2023 Uzbekistan Super League

The 2023 Uzbekistan Super League (known as the Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since its establishment in 1992. Pakhtakor Tashkent are the defending champions for the 2022 campaign.[1] FK Andijon, FK Turon Yaypan and FK Buxoro were the three teams promoted to the 2023 Super League.[2] The first matches will take place on March 3, 2023.[2]

Uzbekistan Super League
Season2023
Matches played181
Goals scored408 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorerDragan Ćeran (13)
Biggest home winAndijon 5–0 Metallurg Bekabad
(24 April 2023)
Navbahor Namangan 5–0 Turon
(28 September 2023)
Biggest away winBunyodkor 1–5 Navbahor Namangan
(22 May 2023)
Highest scoringBunyodkor 1–5 Navbahor Namangan
(22 May 2023)
AGMK 2–4 Metallurg Bekabad
(23 September 2023)
Qizilqum Zarafshon 4–2 Sogdiana Jizzakh
(30 September 2023)
Longest winning run9 matches
Pakhtakor
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Neftchi
Longest winless run13 matches
Turon
Longest losing run6 matches
Buxoro
Highest attendance25,260 - Navbahor Namangan vs Pakhtakor Tashkent
(10 August 2023)
Lowest attendance153 - Olympic vs Qizilqum Zarafshon
(26 October 2023)
Average attendance4,570
(1 December 2023)
2022
2024
All statistics correct as of 1 December 2023.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2023 Uzbekistan Super League
AGMK Andijon Buxoro Bunyodkor Metallurg Nasaf Navbahor
AGMK Stadium Bobur Arena Buxoro Arena Milliy Stadium Metallurg Bekabad Stadium Markaziy Stadium Markaziy Stadium
Capacity: 12,415 Capacity: 18,360 Capacity: 22,700 Capacity: 34,500 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 21,000 Capacity: 21,913
Neftchi Fergana Olympic Tashkent Pakhtakor Qizilqum Sogdiana Surkhon Turon
Istiqlol Stadium JAR Stadium Central Stadium Yoshlar Stadium Sogdiana Stadium Alpamish Stadium Uzbekistan Stadium
20,000 8,460 35,000 12,500 11,650 10,000 8,000
Club Coach Location Kit sponsor Shirt sponsor
AGMK   Mirjalol Qosimov Olmaliq   Jako AKMK
Andijon   Alexander Khomyakov Andijan   D&D Collection UzAuto
Buxoro   Khakim Fuzaylov Bukhara   Puma BNQIZ
Bunyodkor   Aleksandr Krestinin Tashkent   Jako Uzbekneftegaz
Metallurg   Luisma Hernández Bekabad   Adidas Uzbekistan Metallurgy Combinat
Nasaf   Ruziqul Berdiyev Qarshi   Kelme Uzbekistan GTL SGCC, ENTER Engineering1
Navbahor   Samvel Babayan Namangan   Adidas Namangan City
Neftchi Fergana   Vitaly Levchenko Fergana   Jako FNQIZ
Olympic Tashkent   Timur Kapadze Tashkent   Nike Trustbank, Uzmobi1
Pakhtakor   Maksim Shatskikh Tashkent   Puma Akfa, UzCard1
Qizilqum   Asror Aliqulov Navoiy   Jako NMMC
Sogdiana   Ivan Bošković Jizzakh   Joma BMB Energo
Surkhon   Sergey Tokov Termez   Jako Eriel
Turon   Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Yaypan   Saller Turon Eco Cement, Almera.app

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Ref.
Sogdiana Jizzakh   Ulugbek Bakaev Resigned 7 November 2022 Preseason   Ivan Bošković 10 February 2023
Qizilqum Zarafshon   Nikola Lazarevic Sacked 29 November 2022   Asror Aliqulov 10 January 2023
Surkhon Termez   Miguel Álvarez Sacked 2 January 2023   Sergey Tokov 5 January 2023
Bunyodkor   Ivan Bošković 1 February 2023   Murat Atadzhanov 1 February 2023
Bunyodkor   Murat Atadzhanov 6 July 2023 8th   Aleksandr Krestinin 7 July 2023 [3]

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 Player 4 Player 5 AFC Players Former players
AGMK   Martin Boakye   Rubén Sánchez   Siavash Hagh Nazari   Mohamed Ali Ben Salem

  Irakli Rukhadze

Andijon   Rubin Hebaj   Levan Arveladze   Armin Bošnjak   Vladimir Bubanja   Ihor Lytovka   Akhtam Nazarov
  Nodar Kavtaradze
Bunyodkor   Aleksey Nosko   Wellington Taira   Igor Ivanović   Milan Marčić   Davronjon Ergashev   Viktar Sotnikaw
Buxoro   Luka Kukić   Frane Ikić   Vsevolod Nihaev   Aleksandar Stanisavljević   Oleksandr Kasyan   Mukhammadzhon Rakhimov   Nikola Stošić
Metallurg Bekabad   Kerim Palić   Reza Yazdandoost   Danial Mahini   Ivan Josović   Daler Sharipov   Marko Obradović
  Uladzislaw Kasmynin
  Filip Stamenković
Nasaf   Andrés Chávez   Mateus Lima   Jaba Jighauri   Marko Stanojević   Mukhammadzhon Rakhimov
Navbahor Namangan   Toma Tabatadze   Miloš Milović   Jovan Đokić   Luka Čermelj   Filip Ivanović
Neftchi Fergana   Tomislav Mrčela   Giorgi Nikabadze   Bachana Arabuli   Oleksiy Larin   Zoir Dzhuraboyev   Toma Tabatadze

  Yuriy Batyushyn
  Andriy Mishchenko

Olympic Tashkent
Pakhtakor Tashkent   Pavel Pavlyuchenko   Matthew Steenvoorden   Michał Kucharczyk   Przemysław Banaszak   Dragan Ćeran   Kimi Merk   Giorgi Papava
  Mohammadreza Kooshki
Qizilqum Zarafshon   Giorgi Kukhianidze   Akaki Shulaia   Marko Simonovski   Ifeanyi Ifeanyi   Nikolai Tarasov   Victor Mbaoma

  Oleg Tolmasov
  Bagtyýar Gurgenow

Sogdiana Jizzakh   Dženan Zajmović   Tarik Isić   Ljupcho Doriev   Milan Mitrovic   Marko Kolaković   Serder Serderov
  Damjan Radulović
Surkhon Termez   Artyom Sokol   Sylvanus Nimely   Tamirlan Dzhamalutdinov   Artyom Potapov   Shamil Gasanov
Turon Yaypan   Ngu Abega Enyang   Zakaria Beglarishvili
  Anri Chichinadze
  Nikola Kumburović
  Milan Bojović
  Dušan Stoiljković

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pakhtakor (C) 26 16 5 5 41 25 +16 53 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Nasaf 26 13 9 4 31 16 +15 48 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
3 Navbahor 26 14 5 7 44 19 +25 47
4 AGMK 26 13 7 6 43 34 +9 46
5 Neftchi 26 11 12 3 33 18 +15 45
6 Surkhon 26 11 7 8 28 24 +4 40[a]
7 Andijon 26 12 4 10 27 25 +2 40[a]
8 Bunyodkor 26 10 7 9 30 33 −3 37
9 Olympic 26 8 7 11 26 32 −6 31
10 Metallurg 26 8 6 12 26 35 −9 30
11 Sogdiana 26 7 6 13 29 38 −9 27
12 Qizilqum 26 6 7 13 22 33 −11 25 Relegation play off Uzbekistan Pro League
13 Turon (R) 26 3 7 16 16 41 −25 16 Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League
14 Buxoro (R) 26 4 3 19 12 35 −23 15
Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Surkhon 4, Andijon 1.

Results

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Results table

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Home \ Away AGM AND BUN BUX MET NAS NAV NEF OLY PAK QIZ SOG SUR TUR
AGMK 2–1 2–3 3–1 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 3–2 2–3 2–1
Andijon 0–1 0–3 1–0 5–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1
Bunyodkor 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–5 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–0
Buxoro 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–3
Metallurg 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1
Nasaf 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–1
Navbahor 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 5–0
Neftchi 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Olympic 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–0
Pakhtakor 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–0
Qizilqum 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 4–2 0–0 1–0
Sogdiana 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0
Surkhon 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0
Turon 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1
Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match played

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
AGMKWLWDWLLWWDWLWLDWDDLDWWWWWD
AndijonWLLWLLWLLWWWDDDLWDWLWWLLWW
BunyodkorWWWDWDLDLLDLLLDWWLWLDDWLWW
BuxoroWLLLLLDWLLLLLLWLDWLLLDLLLL
MetallurgLLWLDWLLLLDWDLDWLWWWDDLLLW
NasafLWWDWDWDWDWWLDLWDWLWWWWDDD
NavbahorWWLWLWWDWWWDWWDLLDLWWLWWLD
NeftchiWWWDWDDDWDDDWWWDDDWWLDLLWD
OlympicWDLLWWLDWDLLDLDLLWWLLDDWWL
PakhtakorLLWWWWWWWDWWDWLWWWDDLWWDWL
QizilqumLWLDLDLLLLDDWLLLDLWWDLDWLW
SogdianaLDLLDLWWWWLLLWDDWLDLLLLWDL
SurkhonLWDWLDWDLWLWDWDWDLLWWDLWLW
TuronLLDDLDLLLDLDDWWLLLLLDLWLLL
Source: Championat.asia
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
AGMK35443676555555555555554444
Andijon681089109910107667777766666777
Bunyodkor73222244666889988888888888
Buxoro5691112131311111112121314131313121212131314141414
Metallurg13141212119101212121111111111111111109999101010
Nasaf117564555444344444444332222
Navbahor11335312211211122222223333
Neftchi22111123333433233333445555
Olympic446987887899910101010101111111111999
Pakhtakor812876431122122311111111111
Qizilqum1410111010111213131313131212141414141313121212121212
Sogdiana10111414141411109910101088999910101010111111
Surkhon129757867878776666677777666
Turon913131313121414141414141413121212131414141413131313
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to the AFC Champions League preliminary round
Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League#Relegation play off
Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2023. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League


Season statistics

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Goalscorers

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As of match played 1 December 2023
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Dragan Ćeran Pakhtakor Tashkent 13
2   Rubin Hebaj Andijon 12
  Sylvanus Nimely Surkhon Termez
4   Oston Urunov Navbahor Namangan 9
  Khursid Giyosov AGMK
  Toma Tabatadze Neftchi Fergana/
Navbahor Namangan
7   Dženan Zajmović Sogdiana Jizzakh 8
  Islom Kenjaboev Qizilqum Zarafshon
9   Zabikhillo Urinboev Metallurg Bekabad 7
10   Javohir Qahramonov Sogdiana Jizzakh 6
  Martin Boakye AGMK
  Alisher Odilov Olympic Tashkent
  Jasur Hakimov Bunyodkor

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Dragan Ćeran Pakhtakor Tashkent Metallurg Bekabad 3–1 2 April 2023 [4]
  Rubin Hebaj Andijon Metallurg Bekabad 5–0 24 April 2023 [5]

Clean sheets

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As of match played 1 December 2023
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Utkir Yusupov Navbahor Namangan 13
2   Artyom Potapov Surkhon Termez 11
3   Vladimir Nazarov Neftchi Fergana 9
  Abduvohid Nematov Nasaf
  Ihor Lytovka Andijon
6   Javohir Ilyosov Qizilqum Zarafshon 7
  Khamidullo Abdunabiev Olympic
  Milan Mitrović Sogdiana Jizzakh
9   Sanjar Kuvvatov Pakhtakor Tashkent 6
10   Akmal Ortikov Metallurg Bekabad 5
  Umidjon Ergashev Nasaf

Attendances

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As of match played 1 December 2023[6]

By round

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2023 Uzbekistan Super League Attendance
Round Total GP. Avg. Per Game
Round 1 33,017 7 4,717
Round 2 39,960 7 5,709
Round 3 24,038 7 3,434
Round 4 32,409 7 4,630
Round 5 26,939 7 3,848
Round 6 33,079 7 4,726
Round 7 28,418 7 4,060
Round 8 37,022 7 5,289
Round 9 33,693 7 4,813
Round 10 35,353 7 5,050
Round 11 37,077 7 5,297
Round 12 29,255 7 4,179
Round 13 29,997 7 4,285
Round 14 38,850 7 5,550
Round 15 38,373 7 5,482
Round 16 53,908 7 7,701
Round 17 32,394 7 4,628
Round 18 35,759 7 5,108
Round 19 28,952 7 5,790
Round 20 32,460 7 4,637
Round 21 30,017 7 5,003
Round 22 32,795 7 4,685
Round 23 22,475 7 3,211
Round 24 32,757 7 4,680
Round 25 21,136 7 3,019
Round 26 15,560 7 2,223
Total 827,145 181 4,570

By team

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Team \ Match played 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Total Average
AGMK 279 3,745 4,400 408 723 402 1,010 8,088 4,256 2,345 2,430 1,235 1,611 30,932 2,379
Andijon 2,135 8,450 1,051 2,605 3,227 961 13,217 12,801 8,912 15,231 10,584 12,607 0 91,781 7,060
Bunyodkor 999 3,203 12,012 4,073 1,021 1,198 1,005 2,135 1,624 856 2,321 1,320 315 32,082 2,468
Buxoro 8,123 8,153 8,725 8,200 6,800 3,895 7,996 6,616 6,327 6,052 1,256 1,245 2,971 76,359 5,874
Metallurg 6,623 2,803 5,201 4,582 4,321 4,509 4,322 2,138 2,225 762 560 423 173 38,642 2,972
Nasaf 5,005 3,021 2,218 5,001 7,571 3,120 2,179 4,416 15,107 4,905 6,124 3,981 2,752 65,400 5,031
Navbahor 11,707 12,132 13,950 16,250 10,200 15,816 9,323 25,260 7,582 7,057 15,227 8,883 10,608 163,995 12,615
Neftchi 17,103 7,720 5,345 14,414 19,191 13,800 8,345 14,600 19,316 12,452 12,107 6,821 5,866 157,080 12,083
Olympic 212 410 286 4,404 413 879 1,493 2,124 561 1,641 853 153 853 14,282 1,099
Pakhtakor 2,350 7,748 1,010 1,082 3,216 317 808 10,200 1,823 5,377 218 12,365 426 46,940 3,611
Qizilqum 5,614 3,471 2,331 3,852 2,925 1,254 5,591 1,120 3,428 4,315 2,879 2,061 1,973 40,814 2,885
Sogdiana 1,438 1,035 1,015 1,052 989 2,453 5,505 1,630 2,755 2,594 951 969 769 23,155 1,781
Surkhon 373 776 658 558 557 341 354 526 1,023 681 2,022 570 6,063 14,502 1,116
Turon Yaypan 5,521 2,002 2,311 7,694 2,340 3,125 2,003 3,489 3,905 1,936 1,136 1,951 2,316 39,729 3,056

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Uzbekistan Professional Football League". www.pfl.uz/uz. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "2023 season fixtures released: Uzbekistan Super League to start on 3 March". pfl.uz/. Uzbekistan Professional Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2023.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Александр Крестинин – "Бунёдкор" жамоаси бош мураббийи!". fcbunyodkor.com/ (in Uzbek). FC Bunyodkor. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Metallurg Bekabad 1-3 Pakhtakor Tashkent". pfl.uz/. Uzbekistan Professional Football League. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Andijon 5-0 Metallurg Bekabad". pfl.uz/. Uzbekistan Professional Football League. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 Superliga". pfl.uz/. Uzbekistan Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

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