Uzbekistan Super League
Association football league in Uzbekistan
Football league
Uzbekistan Super League (Uzbek : Oʻzbekiston Superligasi ), known as Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons (Uzbek : Coca-Cola Oʻzbekiston 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 has 14 teams. The top team qualifies to the group stage of the AFC Champions League .
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 .[citation needed ]
League system
The league is generally played between March and 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] Famous personnels like Rivaldo, Eren Derdiyok, Zico, Luiz Felipe Scolari have contributed to the league so far.
Champions
Soviet time champions
Championship of cities of Uzbek SSR
1926: Tashkent City Team
1927: Tashkent City Team
1928: Tashkent City Team
1929: Tashkent City Team
1930: Tashkent City Team
1931–32 : No championship
1933: Tashkent City Team
1934: Tashkent City Team
1935: Tashkent City Team
1936: Tashkent City Team
Republican League Competitions
1937: Spartak Tashkent
1938: Spartak Tashkent
1939: Dinamo Tashkent
1940–47 : no championship
1948: Polyarnaya Zvezda Tashkentskaya Oblast'
1949: Dinamo Tashkent
1950: Spartak Tashkent
1951: Spartak Tashkent
1952: Dinamo Tashkent
1953: FShM Tashkent
1954: Dinamo Tashkent
1955: ODO Tashkent (later SKA)
1956: ODO Tashkent
1957: Mashinostroitel' Tashkent
1958: Khimik Chirchik
1959: Mekhnat Tashkent
1960: Sokol Tashkent
1961: Sokol Tashkent
1962: Sokol Tashkent
1963: Sokol Tashkent
1964: Sokol Tashkent
1965: Sokol Tashkent
1966: Zvezda Tashkent
1967: Tashavtomash Tashkent
1968: Chust Namanganshaya Oblast'
1969: Tashkabel' Tashkent
1970: SKA Tashkent (former ODO)
1971: Yangiaryk Khorezmskaya Oblast'
1972: Trud Dzhizak
1973: Stroitel' Samarkand
1974: Pakhtakor Gulistan
1975: Zarafshan Navoi
1976: Traktor Tashkent
1977: Khiva
1978: Khorezm (Kolkhoz im. Narimanova)
1979: Khisar Shakhrisabz
1980: No championship
1981: Ekipress Samarkand
1982: Beshkent
1983: Tselinnik Turtkul'
1984: Khorezm Khanki
1985: Shakhtyor Angren
1986: Traktor Tashkent
1987: Avtomobilist Fergana
1988: Sel'mashevets Chirchik
1989: Nurafshon Bukhara
1990: Naryn Khakulabad
1991: Politotdel Tashkentskaya Oblast'
Club
Trophies
Years won
Tashkent City Team
9
1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
Sokol Tashkent
6
1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Spartak Tashkent
4
1937, 1938, 1950, 1951
Dinamo Tashkent
4
1939, 1949, 1952, 1954
Sverdlovets Tashkent (includes ODO & SKA)
3
1955, 1956, 1970
Traktor Tashkent
3
1967, 1976, 1986
Polyarnaya Zvezda Tashkent
1
1948
FShM Tashkent
1
1953
Mashinostroitel Tashkent
1
1957
Khimik Chirchik
1
1958
Mekhnat Tashkent
1
1959
Zvezda Tashkent
1
1966
Chust Pakhtakor
1
1968
Tashkabel Tashkent
1
1969
Xonqa (as Yangiaryk)
1
1971
Sogdiana Jizzakh
1
1972
Dinamo Samarqand
1
1973
Guliston
1
1974
Zarafshan Navoi
1
1975
Khiva
1
1977
Narimanovets (as Khorazm)
1
1978
Khisar Shakhrisabz
1
1979
Ekipress Samarkand
1
1981
Beshkent
1
1982
Oq Oltin Turtkul (as Tselinnik Turtkul)
1
1983
Khorazm Khanki
1
1984
Konchi Angren (as Shakhtyor Angren)
1
1985
Kokand 1912
1
1987
Selmashevets Chirchik
1
1988
Bukhara
1
1989
Naryn Khakulabad
1
1990
Dustlik
1
1991
Since independence
Champions and top scorers
Season
Champion
Runner-up
3rd position
Top scorer
1992 1
Pakhtakor Neftchi Fargʻona
Sogdiana Jizzakh
Valeriy Kechinov (Pakhtakor , 24 goals)
1993
Neftchi Fargʻona
Pakhtakor
Navbahor Namangan
Rustam Durmonov (Neftchi , 24 goals)
1994
Neftchi Fargʻona
Nurafshon Buxoro
Navbahor Namangan
Ravshan Bozorov (Neftchi , 26 goals)
1995
Neftchi Fargʻona
MHSK Tashkent
Navbahor Namangan
Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor , 23 goals)
1996
Navbahor Namangan
Neftchi Fargʻona
MHSK Tashkent
Jafar Irismetov (Doʻstlik , 23 goals) Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor , 23 goals)
1997
MHSK Tashkent
Neftchi Fargʻona
Navbahor Namangan
Jafar Irismetov (Doʻstlik , 34 goals)
1998
Pakhtakor
Neftchi Fargʻona
Navbahor Namangan
Mirjalol Kasymov (Pakhtakor , 22 goals) Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor , 22 goals)
1999
Doʻstlik
Neftchi Fargʻona
Navbahor Namangan
Umid Isoqov (Neftchi , 24 goals) Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (FK Andijan , 24 goals)
2000
Doʻstlik
Neftchi Fargʻona
Nasaf Qarshi
Jafar Irismetov (Doʻstlik , 45 goals)
2001
Neftchi Fargʻona
Pakhtakor
Nasaf Qarshi
Umid Isoqov (Neftchi , 28 goals)
2002
Pakhtakor
Neftchi Fargʻona
Qizilqum Zarafshon
Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (FK Andijan , 22 goals)
2003
Pakhtakor
Neftchi Fargʻona
Navbahor Namangan
Marsel Idiatullin (Qizilqum , 26 goals)
2004
Pakhtakor
Neftchi Fargʻona
Navbahor Namangan
Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev (Navbahor , 31 goals)
2005
Pakhtakor
Mashʼal Mubarek
Nasaf Qarshi
Anvar Soliev (Pakhtakor , 29 goals)
2006
Pakhtakor
Neftchi Fargʻona
Nasaf Qarshi
Pavel Solomin (Traktor Tashkent , 21 goals)
2007
Pakhtakor
Kuruvchi
Mashʼal Mubarek
Ilhom Moʻminjonov (Kuruvchi , 21 goals)
2008 2
Bunyodkor
Pakhtakor
Neftchi Fargʻona
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
Bunyodkor
Nasaf Qarshi
Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov (Lokomotiv Tashkent, 22 goals)
2017
Lokomotiv Tashkent
Nasaf Qarshi
Pakhtakor
Marat Bikmaev (Lokomotiv Tashkent, 26 goals)
2018 3
Lokomotiv Tashkent
Pakhtakor
Navbahor Namangan
Tiago Bezerra (Pakhtakor, 17 goals)
2019
Pakhtakor
Lokomotiv Tashkent
Bunyodkor
Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 23 goals)
2020
Pakhtakor
Nasaf Qarshi
AGMK
Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 21 goals)
2021
Pakhtakor
Sogdiana
AGMK
Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 16 goals)
2022
Pakhtakor
Navbahor Namangan
Nasaf Qarshi
Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 20 goals)
2023
Pakhtakor
Nasaf Qarshi
Navbahor Namangan
Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 13 goals)
1 The league was named Oliy Liga
2 The league was named Oʻzbekiston PFL
3 The league was named Super League
Club
Winners
Runners-up
Third Place
Winning seasons
Pakhtakor Tashkent
16
6
2
1992 *, 1998 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2012 , 2014 , 2015 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023
Neftchi Fargʻona
5
9
1
1992 *, 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 2001
Bunyodkor Tashkent
5
3
1
2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2013
Lokomotiv Tashkent
3
4
1
2016 , 2017 , 2018
Doʻstlik
2
-
-
1999 , 2000
Navbahor Namangan
1
1
10
1996
MHSK Tashkent
1
1
1
1997
Nasaf Qarshi
-
4
11
Mashʼal Mubarek
-
1
1
Sogdiana
-
1
1
Buxoro
-
1
-
AGMK
-
-
2
Qizilqum Zarafshon
-
-
1
* Both teams were awarded with the title.
Defunct teams marked in Italics .
All-time table
All-time table of league, as of end of the 2023 season[3]
1
Paxtakor
32
2020
942
640
154
148
2086
783
16
6
2
1
2
Neftchi Fargʻona
29
1629
864
493
150
221
1635
918
5
9
1
1
3
Navbahor Namangan
32
1463
942
439
199
304
1514
1083
1
1
10
1
4
Nasaf Qarshi
27
1442
790
428
168
194
1363
829
0
4
11
2
5
Buxoro
29
1121
864
325
146
393
1128
1314
0
1
0
2
6
Soʻgʻdiyona Jizzax
28
1004
830
281
161
388
1033
1312
0
1
1
2
7
Bunyodkor
17
974
482
292
102
90
843
397
5
3
1
1
8
Andijon
27
915
792
250
165
377
1030
1283
0
0
0
5
9
Metallurg-Bekobod
26
907
756
250
157
349
903
1139
0
0
0
5
10
Qizilqum-Zarafshon
24
890
696
246
152
298
836
988
0
0
1
3
11
Dinamo Samarqand
24
863
732
244
131
357
877
1081
0
0
0
4
12
Lokomotiv-Tashkent
16
856
460
249
109
154
808
589
3
4
1
1
13
Mashal-Muborak
19
744
538
214
102
223
673
725
0
1
1
2
14
Qoʻqon 1912
17
634
516
180
94
252
670
872
0
0
0
5
15
Olmaliq
16
622
452
175
97
176
638
621
0
0
2
3
16
Traktor-Tashkent
16
621
490
178
87
225
684
814
0
0
0
4
17
Doʻstlik
11
559
346
169
52
125
669
532
2
0
0
1
18
Surxon-Termiz
17
536
504
148
92
253
574
914
0
0
0
6
19
Shoʻrtan-Gʻuzor
12
381
340
109
54
177
393
566
0
0
0
4
20
MHSK
7
362
216
106
44
66
420
335
1
1
1
1
21
Xorazm
8
230
248
62
44
142
281
518
0
0
0
7
22
Zarafshon Navoiy
6
217
196
60
37
99
236
355
0
0
0
9
23
Yangiyer Sirdaryo
7
205
216
56
37
123
266
385
0
0
0
10
24
Orol Nukus
5
155
164
44
23
97
171
329
0
0
0
11
25
Kosonsoy Namangan
5
145
156
40
25
91
171
305
0
0
0
8
26
Guliston Sirdaryo
5
119
154
34
17
103
142
340
0
0
0
14
27
Atlaschi Margʻilon
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
Toʻpalang-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
Olimpik Toshkent
2
66
52
15
21
16
57
60
0
0
0
6
32
Akademiya Toshkent
1
59
34
16
11
7
72
45
0
0
0
5
33
Semurg Angren
2
57
72
15
12
45
99
200
0
0
0
12
34
Turon Yaypan
2
33
52
6
15
31
32
88
0
0
0
13
35
Sementchi-Quvasoy
1
31
30
8
7
15
39
64
0
0
0
15
36
Chilonzor-Toshkent
1
30
34
8
6
20
51
70
0
0
0
16
37
Shahrixon
1
28
32
7
7
18
25
67
0
0
0
15
38
Obod Toshkent
1
24
30
6
6
18
25
51
0
0
0
14
39
Vobkent Buxoro
1
15
30
3
6
21
23
70
0
0
0
16
40
Uz-Dong-Ju Andijon
1
13
30
2
7
21
17
65
0
0
0
16
Soviet Top League participation
15
Pakhtakor
22
629
722
212
211
299
805
1035
-
-
-
6
Players records
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.[6]
Period
Sponsor
Name
1992–2017
No sponsor
Oliy Liga
2018
Pepsi
Pepsi Uzbekistan Super League
2019–present
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League
See also
References
External links
Seasons Clubs
Competition Statistics and awards Finances Associated competitions