# 2022 Uzbekistan Super League

The 2022 Uzbekistan Super League (known as the Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since its establishment on 1992. Pakhtakor Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2021 campaign, and successfully defended their title.

## Teams

| Club | Coach | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Kit sponsor | Shirt sponsor |
| AGMK | Mirjalol Qosimov | Olmaliq | AGMK Stadium | 12,000 | Jako | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine |
| Bunyodkor | Ivan Bošković | Tashkent | Milliy Stadium | 34,000 | Jako | Uzbekneftegaz |
| Dinamo Samarqand | Vadim Abramov | Samarkand | Dinamo Stadium | 16,000 | Joma | Agromir Buildings |
| Kokand 1912 | Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | Kokand | Markaziy Stadium | 10,500 | Jako | Bazis$^1$ |
| Lokomotiv | Server Djeparov | Tashkent | Lokomotiv Stadium | 8,000 | Adidas | Orient Finance Bank, Uztelecom $^1$, Drivers Village $^1$ |
| Metallurg | Luisma Hernández | Bekabad | Metallurg Bekabad Stadium | 15,000 | Adidas | Uzbekistan Metallurgy Combinat |
| Nasaf | Ruziqul Berdiyev | Qarshi | Markaziy Stadium | 16,000 | Adidas | Uzbekistan GTL SGCC, ENTER Engineering$^1$ |
| Navbahor | Samvel Babayan | Namangan | Markaziy Stadium | 22,000 | Jako | Namangan City |
| Neftchi Fergana | Vitaly Levchenko | Fergana | Istiqlol Stadium | 20,000 | Joma | FNQIZ |
| Olympic Tashkent | Timur Kapadze | Tashkent | JAR Stadium | 8,500 | Joma | Trustbank |
| Pakhtakor | Maksim Shatskikh | Tashkent | Central Stadium | 35,000 | Adidas | Akfa |
| Qizilqum | Nikola Lazarevic | Navoiy | Yoshlar Stadium | 12,500 | Jako | Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combinat |
| Sogdiana | Ulugbek Bakayev | Jizzakh | Sogdiana Stadium | 11,650 | Joma | BMB Energo |
| Surkhon | Miguel Álvarez | Termez | Alpamish Stadium | 6,000 | Adidas | Uzbekgidrenergo |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Dinamo | Khakim Fuzailov | End of contract | 23 December 2021 | Preseason | Predrag Rogan | 8 January 2022 |
| Lokomotiv | Micael Sequeira | | | Preseason | Denis Korostichenko | 15 December 2021 |
| Pakhtakor | Pieter Huistra | End of contract | 10 January 2022 | Preseason | Slavče Vojneski | 11 January 2022 |
| Qizilqum | Hamidjon Aktamov | | | Preseason | Nikola Lazarevic | 20 January 2022 |
| Surkhon Termez | Rifat Akramkhujaev | | | Preseason | Jordi Fabregat | 20 January 2022 |
| Surkhon Termez | Jordi Fabregat | | | Preseason | Ángel López | February 2022 |
| Pakhtakor | Slavče Vojneski | Mutual termination | 7 June 2022 | 3rd | Maksim Shatskikh | 15 July 2022 |
| Neftchi Fergana | Ilkhom Muminjonov | Resigned | 2 July 2022 | 13th | Vitaly Levchenko | 2 July 2022 |
| Bunyodkor | Shukhrat Maqsudov | resigned | | | Viktor Karpenko | 2022 |
| Dinamo Samarqand | Predrag Rogan | resigned | | 14th | Vadim Abramov | 2022 |
| Surkhon Termez | Ángel López | resigned | | 13th | Miguel Álvarez | 9 September 2022 |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Denis Korostichenko | resigned | | | Server Djeparov | 12 December 2022 |
| Bunyodkor | Viktor Karpenko | resigned | | | Ivan Bošković | 2022 |

## 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 | Player 4 | AFC Players | Former players |
| AGMK | Giorgi Papava | Siavash Hagh Nazari | Martin Boakye | Dan Spătaru | Alisher Dzhalilov | Oleksandr Kasyan Andriy Mishchenko |
| Bunyodkor | Francis Narh | Ibrahim Tomiwa | Pavel Mogilevets | Dimitrije Pobulić | Davronjon Ergashev | Odilzhon Abdurakhmanov |
| Dinamo Samarqand | Elgujja Grigalashvili | Miloje Preković | Mihailo Jovanović | Yevhen Chumak | | Aleksandar Glišić |
| Kokand 1912 | Ivan Josović | Slavko Lukić | | | | |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Jerome Mpacko Etame | Kakhi Makharadze | Samuel Opeh | | Manuchekhr Safarov | |
| Metallurg Bekabad | Kerim Palić | | | | Daler Sharipov | |
| Nasaf | Mateus Lima | Ivan Solovyov | Alen Mašović | Marko Stanojević | | Semir Smajlagić |
| Navbahor Namangan | Bojan Ciger | Jovan Đokić | Zoran Marušić | Oleksandr Kasyan | Mirlan Murzayev | Elgujja Grigalashvili Ehson Panjshanbe |
| Neftchi Fergana | Yevgeni Konyukhov | Darko Stanojević | Oleksiy Larin | Andriy Mishchenko | | Aleksandar Ješić Marko Šarić Danijel Stojković |
| Olympic Tashkent | | | | | | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | Ilija Martinović | Przemysław Banaszak | Dragan Ćeran | Oleksandr Nasonov | | Kamen Hadzhiev Oliver Sarkic Oleksiy Larin |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Artjom Dmitrijev | Paul Komolafe | Oleg Tolmasov | Aleksandar Stanisavljević | | Gonzalo Ritacco |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | Jure Obšivač | Luka Čermelj | Marko Kolaković | Milan Mitrović | | |
| Surkhon Termez | Luismi Quezada | Manel Martínez | Sergio Rodríguez | Rubén Sánchez | Zoir Dzhuraboyev | Miroslav Marković Javi Jiménez |
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Pakhtakor | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 54 | Qualification to the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Navbahor | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 53 | Qualification to the AFC Champions League preliminary round |
| 3 | Nasaf | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 49 | Qualification to the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | AGMK | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 44 | Qualification to the AFC Champions League preliminary round |
| 5 | Qizilqum | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 39 | |
| 6 | Olympic | 26 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 35 | |
| 7 | Sogdiana | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 34 | |
| 8 | Bunyodkor | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 34 | |
| 9 | Neftchi | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 32 | |
| 10 | Metallurg | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 32 | |
| 11 | Surkhon | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 26 | |
| 12 | Lokomotiv (Q) | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 24 | Relegation play off Uzbekistan Pro League |
| 13 | Kokand 1912 (R) | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 22 | Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League |
| 14 | Dinamo (R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 47 | −23 | 15 | Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League |
* ↑ Nasaf qualified to the AFC Champions League as 2022 Uzbekistan Cup champions.

## Results
### Results table

| Home \ Away | AGM | BUN | DIN | KOK | LOK | MET | NAS | NAV | NEF | OLY | PAK | QIZ | SOG | SUR |
| AGMK | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Bunyodkor | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Kokand | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Lokomotiv | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Metallurg | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Nasaf | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Navbahor | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Neftchi | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Olympic | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Pakhtakor | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Qizilqum | 1–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Sogdiana | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–1 |
| Surkhon | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | — |

### Results by match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| AGMK | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L |
| Bunyodkor | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L |
| Dinamo | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | P | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W |
| Kokand | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L |
| Lokomotiv | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W |
| Metallurg | W | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L |
| Nasaf | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | P | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L |
| Navbahor | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Neftchi | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W |
| Olympic | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W |
| Pakhtakor | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | P | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Qizilqum | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W |
| Sogdiana | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | P | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L |
| Surkhon | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| AGMK | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | | | | 4 | 4 |
| Bunyodkor | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | | | | 7 | 8 |
| Dinamo Samarqand | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Kokand 1912 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | | | | 12 | 13 |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | 13 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | | | | 13 | 12 |
| Metallurg Bekabad | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | | | | 9 | 10 |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Navbahor Namangan | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | | | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Neftchi Fergana | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | | | | 10 | 9 |
| Olympic Tashkent | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | | | | 8 | 6 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | | | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | 5 | 5 |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | 6 | 7 |
| Surkhon Termez | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | | | | 11 | 11 |
* Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
* Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
* Qualification to the AFC Champions League preliminary round
* Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League#Relegation play off
* Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League

## Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 25 November 2022.

### Matches

Turon won 2–1 on aggregate, and promotion to 2023 Super League.

## Season Statistics

* First goal of the season: Shakhzod Ubaydullaev for Neftchi Fergana against Kokand 1912 (2 March 2022)

### Goalscorers

    As of match played 12 November 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dragan Ćeran | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 20 |
| 2 | Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov | Qizilqum Zarafshon | 13 |
| 3 | Martin Boakye | AGMK | 12 |
| 4 | Zoran Marušić | Navbahor Namangan | 11 |
| 5 | Otabek Jurakuziyev | Olympic | 10 |
| 5 | Shokhruz Norkhonov | Sogdiana Jizzakh | 10 |
| 7 | Khusayin Norchaev | Nasaf | 9 |
| 8 | Rubén Sánchez | Surkhon Termez | 8 |
| 8 | Marat Bikmoev | Dinamo Samarqand | 8 |
| 10 | Shokhnazar Norbekov | Kokand 1912 | 7 |
| 10 | Khursid Giyosov | AGMK | 7 |
| 10 | Jamshid Iskanderov | Navbahor Namangan | 7 |
| 10 | Umarali Rakhmonaliev | Bunyodkor | 7 |

## Attendances
### By round

    As of match played 12 November 2022
2022 Uzbekistan Super League Attendance :
| Round | Total | GP. | Avg. Per Game |
| Round 1 | 43,483 | 7 | 6,212 |
| Round 2 | 18,176 | 7 | 2,597 |
| Round 3 | 23,558 | 7 | 3,365 |
| Round 4 | 29,694 | 7 | 4,242 |
| Round 5 | 18,416 | 7 | 2,631 |
| Round 6 | 14,567 | 7 | 2,081 |
| Round 7 | 53,544 | 7 | 7,649 |
| Round 8 | 17,336 | 7 | 2,477 |
| Round 9 | 38,899 | 7 | 5,557 |
| Round 10 | 29,615 | 7 | 4,231 |
| Round 11 | 31,273 | 7 | 4,468 |
| Round 12 | 22,613 | 7 | 3,230 |
| Round 13 | 18,562 | 7 | 2,652 |
| Round 14 | 20,953 | 7 | 2,993 |
| Round 15 | 28,271 | 7 | 4,039 |
| Round 16 | 22,936 | 7 | 3,277 |
| Round 17 | 34,936 | 7 | 4,991 |
| Round 18 | 15,155 | 7 | 2,165 |
| Round 19 | 25,643 | 7 | 3,663 |
| Round 20 | 26,023 | 7 | 3,718 |
| Round 21 | 26,539 | 7 | 3,791 |
| Round 22 | 23,214 | 7 | 3,316 |
| Round 23 | 16,973 | 7 | 2,425 |
| Round 24 | 11,415 | 7 | 1,631 |
| Round 25 | 10,209 | 7 | 1,458 |
| Round 26 | 37,261 | 7 | 5,323 |
| Total | 659,264 | 182 | 3,622 |

### By team

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | AGMK | 11,516 | 4,675 | 2,452 | 3,839 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Bunyodkor | 7,330 | 2,400 | 864 | 1,466 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Dinamo | 26,998 | 10,985 | 1,558 | 5,400 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Kokand | 12,287 | 5,702 | 1,240 | 3,072 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Lokomotiv | 3,439 | 1,105 | 681 | 860 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Metallurg | 17,037 | 5,200 | 3,125 | 4,259 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Nasaf | 29,049 | 15,500 | 5,203 | 9,683 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Navbahor | 80,661 | 26,231 | 4,520 | 16,132 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | Neftchi | 9,241 | 5,250 | 861 | 1,848 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Olympic | 3,786 | 1,250 | 383 | 757 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Pakhtakor | 20,557 | 12,767 | 1,122 | 5,139 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Qizilqum | 3,973 | 1,430 | 375 | 795 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | Sogdiana | 16,737 | 11,651 | 1,003 | 5,579 | n/a$^†$ |
| 14 | Surkhon | 2,930 | 1,297 | 320 | 733 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 245,541 | 26,231 | 320 | 3,720 | n/a$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 24 May 2022 Source:

## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Goal of the Month | Goal of the Month |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club |
| March | Nikola Lazarevic | Qizilqum Zarafshon | Dragan Ćeran | Pakhtakor | Javokhir Sidikov | Kokand 1912 |
| April | Mirjalol Qosimov | AGMK | Ignatiy Nesterov | Qizilqum Zarafshon | Doniyor Abdumannopov | Sogdiana Jizzakh |