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)
2016
2018

Teams

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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

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Olmaliq   Igor Shkvyrin Sacked 15 December 2016 Pre-season   Viktor Kumykov 15 December 2016[1]
Obod   Jafar Irismetov Resigned 19 December 2016 Pre-season   Rauf Inileev 19 December 2016
Bukhoro   Jamshid Saidov Sacked 26 January 2017 Pre-season   Ulugbek Bakaev 26 January 2017[2]
Shurtan   Ikhtiyor Karimov End of caretaker spell 2 February 2017 Pre-season   Alexander Volkov 2 February 2017
Dinamo   Ilkhom Sharipov Resigned 10 February 2017 Pre-season   Edgar Gess 10 February 2017
Dinamo   Edgar Gess Resigned 10 February 2017 Pre-season   Oleg Tyulkin 10 February 2017
Obod   Rauf Inileev Sacked 4 March 2017 Pre-season   Andriy Demchenko 4 March 2017
Shurtan   Alexander Volkov Sacked 2 April 2017 15th   Ikhtiyor Karimov (interim) 2 April 2017[3]
Pakhtakor   Grigory Kolosovsky Sacked 6 April 2017 8th   Ravshan Khaydarov 6 April 2017[4]
Pakhtakor   Ravshan Khaydarov Sacked 26 April 2017 13th   Jasur Abduraimov 26 April 2017[5]
Bunyodkor   Sergey Lushan Sacked 5 May 2017   Mirjalol Qosimov 5 May 2017[6]
Neftchi   Andrey Fyodorov Sacked 5 June 2017 15th   Vadim Abramov 5 June 2017[7]
Pakhtakor   Jasur Abduraimov end of caretaker spell 22 June 2017 7th   Shota Arveladze 22 June 2017[8]
Shurtan   Genadiy Kochnev End of caretaker spell 26 July 2017 15th   Edgar Gess 26 July 2017
Shurtan   Edgar Gess Resigned 2 August 2017 15th   Genadiy Kochnev (interim) 2 August 2017

Foreign players

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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

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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) Champions; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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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

References

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