| Competition: | Azerbaijan Premier League |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Winners: | FK Baku (2nd title) |
| Relegated: | Bakılı Baku MOIK Baku |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | FK Baku |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Inter Baku Simurq Zaqatala Karabakh (via domestic cup) |
| League Topscorer: | Walter Guglielmone (17) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Baku 7–0 Turan |
| Biggest Away Win: | Bakılı Baku 0–7 Baku |
| Highest Scoring: | Baku 7–0 Turan MOIK 1–6 Olimpik Bakılı Baku 0–7 Baku |
| Matches: | 182 |
| Total Goals: | 443 |
| Prevseason: | 2007–08 |
| Nextseason: | 2009–10 |
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 previous season.
FK Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit and ABN Bärdä were relegated after finishing the previous season in 13th and 14th place, respectively. They were replaced by the champions of the two groups in the Azerbaijan First Division, Bakılı Baku and MOIK Baku.
On 8 July 2008, FK Masallı withdrew their participation from the league, citing competitional and financial problems as reasons.[1] Although it was unclear as of 21 July if the Azerbaijan Football Federation would be naming a substitute or if the championship would start with just 13 teams, shortly thereafter AFFA named FK NBC Salyan to replace Masallı in top league.[2]
On 31 October 2008, FK NBC Salyan changed their name to FK Mughan.[3]
| Team | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakılı Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,150 | |
| FK Baku | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | 29,858 | |
| Inter Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,150 | |
| Karabakh | Guzanli Olympic Stadium1 | 2,000 | |
| Karvan | Yevlakh Stadium | 5,000 | |
| Khazar Lankaran | Lankaran City Stadium | 15,000 | |
| MOIK Baku | MOIK Stadium | 1,000 | |
| Mughan | Salyany Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | 3,000 | |
| Neftchi Baku | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | 29,858 | |
| Olimpik Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,150 | |
| FK Qäbälä | Gabala City Stadium | 2,000 | |
| Simurq Zaqatala | Zaqatala City Stadium | 3,000 | |
| Standard Baku | Shafa Stadium | 8,150 | |
| Turan Tovuz | Tovuz City Stadium | 6,000 |
1Karabakh played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.[4]
| Team | Head coach | Team captain | Club chairman | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakılı Baku |  Bakhtiyar Gulamov | Vasif Aliyev | Misir Abilov | |
| FK Baku | Gjoko Hadžievski | Rafael Amirbekov | Hafiz Mammadov | |
| Inter Baku |  Valentin Khodukin | Khagani Mammadov | Georgi Nikolov | |
| Karabakh | Gurban Gurbanov | Farhad Veliyev | Abdulbari Goozal | |
| Karvan | vacant | Ilham Yadullayev | Javanshir Shiraliyev | |
| Khazar Lankaran | Igor Ponomarev | Dmitry Kramarenko | Mübariz Mensimov | |
| MOIK Baku | Akif Ibadov | Ismail Mammadov | Safar Abiyev | |
| Mughan | Vladislav Gadyrov | Tarlan Khalilov | Fizuli Aliyev | |
| Neftchi Baku | Boyukaga Agaev | Zaur Tagizade | Akper Hajiyev | |
| Olimpik Baku | Asker Abdullayev | Tarlan Akhmedov | Rasul Rasulov | |
| FK Qäbälä | Ramiz Mammadov | Kanan Karimov | Taleh Heydarov | |
| Simurq Zaqatala | Roman Pokora | Mykhailo Starostyak | Zaur Mammadov | |
| Standard Baku | Rafik Mirzoyev | Huseyn Mahammadov | Emin Babayev | |
| Turan Tovuz | Etimad Gurbanov |  Asaf Gadiri | Rashid Maherramov |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Baku |  Badri Kvaratskhelia | Resigned | 20 April 2009[5] | Rafik Mirzoyev | 20 April 2009 |
| Mughan | Nadir Gasymov | Sacked | 5 May 2009[6] | Vladislav Gadirov | 20 April 2009[7] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[8] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Guglielmone | Inter | 17 | |
| 2 | Ivan Tsvetkov | Khazar | 15 | |
| 3 | Volodymyr Mazyar | Simurq | 11 | |
| Amiran Mujiri | Baku | 11 | ||
| 5 | Leandro Gomes | Olimpik Baku | 10 | |
| Angel Gutierrez | Standard | 10 | ||
| 7 | Victor Igbekoyi | Qarabağ/Turan | 8 | |
 Farzad Hatami | Gabala | 8 | ||
 Rômulo | Khazar | 8 | ||
| 10 | Bakhtiyar Soltanov | Baku | 7 |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farzad Hatami | Gabala | MOIK | 3–0 | [9] |
| Ivan Tsvetkov4 | Khazar | MOIK | 4–0 | [10] |
| Leandro Gomes | Olimpik Baku | Bakılı | 4–0 | [11] |
| Bakhtiyar Soltanov | Baku | Bakılı | 3–1 | [12] |
| Victor Igbekoi | Turan | Karvan | 4–0 | [13] |
| Walter Guglielmone | Inter | MOIK | 3–0 | [14] |
| Nariman Äzimov | Olimpik Baku | MOIK | 6–1 | [15] |