2013–14 Azerbaijan First Division

Azerbaijan First Division
Season	2013–14
Matches played	198
Goals scored	548 (2.77 per match)
Biggest home win	Neftchala 8–0 Energetik
Biggest away win	Energetik 0–6 Neftchala
Highest scoring	Turan-T 6–2 Lokomotiv-Bilajary; Neftchala 8–0 Energetik
Longest winning run	10 games ; Araz
Longest unbeaten run	13 games ; Araz, ; Qaradağ
Longest losing run	10 games ; Göyəzən
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The 2013–14 Azerbaijan First Division is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan. The season was started on 10 September 2013 and there were sixteen teams participating in the league.^[4] Ağsu were the defending champions.

Teams

Turan-T were relegated for the first time in their history, after twenty years in Azerbaijan Premier League, the longest period in its history.^[5] On 21 August 2013, it was announced that Araz and Karvan after reformation will join the first division, while Qala and Taraggi will not participate after becoming defunct.^[6]

On 10 September 2013, Mil-Muğan also joined the league, while Turan's name changed to Turan-T.^[7]

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Bakılı
MOIK
Lokomotiv
Şuşa

Location of teams in 2013-14 Azerbaijan First Division

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity
Ağsu	Agsu	Agsu City Stadium	3,000
Araz	Nakhchivan	Nakhchivan City Stadium	12,800
Bakılı	Baku	Zirə Olympic Sport Complex Stadium	1,500
Energetik	Mingachevir	Yashar Mammadzade Stadium	5,000
Göyəzən	Qazakh	Qazakh City Stadium	15,000
Karvan	Yevlakh	Yevlakh Stadium	5,000
Kəpəz	Ganja	Ganja City Stadium	25,000
Lokomotiv	Baku	FC Baku stadium	3,000
Mil-Muğan	Imishli	Heydar Aliyev Stadium	8,500
MOIK	Baku	MOIK Stadium	3,000
Neftçala	Neftchala	Nariman Narimanov Stadium	2,000
Qaradağ	Lökbatan	Lökbatan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium	2,000
Şahdağ	Qusar	Şövkət Orduxanov Stadium	4,000
Şəmkir	Şəmkir	Shamkir City Stadium	11,500
Şuşa	Shusha	Shafa Stadium	8,000
Turan-T	Tovuz	Tovuz City Stadium	6,800

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.

Team	Manager	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ağsu	Rufat Guliyev	TBD	Umbro	Aqua Vita
Araz	Asgar Abdullayev	TBD	Lescon
Bakılı	Rakif Aliyev	TBD
Energetik	Sahib Gojayev	TBD
Göyəzən	Mehdi Salmanov	TBD
Karvan	Kanan Karimov	TBD
Kəpəz	Vidadi Rzayev	TBD
Lokomotiv	İlgar Huseynov	TBD
Mil-Muğan	Matlab Mammadov	TBD
MOIK	Namig Adilov	TBD
Neftçala	Bahram Shahguliyev	TBD	Lescon	SOCAR Petroleum
Qaradağ	Adil Mahmudov	TBD	Lescon	SOCAR
Şahdağ	Kamran Alibabayev	TBD	Lescon	AZENCO^[8]
Şəmkir	Ruslan Abbasov	TBD
Şuşa	Nadir Gasymov	Emin Mollayev
Turan-T	Rasim Aliyev	Asef Gadiri

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Araz-Naxçıvan (C, P)	30	25	4	1	66	11	+55	79	Promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League
2	Neftchala	30	21	5	4	80	22	+58	68
3	Qaradağ	30	18	9	3	52	14	+38	63
4	Ağsu	30	17	7	6	56	26	+30	58
5	Şahdağ	30	16	7	7	55	22	+33	55
6	Şuşa	30	15	9	6	60	26	+34	54
7	Turan-T	30	13	5	12	52	46	+6	44
8	Karvan	30	12	6	12	46	56	−10	42
9	Mil-Muğan	30	11	7	12	29	33	−4	40
10	Lokomotiv-Bilajary	30	12	3	15	42	58	−16	39
11	Şəmkir	30	8	7	15	28	42	−14	31
12	MOIK Baku	30	7	8	15	37	56	−19	29
13	Kapaz	30	7	4	19	29	37	−8	25
14	Bakili	30	6	6	18	34	60	−26	24
15	Energetik	30	2	5	23	11	92	−81	11
16	Göyəzən	30	3	2	25	13	89	−76	11

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	AGU	ARZ	BKL	ENG	ATM	KAR	KAP	LBA	MM	MOI	NEF	QAD	ABB	SHA	SHU	TUR
Ağsu		0–1	2–1	4–1	5–0	3–2	0–5	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	7–1
Araz-Naxçıvan	1–0		4–0	9–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–0
Bakili	1–3	0–1		2–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–5	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–2	3–1
Energetik	0–2	1–4	0–2		1–2	0–3	0–4	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–6	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–5
Göyəzən	1–6	0–4	0–3	1–1		0–4	0–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	0–1	0–3	0–4	0–1	2–1	0–3
Karvan	0–0	1–3	4–3	1–1	3–1		2–1	2–1	2–0	5–5	0–6	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Kapaz	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–1		0–1	2–0	3–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–0
Lokomotiv-Bilajary	0–1	1–3	3–0	4–0	3–0	2–5	3–2		1–1	2–1	1–0	0–4	1–1	2–0	2–5	3–1
Mil-Muğan	0–2	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1		2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–5	2–2
MOIK Baku	0–3	0–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–1		1–5	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–4	4–0
Neftchala	0–1	1–0	2–0	8–0	6–0	7–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	4–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–1
Qaradağ	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	1–1		0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0
Şahdağ	1–1	0–2	3–0	5–0	6–0	5–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	3–3		2–0	1–1	1–0
Şəmkir	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–3	0–2
Şuşa	1–0	1–1	4–1	5–0	6–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	4–0		2–2
Turan-T	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	6–2	2–1	4–1	2–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–3

Source: Soccerway: Birinci Dasta Table
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of Match played 13 April 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[9]
1	Ali Bagirov	Karvan	25
2	David Janalidze	Araz	24
3	Muhammad Badalbeyli	MOIK Baku	20
4	Sarhan Agayev	Şahdağ	18
5	Elvin Adisirinli	Shusha	17
6	Rashad Piriyev	Turan-T	14
7	Jeyhun Abdullayev	Neftchala	12
8	Qalib Amrahov	Ağsu	11
9	Ali Babayev Banishevskiy	Shusha	9

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Farmayil Aliyev	Turan-T	Lokomotiv-Bilajary	6–2	12 October 2013^[3]
Muhammad Aliyev	Neftchala	MOIK Baku	5–5	12 October 2013^[10]
Jeyhun Abdullayev	Neftchala	Energetik	6–0	1 November 2013^[2]
Ahmad Tijani	Şuşa	Turan-T	3–0	9 November 2013^[11]
Tural Gurbatov	Lokomotiv-Bilajary	Kəpəz	3–2	16 November 2013^[12]
Elvin Adisirinli	Şuşa	Göyəzən	6–0	30 November 2013^[13]
Mehdi Mehdiyev	Kəpəz	MOIK Baku	3–1	8 December 2013^[14]
Elvin Adısirinli	Şuşa	Lokomotiv-Bilajary	5–2	21 December 2013^[15]
Sarhan Agayev⁵	Şahdağ	Göyəzən	6–0	8 February 2014^[16]
Ali Bagirov	Karvan	Lokomotiv-Bilajary	5–2	8 February 2014^[17]
Ali Bagirov	Karvan	Göyəzən	4–0	9 March 2014^[18]
Qalib Amrahov	Agsu	Göyəzən	6–1	5 April 2014^[19]