The 2026–27 Azerbaijan Premier League will be the 35th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier football league of Azerbaijan. The season will start on 14 August 2026 and end on 24 May 2027.
Sabah will enter the season as the defending champions.
Teams Twelve teams will compete in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season and one team promoted from the Azerbaijan First League.
Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. TeamYear EstablishedLocationVenueCapacityAzərbaycan Peşəkar Liqası Araz Naxçıvan1967Nakhchivan, BakuDalga Arena6,502Imishli2022ImishliHeydar Aliyev Stadium8,500Kapaz1959GanjaGanja City Stadium15,343Neftchi1937BakuNeftchi Arena10,289Qabala2005QabalaGabala City Stadium3,748Qarabağ1987Aghdam, BakuTofiq Bahramov Stadium 31,200Sabah2017AbsheronBank Respublika Arena8,969Shafa1998BakuTBDTBDShamakhi1997ShamakhiShamakhi City Stadium2,176Sumgayit2010SumgaitMehdi Huseynzade Stadium9,502Turan Tovuz2014TovuzTovuz City Stadium6,500Zira2014Zira, BakuZira Sport Complex1,256
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureAnnounced OnDeparted OnPosition In TableIncoming ManagerAnnounced onArrived onRef.Shamakhi Aykhan AbbasovResigned 23 May 202623 May 2026Pre-season Azer Baghirov2 June 20262 June 2026 Sumgayit Saša IlićEnd of contract26 May 202626 May 2026 Filipe Cândido9 July 20269 July 2026 Shafa Elgiz KaramliMutual consent26 May 202626 May 2026 Zaur Hashimov27 June 202627 June 2026 Araz-Naxçıvan Andriy Demchenko End of contract 26 May 2026 26 May 2026 Javid Huseynov 16 June 2026 16 June 2026 Kapaz Azer Baghirov Mutual Termination 29 May 2026 29 May 2026 Azer Mammadov 23 June 2026 Qabala Kakhaber Tskhadadze Mutual Termination 31 August 2026 31 August 2026 10th Jeton Beqiri 16 September 2026 16 September 2026
League table
Match results by week
Position by round
Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Breno AlmeidaNeftçi72 Joy-Lance MickelsSabah43 Agadadash SalyanskiAraz-Naxçıvan33 Eren AydınZira2 Edqar AdilkhanovŞamaxı Renaldo CephasQarabağ Issa DjibrillaZira Diogo Almeidaİmişli JôTuran Tovuz Oleksiy KashchukQarabağ Orphé MbinaSabah Veljko SimićSabah Alen SkribekNeftçi Victor StînăKapaz Ľubomír TuptaNeftçi Ricardo ApolinárioŞamaxı
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Aleksei KenyaykinTuran Tovuz2 Ricardo FernandesŞamaxı Aydın BayramovZira Stas PokatilovSabah Kapaz Ravan MirzammadovSabah Emil BalayevNeftçi8 ArthurAraz-Naxçıvan1 Yusif İmanovİmişli Nicat MehbalıyevShafa Baku Səlahət AğayevQabala Yusif İmanovİmişli Mateusz KochalskiQarabağ Martin ZlomislićQarabağ Oleg BaklovTuran Tovuz
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