# 2014 Uzbek League

The 2014 Uzbek League was the 23rd season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. Bunyodkor were the defending champions from the 2013 campaign.

## Teams

FK Guliston and Shurtan Guzar were relegated in the last edition of the Uzbek League to First League. FK Andijan and Mash'al Mubarek replace them.
| Club | Coach | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| FK Andijan | Edgar Gess | Andijan | Soghlom Avlod Stadium | 18,360 |
| Bunyodkor | Sergey Lushan | Tashkent | Bunyodkor Stadium | 34,000 |
| Bukhoro | Seid Seidov | Bukhoro | Buxoro Arena | 22,700 |
| Dinamo | Kamo Gazarov | Samarqand | Dinamo Stadium | 16,000 |
| Lokomotiv | Vadim Abramov | Tashkent | Lokomotiv Stadium | 8,000 |
| Mash'al | Alexander Khomyakov | Muborak | Bahrom Vafoev Stadium | 10,000 |
| Metallurg | Rustam Mirsodiqov | Bekabad | Metallurg Stadium | 15,000 |
| Nasaf Qarshi | Ruziqul Berdiev | Qarshi | Qarshi Stadium | 14,750 |
| Navbahor | Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | Namangan | Navbahor Stadium | 22,000 |
| Neftchi | Murod Ismoilov | Farghona | Kirguli SM | |
| Olmaliq FK | Igor Shkvyrin | Olmaliq | Olmaliq SM Stadium | 12,000 |
| Pakhtakor | Samvel Babayan | Tashkent | Pakhtakor Stadium | 35,000 |
| Qizilqum | Yuriy Lukin | Zarafshon | Yoshlar Stadium | 12,500 |
| Sogdiana | Davron Fayziev | Jizzakh | Zaamin Stadium | 4,000 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Position in table | Date of appointment |
| Bukhoro | Tachmurad Agamuradov | Resigned | Edgar Gess | Pre-season | 10 November 2013 |
| Neftchi Farg'ona | Evgeniy Shokhin | Resigned | Murod Ismoilov | Pre-season | 3 January 2014 |
| Pakhtakor | Murod Ismoilov | Resigned | Samvel Babayan | Pre-season | 3 January 2014 |
| Navbahor Namangan | Usmon Asqaraliev | Resigned | Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | Pre-season | 10 January 2014 |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Khakim Fuzailov | Sacked | Vadim Abramov | Pre-season | 13 February 2014 |
| Bunyodkor | Mirjalol Qosimov | Resigned | Alexander Volkov | 2nd | 5 April 2014 |
| Bunyodkor | Alexander Volkov | End of caretaker spell | Sergey Lushan | 3rd | 6 June 2014 |
| Andijan | Azamat Abduraimov | Resigned | Orif Mamatkazin | 14th | 20 June 2014 |
| Samarqand-Dinamo | Ravshan Khaydarov | Resigned | Kamo Gazarov | 11th | 2 July 2014 |
| Bukhoro | Edgar Gess | Sacked | Seid Seidov | 12th | 23 August 2014 |
| FK Andijan | Orif Mamatkazin | End of caretaker spell | Edgar Gess | 14th | 26 September 2014 |

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Asian Player | Former Players |
| Andijan | Vitaliy Vizaver | | | | Alexei Casian Serhiy Datsenko Viktor Raskov |
| Bunyodkor | Samir Bekrić | Ivan Milošević | Oleksandr Pyshchur | Minori Sato | Carles Coto Serhiy Symonenko |
| Bukhoro | Dumitru Popovici | Vitalie Plămădeală | Predrag Vujović | | Giorgi Kvesieshvili |
| Dinamo | Andriy Melnychuk | | | | |
| Lokomotiv | | | | | Andrei Cojocari Evgeny Gogol Akmal Kholmatov Vyacheslav Shevchenko |
| Mash'al | Andriy Derkach | | | | |
| Metallurg | Aleksandr Kovalev | | | | |
| Nasaf Qarshi | | | | Artur Gevorkýan | |
| Navbahor | Yury Ryzhko | Petar Denchev | Ruslan Kachur | | |
| Neftchi | Alexandru Onica | Igor Petković | | Akmal Kholmatov | Levan Gvazava |
| Olmaliq FK | Evgeny Gogol | Darko Stanojević | Chaker Zouaghi | Petar Franjic | Aleksandar Alempijević Maksatmyrat Shamuradov |
| Pakhtakor | Kakhi Makharadze | Bojan Miladinović | | | |
| Qizilqum | Giorgi Kvesieshvili | | | | |
| Sogdiana | Alexandru Melenciuc | Oleksandr Kablash | | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Pakhtakor Tashkent (C) | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 14 | +40 | 72 | 2015 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 64 | 2015 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Nasaf Qarshi | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 55 | 2015 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Bunyodkor | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 51 | 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round |
| 5 | Mash'al Mubarek | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 36 | |
| 6 | Olmaliq FK | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 31 | |
| 7 | Navbahor Namangan | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 30 | |
| 8 | Neftchi Farg'ona | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 28 | |
| 9 | Metallurg Bekabad | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 28 | |
| 10 | FK Samarqand-Dinamo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 28 | |
| 11 | Qizilqum Zarafshon | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 27 | |
| 12 | FK Buxoro | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 25 | |
| 13 | Sogdiana Jizzakh (R) | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 24 | Relegation to Lower Division |
| 14 | FK Andijan (R) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 50 | −32 | 12 | Relegation to Lower Division |
* 1 2 Number of entrants per association for 2015 AFC Champions League can be changed.

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| # | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf Qarshi | 18 (5) |
| 2 | Zokhir Kuziboyev | Mash'al Mubarek | 14 (1) |
| 2 | Shakhboz Erkinov | Navbahor Namangan | 14 (3) |
| 4 | Farhod Tojiyev | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 13 (2) |
| 5 | Igor Sergeev | Pakhtakor | 11 (0) |
| 6 | Sardor Rashidov | Bunyodkor | 10 (0) |
| 7 | Sunatilla Mamadaliyev | Metallurg Bekabad | 8 (0) |
| 7 | Shahzodbek Nurmatov | Metallurg Bekabad | 8 (0) |
| 7 | Ivan Nagaev | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 8 (0) |
Last updated: 7 November 2014 Source: Soccerway

### Hat–tricks

| Player | Team | Against | Result | Date |
| Shakhboz Erkinov | Navbahor | Sogdiana Jizzakh | 4–2 | 26 April 2014 |
| Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf Qarshi | Mash'al Mubarek | 4–2 | 14 June 2014 |
| Ruslan Kachur$^4$ | Navbahor | FK Buxoro | 4–1 | 10 August 2014 |
| Sardor Rashidov | Bunyodkor | Mash'al Mubarek | 5–1 | 10 August 2014 |
| Shakhboz Erkinov | Sogdiana Jizzakh | Navbahor | 5–4 | 12 September 2014 |
$^4$ Player scored four goals

## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club | Reference |
| March April | Samvel Babayan | Pakhtakor | Egor Krimets | Pakhtakor | |
| May | Vadim Abramov | Lokomotiv | Jamshid Iskanderov | Pakhtakor | |
| June July | Samvel Babayan | Pakhtakor | Akmal Rustamov | Qizilqum | |
| August | Sergey Lushan | Bunyodkor | Sardor Rashidov | Bunyodkor | |
| September | Ruziqul Berdiev | Nasaf | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf | |
| October | Samvel Babayan | Pakhtakor | Jamshid Iskanderov | Pakhtakor | |
| November | Samvel Babayan | Pakhtakor | Igor Sergeev | Pakhtakor | |