2016–17 Azerbaijan First Division
# 2016–17 Azerbaijan First Division

The 2016–17 Azerbaijan First Division was the 25th season of the second level of football in Azerbaijan. Neftchala FK were the defending champions.

## Teams

No team was promoted from the 2015–16 season, whilst Ravan Baku dropped back to the First Division. Reigning champions Neftchala, along with Baku both didn't participate in this season.

### Stadia and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ağsu | Agsu | Agsu City Stadium | 3,000 |
| Bakılı | Baku | Zirə Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | 1,500 |
| Energetik | Mingachevir | Yashar Mammadzade Stadium | 5,000 |
| Göyəzən | Qazakh | Qazakh City Stadium | 5,000 |
| Mil-Muğan | Imishli | Heydar Aliyev Stadium | 8,500 |
| MOIK | Baku | MOIK Stadium | 3,000 |
| Qaradağ Lökbatan | Lökbatan | Lökbatan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | 2,000 |
| Ravan | Baku | Bayil Stadium | 5,000 |
| Şərurspor | Baku | Bayil Stadium | 5,000 |
| Səbail | Baku | Bayil Stadium | 5,000 |
| Şahdağ | Qusar | Şövkət Orduxanov Stadium | 3,000 |
| Şəmkir | Şəmkir | Shamkir City Stadium | 11,500 |
| Turan | Tovuz | Tovuz City Stadium | 6,800 |
| Zaqatala | Zaqatala | Zaqatala City Stadium | 3,500 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Turan Tovuz | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 62 | 11 | +51 | 61 | Promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League |
| 2 | Səbail | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 80 | 25 | +55 | 57 | |
| 3 | Ağsu | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 21 | +42 | 53 | |
| 4 | Qaradağ Lökbatan | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 52 | |
| 5 | Zaqatala | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 49 | |
| 6 | Şəmkir | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 48 | |
| 7 | Mil-Muğan | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 44 | |
| 8 | MOIK Baku | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 36 | |
| 9 | Şahdağ | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 30 | |
| 10 | Şərurspor | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 25 | |
| 11 | Energetik | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 86 | −61 | 20 | |
| 12 | Bakili | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 30 | 99 | −69 | 11 | |
| 13 | Ravan | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 24 | 70 | −46 | 10 | |
| 14 | Göyəzən | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 99 | −79 | 10 | |

* ↑ Ravan deducted 9 points

### Results

| Home \ Away | AGU | BKL | ENG | ATM | ARZ | MOI | QAD | RAV | SAB | SER | ABB | SHA | TUR | ZAG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ağsu | | 7–0 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Bakili | 0–0 | | 2–4 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 3–6 |
| Energetik | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–7 | 0–0 |
| Göyəzən | 0–6 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 3–7 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–7 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 |
| Mil-Muğan | 2–0 | 4–1 | 8–1 | 6–2 | | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| MOIK Baku | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Qaradağ | 3–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Ravan Baku | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 |
| Səbail | 1–1 | 11–3 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Şərurspor | 0–3 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | | 2–3 | | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 4–3 |
| Şahdağ | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Şəmkir | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Turan-T | 0–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 |
| Zaqatala | 3–1 | 5–1 | 10–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
