Uzbekistan Super League

Uzbekistan Super League
Oʻzbekiston Superligasi
Organising body	Uzbekistan Professional Football League; Uzbekistan Football Association
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
League cup(s)	Uzbekistan League Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Champions League; AFC Cup
Current champions	Pakhtakor (15th title) ; (2023)
Most championships	Pakhtakor (15 titles)
TV partners	NTRCU Sport
Website	pfl.uz; t.me/uzpfl;
	Current: 2023 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.

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.

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: Ferghana 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 Tashkent 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: Mashstroi 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 Namangan Oblast
1969: Tashkabel Tashkent
1970: SKA Tashkent (former ODO)
1971: Yangiaryk Khorezm Oblast
1972: Trud Jizzakh
1973: Quruvchi Samarqand
1974: Pakhtakor Gulistan
1975: Zarafshan Navoi
1976: Traktor Tashkent
1977: Khiva
1978: Khorezm (Kolkhoz im. Narimanova)
1979: Khisar Shakhrisabz
1980: No championship
1981: Ekipress Samarqand
1982: Beshkent
1983: Tselinnik Turtkul
1984: Khorezm Khonqa
1985: Shakhter Angren
1986: Traktor Tashkent
1987: Avtomobilist Fergana
1988: Selmashevets Chirchik
1989: Nurafshon Bukhara
1990: Naryn Khakulabad
1991: Politotdel Tashkent Oblast (now Doʻstlik)

Since independence

1992: Neftchi Fargʻona and Pakhtakor Tashkent
1993: Neftchi Fargʻona
1994: Neftchi Fargʻona
1995: Neftchi Fargʻona
1996: Navbahor Namangan
1997: MHSK Tashkent (former Pakhtakor-79 Tashkent)
1998: Pakhtakor Tashkent
1999: Doʻstlik (former Politotdel Tashkent Oblast)
2000: Doʻstlik
2001: Neftchi Fargʻona
2002: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2003: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2004: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2005: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2006: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2007: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2008: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2009: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2010: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2011: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2012: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2013: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2014: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2015: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2016: Lokomotiv Tashkent
2017: Lokomotiv Tashkent
2018: Lokomotiv Tashkent
2019: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2020: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2021: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2022: Pakhtakor Tashkent

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)
¹ The league was named Oliy Liga ² The league was named Oʻzbekiston PFL ³ The league was named Super League

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place	Winning seasons
Pakhtakor Tashkent	15	6	2	1992*, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
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	9	1996
MHSK Tashkent	1	1	1	1997
Nasaf Qarshi	-	3	11
Mashʼal Mubarek	-	1	1
Sogdiana	-	1	1
Buxoro	-	1	-
AGMK	-	-	2
Qizilqum Zarafshon	-	-	1

* Both teams were awarded with the title.

All-time table

All-time table of league, as of end of the 2022 season[3]

Pos	Team	Seasons	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	G.F.	G.A.	1	2	3	Best
1	Paxtakor	31	1967	916	624	149	143	2045	758	15	6	2	1
2	Neftchi Fargʻona	28	1584	838	482	138	218	1602	900	5	9	1	1
3	Navbahor Namangan	31	1416	916	425	194	297	1470	1064	1	1	9	1
4	Nasaf Qarshi	26	1394	764	415	159	190	1332	813	0	3	11	2
5	Buxoro	28	1106	838	321	143	374	1116	1279	0	1	0	2
6	Soʻgʻdiyona Jizzax	27	977	804	274	155	375	1004	1274	0	1	1	2
7	Bunyodkor	16	937	456	282	95	81	813	364	5	3	1	1
8	Metallurg-Bekobod	25	877	730	242	151	337	877	1104	0	0	0	5
9	Andijon	26	875	766	238	161	367	1003	1258	0	0	0	5
10	Qizilqum-Zarafshon	23	865	670	240	145	285	814	955	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	Traktor-Tashkent	16	621	490	178	87	225	684	814	0	0	0	4
16	Olmaliq	15	576	426	162	90	170	594	587	0	0	2	3
17	Doʻstlik	11	559	346	169	52	125	669	532	2	0	0	1
18	Surxon-Termiz	16	496	478	137	85	245	546	890	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	Akademiya Toshkent	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	Olimpik Toshkent	1	35	26	7	14	5	31	28	0	0	0	6
34	Sementchi-Quvasoy	1	31	30	8	7	15	39	64	0	0	0	15
35	Chilonzor-Toshkent	1	30	34	8	6	20	51	70	0	0	0	16
36	Shahrixon	1	28	32	7	7	18	25	67	0	0	0	15
37	Obod Toshkent	1	24	30	6	6	18	25	51	0	0	0	14
38	Turon Yaypan	1	17	26	3	8	15	16	47	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 2023 Uzbekistan Super League
	did not play in 2023 Uzbekistan Super League
	Club disappeared

Soviet Top League participation

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

Top scorers

As of 2 December 2019[4]

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Anvar Berdiev	1995–2019	225
2	Zafar Kholmurodov	1997–2012	200
3	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev	2000–2014	194
4	Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev	1997–2011	178
5	Jafar Irismetov	1993–2012	174
6	Umid Isoqov	1994–2009	171
7	Ravshan Bozorov	1992–2007	171
8	Anvar Soliev	1996–2015	164
9	Oybek Usmankhojaev	1992–2005	157
10	Rustam Durmonov	1992–2002	133
11	Farid Khabibullin	1992–2004	131
12	Mukhtor Kurbonov	1993–2009	128
13	Numon Khasanov	1992–2009	125
14	Nosirbek Otakuziev	2003–present	117
15	Server Djeparov	2000–present	113
16	Shuhrat Rahmonqulov	1992–2005	108
17	Nagmetulla Kutibayev	1992–2007	106
18	Artur Geworkyan	2007–present	105
19	Oleg Shatskikh	1993–2003	105
20	Vali Keldiev	1992–2006	104
21	Zayniddin Tadjiyev	2001–2015	102
22	Shakhboz Erkinov	2003–2019	101
23	Igor Taran	2003–present	95

Most appearances

As of 2 December 2019[5]

Rank	Name	Years	Apps
1	Asror Aliqulov	1995–2015	520
2	Anvar Berdiev	1995–2019	505
3	Anvar Gafurov	2000–present	455
4	Khikmat Khoshimov	1998–2017	453
5	Ilkhom Yunusov	2000–2018	431
6	Botir Qoraev	1999–2017	428
7	Ignatiy Nesterov	2001–present	423
8	Vali Keldiev	1992–2006	415
9	Hayrulla Karimov	1996–2016	410
10	Ruziqul Berdiev	1992–2008	408
11	Jasur Hasanov	1999–present	406
12	Abdumajid Toirov	1996–2013	406
13	Anvar Soliev	1996–2015	406
14	Numon Khasanov	1992–2009	402
15	Mukhtor Kurbonov	1992–2012	402
17	Shavkat Salomov	2000–present	368
18	Erkin Boydullayev	2003–present	362
19	Nosirbek Otakuziev	2003–present	351
20	Artur Geworkyan	2007–present	330
21	Mamur Ikramov	2003–present	323

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.[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

References

"Coca-Cola – титульный спонсор Суперлиги и Кубка Узбекистана" (in Russian). pfl.uz. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
"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.
25 та Ўзбекистон чемпионатининг умумий жадвали Archived 26 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 30 November 2016 (in Uzbek)
"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.
"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.
"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.

External links

Official Website of Uzbek Professional League
soccerway.com; standings, results & fixtures
Weltfussballarchiv Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; standings, results & fixtures & club profiles
RSSSF.com – Uzbekistan – List of Champions
footballfetch.com – results, fixtures, tables, bet stats

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[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.