Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan

The AFFA was formed on 26 March 1992, after Azerbaijan gained independence from the USSR. On 23 February 2009, the AFFA, along with UEFA vice president Şenes Erzik, unveiled the Azerbaijan Football Academy at Nobel Avenue, Baku. In 2010, the association adopted a new logo. In 2012, the federation held an election with Rovnag Abdullayev being the only candidate. He was elected to serve a second term as head of the AFFA. == Members ==

• President: Rovshan Najaf • Regional Football Federation: Balakishi Gasimov (AFFA Vice-president), Elshad Nasirov (AFFA Vice-president), Sarkhan Hajiyev (AFFA Executive Vice-president) • Professional Football League: Farid Mansurov, Gurban Gurbanov, Khayal Javarov, Magsud Adigozalov, Samad Gurbanov • Sectional Football Federation: Leyla Khalilova Rzazada, Ulvi Mansurov • Public Football Union: Konul Mehtiyeva: (AFFA Vice-president), Zaur Akhundov ==Relationship with FIFA==

The country's football association received a major blow in April 2002, when UEFA imposed a two-year ban in response to a long-standing conflict between the AFFA and majority of the Azerbaijan Premier League clubs. The domestic championship was abandoned as a result of the conflict and the top clubs prevented their players from playing for the national team, with tax officials also probing allegations of fraud at the Azerbaijan federation. ==Principals==

It organizes the following competitions: ;Men's football • Azerbaijan Premier League (or Topaz Premyer Liqası); First league • Azerbaijan First Division (or Birinci Divizion); Second league • Azerbaijan Cup • Azerbaijan Supercup • Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League • AFFA Amateur League ;Women's football • Azerbaijan Women's Football League ==National teams==

The AFFA also organises national football teams representing Azerbaijan at all age levels: ==Sponsorship==

Companies that AFFA currently has sponsorship deals with include: • Topaz - Official sponsor • Bakcell - Official sponsor • Atena - Official sponsor • Unicef - Official sponsor • Coca-Cola - Official sponsor • AccessBank Azerbaijan - Official sponsor • Clear - Official sponsor ==See also==