2010 Uzbek League

The 2010 Uzbek League season was the 19th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992.

Uzbek League

Season	2010
Dates	13 March – 31 October
Champions	Bunyodkor
Relegated	Lokomotiv Tashkent Xorazm FK Urganch
Top goalscorer	Alisher Kholiqov Nosirbek Otakuziyev (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Bunyodkor 5-0 Nasaf Qarshi
Biggest away win	Lokomotiv Tashkent 0-4 Bunyodkor
Highest scoring	FC Shurtan Guzar 5-3 Olmaliq FK
Highest attendance	Navbahor Namangan - Nasaf Qarshi 35,325
Lowest attendance	Lokomotiv Tashkent - Mash'al Mubarek 153
← 2009 2011 →

Bunyodkor were the defending champions from the 2009 campaign.

Teams

League Re-structure

Only 14 clubs are in the fray this year without the two relegated sides of Sogdiana and Bukhara.

No club has been promoted to the top-flight this season as the reserves of Bunyodkor and Mashal, who are already in the first division, won the second division titles.^[1]

Stadia and locations

Andijan

Tashkent

Metallurg

Nasaf

Navbahor

Neftchi

Olmaliq

Qizilqum

Dinamo

Shurtan

Mash'al

Xorazm

Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Pakhtakor

Location of teams in 2010 Uzbek League

Club	Location	Stadium	Stadium Capacity
FK Andijan	Andijan	Soghlom Avlod Stadium	18,360
Bunyodkor	Tashkent	JAR Stadium	8,460
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Tashkent	TTYMI Stadium	6,010
Mash'al Mubarek	Muborak	Bahrom Vafoev Stadium	10,000
Metallurg Bekabad	Bekabad	A.Anoxina Stadium	11,000
Nasaf Qarshi	Qarshi	Qarshi Stadium	16,000
Navbahor Namangan	Namangan	Markaziy Stadium	33,000
FK Neftchi Farg'ona	Fergana	Farghona Stadium	14,520
Olmaliq FK	Olmaliq	Metallurg Stadium (Olmaliq)	10,000
Pakhtakor	Tashkent	Pakhtakor Stadium	35,000
FK Samarqand-Dinamo	Samarkand	Olimpiya Stadium	12,250
FC Shurtan Guzar	G‘uzor	G'uzor Stadium	7,000
Qizilqum Zarafshon	Zarafshan	Progress Stadium	5,000
Xorazm FK Urganch	Urgench	Xorazm Stadium	13,500

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Average Squad Age
FK Andijan	Amet Memet	Abdumajid Toirov	Puma	UzDaewoo	27.21
Bunyodkor	Mirjalol Qosimov	Viktor Karpenko	Nike	UzGazOil	24.92
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Tachmurad Agamuradov	Aleksandr Filimonov	Puma	O'zbekiston Temir Yollari	25.46
Mash'al Mubarek	Vladimir Fomichyov	Fozil Musaev	Adidas	Uzbekneftegaz	24.60
Metallurg Bekabad	Rustam Mirsodiqov	Odil Isaboyev	Adidas	Uzmetkombinat	28.24
Nasaf Qarshi	Anatoliy Demyanenko	Hayrulla Karimov	Puma	Sho'rtan Gaz Mahsulot	27.09
Navbahor Namangan	Sergey Kovshov	Rakhmatulla Berdimurodov	Adidas	Unsponsored	24.53
Neftchi Farg'ona	Yuriy Sarkisyan	Aziz Alijonov	Adidas	Uzbekneftegaz	26.17
Olmaliq FK	Igor Shkvyrin	Abdukakhkhor Khojiakbarov	Umbro	Almalyk MMC	25.48
Pakhtakor	Ravshan Khaydarov	Odil Ahmedov	Adidas	Kapital Bank	23.56
FK Samarqand-Dinamo	Viktor Djalilov	Denis Romanenco	Adidas	Unsponsored	26.94
Shurtan Guzar	Edgar Gess	Asror Aliqulov	Adidas	Sho'rtan Gaz Mahsulot	26.61
Qizilqum Zarafshon	Sergei Arslanov	Shavkat Nasibullaev	Adidas	Navoi MMC	27.19
Xorazm FK Urganch	Vali Sultonov	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov	Puma	Unsponsored	27.43

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
FK Andijan	Orif Mamatkazin	Contract expired	Amet Memet
Bunyodkor	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Quit	Mirjalol Qosimov
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Vadim Abramov	Named as the national team's coach	Marat Miftahuddinov
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Marat Miftahuddinov	Sacked	Andrei Miklyaev
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Andrei Miklyaev	Sacked	Täçmyrat Agamyradow
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Täçmyrat Agamyradow	Sacked	Marat Miftahuddinov
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Marat Miftahuddinov	Regained Job Back	Täçmyrat Agamyradow
Mash'al Mubarek	Bahodir Davlatov	Sacked	Vladimir Fomichev
Nasaf Qarshi	Viktor Kumikov	Sacked	Anatoliy Demyanenko
Navbahor Namangan	Mustafo Bayramov	Contract expired	Viktor Djalilov
Navbahor Namangan	Viktor Djalilov	Quit	Sergey Kovshov
Pakhtakor	Viktor Djalilov	Contract expired[2]	Miodrag Radulović
Pakhtakor	Miodrag Radulović	Quit	Ravshan Khaydarov
Qizilqum Zarafshon	Rustam Zabirov	Sacked	Sergei Arslanov
FK Samarqand-Dinamo	Azamat Abduraimov	Sacked	Viktor Djalilov
Xorazm FK Urganch	Vali Sultonov	Sacked	Bakhodir Hakimov
Xorazm FK Urganch	Bakhodir Hakimov	Sacked	Vali Sultonov

Pre-season transfers

Main article: List of Uzbek football transfers 2010

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bunyodkor	26	20	5	1	45	10	+35	65	2011 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2	Pakhtakor Tashkent	26	17	6	3	41	19	+22	57
3	Nasaf Qarshi	26	13	7	6	30	20	+10	46	2011 AFC Cup group stage
4	Shurtan Guzar	26	12	6	8	35	28	+7	42
5	Mash'al Mubarek	26	10	7	9	22	24	−2	37
6	Metallurg Bekabad	26	9	8	9	29	31	−2	35
7	FK Andijan	26	9	7	10	28	29	−1	34
8	Qizilqum Zarafshon	26	9	7	10	25	28	−3	34
9	Navbahor Namangan	26	9	4	13	32	32	0	31
10	Neftchi Farg'ona	26	8	5	13	36	45	−9	29
11	Olmaliq FK	26	8	5	13	32	41	−9	29
12	FK Samarqand-Dinamo	26	6	9	11	28	33	−5	27
13	Lokomotiv Tashkent	26	6	5	15	20	38	−18	23	Relegation to Lower Division
14	Xorazm FK Urganch	26	2	7	17	21	46	−25	13

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2010. Source: PFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Since Bunyodkor also won the 2010 Uzbekistan Cup, the second-placed team of the league also qualified for the 2011 AFC Champions League.

Results

Home \ Away	AND	BUN	LOK	MAS	MET	NAS	NAV	NEF	OTM	PAK	QIZ	SAM	SHU	XOR
FK Andijan		0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	5–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0
Bunyodkor	1–0		1–0	3–0	2–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–1
Lokomotiv Tashkent	2–0	0–4		1–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	3–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–1
Mash'al Mubarek	1–0	0–2	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0
Metallurg Bekabad	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0		0–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–1
Nasaf Qarshi	3–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–0		1–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1
Navbahor Namangan	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1		1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–1
Neftchi Farg'ona	1–1	0–3	2–1	3–0	3–3	1–2	4–3		3–0	3–3	4–2	3–2	0–2	1–0
Olmaliq FK	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–1		2–3	5–1	3–1	1–0	3–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent	0–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–0		0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0
Qizilqum Zarafshon	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1		3–1	3–1	1–0
FK Samarqand-Dinamo	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	4–2	2–1	0–0		1–1	1–1
Shurtan Guzar	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	5–3	1–2	0–0	2–0		4–1
Xorazm FK Urganch	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2010. Source: www.pfl.uz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Alisher Kholiqov	Neftchi Farg'ona	13
	Nosirbek Otakuziyev	Olmaliq FK	13
3	Stevica Ristić	Bunyodkor	11
	Alexander Geynrikh	Pakhtakor	11
	Jafar Irismetov	FK Samarqand-Dinamo	11
	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev	FK Andijan	11
7	Anvar Berdiev	Neftchi Farg'ona	10
8	Odil Ahmedov	Pakhtakor	9
	Shakhboz Erkinov	Shurtan Guzar	9
10	Muiddin Mamazulunov	Olmaliq FK	8
	Zafar Polvonov	Xorazm FK Urganch	8
12	Zokhid Abdullaev	Metallurg Bekabad	7
	Nikolay Ryndyuk	Mash'al Mubarek	7
	Shukhrat Yuldashev	Metallurg Bekabad	7
15	Timur Kapadze	Bunyodkor	6
	Rivaldo	Bunyodkor	6
	Ilkhom Shomurodov	Nasaf Qarshi	6
	Olim Navkarov	Lokomotiv Tashkent	6

Last updated: 31 October 2010

Disciplinary

The Disciplinary List as of October 31, 2010:

Rank	Name	Team	Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Points
1	Kakha Makharadze	Lokomotiv Tashkent	5	3	14
2	Iqbol Akramov	Neftchi Farg'ona	7	2	13
3	Mirzakamol Kamolov	FK Andijan	8	1	11
	Sunnatilla Mamadaliyev	Navbahor Namangan	8	1	11
	Karim Izrailov	FK Andijan	8	1	11
	Patrick Agboh	FC Shurtan Guzar	8	1	11
7	Kamoliddin Tajiev	Pakhtakor	4	2	10
8	Islom Tukhtakhodjaev	Neftchi Farg'ona	6	1	9
	Sanjar Askaraliev	Neftchi Farg'ona	6	1	9

Top players

Top players according to statistics and performance in the 2010

Goalkeepers

1. Ignatiy Nesterov (Bunyodkor)
2. Mikhail Alavidze (Shurtan Guzar)
3. Denis Romanenco (Dinamo)

Left backs David Oniya (Dinamo) Ilhom Suyunov (Pakhtakor) Andriy Erokhin (Qizilqum)

Left-centre backs Bojan Miladinović (Pakhtakor) Yaroslav Krushelnitskiy (Shurtan Guzar) Aleksandr Polovkov (Navbahor/Andijan)

Right-centre backs Asror Aliqulov (Shurtan Guzar) Maksud Karimov (Nasaf Qarshi) Kamoliddin Tajiev (Pakhtakor)

Right backs Shavkat Mullajanov (Olmaliq FK) Umid Tojimov (Metallurg Bekabad) Mirjalol Qurbonov (Xorazm FK)

Defensive midfielders

1. Viktor Karpenko (Bunyodkor)
2. Jahongir Jiyamuradov (Nasaf Qarshi)
3. Karim Izrailov (Mash'al/Andijan)

Left wingers Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev (FK Andijan) Stanislav Andreev (Pakhtakor) Yevhen Saiko (Navbahor)

Central midfielders Odil Ahmedov (Pakhtakor) Vadim Afonin (Shurtan) Andriy Jakovlev (Nasaf Qarshi)

Right wingers Aziz Alijonov (Neftchi Farg'ona) Kakha Makharadze (Lokomotiv Tashkent) Igor Petković (Mash'al)

Left forwards Shakhboz Erkinov (Shurtan Guzar) Aleksandr Geynrikh (Pakhtakor) Nikolay Ryndyuk (Mash'al) Right forwards

Kamoliddin Murzoev (Nasaf Qarshi) Zokhid Abdullaev (Metallurg Bekabad) Patrick Agboh (Shurtan Guzar)