It started on 26 October 2011 with five games of the Premiliary Round and ended in May 2012 with the final.
FC Inter Baku were the defending champions.
Twenty-two teams were scheduled to compete in the competition.
[2] The five winners from the preliminary round joined the remaining eleven teams of the 2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League in this round and played against each other over one game.
The four quarterfinal winners were drawn into two two-legged semifinal ties.