The Azerbaijan First Division ( az, Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional

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. The division is run by AFFA. No teams are promoted to

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History

Due to the

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, all Azerbaijan clubs of the former Soviet Premier Division and Soviet First Division conformed a single

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, which meant that the new second tier of Azerbaijan football would remain regionalized. For the first two seasons three regional groups conformed the second tier, until in 1994 the single table in use today began to be used.

Competition format

The First Division currently consists of 14 teams. All teams play each other two times.

Media coverage

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In Azerbaijan, the First Division games is