The Azerbaijan Cup () is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not contested by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid.

Compared to major football competitions in many other countries, the tournament in Azerbaijan attracts considerably less public interest and even the cup final is rarely sold out. Consequently, the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan has experimented with the format in order to raise the profile of the competition.

Format

The clubs from the Azerbaijan First League (2nd tier) play in the First Round. The winners of that round advance to the Second Round, where the clubs from the Azerbaijan Premier League (1st tier) join. For the quarterfinals and the semifinals, the home and away system is used. For the finals, the format is restored to head-to-head.

Participants All clubs from the Azerbaijan Premier League and First Division.

History

Soviet time cup winners

1936: Stroitel Yuga Baku 1937: Temp Baku 1938: Temp Baku 1939: Lokomotiv Baku 1940: Dinamo Baku 1941–46: Not Played 1947: Pischevik Baku 1948: Pischevik Baku 1949: KKF Baku 1950: Trudovye Rezervy Baku 1951: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku 1952: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku 1953: Dinamo Baku 1954: BODO Baku 1955: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku 1956: NPU Ordgonikidzeneft Baku 1957: Mekhsul Tovuz 1958: SK BO PVO Baku 1959: Neftyanik Quba 1960: ATZ Sumgait 1961: NPU Ordgonikidzeneft Baku 1962: MOIK Baku 1963: MOIK Baku 1964: Vostok Baku 1965: Vostok Baku 1966: Vostok Baku 1967: Apsheron Baku 1968: Politechnik Mingechaur 1969: MOIK Baku 1970: MOIK Baku 1971: Suruhanez Salyany 1972: Izolit Mingechaur 1973: MOIK Baku 1974: MOIK Baku 1975: Suruhanez Baku 1976: MOIK Baku 1977: Suruhanez Baku 1978: MOIK Baku 1979: Suruhanez Baku 1980: Energetik Ali-Bayramly 1981: Gandglik Baku 1982: Gandglik Baku 1983: FK Vilash Masalli 1984: Konditer Gandja 1985: Konditer Gandja 1986: İnşaatçı Sabirabad 1987: Khazar Lankaran 1988: Araz Baku 1989: Gandglik Baku 1990: Qarabağ 1991: İnşaatçı Baku

Finals YearVenueWinnerScoreRunner-up1992 29 August 1992 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 4,000İnşaatçı Baku Seyran Guseinov Ilkham Aliev 2 – 1(aet)FK Kur Mekhman Bakhshiev 1993 28 May 1993 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 10,500Qarabağ Mushfig Huseynov 1 – 0(aet)İnşaatçı Sabirabad1993–94 28 May 1994 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 3,500Kapaz Djeikhun Tanriverdiev Fazil Parvarov 2 – 0Khazar Lankaran1994–9528 May 1995 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 15,000Neftçi Yunis Huseynov 1 – 0FK Kur1995–9615 May 1996 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 18,500Neftçi Yunis Huseynov Vidadi Rzayev Yunis Huseynov 3 – 0Qarabağ1996–9728 May 1997 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 6,000Kapaz Khalig Mardanov 1 – 0Khazri Buzovna1997–9828 May 1998 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 5,500Kapaz Badri Kvaratskhelia Vasif Valiev 2 – 0Qarabağ 1998–9928 May 1999 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 11,000Neftçi0 – 0(5 – 4 pen.)Shamkir1999–0028 May 2000 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 6,000Kapaz Ramiz Mammadov Rovshan Akhmedov 2 – 1Qarabağ Bahram Shahguliev 2000–0125 May 2001 Sumqayit – Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 1500Shafa Ramiz Mammadov Emin Imamaliev 2 – 1Neftçi Samir Aliyev 2001–02*28 May 2002 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 19,000Neftçi 3 – 0 ForfeitShamkir walked off in 84'Shamkir 2002–03Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, no Cup Competition was held.Azerbaijan 2002/03 2003–049 May 2004 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 18,000Neftçi Samir Abbasov 1 – 0(aet)Shamkir 2004–0528 May 2005 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 10,000FK Baku Leandro Gomes Andrezinho 2 – 1(aet)Inter Baku Uladzimir Makowski 2005–063 June 2006 Baku – Shafa Attendance: 4,000Qarabağ Vasif Hakverdiev Samir Musayev 2 – 1Karvan Roman Akhalkatsi 2006–0728 May 2007 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 15,500Khazar Lankaran Rashad Karimov 1 – 0MKT-Araz 2007–0825 May 2008 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 20,000Khazar Lankaran Juninho Juninho 2 – 0(aet)Inter Baku2008–0923 May 2009 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 5,500Qarabağ Vagif Javadov 1 – 0Inter Baku2009–1022 May 2010 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 26,000FK Baku Veaceslav Sofroni Aleksandar Solic 2 – 1(aet)Khazar Lankaran Elvin Beqiri 2010–1124 May 2011 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 10,000Khazar Lankaran Winston Parks 1 – 1 (4 – 2 pen.)Inter BakuĢirts Karlsons 2011–1217 May 2012 Baku – Dalga Arena Attendance: 4,300FC Baku Koke Juninho 2 – 0Neftçi2012–1328 May 2013 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 29,500Neftçi0 – 0 (5 – 3 pen.)Khazar Lankaran2013–1422 May 2014 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 20,000Neftçi Samir Masimov 1 – 1 (3 – 2 pen.)Gabala Marat Izmailov 2014–153 June 2015 Gabala – Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,500Qarabağ Reynaldo Reynaldo Muarem Muarem 3 – 1Neftçi Ernest Webnje Nfor 2015–1625 May 2016 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 25,500Qarabağ 1 – 0(aet)Neftçi2016–175 May 2017 Nakhchivan – Nakhchivan City Stadium Attendance: 12,800Qarabağ Mahir Madatov Urfan Abbasov 2 – 0Gabala2017–1828 May 2018 Qabala – Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,500Keşla Pardis Fardjad-Azad 1 – 0Gabala2018–1919 May 2019 Nakhchivan – Nakhchivan City Stadium Attendance: 10,000Gabala Steeven Joseph-Monrose 1 – 0Sumgayit2019–20Cup Competition was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2020–2124 May 2021 Masazir – Bank Respublika ArenaKeşla Shahriyar Aliyev Mijusko Bojovic 2 – 1Sumgayit Mijusko Bojovic 2021–2227 May 2022 Qabala – Gabala City StadiumQarabağ Abdellah Zoubir 1 – 1 (4 – 3 pen.)Zira Hamidou Keyta 2022–233 June 2023 Baku – Bakcell ArenaGabala Alimi 1 – 0 (aet)Neftçi2023–242 June 2024 Baku – Dalga ArenaQarabağ Juninho Abdellah Zoubir 2 – 1Zira Ibrahimli 2024–2531 May 2025 Sumgait – Sumgayit City StadiumSabah Šafranko Parris Mutallimov 3 – 2 (aet)Qarabağ Kady Irazabal 2025–2613 May 2026 Baku – Neftçi ArenaSabah Mbina Mickels 2 – 1Zira Aydın

Note The Azerbaijan Cup held in 2001–02 was suspended due to the clashes between clubs and AFFA. The clubs themselves then made an alternative cup. The ultimate winner of the cup was Neftçi. However, the result of an alternative tournament that season is not officially recognized.

Performance Performance by club

Clubs in italic are defunct. Club Winners Runner-up Winning years Qarabağ 1993, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2023–24 Neftçi 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2012–13, 2013–14 Kapaz 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000 Khazar Lankaran 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11 FC Baku 2004–05, 2009–10, 2011–12 Keşla 2017–18, 2020–21 Gabala 2018–19, 2022–23 Sabah 2024–25, 2025–26 İnşaatçı Baku 1992 Shafa 2000–01 Zira – Shamkir – FK Kur – Sumgayit – İnşaatçı Sabirabad – Khazri Buzovna – Karvan – MKT-Araz –

References

External links List of Azerbaijan Cup winners (RSSF)