyev	TBD	TBD	TBD
Şahdağ	Telman Javadov	TBD	TBD	TBD
Şəmkir	Ruslan Abbasov	Orxan Məmmədov	TBD	TBD
Şuşa	Nadir Gasymov	TBD	TBD
Turan	Badri Kvaratskhelia	Asef Gadiri	TBD	TBD
Zira	Bahram Shahguliyev	TBD	Umbro	Kapital Bank

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Şahdağ	Kamran Alibabayev	Resigned	20 October 2014	13th	Telman Javadov	20 October 2014

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Neftchala	30	25	3	2	83	19	+64	78
2	Ağsu	30	21	4	5	70	22	+48	67
3	Ravan Baku (P)	30	21	4	5	70	22	+48	67	Promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League
4	Qaradağ Lökbatan	30	20	5	5	57	25	+32	65
5	Zira (P)	30	19	6	5	61	19	+42	63	Promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League
6	Turan Tovuz	30	15	5	10	75	37	+38	50
7	Şahdağ	30	13	8	9	40	29	+11	47
8	Şuşa Qarabağ	30	14	4	12	49	31	+18	46
9	Kəpəz (P)	30	10	8	12	37	37	0	38	Promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League
10	Bakili	30	10	4	16	46	61	−15	34
11	Şəmkir	30	8	8	14	25	46	−21	32
12	MOIK Baku	30	8	5	17	26	60	−34	29
13	Mil-Muğan	30	7	5	18	30	65	−35	26
14	Energetik	30	5	3	22	24	82	−58	18
15	Göyəzən	30	3	3	24	15	91	−76	12
16	Lokomotiv-Bilajary	30	3	1	26	10	72	−62	10

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5. head-to-head away goals (only if 2 teams are tied); 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	AGU	ZIR	BKL	ENG	ATM	RAV	KAP	LBA	ARZ	MOI	NEF	QAD	ABB	SHA	SHU	TUR
Ağsu		0–2	7–1	5–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	5–0	1–4	0–1	2–1	5–0	1–0	1–1
Zira	1–1		3–1	6–0	5–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	5–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	0–1
Bakili	0–2	0–1		7–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	5–1	2–3	1–8
Energetik	0–3	0–1	3–1		4–0	0–3	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–6	2–2	0–3	1–2
Göyəzən	0–2	0–6	0–4	3–1		0–4	0–3	0–4	0–0	0–1	0–6	0–3	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–5
Ravan Baku	0–1	3–1	5–1	3–1	4–0		4–1	3–0	3–0	6–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	6–0	1–0	2–1
Kapaz	2–3	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0		3–0	3–0	4–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Lokomotiv-Bilajary	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–3		3–2	0–3	0–2	0–3	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–3
Mil-Muğan	0–0	1–3	0–4	3–1	0–3	1–2	3–0	3–0		1–0	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–4	0–3
MOIK Baku	1–6	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–2	0–6	1–1	1–0	0–4		1–4	0–3	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–4
Neftchala	2–0	0–0	6–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–0		4–5	4–0	2–0	3–2	4–1
Qaradağ	3–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	5–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–3		1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1
Şahdağ	0–2	0–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	3–2
Şəmkir	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–1		1–4	0–3
Şuşa	1–2	2–1	1–2	5–0	5–0	2–3	1–2	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2		1–0
Turan-T	1–3	2–2	1–2	5–0	6–2	0–0	4–3	4–0	6–0	0–0	2–1	3–4	5–0	1–1	0–1

Source: Soccerway: Birinci Dasta Table
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	İlham Allahverdiyev	Qaradağ Lökbatan	21
2	Fərmayıl Əliyev	Neftchala	16
3	Məhəmməd Alıyev	Nefchala	15

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Elxan Məmmədov	Mil-Muğan	Göyəzən	6–1	6 September 2014
Rəşad Piriyev	Göyəzən	Lokomotiv B	0–4	25 September 2014
Morteza Heydari	Şuşa	Göyəzən	5–0	16 October 2014
Akif Tağıyev	Göyəzən	Turan Tovuz	0–5	31 October 2014
Aqşin Sadıqov	Turan Tovuz	Şahdağ	5–0	27 November 2014
Röyal Nəcəfov	MOİK	Bakılı	3–1	28 November 2014
Morteza Heydari	Şuşa	Energetik	5–0	28 November 2014
Zeynal Hacıyev	Şahdağ	Energetik	4–0	8 December 2014
Tuqay Alhüseynli	Turan Tovuz	Göyəzən	6–2	21 February 2015
Əli Bağırov	Rəvan	Bakılı	5–1	16 March 2015
Aslan Hüseynov	Zirə	Energetik	6–0	23 March 2015
Fərmayıl Əliyev	Kəpəz	Neftchala	1–4	28 March 2015
Malik Babayev	Ağsu	Bakılı	7–1	3 April 2015
David Janelidze	Neftchala	Bakılı	6–0	18 April 2015
Samir Babayev	Mil-Muğan	Energetik	3–1	30 April 2015
Aqşin Sadıqov	Bakılı	Turan Tovuz	1–8	15 May 2015
Qalib Əmrahov	Ağsu	Göyəzən	4–0	15 May 2015
Elnur Abdulov	Göyəzən	Zirə	0–6	23 May 2015
Sabir Allahquliyev	Neftchala	Qaradağ Lökbatan	4–5	27 May 2015

Poker

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Rəhman Musayev	Bakılı	Energetik	7–1	19 September 2014
İlham Allahverdiyev	Qaradağ Lökbatan	Göyəzən	5–0	7 March 2015

Penta-trick

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Tuqay Alhüseynli	Turan Tovuz	Energetik	5–0	27 May 2015

References

^ ""Araz Naxçıvan" çempion oldu". stadium.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 17 June 2014.
Первый дивизион готов к старту. www.azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 28 August 2014.
Налетай, торопись, в Ряване распродажа!. www.azerifootball.com (in Russian). Retrieved 18 June 2014.
"Təsdiqini tapdı: I Divizionda yeni komanda iştirak edəcək!". forvard.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
^ В Шахдаге новый наставник. www.azerifootball.com (in Russian). Retrieved 20 October 2014.
"Birinci Dasta: Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

External links

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AFFA (in Azerbaijani)

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Domestic leagues	Azerbaijan Premier League Azerbaijan First Division
Domestic cups	Azerbaijan Cup ~~Azerbaijan Supercup~~
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification (Group H)
Club seasons
Premier League	Araz-Naxçıvan AZAL FK Baku Gabala Inter Khazar Neftchi Qarabağ Simurq Sumgayit
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