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

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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

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

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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

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 Fergana ( uz, Fargʻona/Фарғона, ), or Ferghana, is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 420 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km west of Andijan, and less than 20 km fr ...

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:

Traktor Tashkent Traktor Tashkent was an Uzbekistani football club based in Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekista ...

* 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 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...

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 ch ...

and

Pakhtakor Tashkent (The cotton grower) uz, Sherlar(The Lions) uz, Xalq jamoasi(People's team) , founded = , ground = Pakhtakor Central Stadium , capacity = 35,000 , owner = , chairman = Bobur Shodiev , chrtitle = President , manager ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...

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 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

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 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

: Do'stlik (former Politotdel Tashkent Oblast) *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

: Do'stlik *

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

* 2003:

* 2004:

* 2005:

* 2006:

* 2007:

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: Bunyodkor Tashkent * 2009: Bunyodkor Tashkent * 2010: Bunyodkor Tashkent * 2011: Bunyodkor Tashkent *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

: Bunyodkor Tashkent *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

* 2015:

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

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 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

: Pakhtakor Tashkent *

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

: Pakhtakor Tashkent *

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

: Pakhtakor Tashkent *

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypo ...

: 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

History

League system

Champions

Soviet time champions

Since independence

Champions and top scorers

Performance by club

All-time table

Soviet Top League participation

Players records

Top scorers

Most appearances

Sponsorship

See also

References

External links