# 2013 Uzbek League

The 2013 Uzbek League season was the 22nd season of top level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. Pakhtakor were the defending champions from the 2012 campaign.

## Teams

Mash'al Mubarek and FK Andijan were relegated in the last edition of the Uzbek League to First League. Sogdiana Jizzakh and FK Guliston replaced them.
| Club | Coach | Location | Stadium | Capacity | 2012 |
| Bunyodkor | Mirjalol Qosimov | Tashkent | Bunyodkor Stadium | 34,000 | 2nd |
| FK Bukhoro | Tachmurad Agamuradov | Bukhoro | Buxoro Arena | 22,700 | 7th |
| FK Guliston | Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | Guliston | Guliston Stadium | 12,400 | D1, 2nd |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Khakim Fuzailov | Tashkent | Lokomotiv Stadium | 8,000 | 3rd |
| Metallurg Bekabad | Rustam Mirsodiqov | Bekabad | Metallurg Bekabad Stadium | 11,000 | 10th |
| Nasaf Qarshi | Ruziqul Berdiev | Qarshi | Qarshi Stadium | 14,750 | 4th |
| Navbahor Namangan | Usmon Asqaraliev | Namangan | Kosonsoy Stadium | 30,000 | 12th |
| Neftchi Farg'ona | Evgeniy Shokhin | Farghona | Farghona Stadium | 14,520 | 6th |
| Olmaliq FK | Igor Shkvyrin | Olmaliq | Metallurg Stadium | 11,000 | 8th |
| Pakhtakor | Murod Ismailov | Tashkent | Pakhtakor Stadium | 35,000 | Champions |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Yuriy Lukin | Zarafshon | Progress Stadium | 6,000 | 11th |
| Dinamo | Ravshan Khaydarov | Samarqand | Olimpiya Stadium | 12,250 | 9th |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | Davron Fayziev | Jizzakh | Zaamin Stadium | 4,000 | D1, 1st |
| Sho'rtan Ghuzor | Erkin Mirzaev | Ghuzor | Ghuzor Stadium | 7,000 | 5th |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Position in table | Date of appointment |
| Nasaf Qarshi | Usmon Toshev | Sacked | Ruziqul Berdiev | Pre-season | November 18, 2012 |
| Navbahor Namangan | Mustafo Bayramov | | Usmon Asqaraliev | Pre-season | February, 2013 |
| FK Dinamo Samarqand | Akhmad Ubaydullaev | | Kamo Gazarov | Pre-season | February 27, 2013 |
| FK Dinamo Samarqand | Kamo Gazarov | Interim role | Ravshan Khaydarov | 14th | May 6, 2013 |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Ravshan Khaydarov | Resigned | Rustam Zabirov | 14th | April 5, 2013 |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Rustam Zabirov | Sacked | Yuriy Lukin | 14th | July 29, 2013 |
| FC Shurtan Guzar | Edgar Gess | Sacked | Zoir Turakulov | 11th | May 15, 2013 |
| FC Shurtan Guzar | Zoir Turakulov | Sacked | Erkin Mirzaev | 14th | October 18, 2013 |
| Neftchi Farg'ona | Yuriy Sarkisyan | Sacked | Evgeniy Shokhin | 10th | May 16, 2013 |

## 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 Players | Former players |
| Bunyodkor | Marko Blažić | Oleksandr Pyshchur | | | |
| Buxoro | Yury Ryzhko | David Oniya | Volodymyr Kilikevych | Naoya Shibamura | Giorgi Kvesieshvili |
| Dinamo Samarqand | Andriy Melnychuk | | | | Volodymyr Kilikevych |
| Guliston | | | | | |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Alexandru Onica | Yevgeni Gogol | Alan Kusov | Akmal Kholmatov | |
| Metallurg Bekabad | | | | | |
| Nasaf | | | | Artur Geworkýan | |
| Navbahor Namangan | Pavelas Leusas | Denis Romanenco | | | |
| Neftchi Fergana | | | | | |
| Olmaliq | Giorgi Kvesieshvili | Igor Petković | Darko Stanojević | Maksatmyrat Şamyradow | Yevgeni Gogol |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | Zhora Hovhannisyan | Kakhi Makharadze | Bojan Miladinović | | |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | | | | | |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | Alexandru Melenciuc | | | | |
| Shurtan Guzar | Giorgi Megreladze | Artūras Fomenka | | | Pavelas Leusas |
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 | Bunyodkor (C) | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 13 | +46 | 61 | 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 21 | +42 | 60 | 2014 AFC Champions League Play-off stage |
| 3 | Nasaf Qarshi | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 58 | 2014 AFC Champions League Play-off stage |
| 4 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 54 | |
| 5 | Olmaliq FK | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 40 | |
| 6 | FK Buxoro | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 33 | |
| 7 | Metallurg Bekabad | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 33 | |
| 8 | FK Samarqand-Dinamo | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 32 | |
| 9 | Neftchi Farg'ona | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 30 | |
| 10 | Sogdiana Jizzakh | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 28 | |
| 11 | Navbahor Namangan | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 27 | |
| 12 | Qizilqum Zarafshon | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 25 | |
| 13 | FK Guliston (R) | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 62 | −34 | 20 | Relegation to Lower Division |
| 14 | Shurtan Guzar (R) | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 17 | Relegation to Lower Division |
* 1 2 Number of entrants per association for 2014 AFC Champions League can be changed.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BUN | FJB | GUL | LOK | MET | NAS | NAV | NEF | OTM | PAK | QIZ | SAM | SHU | SOG |
| Bunyodkor | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| FJ Buxoro | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| FK Guliston | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | 1–1 | 5–1 | 6–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Metallurg Bekabad | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–4 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Navbahor Namangan | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Neftchi Farg'ona | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Olmaliq FK | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| FK Samarqand-Dinamo | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Shurtan Guzar | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| # | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Oleksandr Pyschur | Bunyodkor | 19 (5) |
| 2 | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf Qarshi | 18 (6) |
| 3 | Farhod Tadjiyev | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 17 (1) |
| 4 | Zafar Polvonov | Olmaliq FK | 14 (0) |
| 5 | Vokhid Shodiev | FK Buxoro | 12 (0) |
| 6 | Azamat Allaniyazov | Nasaf Qarshi | 11 (0) |
| 6 | Ilkhom Shomurodov | Nasaf Qarshi | 11 (0) |
| 6 | Muiddin Mamazulunov | Olmaliq FK/FK Guliston | 11 (2) |
| 9 | Akmal Kholmatov | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 10 (0) |
| 9 | Farrukh Shotursunov | Qizilqum/Dinamo | 10 (0) |
| 11 | Ivan Nagaev | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 9 (0) |
| 11 | Ruzimboy Ahmedov | Navbahor | 9 (4) |
| 11 | Shahzodbek Nurmatov | Metallurg Bekabad | 9 (0) |
| 14 | Dilmurod Karimov | Metallurg Bekabad | 8 (0) |
| 15 | Anvar Berdiev | Neftchi/Bunyodkor | 7 (1) |
| 15 | Sukhrob Berdiev | Sogdiana | 7 (0) |
| 15 | Alisher Shogulyamov | FK Guliston | 7 (1) |
| 15 | Pavel Solomin | Shurtan Guzar | 7 (0) |
| 15 | Lutfulla Turaev | Bunyodkor | 7 (0) |
Last updated: 8 November 2013 Source: Soccerway

## 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 | Mirjalol Qosimov | Bunyodkor | Farhod Tadjiyev | Lokomotiv | |
| April | Mirjalol Qosimov | Bunyodkor | Akmal Kholmatov | Lokomotiv | |
| May | Ruziqul Berdiev | Nasaf | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf | |
| June | Ruziqul Berdiev | Nasaf | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf | |
| July | Ruziqul Berdiev | Nasaf | Akmal Kholmatov | Lokomotiv | |
| August | Ruziqul Berdiev | Nasaf | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf | |
| September | Amet Memet | Neftchi | Oleksandr Pyschur | Bunyodkor | |
| October | Ruziqul Berdiev | Nasaf | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf | |