2024–25 Azerbaijan First Division

Azerbaijan First Division
Season	2024–25
Champions	Gabala (2nd title)
Promoted	Gabala ; İmişli ; Karvan
Relegated	Qaradağ Lökbatan
Matches played	135
Goals scored	356 (2.64 per match)
Biggest home win	Karvan 5 - 0 Mingəçevir (19 December 2024); Zaqatala 6 - 1 Baku Sportinq (10 April 2025)
Biggest away win	Qaradağ Lökbatan 0 - 5 Qəbələ (19 September 2024); Baku Sportinq 0 - 5 Qəbələ (4 April 2025)
Highest scoring	Difai Ağsu 3 - 5 Karvan (3 April 2025)
Longest winning run	Karvan (6)
Longest unbeaten run	Gabala (21)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Azerbaijan First Division is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan.

In the 20th round of the First League on 7 April 2025, Gabala won 5–0 against Baku Sporting, securing promotion to the Premier League with 7 matchdays (35 games) remaining before the end of the tournament.^[1]

Teams

A total of 10 teams would compete, with the winners promoted to Azerbaijan Premier League and the team whom finished last relegated to the Azerbaijan Second League.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Baku Sporting	Baku	Bine Stadium	600
Cəbrayıl	Jabrayil	Neftchi Football Center Stadium	200
Difai Ağsu	Agsu	Agsu City Stadium	3,000
Karvan	Yevlakh	Yevlakh City Stadium	5,000
Mingəçevir	Mingachevir	Yashar Mammadzade Stadium	5,000
MOİK	Baku	Bine Stadium	600
Qaradağ Lökbatan	Baku	Lökbatan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium	2,500
Qəbələ	Qabala	Gabala City Stadium	4,500
İmişli	Imishli	Heydar Aliyev Stadium	8,500
Zaqatala	Zaqatala	Zaqatala City Stadium	3,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Qəbələ (C, P)	27	21	4	2	56	8	+48	67	Promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League
2	İmişli (P)	27	15	7	5	43	20	+23	52
3	Karvan (P)	27	13	8	6	53	37	+16	47
4	Mingəçevir	27	9	8	10	30	36	−6	35
5	Zaqatala	27	8	10	9	35	34	+1	34
6	MOİK	27	8	6	13	29	43	−14	30
7	Cəbrayıl	27	8	5	14	26	34	−8	29
8	Baku Sporting	27	7	7	13	21	43	−22	28
9	Difai Ağsu (Q)	27	7	5	15	36	54	−18	26	Qualification to Relegation play-off
10	Qaradağ Lökbatan (R)	27	5	8	14	27	47	−20	23	Relegation to Azerbaijan Second Division

Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Clubs play each other three times for a total of 27 matches each.

Home \ Away	BAK	CƏB	DIF	KAR	MIN	MOİ	QAR	QƏB	ZAQ	İMI	BAK	CƏB	DIF	KAR	MIN	MOİ	QAR	QƏB	ZAQ	İMI
Baku Sporting		1–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	3–2	0–2		2–2			1–2			0–0	0–1	0–5
Cəbrayıl	1–2		0–4	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–3	0–0	0–2	2–1				2–0		0–0		1–0
Difai Ağsu	0–1	0–1		1–4	3–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–4		1–1		3–5	1–4				1–0	1–3
Karvan	3–1	1–2	3–3		5–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0					2–2			1–1
Mingəçevir	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–3		1–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	0–0	4–0			2–1					2–2	0–0
MOİK	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–2		2–2	0–4	3–1	4–3		2–1	1–3	1–1	1–3
Qaradağ Lökbatan	2–3	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	3–0		0–5	1–1	0–1			3–1		0–0	0–1		0–3
Qəbələ	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0		0–0	0–0		3–1	4–0		2–0	1–0			4–0
Zaqatala	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–1		1–4	6–1			3–0		1–0	0–0			0–2
İmişli	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0		0–0	2–0				2–1	3–1	1–0

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

Relegation play-off

The team Difai, which finished 9th in the First League, faced Hypers Guba, who finished 4th in the Second League, in a play-off match for a spot in the next season's First League. The match took place at 16:00 on May 28 at ASCO Arena.^[2] Difai defeated Hypers Guba with a score of 3–1, thus earning the right to play in the 2025/26 First League season, while Hypers Guba was remained in the Second League.^[3]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hypers Quba	1-3	Difai Ağsu

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Domi Massoumou	Gabala	16
2	Emil Qasımov	Karvan	15
3	Bahruz Teymurov	Karvan	13
4	Seyxan Fərəcov	İmişli	11
4	İbrahim Əliyev	MOIK Baku	11
5	Ezekiel Morgan	Karvan	10
6	Roini Ismayilov	Zagatala	9
	Elshad Taghiyev	Gabala
	Abdullahi Shuaybu	Gabala
7	Christian Kamta	Difai Ağsu	8
7	Jean-Paul Assoumou	Zagatala	8
8	Pablo Henrique	İmişli	7
	Muhammad Benjamin	Difai Ağsu
	Nahid Aliyev	Mingəçevir
9	Araz Abdullayev	Qaradağ Lökbatan	6
9	Jalal Jabrayilov	Zagatala	6

References

^ "Birinci Liqa: "Qəbələ" yenidən Premyer Liqada". Apasport.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
^ "Futbol üzrə Azərbaycan I Liqasında pley-off oyununun vaxtı bəlli olub". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
^ ""Difai" I Liqada qalmağı bacardı". Apasport.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-05-28.

External links

pfl.az
AFFA (in Azerbaijani)
Azerbaijan First Division summary (SOCCERWAY)

[1] "Birinci Liqa: "Qəbələ" yenidən Premyer Liqada". Apasport.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-04-07.

[2] "Futbol üzrə Azərbaycan I Liqasında pley-off oyununun vaxtı bəlli olub". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2025-05-24.

[3] ""Difai" I Liqada qalmağı bacardı". Apasport.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-05-28.

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v t e Azerbaijan First Division
2024–25 teams	Baku Sporting Cəbrayıl Difai Karvan Mingəçevir MOİK Qaradağ Qəbələ İmişli Zaqatala
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v t e 2024–25 in Azerbaijani football
Domestic leagues	Azerbaijan Premier League Azerbaijan First Division
Domestic cups	Azerbaijan Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Conference League
Related to national team	2024–25 UEFA Nations League C (Group 1)
Club seasons
Premier League	Araz-Naxçıvan Kapaz Neftchi Qarabağ Sabah Sabail Shamakhi Sumgayit Turan Zira
First Division	Gabala
Summer 2024 transfers Winter 2024–25 transfers