| Teams: | 10 |
| Promotion: | Premier League |
| Relegation: | Second League |
| Levels: | 2 |
| Pyramid: | Azerbaijani football league system |
| Domest Cup: | Azerbaijan Cup |
| Champions: | Araz-Naxçıvan (2nd title) |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Tv: | CBC Sport |
| Website: | PFL |
| Current: | 2023–24 Azerbaijan First Division |
The Azerbaijan First League (Azerbaijani: I Liqa) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The league is run by AFFA. The winner promotes to Premier Division.
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.
The First League currently consists of 10 teams. All teams play each other three times. [1]
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Araz Saatlı | Saatly | Saatly Olympic Sport Complex | 1,000 |
| Difai Ağsu | Agsu | Agsu City Stadium | 3,000 |
| İmişli | Imishli | Heydar Aliyev Stadium | 8,500 |
| İrəvan | Baku | 8,125 | |
| Karvan | Yevlakh | Yevlakh City Stadium | 5,000 |
| Qaradağ Lökbatan | Baku | Lökbatan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | 2,500 |
| Mingəçevir | Mingachevir | Yashar Mammadzade Stadium | 5,000 |
| MOİK | Baku | Bine Stadium | 600 |
| Şamaxı | Shamakhi | Shamakhi City Stadium | 2,200 |
| Zaqatala | Zaqatala | Zaqatala City Stadium | 3,500 |
CBC Sport currently own all the rights to broadcast the season's games on terrestrial TV.[3] [4] [5] In Azerbaijan, the First League games is also available on CBC Sport and on special youtube channel.