The 2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 26th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League. The season began on 11 August 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018.
Although unconfirmed by UEFA, it was expected that the winners of the league this season would earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, and the second and third placed clubs would earn a place in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
Qarabağ were the defending champions, who retained the title by winning the championship for the fifth consecutive year.
Teams Shuvalan was relegated at the conclusion of the previous season. Sabail were promoted and participated in the Premier League this season.
Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. TeamLocationVenueCapacityGabalaQabalaGabala City Stadium4,500KeşlaKeshlaInter Arena8,125KapazGanjaGanja City Stadium25,000Neftchi BakuBakuBakcell Arena10,500QarabağBakuAzersun Arena5,800SabailSəbailBayil Arena5,000SumgayitSumqayitKapital Bank Arena1,500ZiraBakuZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium1,400
Stadiums GabalaKeşlaKapazNeftchi BakuGabala City StadiumInter ArenaGanja City StadiumBakcell Arena Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 8,125 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 10,500QarabağSabailSumgayitZiraAzersun ArenaBayil ArenaKapital Bank ArenaZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Capacity: 5,800 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 1,400
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 sponsorGabala Roman Hryhorchuk Javid Huseynov Joma QafqaZ HotelsKeşla Yuriy Maksymov Kamran Aghayev Joma Samaya LTDNeftchi Baku Tarlan Ahmadov Ruslan Abışov Kappa Qarabağ Gurban Gurbanov Rashad Sadygov Adidas AzersunSabail Samir Aliyev Eltun Yagublu Nike Sumgayit Samir Abbasov Vurğun Hüseynov Joma Pasha InsuranceZira Aykhan Abbasov Anar Nazirov Joma Santral ElectricKapaz Yunis Huseynov Shahriyar Rahimov Nike Gəncə 4000
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentr Neftchi Baku Elkhan Abdullayev Resigned 21 August 2017 7th Elshad Ahmedov (Caretaker) 21 August 2017 Neftchi Baku Elshad Ahmedov (Caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 11 September 2017 7th Tarlan Ahmadov 11 September 2017 Keşla Zaur Svanadze Resigned 29 October 2017 7th Ramiz Mammadov (Caretaker) 30 October 2017 Kapaz Shahin Diniyev Resigned 18 November 2017 8th Yunis Huseynov 20 November 2017 Keşla Ramiz Mammadov (Caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 25 December 2017 7th Yuriy Maksymov 25 December 2017
League table
Results Clubs will play each other four times for a total of 28 matches each.
Games 1–14
Games 15–28
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Bagaliy DaboGabala132 Amil YunanovSumgayit103 Steeven Joseph-MonroseGabala94 Mahir MadatovQarabağ8 Ignacio HerreraNeftçi6 Richard GadzeZira77 Famoussa KonéGabala6 Richard AlmeidaQarabağ Javid ImamverdiyevSumgayit Rahman HajiyevNeftçi11 Vusal IsgandarliZira5 Dino NdlovuQarabağ Mirabdulla AbbasovNeftçi Filip OzobićGabala Milan ĐurićZira Ruslan AbışovNeftçi Dani QuintanaQarabağ
Clean sheets Updated to matches played on 21 May 2018. Rank Player Club Clean sheets1 Ibrahim ŠehićQarabağ132 Dmytro BezotosnyiGabala93 Rashad AzizliNeftçi 6 Farhad ValiyevSumgayit
Scoring First goal of the season: Mahir Madatov for Qarabağ against Neftçi Baku. (11 August 2017) Fastest goal of the season: 26th second, Bagaliy Dabo for Gabala against Kapaz (25 November 2017)
See also Azerbaijan Premier League
References
External links UEFA