Country Azerbaijan Level on pyramid 2 | Number of teams 14 Relegation to AFFA Amateur League | |
Founded 1992; 25 years ago (1992) Promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League | ||
The Azerbaijan First Division (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The division is run by AFFA.
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History
Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Azerbaijan clubs of the former Soviet Premier Division and Soviet First Division conformed a single Azerbaijan Premier League, 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
CBC currently own all the rights to broadcast the season's games on terrestrial TV. In Azerbaijan, the First Division games is also available on CBC Sport.