# 2021 Uzbekistan Super League

The 2021 Uzbekistan Super League (known as the Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the 30th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since its establishment on 1992. Pakhtakor Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2020 campaign.

## Teams

| Club | Coach | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Kit sponsor | Shirt sponsor |
| AGMK | Mirjalol Qosimov | Olmaliq | AGMK Stadium | 12,000 | Jako | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine |
| Andijan | Otabek Gulomkhojaev | Andijan | Soghlom Avlod Stadium | 18,360 | D&D Collection | Makro Farm Andijan |
| Bunyodkor | Shukhrat Maqsudov | Tashkent | Milliy Stadium | 34,000 | Jako | Uzbekneftegaz |
| Kokand 1912 | Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | Kokand | Markaziy Stadium | 10,500 | Jako | Bazis |
| Lokomotiv | Micael Sequeira | Tashkent | Lokomotiv Stadium | 8,000 | Joma | Orient Finance Bank, Uztelecom $^1$, Drivers Village $^1$ |
| Mash'al | Alexander Khomyakov | Muborak | Bahrom Vafoev Stadium | 10,000 | Saller | Uzbekneftegaz |
| 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 | Numon Khasanov | Namangan | Markaziy Stadium | 22,000 | Jako | Namangan City |
| Pakhtakor | Pieter Huistra | Tashkent | Central Stadium | 35,000 | Adidas | |
| Qizilqum | Hamidjon Aktamov | Navoiy | Yoshlar Stadium | 12,500 | Jako | Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combinat |
| Sogdiana | Ulugbek Bakayev | Jizzakh | Sogdiana Stadium | 11,650 | Joma | BMB Energo |
| Surkhon | Rifat Akramkhujaev | Termez | Alpamish Stadium | 6,000 | Adidas | Uzbekgidrenergo |
| Turon | Bogusław Baniak | Yaypan | Uzbekistan Stadium | 5,000 | Jako | Fitogether, Aloqabank, Turon World Cooperation$^1$ |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Bunyodkor | Vadim Abramov | | | Preseason | Shukhrat Maqsudov | |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Timur Kapadze | | | Preseason | Micael Sequeira | 7 January 2021 |
| Mash'al Mubarek | Dilyaver Vaniyev | | | Preseason | Alexander Khomyakov | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | Shota Arveladze | Resigned | 22 December 2020 | Preseason | Pieter Huistra | 6 January 2021 |
| Qizilqum | Hamidjon Aktamov | | 3 June 2020 | 10th | Täçmyrat Agamyradow | 4 June 2020 |
| Qizilqum | Täçmyrat Agamyradow | | 26 August 2020 | 5th | Hamidjon Aktamov | 27 August 2020 |

## 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 | Naturalized Players | Former players |
| AGMK | Alvin Fortes | Martin Boakye | Jovan Đokić | Oleksandr Kasyan | | | |
| Andijan | Vasiliy Sovpel | Pavel Zabelin | Plamen Dimov | Vladislav Vasilyev | | | Marco Bueno Edgar Bernhardt Martin Boakye |
| Bunyodkor | Ibrahim Tomiwa | Odiljon Abdurakhmanov | | | Davron Ergashev | | |
| Kokand 1912 | Yacouba Bamba | Ivan Josović | Slavko Lukić | | | | |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Kakhi Makharadze | Samuel Opeh | | | | | Diego Bardanca |
| Mash'al Mubarek | Michael Ibe | Ifeanyi Ifeanyi | Samuel Chigozie Ononiwu | Godwin Chika Okwara | | | Ukeme Williams |
| Metallurg Bekabad | | | | | | | Andrey Shipilov Yevgeni Makeyev Yevhen Chumak |
| Nasaf | Marko Stanojević | Andrija Kaludjerović | | | | | |
| Navbahor Namangan | Guttiner | Bojan Najdenov | Ivan Solovyov | Bojan Ciger | Ehson Panjshanbe | → Igor Golban | Marko Putinčanin Nikola Tasić Slaviša Stojanović |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | Dragan Ćeran | Bojan Matić | | | | | Eren Derdiyok |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Mate Vatsadze | Elgujja Grigalashvili | Georgiy Kukhianidze | Oleg Tolmasov | | | Jahongir Ergashev |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | Luka Čermelj | Marko Kolaković | Milan Mitrović | Darko Stanojević | | | Arslanmyrat Amanow |
| Surkhon Termez | Vladimir Bubanja | | | | | | |
| Turon | Siniša Babić | Dajan Ponjević | Kim Bo-yong | | Firdavs Chakalov | → Uladzislaw Kasmynin | Kwame Karikari Umarjon Sharipov |
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 (C) | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 60 | Qualification to the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sogdiana | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 47 | Qualification to the 2022 AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | AGMK | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 47 | |
| 4 | Nasaf | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 45 | Qualification to the AFC Champions League preliminary round |
| 5 | Bunyodkor | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 45 | |
| 6 | Navbahor | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 39 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 39 | |
| 8 | Kokand 1912 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 36 | |
| 9 | Qizilqum | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 31 | |
| 10 | Surkhon | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 43 | −26 | 25 | |
| 11 | Metallurg | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 25 | |
| 12 | Mash'al (R) | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 23 | Relegation play off Uzbekistan Pro League |
| 13 | Andijon (R) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 19 | Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League |
| 14 | Turon (R) | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 37 | −21 | 17 | Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League |
* 1 2 Sogdiana second on head-to-head points : Sogdiana 4; AGMK 1
* ↑ Sogdiana are the standby team for the AFC Cup, should Nasaf advance to the AFC Champions League group stage. As Nasaf advanced to the AFC Champions League group stage, the standby team entered the AFC Cup.
* ↑ Nasaf qualified to the AFC Champions League as 2021 Uzbekistan Cup champions.

## Positions by round

| 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 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| AGMK | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Bunyodkor | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Navbahor Namangan | 13 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Kokand 1912 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Surkhon Termez | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| Metallurg Bekabad | 14 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Mash'al Mubarek | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| Andijon | 11 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Turon | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
* Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
* Standby team of the AFC Cup group stage
* Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League#Relegation play off
* Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League

## Results

| Home \ Away | AGM | AND | BUN | KOK | LOK | MAS | MET | NAS | NAV | PAK | QIZ | SOG | SUR | TUR |
| AGMK | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Andijon | 2–3 | — | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Bunyodkor | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Kokand | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Lokomotiv | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Mash'al | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Metallurg | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Nasaf | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 |
| Navbahor | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Pakhtakor | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Qizilqum | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Sogdiana | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Surkhon | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Turon | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |

### 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 |
| AGMK | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | W | D |
| Andijon | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W |
| Bunyodkor | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W |
| Kokand | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | W |
| Lokomotiv | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L |
| Mash'al | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D |
| Metallurg | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Nasaf | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | |
| Navbahor | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W |
| Pakhtakor | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L |
| Qizilqum | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | D |
| Sogdiana | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | D |
| Surkhon | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | |
| Turon | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | L |

## Relegation play-off

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FK Olympic Tashkent | 3–1 | FK Mash'al Mubarek |

## Season Statistics

* First goal of the season: Alvin Fortes for AGMK against Lokomotiv Tashkent (9 March 2021)

### Goalscorers

    As of match played 27 November 2021
| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dragan Ćeran | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 16 |
| 2 | Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 14 |
| 3 | Khusayin Norchaev | Nasaf | 13 |
| 4 | Shokhruz Norkhonov | Sogdiana Jizzakh | 10 |
| 5 | Elgujja Grigalashvili | Qizilqum Zarafshon | 9 |
| 5 | Khursid Giyosov | Bunyodkor | 9 |
| 7 | Sherzod Temirov | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 8 |
| 7 | Mirjahon Mirakhmadov | Bunyodkor | 8 |
| 7 | Azizbek Amanov | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 8 |
| 10 | Marko Stanojević | Nasaf | 6 |
| 10 | Farrukh Ikromov | Bunyodkor | 6 |
| 10 | Ibrahim Tomiwa | Bunyodkor | 6 |
| 10 | Martin Boakye | Andijon/AGMK | 6 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Kasyan | AGMK | 6 |

## Attendances
### By round

    As of match played 21 September 2021
2021 Uzbekistan Super League Attendance :
| Round | Total | GP. | Avg. Per Game |
| Round 1 | 47,752 | 7 | 6,822 |
| Round 2 | 37,687 | 7 | 5,384 |
| Round 3 | 39,491 | 7 | 5,642 |
| Round 4 | 28,634 | 7 | 4,091 |
| Round 5 | 40,273 | 7 | 5,753 |
| Round 6 | 18,253 | 7 | 2,608 |
| Round 7 | 22,496 | 7 | 3,214 |
| Round 8 | 13,997 | 7 | 2,000 |
| Round 9 | 29,900 | 7 | 4,271 |
| Round 10 | 28,456 | 7 | 4,065 |
| Round 11 | 16,084 | 7 | 2,298 |
| Round 12 | 17,844 | 7 | 2,549 |
| Round 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Round 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Round 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Round 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Round 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Round 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Round 19 | 4,397 | 6 | 733 |
| Total | 345,264 | 132 | 2,616 |

### By team

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | AGMK | 14,544 | 4,411 | 0 | 1,616 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Andijon | 33,613 | 13,800 | 0 | 3,361 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Bunyodkor | 14,702 | 5,100 | 0 | 1,838 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Kokand | 21,927 | 6,542 | 0 | 2,436 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Lokomotiv | 10,637 | 5,089 | 0 | 1,182 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Mash'al | 6,261 | 3,200 | 0 | 696 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Metallurg | 23,608 | 6,340 | 0 | 2,361 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Nasaf | 34,703 | 11,812 | 0 | 3,856 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | Navbahor | 64,300 | 19,358 | 0 | 7,144 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Pakhtakor | 18,323 | 10,560 | 0 | 1,832 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Qizilqum | 32,343 | 7,832 | 0 | 2,940 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Sogdiana | 14,010 | 4,200 | 0 | 1,557 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | Surkhon | 14,920 | 4,545 | 0 | 1,658 | n/a$^†$ |
| 14 | Turon | 41,373 | 6,496 | 0 | 3,761 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 345,264 | 19,358 | 0 | 2,616 | n/a$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 21 September 2021 Source: