2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League


The 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 23rd season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Qarabağ are the defending champions, having won the previous season. The season started on 9 August 2014 and ended on 28 May 2015.

Teams

were relegated to Azerbaijan First Division.
The format of the league not change as a total of 10 teams will contest the league, with the last club relegated and Araz-Naxçıvan 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.
On 3 November 2014, the Araz-Naxçıvan announced their withdrawal from the league due constant biased referee decisions, which meant that all of their results were annulled. This also meant that no club will be relegated by end of the season.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
Araz-NaxçıvanNakhchivanNakhchivan City Stadium11,800
AZALBakuAZAL Stadium5,000
BakuFC Baku's Training Base2,000
GabalaGabalaGabala City Stadium8,000
Inter BakuBakuInter Arena10,000
Khazar LankaranLankaranLankaran City Stadium15,000
Neftchi BakuBakuBakcell Arena11,000
QarabağAğdamTofiq Bahramov Stadium31,200
SimurqZaqatalaZaqatala City Stadium3,500
SumgayitSumqayitKapital Bank Arena16,000

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.
TeamManagerTeam captainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Araz-Naxçıvan Asgar Abdullayev Elmin ChobanovJoma
AZAL Tarlan Ahmadov Shahriyar RahimovUmbroSilk Way
Baku Ibrahim Uzunca Aqil MammadovKappa
Gabala Roman Hryhorchuk Volodimir LevinJomaPepsi
Inter Baku Kakhaber Tskhadadze Asif MammadovUmbroIBA
Khazar Lankaran Elbrus Mammadov Rahid AmirguliyevPumaPalmali
Neftçi Baku Arif Asadov FlavinhoAdidasSOCAR
Qarabağ Gurban Gurbanov Rashad SadygovAdidasAzersun
Simurq Giorgi Chikhradze Ilkin QirtimovJoma
Sumgayit Agil Mammadov Ruslan PoladovUmbroAzerkimya

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Games 1–18

Games 19–36

Season statistics

Scoring

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Nurlan NovruzovBaku15
1 Dragan ĆeranSimurq15
3 Freddy Mombongo-DuesAZAL14
3 Magomed KurbanovSumgayit14
5 Javid HuseynovGabala11
5 Nicolás CanalesNeftchi11
7 ReynaldoQarabağ10
7 Leroy GeorgeQarabağ10
9 Mikel ÁlvaroInter Baku9
10 NildoInter Baku8
10 Rashad EyyubovSimurq8
10 Victor MendyGabala8

Hat-tricks

Player

; Most yellow cards; 12
; Most red cards; 2