2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League


The 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League was the eighteenth season of top-tier football in Azerbaijan. It began on 14 August 2009 and finished in May 2010. FK Baku were the defending champions.
The league was competed in two stages. The first stage consisted of a regular home-and-away round-robin schedule for a total of 22 matches per team. The competition then split into two halves. However, each team took over to the respective group only records earned against the remaining 5 teams in their second round group. The teams ranked first through sixth played out the championship and the European spots while the bottom six teams had to avoid one of the two relegation places.

Teams

and Bakili Baku were relegated after finishing the 2008–09 season in the bottom two places. Since the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan did not grant a Premier League license to any of the teams in the Azerbaijan First Division, the league size was reduced to twelve teams.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
BakuTofig Bakhramov Stadium29,858
InterBakuShafa Stadium7,840
KarvanYevlakhYevlakh Stadium8,500
KhazarLankaranLankaran City Stadium17,500
MughanSalyanSalyany Olympic Stadium4,000
NeftchiBakuIsmet Gaibov Stadium7,000
Olimpik-ShuvalanBakuShafa Stadium7,840
QarabağAgdamGuzanli Olympic Stadium15,000
Qäbälä PFCQäbäläGabala City Stadium2,000
SimurqZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium3,500
StandardSumgayitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium26,000
TuranTovuzTovuz City Stadium10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

First round

League table

Results

Second round

Championship group

Relegation group

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Monthly awards