2018 Uzbekistan Super League

Uzbekistan Super League
Season 2018
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The 2018 Uzbekistan Super League (known as the Pepsi Uzbekistan Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the 27th season of top level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. Lokomotiv Tashkent are the defending champions from the 2017 campaign.[1]

Teams

Location of teams in 2018 Uzbekistan Super League

On 21 November 2017 according to UzPFL management decision the Uzbek League was officially renamed to Uzbekistan Super League starting from 2018 season. The number of teams playing in top division of Uzbek football is reduced from 16 to 12.[2]

The draw for the 2018 Super League season was held on 3 February 2018. The first matchday is scheduled for 1 March 2018.[3]

Sementchi, the winner of 2017 Uzbekistan First League will not participate in new Super League season. The club failed to pass licensing procedures like Mash'al Mubarek.[4] These both clubs have bee replaced by Neftchi Farg'ona and Sogdiana Jizzakh which according to 2017 season have been relegated to First League.

Club Coach Location Stadium Capacity Kit sponsor
AGMK Russia Viktor Kumykov Olmaliq AGMK Stadium 12,000 Adidas
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan Mirjalol Qosimov Tashkent Bunyodkor Stadium 34,000 Jako
Bukhoro Uzbekistan Ulughbek Baqayev Bukhara Bukhara Arena 22,700 Macron
Kokand 1912 Uzbekistan Numon Hasanov Kokand Kokand Stadium 10,500 Joma
Lokomotiv Russia Andrey Fyodorov Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 Joma
Metallurg Uzbekistan Andrey Shipilov Bekabad Metallurg Stadium 15,000 Joma
Nasaf Uzbekistan Ruziqul Berdiyev Qarshi Qarshi Markazi Stadium 16,000 Adidas
Navbahor Uzbekistan Ilkhom Muminjonov Namangan Namangan Markazi Stadium 22,000 Jako
Neftchi Uzbekistan Sergey Kovshov Ferghana Istiqlol Stadium 20,000 Joma
Pakhtakor Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 Adidas
Sogdiana Russia Sergey Lushan Jizzakh Soghdiana Stadium 11,650 Joma
Qizilqum Uzbekistan Hamidjon Aktamov Zarafshan Progress Stadium 12,500 Joma

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to eight per USL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 AFC Player
AGMK Serbia Miloš Trifunović Serbia Vladimir Bubanja Serbia Jovan Djokic Belarus Vladislav Kosmynin Kyrgyzstan Pavel Matyash
Bunyodkor Serbia Filip Rajevac
Bukhara Belarus Sergey Rusetsky Russia Vlad Larinov Moldova Vadim Cemirtan Turkmenistan Arslanmyrat Amanow
Kokand 1912 Serbia Darko Gojkovic Serbia Milan Spremo Serbia Marko Milic
Lokomotiv Tashkent Georgia (country) Kakha Makharadze Serbia Igor Jelić Russia Nikolai Pogrebnyak
Metallurg Bekabad Russia Andrei Shipilov Tajikistan Zoir Juraboev
Nasaf Tajikistan Jahongir Aliev
Navbahor Serbia Darko Stanojević Serbia Tomislav Pajović Montenegro Darko Nikač Russia Igor Golban
Neftchi Ferghana
Pakhtakor Montenegro Marko Simić Guinea-Bissau Isma Brazil Tiago Bezerra Serbia Dragan Ceran
Soghdiana Lithuania Darvydas Sernas Serbia Miloš Simonović South Korea Kim Dong-hee
Qizilqum Georgia (country) Elgujja Grigalashvili Georgia (country) Giorgi Kvesieshvili Serbia Nemanja Jovanovic Russia Yevgeni Cheremisin Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
MetallurgUzbekistan Rustam MirsodikovResigned25 December 2017Pre-seasonUzbekistan Andrey Shipilov25 December 2017[5]
SogdianaUzbekistan Igor ShkvyrinResigned27 December 2017Pre-seasonUzbekistan Alexander Mochinov27 December 2017
NeftchiUzbekistan Vadim Abramov27 December 2017Pre-seasonUzbekistan Sergey Kovshov27 January 2018
SogdianaUzbekistan Alexander MochinovSacked7 April 201812thRussia Sergey Lushan7 April 2018[6]
LokomotivUzbekistan Andrey MiklyaevResigned19 April 201810thRussia Andrey Fyodorov19 April 2018[7]

Regular stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pakhtakor 22 14 5 3 36 12 +24 47 Qualification to Championship Round
2 Lokomotiv 22 11 7 4 35 21 +14 40
3 Bunyodkor 22 12 4 6 35 26 +9 40
4 Navbahor 22 11 4 7 29 18 +11 37
5 Metallurg 22 9 6 7 24 29 −5 33
6 Bukhoro 22 10 2 10 23 28 −5 32
7 Kokand 1912 22 7 7 8 21 20 +1 28 Relegation Round
8 AGMK 22 7 5 10 26 28 −2 26
9 Nasaf 22 6 8 8 21 28 −7 26
10 Qizilqum 22 7 2 13 20 29 −9 23
11 Sogdiana 22 4 5 13 17 32 −15 17
12 Neftchi 22 2 9 11 12 28 −16 15
Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Championship round

Teams keep records from regular stage (10 matches) against championship round opponents.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lokomotiv 13 8 3 2 20 12 +8 27 Qualification to the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Pakhtakor 13 7 3 3 21 8 +13 24 Qualification to the 2019 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
3 Navbahor 13 6 3 4 16 12 +4 21
4 Bunyodkor 13 6 2 5 21 16 +5 20
5 Metallurg 13 2 4 7 8 23 −15 10
6 Bukhoro 13 2 1 10 10 25 −15 7
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2018. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Relegation round

Teams keep records from regular stage (10 matches) against relegation round opponents.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Qizilqum 13 7 2 4 17 14 +3 23
8 AGMK 13 6 4 3 17 12 +5 22
9 Nasaf 13 5 5 3 13 11 +2 20
10 Kokand 1912 13 3 5 5 11 10 +1 14
11 Sogdiana 13 3 4 6 13 17 −4 13 Relegation play-off
12 Neftchi 13 3 4 6 9 16 −7 13 Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2018. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 12 May 2018
# Player Club Goals
1 Guinea-Bissau Esmaël Gonçalves Pakhtakor 12
2 Uzbekistan Jovlon Ibrokhimov Bunyodkor 10
Brazil Tiago Bezerra Pakhtakor 10
4 Uzbekistan Marat Bikmaev Lokomotiv 9
5 Serbia Jovan Đokić AGMK 8
Uzbekistan Murod Kholmukhamedov Kokand 1912 8
7 Uzbekistan Zokhid Abdullaev Metallurg 7
Georgia (country) Elgujja Grigalashvili Qizilqum 7
9 Uzbekistan Sardor Rashidov Lokomotiv 6
Uzbekistan Islombek Isoqjonov Metallurg 6

Source: Soccerway

References

  1. ↑ Uzbekistan 2018, RSSSF.com
  2. ↑ "Высшая и Первая лиги Узбекистана сменят названия" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2017-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Когда начнется Суперлига-2018?" (in Russian). Championat.asia. 2018-02-03.
  4. ↑ "ФФУ объявила список команд, которые примут участие в Суперлиге" (in Russian). Uzdaily.uz. 2018-01-25.
  5. ↑ "Андрей Шипилов встал у руля "Металлурга"" (in Russian). sports.uz. 2017-12-26.
  6. ↑ "Официально. Сергей Лущан - главный тренер "Согдианы"" (in Russian). Championat.asia. 2018-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Андрей Микляев покинул пост главного тренера «Локомотива»" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2018-04-19.
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