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"Sabah" has gone down in history as the fifth team to win the Azerbaijani championship and cup in the same season.
İdman.Biz reports that the Professional Football League has released information about this.
It was reported that the team, which secured the title of winner of the Azerbaijan Premier League before the end of the season, defeated "Zira" in the final of the national cup - 2:1.
This is the club's first "golden double". In previous seasons, four clubs have achieved a "golden double" a total of 11 times. "Qarabag" has done it the most - 6 times (1993, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2021/2022, 2023/2024). "Neftchi" has 3 (1995/1996, 2003/2004, 2012/2013) "golden doubles". "Kapaz" in 1997/1998 and "Khazar Lankaran" in 2006/2007, like "Sabah", 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 signed by local head coaches. Gurban Gurbanov 5 (2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2021/2022, 2023/2024), Kazbek Tuayev (1995/1996, 2003/2004) and Agasalim Mirjavadov (1993, 2006/2007) 2 each, Mehman Allahverdiyev (1997/1998) and Buyukaga Hajiyev (2012/1013) achieved this once each with the team they led.
