2022 Uzbekistan Super League

Uzbekistan Super League

Season	2022
Champions	Pakhtakor Tashkent (15th title)
Relegated	Lokomotiv Tashkent Kokand 1912 Dinamo Samarqand
AFC Champions League	Pakhtakor Tashkent Navbahor Namangan Nasaf AGMK
Matches played	182
Goals scored	428 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dragan Ćeran (20)
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 25 November 2022.

The 2022 Uzbekistan Super League (known as the Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since its establishment on 1992. Pakhtakor Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2021 campaign, and successfully defended their title.

Teams

Tashkent

AGMK

Dinamo

Kokand 1912

Metallurg

Nasaf

Navbahor

Neftchi

Qizilqum

Soghdiana

Surkhon

Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Olympic
Pakhtakor

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Location of teams in 2022 Uzbekistan Super League

Club	Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Kit sponsor	Shirt sponsor
AGMK	Mirjalol Qosimov	Olmaliq	AGMK Stadium	12,000	Jako	Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine
Bunyodkor	Ivan Bošković	Tashkent	Milliy Stadium	34,000	Jako	Uzbekneftegaz
Dinamo Samarqand	Vadim Abramov	Samarkand	Dinamo Stadium	16,000	Joma	Agromir Buildings
Kokand 1912	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov	Kokand	Markaziy Stadium	10,500	Jako	Bazis1
Lokomotiv	Server Djeparov	Tashkent	Lokomotiv Stadium	8,000	Adidas [1]	Orient Finance Bank, Uztelecom 1, Drivers Village 1
Metallurg	Luisma Hernández	Bekabad	Metallurg Bekabad Stadium	15,000	Adidas	Uzbekistan Metallurgy Combinat
Nasaf	Ruziqul Berdiyev	Qarshi	Markaziy Stadium	16,000	Adidas	Uzbekistan GTL SGCC, ENTER Engineering1
Navbahor	Samvel Babayan	Namangan	Markaziy Stadium	22,000	Jako	Namangan City
Neftchi Fergana	Vitaly Levchenko	Fergana	Istiqlol Stadium	20,000	Joma	FNQIZ
Olympic Tashkent	Timur Kapadze	Tashkent	JAR Stadium	8,500	Joma	Trustbank
Pakhtakor	Maksim Shatskikh	Tashkent	Central Stadium	35,000	Adidas	Akfa
Qizilqum	Nikola Lazarevic	Navoiy	Yoshlar Stadium	12,500	Jako	Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combinat
Sogdiana	Ulugbek Bakayev	Jizzakh	Sogdiana Stadium	11,650	Joma	BMB Energo
Surkhon	Miguel Álvarez	Termez	Alpamish Stadium	6,000	Adidas	Uzbekgidrenergo

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Ref.
Dinamo	Khakim Fuzailov	End of contract	23 December 2021	Preseason	Predrag Rogan	8 January 2022	[2] [3]
Lokomotiv	Micael Sequeira				Denis Korostichenko	15 December 2021	[4]
Pakhtakor	Pieter Huistra	End of contract	10 January 2022		Slavče Vojneski	11 January 2022	[5] [6]
Qizilqum	Hamidjon Aktamov				Nikola Lazarevic	20 January 2022
Surkhon Termez	Rifat Akramkhujaev				Jordi Fabregat	20 January 2022
Surkhon Termez	Jordi Fabregat				Ángel López	February 2022
Pakhtakor	Slavče Vojneski	Mutual termination	7 June 2022	3rd	Maksim Shatskikh	15 July 2022	[7] [8]
Neftchi Fergana	Ilkhom Muminjonov	Resigned	2 July 2022	13th	Vitaly Levchenko	2 July 2022	[9]
Bunyodkor	Shukhrat Maqsudov	resigned			Viktor Karpenko	2022
Dinamo Samarqand	Predrag Rogan	resigned		14th	Vadim Abramov	2022
Surkhon Termez	Ángel López	resigned		13th	Miguel Álvarez	9 September 2022
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Denis Korostichenko	resigned			Server Djeparov	12 December 2022
Bunyodkor	Viktor Karpenko	resigned			Ivan Bošković	2022

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	Giorgi Papava	Siavash Hagh Nazari	Martin Boakye	Dan Spătaru	Alisher Dzhalilov	Oleksandr Kasyan Andriy Mishchenko
Bunyodkor	Francis Narh	Ibrahim Tomiwa	Pavel Mogilevets	Dimitrije Pobulić	Davronjon Ergashev	Odilzhon Abdurakhmanov
Dinamo Samarqand	Elgujja Grigalashvili	Miloje Preković	Mihailo Jovanović	Yevhen Chumak		Aleksandar Glišić
Kokand 1912	Ivan Josović	Slavko Lukić
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Jerome Mpacko Etame	Kakhi Makharadze	Samuel Opeh		Manuchekhr Safarov
Metallurg Bekabad	Kerim Palić				Daler Sharipov
Nasaf	Mateus Lima	Ivan Solovyov	Alen Mašović	Marko Stanojević		Semir Smajlagić
Navbahor Namangan	Bojan Ciger	Jovan Đokić	Zoran Marušić	Oleksandr Kasyan	Mirlan Murzayev	Elgujja Grigalashvili Ehson Panjshanbe
Neftchi Fergana	Yevgeni Konyukhov	Darko Stanojević	Oleksiy Larin	Andriy Mishchenko		Aleksandar Ješić Marko Šarić Danijel Stojković
Olympic Tashkent
Pakhtakor Tashkent	Ilija Martinović	Przemysław Banaszak	Dragan Ćeran	Oleksandr Nasonov		Kamen Hadzhiev Oliver Sarkic Oleksiy Larin
Qizilqum Zarafshon	Artjom Dmitrijev	Paul Komolafe	Oleg Tolmasov	Aleksandar Stanisavljević		Gonzalo Ritacco
Sogdiana Jizzakh	Jure Obšivač	Luka Čermelj	Marko Kolaković	Milan Mitrović
Surkhon Termez	Luismi Quezada	Manel Martínez	Sergio Rodríguez	Rubén Sánchez	Zoir Dzhuraboyev	Miroslav Marković Javi Jiménez

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pakhtakor	26	15	9	2	47	18	+29	54	Qualification to the AFC Champions League group stage
2	Navbahor	26	15	8	3	33	15	+18	53	Qualification to the AFC Champions League preliminary round
3	Nasaf [lower-alpha 1]	26	13	10	3	37	16	+21	49	Qualification to the AFC Champions League group stage
4	AGMK	26	13	5	8	44	23	+21	44	Qualification to the AFC Champions League preliminary round
5	Qizilqum	26	12	3	11	34	36	−2	39
6	Olympic	26	7	14	5	31	28	+3	35
7	Sogdiana	26	9	7	10	31	31	0	34
8	Bunyodkor	26	9	7	10	29	37	−8	34
9	Neftchi	26	8	8	10	31	32	−1	32
10	Metallurg	26	8	8	10	19	27	−8	32
11	Surkhon	26	7	5	14	25	44	−19	26
12	Lokomotiv (Q)	26	6	6	14	22	36	−14	24	Relegation play off Uzbekistan Pro League
13	Kokand 1912 (R)	26	4	10	12	21	38	−17	22	Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League
14	Dinamo (R)	26	3	6	17	24	47	−23	15

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2022. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Nasaf qualified to the AFC Champions League as 2022 Uzbekistan Cup champions.

Results

Results table

Home \ Away	AGM	BUN	DIN	KOK	LOK	MET	NAS	NAV	NEF	OLY	PAK	QIZ	SOG	SUR
AGMK	—	0–0	4–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	6–0	0–2	0–1	3–2	2–1
Bunyodkor	0–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–4	2–1	1–2	1–5	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1
Dinamo	1–2	1–2	—	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–4	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–3
Kokand	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–3
Lokomotiv	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	—	3–1	0–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–0
Metallurg	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	—	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0
Nasaf	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	—	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	5–0	1–1	2–0
Navbahor	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0
Neftchi	1–3	1–3	4–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	—	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	3–0
Olympic	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0
Pakhtakor	0–0	2–3	3–2	5–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	6–0	2–0	2–2
Qizilqum	1–4	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	—	2–1	2–0
Sogdiana	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	—	0–1
Surkhon	1–2	1–0	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–4	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2022. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
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	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L
Bunyodkor	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L
Dinamo	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	P	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W
Kokand	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L
Lokomotiv	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W
Metallurg	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L
Nasaf	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	P	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L
Navbahor	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W
Neftchi	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	W
Olympic	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W
Pakhtakor	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	P	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W
Qizilqum	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W
Sogdiana	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	P	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L
Surkhon	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2022. Source: Championat.asia
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

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
AGMK	11	13	14	11	6	7	5	5	4	3															4	4
Bunyodkor	8	12	6	5	3	4	6	7	8	8															7	8
Dinamo Samarqand	14	14	13	14	10	12	11	12	12	13												14	14	14	14	14
Kokand 1912	12	7	9	6	7	10	10	9	10	9															12	13
Lokomotiv Tashkent	13	8	8	10	12	9	8	8	7	7															13	12
Metallurg Bekabad	4	3	5	7	9	11	12	11	9	10															9	10
Nasaf Qarshi	7	9	10	8	8	6	7	6	3	2														1	3	3
Navbahor Namangan	6	4	3	4	5	5	3	1	2	4														3	2	2
Neftchi Fergana	3	6	7	12	13	13	14	14	14	11															10	9
Olympic Tashkent	9	11	11	9	11	8	9	10	11	12															8	6
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	4	5	4														2	1	1
Qizilqum Zarafshon	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	6	6															5	5
Sogdiana Jizzakh	10	5	4	3	2	1	2	3	1	1															6	7
Surkhon Termez	5	10	11	13	14	14	13	13	13	14															11	11

	Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to the AFC Champions League preliminary round
	Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League#Relegation play off
	Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2022. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 25 November 2022.

Matches

25 November 2022

15:00

Turon Yaypan	2–1	Lokomotiv Tashkent
Murtozoev 12' S.Abdunabiev 76'		Kodirkulov 37'

Uzbekistan Stadium, Yaypan

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Asker Najafaliev

Turon won 2–1 on aggregate, and promotion to 2023 Super League.

Season Statistics

• First goal of the season: Shakhzod Ubaydullaev for Neftchi Fergana against Kokand 1912 (2 March 2022) ^[10]

Goalscorers

As of match played 12 November 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dragan Ćeran	Pakhtakor Tashkent	20
2	Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov	Qizilqum Zarafshon	13
3	Martin Boakye	AGMK	12
4	Zoran Marušić	Navbahor Namangan	11
5	Otabek Jurakuziyev	Olympic	10
	Shokhruz Norkhonov	Sogdiana Jizzakh
7	Khusayin Norchaev	Nasaf	9
8	Rubén Sánchez	Surkhon Termez	8
	Marat Bikmoev	Dinamo Samarqand
10	Shokhnazar Norbekov	Kokand 1912	7
	Khursid Giyosov	AGMK
	Jamshid Iskanderov	Navbahor Namangan
	Umarali Rakhmonaliev	Bunyodkor

Attendances

By round

As of match played 12 November 2022 ^[11]

2022 Uzbekistan Super League Attendance

Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	43,483	7	6,212
Round 2	18,176	7	2,597
Round 3	23,558	7	3,365
Round 4	29,694	7	4,242
Round 5	18,416	7	2,631
Round 6	14,567	7	2,081
Round 7	53,544	7	7,649
Round 8	17,336	7	2,477
Round 9	38,899	7	5,557
Round 10	29,615	7	4,231
Round 11	31,273	7	4,468
Round 12	22,613	7	3,230
Round 13	18,562	7	2,652
Round 14	20,953	7	2,993
Round 15	28,271	7	4,039
Round 16	22,936	7	3,277
Round 17	34,936	7	4,991
Round 18	15,155	7	2,165
Round 19	25,643	7	3,663
Round 20	26,023	7	3,718
Round 21	26,539	7	3,791
Round 22	23,214	7	3,316
Round 23	16,973	7	2,425
Round 24	11,415	7	1,631
Round 25	10,209	7	1,458
Round 26	37,261	7	5,323
Total	659,264	182	3,622

By team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	AGMK	11,516	4,675	2,452	3,839	n/a†
2	Bunyodkor	7,330	2,400	864	1,466	n/a†
3	Dinamo	26,998	10,985	1,558	5,400	n/a†
4	Kokand	12,287	5,702	1,240	3,072	n/a†
5	Lokomotiv	3,439	1,105	681	860	n/a†
6	Metallurg	17,037	5,200	3,125	4,259	n/a†
7	Nasaf	29,049	15,500	5,203	9,683	n/a†
8	Navbahor	80,661	26,231	4,520	16,132	n/a†
9	Neftchi	9,241	5,250	861	1,848	n/a†
10	Olympic	3,786	1,250	383	757	n/a†
11	Pakhtakor	20,557	12,767	1,122	5,139	n/a†
12	Qizilqum	3,973	1,430	375	795	n/a†
13	Sogdiana	16,737	11,651	1,003	5,579	n/a†
14	Surkhon	2,930	1,297	320	733	n/a†
	League total	245,541	26,231	320	3,720	n/a†

Updated to games played on 24 May 2022
Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
March	Nikola Lazarevic	Qizilqum Zarafshon	Dragan Ćeran	Pakhtakor	Javokhir Sidikov	Kokand 1912
April	Mirjalol Qosimov	AGMK	Ignatiy Nesterov	Qizilqum Zarafshon	Doniyor Abdumannopov	Sogdiana Jizzakh

See also

• 2022 Uzbekistan Pro League
• 2022 Uzbekistan Pro-B League
• 2022 Uzbekistan Second League
• 2022 Uzbekistan Cup
• 2022 Uzbekistan League Cup

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