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
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
2011
2013

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.

ClubCoachCityStadiumCapacity2011
FK Andijan Azamat AbduraimovAndijanSoghlom Avlod Stadium18,36012th
Bunyodkor Mirjalol QosimovTashkentJAR Stadium8,460Champions
FK Bukhoro Tachmurad AgamuradovBukhoroBuxoro Arena22,7009th
Lokomotiv Tashkent Ravshan MuqimovTashkentLokomotiv Stadium8,000D1, 1st
Mash'al Mubarek Vladimir FomichevMuborakBahrom Vafoev Stadium10,0005th
Metallurg Bekabad Rustam MirsodiqovBekabadMetallurg Bekabad Stadium11,0008th
Nasaf Qarshi Usmon ToshevQarshiQarshi Stadium14,7502nd
Navbahor Namangan Mustafo BayramovNamanganMarkaziy Stadium28,4626th
Neftchi Farg'ona Yuriy SarkisyanFarghonaFarghona Stadium14,5204th
Olmaliq FK Igor ShkvyrinOlmaliqMetallurg Stadium11,00011th
Pakhtakor Murod IsmailovTashkentPakhtakor Stadium35,0003rd
Qizilqum Zarafshon Ravshan KhaydarovZarafshonProgress Stadium6,00013th
Dinamo Akhmad UbaydullaevSamarqandOlimpiya Stadium12,25010th
Sho'rtan Ghuzor Edgar GessGhuzorGhuzor Stadium7,0007th

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureReplaced byPosition in tableDate of appointment
FK Andijan Orif MamatkazinResigned Aleksandr AveryanovPre-seasonDecember 12, 2011[4]
FK Andijan Aleksandr AveryanovSacked [5] Azamat AbduraimovSeasonAugust 22, 2012 [6]
FK Buxoro Gennadiy KochnevSacked Jamshid SaidovPre-seasonDecember 24, 2011
FK Buxoro Jamshid SaidovSacked Tachmurad AgamuradovSeasonJune 2, 2012 [7]
Lokomotiv Tashkent Ravshan MuqimovResigned Khoren HovhannisyanPre-seasonDecember 12, 2011 [8]
Lokomotiv Tashkent Khoren HovhannisyanEnd of contract Ravshan MuqimovSeasonJune 12, 2012 [9]
Nasaf Qarshi Anatoliy DemyanenkoSigned by Volyn Lutsk[10] Ruziqul BerdievPre-seasonJanuary 5, 2012 [11][12]
Nasaf Qarshi Ruziqul BerdievSacked Usmon ToshevSeasonMay 23, 2012 [13]
Pakhtakor Murod IsmailovTemporary position over Dejan ĐurđevićPre-seasonDecember 28, 2011 [14]
Pakhtakor Dejan ĐurđevićMutual agreement Murod IsmailovSeasonJune 19, 2012 [15]
Shurtan Guzar Tachmurad AgamuradovSacked Igor KriushenkoPre-seasonNovember 22, 2011 [16][17]
Shurtan Guzar Igor KriushenkoSacked [18] Edgar GessSeasonJuly 5, 2012 [19]
Qizilqum Zarafshon Sergei ArslanovTemporary position over Ravshan KhaydarovPre-seasonJanuary 8, 2012 [20]

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian playerFormer 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

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Pakhtakor Tashkent (Q, C)2618535116+35592013 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
2Bunyodkor (Q)2617634216+2657
3Lokomotiv Tashkent (Q)2614754322+21492013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off[a]
4Nasaf Qarshi2614753720+1749
5Shurtan Guzar26124103833+540
6Neftchi Farg'ona2610793629+737
7FK Buxoro26105112431−735
8Olmaliq FK2694133946−731
9FK Samarqand-Dinamo2692152729−229
10Metallurg Bekabad2685133246−1429
11Qizilqum Zarafshon2669112241−1927
12Navbahor Namangan2668121934−1526
13Mash'al Mubarek (R)2665152043−2323Relegation to Lower Division
14FK Andijan (R)2644182852−2416
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:

Results

Home \ AwayANDBUNFJBQIZLOKMASMETNASNAVNEFOTMPAKSAMSHU
FK Andijan0–21–25–10–14–03–33–40–11–01–42–40–31–2
Bunyodkor0–01–03–01–11–03–10–01–02–12–02–02–13–0
FJ Buxoro1–00–41–01–11–12–01–02–11–10–10–12–00–1
Qizilqum Zarafshon1–22–21–01–11–10–01–11–12–12–10–41–12–0
Lokomotiv Tashkent1–13–12–10–11–05–10–13–01–14–21–13–14–1
Mash'al Mubarek1–00–21–10–21–22–10–02–03–02–10–32–01–3
Metallurg Bekabad1–11–32–01–00–12–11–00–01–14–31–22–14–0
Nasaf Qarshi4–00–03–02–00–23–01–01–11–24–20–22–12–1
Navbahor Namangan1–02–11–10–00–22–21–01–21–03–10–11–11–1
Neftchi Farg'ona2–01–23–13–11–13–04–00–03–04–23–11–01–1
Olmaliq FK3–22–11–32–21–04–03–20–11–00–00–31–22–3
Pakhtakor Tashkent1–01–14–14–02–13–05–00–02–13–00–02–00–0
FK Samarqand-Dinamo3–00–10–13–00–12–03–20–22–02–00–10–11–0
Shurtan Guzar6–10–10–12–02–11–01–22–34–02–01–13–11–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

See also Coach and Player of Month

#ScorerClubGoals (Pen.)
1 Anvar BerdievNeftchi Farg'ona19 (5)
2 Igor TaranShurtan Guzar14 (2)
3 Temurkhuja AbdukholiqovPakhtakor13 (0)
Vladimir ShishelovAndijan/Nasaf Qarshi13 (3)
5 Ruzimboy AhmedovFK Dinamo Samarqand11 (1)
Zaynitdin TadjiyevLokomotiv Tashkent11 (3)
7 Arturas FomenkaLokomotiv Tashkent9 (0)
Artur GevorkyanNasaf Qarshi9 (0)
Zokhid AbdullaevMetallurg Bekabad9 (0)
10 Shahzodbek NurmatovMetallurg Bekabad8 (0)

Last updated: 21 November 2012
Source: Soccerway

See also

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