The 2011-12

Azerbaijan First Division The Azerbaijan First Division ( az, Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The division is run by AFFA. No teams are promoted to Premier Division. History Due to the disso ...

is the second-level of football in

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. Fourteen teams participated in Azerbaijani First Division in 2011-12.

Teams

At the end of the

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

season, champions FC Absheron and runners-up was initially must be promoted but due financial difficulties, FC Absheron became defunct, while

FK Mughan Mughan FK ( az, Muğan Futbol Klubu) was an Azerbaijani football club, based in Salyan.. The club reached the Azerbaijan Premier League for the first time in 2008–2009. The club was first promoted after FK Masallı withdrew for the 2008/09 ...

was demoted to first division and replaced by Sumgayit City F.C. A further three places were given to Taraggi FC,

Lokomotiv-Bilajary FK Lokomotiv-Bilajary FK ( az, Lokomotiv-Biləcəri Futbol Klubu), was an Azerbaijani football club based in Biləcəri, Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea an ...

and

Həkəri FK Həkəri FK ( az, Həkəri Futbol Klubu), also known as FK Hakari, was an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku and home games played in Sumqayit, even though it represents the city of Qubadlı, which is controlled by Nagorno-Karabakh Republic ...

, who will be debutantes from this season. In November 2011,

' owners announced that club will be dissolved and all of their results in

will be annulled. On 10 April 2012, FK Qaradağ sealed promotion to league after winning first division. However, due decision of

Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA; az, Azərbaycan Futbol Federasiyaları Assosiasiyası, AFFA) is the governing body of football in Azerbaijan. Formed in 1992, it is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amate ...

about licensing, no clubs from division will be promoted which means all clubs from last season will be remaining in the league.

League table

Results

References

External links

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