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
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 7thFK 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 Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Position in table Date of appointment Nasaf Qarshi Usmon ToshevSacked Ruziqul BerdievPre-seasonNovember 18, 2012Navbahor Namangan Mustafo Bayramov Usmon AsqaralievPre-seasonFebruary, 2013FK Dinamo Samarqand Akhmad Ubaydullaev Kamo GazarovPre-seasonFebruary 27, 2013FK Dinamo Samarqand Kamo GazarovInterim role Ravshan Khaydarov14thMay 6, 2013Qizilqum Zarafshon Ravshan KhaydarovResigned Rustam Zabirov14thApril 5, 2013Qizilqum Zarafshon Rustam ZabirovSacked Yuriy Lukin14thJuly 29, 2013FC Shurtan Guzar Edgar GessSacked Zoir Turakulov11thMay 15, 2013FC Shurtan Guzar Zoir TurakulovSacked Erkin Mirzaev14thOctober 18, 2013Neftchi Farg'ona Yuriy SarkisyanSacked Evgeniy Shokhin10thMay 16, 2013
Pre-season transfers
Foreign players
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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 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
Results
Season statistics Top goalscorers #ScorerTeamGoals (Pen.)1 Oleksandr PyschurBunyodkor19 (5)2 Artur GevorkyanNasaf Qarshi18 (6)3 Farhod TadjiyevLokomotiv Tashkent17 (1)4 Zafar PolvonovOlmaliq FK14 (0)5 Vokhid ShodievFK Buxoro12 (0)6 Azamat AllaniyazovNasaf Qarshi11 (0) Ilkhom ShomurodovNasaf Qarshi11 (0) Muiddin MamazulunovOlmaliq FK/FK Guliston11 (2)9 Akmal KholmatovLokomotiv Tashkent10 (0) Farrukh ShotursunovQizilqum/Dinamo10 (0)11 Ivan NagaevLokomotiv Tashkent9 (0) Ruzimboy AhmedovNavbahor9 (4) Shahzodbek NurmatovMetallurg Bekabad9 (0)14 Dilmurod KarimovMetallurg Bekabad8 (0)15 Anvar BerdievNeftchi/Bunyodkor7 (1) Sukhrob BerdievSogdiana7 (0) Alisher ShogulyamovFK Guliston7 (1) Pavel SolominShurtan Guzar7 (0) Lutfulla TuraevBunyodkor7 (0) Last updated: 8 November 2013 Source: Soccerway
Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceManagerClubPlayerClubMarch Mirjalol QosimovBunyodkor Farhod TadjiyevLokomotivApril Mirjalol QosimovBunyodkor Akmal KholmatovLokomotivMay Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Artur GevorkyanNasafJune Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Artur GevorkyanNasafJuly Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Akmal KholmatovLokomotivAugust Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Artur GevorkyanNasafSeptember Amet MemetNeftchi Oleksandr PyschurBunyodkorOctober Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Artur GevorkyanNasaf
References
External links Championat.uz: Standings and Results