Uzbekistan Super League

Uzbekistan Super League (Uzbek: Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси; Russian: Узбекистан Суперлига), known as Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons (Uzbek: Кока-Кола Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси; Russian: Кока-Кола Узбекистан Суперлига),^[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
Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси
Узбекистан Суперлига

Organising body	Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Founded	1992; 32 years ago (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 Elite AFC Champions League Two
Current champions	Nasaf (1st title) (2024)
Most championships	Pakhtakor (16 titles)
TV partners	NTRCU Sport [ru]
Website	pfl.uz t.me/uzpfl
Current: 2024 Uzbekistan Super 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.^{[citation needed]}

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

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: Tashkent City Team
• 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: Ekspress 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	10	1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1949
Sokol Tashkent	6	1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Spartak Tashkent	4	1937, 1938, 1950, 1951
Dinamo Tashkent	3	1939, 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

• 1992: Neftchi Fergana and Pakhtakor Tashkent
• 1993: Neftchi Fergana
• 1994: Neftchi Fergana
• 1995: Neftchi Fergana
• 1996: Navbahor Namangan
• 1997: MHSK Tashkent (former Pakhtakor-79 Tashkent)
• 1998: Pakhtakor Tashkent
• 1999: Dustlik Tashkent (former Politotdel Tashkent Oblast)
• 2000: Dustlik Tashkent
• 2001: Neftchi Fergana
• 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
• 2023: Pakhtakor Tashkent
• 2024: Nasaf Qarshi

Champions and top scorers

See also: Uzbekistan Super League Top Scorer

Season	Champion	Runner-up	3rd position	Top scorer
1992 1	Pakhtakor Neftchi		Sogdiana	Valeriy Kechinov (Pakhtakor, 24 goals)
1993	Neftchi	Pakhtakor	Navbahor	Rustam Durmonov (Neftchi, 24 goals)
1994	Neftchi	Bukhara	Navbahor	Ravshan Bozorov (Neftchi, 26 goals)
1995	Neftchi	MHSK	Navbahor	Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals)
1996	Navbahor	Neftchi	MHSK	Jafar Irismetov (Dustlik, 23 goals) Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals)
1997	MHSK	Neftchi	Navbahor	Jafar Irismetov (Dustlik, 34 goals)
1998	Pakhtakor	Neftchi	Navbahor	Mirjalol Kasymov (Pakhtakor, 22 goals) Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor, 22 goals)
1999	Dustlik	Neftchi	Navbahor	Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 24 goals) Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (Andijon, 24 goals)
2000	Dustlik	Neftchi	Nasaf	Jafar Irismetov (Dustlik, 45 goals)
2001	Neftchi	Pakhtakor	Nasaf	Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 28 goals)
2002	Pakhtakor	Neftchi	Qizilqum	Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (Andijon, 22 goals)
2003	Pakhtakor	Neftchi	Navbahor	Marsel Idiatullin (Qizilqum, 26 goals)
2004	Pakhtakor	Neftchi	Navbahor	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev (Navbahor, 31 goals)
2005	Pakhtakor	Mashʼal	Nasaf	Anvar Soliev (Pakhtakor, 29 goals)
2006	Pakhtakor	Neftchi	Nasaf	Pavel Solomin (Traktor, 21 goals)
2007	Pakhtakor	Kuruvchi	Mashʼal	Ilhom Moʻminjonov (Kuruvchi, 21 goals)
2008 2	Bunyodkor	Pakhtakor	Neftchi	Server Djeparov (Bunyodkor, 19 goals)
2009	Bunyodkor	Pakhtakor	Nasaf	Rivaldo (Bunyodkor, 20 goals)
2010	Bunyodkor	Pakhtakor	Nasaf	Alisher Kholiqov (Neftchi, 13 goals) Nosirbek Otakuziev (AGMK, 13 goals)
2011	Bunyodkor	Nasaf	Pakhtakor	Miloš Trifunović (Bunyodkor, 17 goals)
2012	Pakhtakor	Bunyodkor	Lokomotiv	Anvar Berdiev (Neftchi, 19 goals)
2013	Bunyodkor	Lokomotiv	Nasaf	Oleksandr Pyschur (Bunyodkor, 19 goals)
2014	Pakhtakor	Lokomotiv	Nasaf	Artur Gevorkyan (Nasaf, 18 goals)
2015	Pakhtakor	Lokomotiv	Nasaf	Igor Sergeev (Pakhtakor, 23 goals)
2016	Lokomotiv	Bunyodkor	Nasaf	Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov (Lokomotiv, 22 goals)
2017	Lokomotiv	Nasaf	Pakhtakor	Marat Bikmaev (Lokomotiv, 26 goals)
2018 3	Lokomotiv	Pakhtakor	Navbahor	Tiago Bezerra (Pakhtakor, 17 goals)
2019	Pakhtakor	Lokomotiv	Bunyodkor	Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 23 goals)
2020	Pakhtakor	Nasaf	AGMK	Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 21 goals)
2021	Pakhtakor	Sogdiana	AGMK	Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 16 goals)
2022	Pakhtakor	Navbahor	Nasaf	Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 20 goals)
2023	Pakhtakor	Nasaf	Navbahor	Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 13 goals)
2024	Nasaf
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	16	6	2	1992*, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Neftchi	5	9	1	1992*, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001
Bunyodkor	5	3	1	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Lokomotiv	3	4	1	2016, 2017, 2018
Dustlik	2	-	-	1999, 2000
Nasaf	1	4	11	2024
Navbahor	1	1	10	1996
MHSK	1	1	1	1997
Mashʼal	-	1	1
Sogdiana	-	1	1
Bukhara	-	1	-
AGMK	-	-	2
Qizilqum	-	-	1

* Both teams were awarded with the title.
Defunct teams marked in Italics.

All-time table

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	1	4	11	1
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

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

Main article: Gennadi Krasnitsky club

Top scorers As of 2 December 2019[4][circular reference] 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

See also

• List of foreign football players in Uzbekistan
• Uzbekistan Pro League
• Uzbekistan Pro-B League
• Uzbekistan Second League
• Uzbekistan Cup
• Uzbekistan League Cup

References

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.

External links

• Official website
• 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