Sport24.az
"Sabah" has achieved a "Golden Double" in the 2025/26 season. Sport24.az reports that the team, which secured the title of winner of the Misli Premier League before the end of the season, defeated "Zira" in the final of the Azerbaijan Cup – 2:1.
This is the first "Golden Double" in the club's history. "Sabah" has gone down in history as the 5th team to win the Azerbaijan championship and cup in the same season.
In previous seasons, 4 clubs have achieved the "Golden Double" a total of 11 times. "Qarabag" has done it the most – 6 times (1993, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2021/22, 2023/24). "Neftchi" has 3 "Golden Doubles" (1995/96, 2003/04, 2012/13). "Kapaz" in 1997/98 and "Khazar Lankaran" in 2006/07 season, like "Sabah", each won both titles once.
"Sabah"'s Lithuanian head coach Valdas Dambrauskas is the first foreign specialist to author a "Golden Double" in Azerbaijan. The previous 11 such successes were achieved by local head coaches. Gurban Gurbanov 5 (2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2021/22, 2023/24), Kazbek Tuayev (1995/96, 2003/04) and Agasalim Mirjavadov (1993, 2006/07) each 2, Mehman Allahverdiyev (1997/98) and Boyukagha Hajiyev (2012/13) each achieved this once with the team they led.
