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Uzbekistan Super 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.

Uzbekistan Super League
Oʻzbekiston Superligasi
Organising bodyUzbekistan Professional Football League
Uzbekistan Football Association
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
CountryUzbekistan
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams14
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toUzbekistan Pro League
Domestic cup(s)Uzbekistan Cup
Uzbekistan Super Cup
League cup(s)Uzbekistan League Cup
International cup(s)AFC Champions League Elite
AFC Champions League 2
Current championsPakhtakor (15th title)
(2023)
Most championshipsPakhtakor (15 titles)
TV partnersNTRCU Sport [ru]
Website
Current: 2024 Uzbekistan Super League

History edit

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 edit

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 edit

Soviet time champions edit

Further information: Uzbekistan SSR Championship
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 edit

Champions and top scorers edit

See also: Uzbekistan Super League Top Scorer
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

Performance by club edit

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 edit

All-time table of league, as of end of the 2023 season[3]

Pos Team Seasons Points Played Won Drawn Lost G.F. G.A. 1 2 3 Best
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
Teams of 2024 Uzbekistan Super League
did not play in 2024 Uzbekistan Super League
Club disappeared

Soviet Top League participation edit

Pos Team Seasons Points Played Won Drawn Lost G.F. G.A. 1 2 3 Best
15 Pakhtakor 22 629 722 212 211 299 805 1035 - - - 6

Players records edit

Main article: Gennadi Krasnitsky club

Sponsorship edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Coca-Cola – титульный спонсор Суперлиги и Кубка Узбекистана" (in Russian). pfl.uz. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Высшая и Первая лиги Узбекистана сменят названия" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 21 November 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ 25 та Ўзбекистон чемпионатининг умумий жадвали Archived 26 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 30 November 2016 (in Uzbek)
  4. ^ "Uzbekistan Super League all time topscoreres (as of 10 December 2018)". Championat.asia. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Uzbekistan Super League most appearances (9 December 2018)" (in Uzbek). Championat.asia. 9 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Суперлига по футболу представила своего первого титульного спонсора". Nuz.uz. 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

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