2014 Uzbek League

The 2014 Uzbek League was the 23rd season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. Bunyodkor were the defending champions from the 2013 campaign.

Uzbek League
Season2014
ChampionsPakhtakor Tashkent
RelegatedSogdiana Jizzakh
Andijan
Champions LeaguePakhtakor Tashkent
Lokomotiv Tashkent
Nasaf
Bunyodkor
Matches played182
Goals scored492 (2.7 per match)
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Teams
Location of teams in 2014 Uzbek League

FK Guliston and Shurtan Guzar were relegated in the last edition of the Uzbek League to First League. FK Andijan and Mash'al Mubarek replace them.

Club Coach Location Stadium Capacity
FK Andijan Edgar Gess Andijan Soghlom Avlod Stadium 18,360
Bunyodkor Sergey Lushan Tashkent Bunyodkor Stadium 34,000
Bukhoro Seid Seidov Bukhoro Buxoro Arena 22,700
Dinamo Kamo Gazarov Samarqand Dinamo Stadium 16,000
Lokomotiv Vadim Abramov Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000
Mash'al Alexander Khomyakov Muborak Bahrom Vafoev Stadium 10,000
Metallurg Rustam Mirsodiqov Bekabad Metallurg Stadium 15,000
Nasaf Qarshi Ruziqul Berdiev Qarshi Qarshi Stadium 14,750
Navbahor Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Namangan Navbahor Stadium 22,000
Neftchi Murod Ismoilov Farghona Kirguli SM
Olmaliq FK Igor Shkvyrin Olmaliq Olmaliq SM Stadium 12,000
Pakhtakor Samvel Babayan Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000
Qizilqum Yuriy Lukin Zarafshon Yoshlar Stadium 12,500
Sogdiana Davron Fayziev Jizzakh Zaamin Stadium 4,000

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Position in table Date of appointment
Bukhoro Tachmurad Agamuradov Resigned Edgar Gess Pre-season 10 November 2013
Neftchi Farg'ona Evgeniy Shokhin Resigned Murod Ismoilov Pre-season 3 January 2014 [1]
Pakhtakor Murod Ismoilov Resigned Samvel Babayan Pre-season 3 January 2014
Navbahor Namangan Usmon Asqaraliev Resigned Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Pre-season 10 January 2014[2][3]
Lokomotiv Tashkent Khakim Fuzailov Sacked Vadim Abramov Pre-season 13 February 2014[4][5]
Bunyodkor Mirjalol Qosimov Resigned Alexander Volkov 2nd 5 April 2014[6]
Bunyodkor Alexander Volkov End of caretaker spell Sergey Lushan 3rd 6 June 2014[7]
Andijan Azamat Abduraimov Resigned Orif Mamatkazin 14th 20 June 2014
Samarqand-Dinamo Ravshan Khaydarov Resigned Kamo Gazarov 11th 2 July 2014
Bukhoro Edgar Gess Sacked Seid Seidov 12th 23 August 2014
FK Andijan Orif Mamatkazin End of caretaker spell Edgar Gess 14th 26 September 2014[8]

Foreign Players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former Players
Andijan Vitaliy Vizaver Alexei Casian
Serhiy Datsenko
Viktor Raskov
Bunyodkor Samir Bekrić Ivan Milošević Oleksandr Pyshchur Minori Sato Carles Coto
Serhiy Symonenko
Bukhoro Dumitru Popovici Vitalie Plămădeală Predrag Vujović Giorgi Kvesieshvili
Dinamo Andriy Melnychuk
Lokomotiv Andrei Cojocari
Evgeny Gogol
Akmal Kholmatov
Vyacheslav Shevchenko
Mash'al Andriy Derkach
Metallurg Aleksandr Kovalev
Nasaf Qarshi Artur Gevorkýan
Navbahor Yury Ryzhko Petar Denchev Ruslan Kachur
Neftchi Alexandru Onica Igor Petković Akmal Kholmatov Levan Gvazava
Olmaliq FK Evgeny Gogol Darko Stanojević Chaker Zouaghi Petar Franjic Aleksandar Alempijević
Maksatmyrat Shamuradov
Pakhtakor Kakhi Makharadze Bojan Miladinović
Qizilqum Giorgi Kvesieshvili
Sogdiana Alexandru Melenciuc Oleksandr Kablash

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pakhtakor Tashkent (C) 26 23 3 0 54 14 +40 72 2015 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Lokomotiv Tashkent 26 20 4 2 58 21 +37 64
3 Nasaf Qarshi 26 16 7 3 45 21 +24 55
4 Bunyodkor 26 15 6 5 44 20 +24 51 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Mash'al Mubarek 26 10 6 10 37 42 −5 36
6 Olmaliq FK 26 8 7 11 33 38 −5 31
7 Navbahor Namangan 26 9 3 14 38 40 −2 30
8 Neftchi Farg'ona 26 7 7 12 19 26 −7 28
9 Metallurg Bekabad 26 8 4 14 44 54 −10 28
10 FK Samarqand-Dinamo 26 8 4 14 25 39 −14 28
11 Qizilqum Zarafshon 26 7 6 13 23 34 −11 27
12 FK Buxoro 26 6 7 13 22 42 −20 25
13 Sogdiana Jizzakh (R) 26 7 3 16 32 49 −17 24 Relegation to Lower Division
14 FK Andijan (R) 26 3 3 20 18 50 −32 12
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2014. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Number of entrants per association for 2015 AFC Champions League can be changed.

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
# Scorer Team Goals (Pen.)
1 Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf Qarshi 18 (5)
2 Zokhir Kuziboyev Mash'al Mubarek 14 (1)
Shakhboz Erkinov Navbahor Namangan 14 (3)
4 Farhod Tojiyev Lokomotiv Tashkent 13 (2)
5 Igor Sergeev Pakhtakor 11 (0)
6 Sardor Rashidov Bunyodkor 10 (0)
7 Sunatilla Mamadaliyev Metallurg Bekabad 8 (0)
Shahzodbek Nurmatov Metallurg Bekabad 8 (0)
Ivan Nagaev Lokomotiv Tashkent 8 (0)

Last updated: 7 November 2014
Source: Soccerway

Hat–tricks
PlayerTeamAgainstResultDate
Shakhboz ErkinovNavbahorSogdiana Jizzakh4–226 April 2014
Artur GevorkyanNasaf QarshiMash'al Mubarek4–214 June 2014
Ruslan Kachur4NavbahorFK Buxoro4–110 August 2014
Sardor RashidovBunyodkorMash'al Mubarek5–110 August 2014
Shakhboz ErkinovSogdiana JizzakhNavbahor5–412 September 2014

4 Player scored four goals

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
March
April		 Samvel Babayan Pakhtakor Egor Krimets Pakhtakor
May Vadim Abramov Lokomotiv Jamshid Iskanderov Pakhtakor [9]
June
July		 Samvel Babayan Pakhtakor Akmal Rustamov Qizilqum [10]
August Sergey Lushan Bunyodkor Sardor Rashidov Bunyodkor [11]
September Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf Artur Gevorkyan Nasaf [12]
October Samvel Babayan Pakhtakor Jamshid Iskanderov Pakhtakor [13]
November Samvel Babayan Pakhtakor Igor Sergeev Pakhtakor [14]

References
  1. "Muradjon Ismailov appointed as Neftchi head coach". UzDaily.com. 2014-01-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  2. Официально. Бахтиёр Ашурматов продолжит карьеру в “Навбахоре” (in Russian). 2014-01-10.
  3. Бахтиёр Ашурматов продолжит карьеру в «Навбахоре» (in Russian). UzDaily.uz. 2014-01-13.
  4. Вадим Абрамов возглавил столичный «Локомотив» (in Russian). UzDaily.uz. 2014-02-13.
  5. Вадим Абрамов стал главным тренером «Локомотива» (in Russian). gazeta.uz. 2014-02-13.
  6. "Mirjalal Kasimov resigns as Bunyodkor head coach". UzDaily.com. 2014-04-05.
  7. "Sergey Lushan is head coach of Bunyodkor" (in Russian). FC Bunyodkor. 2014-06-03. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  8. Официально: Эдгар Гесс – главный тренер «Андижана» (in Russian). Championat.asia. 2014-09-26.
  9. В Узбекистане назвали лучшего игрока и тренера месяца (in Russian). uz24. 2014-06-11. Archived from the original on 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  10. Менеджер "Пахтакора" Самвел Бабаян лучший тренер по итогам июня и июля. FC Pakhtakor (in Russian). 2014-08-08.
  11. Лауреатами августа стали Сардор Рашидов и Сергей Лущан. pfl.uz (in Russian). 2014-09-15. Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  12. Лауреатами сентября стали Артур Геворкян и Рузикул Бердыев. pfl.uz (in Russian). 2014-10-11. Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  13. Самвел Бабаян - лучший тренер октября, Джамшид Искандеров - лучший футболист. sports.uz (in Russian). 2014-11-10. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
  14. Лауреатами ноября стали Игорь Сергеев и Самвел Бабаян. pfl.uz (in Russian). 2014-12-02. Archived from the original on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
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