Neftchi, which has been enjoying the championship for two years in a row, wanted to repeat its success. For this reason , legionnaires such as Nicolas Canales , J ulius Wobay , Eric Ramos , Bruno Bertucci were involved in the team .    

As last season, the flagship still managed to beat all rivals in the qualifying round. The 8: 1 victory over "Sumgayit" was one of the highlights.  

Neftchi started the final with a loss of points . After the draw with "Baku" (1: 1), the flagship was waiting for the main rivals in the fight for the championship - "Inter" and "Karabakh" . Having won the away match against Inter with a minimum score, the "whites and blacks" lost at home to the representative of Agdam - 1: 2. Nevertheless, the "Phoenix" (1: 0), "Gabala" (2: 1) and "Inter" (2: 0) defeated "Neftchi", " Karabakh", the 2: 1 win by winning the end of the 3 rounds before came even closer to the championship . However, on May 9, the "oilmen", who did not know "Simurg" again (1: 1) at home, won 1 point (1: 1) 5 days later in Gabala with the team of the same name . The title won one round before the end was the third in a row, and the eighth in the history of "Neftchi" .