The 1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League was the seventh season of the Azerbaijan Top League, since their independence from the USSR in August 1991, and was contested by 15 clubs. Kapaz won their second title and Qarabağ and the Azerbaijan U-18 team were relegated. Khazri Buzovna pulled out of the league and dissolved after 8 games, as did Kur Nur at the end of the season.
Teams
Stadia and locations
TeamVenueCapacityAzerbaijan U-18Bakılı BakuShafa Stadium (IV field)8,152Bakı FahlasiIsmat Gayibov Stadium5,000Dinamo BakuTofik Bakhramov Stadium29,858KapazGanja City Stadium26,120Khazri BuzovnaKhazar SumgayitKur NurYashar Mammadzade Stadium5,000MOIK BakuShafa Stadium (IV field)8,152Neftchi BakuTofik Bakhramov Stadium29,858Qarabağ AğdamGuzanli Olympic Stadium115,000Qarabağ BärdäBarda City Stadium10,000ShamkirTuran TovuzTovuz City Stadium10,000Viləş MasallıAnatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium8,000
1Qarabağ played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.Стадион в Гузанлы одобрен ПФЛ
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Nazim AliyevDinamo Baku / Khazar Sumgayit232 Badri KvaratskheliaKapaz203 Farrukh IsmayilovDinamo 14 Vadim VasilyevBakı Fahlasi145 Samir AliyevBakili / MOIK136 Yalçın BağırovQarabağ / Dinamo 10 Vüqar QəmbərovBakili 10 Mushfig HuseynovQarabağ 109 Gurban GurbanovNeftchi910 Ceyhun TanrıverdiyevMOIK / Kapaz8
References
External links Azerbaijan 1997-98 RSSSF APL Stats