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Araz-Nakhchivan is the latest medalist in the Misli Premier League.
Idman.biz reports that the tendency of bronze passing from hand to hand continues as Elmar Bakhshiyev's trainees won 3rd place in the XXXV round.
For 9 seasons now, the owner of the 3rd place changes every time. Sabah, who won the bronze a year ago, lost their place in the "top three", opening the way for Araz-Nakhchivan.
The last team to win consecutive bronze medals was Gabala. The regional representative took 3rd place 3 times in a row in the 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons.
The "red-blacks" ended their bronze series by rising to silver in the 2016/17 season. But not all bronze winners have had the same fate.
True, Gabala turned bronze into silver in the 2015/16 season, and Neftchi in the 2017/18 season. But Inter 2016/17, Sabail 2018/19, Keshla 2019/20, Sumgayit 2020/21, Zira 2021/22, Neftchi 2022/23, Sabah 2023/24 remained without awards after winning the third place. Such a trend has been observed for the last six years.
It should be noted that a total of 16 different teams have won bronze awards. Neftchi has done it more often - 7 times. Shamakhi, which played under the names Inter and Keshla, has 4 such awards, and Qarabag and Gabala have 3.
Vugar Khayrullayev
Idman.biz
