2019 Uzbekistan Super League

2019 Uzbekistan Super League
Season 2019
Dates 8 March — 30 November 2019
Champions Pakhtakor
Promoted Mash'al
Relegated Dinamo
AFC Champions League FC Pakhtakor Tashkent

Lokomotiv Tashkent

FC Bunyodkor
Matches played 182
Goals scored 457 (2.51 per match)
Best Player Dragan Ceran
Top goalscorer Dragan Ceran 23 goals
Biggest home win Pakhtakor 8–0 Qizilqum
(21 June)
Biggest away win FC Buxoro 0–5 Pakhtakor (14 June)
Qizilqum 0–5 Pakhtakor (30 July)
Highest scoring Pakhtakor 8–0 Qizilqum
(21 June)
Longest winning run 16 match (Pakhtakor)
Longest unbeaten run 24 match (Pakhtakor)
Longest winless run 12 matches (Dinamo)
Longest losing run 12 match (Dinamo)
Highest attendance 25,727
Navbahor 3–1 Sogdiana
(4 May)
Lowest attendance 867
Lokomotiv 3–1 Qizilqum
(27 April)
Total attendance 1,008,399
Average attendance 5540
2018
2020
All statistics correct as of 30 November 2019.

The 2019 Uzbekistan Super League (known as the Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since its establishment on 1992. Lokomotiv Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2018 campaign.

Teams

Club Coach Location Stadium Capacity Kit sponsor Shirt sponsor
AGMK Mirjalol Qosimov Olmaliq AGMK Stadium 12,000 Joma OKMK
Andijan Alexander Khomyakov Andijan Soglom Avlod 18,360 Adidas GM Uzbekistan
Bunyodkor Vadim Abramov Tashkent Bunyodkor Stadium 34,000 Nike Uzbekistan GTL, Driver's Village1
Bukhoro Mukhsin Mukhamadiev Bukhara Bukhara Arena 22,700 Joma BNQIZ
Kokand 1912 Numon Hasanov Kokand Kokand Stadium 10,500 Adidas
Lokomotiv Samvel Babayan Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 Joma Orient Finance Bank, Uztelecom1
Metallurg Andrey Shipilov Bekabad Metallurg Stadium 15,000 Adidas UMK
Nasaf Ruziqul Berdiyev Qarshi Qarshi Markazi Stadium 16,000 Adidas Uzbekistan GTL SGCC
Navbahor Andrey Kanchelskis Namangan Namangan Markazi Stadium 22,000 Adidas
Pakhtakor Shota Arveladze Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 Adidas Red Metal AG Amalco Group Company, Euroasia Insurance1
Sogdiana Ulugbek Bakayev Jizzakh Soghdiana Stadium 11,650 Nike UzbekEnergo
Qizilqum Hamidjon Aktamov Zarafshan Progress Stadium 12,500 Adidas Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combinat NKMK1
Dinamo Täçmyrat Agamyradow Samarqand Dinamo Stadium 13,800 Joma Agromir Buildings
Surkhon Andrei Miklyaev Termez Alpamish stadium 6,000 Adidas UzbekGidroEnergo
  • 1 On the back of the strip.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Sogdiana Sergey Lushan Resigned 13 April 2019 12th Ulugbek Bakayev 16 April 2019
Andijon Ildar Sakaev Resigned 30 May 2019 11th Alexander Khomyakov 3 June 2019
Buxoro Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Resigned 3 June 2019 13th Mukhsin Mukhamadiev 9 June 2019
Lokomotiv Andrey Fyodorov Resigned 20 June 2019 2nd Samvel Babayan 22 June 2019
Navbahor Andrey Kanchelskis Resigned 20 June 2019 6th Dejan Đurđević 24 June 2019
Navbahor Dejan Đurđević Resigned September 2019 7th Andrey Kanchelskis September 2019
Dinamo Davron Fayziev Resigned 25 September 2019 10th Täçmyrat Agamyradow 25 September 2019

Foreign players

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 AFC Players Former players
AGMK Elgujja Grigalashvili Igor Zonjić Miroljub Kostić
Marko Zoćević
Uladzislaw Kasmynin
Andijan Radosav Aleksić Vitali Myrnyi Akhlidin Israilov
Bunyodkor Dmitriy Ostrovskiy Yevhen Chumak
Bukhoro Milovan Kapor Jaba Lipartia Vili Isiani Artyom Kulesha Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev Ivan Fatić

Volodymyr Bayenko

Kokand 1912 Marko Milić Bojan Knežević

Miloš Nikolić
Olivier Bonnes

Lokomotiv Tashkent Ariagner Smith Jovan Đokić Igor Jelić Arslanmyrat Amanow Filip Rajevac
Metallurg Bekabad Andrei Shipilov Sergei Tumasyan
Nasaf
Navbahor Ivan Solovyov Igor Golban Slavko Lukić Oleksandr Kasyan Amirbek Juraboev Elman Tagaýew
Pakhtakor Marko Simić Dragan Ćeran Gidi Kanyuk
Soghdiana Kakhi Makharadze Nikola Milinković Milan Mitrović Sherzod Shakirov
Qizilqum Mate Vatsadze Lasha Totadze Yevgeni Cheremisin Ruslan Margiyev Steven Lustica Elgujja Grigalashvili

Ariagner Smith

Dinamo
Surkhon Dougllas Nascimento Lucas Oliveria Vladimir Bubanja Darko Stanojević

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pakhtakor (C) 26 22 3 1 75 18 +57 69 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Lokomotiv (Q) 26 13 10 3 40 17 +23 49 Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
3 Bunyodkor (Q) 26 12 7 7 37 33 +4 43
4 Sogdiana 26 11 7 8 29 29 0 40
5 Metallurg 26 9 8 9 33 26 +7 35
6 Surkhon 26 10 5 11 26 33 −7 35
7 Nasaf 26 9 6 11 34 27 +7 33
8 Navbahor 26 7 11 8 26 23 +3 32
9 AGMK 26 9 5 12 36 37 −1 32
10 Andijon 26 6 10 10 23 37 −14 28
11 Kokand 1912 26 6 8 12 31 45 −14 26
12 Bukhoro 26 5 9 12 18 37 −19 24
13 Qizilqum 26 5 9 12 24 48 −24 24
14 Dinamo Samarqand (R) 26 6 6 14 25 47 −22 24 Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League
Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since league champions Pakhtakor were also Uzbekistan Cup winners, the league 3rd place qualified for the AFC Champions League preliminary round 2.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Pakhtakor 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lokomotiv 14 7 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Bunyodkor 13 14 9 6 3 4 6 3 5 4 3 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
Sogdiana 2 6 10 12 8 11 13 10 9 5 5 8 8 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
Metallurg 6 4 7 4 5 3 4 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 5
Surkhon 10 5 2 3 4 5 8 6 3 3 4 3 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 6
Nasaf 7 2 6 10 14 8 5 8 4 7 7 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 6 7
AGMK 11 12 5 9 13 14 10 11 11 12 12 10 10 11 11 10 12 12 10 11 10 9 9 9 8 8
Navbahor 8 11 14 11 6 6 3 4 6 6 6 4 3 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9
Andijon 3 8 12 13 11 10 11 12 13 11 11 12 13 12 12 11 11 13 13 10 9 10 10 11 11 10
Kokand 5 9 13 14 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 14 14 13 10 9 9 11 12 11 10 10 11
Bukhoro 12 13 11 7 10 9 12 13 12 13 13 14 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 13 12 13 13 13 13 12
Qizilqum 9 3 4 8 9 12 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 12 10 11 12 14 13 11 12 12 12 13
Dinamo 4 10 8 5 7 7 7 5 7 8 8 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 11 12 14 14 14 14 14 14
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 3
Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League
Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2019. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League

Results

Home \ Away AGM AND BUK BUN KOK LOK MET NAS NAV PAK QIZ SOG DIN SUR
AGMK 2–2 0–0 0–1 7–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 4–1 0–2 3–1 2–0
Andijon 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1
Bukhoro 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–5 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2
Bunyodkor 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 4–2 3–0
Kokand 1–3 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1
Lokomotiv 2–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 5–1
Metallurg 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 0–1 5–0 2–0
Nasaf 4–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–0
Navbahor 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 3–0
Pakhtakor 4–1 5–1 5–0 2–3 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 8–0 3–0 2–0 3–1
Qizilqum 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–5 1–1 2–1 1–3
Sogdiana 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–3
Dinamo 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–4 2–2 1–0 2–1
Surkhon 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
AGMK D L W L L L W L L L D W D L D W L L W L W W D W W L
Andijon D D L L W D D L L D D L L W D W L L D W W L D L D W
Bukhoro D L D W L D L L D L L L W L D L D W L W D L L D D W
Bunyodkor L L W W W D L W D W D L W W W L W D L W D L D W W D
Kokand D D L L W L D L L L D D L L L W W W W D L L W L D D
Lokomotiv L W W W W W D D D W W L W L W D W D D D D W D W W D
Metallurg D W L W L W L D D L D L D W W L L W D L W L D W D W
Nasaf D W L L L W W D W L D W W W L W L L D L L W D L D L
Navbahor D L L W W D W D D D D W W L D L W L L D W D D L L D
Pakhtakor W W W D W W W D W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W L D
Qizilqum D W D L L L W D L D D L L W L L W L D L D W D D L L
Sogdiana W L L L W L L W W W D D L W W W D W D D L W W L D D
Dinamo D L W W L D D W D D D W L L L L L L L L L L L L W W
Surkhon D W W D L D L W W W L W L L L D L W W W L D L W L L
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2019. Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Goals

Pakhtakor's Dragan Ćeran won the Super League Golden Boot after scoring 23 goals, a record for a 24-game Super League season

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Goalscorers

As of 1 December 2019
# Player Club Goals
1 Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor
23
2 Igor Sergeev Pakhtakor
17
3 Zafar Polvonov AGMK
15
4 Khumoyun Murtozoyev Nasaf
14
5 Khursid Giyosov Bunyodkor
12
6 Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov Lokomotiv 11
Elgujja Grigalashvili Qizilqum/AGMK
8 Oleksandr Kasyan Navbahor
10
9 Shakhzod Ubaydullaev Andijon 9
Shokhruz Norkhonov Sogdiana
11 Marat Bikmoev Pakhtakor 8
Murod Kholmukhamedov Kokand 1912
13 Abdul Aziz Yusupov Surkhon 7
Dostonbek Khamdamov Pakhtakor
Mirjakhon Mirakhmadov Bunyodkor
16 Shakhboz Erkinov Kokand 1912 6
Nurillo Tukhtasinov Bunyodkor
Jamshid Iskanderov Lokomotiv
Sukhrob Berdiyev Kokand 1912
20 Stanislav Andreev Metallurg 5
Zokhid Abdullaev Metallurg
Muzaffar Muzaffarov Metallurg
Bahodir Pardaev Metallurg
Kakhi Makharadze Sogdiana
Qadamboy Nurmedov Dinamo
26 Jaloliddin Masharipov Pakhtakor 4
Arslanmyrat Amanow Lokomotiv
Islom Tukhtakhujaev Lokomotiv
Ariagner Smith Qizilqum/Lokomotiv
Shavkat Salomov Surkhon

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Zafar Polvonov 5 FC AGMK Kokand 1912 7–1 (H) 7 April 2019
Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Buxoro 5–0 (A) 14 June 2019
Igor Sergeev Pakhtakor Qizilqum 8–0 (H) 21 June 2019
Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Andijon 5–1 (H) 27 August 2019
Zafar Polvonov FC AGMK Qizilqum 4–1 27 November 2019

Attendances

By round

2019 Uzbekistan Super League Attendance
Round Total GP. Avg. Per Game
Round 1 60,689 7 8,670
Round 2 61,996 7 8,856
Round 3 49,055 7 7,008
Round 4 49,463 7 7,066
Round 5 51,251 7 7,321
Round 6 52,535 7 7,505
Round 7 69,595 7 9,942
Round 8 51,758 7 7,394
Round 9 39,834 7 5,690
Round 10 54,284 7 7,754
Round 11 32,970 7 4,710
Round 12 41,799 7 5,971
Round 13
Total 615,169 84 7,323

By team

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Navbahor 125,954 9,688 n/a
2 Nasaf 108,184 8,321 n/a
3 Pakhtakor 97,775 7,521 n/a
4 Bukhoro 93,034 7,156 n/a
5 Andijon 91,165 7,012 n/a
6 Dinamo 89,484 6,883 n/a
7 Surkhon 77,602 5,969 n/a
8 Sogdiana 58,999 4,538 n/a
9 Qizilqum 57,338 4,410 n/a
10 Metallurg 56,334 4,333 n/a
11 Kokand 51,474 3,959 n/a
12 Bunyodkor 42,489 3,268 n/a
13 Lokomotiv 29,326 2,255 n/a
14 AGMK 29,301 2,253 n/a
League total 1,008,399 5,540 n/a

Updated to games played on 2019
Source:

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Goalkeeper of the Month Goal of the Month
Manager Club Player Club Player Club Player Club
March Shota Arveladze Pakhtakor Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Botirali Ergashev Dinamo Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor
April Vadim Abramov Bunyodkor Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov Lokomotiv Sanjar Kuvvatov Pakhtakor Doston Ibragimov Buxoro
May Ulugbek Bakaev Sogdiana Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Abduvohid Nematov Nasaf Slavko Lukic Navbahor
June Shota Arveladze Pakhtakor Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Umedjan Ergashev Navbahor Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor
July Ulugbek Bakaev Sogdiana Jaloliddin Masharipov Pakhtakor Eldorbek Suyunov Pakhtakor Oybek Kilichev Andijon
August Shota Arveladze Pakhtakor Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Milan Mitrovic Sogdiana Muzaffar Muzaffarov Metallurg
September Shota Arveladze Pakhtakor Dostonbek Khamdamov Pakhtakor Utkir Yusupov Navbahor Shakhzod Ubaydullaev Andijon
October Shota Arveladze Pakhtakor Igor Segeev Pakhtakor Abduvohid Nematov Nasaf Jamshid Iskanderov Lokomotiv
November Vadim Abramov Bunyodkor Nurullo Tukhtasinov Bunyodkor Ignatiy Nesterov Lokomotiv Darko Stanojević Surkhon

Annual awards

The awards of 2019 Uzbekistan Super League were announced on 24 December 2019.

Award Winner Club
Player of the Season Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Tashkent
Golden Boot Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Tashkent
Goalkeeper of the Season Abduvohid Nematov FC Nasaf
Young Player of the Season Jasur Jaloliddinov Bunyodkor
Manager of the Season Shota Arveladze  Pakhtakor Tashkent
Goal the Season Muzaffar Muzaffarov  Metallurg Bekabad
Best Referee Valentin Kovalenko
Fair Play FC Nasaf
Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Abduvohid Nematov
(FC Nasaf)
Defender Farrukh Sayfiev
(Pakhtakor)
Igor Golban
(Navbahor)
Sardor Kulmatov
(Sogdiana)
Khojiakbar Alijonov
(Pakhtakor)
Midfielder Jaloliddin Masharipov
(Pakhtakor)
Sanjar Kodirkulov
(FC Bunyodkor)
Jamshid Iskanderov
(Lokomotiv)
Khursid Giyosov
(FC Bunyodkor)
Forward Dragan Ceran
(Pakhtakor)
Khumoyun Murtozoyev
(FC Nasaf)