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.

Uzbekistan Super League
Oʻzbekiston Superligasi
Organising bodyUzbekistan Professional Football League
Uzbekistan Football Association
Founded1992 (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
Website
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.

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
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: Dinamo Tashkent
  • 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: Ekipress 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
9
 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
Sokol Tashkent
6
 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Spartak Tashkent
4
 1937, 1938, 1950, 1951
Dinamo Tashkent
4
 1939, 1949, 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

Champions and top scorers
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
ClubWinnersRunners-upThird PlaceWinning seasons
Pakhtakor Tashkent16621992*, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Neftchi Fargʻona5911992*, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001
Bunyodkor Tashkent5312008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Lokomotiv Tashkent3412016, 2017, 2018
Doʻstlik2--1999, 2000
Navbahor Namangan11101996
MHSK Tashkent1111997
Nasaf Qarshi-411
Mashʼal Mubarek-11
Sogdiana-11
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 2023 season[3]

Pos Team Seasons Points Played Won Drawn Lost G.F. G.A. 1 2 3 Best
1Paxtakor322020942640154148208678316621
2Neftchi Fargʻona29162986449315022116359185911
3Navbahor Namangan3214639424391993041514108311101
4Nasaf Qarshi271442790428168194136382904112
5Buxoro291121864325146393112813140102
6Soʻgʻdiyona Jizzax281004830281161388103313120112
7Bunyodkor17974482292102908433975311
8Andijon27915792250165377103012830005
9Metallurg-Bekobod2690775625015734990311390005
10Qizilqum-Zarafshon248906962461522988369880013
11Dinamo Samarqand2486373224413135787710810004
12Lokomotiv-Tashkent168564602491091548085893411
13Mashal-Muborak197445382141022236737250112
14Qoʻqon 191217634516180942526708720005
15Olmaliq16622452175971766386210023
16Traktor-Tashkent16621490178872256848140004
17Doʻstlik11559346169521256695322001
18Surxon-Termiz17536504148922535749140006
19Shoʻrtan-Gʻuzor12381340109541773935660004
20MHSK736221610644664203351111
21Xorazm823024862441422815180007
22Zarafshon Navoiy62171966037992363550009
23Yangiyer Sirdaryo7205216563712326638500010
24Orol Nukus515516444239717132900011
25Kosonsoy Namangan51451564025911713050008
26Guliston Sirdaryo5119154341710314234000014
27Atlaschi Margʻilon41181243416741492800007
28Chirchiq410312226257113024000014
29Toʻpalang-Sariosiyo396862812461031460009
30Kimyogar-Chirchiq39610425215811319300014
31Olimpik Toshkent2665215211657600006
32Akademiya Toshkent159341611772450005
33Semurg Angren257721512459920000012
34Turon Yaypan2335261531328800013
35Sementchi-Quvasoy131308715396400015
36Chilonzor-Toshkent130348620517000016
37Shahrixon128327718256700015
38Obod Toshkent124306618255100014
39Vobkent Buxoro115303621237000016
40Uz-Dong-Ju Andijon113302721176500016
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
15Pakhtakor226297222122112998051035---6

Players records

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
1992–2017No sponsorOliy Liga
2018PepsiPepsi Uzbekistan Super League
2019–presentCoca-ColaCoca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League

See also

References
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