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.

Uzbek League
Season2013
ChampionsBunyodkor
RelegatedFK Guliston
Shurtan Guzar
Champions LeagueBunyodkor
Lokomotiv Tashkent
Nasaf Qarshi
Matches played182
Goals scored543 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorerOleksandr Pyschur
19 goals
Biggest home winNasaf Qarshi 7-1 Qizilqum Zarafshon
Biggest away winFK Buxoro 1-5 Nasaf Qarshi
Guliston 1-5 Lokomotiv Tashkent
Highest scoringLokomotiv Tashkent 6-2 Guliston
Metallurg Bekabad 5-3 Guliston
Nasaf Qarshi 7-1 Qizilqum Zarafshon
Olmaliq 5-3 Guliston
Longest winning runNasaf Qarshi (9)
Longest unbeaten runBunyodkor (9)
Nasaf Qarshi
Pakhtakor
Longest losing runQizilqum Zarafshon (6)
Shurtan Guzar
2012
2014

Teams

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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   Mirjalol Qosimov Tashkent Bunyodkor Stadium 34,000 2nd
FK Bukhoro   Tachmurad Agamuradov Bukhoro Buxoro Arena 22,700 7th
FK Guliston   Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Guliston Guliston Stadium 12,400 D1, 2nd
Lokomotiv Tashkent   Khakim Fuzailov Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 3rd
Metallurg Bekabad   Rustam Mirsodiqov Bekabad Metallurg Bekabad Stadium 11,000 10th
Nasaf Qarshi   Ruziqul Berdiev Qarshi Qarshi Stadium 14,750 4th
Navbahor Namangan   Usmon Asqaraliev Namangan Kosonsoy Stadium 30,000 12th
Neftchi Farg'ona   Evgeniy Shokhin Farghona Farghona Stadium 14,520 6th
Olmaliq FK   Igor Shkvyrin Olmaliq Metallurg Stadium 11,000 8th
Pakhtakor   Murod Ismailov Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 Champions
Qizilqum Zarafshon   Yuriy Lukin Zarafshon Progress Stadium 6,000 11th
Dinamo   Ravshan Khaydarov Samarqand Olimpiya Stadium 12,250 9th
Sogdiana Jizzakh   Davron Fayziev Jizzakh Zaamin Stadium 4,000 D1, 1st
Sho'rtan Ghuzor   Erkin Mirzaev Ghuzor Ghuzor Stadium 7,000 5th

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Position in table Date of appointment
Nasaf Qarshi   Usmon Toshev Sacked   Ruziqul Berdiev Pre-season November 18, 2012[1][2]
Navbahor Namangan   Mustafo Bayramov   Usmon Asqaraliev Pre-season February, 2013
FK Dinamo Samarqand   Akhmad Ubaydullaev   Kamo Gazarov Pre-season February 27, 2013[3]
FK Dinamo Samarqand   Kamo Gazarov Interim role   Ravshan Khaydarov 14th May 6, 2013
Qizilqum Zarafshon   Ravshan Khaydarov Resigned   Rustam Zabirov 14th April 5, 2013[4]
Qizilqum Zarafshon   Rustam Zabirov Sacked   Yuriy Lukin 14th July 29, 2013
FC Shurtan Guzar   Edgar Gess Sacked   Zoir Turakulov 11th May 15, 2013
FC Shurtan Guzar   Zoir Turakulov Sacked   Erkin Mirzaev 14th October 18, 2013
Neftchi Farg'ona   Yuriy Sarkisyan Sacked   Evgeniy Shokhin 10th May 16, 2013[5][6]

Pre-season transfers

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Foreign players

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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
Bunyodkor   Marko Blažić   Oleksandr Pyshchur
Buxoro   Yury Ryzhko   David Oniya   Volodymyr Kilikevych   Naoya Shibamura   Giorgi Kvesieshvili
Dinamo Samarqand   Andriy Melnychuk   Volodymyr Kilikevych
Guliston
Lokomotiv Tashkent   Alexandru Onica   Yevgeni Gogol   Alan Kusov   Akmal Kholmatov
Metallurg Bekabad
Nasaf   Artur Geworkýan
Navbahor Namangan   Pavelas Leusas   Denis Romanenco
Neftchi Fergana
Olmaliq   Giorgi Kvesieshvili   Igor Petković   Darko Stanojević   Maksatmyrat Şamyradow   Yevgeni Gogol
Pakhtakor Tashkent   Zhora Hovhannisyan   Kakhi Makharadze   Bojan Miladinović
Qizilqum Zarafshon
Sogdiana Jizzakh   Alexandru Melenciuc
Shurtan Guzar   Giorgi Megreladze   Artūras Fomenka   Pavelas Leusas

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

League table

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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:
  1. ^ a b Number of entrants per association for 2014 AFC Champions League can be changed.

Results

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Home \ Away BUN FJB GUL LOK MET NAS NAV NEF OTM PAK QIZ SAM SHU SOG
Bunyodkor 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 4–0 4–1 1–0 5–0
FJ Buxoro 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–5 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–3 0–2 3–2 4–1
FK Guliston 1–3 1–0 1–5 2–1 0–4 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–3 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–0
Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–1 5–1 6–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–1
Metallurg Bekabad 2–3 2–1 5–3 0–4 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
Nasaf Qarshi 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 7–1 3–2 3–0 4–2
Navbahor Namangan 0–3 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1
Neftchi Farg'ona 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–2
Olmaliq FK 3–1 3–2 5–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–4 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 4–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 5–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 4–1 4–3
Qizilqum Zarafshon 0–3 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1
FK Samarqand-Dinamo 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1
Shurtan Guzar 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–4 3–3 1–4 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
Sogdiana Jizzakh 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 4–3 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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# Scorer Team Goals (Pen.)
1   Oleksandr Pyschur Bunyodkor 19 (5)
2   Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf Qarshi 18 (6)
3   Farhod Tadjiyev Lokomotiv Tashkent 17 (1)
4   Zafar Polvonov Olmaliq FK 14 (0)
5   Vokhid Shodiev FK Buxoro 12 (0)
6   Azamat Allaniyazov Nasaf Qarshi 11 (0)
  Ilkhom Shomurodov Nasaf Qarshi 11 (0)
  Muiddin Mamazulunov Olmaliq FK/FK Guliston 11 (2)
9     Akmal Kholmatov Lokomotiv Tashkent 10 (0)
  Farrukh Shotursunov Qizilqum/Dinamo 10 (0)
11   Ivan Nagaev Lokomotiv Tashkent 9 (0)
  Ruzimboy Ahmedov Navbahor 9 (4)
  Shahzodbek Nurmatov Metallurg Bekabad 9 (0)
14   Dilmurod Karimov Metallurg Bekabad 8 (0)
15   Anvar Berdiev Neftchi/Bunyodkor 7 (1)
  Sukhrob Berdiev Sogdiana 7 (0)
  Alisher Shogulyamov FK Guliston 7 (1)
  Pavel Solomin Shurtan Guzar 7 (0)
  Lutfulla Turaev Bunyodkor 7 (0)

Last updated: 8 November 2013
Source: Soccerway

Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
March   Mirjalol Qosimov Bunyodkor   Farhod Tadjiyev Lokomotiv
April   Mirjalol Qosimov Bunyodkor   Akmal Kholmatov Lokomotiv
May   Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf   Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf
June   Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf   Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf
July   Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf   Akmal Kholmatov Lokomotiv
August   Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf   Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf [7]
September   Amet Memet Neftchi   Oleksandr Pyschur Bunyodkor [8]
October   Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf   Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf [9]

References

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  1. ^ "Усмон Тошев ва ёрдамчилари истеъфога чиқарилди" (in Uzbek). Championat.uz. 2012-11-17. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20.
  2. ^ "Тошев истеъфога чиқарилди, ўрнига Рўзиқул Бердиев мураббий бўлди" (in Uzbek). Championat.uz. 2012-11-18. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21.
  3. ^ Официально. Камо Газаров главный тренер "Динамо" (in Russian). Championat.uz. 2013-02-27. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21.
  4. ^ Равшан Хайдаров подал в отставку (in Russian). Championat.uz. 2013-04-01. Archived from the original on 2013-05-05.
  5. ^ Юрий Саркисян - "узбекский Фергюсон" отправлен в отставку (in Russian). uff.uz. 2013-05-17. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02.
  6. ^ "Yevgeniy Shohin appointed as Neftchi manager". UzDaily.com. 2013-05-19.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Лауреатами сентября стали Амет Мемет и Александр Пищур (in Russian). pfl.uz. 2013-10-08.
  9. ^ 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.
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