2017 Uzbek League

The 2017 Uzbek League was the 26th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. Lokomotiv Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2016 campaign.

Uzbek League

Season	2017
Champions	Lokomotiv
Relegated	Dinamo Sogdiana Neftchi Shurtan Obod
Champions League	Lokomotiv Nasaf Qarshi
Top goalscorer	Marat Bikmaev (27)
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Teams

Dinamo

Tashkent

Metallurg

Nasaf

Qizilqum

Navbahor

Neftchi

Olmaliq

Bukhoro

Sogdiana

Mash'al

Shortan

Kokand 1912

Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Pakhtakor
Obod

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Location of teams in 2017 Uzbek League

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	Macron
Dinamo	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	7,000	Joma

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Olmaliq	Igor Shkvyrin	Sacked	15 December 2016	Pre-season	Viktor Kumykov	15 December 2016
Obod	Jafar Irismetov	Resigned	19 December 2016	Pre-season	Rauf Inileev	19 December 2016
Bukhoro	Jamshid Saidov	Sacked	26 January 2017	Pre-season	Ulugbek Bakaev	26 January 2017
Shurtan	Ikhtiyor Karimov	End of caretaker spell	2 February 2017	Pre-season	Alexander Volkov	2 February 2017
Dinamo	Ilkhom Sharipov	Resigned	10 February 2017	Pre-season	Edgar Gess	10 February 2017
Dinamo	Edgar Gess	Resigned	10 February 2017	Pre-season	Oleg Tyulkin	10 February 2017
Obod	Rauf Inileev	Sacked	4 March 2017	Pre-season	Andriy Demchenko	4 March 2017
Shurtan	Alexander Volkov	Sacked	2 April 2017	15th	Ikhtiyor Karimov (interim)	2 April 2017
Pakhtakor	Grigory Kolosovsky	Sacked	6 April 2017	8th	Ravshan Khaydarov	6 April 2017
Pakhtakor	Ravshan Khaydarov	Sacked	26 April 2017	13th	Jasur Abduraimov	26 April 2017
Bunyodkor	Sergey Lushan	Sacked	5 May 2017		Mirjalol Qosimov	5 May 2017
Neftchi	Andrey Fyodorov	Sacked	5 June 2017	15th	Vadim Abramov	5 June 2017
Pakhtakor	Jasur Abduraimov	end of caretaker spell	22 June 2017	7th	Shota Arveladze	22 June 2017
Shurtan	Genadiy Kochnev	End of caretaker spell	26 July 2017	15th	Edgar Gess	26 July 2017
Shurtan	Edgar Gess	Resigned	2 August 2017	15th	Genadiy Kochnev (interim)	2 August 2017

Foreign players

Further information: List of foreign football players in Uzbekistan

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.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC Player	Former 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokomotiv (C)	30	22	4	4	67	20	47	70	Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Nasaf	30	20	2	8	58	18	40	62	Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
3	Pakhtakor	30	18	5	7	44	28	16	59
4	Bunyodkor	30	14	10	6	47	29	18	52
5	Navbahor	30	12	10	8	40	37	3	46
6	Bukhoro	30	13	7	10	42	40	2	46
7	Mashal	30	12	8	10	37	31	6	44
8	Olmaliq	30	12	8	10	31	32	−1	44
9	Kokand 1912	30	11	8	11	42	47	−5	41
10	Metallurg	30	12	4	14	40	39	1	40
11	Qizilqum	30	9	10	11	31	40	−9	37
12	Dinamo Samarqand (R)	30	8	8	14	21	35	−14	32	Relegation to Lower Division
13	Sogdiana (R)	30	8	7	15	33	51	−18	31
14	Shurtan (R)	30	8	3	19	28	52	−24	27
15	Neftchi (R)	30	6	9	15	23	48	−25	27
16	Obod (R)	30	2	3	25	15	52	−37	9

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2017. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 25 November 2017

#	Player	Club	Goals (Pen)
1	Marat Bikmaev	Lokomotiv	27 (6)
2	Dragan Ćeran	Nasaf	19 (4)
3	Dostonbek Khamdamov	Bunyodkor	14 (1)
	Sanzhar Rashidov	Sogdiana	14 (3)
5	Igor Sergeev	Pakhtakor	13 (3)
6	Zokhir Abdullaev	Metalurg Bekabad	12 (0)
7	Sukhrob Berdiev	Kokand 1912	11 (0)

Source: Soccerway