2019 Uzbekistan Super League

The 2019 Uzbekistan Super League (known as the Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since its establishment on 1992. Lokomotiv Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2018 campaign.

2019 Uzbekistan Super League

Season	2019
Dates	8 March — 30 November 2019
Champions	Pakhtakor
Promoted	Mash'al
Relegated	Dinamo
AFC Champions League	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent Lokomotiv Tashkent FC Bunyodkor
Matches played	182
Goals scored	457 (2.51 per match)
Best Player	Dragan Ceran
Top goalscorer	Dragan Ceran 23 goals
Biggest home win	Pakhtakor 8–0 Qizilqum (21 June)
Biggest away win	FC Buxoro 0–5 Pakhtakor (14 June) Qizilqum 0–5 Pakhtakor (30 July)
Highest scoring	Pakhtakor 8–0 Qizilqum (21 June)
Longest winning run	16 match (Pakhtakor)
Longest unbeaten run	24 match (Pakhtakor)
Longest winless run	12 matches (Dinamo)
Longest losing run	12 match (Dinamo)
Highest attendance	25,727 Navbahor 3–1 Sogdiana (4 May)
Lowest attendance	867 Lokomotiv 3–1 Qizilqum (27 April)
Total attendance	1,008,399
Average attendance	5540
← 2018 2020 → All statistics correct as of 30 November 2019.

Teams

Tashkent

Metallurg

Nasaf

Qizilqum

Navbahor

AGMK

Bukhara

Andijan

Soghdiana

Surkhon

Dinamo

Kokand 1912

Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Pakhtakor

Location of teams in 2019 Uzbekistan Super League

Club	Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Kit sponsor	Shirt sponsor
AGMK	Mirjalol Qosimov	Olmaliq	AGMK Stadium	12,000	Joma	OKMK
Andijan	Alexander Khomyakov	Andijan	Soglom Avlod	18,360	Adidas	GM Uzbekistan
Bunyodkor	Vadim Abramov	Tashkent	Bunyodkor Stadium	34,000	Nike	Uzbekistan GTL, Driver's Village1
Bukhoro	Mukhsin Mukhamadiev	Bukhara	Bukhara Arena	22,700	Joma	BNQIZ
Kokand 1912	Numon Hasanov	Kokand	Kokand Stadium	10,500	Adidas
Lokomotiv	Samvel Babayan	Tashkent	Lokomotiv Stadium	8,000	Joma	Orient Finance Bank, Uztelecom1
Metallurg	Andrey Shipilov	Bekabad	Metallurg Stadium	15,000	Adidas	UMK
Nasaf	Ruziqul Berdiyev	Qarshi	Qarshi Markazi Stadium	16,000	Adidas	Uzbekistan GTL SGCC
Navbahor	Andrey Kanchelskis	Namangan	Namangan Markazi Stadium	22,000	Adidas
Pakhtakor	Shota Arveladze	Tashkent	Pakhtakor Stadium	35,000	Adidas	Red Metal AG Amalco Group Company, Euroasia Insurance1
Sogdiana	Ulugbek Bakayev	Jizzakh	Soghdiana Stadium	11,650	Nike	UzbekEnergo
Qizilqum	Hamidjon Aktamov	Zarafshan	Progress Stadium	12,500	Adidas	Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combinat NKMK1
Dinamo	Täçmyrat Agamyradow	Samarqand	Dinamo Stadium	13,800	Joma	Agromir Buildings
Surkhon	Andrei Miklyaev	Termez	Alpamish stadium	6,000	Adidas	UzbekGidroEnergo

• ¹ On the back of the strip.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Sogdiana	Sergey Lushan	Resigned	13 April 2019	12th	Ulugbek Bakayev	16 April 2019
Andijon	Ildar Sakaev	Resigned	30 May 2019	11th	Alexander Khomyakov	3 June 2019
Buxoro	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov	Resigned	3 June 2019	13th	Mukhsin Mukhamadiev	9 June 2019[1]
Lokomotiv	Andrey Fyodorov	Resigned	20 June 2019	2nd	Samvel Babayan	22 June 2019
Navbahor	Andrey Kanchelskis	Resigned	20 June 2019	6th	Dejan Đurđević	24 June 2019
Navbahor	Dejan Đurđević	Resigned	September 2019	7th	Andrey Kanchelskis	September 2019
Dinamo	Davron Fayziev	Resigned	25 September 2019	10th	Täçmyrat Agamyradow	25 September 2019

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
AGMK	Elgujja Grigalashvili	Igor Zonjić				Miroljub Kostić Marko Zoćević Uladzislaw Kasmynin
Andijan	Radosav Aleksić	Vitali Myrnyi				Akhlidin Israilov
Bunyodkor	Dmitriy Ostrovskiy	Yevhen Chumak
Bukhoro	Milovan Kapor	Jaba Lipartia	Vili Isiani	Artyom Kulesha	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	Ivan Fatić Volodymyr Bayenko
Kokand 1912	Marko Milić					Bojan Knežević Miloš Nikolić Olivier Bonnes
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Ariagner Smith	Jovan Đokić	Igor Jelić		Arslanmyrat Amanow	Filip Rajevac
Metallurg Bekabad	Andrei Shipilov	Sergei Tumasyan
Nasaf
Navbahor	Ivan Solovyov	Igor Golban	Slavko Lukić	Oleksandr Kasyan	Amirbek Juraboev	Elman Tagaýew
Pakhtakor	Marko Simić	Dragan Ćeran				Gidi Kanyuk
Soghdiana	Kakhi Makharadze	Nikola Milinković	Milan Mitrović		Sherzod Shakirov
Qizilqum	Mate Vatsadze	Lasha Totadze	Yevgeni Cheremisin	Ruslan Margiyev	Steven Lustica	Elgujja Grigalashvili Ariagner Smith
Dinamo
Surkhon	Dougllas Nascimento	Lucas Oliveria	Vladimir Bubanja	Darko Stanojević

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakhtakor (C)	26	22	3	1	75	18	+57	69	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Lokomotiv (Q)	26	13	10	3	40	17	+23	49	Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2[a]
3	Bunyodkor (Q)	26	12	7	7	37	33	+4	43
4	Sogdiana	26	11	7	8	29	29	0	40
5	Metallurg	26	9	8	9	33	26	+7	35
6	Surkhon	26	10	5	11	26	33	−7	35
7	Nasaf	26	9	6	11	34	27	+7	33
8	Navbahor	26	7	11	8	26	23	+3	32
9	AGMK	26	9	5	12	36	37	−1	32
10	Andijon	26	6	10	10	23	37	−14	28
11	Kokand 1912	26	6	8	12	31	45	−14	26
12	Bukhoro	26	5	9	12	18	37	−19	24
13	Qizilqum	26	5	9	12	24	48	−24	24
14	Dinamo Samarqand (R)	26	6	6	14	25	47	−22	24	Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League

Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since league champions Pakhtakor were also Uzbekistan Cup winners, the league 3rd place qualified for the AFC Champions League preliminary round 2.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Pakhtakor	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Lokomotiv	14	7	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Bunyodkor	13	14	9	6	3	4	6	3	5	4	3	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Sogdiana	2	6	10	12	8	11	13	10	9	5	5	8	8	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Metallurg	6	4	7	4	5	3	4	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	5
Surkhon	10	5	2	3	4	5	8	6	3	3	4	3	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	6
Nasaf	7	2	6	10	14	8	5	8	4	7	7	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	6	5	6	6	7
AGMK	11	12	5	9	13	14	10	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	11	10	12	12	10	11	10	9	9	9	8	8
Navbahor	8	11	14	11	6	6	3	4	6	6	6	4	3	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	8	9	9
Andijon	3	8	12	13	11	10	11	12	13	11	11	12	13	12	12	11	11	13	13	10	9	10	10	11	11	10
Kokand	5	9	13	14	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	10	9	9	11	12	11	10	10	11
Bukhoro	12	13	11	7	10	9	12	13	12	13	13	14	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	12
Qizilqum	9	3	4	8	9	12	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	12	10	11	12	14	13	11	12	12	12	13
Dinamo	4	10	8	5	7	7	7	5	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
	Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 3
	Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League

Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2019. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League

Results

Home \ Away	AGM	AND	BUK	BUN	KOK	LOK	MET	NAS	NAV	PAK	QIZ	SOG	DIN	SUR
AGMK	—	2–2	0–0	0–1	7–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	4–1	0–2	3–1	2–0
Andijon	1–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–1
Bukhoro	2–1	1–0	—	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2
Bunyodkor	0–2	1–0	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	4–2	3–0
Kokand	1–3	0–0	1–3	3–0	—	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–1
Lokomotiv	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	5–1
Metallurg	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–0	—	0–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	0–1	5–0	2–0
Nasaf	4–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	—	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–0
Navbahor	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	—	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	3–0
Pakhtakor	4–1	5–1	5–0	2–3	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	—	8–0	3–0	2–0	3–1
Qizilqum	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–5	—	1–1	2–1	1–3
Sogdiana	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	—	3–0	0–3
Dinamo	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–4	2–2	1–0	—	2–1
Surkhon	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	—

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
AGMK	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L
Andijon	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	W
Bukhoro	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W
Bunyodkor	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	D
Kokand	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	D
Lokomotiv	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	D
Metallurg	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W
Nasaf	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	L
Navbahor	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	D
Pakhtakor	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D
Qizilqum	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	L
Sogdiana	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	D
Dinamo	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W
Surkhon	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2019. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Goals

Pakhtakor's Dragan Ćeran won the Super League Golden Boot after scoring 23 goals, a record for a 24-game Super League season

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Goalscorers

As of 1 December 2019

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dragan Ceran	Pakhtakor	23
2	Igor Sergeev	Pakhtakor	17
3	Zafar Polvonov	AGMK	15
4	Khumoyun Murtozoyev	Nasaf	14
5	Khursid Giyosov	Bunyodkor	12
6	Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov	Lokomotiv	11
	Elgujja Grigalashvili	Qizilqum/AGMK
8	Oleksandr Kasyan	Navbahor	10
9	Shakhzod Ubaydullaev	Andijon	9
	Shokhruz Norkhonov	Sogdiana
11	Marat Bikmoev	Pakhtakor	8
	Murod Kholmukhamedov	Kokand 1912
13	Abdul Aziz Yusupov	Surkhon	7
	Dostonbek Khamdamov	Pakhtakor
	Mirjakhon Mirakhmadov	Bunyodkor
16	Shakhboz Erkinov	Kokand 1912	6
	Nurillo Tukhtasinov	Bunyodkor
	Jamshid Iskanderov	Lokomotiv
	Sukhrob Berdiyev	Kokand 1912
20	Stanislav Andreev	Metallurg	5
	Zokhid Abdullaev	Metallurg
	Muzaffar Muzaffarov	Metallurg
	Bahodir Pardaev	Metallurg
	Kakhi Makharadze	Sogdiana
	Qadamboy Nurmedov	Dinamo
26	Jaloliddin Masharipov	Pakhtakor	4
	Arslanmyrat Amanow	Lokomotiv
	Islom Tukhtakhujaev	Lokomotiv
	Ariagner Smith	Qizilqum/Lokomotiv
	Shavkat Salomov	Surkhon

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Zafar Polvonov 5	FC AGMK	Kokand 1912	7–1 (H)	7 April 2019
Dragan Ceran	Pakhtakor	Buxoro	5–0 (A)	14 June 2019
Igor Sergeev	Pakhtakor	Qizilqum	8–0 (H)	21 June 2019
Dragan Ceran	Pakhtakor	Andijon	5–1 (H)	27 August 2019
Zafar Polvonov	FC AGMK	Qizilqum	4–1	27 November 2019

Attendances

By round

2019 Uzbekistan Super League Attendance

Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	60,689	7	8,670
Round 2	61,996	7	8,856
Round 3	49,055	7	7,008
Round 4	49,463	7	7,066
Round 5	51,251	7	7,321
Round 6	52,535	7	7,505
Round 7	69,595	7	9,942
Round 8	51,758	7	7,394
Round 9	39,834	7	5,690
Round 10	54,284	7	7,754
Round 11	32,970	7	4,710
Round 12	41,799	7	5,971
Round 13	–	–	–
Total	615,169	84	7,323

By team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Navbahor	125,954			9,688	n/a†
2	Nasaf	108,184			8,321	n/a†
3	Pakhtakor	97,775			7,521	n/a†
4	Bukhoro	93,034			7,156	n/a†
5	Andijon	91,165			7,012	n/a†
6	Dinamo	89,484			6,883	n/a†
7	Surkhon	77,602			5,969	n/a†
8	Sogdiana	58,999			4,538	n/a†
9	Qizilqum	57,338			4,410	n/a†
10	Metallurg	56,334			4,333	n/a†
11	Kokand	51,474			3,959	n/a†
12	Bunyodkor	42,489			3,268	n/a†
13	Lokomotiv	29,326			2,255	n/a†
14	AGMK	29,301			2,253	n/a†
	League total	1,008,399			5,540	n/a†

Updated to games played on 2019
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goalkeeper of the Month		Goal of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
March	Shota Arveladze[2]	Pakhtakor	Dragan Ceran[3]	Pakhtakor	Botirali Ergashev[4]	Dinamo	Dragan Ceran[5]	Pakhtakor
April	Vadim Abramov[6]	Bunyodkor	Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov[7]	Lokomotiv	Sanjar Kuvvatov[8]	Pakhtakor	Doston Ibragimov [9]	Buxoro
May	Ulugbek Bakaev	Sogdiana	Dragan Ceran	Pakhtakor	Abduvohid Nematov	Nasaf	Slavko Lukic	Navbahor
June	Shota Arveladze	Pakhtakor	Dragan Ceran	Pakhtakor	Umedjan Ergashev	Navbahor	Dragan Ceran	Pakhtakor
July	Ulugbek Bakaev	Sogdiana	Jaloliddin Masharipov	Pakhtakor	Eldorbek Suyunov	Pakhtakor	Oybek Kilichev	Andijon
August	Shota Arveladze	Pakhtakor	Dragan Ceran	Pakhtakor	Milan Mitrovic	Sogdiana	Muzaffar Muzaffarov	Metallurg
September	Shota Arveladze	Pakhtakor	Dostonbek Khamdamov	Pakhtakor	Utkir Yusupov	Navbahor	Shakhzod Ubaydullaev	Andijon
October	Shota Arveladze	Pakhtakor	Igor Segeev	Pakhtakor	Abduvohid Nematov	Nasaf	Jamshid Iskanderov	Lokomotiv
November	Vadim Abramov	Bunyodkor	Nurullo Tukhtasinov	Bunyodkor	Ignatiy Nesterov	Lokomotiv	Darko Stanojević	Surkhon

Annual awards

The awards of 2019 Uzbekistan Super League were announced on 24 December 2019.^[10]

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Dragan Ceran	Pakhtakor Tashkent
Golden Boot	Dragan Ceran	Pakhtakor Tashkent
Goalkeeper of the Season	Abduvohid Nematov	FC Nasaf
Young Player of the Season	Jasur Jaloliddinov	Bunyodkor
Manager of the Season	Shota Arveladze	Pakhtakor Tashkent
Goal the Season	Muzaffar Muzaffarov	Metallurg Bekabad
Best Referee	Valentin Kovalenko
Fair Play	FC Nasaf

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Abduvohid Nematov (FC Nasaf)
Defender	Farrukh Sayfiev (Pakhtakor)	Igor Golban (Navbahor)	Sardor Kulmatov (Sogdiana)	Khojiakbar Alijonov (Pakhtakor)
Midfielder	Jaloliddin Masharipov (Pakhtakor)	Sanjar Kodirkulov (FC Bunyodkor)	Jamshid Iskanderov (Lokomotiv)	Khursid Giyosov (FC Bunyodkor)
Forward	Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor)		Khumoyun Murtozoyev (FC Nasaf)