| Season | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Bunyodkor |
| Relegated | FK Guliston Shurtan Guzar |
| Champions League | Bunyodkor Lokomotiv Tashkent Nasaf Qarshi |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 543 (2.98 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Oleksandr Pyschur 19 goals |
| Biggest home win | Nasaf Qarshi 7-1 Qizilqum Zarafshon |
| Biggest away win | FK Buxoro 1-5 Nasaf Qarshi Guliston 1-5 Lokomotiv Tashkent |
| Highest scoring | Lokomotiv Tashkent 6-2 Guliston Metallurg Bekabad 5-3 Guliston Nasaf Qarshi 7-1 Qizilqum Zarafshon Olmaliq 5-3 Guliston |
| Longest winning run | Nasaf Qarshi (9) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Bunyodkor (9) Nasaf Qarshi Pakhtakor |
| Longest losing run | Qizilqum Zarafshon (6) Shurtan Guzar |
← 2012 2014 → | |
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
[edit]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 | Tashkent | Bunyodkor Stadium | 34,000 | 2nd | |
| FK Bukhoro | Bukhoro | Buxoro Arena | 22,700 | 7th | |
| FK Guliston | Guliston | Guliston Stadium | 12,400 | D1, 2nd | |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Tashkent | Lokomotiv Stadium | 8,000 | 3rd | |
| Metallurg Bekabad | Bekabad | Metallurg Bekabad Stadium | 11,000 | 10th | |
| Nasaf Qarshi | Qarshi | Qarshi Stadium | 14,750 | 4th | |
| Navbahor Namangan | Namangan | Kosonsoy Stadium | 30,000 | 12th | |
| Neftchi Farg'ona | Farghona | Farghona Stadium | 14,520 | 6th | |
| Olmaliq FK | Olmaliq | Metallurg Stadium | 11,000 | 8th | |
| Pakhtakor | Tashkent | Pakhtakor Stadium | 35,000 | Champions | |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Zarafshon | Progress Stadium | 6,000 | 11th | |
| Dinamo | Samarqand | Olimpiya Stadium | 12,250 | 9th | |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | Jizzakh | Zaamin Stadium | 4,000 | D1, 1st | |
| Sho'rtan Ghuzor | Ghuzor | Ghuzor Stadium | 7,000 | 5th |
Managerial changes
[edit]| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Position in table | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasaf Qarshi | Sacked | Pre-season | November 18, 2012[1][2] | ||
| Navbahor Namangan | Pre-season | February, 2013 | |||
| FK Dinamo Samarqand | Pre-season | February 27, 2013[3] | |||
| FK Dinamo Samarqand | Interim role | 14th | May 6, 2013 | ||
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Resigned | 14th | April 5, 2013[4] | ||
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Sacked | 14th | July 29, 2013 | ||
| FC Shurtan Guzar | Sacked | 11th | May 15, 2013 | ||
| FC Shurtan Guzar | Sacked | 14th | October 18, 2013 | ||
| Neftchi Farg'ona | Sacked | 10th | May 16, 2013[5][6] |
Pre-season transfers
[edit]Foreign players
[edit]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.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
League table
[edit]| 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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Number of entrants per association for 2014 AFC Champions League can be changed.
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]| # | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bunyodkor | 19 (5) | |
| 2 | Nasaf Qarshi | 18 (6) | |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 17 (1) | |
| 4 | Olmaliq FK | 14 (0) | |
| 5 | FK Buxoro | 12 (0) | |
| 6 | Nasaf Qarshi | 11 (0) | |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 11 (0) | ||
| Olmaliq FK/FK Guliston | 11 (2) | ||
| 9 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 10 (0) | |
| Qizilqum/Dinamo | 10 (0) | ||
| 11 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 9 (0) | |
| Navbahor | 9 (4) | ||
| Metallurg Bekabad | 9 (0) | ||
| 14 | Metallurg Bekabad | 8 (0) | |
| 15 | Neftchi/Bunyodkor | 7 (1) | |
| Sogdiana | 7 (0) | ||
| FK Guliston | 7 (1) | ||
| Shurtan Guzar | 7 (0) | ||
| Bunyodkor | 7 (0) |
Last updated: 8 November 2013
Source: Soccerway
Awards
[edit]Monthly awards
[edit]| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| March | Bunyodkor | Lokomotiv | |||
| April | Bunyodkor | Lokomotiv | |||
| May | Nasaf | Nasaf | |||
| June | Nasaf | Nasaf | |||
| July | Nasaf | Lokomotiv | |||
| August | Nasaf | Nasaf | [7] | ||
| September | Neftchi | Bunyodkor | [8] | ||
| October | Nasaf | Nasaf | [9] | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Усмон Тошев ва ёрдамчилари истеъфога чиқарилди" (in Uzbek). Championat.uz. 2012-11-17. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20.
- ^ "Тошев истеъфога чиқарилди, ўрнига Рўзиқул Бердиев мураббий бўлди" (in Uzbek). Championat.uz. 2012-11-18. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21.
- ^ Официально. Камо Газаров главный тренер "Динамо" (in Russian). Championat.uz. 2013-02-27. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21.
- ^ Равшан Хайдаров подал в отставку (in Russian). Championat.uz. 2013-04-01. Archived from the original on 2013-05-05.
- ^ Юрий Саркисян - "узбекский Фергюсон" отправлен в отставку (in Russian). uff.uz. 2013-05-17. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02.
- ^ "Yevgeniy Shohin appointed as Neftchi manager". UzDaily.com. 2013-05-19.
- ^ R.Berdiev is best coach and Artur Gevorkyan is player of Month in August 2013. pfl.uz. 2013-09-08. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Лауреатами сентября стали Амет Мемет и Александр Пищур (in Russian). pfl.uz. 2013-10-08.
- ^ Лауреатами октября стали Артур Геворкян и Рузикул Бердыев (in Russian). pfl.uz. 2013-11-08. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
External links
[edit]- Championat.uz: Standings and Results