2000–01 Azerbaijan Top League

The 2000–01 Azerbaijan Top League was contested by 11 clubs and won by FK Shamkir.

Azerbaijan Top League

Season	2000–01
Champions	Shamkir
Champions League	Shamkir
UEFA Cup	Shafa Baku Neftchi Baku
Top goalscorer	Pasha Aliyev (13)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamkir (C)	20	16	3	1	60	14	+46	51	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round[a]
2	Neftchi Baku	20	16	3	1	57	11	+46	51	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Vilash Masalli	20	11	5	4	24	11	+13	38	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4	Shafa Baku	20	10	1	9	27	26	+1	31	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
5	Turan Tovuz	20	9	3	8	42	28	+14	30
6	Dinamo Bakili Baki	20	9	2	9	30	29	+1	29
7	Hazar Universiteti Baki	20	9	2	9	26	38	−12	29
8	FK Gäncä	20	8	1	11	34	29	+5	25
9	Karabakh Agdam	20	5	4	11	19	34	−15	19
10	Araz Nahchivan	20	3	3	14	14	55	−41	12
11	Shahdagh Guba (R)	20	0	1	19	5	63	−58	1	Relegation to Azerbaijan First Division

Source: Azerbaijan Professional Football league
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Shamkir and Neftchi Baku finished equal on points, and a championship play-off to determine the winner was won by Shamkir.
2. Shafa Baku qualified for the qualifying round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2000–01 Azerbaijan Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	DBB	KUB	GAN	NEF	QAR	SHB	ŞAH	SHA	TUR	MAS
Araz Naxçıvan		0–0	2–0	1–3	0–7	2–1	0–4	3–0[a]	1–5	1–1	1–2
Dinamo Bakili Baku	3–0[b]		1–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–1	2–1	1–4	4–1	2–1
Khazar University	3–1	1–2		3–0	1–4	0–0	1–0	3–0[a]	2–2	1–0	2–0
Ganja	6–0	1–2	7–1		1–3	2–1	2–3	3–0[a]	0–3	2–1	0–0
Neftçi Baku	6–0	1–1	7–2	1–0		3–0[b]	3–1	3–0[a]	1–1	5–1	1–0
Qarabağ	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–4		1–3	3–0[a]	0–1	2–5	0–1
Shafa Baku	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1		3–0[a]	1–4	0–0	1–0
Shahdagh Guba	0–1	0–3[a]	0–2	0–3[a]	0–3	1–1	1–4		0–3[a]	0–3[a]	0–3[a]
Şəmkir	8–0	3–1	5–0	2–1	2–0	5–1	2–1	10–1		1–0	0–1
Turan	7–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	3–0[b]	5–0	4–1	1–2		0–0
Viləş FK	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0[a]	1–1	4–1

Source: APL: Yüksək dəstə - 2000-01
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Match rated as walkover due to the withdrawal of Shahdagh Guba.
2. Walkover.

Championship play-off

15 May 2001

FK Shamkir	1–0	PFC Neftchi Baku
Asadov 21' (o.g.)

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Pasha Aliyev	Dinamo Baku	13
2	Khagani Mammadov	Shamkir	12
3	Farrukh Ismayilov	Neftchi	11
4	Viktor Kulikov	Shamkir	9
	Mushfig Huseynov	Neftchi	9
	Nadir Nabiyev	Turan Tovuz	9
7	Giorgi Kilasonia	Turan Tovuz	8
8	Badri Kvaratskhelia	Shamkir	7
	Kamal Guliyev	Neftchi	7
	İlham Allahyarov	Araz Nahchivan	6