# 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.
FK Guliston was officially out of the season, and was replaced by Qizilqum Zarafshon, the reason for absence were financial problems of the club.

## New rules

- The 4+1 format of foreign players has been reduced to 3+1.

## Teams

Qizilqum Zarafshon and Sogdiana Jizzakh were relegated in the last edition of the Uzbek League to First League.
| Club | Coach | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2011 |
| FK Andijan | Azamat Abduraimov | Andijan | Soghlom Avlod Stadium | 18,360 | 12th |
| Bunyodkor | Mirjalol Qosimov | Tashkent | JAR Stadium | 8,460 | Champions |
| FK Bukhoro | Tachmurad Agamuradov | Bukhoro | Buxoro Arena | 22,700 | 9th |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Ravshan Muqimov | Tashkent | Lokomotiv Stadium | 8,000 | D1, 1st |
| Mash'al Mubarek | Vladimir Fomichev | Muborak | Bahrom Vafoev Stadium | 10,000 | 5th |
| Metallurg Bekabad | Rustam Mirsodiqov | Bekabad | Metallurg Bekabad Stadium | 11,000 | 8th |
| Nasaf Qarshi | Usmon Toshev | Qarshi | Qarshi Stadium | 14,750 | 2nd |
| Navbahor Namangan | Mustafo Bayramov | Namangan | Markaziy Stadium | 28,462 | 6th |
| Neftchi Farg'ona | Yuriy Sarkisyan | Farghona | Farghona Stadium | 14,520 | 4th |
| Olmaliq FK | Igor Shkvyrin | Olmaliq | Metallurg Stadium | 11,000 | 11th |
| Pakhtakor | Murod Ismailov | Tashkent | Pakhtakor Stadium | 35,000 | 3rd |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Ravshan Khaydarov | Zarafshon | Progress Stadium | 6,000 | 13th |
| Dinamo | Akhmad Ubaydullaev | Samarqand | Olimpiya Stadium | 12,250 | 10th |
| Sho'rtan Ghuzor | Edgar Gess | Ghuzor | Ghuzor Stadium | 7,000 | 7th |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Position in table | Date of appointment |
| FK Andijan | Orif Mamatkazin | Resigned | Aleksandr Averyanov | Pre-season | December 12, 2011 |
| FK Andijan | Aleksandr Averyanov | Sacked | Azamat Abduraimov | Season | August 22, 2012 |
| FK Buxoro | Gennadiy Kochnev | Sacked | Jamshid Saidov | Pre-season | December 24, 2011 |
| FK Buxoro | Jamshid Saidov | Sacked | Tachmurad Agamuradov | Season | June 2, 2012 |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Ravshan Muqimov | Resigned | Khoren Hovhannisyan | Pre-season | December 12, 2011 |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Khoren Hovhannisyan | End of contract | Ravshan Muqimov | Season | June 12, 2012 |
| Nasaf Qarshi | Anatoliy Demyanenko | Signed by Volyn Lutsk | Ruziqul Berdiev | Pre-season | January 5, 2012 |
| Nasaf Qarshi | Ruziqul Berdiev | Sacked | Usmon Toshev | Season | May 23, 2012 |
| Pakhtakor | Murod Ismailov | Temporary position over | Dejan Đurđević | Pre-season | December 28, 2011 |
| Pakhtakor | Dejan Đurđević | Mutual agreement | Murod Ismailov | Season | June 19, 2012 |
| Shurtan Guzar | Tachmurad Agamuradov | Sacked | Igor Kriushenko | Pre-season | November 22, 2011 |
| Shurtan Guzar | Igor Kriushenko | Sacked | Edgar Gess | Season | July 5, 2012 |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Sergei Arslanov | Temporary position over | Ravshan Khaydarov | Pre-season | January 8, 2012 |

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Asian player | Former 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.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Pakhtakor Tashkent (Q, C) | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 16 | +35 | 59 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Bunyodkor (Q) | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 16 | +26 | 57 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Tashkent (Q) | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 49 | 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off |
| 4 | Nasaf Qarshi | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 49 | |
| 5 | Shurtan Guzar | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 40 | |
| 6 | Neftchi Farg'ona | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 37 | |
| 7 | FK Buxoro | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 35 | |
| 8 | Olmaliq FK | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 31 | |
| 9 | FK Samarqand-Dinamo | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 29 | |
| 10 | Metallurg Bekabad | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 29 | |
| 11 | Qizilqum Zarafshon | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 27 | |
| 12 | Navbahor Namangan | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 26 | |
| 13 | Mash'al Mubarek (R) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 23 | Relegation to Lower Division |
| 14 | FK Andijan (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 16 | Relegation to Lower Division |
* 1 2 Lokomotive Tashkent qualified due to Bunyodkor also winning the 2012 Uzbekistan Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AND | BUN | FJB | QIZ | LOK | MAS | MET | NAS | NAV | NEF | OTM | PAK | SAM | SHU |
| FK Andijan | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Bunyodkor | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| FJ Buxoro | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Mash'al Mubarek | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Metallurg Bekabad | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Navbahor Namangan | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Neftchi Farg'ona | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Olmaliq FK | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| FK Samarqand-Dinamo | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| Shurtan Guzar | 6–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

See also Coach and Player of Month
| # | Scorer | Club | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Anvar Berdiev | Neftchi Farg'ona | 19 (5) |
| 2 | Igor Taran | Shurtan Guzar | 14 (2) |
| 3 | Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov | Pakhtakor | 13 (0) |
| 3 | Vladimir Shishelov | Andijan/Nasaf Qarshi | 13 (3) |
| 5 | Ruzimboy Ahmedov | FK Dinamo Samarqand | 11 (1) |
| 5 | Zaynitdin Tadjiyev | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 11 (3) |
| 7 | Arturas Fomenka | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 9 (0) |
| 7 | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf Qarshi | 9 (0) |
| 7 | Zokhid Abdullaev | Metallurg Bekabad | 9 (0) |
| 10 | Shahzodbek Nurmatov | Metallurg Bekabad | 8 (0) |
Last updated: 21 November 2012 Source: Soccerway