Uzbekistan Super League

Uzbekistan Super League, known as Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of professional football in Uzbekistan. It is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Professional Football League and Uzbekistan Football Association. It was founded in 1992 and currently has 14 teams. The top team qualifies to the group stage of the AFC Champions League.
History
The Uzbek League was founded in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its domestic league, the Soviet Top League. The league is known locally as the Higher League with relegation to the First League.
League system
The league is generally played between March and November in the calendar year and has occasionally had the Super Cup as a curtain raiser to the domestic campaign. Teams play each other on a home and away basis. Two or three teams can be relegated depending on the number of sides participating which has in the past been between 17 and 14 sides. Occasionally no sides would be promoted from the First League, due to reserve teams winning the championships. Reserve clubs are not allowed to feature in the top flight but can play at any level up to First League. On these occasions, clubs can be relegated without any promoted sides making the next campaign feature less sides than before.
League winners enter the next edition of the AFC Champions League along with the winners of the Uzbekistan Cup.
On 21 November 2017 according to the UzPFL management decision the Uzbek League was officially renamed to Uzbekistan Super League starting from 2018 season. The number of teams playing in top division of Uzbek football is reduced from 16 to 12. Famous personnels like Rivaldo, Eren Derdiyok, Zico, Luiz Felipe Scolari have contributed to the league so far.
Champions
Soviet time champions
Championship of cities of Uzbek SSR
1926: Tashkent City Team
1927: Tashkent City Team
1928: Ferghana City Team
1929: Tashkent City Team
1930: Tashkent City Team
1931–32 : No championship
1933: Tashkent City Team
1934: Tashkent City Team
1935: Tashkent City Team
1936: Tashkent City Team
Republican League Competitions
1937: Spartak Tashkent
1938: Spartak Tashkent
1939: Dinamo Tashkent
1940–47 : no championship
1948: Polyarnaya Zvezda Tashkent Oblast
1949: Dinamo Tashkent
1950: Spartak Tashkent
1951: Spartak Tashkent
1952: Dinamo Tashkent
1953: FShM Tashkent
1954: Dinamo Tashkent
1955: ODO Tashkent (later SKA)
1956: ODO Tashkent
1957: Mashstroi Tashkent
1958: Khimik Chirchik
1959: Mekhnat Tashkent
1960: Sokol Tashkent
1961: Sokol Tashkent
1962: Sokol Tashkent
1963: Sokol Tashkent
1964: Sokol Tashkent
1965: Sokol Tashkent
1966: Zvezda Tashkent
1967: Tashavtomash Tashkent
1968: Chust Namangan Oblast
1969: Tashkabel Tashkent
1970: SKA Tashkent (former ODO)
1971: Yangiaryk Khorezm Oblast
1972: Trud Jizzakh
1973: Quruvchi Samarqand
1974: Pakhtakor Gulistan
1975: Zarafshan Navoi
1976: Traktor Tashkent
1977: Khiva
1978: Khorezm (Kolkhoz im. Narimanova)
1979: Khisar Shakhrisabz
1980: No championship
1981: Ekipress Samarqand
1982: Beshkent
1983: Tselinnik Turtkul
1984: Khorezm Khonqa
1985: Shakhter Angren
1986: Traktor Tashkent
1987: Avtomobilist Fergana
1988: Selmashevets Chirchik
1989: Nurafshon Bukhara
1990: Naryn Khakulabad
1991: Politotdel Tashkent Oblast (now Doʻstlik)
Since independence
1992: Neftchi Fargʻona and Pakhtakor Tashkent
1993: Neftchi Fargʻona
1994: Neftchi Fargʻona
1995: Neftchi Fargʻona
1996: Navbahor Namangan
1997: MHSK Tashkent (former Pakhtakor-79 Tashkent)
1998: Pakhtakor Tashkent
1999: Doʻstlik (former Politotdel Tashkent Oblast)
2000: Doʻstlik
2001: Neftchi Fargʻona
2002: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2003: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2004: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2005: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2006: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2007: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2008: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2009: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2010: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2011: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2012: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2013: Bunyodkor Tashkent
2014: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2015: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2016: Lokomotiv Tashkent
2017: Lokomotiv Tashkent
2018: Lokomotiv Tashkent
2019: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2020: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2021: Pakhtakor Tashkent
2022: Pakhtakor Tashkent
Champions and top scorers
Performance by club
* Both teams were awarded with the title.
All-time table
All-time table of league, as of end of the 2022 season
Soviet Top League participation
Players records
Top scorers
Most appearances
Sponsorship
From 1992 to 2017, the Uzbekistan Super League had no title sponsorship rights with any companies. Only starting from 2018 Uzbekistan Super League have got title League sponsor. On 4 April 2018 Uzbekistan Football Association vice-president Umid Akhmadjonov and IBT, the official PepsiCo bottler, reached agreement that PepsiCo became official League sponsor for 2018 season.
See also
List of foreign football players in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan Pro League
Uzbekistan Pro-B League
Uzbekistan Second League
Uzbekistan Cup
Uzbekistan League Cup
References
External links
Official Website of Uzbek Professional League
soccerway.com; standings, results & fixtures
Weltfussballarchiv ; standings, results & fixtures & club profiles
RSSSF.com – Uzbekistan – List of Champions
footballfetch.com – results, fixtures, tables, bet stats
1992 establishments in Uzbekistan
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Uzbekistan
Sports leagues established in 1992