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.
Teams
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
Foreign players
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 | :ru:Гойкович, Дарко|Darko Gojkovic | Filip Rajevac | |||
Sogdiana Jizzakh | |||||
Qizilqum Zarafshon | Andriy Derkach | Maxim Iurcu | Artur Geworkyan |
League table
Season statistics
Top scorers
# | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Marat Bikmaev | Lokomotiv | 27 |
2 | Dragan Ćeran | Nasaf | 19 |
3 | Dostonbek Khamdamov | Bunyodkor | 14 |
3 | Sanzhar Rashidov | Sogdiana | 14 |
5 | Igor Sergeev | Pakhtakor | 13 |
6 | Zokhir Abdullaev | Metalurg Bekabad | 12 |
7 | Sukhrob Berdiev | Kokand 1912 | 11 |
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