The 2019 Uzbekistan Super League (in Uzbek: Футбол бўйича 2019-йилги Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси, known as the Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since its establishment on 1992.
Season events Dinamo Samarkand has returned to the Super League.
On March 5, Coca-Cola Bottlers Uzbekistan became the title sponsor of Uzbekistan Super League and Cup for the 2019 season. Starting from this season, Uzbekistan Professional Football League determined the colors of the teams' kits for each round of matches. Press-service of the League closely cooperated with the Futbol TV HD channel. Also, one of the main sponsors of the 2019 Uzbekistan Super League of was the national export-import insurance company "Uzbekinvest".
On March 7, the season logo was approved. On March 8, the transfer window for Super League clubs officially closed. The first match of the season was held in Youth Sports Complex, Navoi. In it, Qizilqum played against Andijon, which returned to the elite after a short break. The first goal of the season was scored by Oybek Kilichev.
Pakhtakor scored 69 points (88.5%) out of a possible 78. Lokomotiv was the best defensive club this season, conceding 17 goals. Sogdiana finished the season with a goal difference of 0 (29–29). Navbahor finished the season with 11 draws. The most productive clubs were Pakhtakor (75 goals), Lokomotiv (40) and Bunyodkor (37 goals). Pakhtakor qualified for the group stage of the Asian Champions League. Lokomotiv and Bunyodkor qualified for the second qualifying round of Asian Champions League. Dinamo was relegated back to the Pro League. Lokomotiv Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2018 season.
Teams
+ Club Coach Location Stadium Capacity Kit sponsor Shirt sponsor AGMK Mirjalol Qosimov Olmaliq AGMK Stadium 12,000 Joma OKMK Andijan Alexander Khomyakov Andijan Soglom Avlod 18,360 Adidas GM Uzbekistan Bunyodkor Vadim Abramov Tashkent Bunyodkor Stadium 34,000 Nike Uzbekistan GTL, Bukhoro Mukhsin Mukhamadiev Bukhara Bukhara Arena 22,700 Joma BNQIZ Kokand 1912 Numon Hasanov Kokand Kokand Stadium 10,500 Adidas Lokomotiv Samvel Babayan Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 Joma Metallurg Andrey Shipilov Bekabad Metallurg Stadium 15,000 Adidas UMK Nasaf Ruziqul Berdiyev Qarshi Qarshi Markazi Stadium 16,000 Adidas Uzbekistan GTL SGCC Navbahor Andrey Kanchelskis Namangan Namangan Markazi Stadium 22,000 Adidas Pakhtakor Shota Arveladze Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 Adidas Red Metal AG Amalco Group Company, Sogdiana Ulugbek Bakayev Jizzakh Soghdiana Stadium 11,650 Nike UzbekEnergo Qizilqum Hamidjon Aktamov Zarafshan Progress Stadium 12,500 Adidas Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combinat Dinamo Täçmyrat Agamyradow Samarqand Dinamo Stadium 13,800 Joma Agromir Buildings Surkhon Andrei Miklyaev Termez Alpamish stadium 6,000 Adidas UzbekGidroEnergo 1 On the back of the strip.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentSogdiana Sergey LushanResigned12th Ulugbek BakayevAndijon Ildar SakaevResigned11th Alexander KhomyakovBuxoro Bakhtiyor AshurmatovResigned 13th Mukhsin MukhamadievLokomotiv Andrey FyodorovResigned2nd Samvel BabayanNavbahor Andrey KanchelskisResigned6th Dejan ĐurđevićNavbahor Dejan ĐurđevićResigned7th Andrey KanchelskisDinamo Davron FayzievResigned10th Täçmyrat Agamyradow
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 AGMK Elgujja Grigalashvili Igor Zonjić Miroljub Kostić Marko Zoćević Uladzislaw Kasmynin Andijan Radosav Aleksić Vitali Myrnyi Akhlidin Israilov Bunyodkor Dmitriy Ostrovskiy Yevhen Chumak Bukhoro Milovan Kapor Jaba Lipartia Vili Isiani Artyom Kulesha Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev Ivan Fatić Volodymyr Bayenko Kokand 1912 Marko Milić Bojan Knežević Miloš Nikolić Olivier Bonnes Lokomotiv Tashkent Ariagner Smith Jovan Đokić Igor Jelić Arslanmyrat Amanow Filip Rajevac Metallurg Bekabad Andrei Shipilov Sergei Tumasyan Nasaf Navbahor Ivan Solovyov Igor Golban Slavko Lukić Oleksandr Kasyan Amirbek Juraboev Elman Tagaýew Pakhtakor Marko Simić Dragan Ćeran Gidi Kanyuk Soghdiana Kakhi Makharadze Nikola Milinković Milan Mitrović Sherzod Shakirov Qizilqum Mate Vatsadze Lasha Totadze Yevgeni Cheremisin Ruslan Margiyev Steven Lustica Elgujja Grigalashvili Ariagner Smith Dinamo Surkhon Dougllas Nascimento Lucas Oliveria Vladimir Bubanja Darko Stanojević In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
League table
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Positions by round
Results
Results by match played
Goals .
Goalscorers
#PlayerClubGoals1 Dragan CeranPakhtakor2 Igor SergeevPakhtakor3 Zafar PolvonovAGMK4 Khumoyun MurtozoyevNasaf5 Khursid GiyosovBunyodkor6 Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov Lokomotiv11 Elgujja GrigalashviliQizilqum/AGMK8 Oleksandr KasyanNavbahor9 Shakhzod UbaydullaevAndijon9 Shokhruz NorkhonovSogdiana11 Marat BikmoevPakhtakor8 Murod KholmukhamedovKokand 191213 Abdul Aziz YusupovSurkhon7 Dostonbek KhamdamovPakhtakor Mirjakhon MirakhmadovBunyodkor16 Shakhboz ErkinovKokand 19126 Nurillo TukhtasinovBunyodkor Jamshid IskanderovLokomotiv Sukhrob BerdiyevKokand 191220 Stanislav AndreevMetallurg5 Zokhid AbdullaevMetallurg Muzaffar MuzaffarovMetallurg Bahodir PardaevMetallurg Kakhi MakharadzeSogdiana Qadamboy NurmedovDinamo26 Jaloliddin MasharipovPakhtakor4 Arslanmyrat AmanowLokomotiv Islom TukhtakhujaevLokomotiv Ariagner SmithQizilqum/Lokomotiv Shavkat SalomovSurkhon
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Zafar Polvonov 5 FC AGMK Kokand 1912 7–1 (H) Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Buxoro 5–0 (A) Igor Sergeev Pakhtakor Qizilqum 8–0 (H) Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Andijon 5–1 (H) Zafar Polvonov FC AGMK Qizilqum 4–1
Attendances By round + 2019 Uzbekistan Super League AttendanceRoundTotalAvg. Per Game Round 1 60,689 7 8,670 Round 2 61,996 7 8,856 Round 3 49,055 7 7,008 Round 4 49,463 7 7,066 Round 5 51,251 7 7,321 Round 6 52,535 7 7,505 Round 7 69,595 7 9,942 Round 8 51,758 7 7,394 Round 9 39,834 7 5,690 Round 10 54,284 7 7,754 Round 11 32,970 7 4,710 Round 12 41,799 7 5,971 Round 13 – – – Total 615,169 84 7,323
By team
Awards Monthly awards
MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthGoalkeeper of the MonthGoal of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClub March Shota ArveladzePakhtakor Dragan CeranPakhtakor Botirali ErgashevDinamo Dragan CeranPakhtakor April Vadim AbramovBunyodkor Temurkhuja AbdukholiqovLokomotiv Sanjar KuvvatovPakhtakor Doston Ibragimov Buxoro May Ulugbek Bakaev Sogdiana Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Abduvohid Nematov Nasaf Slavko Lukic Navbahor June Shota Arveladze Pakhtakor Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Umedjan Ergashev Navbahor Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor July Ulugbek Bakaev Sogdiana Jaloliddin Masharipov Pakhtakor Eldorbek Suyunov Pakhtakor Oybek Kilichev Andijon August Shota Arveladze Pakhtakor Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Milan MitrovicSogdiana Muzaffar Muzaffarov Metallurg September Shota Arveladze Pakhtakor Dostonbek Khamdamov Pakhtakor Utkir Yusupov Navbahor Shakhzod Ubaydullaev Andijon October Shota Arveladze Pakhtakor Igor Segeev Pakhtakor Abduvohid Nematov Nasaf Jamshid Iskanderov Lokomotiv November Vadim Abramov Bunyodkor Nurullo Tukhtasinov Bunyodkor Ignatiy Nesterov Lokomotiv Darko Stanojević Surkhon
Annual awards The awards of 2019 Uzbekistan Super League were announced on 24 December 2019.
Award Winner Club Player of the Season Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Tashkent Golden Boot Dragan Ceran Pakhtakor Tashkent Goalkeeper of the Season Abduvohid Nematov FC Nasaf Young Player of the Season Jasur Jaloliddinov Bunyodkor Manager of the Season Shota Arveladze Pakhtakor Tashkent Goal the Season Muzaffar Muzaffarov Metallurg Bekabad Best Referee Valentin Kovalenko Fair Play FC Nasaf
Team of the Year Goalkeeper Abduvohid Nematov(FC Nasaf) Defender Farrukh Sayfiev (Pakhtakor) Igor Golban (Navbahor) Sardor Kulmatov (Sogdiana) Khojiakbar Alijonov (Pakhtakor) Midfielder Jaloliddin Masharipov (Pakhtakor) Sanjar Kodirkulov (FC Bunyodkor) Jamshid Iskanderov (Lokomotiv) Khursid Giyosov (FC Bunyodkor) Forward Dragan Ceran (Pakhtakor) Khumoyun Murtozoyev (FC Nasaf)
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