Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year is an annual title awarded to the best Azerbaijani football player of the year. The award has been given since 1991, and the winner is elected by authorized journalists from the leading Azerbaijani sport media. On the same occasion, an award is also given for Azerbaijani Football Goalkeeper of the Year since 2009. However, this award is not always given annually.Official Stats on RSSSФ
History The same year the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan was founded, an award for the best Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year began being annually given. The first award was given to former Azerbaijan national football team striker Samir Alakbarov in 1991, and was further awarded in succession in 1992 and 1993. The Azerbaijan national football team captain Rashad Sadygov has the most awards at six. The striker Vagif Javadov became the youngest player to win the award in 2009 at the age of 20. The midfielder Mahmud Gurbanov became the oldest player to win the award in 2007 at the age of 34. The award was not given in 1995.
The first Azerbaijani Football Goalkeeper of the Year award was given to Kamran Agayev in 2009, and was further awarded in succession in 2011 and 2012. Both awards are given at the end of the football season.
List of Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year recipients SeasonWinnerClubRunner-upThird place1991"Futbol+" 2006-nın ən yaxşılarını seçir Samir Alakbarov Neftchi Baku 1992 Samir Alakbarov Neftchi Baku 1993 Samir Alakbarov Neftchi Baku 1994 Yunis Huseynov Neftchi Baku 1995Not awarded 1996Vidadi Rzayev Neftchi Baku 1997 Faig Jabbarov Kapaz 1998 Yunis Huseynov Kapaz 1999 Tarlan Ahmadov Neftchi Baku Zaur Tagizade Gurban Gurbanov 2000 Emin Agayev Torpedo-ZIL Moscow Tarlan Ahmadov Emin Guliyev 2001 Zaur Tagizade Shafa Baku Jahangir Hasanzade Mahmud Gurbanov2002 Samir Aliyev Neftchi Baku Kamal Quliyev Tarlan Ahmadov 2003 Gurban Gurbanov Volgar Astrakhan Farrukh Ismayilov Kamal Quliyev 2004Футбол. Садыгов стал лучшим футболистом Азербайджана Rashad Sadygov Neftchi Baku Zaur Ramazanov Emin Guliyev 2005Стало известно имя лучшего футболиста Азербайджана Rashad Sadygov Kayserispor Zaur Tagizade Anatoli Ponomarev 2006Джейхун Султанов - футболист года в Азербайджане Jeyhun Sultanov FC Baku Farhad Veliyev André Luiz Ladaga 2007 Mahmud Gurbanov Inter Baku Zaur Ramazanov Branimir Subašić 2008Камран Агаев назван лучшим футболистом Азербайджана. Kamran Agayev Khazar Lankaran Rashad Sadygov Zaur Ramazanov 2009 Vagif Javadov Qarabağ Rashad Sadygov Mahir Shukurov 2010 Rashad Sadygov Kocaelispor Kamran Agayev Ruslan Abishov 2011 Rauf Aliyev Qarabağ Afran Ismayilov Ruslan Abishov 2012 Ruslan Abishov Khazar Lankaran Javid Imamverdiyev Vugar Nadirov 2013 Rashad Sadygov Qarabağ Rauf Aliyev Kamran Agayev, Ruslan Abishov, Mahir Shukurov 2014 Gara Garayev Qarabağ Badavi Guseynov Rashad Sadygov 2015 Rahid Amirguliyev Qarabağ Rashad Sadygov Badavi Guseynov 2016 Rashad Sadygov Qarabağ Maksim Medvedev Kamran Aghayev 2017 Rashad Sadygov Qarabağ Mahir Madatov Gara Garayev 2018 Mirabdulla Abbasov Neftchi Baku Maksim Medvedev Gara Garayev 2019 Emil Balayev FC Tobol Ramil Sheydayev Bahlul Mustafazade 2020 Gara Garayev Qarabağ Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev Namik Alaskarov 2021 Emin Mahmudov Neftchi Baku Mahir Emreli Gara Garayev, Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev, Filip Ozobić 2022 Emin Mahmudov Neftchi Baku2023 Bəhlul Mustafazadə Qarabağ2024 Toral Bayramov Qarabağ2025 Elvin Cafarguliyev Qarabağ Bəhlul Mustafazadə Toral Bayramov
Players awarded multiple times PlayerNumberYears Rashad Sadygov 6 2004, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017 Samir Alakbarov 3 1991, 1992, 1993 Yunis Huseinov 2 1994, 1998 Gara Garayev 2 2014, 2020 Emin Mahmudov 2 2021, 2022
List of Azerbaijani Football Goalkeeper of the Year recipients YearPlayerClub2009Khazar Lankaran2011Khazar Lankaran2012Khazar Lankaran
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