The 2017 Uzbek League (Футбол бўйича 2017-йилги Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси) was the 26th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. Lokomotiv Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2016 campaign.
Teams
Navbahor Namangan remained for the 2017 Uzbek League after winning in the relegation play-off match with Naryn. Obod Tashkent was promoted to the 2016 League as the 2015 First League winner. The draw for the 2016 season was held on 20 December 2016. The first matchday is scheduled for 3 March 2017.
Club Coach Location Stadium Capacity Kit sponsor Bunyodkor Mirjalol Qosimov Tashkent Bunyodkor Stadium 34,000 Jako Bukhoro Ulugbek Bakaev Bukhoro Bukhoro Arena 22,700 MacronDinamo Oleg Tyulkin Samarkand Dinamo Stadium 16,000 Kokand 1912 Numon Khasanov Kokand Kokand Stadium 10,500 Joma Lokomotiv Andrey Miklyaev Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 Joma Mash'al Alexander Khomyakov Muborak Bahrom Vafoev Stadium 10,000 Patrick Metallurg Rustam Mirsodiqov Bekabad Metallurg Stadium 15,000 Joma Nasaf Qarshi Ruziqul Berdiev Qarshi Qarshi Stadium 14,750 Adidas Navbahor Ilkhom Muminjonov Namangan Navbahor Stadium 22,000 Jako Neftchi Vadim Abramov Farghona Istiqlol Stadium 20,000 Joma Obod Andriy Demchenko Tashkent JAR Stadium 8,450 Nike Olmaliq FK Viktor Kumykov Olmaliq Olmaliq SM Stadium 12,000 Adidas Pakhtakor Shota Arveladze Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 Adidas Qizilqum Yuriy Lukin Zarafshon Yoshlar Stadium 12,500 Joma Sogdiana Davron Fayziev Jizzakh Sogdiana Stadium 11,650 Joma Shurtan Genadiy Kochnev Ghuzor Ghuzor Stadium 7,000Joma
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Olmaliq Igor Shkvyrin Sacked Pre-season Viktor Kumykov Obod Jafar Irismetov Resigned Pre-season Rauf Inileev Bukhoro Jamshid Saidov Sacked Pre-season Ulugbek Bakaev Shurtan Ikhtiyor Karimov End of caretaker spell Pre-season Alexander Volkov Dinamo Ilkhom Sharipov Resigned Pre-season Edgar Gess Dinamo Edgar Gess Resigned Pre-season Oleg Tyulkin Obod Rauf Inileev Sacked Pre-season Andriy Demchenko Shurtan Alexander Volkov Sacked 15th Ikhtiyor Karimov (interim) Pakhtakor Grigory Kolosovsky Sacked 8th Ravshan Khaydarov Pakhtakor Ravshan Khaydarov Sacked 13th Jasur Abduraimov Bunyodkor Sergey Lushan Sacked Mirjalol Qosimov Neftchi Andrey Fyodorov Sacked 15th Vadim Abramov Pakhtakor Jasur Abduraimov end of caretaker spell 7th Shota Arveladze Shurtan Genadiy Kochnev End of caretaker spell 15th Edgar Gess Shurtan Edgar Gess Resigned 15th Genadiy Kochnev (interim)
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 3AFC PlayerFormer players AGMK Uladzislaw Kasmynin Igor Jelić Graham Smith Farhat Musabekov Shota Grigalashvili Lokomotiv Kakhi Makharadze Mohamed Kone Olabiran Muyiwa Gnohere Krizo Dinamo Radu Rogac Adnan Orahovac Pakhtakor Gidi Kanyuk Marko Simić Tiago Queiroz Bezerra Rostyn Griffiths Adnan Orahovac Jurica Buljat Mash'al Mubarek Igor Tymonyuk Vladyslav Pavlenko Tomoki Muramatsu Umedzhon Sharipov FC Buxoro Ivor Weitzer Kirill Pasichnik Volodymyr Bayenko FC Bunyodkor Vadim Cemirtan Dusan Micic Navbahor Nemanja Jovanovic Darko Stanojević Neftchi Fergana Terentiy Lutsevich Syarhey Kantsavy Dzmitry Kamarowski FC Obod Metallurg Bekabad Nasaf Igor Golban Dragan Ceran FC Shurtan Guzar Oleksandr Pyschur Kokand 1912 Darko Gojkovic Filip Rajevac Sogdiana Jizzakh Qizilqum Zarafshon Andriy Derkach Maxim Iurcu Artur Geworkyan
League table
Table of matches