According to Offsideplus.az , one of the last matches of the year, the match between Sabail and Gabala, was refereed by FIFA referee Aliyar Agayev, and the match between Neftchi and Keshla was entrusted to a new international referee Elchin Masiyev.

"Sumgayit" - "Sabah" match was assigned to Ingilab Mammadov, and "Karabakh" - "Zira" match was assigned to Rahim Hasanov.

December 24 (Thursday)

16:00. “Sabail” - “Gabala”
Referees: ALIYAR AGAYEV, Akif Amirali, Javanshir Yusifov, Rovshan Rajabov
Referee-inspector: Ramil Diniyev
AFFA representative: Erkin Huseynov
“ASCO Arena”

16:00. “Sumgayit” - “Sabah”
Referees: INGILAB MAMMADOV, Parvin Talibov, Rahil Ramazanov, Rauf Allahverdiyev
Referee-inspector: Babek Guliyev
AFFA representative: Ilham Aliyev
“Kapital Bank Arena”

16:00. “Garabagh” - “Zira”
Referees: RAHIM HASANOV, Namig Huseynov, Jamil Guliyev, Tural Gurbanov
Referee-inspector: Imankhan Sultani
AFFA representative: Elgiz Abbasov
“Azersun Arena”

18:00. “Neftchi” - “Keshla”
Referees: ELCHIN MASIYEV, Elshad Abdullayev, Kamran Bayramov, Rashad Ahmadov
Referee-inspector: Asim Khudiyev
AFFA representative: Mashallah Ahmadov
“Bakcell Arena”