The 2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 30th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier football league of Azerbaijan. The season began on 14 August 2021 and finished on 22 May 2022.
Teams On 6 April 2022, the Azerbaijan Premier League approved the name change of Keşla FK to Shamakhi FK.
Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. TeamYear EstablishedLocationVenueCapacityAzərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası Gabala1995Establishment of SC Qabala QabalaGabala City Stadium4,500Shamakhi1997ShamakhiShamakhi City Stadium2,200Neftchi Baku1937BakuBakcell Arena11,000Qarabağ1951AghdamAzersun Arena 5,200Sabah2017AbsheronBank Respublika Arena13,000Sabail2016SəbailBayil Arena3,200Sumgayit2010SumqayitKapital Bank Arena1,400Zira2014ZiraZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium1,300
Stadiums GabalaShamakhiQarabağNeftçi BakuGabala City StadiumShamakhi City StadiumAzersun ArenaBakcell Arena Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 2,200 Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 10,200SabahSabailSumgayitZiraBank Respublika ArenaASCO ArenaKapital Bank ArenaZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 3,200 Capacity: 1,400 Capacity: 1,300
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Gabala Fariz Najafov Elmar Bakhshiyev Asif Mammadov Joma Gilan & Knauf Shamakhi Zaur Akhundov Sanan Gurbanov Ilkin Qirtimov Joma Samaya LTD Neftçi Baku Kamran Guliyev Samir Abbasov Emin Mahmudov Nike Turkish Airlines Qarabağ Abdolbari Gozal Gurban Gurbanov Maksim Medvedev Adidas Azersun Sabah Magsud Adigozalov Murad Musayev Ruslan Abışov Nike Bank Respublika Sabail Rashad Abdullayev Aftandil Hacıyev Rahid Amirguliyev Nike AzTea Sumgayit Riad Rafiyev Alyaksey Baha Vurğun Hüseynov Jako Pasha Insurance Azərikimya Zira Taleh Nasibov Rashad Sadygov Aghabala Ramazanov Joma Bakcell, Azfargroup
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Sabah Ramin Guliyev End of role 26 May 2021 Pre-season Ramin Guliyev 26 May 2021 Sabah Ramin Guliyev Resigned 21 October 2021 8th Murad Musayev 30 October 2021 Sumgayit Aykhan Abbasov Sacked 16 December 2021 7th Alyaksey Baha 30 December 2021
Foreign players Each team could use a maximum of six foreign players on the field in each game.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 9Player 10Player 11Player 12Player 13Player 14Left during the season Gabala Isnik Alimi Patrick Ruan Raphael Alemão Christophe Atangana Omar Hani Stefan Vukčević Fernán López Yaovi Akakpo Shamakhi Aldair Neto Franco Flores Felipe Santos Merab Gigauri Sadio Tounkara Stanislav Namașco Nathan Oduwa Anatole Abang Mijuško Bojović Oumar Goudiaby John Kamara Neftçi Tiago Bezerra Ramon Machado Guilherme Pato Ivan Brkić Yusuf Lawal César Meza Hugo Basto Azer Aliyev Mamadou Mbodj Vojislav Stanković Jorge Correa Romain Basque Mamadou Kane Sabir Bougrine Harramiz Qarabağ Kady Leandro Andrade Patrick Andrade Kevin Medina Abdellah Zoubir Luka Gugeshashvili Marko Vešović Ibrahima Wadji Jaime Romero Gaspar Panadero Sabah Alyaksandr Nyachayew Bojan Letić Christian Higor Gabriel Lucas Rangel Špiro Peričić Mikheil Ergemlidze Joy-Lance Mickels Tiemoko Fofana Julio Rodríguez Juan Cámara Cristian Ceballos Zurab Ochihava Oleksiy Kashchuk Petar Škuletić Saša Stamenković Sabail Jurgen Goxha Jamal Arago Domantas Šimkus Nicolas Rajsel Sumgayit Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov Ilnur Valiev Saeid Bagherpasand Zira Loris Brogno Filipe Pachtmann Hamidou Keyta Davit Volkovi Dimitrios Chantakias Bryan Alceus Mo Hamdaoui Nemanja Anđelković Ahmed Isaiah Welves Gjorgi Stoilov In bold: Players that capped for their national team.
League table
Fixtures and results Clubs played each other four times for a total of 28 matches each.
Matches 1–14
Matches 15–28
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Joy-Lance MickelsSabah11 Davit VolkoviZira KadyQarabağ Filip OzobićQarabağ Ibrahima WadjiQarabağ6 Tiago BezerraNeftçi107 Abdellah ZoubirQarabağ8 Isnik AlimiGabala Musa GurbanliQarabağ10 Ramil SheydayevQarabağ7
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Davit VolkoviZiraSabah3-3 (A)
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Nijat MehbaliyevGabala112 Mehdi JannatovZira10 Şahruddin MahammadaliyevQarabağ4 Ivan BrkićNeftçi55 Salahat AghayevSabah4 Stanislav NamașcoShamakhi Aydin BayramovSumgayit8 Kamran IbrahimovNeftçi3 Emil BalayevQarabağ Yusif İmanovSabah
See also Azerbaijan Premier League Azerbaijan First Division Azerbaijan Cup
References
External links UEFA