2012 Uzbek League

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]

Uzbek League
Season2012
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
← 2011
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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.

Locations of the 2012 Uzbek League Teams
Club Coach City Stadium Capacity 2011
FK Andijan Azamat Abduraimov Andijan Soghlom Avlod Stadium 18,360 12th
Bunyodkor Mirjalol Qosimov Tashkent JAR Stadium 8,460 Champions
FK Bukhoro Tachmurad Agamuradov Bukhoro Buxoro Arena 22,700 9th
Lokomotiv Tashkent Ravshan Muqimov Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 D1, 1st
Mash'al Mubarek Vladimir Fomichev Muborak Bahrom Vafoev Stadium 10,000 5th
Metallurg Bekabad Rustam Mirsodiqov Bekabad Metallurg Bekabad Stadium 11,000 8th
Nasaf Qarshi Usmon Toshev Qarshi Qarshi Stadium 14,750 2nd
Navbahor Namangan Mustafo Bayramov Namangan Markaziy Stadium 28,462 6th
Neftchi Farg'ona Yuriy Sarkisyan Farghona Farghona Stadium 14,520 4th
Olmaliq FK Igor Shkvyrin Olmaliq Metallurg Stadium 11,000 11th
Pakhtakor Murod Ismailov Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 3rd
Qizilqum Zarafshon Ravshan Khaydarov Zarafshon Progress Stadium 6,000 13th
Dinamo Akhmad Ubaydullaev Samarqand Olimpiya Stadium 12,250 10th
Sho'rtan Ghuzor 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 Orif Mamatkazin Resigned Aleksandr Averyanov Pre-season December 12, 2011[4]
FK Andijan Aleksandr Averyanov Sacked [5] Azamat Abduraimov Season August 22, 2012 [6]
FK Buxoro Gennadiy Kochnev Sacked Jamshid Saidov Pre-season December 24, 2011
FK Buxoro Jamshid Saidov Sacked Tachmurad Agamuradov Season June 2, 2012 [7]
Lokomotiv Tashkent Ravshan Muqimov Resigned Khoren Hovhannisyan Pre-season December 12, 2011 [8]
Lokomotiv Tashkent Khoren Hovhannisyan End of contract Ravshan Muqimov Season June 12, 2012 [9]
Nasaf Qarshi Anatoliy Demyanenko Signed by Volyn Lutsk [10] Ruziqul Berdiev Pre-season January 5, 2012 [11][12]
Nasaf Qarshi Ruziqul Berdiev Sacked Usmon Toshev Season May 23, 2012 [13]
Pakhtakor Murod Ismailov Temporary position over Dejan Đurđević Pre-season December 28, 2011 [14]
Pakhtakor Dejan Đurđević Mutual agreement Murod Ismailov Season June 19, 2012 [15]
Shurtan Guzar Tachmurad Agamuradov Sacked Igor Kriushenko Pre-season November 22, 2011 [16][17]
Shurtan Guzar Igor Kriushenko Sacked [18] Edgar Gess Season July 5, 2012 [19]
Qizilqum Zarafshon Sergei Arslanov Temporary position over Ravshan Khaydarov Pre-season January 8, 2012 [20]

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

Pre-season transfers
Further information: List of Uzbek football transfers 2012

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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 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 Anvar Berdiev Neftchi Farg'ona 19 (5)
2 Igor Taran Shurtan Guzar 14 (2)
3 Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov Pakhtakor 13 (0)
Vladimir Shishelov Andijan/Nasaf Qarshi 13 (3)
5 Ruzimboy Ahmedov FK Dinamo Samarqand 11 (1)
Zaynitdin Tadjiyev Lokomotiv Tashkent 11 (3)
7 Arturas Fomenka Lokomotiv Tashkent 9 (0)
Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf Qarshi 9 (0)
Zokhid Abdullaev Metallurg Bekabad 9 (0)
10 Shahzodbek Nurmatov Metallurg Bekabad 8 (0)

Last updated: 21 November 2012
Source: Soccerway

See also

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