The 2008–09 Azerbaijan First Division is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan. The season started on 6 September 2009 with eight teams participating in the league. NBC Salyan were the defending champions.
ABN Bärdä won the league, with Shahdag finishing as runners up. Both teams were due to be promoted to the Azerbaijan Premier League, but due to the AFFA's license policy, neither teams were.
Schedule Each team played each other four times, twice at home and twice away, with the season started on 6 September 2008 and finished on 16 May 2009. There were no games between 7 December 2008 and 15 February 2009, due to the annual winter break.
Teams
Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. TeamLocationVenueCapacityABN BärdäBardaBarda City Stadium10,000Adliyya BakuBakuAdliyya Stadium7,000EnergetikMingachevirYashar Mammadzade Stadium5,000GöyazanQazaxQazakh City Stadium3,500ANSAD-Petrol NeftçalaNeftçalaNariman Narimanov Stadium4,000Qafqaz UniversityBakuShahdagQusarShovkat Ordukhanov Stadium4,000Spartak GubaQubaQuba City Stadium2,000
League table
Top goalscorers Last updated: 17 May 2009; Source: www.football-plus.az 15 goals Vasif Aliyev (ANSAD-Petrol) Zahid Talibov (FK Shahdag)
14 goals Bahruz Ismayilov (Qafqaz University FK)
See also 2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League 2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup
References
External links pfl.az AFFA