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.
ClubCoachLocationStadiumCapacityKit sponsor
Bunyodkor Mirjalol QosimovTashkentBunyodkor Stadium34,000Jako
Bukhoro Ulugbek BakaevBukhoroBukhoro Arena22,700Macron
Dinamo Oleg TyulkinSamarkandDinamo Stadium16,000
Kokand 1912 Numon KhasanovKokandKokand Stadium10,500Joma
Lokomotiv Andrey MiklyaevTashkentLokomotiv Stadium8,000Joma
Mash'al Alexander KhomyakovMuborakBahrom Vafoev Stadium10,000Patrick
Metallurg Rustam MirsodiqovBekabadMetallurg Stadium15,000Joma
Nasaf Qarshi Ruziqul BerdievQarshiQarshi Stadium14,750Adidas
Navbahor Ilkhom MuminjonovNamanganNavbahor Stadium22,000Jako
Neftchi Vadim AbramovFarghonaIstiqlol Stadium20,000Joma
Obod Andriy DemchenkoTashkentJAR Stadium8,450Nike
Olmaliq FK Viktor KumykovOlmaliqOlmaliq SM Stadium12,000Adidas
Pakhtakor Shota ArveladzeTashkentPakhtakor Stadium35,000Adidas
Qizilqum Yuriy LukinZarafshonYoshlar Stadium12,500Joma
Sogdiana Davron FayzievJizzakhSogdiana Stadium11,650Joma
Shurtan Genadiy KochnevGhuzorGhuzor Stadium7,000Joma

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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC PlayerFormer 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

#PlayerClubGoals
1 Marat BikmaevLokomotiv27
2 Dragan ĆeranNasaf19
3 Dostonbek KhamdamovBunyodkor14
3 Sanzhar RashidovSogdiana14
5 Igor SergeevPakhtakor13
6 Zokhir AbdullaevMetalurg Bekabad12
7 Sukhrob BerdievKokand 191211

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