Uzbekistan Super League
Oʻzbekiston Superligasi
Organising bodyUzbekistan Professional Football League
Uzbekistan Football Association
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
CountryUzbekistan
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams14
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toUzbekistan 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 2
Current championsPakhtakor (15th title)
(2023)
Most championshipsPakhtakor (15 titles)
TV partnersNTRCU Sport [ru]
Website
Current: 2023 Uzbekistan Super League

Uzbekistan Super League (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Superligasi), known as Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons (Uzbek: Coca-Cola Oʻzbekiston Superligasi, Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси),[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.

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
Republican League Competitions

Since independence

Champions and top scorers

See also: Uzbekistan Super League Top Scorer
Season Champion Runner-up 3rd position Top scorer
1992 1 Pakhtakor
Neftchi Fargʻona 		Sogdiana Jizzakh Uzbekistan Valeriy Kechinov (Pakhtakor, 24 goals)
1993 Neftchi Fargʻona Pakhtakor Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan Rustam Durmonov (Neftchi, 24 goals)
1994 Neftchi Fargʻona Nurafshon Buxoro Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan Ravshan Bozorov (Neftchi, 26 goals)
1995 Neftchi Fargʻona MHSK Tashkent Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals)
1996 Navbahor Namangan Neftchi Fargʻona MHSK Tashkent Uzbekistan Jafar Irismetov (Doʻstlik, 23 goals)
Uzbekistan Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals)
1997 MHSK Tashkent Neftchi Fargʻona Navbahor Namangan Jafar Irismetov (Doʻstlik, 34 goals)
1998 Pakhtakor Neftchi Fargʻona Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasymov (Pakhtakor, 22 goals)
Uzbekistan Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor, 22 goals)
1999 Doʻstlik Neftchi Fargʻona Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 24 goals)
Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (FK Andijan, 24 goals)
2000 Doʻstlik Neftchi Fargʻona Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan Jafar Irismetov (Doʻstlik, 45 goals)
2001 Neftchi Fargʻona Pakhtakor Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 28 goals)
2002 Pakhtakor Neftchi Fargʻona Qizilqum Zarafshon Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (FK Andijan, 22 goals)
2003 Pakhtakor Neftchi Fargʻona Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan Marsel Idiatullin (Qizilqum, 26 goals)
2004 Pakhtakor Neftchi Fargʻona Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev (Navbahor, 31 goals)
2005 Pakhtakor Mashʼal Mubarek Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan Anvar Soliev (Pakhtakor, 29 goals)
2006 Pakhtakor Neftchi Fargʻona Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan Pavel Solomin (Traktor Tashkent, 21 goals)
2007 Pakhtakor Kuruvchi Mashʼal Mubarek Uzbekistan Ilhom Moʻminjonov (Kuruvchi, 21 goals)
2008 2 Bunyodkor Pakhtakor Neftchi Fargʻona Uzbekistan Server Djeparov (Bunyodkor, 19 goals)
2009 Bunyodkor Pakhtakor Nasaf Qarshi Brazil Rivaldo (Bunyodkor, 20 goals)
2010 Bunyodkor Pakhtakor Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan Alisher Kholiqov (Neftchi, 13 goals)
Uzbekistan Nosirbek Otakuziev (Olmaliq FK, 13 goals)
2011 Bunyodkor Nasaf Qarshi Pakhtakor Serbia Miloš Trifunović (Bunyodkor, 17 goals)
2012 Pakhtakor Bunyodkor Lokomotiv Tashkent Uzbekistan Anvar Berdiev (Neftchi, 19 goals)
2013 Bunyodkor Lokomotiv Tashkent Nasaf Qarshi Ukraine Oleksandr Pyschur (Bunyodkor, 19 goals)
2014 Pakhtakor Lokomotiv Tashkent Nasaf Qarshi Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan (Nasaf, 18 goals)
2015 Pakhtakor Lokomotiv Tashkent Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan Igor Sergeev (Pakhtakor, 23 goals)
2016 Lokomotiv Tashkent Bunyodkor Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov (Lokomotiv Tashkent, 22 goals)
2017 Lokomotiv Tashkent Nasaf Qarshi Pakhtakor Uzbekistan Marat Bikmaev (Lokomotiv Tashkent, 26 goals)
2018 3 Lokomotiv Tashkent Pakhtakor Navbahor Namangan Brazil Tiago Bezerra (Pakhtakor, 17 goals)
2019 Pakhtakor Lokomotiv Tashkent Bunyodkor Serbia Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 23 goals)
2020 Pakhtakor Nasaf Qarshi AGMK Serbia Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 21 goals)
2021 Pakhtakor Sogdiana AGMK Serbia Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 16 goals)
2022 Pakhtakor Navbahor Namangan Nasaf Qarshi Serbia Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 20 goals)
2023 Pakhtakor Nasaf Qarshi Navbahor Namangan Serbia Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 13 goals)

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 Tashkent 16 6 2 1992*, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Neftchi Fargʻona 5 9 1 1992*, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001
Bunyodkor Tashkent 5 3 1 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Lokomotiv Tashkent 3 4 1 2016, 2017, 2018
Doʻstlik 2 - - 1999, 2000
Navbahor Namangan 1 1 10 1996
MHSK Tashkent 1 1 1 1997
Nasaf Qarshi - 4 11
Mashʼal Mubarek - 1 1
Sogdiana - 1 1
Buxoro - 1 -
AGMK - - 2
Qizilqum Zarafshon - - 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 2022 season[3]

Pos Team Seasons Points Played Won Drawn Lost G.F. G.A. 1 2 3 Best
1 Paxtakor 31 1967 916 624 149 143 2045 758 15 6 2 1
2 Neftchi Fargʻona 28 1584 838 482 138 218 1602 900 5 9 1 1
3 Navbahor Namangan 31 1416 916 425 194 297 1470 1064 1 1 9 1
4 Nasaf Qarshi 26 1394 764 415 159 190 1332 813 0 3 11 2
5 Buxoro 28 1106 838 321 143 374 1116 1279 0 1 0 2
6 Soʻgʻdiyona Jizzax 27 977 804 274 155 375 1004 1274 0 1 1 2
7 Bunyodkor 16 937 456 282 95 81 813 364 5 3 1 1
8 Metallurg-Bekobod 25 877 730 242 151 337 877 1104 0 0 0 5
9 Andijon 26 875 766 238 161 367 1003 1258 0 0 0 5
10 Qizilqum-Zarafshon 23 865 670 240 145 285 814 955 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 Traktor-Tashkent 16 621 490 178 87 225 684 814 0 0 0 4
16 Olmaliq 15 576 426 162 90 170 594 587 0 0 2 3
17 Doʻstlik 11 559 346 169 52 125 669 532 2 0 0 1
18 Surxon-Termiz 16 496 478 137 85 245 546 890 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 Akademiya Toshkent 1 59 34 16 11 7 72 45 0 0 0 5
32 Semurg Angren 2 57 72 15 12 45 99 200 0 0 0 12
33 Olimpik Toshkent 1 35 26 7 14 5 31 28 0 0 0 6
34 Sementchi-Quvasoy 1 31 30 8 7 15 39 64 0 0 0 15
35 Chilonzor-Toshkent 1 30 34 8 6 20 51 70 0 0 0 16
36 Shahrixon 1 28 32 7 7 18 25 67 0 0 0 15
37 Obod Toshkent 1 24 30 6 6 18 25 51 0 0 0 14
38 Turon Yaypan 1 17 26 3 8 15 16 47 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 2023 Uzbekistan Super League
did not play in 2023 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

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

References

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  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.
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  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.

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