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The "Qarabağ" – "Sabah" match (2:2), held as part of the first leg of the Azerbaijan Cup semi-final, was marked by a historic record.
"Report" reports, citing the Professional Football League, that 21,000 spectators watched the match held at the Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium.
This indicator is an absolute record for tournaments held under the auspices of the PFL not only for the 2025/2026 season, but also for the last 10 seasons. Thus, a larger number of spectators was last recorded in the 2015/2016 season, in the cup final between "Qarabağ" and "Neftçi" with 23,000 viewers. In that match, "Qarabağ" won with a score of 1:0.
This match rose to 5th place in the overall list in the history of tournaments organized by the PFL since 2008. However, all other 4 matches located higher were cup finals. This means that the "Qarabağ" – "Sabah" game went down in history as the match with the most spectators in the Premier League among matches directly hosted by a team. The previous record belonged to the "Kapaz" – "Qarabağ" game held in Ganja on February 14, 2016, which ended with a 1:2 victory for "Qarabağ" - 20,400 spectators.
In general, the fact that a team gathered more spectators at a home game was last recorded 19 seasons ago - in the 2006/2007 season at the "Neftçi" – "Khazar Lankaran" match, when 25,000 people were recorded.
It should be reminded that before this match, the record of the current season belonged to the championship match between the same teams held on March 1 with a score of 3:3. At that time, there were 10,361 spectators in the stadium. Thus, with today's game, the season record has been updated more than twice.
