Uzbekistan Super League
Uzbekistan Super League (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Superligasi / Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons (Uzbek: Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси),[1] is the top division of professional football in Uzbekistan. It is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Professional Football League and Uzbekistan Football Association. It was founded in 1992 and currently played with 14 teams. The top three teams get a chance to compete in the AFC Champions League.
| Organising body | Uzbekistan Football League, Uzbekistan Football Association |
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| Founded | 1992 |
| Country | Uzbekistan |
| Confederation | AFC |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Uzbekistan Pro League |
| Domestic cup(s) | Uzbekistan Cup Uzbekistan Super Cup Uzbekistan League Cup Uzbekistan PFL Cup |
| International cup(s) | AFC Champions League (since 2002) AFC Cup (2009—2012) Asian Cup Winners' Cup (1994—2002) CIS Cup (1993—2011) |
| Current champions | Pakhtakor (12th title) (2019) |
| Most championships | Pakhtakor (12 titles) |
| TV partners | NTRCU Sport |
| Website | pfl.uz the-ufa.com |
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History
The Uzbek League was founded in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its domestic league, the Soviet Top League. The league is known locally as the Higher League with relegation to the First League.
17 clubs took part in the inaugural campaign. Before the league was formed, there was a domestic competition, but top club sides playing in the Soviet Union league system did not take part and therefore could not be crowned Uzbek champions.
The first season in 1992 saw the title shared by Pakhtakor Tashkent and Neftchi.
League winners between 1992 and 2011 were invited to play in the Russian hosted Commonwealth of Independent States Cup. League champions also qualified for the AFC Champions League from the 1994–95 Asian Club Championship onwards. This competition from 2008 on would feature the Uzbekistan Cup winners and possibly more teams from the league system depending on the allocation granted by the Asian Football Confederation at the time. This also had the possibility that members club could play in the AFC Cup which is generally a competition for developing nations. Participation in the Asian Cup Winner's Cup was also played between 1993 and the last competition in 2001–02.
Thus far, only Nasaf Qarshi have won any silverware, winning the 2011 AFC Cup in which they also hosted the final. Pakhtakor Tashkent did however win the IFA Shield when invited by India in 1993 and also later went on to win the 2007 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, the first and only victory for a club side from Uzbekistan.
League system
The league is generally played between March to November in the calendar year and has occasionally had the Super Cup as a curtain raiser to the domestic campaign. Teams play each other on a home and away basis. Two or three teams can be relegated depending on the number of sides participating which has in the past been between 17 and 14 sides. Occasionally no sides would be promoted from the First League, due to reserve teams winning the championships. Reserve clubs are not allowed to feature in the top flight but can play at any level up to First League. On these occasions, clubs can be relegated without any promoted sides making the next campaign feature less sides than before.
League winners enter the next edition of the AFC Champions League along with the winners of the Uzbekistan Cup.
On 21 November 2017 according to the 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]
Ranking
As of July 2019[3]
| Ranking | Member Association | Total Points | FIFA Points | Club Points | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||
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| 2019 | 2018 | Mvmt | Points | (0%) | Points | (100%) | ||||||
| 1 | 1 |  |  | 100.000 | 1317 | 0.000 | 65.367 | 100.000 | 9.850 | 16.200 | 24.567 | 14.750 |
| 2 | 2 | |  | 97.118 | 1258 | 0.000 | 63.483 | 97.118 | 8.233 | 19.850 | 13.400 | 22.000 |
| 3 | 3 | |  | 91.636 | 1405 | 0.000 | 59.900 | 91.636 | 10.850 | 18.350 | 9.950 | 20.750 |
| 4 | 4 | |  | 89.571 | 1481 | 0.000 | 58.550 | 89.571 | 10.500 | 18.850 | 16.200 | 13.000 |
| 5 | 5 | |  | 88.73 | 1414 | 0.000 | 58.000 | 88.730 | 11.800 | 13.850 | 21.850 | 10.500 |
| 6 | 6 | |  | 75.65 | 1335 | 0.000 | 49.450 | 75.65 | 11.350 | 10.000 | 18.600 | 9.500 |
| 7 | 7 | |  | 66.930 | 1309 | 0.000 | 43.750 | 66.930 | 6.300 | 8.100 | 11.350 | 18.000 |
| 8 | 8 | |  | 57.062 | 1160 | 0.000 | 37.300 | 57.062 | 5.050 | 16.200 | 15.050 | 1.000 |
| 9 | 9 | |  | 54.613 | 1271 | 0.000 | 35.699 | 54.613 | 8.300 | 8.633 | 8.933 | 9.833 |
| 10 | 10 | |  | 50.790 | 1251 | 0.000 | 33.200 | 50.790 | 9.000 | 9.400 | 5.050 | 9.750 |
| 11 | 11 | | .svg.png){kind=small} | 45.589 | 1436 | 0.000 | 29.800 | 45.589 | 2.600 | 7.300 | 5.900 | 14.000 |
| 12 | 12 | |  | 34.823 | 1171 | 0.000 | 22.763 | 34.823 | 4.133 | 5.843 | 8.120 | 4.667 |
| 13 | 14 |  |  | 33.401 | 1196 | 0.000 | 21.833 | 33.401 | 5.133 | 7.633 | 4.900 | 4.167 |
Champions
Soviet time champions
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Champions and top scorers
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | 3rd position | Top scorer |
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| 1992 1 | Pakhtakor Neftchi Farg'ona |
Sogdiana Jizzakh | Valeriy Kechinov (Pakhtakor, 24 goals) | |
| 1993 | Neftchi Farg'ona | Pakhtakor | Navbahor Namangan | Rustam Durmonov (Neftchi, 24 goals) |
| 1994 | Neftchi Farg'ona | Nurafshon Buxoro | Navbahor Namangan | Ravshan Bozorov (Neftchi, 26 goals) |
| 1995 | Neftchi Farg'ona | MHSK Tashkent | Navbahor Namangan | Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals) |
| 1996 | Navbahor Namangan | Neftchi Farg'ona | MHSK Tashkent | Jafar Irismetov (Do'stlik, 23 goals) Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals) |
| 1997 | MHSK Tashkent | Neftchi Farg'ona | Navbahor Namangan | Jafar Irismetov (Do'stlik, 34 goals) |
| 1998 | Pakhtakor | Neftchi Farg'ona | Navbahor Namangan | Mirjalol Kasymov (Pakhtakor, 22 goals) Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor, 22 goals) |
| 1999 | Do'stlik | Neftchi Farg'ona | Navbahor Namangan | Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 24 goals) Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (FK Andijan, 24 goals) |
| 2000 | Do'stlik | Neftchi Farg'ona | Nasaf Qarshi | Jafar Irismetov (Do'stlik, 45 goals) |
| 2001 | Neftchi Farg'ona | Pakhtakor | Nasaf Qarshi | Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 28 goals) |
| 2002 | Pakhtakor | Neftchi Farg'ona | Qizilqum Zarafshon | Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (FK Andijan, 22 goals) |
| 2003 | Pakhtakor | Neftchi Farg'ona | Navbahor Namangan | Marsel Idiatullin (Qizilqum, 26 goals) |
| 2004 | Pakhtakor | Neftchi Farg'ona | Navbahor Namangan | Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev (Navbahor, 31 goals) |
| 2005 | Pakhtakor | Mash'al Mubarek | Nasaf Qarshi | Anvar Soliev (Pakhtakor, 29 goals) |
| 2006 | Pakhtakor | Neftchi Farg'ona | Nasaf Qarshi | Pavel Solomin (Traktor Tashkent, 21 goals) |
| 2007 | Pakhtakor | Kuruvchi | Mash'al Mubarek | Ilhom Mo'minjonov (Kuruvchi, 21 goals) |
| 2008 2 | Bunyodkor | Pakhtakor | Neftchi Farg'ona | Server Djeparov (Bunyodkor, 19 goals) |
| 2009 | Bunyodkor | Pakhtakor | Nasaf Qarshi | Rivaldo (Bunyodkor, 20 goals) |
| 2010 | Bunyodkor | Pakhtakor | Nasaf Qarshi | Alisher Kholiqov (Neftchi, 13 goals) Nosirbek Otakuziev (Olmaliq FK, 13 goals) |
| 2011 | Bunyodkor | Nasaf Qarshi | Pakhtakor | Miloš Trifunović (Bunyodkor, 17 goals) |
| 2012 | Pakhtakor | Bunyodkor | Lokomotiv Tashkent | Anvar Berdiev (Neftchi, 19 goals) |
| 2013 | Bunyodkor | Lokomotiv Tashkent | Nasaf Qarshi | Oleksandr Pyschur (Bunyodkor, 19 goals) |
| 2014 | Pakhtakor | Lokomotiv Tashkent | Nasaf Qarshi | Artur Gevorkyan (Nasaf, 18 goals) |
| 2015 | Pakhtakor | Lokomotiv Tashkent | Nasaf Qarshi | Igor Sergeev (Pakhtakor, 23 goals) |
| 2016 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | Nasaf Qarshi | Bunyodkor | Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov (Lokomotiv Tashkent, 22 goals) |
| 2017 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | Nasaf Qarshi | Pakhtakor | Marat Bikmaev (Lokomotiv Tashkent, 26 goals) |
| 2018 3 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | Pakhtakor | Navbahor | Tiago Bezerra (Pakhtakor, 17 goals) |
| 2019 | Pakhtakor | Lokomotiv Tashkent | Bunyodkor | Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 23 goals) |
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Performance by club
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning seasons |
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| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 12 | 6 | 1992*, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019 |
| Neftchi Farg'ona | 5 | 9 | 1992*, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001 |
| Bunyodkor Tashkent | 5 | 2 | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | 3 | 3 | 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Do'stlik | 2 | - | 1999, 2000 |
| Navbahor Namangan | 1 | - | 1996 |
| MHSK Tashkent | 1 | 1 | 1997 |
| Nasaf Qarshi | - | 3 | |
| Buxoro | - | 1 | |
| Mash'al Mubarek | - | 1 |
* Both teams were awarded with the title.
All-time table
All-time table of league, as of end of the 2019 season[4]
| Pos | Team | Seasons | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | G.F. | G.A. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Best |
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| 1 | Pakhtakor | 28 | 1842 | 838 | 569 | 135 | 134 | 1871 | 704 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Neftchi Farg'ona | 27 | 1552 | 812 | 474 | 130 | 208 | 1571 | 868 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Navbahor Namangan | 28 | 1342 | 838 | 392 | 166 | 280 | 1390 | 1009 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Nasaf Qarshi | 23 | 1257 | 686 | 374 | 135 | 177 | 1206 | 754 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| 5 | Bukhoro | 27 | 1092 | 812 | 320 | 132 | 360 | 1097 | 1229 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Sogdiana Jizzakh | 24 | 858 | 726 | 243 | 129 | 354 | 911 | 1196 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dinamo Samarqand | 23 | 848 | 706 | 241 | 125 | 340 | 853 | 1034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Andijan | 24 | 840 | 714 | 232 | 144 | 338 | 965 | 1179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Bunyodkor | 13 | 815 | 378 | 247 | 74 | 57 | 698 | 261 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Metallurg Bekabad | 22 | 784 | 652 | 216 | 136 | 300 | 806 | 1012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 15 | 758 | 434 | 222 | 92 | 120 | 721 | 483 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Qizilqum Zarafshon | 20 | 770 | 592 | 216 | 122 | 254 | 735 | 853 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Mashal | 17 | 691 | 486 | 201 | 88 | 197 | 627 | 659 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Traktor Tashkent | 16 | 621 | 490 | 178 | 87 | 225 | 684 | 814 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Dustlik | 11 | 559 | 346 | 169 | 52 | 125 | 669 | 532 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Olmaliq | 12 | 440 | 348 | 122 | 74 | 152 | 477 | 511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Kokand 1912 | 14 | 534 | 438 | 154 | 72 | 212 | 577 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Surkhon Termez | 13 | 428 | 400 | 119 | 71 | 199 | 487 | 759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | MHSK Tashkent | 7 | 362 | 216 | 106 | 44 | 66 | 420 | 335 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Shurtan Guzar | 12 | 381 | 340 | 109 | 54 | 177 | 393 | 566 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Khorezm Urganch | 8 | 230 | 248 | 62 | 44 | 142 | 281 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 22 | Zarafshon Navoi | 6 | 217 | 196 | 60 | 37 | 99 | 236 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 23 | Yangiyer | 7 | 205 | 216 | 56 | 37 | 123 | 266 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 24 | Orol | 5 | 155 | 164 | 44 | 23 | 97 | 171 | 329 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 25 | Kosonsoy | 5 | 145 | 156 | 40 | 25 | 91 | 171 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 | Guliston | 5 | 119 | 154 | 34 | 17 | 103 | 142 | 340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 27 | Atlaschi | 4 | 118 | 124 | 34 | 16 | 74 | 149 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 28 | Chirchiq | 4 | 103 | 122 | 26 | 25 | 71 | 130 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 29 | Topalang Sariosiyo | 3 | 96 | 86 | 28 | 12 | 46 | 103 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 30 | Kimyogar Chirchiq | 3 | 96 | 104 | 25 | 21 | 58 | 113 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 31 | Akademiya Tashkent | 1 | 59 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 72 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Semurg Angren | 2 | 57 | 72 | 15 | 12 | 45 | 99 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 33 | Sementchi Kuvasoy | 1 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 34 | Chilonzor Tashkent | 1 | 30 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 51 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 35 | Shakhrikhon | 1 | 28 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 36 | Obod | 1 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 37 | Vobkent | 1 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 38 | Uz-Dong-Ju Andijon | 1 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
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Players records
Top scorers
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Most appearances
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Sponsorship
From 1992 to 2017, the Uzbekistan Super League had no title sponsorship rights with any companies. Only starting from 2018 Uzbekistan Super League have got title League sponsor. On 4 April 2018 Uzbekistan Football Association vice-president Umid Akhmadjonov and IBT, the official PepsiCo bottler, reached agreement that PepsiCo became official League sponsor for 2018 season.[8]
| Period | Sponsor | Name |
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| 1992–2017 | No sponsor | Oliy Liga |
| 2018 | Pepsi | Pepsi Uzbekistan Super League |
| 2019– | Coca-Cola | Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League |
See also
- List of foreign football players in Uzbekistan
- List of Uzbekistani expatriate footballers
- Uzbekistan Pro League
- Uzbekistan Pro-B League
- Uzbekistan Second League
- Uzbekistan Cup
- Uzbekistan League Cup
References
- "Coca-Cola – титульный спонсор Суперлиги и Кубка Узбекистана" (in Russian). pfl.uz. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- "Высшая и Первая лиги Узбекистана сменят названия" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 21 November 2017.
- "AFC Club Competitions Ranking". Asian Football Confederation.
- 25 та Ўзбекистон чемпионатининг умумий жадвали, 30 November 2016 (in Uzbek)
- "Uzbekistan Super League all time topscoreres (as of 10 December 2018)". Championat.asia. 10 December 2018.
- "Список футболистов с наибольшим количеством забитых мячей в чемпионате" (in Russian). Wikipedia.org. 18 January 2020.
- "Uzbekistan Super League most appearances (9 December 2018)" (in Uzbek). Championat.asia. 9 December 2018.
- "Суперлига по футболу представила своего первого титульного спонсора". Nuz.uz. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
External links
- Official Website of Uzbek Professional League
- soccerway.com; standings, results & fixtures
- Weltfussballarchiv; standings, results & fixtures & club profiles
- RSSSF.com – Uzbekistan – List of Champions
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