# 2011 Uzbek League

The 2011 Uzbek League season was the 20th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992.
The draw for the 2011 Uzbek League season took place on December 16, 2010.
Bunyodkor were the defending champions from the 2010 campaign.

## New Rules

* The 5+1 format of foreign players has been reduced to 4+1.
* If any team is found winning with the help of the referee (i.e. the team made some deals with the referee before the game), the team will lose 6 to 9 points.
* If there are any riots during a game, then the team concerned will lose 3 points.
* Since there were too many coaches sacked in the last edition of the Uzbek League, now no club can fire their coach, except with the permission of the U.F.F.

## Teams

Lokomotiv Tashkent and Xorazm FK Urganch were relegated in the last edition of the Uzbek League.
| Club | Coach | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2010 |
| FK Andijan | Orif Mamatkazin | Andijan | Soghlom Avlod Stadium | 18,360 | 7th |
| Bunyodkor | Mirjalol Qosimov | Tashkent | JAR Stadium | 8,460 | Champions |
| FK Buxoro | Gennadiy Kochnev | Bukhoro | Bukhoro Sport Majmuasi | 22,700 | D1 1st |
| Mash'al Mubarek | Vladimir Fomichev | Muborak | Bahrom Vafoev Stadium | 10,000 | 5th |
| Metallurg Bekabad | Rustam Mirsodiqov | Bekabad | Metallurg Bekabad Stadium | 11,000 | 6th |
| Nasaf Qarshi | Anatoliy Demyanenko | Qarshi | Qarshi Stadium | 16,000 | 3rd |
| Navbahor Namangan | Eldor Sakaev | Namangan | Markaziy Stadium | 33,000 | 9th |
| Neftchi Farg'ona | Yuriy Sarkisyan | Farghona | Farghona Stadium | 14,520 | 10th |
| Olmaliq FK | Igor Shkvyrin | Olmaliq | Metallurg Stadium | 10,000 | 11th |
| Pakhtakor | Murod Ismailov | Tashkent | Pakhtakor Stadium | 35,000 | 2nd |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Sergei Arslanov | Zarafshon | Progress Stadium | 5,000 | 8th |
| FK Dinamo Samarqand | Akhmad Ubaydullaev | Samarqand | Olimpiya Stadium | 12,250 | 12th |
| Sho'rtan Ghuzor | Tachmurad Agamuradov | Ghuzor | Ghuzor Stadium | 7,000 | 4th |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | Murod Otajonov | Jizzakh | Jizzakh Stadium | 9,000 | D1 2nd |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Position in table | Date |
| Navbahor Namangan | None | Sacked | Eldor Sakaev | 9th (2010) | January 10, 2010 |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Sergei Arslanov | End of tenure as caretaker | Marat Kabaev | 8th (2010) | December 23, 2010 |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Marat Kabaev | Sacked | Sergei Arslanov | 11th (2011) | May 19, 2011 |
| Pakhtakor | Ravshan Khaydarov | Sacked | Murod Ismailov | 3rd (2011) | September 27, 2011 |
| FK Samarqand-Dinamo | Viktor Djalilov | Sacked | Akhmad Ubaydullaev | 14th (2011) | June 20, 2011 |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | Rauf Inileev | Resigned | Murod Otajonov | 13th (2011) | July 14, 2011 |
| Shurtan Guzar | Edgar Gess | Sacked | Tachmurad Agamuradov | 12th (2011) | June 30, 2011 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bunyodkor | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 14 | +37 | 61 | 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Nasaf Qarshi | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 15 | +28 | 53 | 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 3 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 51 | 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 4 | Neftchi Farg'ona | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 44 | 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off |
| 5 | Mash'al Mubarek | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 40 | |
| 6 | Navbahor Namangan | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 36 | |
| 7 | Shurtan Guzar | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 32 | |
| 8 | Metallurg Bekabad | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 31 | |
| 9 | FK Buxoro | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 31 | |
| 10 | FK Samarqand-Dinamo | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 29 | |
| 11 | Olmaliq FK | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 29 | |
| 12 | FK Andijan | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 28 | |
| 13 | Qizilqum Zarafshon | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 24 | |
| 14 | Sogdiana Jizzakh | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 17 | Relegation to Lower Division |
* ↑ Since Pakhtakor also won the 2011 Uzbekistan Cup, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League.
* ↑ Qizilqum Zarafshon survived relegation due to FK Guliston not fulfilling all licensing requirements after finishing second in the Lower Division

## Results

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

## Top goalscorers

    As of 9 November 2011
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Miloš Trifunović | Bunyodkor | 17 |
| 2 | Muiddin Mamazulunov | Olmaliq FK | 16 |
| 3 | Lochinbek Soliev | FK Andijan | 11 |
| 3 | Anvar Berdiev | Neftchi | 11 |
| 5 | Igor Taran | Shurtan | 10 |
| 6 | Bahodir Pardaev | Sogdiana Jizzakh | 9 |
| 6 | Zafar Kholmurodov | Mash'al Mubarek | 9 |
| 6 | Shakhboz Erkinov | Shurtan | 9 |
| 9 | Anvarjon Soliev | Bunyodkor | 8 |
| 9 | Ilyos Qurbonov | Metallurg Bekabad | 8 |
| 9 | Zokhid Abdullaev | Metallurg Bekabad | 8 |
| 9 | Ivan Nagaev | Metallurg Bekabad (2) / Dinamo (6) | 8 |

## Best XI

Championat.uz released the all-star team of the Uzbek League for the season 2011.
| Position | Name | Team |
| Goalkeeper | Ignatiy Nesterov | Bunyodkor |
| Left Defender | Ilhom Suyunov | Pakhtakor |
| Right Defender | Jahongir Djiyamurodov | Nasaf Qarshi |
| Central Defender | Slavoljub Đorđević | Bunyodkor |
| Central Defender | Islom Tukhtakhodjaev | Neftchi Farg'ona |
| Defensive Midfield | Lutfulla Turaev | Nasaf Qarshi |
| Right Wing | Viktor Karpenko | Bunyodkor |
| Central Midfield | Mansur Saidov | Neftchi Farg'ona |
| Left Wing | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf Qarshi |
| Forward | Miloš Trifunović | Bunyodkor |
| Forward | Muiddin Mamazulunov | Olmaliq FK |
| Coach | Mirjalol Qosimov | Bunyodkor |