"Sabah", the winner of the Azerbaijan Cup, has retained the title it won last season.
Idman.Biz reports that the Professional Football League has released information about this.
It was reported that the Baku club is the first team in the last nine seasons to lift the cup twice in a row.
The last time this was achieved was by "Qarabağ". The Aghdam club retained its title twice in a row at that time, winning the cup for three seasons (2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017).
Three more teams have won the tournament twice in a row. "Neftchi", which achieved this twice, first did it in the 1994/1995, 1995/1996 seasons, and then in the 2012/2013, 2013/2014 seasons. Kapaz" (1996/1997, 1997/1998) and "Khazar Lankaran" (2006/2007, 2007/2008) also achieved the same success.