The winner of the 2025-2026 season in the top division (Premier League) of the National Football Championship became known with 4 rounds remaining: "Sabah" secured the gold medals early with 72 points.
Medianews.az reports that it is also known that "Qarabağ", who has collected 59 points, will finish at least third.
"Turan Tovuz" has 56, "Neftçi" 47, "Zirə" 46, "Araz-Nakhchivan" 40, "Sumqayıt" 38, "Shamakhy" 35, "Imishly" 29, "Kəpəz" 21, "Qəbələ" 20, "Karvan-Yevlax" 14 points.
"Sabah" will start from the first round of the UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 season.
The start for the national cup winner is planned in the first round of the Europa League, for the bronze medalist in the first round of the Conference League, and for the silver medalist in the second round.
"Sabah" and "Zirə" have advanced to the final of the Azerbaijan Cup 2025-2026 season. If the champion "Sabah" also wins the cup, the silver medalist will represent the country in the Europa League. In this case, the team finishing fourth in the championship will compete alongside the bronze medalist in the Conference League.
The team finishing last will leave the Premier League, and the team in the penultimate position will face the runner-up of the lower league to try to stay in the Premier League.
If two or more teams have equal points, the following criteria will be considered: number of wins; goal difference; number of goals; results of the matches played between the teams; goal difference in the matches played between the teams (away goals are not considered); the least official warnings (yellow and red cards). If these criteria are still equal, the winner will be determined by drawing lots.
Since 1992, "Qarabağ" has been the national champion 12 times, "Neftçi" 9 times, "Kəpəz" 3 times, "Shəmkir", "Bakı" and "Inter" (now "Shamakhy") 2 times, and "Turan" (Tovuz), "Khazar Lankaran", and "Sabah" once each.