Uzbekistan Super League (Uzbek: Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси; Russian: Узбекистан Суперлига), known as Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons (Uzbek: Кока-Кола Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси; Russian: Кока-Кола Узбекистан Суперлига),[1] 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 16 teams. The top team qualifies to the group stage of the AFC Champions League.

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.[citation needed]

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.[2] Famous personnels like Rivaldo, Eren Derdiyok, Zico, Luiz Felipe Scolari have contributed to the league so far.

Champions and top scorers

See also: Uzbekistan Super League Top Scorer
See also: Uzbekistan SSR Championship
Key
* League champions also won the Uzbekistan Cup, i.e. they completed the domestic Double.

As Uzbekistan Oliy Liga

Season Champions Runner-up Third place Top scorer
1992 Pakhtakor
Neftchi 		Sogdiana Uzbekistan Valeriy Kechinov (Pakhtakor, 24 goals)
1993 Neftchi (2) Pakhtakor Navbahor Uzbekistan Rustam Durmonov (Neftchi, 24 goals)
1994 Neftchi (3) * Bukhara Navbahor (2) Uzbekistan Ravshan Bozorov (Neftchi, 26 goals)
1995 Neftchi (4) MHSK Navbahor (3) Uzbekistan Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals)
1996 Navbahor Neftchi MHSK Uzbekistan Jafar Irismetov (Dustlik, 23 goals)
Uzbekistan Oleg Shatskikh (Navbahor, 23 goals)
1997 MHSK Neftchi (2) Navbahor (4) Uzbekistan Jafar Irismetov (Dustlik, 34 goals)
1998 Pakhtakor (2) Neftchi (3) Navbahor (5) Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasymov (Pakhtakor, 22 goals)
Uzbekistan Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor, 22 goals)
1999 Dustlik Neftchi (4) Navbahor (6) Uzbekistan Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 24 goals)
Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (Andijon, 24 goals)
2000 Dustlik (2) * Neftchi (5) Nasaf Uzbekistan Jafar Irismetov (Dustlik, 45 goals)
2001 Neftchi (5) Pakhtakor (2) Nasaf (2) Uzbekistan Umid Isoqov (Neftchi, 28 goals)
2002 Pakhtakor (3) * Neftchi (6) Qizilqum Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (Andijon, 22 goals)
2003 Pakhtakor (4) * Neftchi (7) Navbahor (7) Uzbekistan Marsel Idiatullin (Qizilqum, 26 goals)
2004 Pakhtakor (5) * Neftchi (8) Navbahor (8) Uzbekistan Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev (Navbahor, 31 goals)
2005 Pakhtakor (6) * Mashʼal Nasaf (3) Uzbekistan Anvar Soliev (Pakhtakor, 29 goals)
2006 Pakhtakor (7) * Neftchi (9) Nasaf (4) Uzbekistan Pavel Solomin (Traktor, 21 goals)
2007 Pakhtakor (8) * Kuruvchi Mashʼal Uzbekistan Ilhom Moʻminjonov (Kuruvchi, 21 goals)
2008 Bunyodkor * Pakhtakor (3) Neftchi Uzbekistan Server Djeparov (Bunyodkor, 19 goals)
2009 Bunyodkor (2) Pakhtakor (4) Nasaf (5) Brazil Rivaldo (Bunyodkor, 20 goals)
2010 Bunyodkor (3) * Pakhtakor (5) Nasaf (6) Uzbekistan Alisher Kholiqov (Neftchi, 13 goals)
Uzbekistan Nosirbek Otakuziev (AGMK, 13 goals)
2011 Bunyodkor (4) Nasaf Pakhtakor Serbia Miloš Trifunović (Bunyodkor, 17 goals)
2012 Pakhtakor (9) Bunyodkor (2) Lokomotiv Uzbekistan Anvar Berdiev (Neftchi, 19 goals)
2013 Bunyodkor (5) * Lokomotiv Nasaf (7) Ukraine Oleksandr Pyschur (Bunyodkor, 19 goals)
2014 Pakhtakor (10) Lokomotiv (2) Nasaf (8) Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan (Nasaf, 18 goals)
2015 Pakhtakor (11) Lokomotiv (3) Nasaf (9) Uzbekistan Igor Sergeev (Pakhtakor, 23 goals)
2016 Lokomotiv * Bunyodkor (3) Nasaf (10) Uzbekistan Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov (Lokomotiv, 22 goals)
2017 Lokomotiv (2) * Nasaf (2) Pakhtakor (2) Uzbekistan Marat Bikmaev (Lokomotiv, 26 goals)

As Uzbekistan Super League

Season Champions Runner-up Third place Top scorer
2018 Lokomotiv (3) Pakhtakor (6) Navbahor (9) Brazil Tiago Bezerra (Pakhtakor, 17 goals)
2019 Pakhtakor (12) * Lokomotiv (4) Bunyodkor Serbia Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 23 goals)
2020 Pakhtakor (13) * Nasaf (3) AGMK Serbia Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 21 goals)
2021 Pakhtakor (14) Sogdiana AGMK (2) Serbia Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 16 goals)
2022 Pakhtakor (15) Navbahor Nasaf (11) Serbia Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 20 goals)
2023 Pakhtakor (16) Nasaf (4) Navbahor (10) Serbia Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 13 goals)
2024 Nasaf AGMK Navbahor (11) Serbia Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor, 13 goals)
2025

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Third Place Winning seasons
Pakhtakor 16 6 2 1992*, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Neftchi 5 9 1 1992*, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001
Bunyodkor 5 3 1 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Lokomotiv 3 4 1 2016, 2017, 2018
Dustlik 2 - - 1999, 2000
Nasaf 1 4 11 2024
Navbahor 1 1 10 1996
MHSK 1 1 1 1997
Mashʼal - 1 1
Sogdiana - 1 1
Bukhara - 1 -
AGMK - - 2
Qizilqum - - 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 2024 season[3]

Pos Team Seasons Points Played Won Drawn Lost G.F. G.A. 1 2 3 Best
1 Pakhtakor 33 2058 968 651 159 158 2128 820 16 6 2 1
2 Neftchi 30 1672 890 504 160 226 1667 942 5 9 1 1
3 Navbahor 33 1506 968 450 209 309 1556 1114 1 1 11 1
4 Nasaf 28 1494 816 443 175 198 1398 847 1 4 11 1
5 Bukhara 29 1121 864 325 146 393 1128 1314 0 1 0 2
6 Sogdiana 29 1047 856 293 168 395 1081 1341 0 1 1 2
7 Bunyodkor 18 1004 508 299 111 100 870 435 5 3 1 1
8 Andijon 28 945 818 256 177 385 1066 1329 0 0 0 5
9 Metallurg 27 930 782 253 171 358 925 1169 0 0 0 5
10 Dinamo 25 895 758 253 136 369 912 1119 0 0 0 4
11 Qizilqum 25 890 722 252 161 309 851 1022 0 0 1 3
12 Lokomotiv 17 877 486 254 115 169 836 633 3 4 1 1
13 Mash'al 19 744 538 214 102 223 673 725 0 1 1 2
14 AGMK 17 669 478 189 102 183 678 650 0 1 2 2
15 Kokand 1912 17 634 516 180 94 252 670 872 0 0 0 5
16 Traktor 16 621 490 178 87 225 684 814 0 0 0 4
17 Surkhon 18 572 530 158 98 263 605 945 0 0 0 6
18 Dustlik 11 559 346 169 52 125 669 532 2 0 0 1
19 Shurtan 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 Khorazm 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 7 205 216 56 37 123 266 385 0 0 0 10
24 Orol 5 155 164 44 23 97 171 329 0 0 0 11
25 Kosonsoy 5 145 156 40 25 91 171 305 0 0 0 8
26 Guliston 5 119 154 34 17 103 142 340 0 0 0 14
27 Atlaschi 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 Tupalang-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 Olympik 3 91 78 21 28 29 79 98 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 2 33 52 6 15 31 32 88 0 0 0 13
35 Sementchi 1 31 30 8 7 15 39 64 0 0 0 15
36 Chilonzor 1 30 34 8 6 20 51 70 0 0 0 16
37 Shakhrikhon 1 28 32 7 7 18 25 67 0 0 0 15
38 Obod 1 24 30 6 6 18 25 51 0 0 0 14
39 Vobkent 1 15 30 3 6 21 23 70 0 0 0 16
40 Uz-Dong-Ju. 1 13 30 2 7 21 17 65 0 0 0 16
Competing in Super League
Competing in Pro League (2nd tier)
Competing in First League (3rd tier)
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

Main article: Gennadi Krasnitsky club

Sponsorship

See also: Uzbekistan Professional Football League § Sponsors

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.[6]

Period Sponsor Name
1992–2017 No sponsor Oliy Liga
2018 Pepsi Pepsi Uzbekistan Super League
2019–present Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League
2024–present Artel Electronics

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Высшая и Первая лиги Узбекистана сменят названия" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 21 November 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ 25 та Ўзбекистон чемпионатининг умумий жадвали Archived 26 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 30 November 2016 (in Uzbek)
  4. ^ "Uzbekistan Super League all time topscoreres (as of 10 December 2018)". Championat.asia. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Uzbekistan Super League most appearances (9 December 2018)" (in Uzbek). Championat.asia. 9 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Суперлига по футболу представила своего первого титульного спонсора". Nuz.uz. 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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