The 2008–09
Azerbaijan First Division
The Azerbaijan First Division ( az, Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football (soccer), football. The division is run by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, AFFA. ...
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 ...
. The season started on 6 September 2009 with eight teams participating in the league.
NBC Salyan were the defending champions.
ABN Bärdä
ABN Barda was an Azerbaijani football club from Barda, Azerbaijan.
History
In 2007, ABN Bärdä became the 14th club in the Azerbaijani top flight following a special ruling by the AFFA. The team is being coached by Ali Guliyev for the 2008/09 ...
won the league, with
Shahdag finishing as runners up. Both teams were due to be promoted to the
Azerbaijan Premier League
The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, 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 conteste ...
, but due to the
AFFA's license policy, neither teams were.
Schedule
Each team played each other four times, twice at home and twice away, with the season started on 6 September 2008 and finished on 16 May 2009. There were no games between 7 December 2008 and 15 February 2009, due to the annual winter break.
Teams
Stadia and locations
:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
League table
Top goalscorers
Last updated: 17 May 2009; Source:''
www.football-plus.az
;15 goals
* Vasif Aliyev ''(
ANSAD-Petrol)''
* Zahid Talibov ''(
FK Shahdag)''
;14 goals
* Bahruz Ismayilov ''(Qafqaz University FK)''
See also
*
2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League
The 2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 17th season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Inter Baku were the defending champions, having won the ...
*
2008–09 Azerbaijan Cup
The Azerbaijan Cup 2008–09 was the 17th season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan. It started on 17 September 2008 with two games of Preliminary Round and ended on 23 May 2009 with the Final held at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
The Tofiq ...
References
External links
pfl.az*
AFFA
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Azerbaijan First Division seasons
2008–09 in Azerbaijani football
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