"Sabah", the winner of the Azerbaijan Cup, retained the title it won last season. Sport24.az reports that the Professional Football League has released information about this.
It was reported that the Baku club became the first team in the last nine seasons to lift the cup over their heads twice in a row.
The last time this was achieved was by "Qarabagh". The Aghdam club won the cup three seasons (2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017), retaining its title twice in a row.
Three more teams have won the tournament twice in a row. "Neftchi", who achieved this twice, first did so in the 1994/1995, 1995/1996, 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.