Uzbek League

Uzbek League

Countries	Uzbekistan
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Founded	1992
Number of teams	14
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Uzbekistan First League
Domestic cup(s)	Uzbekistan Cup
League cup(s)	AFC Champions League AFC Cup
Current champions	Bunyodkor (2011)
TV partners	O'zbekiston Sport Telekanali
Website	PFL.Uz
2012 Uzbek League

The Uzbekistan Professional Football League (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Professional Futbol Ligasi, formerly the Uzbek Oliy League), is the top division of football in Uzbekistan, and is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Football Federation.

Clubs (2012)

• Bunyodkor
• FK Andijan
• FK Bukhoro
• FK Samarqand-Dinamo
• Lokomotiv Tashkent
• Mash'al Mubarek
• Metallurg Bekabad
• Nasaf Qarshi
• Navbahor Namangan
• Neftchi Farg'ona
• Olmaliq FK
• Pakhtakor
• Qizilqum Zarafshon
• Sho'rtan Guzor

History

Soviet time champions

1926 : FC Tashkent 1927 : FC Tashkent 1928 : FC Fergana 1929 : FC Tashkent 1930 : FC Tashkent 1931-32 : no championship 1933 : FC Tashkent 1934 : FC Tashkent 1935 : FC Tashkent 1936 : FC Tashkent 1937 : FC Spartak Tashkent 1938 : FC Spartak Tashkent

1939 : Dinamo Tashkent 1940-47 : no championship 1948 : Polyarnaya Zvezda Tashkent Oblast 1949 : Dinamo Tashkent 1950 : FC Spartak Tashkent 1951 : FC Spartak Tashkent 1952 : Dinamo Tashkent 1953 : FShM Tashkent 1954 : Dinamo Tashkent 1955 : ODO Tashkent (later SKA) 1956 : ODO Tashkent 1957 : Mashstroi 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 Namangan Oblast 1969 : Tashkabel Tashkent

1970 : SKA Tashkent (former ODO) 1971 : Yangiaryk Khorezm Oblast 1972 : Trud Jizzak 1973 : Quruvchi Samarqand 1974 : Pakhtakor Gulistan 1975 : Zarafshan Navoi 1976 : Traktor Tashkent 1977 : Khiva 1978 : Khorezm (Kolkhoz im. Narimanova) 1979 : Khisar Shakhrisabz 1980 : no championship 1981 : Ekipress Samarqand

1982 : Beshkent 1983 : Tselinnik Turtkul 1984 : Khorezm Khanki 1985 : Shakhter Angren 1986 : Traktor Tashkent 1987 : Avtomobilist Ferg'ona 1988 : Selmashevets Chirchik 1989 : Nurafshon Bukhara 1990 : Naryn Khakulabad 1991 : Politotdel Tashkent Oblast (now FC Do'stlik)

Since independence

1992 : Neftchi Farg'ona and Pakhtakor Tashkent 1993 : Neftchi Farg'ona 1994 : Neftchi Farg'ona 1995 : Neftchi Farg'ona 1996 : Navbahor Namangan 1997 : MHSK Tashkent (former Pakhtakor-79 Tashkent) 1998 : Paxtakor Tashkent 1999 : Do'stlik (former Politotdel Tashkent Oblast) 2000 : Do'stlik 2001 : Neftchi Farg'ona

2002 : Paxtakor Tashkent 2003 : Paxtakor Tashkent 2004 : Paxtakor Tashkent 2005 : Paxtakor Tashkent 2006 : Paxtakor Tashkent 2007 : Paxtakor Tashkent 2008 : Bunyodkor Tashkent 2009 : Bunyodkor Tashkent 2010 : Bunyodkor Tashkent 2011 : Bunyodkor Tashkent

2012 :

Champions and top scorers

Main article: Uzbek League Top Scorer

Season	Champion	Runner-up	3rd position	Top scorer
1992*	FC Pakhtakor Neftchi Farg'ona		Sogdiana Jizzakh	Valeriy Kechinov (Pakhtakor, 24 goals)
1993	Neftchi Farg'ona	FC Pakhtakor	Navbahor Namangan	Rustam Durmonov (Neftchi, 24 goals)
1994	Neftchi Farg'ona	Nurafshon Buxoro	Navbahor Namangan	Ravshan Bozorov (Neftchi, 26 goals)
1995	Neftchi Farg'ona	MHSK Tashkent	Navbahor Namangan	Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals)
1996	Navbahor Namangan	Neftchi Farg'ona	MHSK Tashkent	Jafar Irismetov (FC Dustlik, 23 goals) Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals)
1997	MHSK Tashkent	Neftchi Farg'ona	Navbahor Namangan	Jafar Irismetov (FC Dustlik, 34 goals)
1998	FC Pakhtakor	Neftchi Farg'ona	Navbahor Namangan	Mirjalol Kasymov (Pakhtakor, 22 goals) Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor, 22 goals)
1999	FC Dustlik	Neftchi Farg'ona	Navbahor Namangan	Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 24 goals) Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (FK Andijan, 24 goals)
2000	FC Dustlik	Neftchi Farg'ona	Nasaf Qarshi	Jafar Irismetov (FC Dustlik, 45 goals)
2001	Neftchi Farg'ona	FC Pakhtakor	Nasaf Qarshi	Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 28 goals)
2002	FC Pakhtakor	Neftchi Farg'ona	Qizilqum Zarafshon	Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (FK Andijan, 22 goals)
2003	FC Pakhtakor	Neftchi Farg'ona	Navbahor Namangan	Marsel Idiatullin (Qizilqum, 26 goals)
2004	FC Pakhtakor	Neftchi Farg'ona	Navbahor Namangan	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev (Navbahor, 31 goals)
2005	FC Pakhtakor	Mash'al Mubarek	Nasaf Qarshi	Anvar Soliev (Pakhtakor, 29 goals)
2006	FC Pakhtakor	Neftchi Farg'ona	Nasaf Qarshi	Pavel Solomin (Traktor Tashkent, 21 goals)
2007	FC Pakhtakor	Kuruvchi	Mash'al Mubarek	Ilhom Mo'minjonov (Kuruvchi, 21 goals)
2008**	FC Bunyodkor	FC Pakhtakor	Neftchi Farg'ona	Server Djeparov (Bunyodkor, 19 goals)
2009	FC Bunyodkor	FC Pakhtakor	Nasaf Qarshi	Rivaldo (Bunyodkor, 20 goals)
2010	FC Bunyodkor	FC Pakhtakor	Nasaf Qarshi	Alisher Kholiqov (Neftchi, 13 goals) Nosirbek Otakuziyev (Olmaliq FK, 13 goals)
2011	FC Bunyodkor	Nasaf Qarshi	FC Pakhtakor	Miloš Trifunović (Bunyodkor, 17 goals)
* The league was named Oliy Liga ** The league was named O'zbekiston PFL

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Paxtakor Tashkent	8	5	1992*, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Neftchi Farg'ona	5	9	1992*, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001
Bunyodkor Tashkent	4	1	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Do'stlik	2	0	1999, 2000
Navbahor Namangan	1	0	1996
MHSK Tashkent	1	1	1997

• Both teams were awarded with the title.

All time table

All time table of league, as of end of the season 2011

Pos	Team	Seasons	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	G.F.	G.A.	1	2	3	Best
1	FC Pakhtakor	20	1318	602	407	97	98	1413	521	8	5	3	1
2	Neftchi Farg'ona	20	1314	602	411	81	110	1360	607	5	9	1	1
3	Navbahor Namangan	20	1053	602	314	111	177	1112	673	1	0	8	1
4	Nasaf Qarshi	15	815	450	244	83	123	817	553	0	1	6	2
5	FK Buxoro	19	803	576	239	86	251	847	885	0	1	0	2
6	FK Andijan	19	733	576	205	118	253	849	934	0	1	0	5
7	Dynamo Samarkand	18	678	542	196	90	256	699	800	0	0	0	4
8	Sogdiana Jizzakh	17	634	516	182	88	246	694	857	0	0	1	3
9	Traktor Tashkent	16	621	490	178	87	225	684	814	0	0	0	4
10	FC Dustlik	11	559	346	169	52	125	669	532	2	0	0	1
11	Mash'al Mubarek	12	512	344	151	59	134	461	460	0	1	1	2
12	Qizilqum Zarafshon	12	492	356	141	69	146	482	506	0	0	1	3
13	Metallurg Bekabad	14	492	356	141	69	146	482	506	0	0	0	5
14	Surxon Termez	12	393	374	109	66	199	461	726	0	0	0	9
15	FC Bunyodkor	5	362	142	114	20	8	318	66	4	1	0	1
16	MHSK Tashkent	7	362	216	106	44	66	420	335	1	1	1	1
17	Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon	9	351	280	106	33	141	400	547	0	0	0	5
18	Lokomotiv Tashkent	7	232	198	63	43	92	235	297	0	0	0	6
19	Xorazm FK Urganch	8	230	248	62	44	142	281	518	0	0	0	7
20	FC Shurtan Guzar	7	226	198	65	31	102	220	325	0	0	0	4
21	Zarafshon Navoi	6	217	196	60	37	99	236	355	0	0	0	9
22	FK Yangiyer	7	205	216	56	37	123	266	385	0	0	0	10
23	Turon Nukus/Orol	5	155	164	44	23	97	171	329	0	0	0	11
24	FK Kosonsoy	5	145	156	40	25	91	171	305	0	0	0	8
25	Olmaliq FK	4	139	112	39	22	51	148	158	0	0	0	4
26	Atlaschi Marg'ilon	4	118	124	34	16	74	149	280	0	0	0	7
27	FC Chirchiq	4	103	122	26	25	71	130	240	0	0	0	12
28	Topalang Sariosiyo	3	96	86	28	12	46	103	146	0	0	0	9
29	Kimyogar Chirchiq	3	104	96	25	21	58	113	193	0	0	0	14
30	FK Guliston	3	98	72	20	12	66	77	202	0	0	0	16
31	Akademiya Tashkent	1	59	34	16	11	7	72	45	0	0	0	-
32	Semurg Angren	2	57	72	15	12	45	99	200	0	0	0	12
33	Sementchi Kuvasoy	1	31	30	8	7	15	39	64	0	0	0	15
34	Chilonzor Tashkent	1	30	34	8	6	20	51	70	0	0	0	16
35	Shakhrikhon	1	28	32	7	7	18	25	67	0	0	0	-
36	Shifokor Guliston	1	27	30	8	3	19	37	76	0	0	0	14
37	Vobkent FK	1	15	30	3	6	21	23	70	0	0	0	16
37	Uz-Dong-Ju Andijon	1	13	30	2	7	21	17	65	0	0	0	16

	2011 Uzbek League
	relegated to Uzbek League Division One after season 2011
	did not play in 2011 Uzbek League
	Club disappeared
	Promotion to the 2012 Uzbek League

All time topscorers

As of February 2012

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Zafar Kholmurodov	1997–present	198
2	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev	2000–present	192
3	Anvar Berdiev	1995–present	186
4	Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev	1997–present	174
5	Umid Isoqov	1994–present	172
6	Ravshan Bozorov	1992–2007	171
7	Jafar Irismetov	1993–present	163
8	Oybek Usmonkhujaev	1992–2005	157
9	Anvar Soliev	1996–present	151
10	Rustam Durmonov	1992–2002	133
11	Mukhtor Qurbonov	1993–2009	133
12	Farid Khabibullin	1992–2004	130
12	Numon Khasanov	1992–2009	126
13	Nagmetullo Qutiboev	1992–2007	106
14	Shukhrat Rakhmonqulov	1992–2005	105
15	Server Djeparov	2000–present	104
16	Vali Keldiev	1992–2006	104
17	Oleg Shatskikh	1993–2003	104

Awards

Player of the Year

Main article: Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year

Year	Place	Player	Club	Points
2010	1	Server Djeparov	FC Bunyodkor	95
	2	Odil Ahmedov	FC Pakhtakor	94
	3	Bahodir Nasimov	Neftchi Baku PFC	37
2011	1	Odil Ahmedov	FC Anzhi Makhachkala	257
	2	Server Djeparov	Al-Shabab	137
	3	Alexander Geynrikh	Suwon Bluewings	116

Young Player of the Year

Year	Player	Club
2010	Timur Khakimov	FC Bunyodkor
2011	Timur Khakimov	FC Pakhtakor
	Davlat Yarbekov	FC Pakhtakor
	Bobir Davlatov	Mash'al Mubarek

Coach of the Year

Main article: Uzbekistan Football Coach of the Year

Year	Place	Coach	Club	Points
2010	1	Aleksey Evstafeev	Uzbekistan U-16	172
	2	Mirjalol Kasymov	FC Bunyodkor	110
	3	Edgar Gess	FC Shurtan Guzar	75
2011	1	Vadim Abramov	Uzbekistan	271
	2	Aleksey Evstafeev	Uzbekistan U-17	179
	3	Anatoliy Demyanenko	Nasaf Qarshi	108

Youth Coach of the Year

Year	Name	Team
2010	Aleksey Evstafeev	Uzbekistan U-16
2011	Aleksey Evstafeev	Uzbekistan U-17

Referee of the Year

Year	Referee	Notes
2008	Ravshan Irmatov
2009	Ravshan Irmatov
2010	Ravshan Irmatov
2011	Ravshan Irmatov

Fair Play

Year	Club	Notes
2008	FC Bunyodkor
2009	FC Bunyodkor
2010	FC Bunyodkor
2011	Sogdiana Jizzakh

See also

• Gennadi Krasnitsky club

External links

• Official Website of Uzbek Professional League
• soccerway.com; standings, results & fixtures
• Table on RSSSF