the azerbaijan premier league (azerbaijani: azərbaycan premyer liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs.at the top of the azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition.it is contested by 10 clubs.seasons run from august to may, with teams playing 36 matches each (playing each team in the league four times, twice at home and twice away).the premier league champion secures the right to play in uefa champions league first qualifying round.the runner up and the 3rd place winner secure right to play in uefa europa conference league starting in second qualifying round.since 1992, a total of 8 clubs have been crowned champions of the azerbaijani football system.the azerbaijan premier league was first organized in 2007 and succeeded the top division (azerbaijani: yüksək liqa), which existed from 1992 to 2007.the current champions are qarabağ, who won the title in the 2022-23 season for the tenth time.however, financial struggles had bad impact on local clubs and most teams such as khazri buzovna, shamkir, vilash masalli and shafa baku went bust due increasing debts.in 1997, kapaz were known for their unbeaten run as club's final record for the 1997–98 league campaign stood at 22 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses, out of 26 games total, an unbeaten run not matched in any single season by any team in an azerbaijani league division.they were challenged by emerging khazar lankaran, inter baku and baku in both competitions.the country's football received major blow in 2002, when uefa imposed a two-year ban in response to a long-standing conflict between the association of football federations of azerbaijan and majority of the country's top flight clubs.the domestic championship was abandoned as a result of the conflict and the top clubs prevented their players from playing for the national team, with tax officials also probing allegations of fraud at the azerbaijan federation.under the management of agaselim mirjavadov, khazar lankaran finished as azerbaijan cup winners in 2006 and 2007, while becoming league champions in 2006–07 despite losing the title to neftçi in 2004–05 during championship play-off.qarabağ was the first ever team from azerbaijan to reach uefa europa league play off-round during the seasons 2009–10 and 2010–11.few gave chances for qualification to the next round, although the aghdam side caused quite a stir against favorites rosenborg, honka, twente and wisła kraków.in the next season, neftçi repeated its domestic success after sealing their seventh title in club's history.in that year, neftçi baku became the first azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a european competition.in 2012–13 season, neftçi managed to win three titles in a row.in 2013–14 season, qarabağ managed to win its 2nd title after 21 years, and continue to win domestic title consecutively.in 2014, qarabağ became the second and most successful azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a european competition.after consecutive participation in europa league, in 2017, qarabağ became the first azerbaijani team which advanced to group stage of a champions league.on 19 june 2020, the affa announced that the 2019–20 was officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the covid-19 pandemic in azerbaijan.as a result, qarabağ were crowned champions for the seventh season in a row, whilst also qualifying for the 2020–21 uefa champions league, with neftçi, keşla and sumgayit qualifying for the 2020–21 uefa europa league.during the course of a season, which lasts from august to may, each club plays every other club four times, two times at home and two times away, for a total of 28 games.
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