Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
	Baku Baku Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...	Tofig Bakhramov Stadium	29,858
Inter FC Inter Baku Inter Baku PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku, that currently plays in Azerbaijan Premier League.Inter Baku is a multi-sports club and competes in football, wrestling, boxing, judo and unifight. The football team won the championship in 2008 and 2010...	Baku Baku Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...	Shafa Stadium Shafa Stadium Shafa Stadium is located in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is used by FC Inter Baku and Bakili Baku. It has a capacity of 8,152. It was built in 2001. It is an all-seater stadium, and is surrounded by practice fields and administration buildings....	7,840
Karvan FK Karvan FK Karvan is an Azerbaijani football club based in Yevlakh, that currently plays in Azerbaijan First Division, one of the most successful clubs in modern Azerbaijan football history, becoming first Azerbaijan club to pass first qualification stage in UEFA Cup....	Yevlakh Yevlakh Yevlakh is a small city in Azerbaijan, 265 km west of capital Baku. It is surrounded by, but administratively separate from, the rayon of the same name...	Yevlakh Stadium Yevlakh Stadium Yevlakh City Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Yevlakh, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of FK Karvan. The stadium holds 5,000 people.-See also:*List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan...	8,500
Khazar	Lankaran Lankaran -History:The city was built on a swamp along the northern bank of the river bearing the city's name. There are remains of human settlements in the area dating back to the Neolithic period as well as ruins of fortified villages from the Bronze and Iron Ages. Lankaran's history is rather recent,...	Lankaran City Stadium Lankaran City Stadium Lankaran City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lankaran, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FK Khazar Lankaran. The stadium holds 15,000 people and opened in 2006...	17,500
Mughan FK Mughan FK Mughan Salyan is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Salyan. The club reached the Azerbaijan Premier League for the first time in 2008-2009. The club was first promoted after FK Masallı withdrew for the 2008/09 season...	Salyan Salyan, Azerbaijan Salyan is a city in and the seat of the Salyan Rayon of Azerbaijan. The city of Salyan is industrialized and known for processing caviar.-History:...	Salyany Olympic Stadium	4,000
Neftchi	Baku Baku Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...	Ismet Gaibov Stadium	7,000
Olimpik-Shuvalan	Baku Baku Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...	Shafa Stadium Shafa Stadium Shafa Stadium is located in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is used by FC Inter Baku and Bakili Baku. It has a capacity of 8,152. It was built in 2001. It is an all-seater stadium, and is surrounded by practice fields and administration buildings....	7,840
Qarabağ	Agdam Agdam Agdam or Ağdam or Aghdam may refer to:*Agdam city, Azerbaijan*Agdam Rayon, Azerbaijan*Ağdam, Khojavend, Azerbaijan*Ağdam, Tovuz, Azerbaijan...	Guzanli Olympic Stadium Guzanli Olympic Stadium Guzanli Olympic Complex Stadium is located in Quzanlı, Aghdam, Azerbaijan. It is used by FK Karabakh as home stadium since May 2009 and has a capacity of 2000.-See also:*List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan...	15,000
Qäbälä PFC	Qäbälä Qabala Qabala is a rayon of Azerbaijan. Its administrative center is the historic town of Qəbələ, which in ancient times was known as the capital of Caucasian Albania....	Gabala City Stadium Gabala City Stadium Gabala City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Gabala, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FK Qəbələ. The stadium holds 2,000 people....	2,000
Simurq	Zaqatala Zaqatala (city) Zaqatala ; is a city in northwest Azerbaijan. With a municipal population of 31,300 inhabitants, it is located northwest of Sheki, by the Tala River and is the main municipality of the Zaqatala rayon...	Zaqatala City Stadium Zaqatala City Stadium Zaqatala "Simurq" is a multi-use stadium in Zaqatala, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it considered as home ground of FK Simurq Zaqatala, since October 2008....	3,500
Standard	Sumgayit	Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Sumqayit, Azerbaijan, currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Sumgayit City PFC. It has 15,350 seating capacity. On 3 November 2011, it was announced that there is a new project on the reconstruction of the stadium....	26,000
Turan PFC Turan Tovuz Turan Tovuz PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Tovuz. The club plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top division in Azerbaijani football and won the league title once, in 1994-1995...	Tovuz Tovuz Tovuz may refer to:* Berd, Armenia* Tovuz, Armenia* Tovuz , Azerbaijan* Tovuz, Azerbaijan...	Tovuz City Stadium	10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head coach	Team captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
	Cüneyt Biçer	Jamshid Maharramov Jamshid Maharramov Jamshid Maharramov is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays as a midfielder for FK Baku in the Azerbaijan Premier League.-External links:*...	Erreà Erreà Erreà is a sportswear trademark founded in 1988, in Torrile...
Inter FC Inter Baku Inter Baku PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku, that currently plays in Azerbaijan Premier League.Inter Baku is a multi-sports club and competes in football, wrestling, boxing, judo and unifight. The football team won the championship in 2008 and 2010...	Kakhaber Tskhadadze Kakhaber Tskhadadze Kakhaber Tskhadadze is a Georgian football coach and former player.-Career:His club career started in 1986 in Dinamo Tbilisi. He became known in Western Europe with German team Eintracht Frankfurt, who he joined in 1992. After a couple of successful seasons he gradually found himself struggling...	Samir Abbasov Samir Abbasov -External links:* *...	Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...	IBA International Bank of Azerbaijan The International Bank of Azerbaijan is the state-controlled bank operating in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Headquartered in Baku, the bank consists of 36 branches and 95 service outlets in more than 40 cities....
Karvan FK Karvan FK Karvan is an Azerbaijani football club based in Yevlakh, that currently plays in Azerbaijan First Division, one of the most successful clubs in modern Azerbaijan football history, becoming first Azerbaijan club to pass first qualification stage in UEFA Cup....	Yunis Huseynov	Ismayil Mammadov Ismayil Mammadov Ismayil Mammadov is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays for FK Karvan.-External links:*...	Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...	Azneftemash
Khazar	Agaselim Mirjavadov Agaselim Mirjavadov Agaselim Seyidahmed oglu Mirjavadov is a soccer coach of Khazar Lankaran.-Achievements:*Azerbaijan Premier League**Winner: 5**Runner-up:*Azerbaijan Cup**Winner:*CIS Cup**Winner: 2...	Kamran Agaev Kamran Agaev Kamran Agayev is an Azerbaijani goalkeeper playing currently for FK Khazar Lankaran.-Early career:Agayev began playing football during his school years under his father for local club named Bərəkət. At the young age of just 15, he debuted for Azerbaijani U-17, after he was spotted by one of...	Puma PUMA AG Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...	PalSüd
Mughan FK Mughan FK Mughan Salyan is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Salyan. The club reached the Azerbaijan Premier League for the first time in 2008-2009. The club was first promoted after FK Masallı withdrew for the 2008/09 season...	Almir Hurtic Almir Hurtić Almir Hurtić is a former Bosnian football player and now a coach. Currently, he is the manager of the Azerbaijani team FK Mughan ....	Elnur Mammadov	Olympikus Olympikus Olympikus is a Brazilian sports brand, which makes equipment for running, tennis, volleyball and football. The brand is owned by Vulcabrasǀazaleia-Sponsorships:Olympikus provides uniforms and apparel for the following teams, associations and players:...	Nissan Nissan Motors , usually shortened to Nissan , is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn ....
Neftchi	Arif Asadov	Rail Malikov Rail Malikov Rail Malikov is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays as a defender for Neftchi Baku champions of 2011. Right now he is the captain of this team. Also he is a defender for his national team.-External links:*...	Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...	SOCAR
Olimpik-Shuvalan	Nazim Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. He is currently coach of AZAL PFC Baku....	Agil Nabiyev Agil Nabiyev Agil Nabiyev is an Azerbaijani footballer currently playing for AZAL PFC Baku.-External links:...	Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...	Silk Way
Qarabağ	Gurban Gurbanov Gurban Gurbanov Gurban Osman Gurbanov |Zagatala]]) is retired football striker from Azerbaijan.-Playing career:He started his career in Dashgyn, and has since played for Kur-Nur, Mertskhali, PFK Turan Tovuz, PFC Neftchi, Dinamo Stavropol, Baltika Kaliningrad, and Fakel Voronezh. The last club he played for was FC...	Aslan Kerimov Aslan Kerimov Aslan Kerimov is a football midfielder from Azerbaijan. He debuted for the national team in October 1994, and his international career earned him 74 caps, making him Azerbaijan's most capped player....	Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...	Azersun Holding
Qäbälä PFC	Tony Adams Tony Adams (footballer) Tony Alexander Adams, MBE is an English football manager and former player.Adams spent his entire playing career of 22 years as a defender at Arsenal. He is considered one of the greatest Arsenal players of all time by the club's own fans and was included in the Football League 100 Legends...	Kanan Karimov	Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
Simurq	Roman Pokora Roman Pokora Roman Mykhaylovych Pokora is a retired ex-USSR football player. Pokora played most of his career as a midfielder.Pokora is married. Has two sons....	Alexandr Malygin Alexandr Malygin Aleksandr Malygin is a Russian footballer of Ukrainian descent who currently plays as a defender for FC Torpedo Moscow. He scored the first goal in the history of FC Rostov in the European club tournaments.-External links:* *...	Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
Standard	Boyukagha Hajiyev	Agil Mammadov	Kappa Kappa (company) Kappa is an Italian company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1916 in Turin.-Logo:...	Bank Standard
Turan PFC Turan Tovuz Turan Tovuz PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Tovuz. The club plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top division in Azerbaijani football and won the league title once, in 1994-1995...	Nizami Sadygov	Nadir Nabiyev	Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Inter Baku FC Inter Baku Inter Baku PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku, that currently plays in Azerbaijan Premier League.Inter Baku is a multi-sports club and competes in football, wrestling, boxing, judo and unifight. The football team won the championship in 2008 and 2010...	Valentin Khodukin	Resigned	10 June 2009	Kakhaber Tskhadadze Kakhaber Tskhadadze Kakhaber Tskhadadze is a Georgian football coach and former player.-Career:His club career started in 1986 in Dinamo Tbilisi. He became known in Western Europe with German team Eintracht Frankfurt, who he joined in 1992. After a couple of successful seasons he gradually found himself struggling...	10 June 2009
Khazar Lankaran	Igor Ponomaryov Igor Ponomaryov Igor Anatolyevich Ponomaryov is a retired Soviet football player and currently manager of the Khazar Lankaran.-Honours:* Olympic Champion: 1988* UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship winner: 1978...	Resigned	11 June 2009	Agaselim Mirjavadov Agaselim Mirjavadov Agaselim Seyidahmed oglu Mirjavadov is a soccer coach of Khazar Lankaran.-Achievements:*Azerbaijan Premier League**Winner: 5**Runner-up:*Azerbaijan Cup**Winner:*CIS Cup**Winner: 2...	16 June 2009
Neftchi Baku	Boyukaga Aghayev	Mutual consent	16 September 2009	Vagif Sadygov Vagif Sadygov Vagif Sadygov is an Azerbaijani football manager.-Life and career:Sadygov started playing football as a midfielder for Araz Nakhichevan. His club career career included spells with Neftchi Baku, Khazar Sumgayit and FC Nistru Otaci. After end of his career, he moved into management, first with...	29 September 2009
FK Baku FK Baku Football Club Baku is an Azerbaijani football club in Baku, Azerbaijan. The club sponsored by the Baghlan Group Company and ZQAN Holding.FC Baku plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League and have won two Azerbaijan Premier League championships and two Azerbaijan Cups.-History:FC Baku was founded in...	Gjoko Hadžievski Gjoko Hadžievski Gjoko Hadžievski is a football coach from the Republic of Macedonia who currently coaching Macedonia national football team.He played for Teteks and Pelister....	Resigned	24 September 2009	Bülent Korkmaz Bülent Korkmaz Bülent Korkmaz is a retired Turkish football centre back and manager of Karabükspor. He played for Galatasaray for his whole career , where fans nicknamed him Büyük Kaptan ....	25 September 2009
FK Standard Sumgayit	Valdas Ivanauskas Valdas Ivanauskas Valdas Ivanauskas is a football coach and a former football striker from Lithuania.He is best known in Europe for his time at Hamburger SV as a player in 1993–97 and coaching at Hearts football club in 2005–07.- Career :...	Sacked	21 October 2009	Boyukagha Hajiyev	23 October 2009
Olimpik-Shuvalan	Asgar Abdullayev Asgar Abdullayev Asgar Mammad oglu Abdullayev is an Azerbaijani retired footballer and currently PFC Turan Tovuz head coach. He played for Neftchi Baku as a Defender for a long time making 319 appearances and scoring 1 goal....	Resigned	23 November 2009	Nazim Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. He is currently coach of AZAL PFC Baku....	23 November 2009
FK Mughan FK Mughan FK Mughan Salyan is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Salyan. The club reached the Azerbaijan Premier League for the first time in 2008-2009. The club was first promoted after FK Masallı withdrew for the 2008/09 season...	Kemal Alispahić Kemal Alispahic Kemal Alispahić is a former Bosnian football player and now a manager. Currently, he is the manager of Syrian giant, Al-Ittihad Aleppo....	Sacked	1 December 2009	Almir Hurtić	1 December 2009
Neftchi Baku	Vagif Sadygov Vagif Sadygov Vagif Sadygov is an Azerbaijani football manager.-Life and career:Sadygov started playing football as a midfielder for Araz Nakhichevan. His club career career included spells with Neftchi Baku, Khazar Sumgayit and FC Nistru Otaci. After end of his career, he moved into management, first with...	Sacked	21 February 2010	Arif Asadov	25 February 2010
FK Baku FK Baku Football Club Baku is an Azerbaijani football club in Baku, Azerbaijan. The club sponsored by the Baghlan Group Company and ZQAN Holding.FC Baku plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League and have won two Azerbaijan Premier League championships and two Azerbaijan Cups.-History:FC Baku was founded in...	Bülent Korkmaz Bülent Korkmaz Bülent Korkmaz is a retired Turkish football centre back and manager of Karabükspor. He played for Galatasaray for his whole career , where fans nicknamed him Büyük Kaptan ....	Resigned	22 March 2010	Cüneyt Biçer	03 April 2010

League table

Results

Championship Group

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Relegation Group

Championship Group

Relegation Group

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 17 May 2010; Source:
16 goals Farid Guliev

Farid Guliev

Farid Guliev is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays as a striker for Neftchi Baku.-International goals:-External links:*...

 (Standard Sumgayit)

12 goals Anatoli Doros

Anatoli Doros

Anatolie Doroş is a Moldovan international footballer who currently plays for FC Irtysh in Kazakhstan Premier League.-International goals:...

 (Olimpik-Shuvalan) Robertas Poškus

Robertas Poškus

Robertas Poškus is a Lithuanian professional footballer playing for FK Simurq Zaqatala. A hard-working striker, he stands 1.83 m tall and weighs 74 kg.-External links:***...

 (Inter Baku)

11 goals Adrian Neaga

Adrian Neaga

Adrian Constantin Neaga is a Romanian football player. He is a forward.-Early career:* Neaga's career started once he signed his first professional contract with Argeş Piteşti in 1997...

 (Neftchi Baku)

10 goals Jabá

Silvino João de Carvalho

Jabá , full name Silvino João de Carvalho, is a Brazilian football player who previously played for Ankaragücü. After that, he spent 4 years with rival club Ankaraspor in the Turkish Süperlig. He also has Turkish citizenship. He currently plays for FK Baku in the Azerbaijan Premier...

 (FK Baku

FK Baku

Football Club Baku is an Azerbaijani football club in Baku, Azerbaijan. The club sponsored by the Baghlan Group Company and ZQAN Holding.FC Baku plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League and have won two Azerbaijan Premier League championships and two Azerbaijan Cups.-History:FC Baku was founded in...

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Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
October	Vagif Javadov	FK Qarabağ
November	Mario Souza	Khazar Lankaran
December	Afran Ismayilov Afran Ismayilov Afran Ismayilov is a footballer who plays as midfielder for FK Qarabağ.-Early years:Ismayilov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, started playing football at age 8 and attended Neftchi Baku football school under Rovshan Gasymov.-Club career:...	FK Qarabağ
January
February	Khagani Mammadov	FK Karvan FK Karvan FK Karvan is an Azerbaijani football club based in Yevlakh, that currently plays in Azerbaijan First Division, one of the most successful clubs in modern Azerbaijan football history, becoming first Azerbaijan club to pass first qualification stage in UEFA Cup....
March	Araz Abdullayev Araz Abdullayev Araz Abdullayev is an Azerbaijani international footballer who plays for Everton as a midfielder.-Neftchi Baku:Born in Baku, Abdullayev played for Neftchi Baku's youth team from January 2007 to December 2008...	Neftchi Baku
April
May