2013 Uzbek League

The 2013 Uzbek League season was the 22nd season of top level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. Pakhtakor were the defending champions from the 2012 campaign.

Uzbek League
Season2013
ChampionsBunyodkor
RelegatedFK Guliston
Shurtan Guzar
Champions LeagueBunyodkor
Lokomotiv Tashkent
Nasaf Qarshi
Matches played182
Goals scored543 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorerOleksandr Pyschur
19 goals
Biggest home winNasaf Qarshi 7-1 Qizilqum Zarafshon
Biggest away winFK Buxoro 1-5 Nasaf Qarshi
Guliston 1-5 Lokomotiv Tashkent
Highest scoringLokomotiv Tashkent 6-2 Guliston
Metallurg Bekabad 5-3 Guliston
Nasaf Qarshi 7-1 Qizilqum Zarafshon
Olmaliq 5-3 Guliston
Longest winning runNasaf Qarshi (9)
Longest unbeaten runBunyodkor (9)
Nasaf Qarshi
Pakhtakor
Longest losing runQizilqum Zarafshon (6)
Shurtan Guzar
2012
2014

Teams

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Mash'al Mubarek and FK Andijan were relegated in the last edition of the Uzbek League to First League. Sogdiana Jizzakh and FK Guliston replaced them.

ClubCoachLocationStadiumCapacity2012
Bunyodkor Mirjalol QosimovTashkentBunyodkor Stadium34,0002nd
FK Bukhoro Tachmurad AgamuradovBukhoroBuxoro Arena22,7007th
FK Guliston Bakhtiyor AshurmatovGulistonGuliston Stadium12,400D1, 2nd
Lokomotiv Tashkent Khakim FuzailovTashkentLokomotiv Stadium8,0003rd
Metallurg Bekabad Rustam MirsodiqovBekabadMetallurg Bekabad Stadium11,00010th
Nasaf Qarshi Ruziqul BerdievQarshiQarshi Stadium14,7504th
Navbahor Namangan Usmon AsqaralievNamanganKosonsoy Stadium30,00012th
Neftchi Farg'ona Evgeniy ShokhinFarghonaFarghona Stadium14,5206th
Olmaliq FK Igor ShkvyrinOlmaliqMetallurg Stadium11,0008th
Pakhtakor Murod IsmailovTashkentPakhtakor Stadium35,000Champions
Qizilqum Zarafshon Yuriy LukinZarafshonProgress Stadium6,00011th
Dinamo Ravshan KhaydarovSamarqandOlimpiya Stadium12,2509th
Sogdiana Jizzakh Davron FayzievJizzakhZaamin Stadium4,000D1, 1st
Sho'rtan Ghuzor Erkin MirzaevGhuzorGhuzor Stadium7,0005th

Managerial changes

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TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureReplaced byPosition in tableDate of appointment
Nasaf Qarshi Usmon ToshevSacked Ruziqul BerdievPre-seasonNovember 18, 2012[1][2]
Navbahor Namangan Mustafo Bayramov Usmon AsqaralievPre-seasonFebruary, 2013
FK Dinamo Samarqand Akhmad Ubaydullaev Kamo GazarovPre-seasonFebruary 27, 2013[3]
FK Dinamo Samarqand Kamo GazarovInterim role Ravshan Khaydarov14thMay 6, 2013
Qizilqum Zarafshon Ravshan KhaydarovResigned Rustam Zabirov14thApril 5, 2013[4]
Qizilqum Zarafshon Rustam ZabirovSacked Yuriy Lukin14thJuly 29, 2013
FC Shurtan Guzar Edgar GessSacked Zoir Turakulov11thMay 15, 2013
FC Shurtan Guzar Zoir TurakulovSacked Erkin Mirzaev14thOctober 18, 2013
Neftchi Farg'ona Yuriy SarkisyanSacked Evgeniy Shokhin10thMay 16, 2013[5][6]

Pre-season transfers

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Foreign players

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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.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4AFC PlayersFormer players
Bunyodkor Marko Blažić Oleksandr Pyshchur
Buxoro Yury Ryzhko David Oniya Volodymyr Kilikevych Naoya Shibamura Giorgi Kvesieshvili
Dinamo Samarqand Andriy Melnychuk Volodymyr Kilikevych
Guliston
Lokomotiv Tashkent Alexandru Onica Yevgeni Gogol Alan Kusov Akmal Kholmatov
Metallurg Bekabad
Nasaf Artur Geworkýan
Navbahor Namangan Pavelas Leusas Denis Romanenco
Neftchi Fergana
Olmaliq Giorgi Kvesieshvili Igor Petković Darko Stanojević Maksatmyrat Şamyradow Yevgeni Gogol
Pakhtakor Tashkent Zhora Hovhannisyan Kakhi Makharadze Bojan Miladinović
Qizilqum Zarafshon
Sogdiana Jizzakh Alexandru Melenciuc
Shurtan Guzar Giorgi Megreladze Artūras Fomenka Pavelas Leusas

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

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Bunyodkor (C)2619435913+46612014 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
2Lokomotiv Tashkent2619346321+42602014 AFC Champions League Play-off stage[a]
3Nasaf Qarshi2618446427+3758
4Pakhtakor Tashkent2617364525+2054
5Olmaliq FK2611784643+340
6FK Buxoro26103133344−1133
7Metallurg Bekabad26103133644−833
8FK Samarqand-Dinamo2688102836−832
9Neftchi Farg'ona2693142831−330
10Sogdiana Jizzakh2684143454−2028
11Navbahor Namangan2676132948−1927
12Qizilqum Zarafshon2681172848−2025
13FK Guliston (R)2662182862−3420Relegation to Lower Division
14Shurtan Guzar (R)2645172247−2517
Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2013. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Number of entrants per association for 2014 AFC Champions League can be changed.

Results

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Home \ AwayBUNFJBGULLOKMETNASNAVNEFOTMPAKQIZSAMSHUSOG
Bunyodkor4–01–01–13–03–05–01–04–11–24–04–11–05–0
FJ Buxoro0–03–10–13–11–51–11–01–01–04–30–23–24–1
FK Guliston1–31–01–52–10–42–10–30–02–32–30–22–12–0
Lokomotiv Tashkent1–15–16–22–12–03–03–11–00–13–13–13–03–1
Metallurg Bekabad2–32–15–30–42–12–00–02–12–03–10–01–02–1
Nasaf Qarshi1–03–13–12–13–15–02–02–21–17–13–23–04–2
Navbahor Namangan0–32–33–01–12–11–21–11–32–21–01–10–13–1
Neftchi Farg'ona0–11–04–11–30–11–12–04–00–32–01–02–00–2
Olmaliq FK3–13–25–31–22–12–23–43–11–02–13–20–04–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent0–22–12–01–25–21–02–01–01–21–04–04–14–3
Qizilqum Zarafshon0–32–00–21–01–00–10–13–14–20–11–12–13–1
FK Samarqand-Dinamo0–31–00–01–01–01–31–12–00–01–21–02–11–1
Shurtan Guzar0–00–13–00–43–31–41–30–21–11–22–01–11–0
Sogdiana Jizzakh0–21–11–01–42–10–22–02–12–20–02–14–33–1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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#ScorerTeamGoals (Pen.)
1 Oleksandr PyschurBunyodkor19 (5)
2 Artur GevorkyanNasaf Qarshi18 (6)
3 Farhod TadjiyevLokomotiv Tashkent17 (1)
4 Zafar PolvonovOlmaliq FK14 (0)
5 Vokhid ShodievFK Buxoro12 (0)
6 Azamat AllaniyazovNasaf Qarshi11 (0)
Ilkhom ShomurodovNasaf Qarshi11 (0)
Muiddin MamazulunovOlmaliq FK/FK Guliston11 (2)
9 Akmal KholmatovLokomotiv Tashkent10 (0)
Farrukh ShotursunovQizilqum/Dinamo10 (0)
11 Ivan NagaevLokomotiv Tashkent9 (0)
Ruzimboy AhmedovNavbahor9 (4)
Shahzodbek NurmatovMetallurg Bekabad9 (0)
14 Dilmurod KarimovMetallurg Bekabad8 (0)
15 Anvar BerdievNeftchi/Bunyodkor7 (1)
Sukhrob BerdievSogdiana7 (0)
Alisher ShogulyamovFK Guliston7 (1)
Pavel SolominShurtan Guzar7 (0)
Lutfulla TuraevBunyodkor7 (0)

Last updated: 8 November 2013
Source: Soccerway

Awards

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Monthly awards

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MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReference
ManagerClubPlayerClub
March Mirjalol QosimovBunyodkor Farhod TadjiyevLokomotiv
April Mirjalol QosimovBunyodkor Akmal KholmatovLokomotiv
May Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Artur GevorkyanNasaf
June Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Artur GevorkyanNasaf
July Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Akmal KholmatovLokomotiv
August Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Artur GevorkyanNasaf[7]
September Amet MemetNeftchi Oleksandr PyschurBunyodkor[8]
October Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Artur GevorkyanNasaf[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Усмон Тошев ва ёрдамчилари истеъфога чиқарилди" (in Uzbek). Championat.uz. 2012-11-17. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20.
  2. ^ "Тошев истеъфога чиқарилди, ўрнига Рўзиқул Бердиев мураббий бўлди" (in Uzbek). Championat.uz. 2012-11-18. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21.
  3. ^ Официально. Камо Газаров главный тренер "Динамо" (in Russian). Championat.uz. 2013-02-27. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21.
  4. ^ Равшан Хайдаров подал в отставку (in Russian). Championat.uz. 2013-04-01. Archived from the original on 2013-05-05.
  5. ^ Юрий Саркисян - "узбекский Фергюсон" отправлен в отставку (in Russian). uff.uz. 2013-05-17. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02.
  6. ^ "Yevgeniy Shohin appointed as Neftchi manager". UzDaily.com. 2013-05-19.
  7. ^ R.Berdiev is best coach and Artur Gevorkyan is player of Month in August 2013. pfl.uz. 2013-09-08. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  8. ^ Лауреатами сентября стали Амет Мемет и Александр Пищур (in Russian). pfl.uz. 2013-10-08.
  9. ^ Лауреатами октября стали Артур Геворкян и Рузикул Бердыев (in Russian). pfl.uz. 2013-11-08. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
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