2017 Uzbek League

The 2017 Uzbek League was the 26th season of top level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. Lokomotiv Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2016 campaign.

Uzbek League
Season2017
ChampionsLokomotiv
RelegatedDinamo
Sogdiana
Neftchi
Shurtan
Obod
Champions LeagueLokomotiv
Nasaf Qarshi
Top goalscorerMarat Bikmaev (27)
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Teams

Dinamo
Tashkent
Metallurg
Nasaf
Qizilqum
Navbahor
Neftchi
Olmaliq
Sogdiana
Mash'al
Kokand 1912
Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Pakhtakor
Obod
Location of teams in 2017 Uzbek League

Navbahor Namangan remained for the 2017 Uzbek League after winning in the relegation play-off match with Naryn. Obod Tashkent was promoted to the 2016 League as the 2015 First League winner. The draw for the 2016 season was held on 20 December 2016. The first matchday is scheduled for 3 March 2017.

Club Coach Location Stadium Capacity Kit sponsor
Bunyodkor Mirjalol Qosimov Tashkent Bunyodkor Stadium 34,000 Jako
Bukhoro Ulugbek Bakaev Bukhoro Bukhoro Arena 22,700 Macron
Dinamo Oleg Tyulkin Samarkand Dinamo Stadium 16,000
Kokand 1912 Numon Khasanov Kokand Kokand Stadium 10,500 Joma
Lokomotiv Andrey Miklyaev Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 Joma
Mash'al Alexander Khomyakov Muborak Bahrom Vafoev Stadium 10,000 Patrick
Metallurg Rustam Mirsodiqov Bekabad Metallurg Stadium 15,000 Joma
Nasaf Qarshi Ruziqul Berdiev Qarshi Qarshi Stadium 14,750 Adidas
Navbahor Ilkhom Muminjonov Namangan Navbahor Stadium 22,000 Jako
Neftchi Vadim Abramov Farghona Istiqlol Stadium 20,000 Joma
Obod Andriy Demchenko Tashkent JAR Stadium 8,450 Nike
Olmaliq FK Viktor Kumykov Olmaliq Olmaliq SM Stadium 12,000 Adidas
Pakhtakor Shota Arveladze Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 Adidas
Qizilqum Yuriy Lukin Zarafshon Yoshlar Stadium 12,500 Joma
Sogdiana Davron Fayziev Jizzakh Sogdiana Stadium 11,650 Joma
Shurtan Genadiy Kochnev Ghuzor Ghuzor Stadium 7,000 Joma

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Olmaliq Igor ShkvyrinSacked15 December 2016Pre-season Viktor Kumykov15 December 2016[1]
Obod Jafar IrismetovResigned19 December 2016Pre-season Rauf Inileev19 December 2016
Bukhoro Jamshid SaidovSacked26 January 2017Pre-season Ulugbek Bakaev26 January 2017[2]
Shurtan Ikhtiyor KarimovEnd of caretaker spell2 February 2017Pre-season Alexander Volkov2 February 2017
Dinamo Ilkhom SharipovResigned10 February 2017Pre-season Edgar Gess10 February 2017
Dinamo Edgar GessResigned10 February 2017Pre-season Oleg Tyulkin10 February 2017
Obod Rauf InileevSacked4 March 2017Pre-season Andriy Demchenko4 March 2017
Shurtan Alexander VolkovSacked2 April 201715th Ikhtiyor Karimov (interim)2 April 2017[3]
Pakhtakor Grigory KolosovskySacked6 April 20178th Ravshan Khaydarov6 April 2017[4]
Pakhtakor Ravshan KhaydarovSacked26 April 201713th Jasur Abduraimov26 April 2017[5]
Bunyodkor Sergey LushanSacked5 May 2017 Mirjalol Qosimov5 May 2017[6]
Neftchi Andrey FyodorovSacked5 June 201715th Vadim Abramov5 June 2017[7]
Pakhtakor Jasur Abduraimovend of caretaker spell22 June 20177th Shota Arveladze22 June 2017[8]
Shurtan Genadiy KochnevEnd of caretaker spell26 July 201715th Edgar Gess26 July 2017
Shurtan Edgar GessResigned2 August 201715th Genadiy Kochnev (interim)2 August 2017

Foreign players
Further information: List of foreign football players in Uzbekistan

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

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former players
AGMK Uladzislaw Kasmynin Igor Jelić Graham Smith Farhat Musabekov Shota Grigalashvili
Lokomotiv Kakhi Makharadze Mohamed Kone Olabiran Muyiwa Gnohere Krizo
Dinamo Radu Rogac Adnan Orahovac
Pakhtakor Gidi Kanyuk Marko Simić Tiago Queiroz Bezerra Rostyn Griffiths Adnan Orahovac Jurica Buljat
Mash'al Mubarek Igor Tymonyuk Vladyslav Pavlenko Tomoki Muramatsu Umedzhon Sharipov
FC Buxoro Ivor Weitzer Kirill Pasichnik Volodymyr Bayenko
FC Bunyodkor Vadim Cemirtan Dusan Micic
Navbahor Nemanja Jovanovic Darko Stanojević
Neftchi Fergana Terentiy Lutsevich Syarhey Kantsavy Dzmitry Kamarowski
FC Obod
Metallurg Bekabad
Nasaf Igor Golban Dragan Ceran
FC Shurtan Guzar Oleksandr Pyschur
Kokand 1912 Darko Gojkovic Filip Rajevac
Sogdiana Jizzakh
Qizilqum Zarafshon Andriy Derkach Maxim Iurcu Artur Geworkyan

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lokomotiv (C) 30 22 4 4 67 20 +47 70 Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Nasaf 30 20 2 8 58 18 +40 62 Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
3 Pakhtakor 30 18 5 7 44 28 +16 59
4 Bunyodkor 30 14 10 6 47 29 +18 52
5 Navbahor 30 12 10 8 40 37 +3 46
6 Bukhoro 30 13 7 10 42 40 +2 46
7 Mashal 30 12 8 10 37 31 +6 44
8 Olmaliq 30 12 8 10 31 32 −1 44
9 Kokand 1912 30 11 8 11 42 47 −5 41
10 Metallurg 30 12 4 14 40 39 +1 40
11 Qizilqum 30 9 10 11 31 40 −9 37
12 Dinamo Samarqand (R) 30 8 8 14 21 35 −14 32 Relegation to Lower Division
13 Sogdiana (R) 30 8 7 15 33 51 −18 31
14 Shurtan (R) 30 8 3 19 28 52 −24 27
15 Neftchi (R) 30 6 9 15 23 48 −25 27
16 Obod (R) 30 2 3 25 15 52 −37 9
Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2017. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 25 November 2017
# Player Club Goals (Pen)
1 Marat Bikmaev Lokomotiv 27 (6)
2 Dragan Ćeran Nasaf 19 (4)
3 Dostonbek Khamdamov Bunyodkor 14 (1)
Sanzhar Rashidov Sogdiana 14 (3)
5 Igor Sergeev Pakhtakor 13 (3)
6 Zokhir Abdullaev Metalurg Bekabad 12 (0)
7 Sukhrob Berdiev Kokand 1912 11 (0)

Source: Soccerway

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