Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called

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Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division of professional football in

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

. It is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Professional Football League and

Uzbekistan Football Association The Uzbekistan Football Association ( uz, Oʻzbekiston Futbol Federatsiyasi) is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbekistan national team. History Uzbekistan Football Federation was founded in 1946, while Uzbekista ...

. It was founded in 1992 and currently played with 14 teams. The top team qualifies to the group stage of the AFC Champions League.

History

The Uzbek League was founded in 1992 after the collapse of the

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and its domestic league, the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

. The league is known locally as the Higher League with relegation to the First League.

League system

The league is generally played between March to November in the calendar year and has occasionally had the Super Cup as a curtain raiser to the domestic campaign. Teams play each other on a home and away basis. Two or three teams can be relegated depending on the number of sides participating which has in the past been between 17 and 14 sides. Occasionally no sides would be promoted from the First League, due to reserve teams winning the championships. Reserve clubs are not allowed to feature in the top flight but can play at any level up to First League. On these occasions, clubs can be relegated without any promoted sides making the next campaign feature less sides than before. League winners enter the next edition of the AFC Champions League along with the winners of the

Uzbekistan Cup The O‘zbekiston Kubogi or ( uz, O‘zbekiston Kubogi, script=Latn or ) Uzbek Cup is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer). Previous champions All champions as Uzbek SSR in Soviet times: *1939: Dinamo Tashkent *1940: Dinamo T ...

. On 21 November 2017 according to the ''UzPFL'' management decision the

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

was officially renamed to ''Uzbekistan Super League'' starting from 2018 season. The number of teams playing in top division of Uzbek football is reduced from 16 to 12.

Champions

Soviet time champions

;Championship of cities of Uzbek SSR * 1926:

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

City Team * 1927: Tashkent City Team * 1928: Ferghana City Team * 1929: Tashkent City Team * 1930: Tashkent City Team * 1931–32 : ''No championship'' * 1933: Tashkent City Team * 1934: Tashkent City Team * 1935: Tashkent City Team * 1936: Tashkent City Team ;Republican League Competitions * 1937: Spartak Tashkent * 1938: Spartak Tashkent * 1939: Dinamo Tashkent * 1940–47 : ''no championship'' * 1948: Polyarnaya Zvezda Tashkent Oblast * 1949: Dinamo Tashkent * 1950: Spartak Tashkent * 1951: Spartak Tashkent * 1952: Dinamo Tashkent * 1953: FShM Tashkent * 1954: Dinamo Tashkent * 1955: ODO Tashkent (later SKA) * 1956: ODO Tashkent * 1957: Mashstroi Tashkent * 1958: Khimik Chirchik * 1959: Mekhnat Tashkent * 1960: Sokol Tashkent * 1961: Sokol Tashkent * 1962: Sokol Tashkent * 1963: Sokol Tashkent * 1964: Sokol Tashkent * 1965: Sokol Tashkent * 1966: Zvezda Tashkent * 1967: Tashavtomash Tashkent * 1968: Chust Namangan Oblast * 1969: Tashkabel Tashkent * 1970: SKA Tashkent (former ODO) * 1971: Yangiaryk Khorezm Oblast * 1972: Trud Jizzakh * 1973: Quruvchi Samarqand * 1974: Pakhtakor Gulistan * 1975: Zarafshan Navoi * 1976:

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* 1977: Khiva * 1978: Khorezm (Kolkhoz im. Narimanova) * 1979: Khisar Shakhrisabz * 1980: ''No championship'' * 1981: Ekipress Samarqand * 1982: Beshkent * 1983: Tselinnik Turtkul * 1984: Khorezm Khonqa * 1985: Shakhter Angren * 1986:

* 1987: Avtomobilist Fergana * 1988: Selmashevets Chirchik * 1989: Nurafshon Bukhara * 1990: Naryn Khakulabad * 1991: Politotdel Tashkent Oblast (now Do'stlik)

Since independence

* 1992:

Neftchi Farg'ona FC Neftchi Fergana ( uz, Neftchi Fargʻona futbol klubi, Uzbek Cyrillic: Нефтчи Фарғона футбол клуби) is an Uzbek football club based in Fergana. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple c ...

and Pakhtakor Tashkent * 1993:

* 1994:

* 1995:

* 1996:

Navbahor Namangan PFC. Navbahor Namangan ( uz, Navbahor Namangan Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Namangan. The club's name means ''New Spring.'' They play in Uzbekistan Super League. Name Navbahor origins from Persian word ''Now-Ba ...

* 1997:

MHSK Tashkent MHSK ( uz, Марказий Ҳарбий спорт клуби, translit=Markaziy Harbiy Sport Klubi) was an Uzbekistani football club based in Tashkent. Its abbreviation meant Army Central Sports Club, similar to the Soviet equivalent CSKA. Hist ...

(former Pakhtakor-79 Tashkent) * 1998: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 1999: Do'stlik (former Politotdel Tashkent Oblast) * 2000: Do'stlik * 2001:

* 2002: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2003: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2004: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2005: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2006: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2007: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2008: Bunyodkor Tashkent * 2009: Bunyodkor Tashkent * 2010: Bunyodkor Tashkent * 2011: Bunyodkor Tashkent * 2012: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2013: Bunyodkor Tashkent * 2014: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2015: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2016:

Lokomotiv Tashkent PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent ( uz, Lokomotiv Toshkent Professional Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Tashkent. The owner and main sponsor of the club is a state-owned company Uzbek Railways. History Lokomotiv was founded i ...

* 2017:

* 2018:

* 2019: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2020: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2021: Pakhtakor Tashkent * 2022: Pakhtakor Tashkent

Champions and top scorers

Performance by club

* Both teams were awarded with the title.

All-time table

All-time table of league, as of end of the 2022 season

Soviet Top League participation

Players records

Top scorers

Most appearances

Sponsorship

From 1992 to 2017, the Uzbekistan Super League had no

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ship rights with any companies. Only starting from 2018 Uzbekistan Super League have got title League sponsor. On 4 April 2018

vice-president Umid Akhmadjonov and IBT, the official ''PepsiCo'' bottler, reached agreement that PepsiCo became official League sponsor for 2018 season.

References

External links

Official Website of Uzbek Professional League

soccerway.com
standings, results & fixtures
Weltfussballarchiv
standings, results & fixtures & club profiles

footballfetch.com
– results, fixtures, tables, bet stats {{Football in Uzbekistan 1992 establishments in Uzbekistan 1

Sports leagues established in 1992