2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League

On 13 March 2020, the Azerbaijan Premier League was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

On 19 June 2020, the AFFA announced that the Azerbaijan Premier League was officially ended without the resumption of the remaining 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.^[3]

Keşla
Neftçi Baku
Sabail

Sumgayit

Sabah

Gabala

Qarabağ

Zira

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Locations of the 2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League teams.
Team in italics is from a zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and is playing its home games in Baku.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Stadiums

Gabala	Keşla	Qarabağ	Neftçi Baku
Gabala City Stadium	ASK Arena	Azersun Arena	Bakcell Arena
Capacity: 4,500	Capacity: 5,300	Capacity: 5,800	Capacity: 11,000
Sabah	Sabail	Sumgayit	Zira
Bank Respublika Arena	ASCO Arena	Kapital Bank Arena	Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 3,200	Capacity: 1,400	Capacity: 1,300

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Gabala	Elmar Bakhshiyev	Asif Mammadov	Joma	Milla
Keşla	Tarlan Ahmadov	Slavik Alkhasov	Joma	Samaya LTD
Neftçi Baku	Fizuli Mammedov	Emin Mahmudov	Nike	Turkish Airlines
Qarabağ	Gurban Gurbanov	Rashad Sadygov	Adidas	Azersun
Sabah	Željko Sopić	Javid Imamverdiyev	Macron	Bank Respublika
Sabail	Aftandil Hacıyev	Rahid Amirguliyev	Nike	AzTea
Sumgayit	Aykhan Abbasov	Vurğun Hüseynov	Jako	Pasha Insurance[broken anchor], Azərikimya
Zira	Zaur Hashimov	Javid Huseynov	Joma	Bakcell, Azfargroup

Foreign players

A team could use only six foreign players on the field in each game.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Player 10
Gabala	Ivica Žunić	Merab Gigauri	Christian Kouakou	Clésio	Fernán Ferreiroa	Abdelrafik Gérard	Nicolas Rajsel
Keşla	Franco Flores	Stanislav Namașco	Mijuško Bojović	César Meza	Lorenzo Frutos	John Kamara	Shohrux Gadoyev	Alexander Christovão
Neftçi Baku	Dário	Bagaliy Dabo	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	Vangelis Platellas	Mamadou Kane	Soni Mustivar	Mamadou Mbodj	Vojislav Stanković	Saman Nariman Jahan
Qarabağ	Ailton	Vagner	Filip Ozobić	Abdellah Zoubir	Faycal Rherras	Magaye Gueye	Míchel	Owusu Kwabena
Sabah	Kévin Koubemba	Amadou Diallo	Filip Ivanović	Saša Stamenković	Dmytro Bezruk	Ulysse Diallo	Mario Marina	Marko Dević	Julio Rodríguez	Eugeniu Cociuc
Sabail	Erico	Michael Essien	Oleksandr Rybka	Hendrick Ekstein	Peyman Keshavarzi Nazarloo
Sumgayit	Amir Agayev	Peyman Babaei	Mehdi Sharifi	Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov
Zira	Mpho Kgaswane	Chafik Tigroudja	Richard Gadze	Miloš Bakrač	Bojan Zogović	Álvaro Ampuero	Adrian Scarlatache	Alie Sesay	Davit Volkovi	Gheorghe Anton

In bold: Players that capped for their national team.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Gabala	Sanan Gurbanov	Resigned	31 August 2019[7]	8th	Elmar Bakhshiyev (interim)	2 September 2019[8]
Sabah	Elshad Ahmadov	Resigned	16 September 2019	7th	Igor Ponomaryov (interim)	19 September 2019
Zira	Samir Abbasov	Resigned	8 October 2019	6th	Zaur Hashimov	9 October 2019
Sabah	Igor Ponomaryov (interim)	End of interim role	26 November 2019	6th	Željko Sopić	26 November 2019[9]
Neftçi	Roberto Bordin	Resigned	18 January 2020[10]	3rd	Fizuli Mammedov	18 January 2020[11]

Clubs will play each other four times for a total of 28 matches each.