Record Renewed: Double Championship

As we reported, the champion has been determined in the Azerbaijan 1st league. "Gabala" secured the gold medals with a 1:0 home victory over MOIK, with 4 rounds remaining.

QOL.az, referring to the PFL website, reports that the team coached by Kakhaber Tskhadadze has reached 58 points. The leader of the 1st league has secured 1st place as it is 14 points ahead of the 2nd place.

This is the second such success for the "red-blacks". The regional representative also won the first division in the 2005/06 season. "Gilan", representing Khanlar at that time, later moved to Gabala and changed its name after a while.

"Gabala" is the 6th team to have won the championship twice in the 1st league, which was called I division and I division in different years. Before that, 5 teams - "Araz Nakhchivan", MOIK, "Neftchala", "Garadagh Lokbatan" and "Turan Tovuz" held the record for the number of championships in the 1st league. In total, 26 clubs have taken 1st place in the lower division.

True, in the 1993/94 season, the final between the winners of the two groups did not take place. Both teams that rose to the top division were considered league winners. No competition was held in the 1997/98, 1998/99, 2002/03 seasons.

Winners of the 1st league

1992. ANS Pivani (Baku)

1993. Khazri (Buzovna)

1993/94. Azneftyag (Baku) and Zabrat

1994/95. Shamkir

1995/96. Khazar (Sumgayit)

1996/97. Goychay

1999/2000. Shahdag (Guba)

2000/01. MOIK (Baku)

2001/02. Lokomotiv (Imishli)

2003/04. Genclerbirliyi (Sumgayit)

2004/05. Shuvalan (Baku)

2005/06. Gabala

2006/07. Masalli

2007/08. Bakili

2008/09. ABN (Barda)

2009/10. Kapaz (Ganja)

2010/11. Absheron (Baku)

2011/12. Garadagh Lokbatan (Baku)

2012/13. Agsu

2013/14. Araz Nakhchivan

2014/15. Neftchala

2015/16. Neftchala

2016/17. Turan Tovuz

2017/18. Khazar (Baku)

2018/19. MOIK (Baku)

2019/20. Turan Tovuz

2020/21. Neftchi-2 (Baku)

2021/22. Garadagh Lokbatan (Baku)

2022/23. Araz Nakhchivan

2023/24. Shamakhi

2024/25. Gabala

It should be noted that the winners of the tournament are shown by the name they carried later, not the one they had at that time.