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Uzbekistan Super League
Oʻzbekiston Superligasi

Organising body	Uzbekistan Professional Football League Uzbekistan Football Association
Founded	1992; 33 years ago (1992)
Country	Uzbekistan
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Uzbekistan 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 Two
Current champions	Pakhtakor (15th title) (2023)
Most championships	Pakhtakor (15 titles)
TV partners	NTRCU Sport [ru]

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), 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.

History
- League system
Champions
- Soviet time champions
- Since independence
Champions and top scorers
Performance by club
All-time table
- Soviet Top League participation
Players records
- Top scorers
- Most appearances
Sponsorship
See also

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. 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

1992: Neftchi Fargʻona and Pakhtakor Tashkent
1993: Neftchi Fargʻona
1994: Neftchi Fargʻona
1995: Neftchi Fargʻona
1996: Navbahor Namangan
1997: MHSK Tashkent (former Pakhtakor-79 Tashkent)
1998: Pakhtakor Tashkent
1999: Doʻstlik (former Politotdel Tashkent Oblast)
2000: Doʻstlik
2001: Neftchi Fargʻona
2002: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2003: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2004: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2005: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2006: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2007: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2008: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2009: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2010: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2011: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2012: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2013: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2014: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2015: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2016: Lokomotiv Tashkent
2017: Lokomotiv Tashkent
2018: Lokomotiv Tashkent
2019: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2020: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2021: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2022: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2023: Pakhtakor Tashkent

Champions and top scorers

Season	Champion	Runner-up	3rd position	Top scorer
1992 ¹	Pakhtakor Neftchi Fargʻona		Sogdiana Jizzakh	Valeriy Kechinov (Pakhtakor, 24 goals)
1993	Neftchi Fargʻona	Pakhtakor	Navbahor Namangan	Rustam Durmonov (Neftchi, 24 goals)
1994	Neftchi Fargʻona	Nurafshon Buxoro	Navbahor Namangan	Ravshan Bozorov (Neftchi, 26 goals)
1995	Neftchi Fargʻona	MHSK Tashkent	Navbahor Namangan	Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals)
1996	Navbahor Namangan	Neftchi Fargʻona	MHSK Tashkent	Jafar Irismetov (Doʻstlik, 23 goals) Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals)
1997	MHSK Tashkent	Neftchi Fargʻona	Navbahor Namangan	Jafar Irismetov (Doʻstlik, 34 goals)
1998	Pakhtakor	Neftchi Fargʻona	Navbahor Namangan	Mirjalol Kasymov (Pakhtakor, 22 goals) Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor, 22 goals)
1999	Doʻstlik	Neftchi Fargʻona	Navbahor Namangan	Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 24 goals) Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (FK Andijan, 24 goals)
2000	Doʻstlik	Neftchi Fargʻona	Nasaf Qarshi	Jafar Irismetov (Doʻstlik, 45 goals)
2001	Neftchi Fargʻona	Pakhtakor	Nasaf Qarshi	Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 28 goals)
2002	Pakhtakor	Neftchi Fargʻona	Qizilqum Zarafshon	Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (FK Andijan, 22 goals)
2003	Pakhtakor	Neftchi Fargʻona	Navbahor Namangan	Marsel Idiatullin (Qizilqum, 26 goals)
2004	Pakhtakor	Neftchi Fargʻona	Navbahor Namangan	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev (Navbahor, 31 goals)
2005	Pakhtakor	Mashʼal Mubarek	Nasaf Qarshi	Anvar Soliev (Pakhtakor, 29 goals)
2006	Pakhtakor	Neftchi Fargʻona	Nasaf Qarshi	Pavel Solomin (Traktor Tashkent, 21 goals)
2007	Pakhtakor	Kuruvchi	Mashʼal Mubarek	Ilhom Moʻminjonov (Kuruvchi, 21 goals)
2008 ²	Bunyodkor	Pakhtakor	Neftchi Fargʻona	Server Djeparov (Bunyodkor, 19 goals)
2009	Bunyodkor	Pakhtakor	Nasaf Qarshi	Rivaldo (Bunyodkor, 20 goals)
2010	Bunyodkor	Pakhtakor	Nasaf Qarshi	Alisher Kholiqov (Neftchi, 13 goals) Nosirbek Otakuziev (Olmaliq FK, 13 goals)
2011	Bunyodkor	Nasaf Qarshi	Pakhtakor	Miloš Trifunović (Bunyodkor, 17 goals)
2012	Pakhtakor	Bunyodkor	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Anvar Berdiev (Neftchi, 19 goals)
2013	Bunyodkor	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Nasaf Qarshi	Oleksandr Pyschur (Bunyodkor, 19 goals)
2014	Pakhtakor	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Nasaf Qarshi	Artur Gevorkyan (Nasaf, 18 goals)
2015	Pakhtakor	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Nasaf Qarshi	Igor Sergeev (Pakhtakor, 23 goals)
2016	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Bunyodkor	Nasaf Qarshi	Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov (Lokomotiv Tashkent, 22 goals)
2017	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Nasaf Qarshi	Pakhtakor	Marat Bikmaev (Lokomotiv Tashkent, 26 goals)
2018 ³	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Pakhtakor	Navbahor Namangan	Tiago Bezerra (Pakhtakor, 17 goals)
2019	Pakhtakor	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Bunyodkor	Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 23 goals)
2020	Pakhtakor	Nasaf Qarshi	AGMK	Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 21 goals)
2021	Pakhtakor	Sogdiana	AGMK	Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 16 goals)
2022	Pakhtakor	Navbahor Namangan	Nasaf Qarshi	Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 20 goals)
2023	Pakhtakor	Nasaf Qarshi	Navbahor Namangan	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

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place	Winning seasons
Pakhtakor Tashkent	16	6	2	1992*, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Neftchi Fargʻona	5	9	1	1992*, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001
Bunyodkor Tashkent	5	3	1	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Lokomotiv Tashkent	3	4	1	2016, 2017, 2018
Doʻstlik	2	-	-	1999, 2000
Navbahor Namangan	1	1	10	1996
MHSK Tashkent	1	1	1	1997
Nasaf Qarshi	-	4	11
Mashʼal Mubarek	-	1	1
Sogdiana	-	1	1
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

Pos	Team	Seasons	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	G.F.	G.A.	1	2	3	Best
1	Paxtakor	32	2020	942	640	154	148	2086	783	16	6	2	1
2	Neftchi Fargʻona	29	1629	864	493	150	221	1635	918	5	9	1	1
3	Navbahor Namangan	32	1463	942	439	199	304	1514	1083	1	1	10	1
4	Nasaf Qarshi	27	1442	790	428	168	194	1363	829	0	4	11	2
5	Buxoro	29	1121	864	325	146	393	1128	1314	0	1	0	2
6	Soʻgʻdiyona Jizzax	28	1004	830	281	161	388	1033	1312	0	1	1	2
7	Bunyodkor	17	974	482	292	102	90	843	397	5	3	1	1
8	Andijon	27	915	792	250	165	377	1030	1283	0	0	0	5
9	Metallurg-Bekobod	26	907	756	250	157	349	903	1139	0	0	0	5
10	Qizilqum-Zarafshon	24	890	696	246	152	298	836	988	0	0	1	3
11	Dinamo Samarqand	24	863	732	244	131	357	877	1081	0	0	0	4
12	Lokomotiv-Tashkent	16	856	460	249	109	154	808	589	3	4	1	1
13	Mashal-Muborak	19	744	538	214	102	223	673	725	0	1	1	2
14	Qoʻqon 1912	17	634	516	180	94	252	670	872	0	0	0	5
15	Olmaliq	16	622	452	175	97	176	638	621	0	0	2	3
16	Traktor-Tashkent	16	621	490	178	87	225	684	814	0	0	0	4
17	Doʻstlik	11	559	346	169	52	125	669	532	2	0	0	1
18	Surxon-Termiz	17	536	504	148	92	253	574	914	0	0	0	6
19	Shoʻrtan-Gʻuzor	12	381	340	109	54	177	393	566	0	0	0	4
20	MHSK	7	362	216	106	44	66	420	335	1	1	1	1
21	Xorazm	8	230	248	62	44	142	281	518	0	0	0	7
22	Zarafshon Navoiy	6	217	196	60	37	99	236	355	0	0	0	9
23	Yangiyer Sirdaryo	7	205	216	56	37	123	266	385	0	0	0	10
24	Orol Nukus	5	155	164	44	23	97	171	329	0	0	0	11
25	Kosonsoy Namangan	5	145	156	40	25	91	171	305	0	0	0	8
26	Guliston Sirdaryo	5	119	154	34	17	103	142	340	0	0	0	14
27	Atlaschi Margʻilon	4	118	124	34	16	74	149	280	0	0	0	7
28	Chirchiq	4	103	122	26	25	71	130	240	0	0	0	14
29	Toʻpalang-Sariosiyo	3	96	86	28	12	46	103	146	0	0	0	9
30	Kimyogar-Chirchiq	3	96	104	25	21	58	113	193	0	0	0	14
31	Olimpik Toshkent	2	66	52	15	21	16	57	60	0	0	0	6
32	Akademiya Toshkent	1	59	34	16	11	7	72	45	0	0	0	5
33	Semurg Angren	2	57	72	15	12	45	99	200	0	0	0	12
34	Turon Yaypan	2	33	52	6	15	31	32	88	0	0	0	13
35	Sementchi-Quvasoy	1	31	30	8	7	15	39	64	0	0	0	15
36	Chilonzor-Toshkent	1	30	34	8	6	20	51	70	0	0	0	16
37	Shahrixon	1	28	32	7	7	18	25	67	0	0	0	15
38	Obod Toshkent	1	24	30	6	6	18	25	51	0	0	0	14
39	Vobkent Buxoro	1	15	30	3	6	21	23	70	0	0	0	16
40	Uz-Dong-Ju Andijon	1	13	30	2	7	21	17	65	0	0	0	16

	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
15	Pakhtakor	22	629	722	212	211	299	805	1035	-	-	-	6

Players records

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Anvar Berdiev	1995–2019	225
2	Zafar Kholmurodov	1997–2012	200
3	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev	2000–2014	194
4	Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev	1997–2011	178
5	Jafar Irismetov	1993–2012	174
6	Umid Isoqov	1994–2009	171
7	Ravshan Bozorov	1992–2007	171
8	Anvar Soliev	1996–2015	164
9	Oybek Usmankhojaev	1992–2005	157
10	Rustam Durmonov	1992–2002	133
11	Farid Khabibullin	1992–2004	131
12	Mukhtor Kurbonov	1993–2009	128
13	Numon Khasanov	1992–2009	125
14	Nosirbek Otakuziev	2003–present	117
15	Server Djeparov	2000–present	113
16	Shuhrat Rahmonqulov	1992–2005	108
17	Nagmetulla Kutibayev	1992–2007	106
18	Artur Geworkyan	2007–present	105
19	Oleg Shatskikh	1993–2003	105
20	Vali Keldiev	1992–2006	104
21	Zayniddin Tadjiyev	2001–2015	102
22	Shakhboz Erkinov	2003–2019	101
23	Igor Taran	2003–present	95

Most appearances

Rank	Name	Years	Apps
1	Asror Aliqulov	1995–2015	520
2	Anvar Berdiev	1995–2019	505
3	Anvar Gafurov	2000–present	455
4	Khikmat Khoshimov	1998–2017	453
5	Ilkhom Yunusov	2000–2018	431
6	Botir Qoraev	1999–2017	428
7	Ignatiy Nesterov	2001–present	423
8	Vali Keldiev	1992–2006	415
9	Hayrulla Karimov	1996–2016	410
10	Ruziqul Berdiev	1992–2008	408
11	Jasur Hasanov	1999–present	406
12	Abdumajid Toirov	1996–2013	406
13	Anvar Soliev	1996–2015	406
14	Numon Khasanov	1992–2009	402
15	Mukhtor Kurbonov	1992–2012	402
17	Shavkat Salomov	2000–present	368
18	Erkin Boydullayev	2003–present	362
19	Nosirbek Otakuziev	2003–present	351
20	Artur Geworkyan	2007–present	330
21	Mamur Ikramov	2003–present	323

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.

Period	Sponsor	Name
1992–2017	No sponsor	Oliy Liga
2018	Pepsi	Pepsi Uzbekistan Super League
2019–present	Coca-Cola	Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League