Azerbaijan - 2017/18 Premyer Liqası

The Azerbaijan Premier League (Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası), currently named Topaz Premyer Liqası after its main sponsor, is the top tier in Azerbaijani club football. The league is contested by 8 teams, in which the season runs from August to May. The winner gets a second round play off spot in the UEFA Champions League.

The Azerbaijan Premier League was first organized in 2007 and succeeded the Top Division (, which existed from 1992 to 2007.

Since 1992, a total of 8 clubs have been crowned champions of the Azerbaijani football system. The current champions are Qarabağ, who won the title in the 2016–17 season for the fifth time.

The 2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League will be the 26th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League. The season began on 11 August 2017 and will end on 19 May 2018. Qarabağ are the defending champions.

Although unconfirmed by the UEFA, it is expected that the winners of the league this season will earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 Champions League, and the second and third placed clubs would earn a place in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 Europa League.

Shuvalan was relegated at the conclusion of the previous season. Sabail were promoted and will participate in the Premier League this season.

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

On August 23rd, 2017, Qarabağ FKthe Azerbaijani football, AKA soccer, team, qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage, being the first ever Azerbaijani football team to achieve such result.

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