The 2014 Uzbek League was the 23rd season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. Bunyodkor were the defending champions from the 2013 campaign.
Teams
FK Guliston and Shurtan Guzar were relegated in the last edition of the Uzbek League to First League. FK Andijan and Mash'al Mubarek replace them. Club Coach Location Stadium CapacityFK Andijan Edgar Gess Andijan Soghlom Avlod Stadium 18,360 Bunyodkor Sergey Lushan Tashkent Bunyodkor Stadium 34,000 Bukhoro Seid Seidov Bukhoro Buxoro Arena 22,700 Dinamo Kamo Gazarov Samarqand Dinamo Stadium 16,000 Lokomotiv Vadim Abramov Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 Mash'al Alexander Khomyakov Muborak Bahrom Vafoev Stadium 10,000 Metallurg Rustam Mirsodiqov Bekabad Metallurg Stadium 15,000 Nasaf Qarshi Ruziqul Berdiev Qarshi Qarshi Stadium 14,750 Navbahor Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Namangan Navbahor Stadium 22,000 Neftchi Murod Ismoilov Farghona Kirguli SM Olmaliq FK Igor Shkvyrin Olmaliq Olmaliq SM Stadium 12,000 Pakhtakor Samvel Babayan Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 Qizilqum Yuriy Lukin Zarafshon Yoshlar Stadium 12,500 Sogdiana Davron Fayziev Jizzakh Zaamin Stadium 4,000
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Position in table Date of appointment Bukhoro Tachmurad AgamuradovResigned Edgar GessPre-season10 November 2013 Neftchi Farg'ona Evgeniy ShokhinResigned Murod IsmoilovPre-season3 January 2014 Pakhtakor Murod IsmoilovResigned Samvel BabayanPre-season3 January 2014Navbahor Namangan Usmon AsqaralievResigned Bakhtiyor AshurmatovPre-season10 January 2014Lokomotiv Tashkent Khakim FuzailovSacked Vadim AbramovPre-season13 February 2014Bunyodkor Mirjalol QosimovResigned Alexander Volkov2nd5 April 2014Bunyodkor Alexander VolkovEnd of caretaker spell Sergey Lushan3rd6 June 2014Andijan Azamat AbduraimovResigned Orif Mamatkazin14th20 June 2014Samarqand-Dinamo Ravshan KhaydarovResigned Kamo Gazarov11th2 July 2014Bukhoro Edgar GessSacked Seid Seidov12th23 August 2014FK Andijan Orif MamatkazinEnd of caretaker spell Edgar Gess14th26 September 2014
Foreign players ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian Player Former Players Andijan Vitaliy Vizaver Alexei Casian Serhiy Datsenko Viktor Raskov Bunyodkor Samir Bekrić Ivan Milošević Oleksandr Pyshchur Minori Sato Carles Coto Serhiy Symonenko Bukhoro Dumitru Popovici Vitalie Plămădeală Predrag Vujović Giorgi Kvesieshvili Dinamo Andriy Melnychuk Lokomotiv Andrei Cojocari Evgeny Gogol Akmal Kholmatov Vyacheslav Shevchenko Mash'al Andriy Derkach Metallurg Aleksandr Kovalev Nasaf Qarshi Artur Gevorkýan Navbahor Yury Ryzhko Petar Denchev Ruslan Kachur Neftchi Alexandru Onica Igor Petković Akmal Kholmatov Levan Gvazava Olmaliq FK Evgeny Gogol Darko Stanojević Chaker Zouaghi Petar Franjic Aleksandar Alempijević Maksatmyrat Shamuradov Pakhtakor Kakhi Makharadze Bojan Miladinović Qizilqum Giorgi Kvesieshvili Sogdiana Alexandru Melenciuc Oleksandr Kablash
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers #ScorerTeamGoals (Pen.)1 Artur GevorkyanNasaf Qarshi18 (5)2 Zokhir KuziboyevMash'al Mubarek14 (1) Shakhboz ErkinovNavbahor Namangan14 (3)4 Farhod TojiyevLokomotiv Tashkent13 (2)5 Igor SergeevPakhtakor11 (0)6 Sardor RashidovBunyodkor10 (0)7 Sunatilla MamadaliyevMetallurg Bekabad8 (0) Shahzodbek NurmatovMetallurg Bekabad8 (0) Ivan NagaevLokomotiv Tashkent8 (0) Last updated: 7 November 2014 Source: Soccerway
Hat–tricks Player Team Against Result Date Shakhboz Erkinov Navbahor Sogdiana Jizzakh 4–2 26 April 2014 Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf Qarshi Mash'al Mubarek 4–2 14 June 2014 Ruslan Kachur4 Navbahor FK Buxoro 4–1 10 August 2014 Sardor Rashidov Bunyodkor Mash'al Mubarek 5–1 10 August 2014 Shakhboz Erkinov Sogdiana Jizzakh Navbahor 5–4 12 September 2014 4 Player scored four goals
Awards
Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceManagerClubPlayerClubMarchApril Samvel BabayanPakhtakor Egor KrimetsPakhtakorMay Vadim AbramovLokomotiv Jamshid IskanderovPakhtakorJuneJuly Samvel BabayanPakhtakor Akmal RustamovQizilqumAugust Sergey LushanBunyodkor Sardor RashidovBunyodkorSeptember Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Artur GevorkyanNasafOctober Samvel BabayanPakhtakor Jamshid IskanderovPakhtakorNovember Samvel BabayanPakhtakor Igor SergeevPakhtakor
References
External links Uzbekistan PFL - Official League Site