2012 Uzbek League

Football league season
Uzbek League
Season2012
Dates15 March – 21 November
ChampionsPakhtakor
9th title
RelegatedFK Andijan
Mash'al
Champions LeaguePakhtakor
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv Tashkent
Matches played182
Goals scored458 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerAnvar Berdiev
16 goals
Biggest home winShurtan Guzar - FK Andijan - 6:1
Biggest away winFK Buxoro - Bunyodkor - 0:4
Qizilqum Zarafshon - Pakhtakor - 0:4
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The 2012 Uzbek League season was the 21st season of top level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. Bunyodkor were the defending champions from the 2011 campaign. The draw for the 2012 Uzbek League season took place on January 6, 2012.[1]

FK Guliston was officially out of the season, and was replaced by Qizilqum Zarafshon, the reason for absence were financial problems of the club.[2]

New rules

- The 4+1 format of foreign players has been reduced to 3+1.[3]

Teams

Qizilqum Zarafshon and Sogdiana Jizzakh were relegated in the last edition of the Uzbek League to First League.

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Locations of the 2012 Uzbek League Teams
Club Coach City Stadium Capacity 2011
FK Andijan Uzbekistan Azamat Abduraimov Andijan Soghlom Avlod Stadium 18,360 12th
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan Mirjalol Qosimov Tashkent JAR Stadium 8,460 Champions
FK Bukhoro Turkmenistan Tachmurad Agamuradov Bukhoro Buxoro Arena 22,700 9th
Lokomotiv Tashkent Uzbekistan Ravshan Muqimov Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 D1, 1st
Mash'al Mubarek Kazakhstan Vladimir Fomichev Muborak Bahrom Vafoev Stadium 10,000 5th
Metallurg Bekabad Uzbekistan Rustam Mirsodiqov Bekabad Metallurg Bekabad Stadium 11,000 8th
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev Qarshi Qarshi Stadium 14,750 2nd
Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan Mustafo Bayramov Namangan Markaziy Stadium 28,462 6th
Neftchi Farg'ona Uzbekistan Yuriy Sarkisyan Farghona Farghona Stadium 14,520 4th
Olmaliq FK Uzbekistan Igor Shkvyrin Olmaliq Metallurg Stadium 11,000 11th
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan Murod Ismailov Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 3rd
Qizilqum Zarafshon Uzbekistan Ravshan Khaydarov Zarafshon Progress Stadium 6,000 13th
Dinamo Uzbekistan Akhmad Ubaydullaev Samarqand Olimpiya Stadium 12,250 10th
Sho'rtan Ghuzor Germany Edgar Gess Ghuzor Ghuzor Stadium 7,000 7th

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Position in table Date of appointment
FK Andijan Uzbekistan Orif Mamatkazin Resigned Russia Aleksandr Averyanov Pre-season December 12, 2011[4]
FK Andijan Russia Aleksandr Averyanov Sacked [5] Uzbekistan Azamat Abduraimov Season August 22, 2012 [6]
FK Buxoro Uzbekistan Gennadiy Kochnev Sacked Uzbekistan Jamshid Saidov Pre-season December 24, 2011
FK Buxoro Uzbekistan Jamshid Saidov Sacked Turkmenistan Tachmurad Agamuradov Season June 2, 2012 [7]
Lokomotiv Tashkent Uzbekistan Ravshan Muqimov Resigned Armenia Khoren Hovhannisyan Pre-season December 12, 2011 [8]
Lokomotiv Tashkent Armenia Khoren Hovhannisyan End of contract Uzbekistan Ravshan Muqimov Season June 12, 2012 [9]
Nasaf Qarshi Ukraine Anatoliy Demyanenko Signed by Volyn Lutsk[10] Uzbekistan Ruziqul Berdiev Pre-season January 5, 2012 [11][12]
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan Ruziqul Berdiev Sacked Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev Season May 23, 2012 [13]
Pakhtakor Uzbekistan Murod Ismailov Temporary position over Serbia Dejan Đurđević Pre-season December 28, 2011 [14]
Pakhtakor Serbia Dejan Đurđević Mutual agreement Uzbekistan Murod Ismailov Season June 19, 2012 [15]
Shurtan Guzar Turkmenistan Tachmurad Agamuradov Sacked Belarus Igor Kriushenko Pre-season November 22, 2011 [16][17]
Shurtan Guzar Belarus Igor Kriushenko Sacked [18] Germany Edgar Gess Season July 5, 2012 [19]
Qizilqum Zarafshon Uzbekistan Sergei Arslanov Temporary position over Uzbekistan Ravshan Khaydarov Pre-season January 8, 2012 [20]

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian player Former players*
FK Andijan Georgia (country) Mikheil Alavidze Georgia (country) Levan Mdivnishvili Lithuania Tadas Gražiūnas Tajikistan Muiddin Mamazulunov Belarus Aleksandr Petukhov
Ukraine Oleksandr Polovkov
Russia Vladimir Shishelov
Tajikistan Farkhod Tokhirov
Bunyodkor Serbia Slavoljub Đorđević Slovakia Ján Kozák Kyrgyzstan Emil Kenzhesariev
Australia David Carney
FK Buxoro Georgia (country) Giorgi Kvesieshvili Japan Naoya Shibamura Nigeria David Oniya Turkmenistan Amir Gurbani Georgia (country) Mikheil Kakaladze
Ukraine Oleksandr Tarasenko
Lokomotiv Tashkent Armenia Zhora Hovhannisyan Armenia Romik Khachatryan Lithuania Arturas Fomenka Turkmenistan Maksim Kazankov France Mohammad Bindi Mustaffa
Mash'al Mubarek Serbia Igor Petković Serbia Milorad Resanovic Turkmenistan Alik Khaydarov Finland Toni Lindberg
Kazakhstan Ilya Fomitchev
Metallurg Bekabad Montenegro Bojan Kaljević Ukraine Andriy Sirotyuk
Nasaf Qarshi Latvia Andrejs Perepļotkins Montenegro Ivan Bošković Russia Vladimir Shishelov Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan Serbia Bojan Mališić
Navbahor Namangan Belarus Vital Panasyuk Belarus Nikolay Ryndzyuk Moldova Denis Romanenco Turkmenistan Maksim Belyh Lithuania Arturas Fomenka
Russia Vladimir Chekunov
Neftchi Farg'ona
Olmaliq FK Russia Evgeniy Gogol Russia Artem Nikitenko Serbia Darko Stanojević Turkmenistan Pavel Kharchik
Pakhtakor Tashkent Georgia (country) Kakhi Makharadze Montenegro Sanibal Orahovac Georgia (country) Irakli Klimiashvili
Japan Naoya Shibamura
Qizilqum Zarafshon Lithuania Pavelas Leusas Russia Yuriy Usachov
FK Samarqand-Dinamo Ukraine Andrei Melnichuk Ukraine Andrei Erokhin Lithuania Egidijus Majus
Shurtan Guzar Georgia (country) Giorgi Megreladze Nigeria Patrick Agbo Ivory Coast Adama Soro Belarus Vitaly Rushnitsky
Tajikistan Muiddin Mamazulunov
  • Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.

Pre-season transfers

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pakhtakor Tashkent (Q, C) 26 18 5 3 51 16 +35 59 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
2 Bunyodkor (Q) 26 17 6 3 42 16 +26 57
3 Lokomotiv Tashkent (Q) 26 14 7 5 43 22 +21 49 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off[a]
4 Nasaf Qarshi 26 14 7 5 37 20 +17 49
5 Shurtan Guzar 26 12 4 10 38 33 +5 40
6 Neftchi Farg'ona 26 10 7 9 36 29 +7 37
7 FK Buxoro 26 10 5 11 24 31 −7 35
8 Olmaliq FK 26 9 4 13 39 46 −7 31
9 FK Samarqand-Dinamo 26 9 2 15 27 29 −2 29
10 Metallurg Bekabad 26 8 5 13 32 46 −14 29
11 Qizilqum Zarafshon 26 6 9 11 22 41 −19 27
12 Navbahor Namangan 26 6 8 12 19 34 −15 26
13 Mash'al Mubarek (R) 26 6 5 15 20 43 −23 23 Relegation to Lower Division
14 FK Andijan (R) 26 4 4 18 28 52 −24 16
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2012. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Lokomotive Tashkent qualified due to Bunyodkor also winning the 2012 Uzbekistan Cup.

Results

Home \ Away AND BUN FJB QIZ LOK MAS MET NAS NAV NEF OTM PAK SAM SHU
FK Andijan 0–2 1–2 5–1 0–1 4–0 3–3 3–4 0–1 1–0 1–4 2–4 0–3 1–2
Bunyodkor 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0
FJ Buxoro 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1
Qizilqum Zarafshon 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 2–0
Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 5–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 3–1 4–1
Mash'al Mubarek 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 1–3
Metallurg Bekabad 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–3 1–2 2–1 4–0
Nasaf Qarshi 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–2 0–2 2–1 2–1
Navbahor Namangan 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1
Neftchi Farg'ona 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 4–2 3–1 1–0 1–1
Olmaliq FK 3–2 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 4–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 2–3
Pakhtakor Tashkent 1–0 1–1 4–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 5–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–0
FK Samarqand-Dinamo 3–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0
Shurtan Guzar 6–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 4–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

See also Coach and Player of Month

# Scorer Club Goals (Pen.)
1 Uzbekistan Anvar Berdiev Neftchi Farg'ona 19 (5)
2 Uzbekistan Igor Taran Shurtan Guzar 14 (2)
3 Uzbekistan Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov Pakhtakor 13 (0)
Uzbekistan Vladimir Shishelov Andijan/Nasaf Qarshi 13 (3)
5 Uzbekistan Ruzimboy Ahmedov FK Dinamo Samarqand 11 (1)
Uzbekistan Zaynitdin Tadjiyev Lokomotiv Tashkent 11 (3)
7 Lithuania Arturas Fomenka Lokomotiv Tashkent 9 (0)
Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf Qarshi 9 (0)
Uzbekistan Zokhid Abdullaev Metallurg Bekabad 9 (0)
10 Uzbekistan Shahzodbek Nurmatov Metallurg Bekabad 8 (0)

Last updated: 21 November 2012
Source: Soccerway

See also

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