2013 Uzbek League

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
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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.

Teams

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Locations of the 2013 Uzbek League Teams

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.

Club Coach Location Stadium Capacity 2012
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan Mirjalol Qosimov Tashkent Bunyodkor Stadium 34,000 2nd
FK Bukhoro Turkmenistan Tachmurad Agamuradov Bukhoro Buxoro Arena 22,700 7th
FK Guliston Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Guliston Guliston Stadium 12,400 D1, 2nd
Lokomotiv Tashkent Tajikistan Khakim Fuzailov Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 3rd
Metallurg Bekabad Uzbekistan Rustam Mirsodiqov Bekabad Metallurg Bekabad Stadium 11,000 10th
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan Ruziqul Berdiev Qarshi Qarshi Stadium 14,750 4th
Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan Usmon Asqaraliev Namangan Kosonsoy Stadium 30,000 12th
Neftchi Farg'ona Uzbekistan Evgeniy Shokhin Farghona Farghona Stadium 14,520 6th
Olmaliq FK Uzbekistan Igor Shkvyrin Olmaliq Metallurg Stadium 11,000 8th
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan Murod Ismailov Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 Champions
Qizilqum Zarafshon Uzbekistan Yuriy Lukin Zarafshon Progress Stadium 6,000 11th
Dinamo Uzbekistan Ravshan Khaydarov Samarqand Olimpiya Stadium 12,250 9th
Sogdiana Jizzakh Uzbekistan Davron Fayziev Jizzakh Zaamin Stadium 4,000 D1, 1st
Sho'rtan Ghuzor Uzbekistan Erkin Mirzaev Ghuzor Ghuzor Stadium 7,000 5th

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Position in table Date of appointment
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev Sacked Uzbekistan Ruziqul Berdiev Pre-season November 18, 2012[1][2]
Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan Mustafo Bayramov Uzbekistan Usmon Asqaraliev Pre-season February, 2013
FK Dinamo Samarqand Uzbekistan Akhmad Ubaydullaev Uzbekistan Kamo Gazarov Pre-season February 27, 2013[3]
FK Dinamo Samarqand Uzbekistan Kamo Gazarov Interim role Uzbekistan Ravshan Khaydarov 14th May 6, 2013
Qizilqum Zarafshon Uzbekistan Ravshan Khaydarov Resigned Uzbekistan Rustam Zabirov 14th April 5, 2013[4]
Qizilqum Zarafshon Uzbekistan Rustam Zabirov Sacked Uzbekistan Yuriy Lukin 14th July 29, 2013
FC Shurtan Guzar Germany Edgar Gess Sacked Uzbekistan Zoir Turakulov 11th May 15, 2013
FC Shurtan Guzar Uzbekistan Zoir Turakulov Sacked Uzbekistan Erkin Mirzaev 14th October 18, 2013
Neftchi Farg'ona Uzbekistan Yuriy Sarkisyan Sacked Uzbekistan Evgeniy Shokhin 10th May 16, 2013[5][6]

Pre-season transfers

Further information: List of Uzbek football transfers 2013

Foreign players

Further information: List of foreign football players in Uzbekistan

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
Bunyodkor Serbia Marko Blažić Ukraine Oleksandr Pyshchur
Buxoro Belarus Yury Ryzhko Nigeria David Oniya Ukraine Volodymyr Kilikevych Japan Naoya Shibamura Georgia (country) Giorgi Kvesieshvili
Dinamo Samarqand Ukraine Andriy Melnychuk Ukraine Volodymyr Kilikevych
Guliston
Lokomotiv Tashkent Moldova Alexandru Onica Russia Yevgeni Gogol Russia Alan Kusov Tajikistan Akmal Kholmatov
Metallurg Bekabad
Nasaf Turkmenistan Artur Geworkýan
Navbahor Namangan Lithuania Pavelas Leusas Moldova Denis Romanenco
Neftchi Fergana
Olmaliq Georgia (country) Giorgi Kvesieshvili Serbia Igor Petković Serbia Darko Stanojević Turkmenistan Maksatmyrat Şamyradow Russia Yevgeni Gogol
Pakhtakor Tashkent Armenia Zhora Hovhannisyan Georgia (country) Kakhi Makharadze Serbia Bojan Miladinović
Qizilqum Zarafshon
Sogdiana Jizzakh Moldova Alexandru Melenciuc
Shurtan Guzar Georgia (country) Giorgi Megreladze Lithuania Artūras Fomenka Lithuania Pavelas Leusas

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bunyodkor (C) 26 19 4 3 59 13 +46 61 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
2 Lokomotiv Tashkent 26 19 3 4 63 21 +42 60 2014 AFC Champions League Play-off stage[a]
3 Nasaf Qarshi 26 18 4 4 64 27 +37 58
4 Pakhtakor Tashkent 26 17 3 6 45 25 +20 54
5 Olmaliq FK 26 11 7 8 46 43 +3 40
6 FK Buxoro 26 10 3 13 33 44 −11 33
7 Metallurg Bekabad 26 10 3 13 36 44 −8 33
8 FK Samarqand-Dinamo 26 8 8 10 28 36 −8 32
9 Neftchi Farg'ona 26 9 3 14 28 31 −3 30
10 Sogdiana Jizzakh 26 8 4 14 34 54 −20 28
11 Navbahor Namangan 26 7 6 13 29 48 −19 27
12 Qizilqum Zarafshon 26 8 1 17 28 48 −20 25
13 FK Guliston (R) 26 6 2 18 28 62 −34 20 Relegation to Lower Division
14 Shurtan Guzar (R) 26 4 5 17 22 47 −25 17
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

Home \ Away BUN FJB GUL LOK MET NAS NAV NEF OTM PAK QIZ SAM SHU SOG
Bunyodkor 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 4–0 4–1 1–0 5–0
FJ Buxoro 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–5 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–3 0–2 3–2 4–1
FK Guliston 1–3 1–0 1–5 2–1 0–4 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–3 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–0
Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–1 5–1 6–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–1
Metallurg Bekabad 2–3 2–1 5–3 0–4 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
Nasaf Qarshi 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 7–1 3–2 3–0 4–2
Navbahor Namangan 0–3 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1
Neftchi Farg'ona 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–2
Olmaliq FK 3–1 3–2 5–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–4 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 4–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 5–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 4–1 4–3
Qizilqum Zarafshon 0–3 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1
FK Samarqand-Dinamo 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1
Shurtan Guzar 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–4 3–3 1–4 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
Sogdiana Jizzakh 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 4–3 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

# Scorer Team Goals (Pen.)
1 Ukraine Oleksandr Pyschur Bunyodkor 19 (5)
2 Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf Qarshi 18 (6)
3 Uzbekistan Farhod Tadjiyev Lokomotiv Tashkent 17 (1)
4 Uzbekistan Zafar Polvonov Olmaliq FK 14 (0)
5 Uzbekistan Vokhid Shodiev FK Buxoro 12 (0)
6 Uzbekistan Azamat Allaniyazov Nasaf Qarshi 11 (0)
Uzbekistan Ilkhom Shomurodov Nasaf Qarshi 11 (0)
Uzbekistan Muiddin Mamazulunov Olmaliq FK/FK Guliston 11 (2)
9 Tajikistan Uzbekistan Akmal Kholmatov Lokomotiv Tashkent 10 (0)
Uzbekistan Farrukh Shotursunov Qizilqum/Dinamo 10 (0)
11 Uzbekistan Ivan Nagaev Lokomotiv Tashkent 9 (0)
Uzbekistan Ruzimboy Ahmedov Navbahor 9 (4)
Uzbekistan Shahzodbek Nurmatov Metallurg Bekabad 9 (0)
14 Uzbekistan Dilmurod Karimov Metallurg Bekabad 8 (0)
15 Uzbekistan Anvar Berdiev Neftchi/Bunyodkor 7 (1)
Uzbekistan Sukhrob Berdiev Sogdiana 7 (0)
Uzbekistan Alisher Shogulyamov FK Guliston 7 (1)
Uzbekistan Pavel Solomin Shurtan Guzar 7 (0)
Uzbekistan Lutfulla Turaev Bunyodkor 7 (0)

Last updated: 8 November 2013
Source: Soccerway

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
March Uzbekistan Mirjalol Qosimov Bunyodkor Uzbekistan Farhod Tadjiyev Lokomotiv
April Uzbekistan Mirjalol Qosimov Bunyodkor Uzbekistan Akmal Kholmatov Lokomotiv
May Uzbekistan Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf
June Uzbekistan Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf
July Uzbekistan Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf Uzbekistan Akmal Kholmatov Lokomotiv
August Uzbekistan Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf [7]
September Ukraine Amet Memet Neftchi Ukraine Oleksandr Pyschur Bunyodkor [8]
October Uzbekistan Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf [9]

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