2021 Uzbekistan Super League

2021 Uzbekistan Super League
Season	2021
Dates	9 March — 3 December
Matches played	91
Goals scored	212 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dragan Ćeran (8)
	← 2020 → All statistics correct as of 1 August 2021.

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.

Season events[]

Teams[]

Tashkent

Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Pakhtakor

Location of teams in 2020 Uzbekistan Super League


Club	Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Kit sponsor	Shirt sponsor
AGMK	Mirjalol Qosimov	Olmaliq	AGMK Stadium		Jako	OKMK
Andijan	Otabek Gulomkhojaev	Andijan	Soghlom Avlod Stadium
Bunyodkor	Shukhrat Maqsudov	Tashkent	Milliy Stadium		Puma
Kokand 1912	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov	Kokand
Lokomotiv	Micael Sequeira	Tashkent	Lokomotiv Stadium		Joma	Orient Finance Bank
Mash'al	Alexander Khomyakov	Muborak	Bahrom Vafoev Stadium
Metallurg	Andrey Shipilov	Bekabad	Metallurg Bekabad Stadium		Adidas
Nasaf	Ruziqul Berdiyev	Qarshi	Markaziy Stadium		Adidas
Navbahor	Numon Khasanov	Namangan	Markaziy Stadium		Jako
Pakhtakor	Pieter Huistra	Tashkent	Central Stadium	34,000	Adidas
Qizilqum	Hamidjon Aktamov	Navoiy	Yoshlar Stadium
Sogdiana	Ulugbek Bakayev	Jizzakh	Sogdiana Stadium		Joma
Surkhon	Rifat Akramkhujaev	Termez	Alpamish Stadium		Adidas
Turon	Bogusław Baniak	Yaypan	Uzbekistan Stadium		Jako	Aloqabank

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Ref.
Bunyodkor	Vadim Abramov			Preseason	Shukhrat Maqsudov
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Timur Kapadze				Micael Sequeira	7 January 2021	^[1]
Mash'al Mubarek	Dilyaver Vaniyev				Alexander Khomyakov
Pakhtakor Tashkent	Shota Arveladze	Resigned	22 December 2020		Pieter Huistra	6 January 2021	^[2]^[3]

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	Martin Boakye	Alvin Fortes	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	16	14	2	0	29	6	+23	44	Qualification to the AFC Champions League group stage
2	Sogdiana	16	8	6	2	21	12	+9	30	Standby team of the 2022 AFC Cup group stage
3	AGMK	16	8	4	4	21	17	+4	28
4	Bunyodkor	16	7	4	5	26	15	+11	25
5	Qizilqum	16	6	7	3	19	15	+4	25
6	Nasaf	16	7	3	6	23	15	+8	24
7	Navbahor	16	6	5	5	15	13	+2	23
8	Lokomotiv	16	6	4	6	22	19	+3	22
9	Kokand 1912	16	5	5	6	19	20	−1	20
10	Metallurg	16	5	1	10	15	22	−7	16
11	Mash'al	16	4	4	8	14	24	−10	16
12	Surkhon	16	4	2	10	10	28	−18	14
13	Turon	16	2	6	8	11	22	−11	12	Relegation play off Uzbekistan Pro League
14	Andijon	16	2	3	11	12	29	−17	9	Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League

Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2021. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

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
Team ╲ Round
Pakhtakor Tashkent	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
AGMK	2	3	8	4	6	8	7	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3
Bunyodkor	6	8	3	3	5	6	6	7	5	4	7	6	6	6	6	4	4
Qizilqum Zarafshon	5	5	5	5	8	9	9	9	10	9	5	5	5	4	4	5	6
Nasaf Qarshi	8	11	12	7	4	3	4	6	8	7	4	3	4	5	5	6	5
Navbahor Namangan	13	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	7
Lokomotiv Tashkent	10	12	13	13	9	7	5	8	4	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8
Kokand 1912	3	4	3	6	3	4	3	4	7	6	9	9	10	9	9	9	9
Metallurg Bekabad	14	9	9	12	7	5	8	5	6	5	6	7	9	10	10	10	11
Mash'al Mubarek	12	14	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10
Surkhon Termez	7	10	7	9	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	12	11	12	13
Turon	9	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	12
Andijon	11	7	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14

	Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to AFC Cup group stage
	Standby team of the AFC Cup group stage
	Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League#Relegation play off
	Relegation to Uzbekistan Pro League

Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2021. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League

Results[]

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

Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2021. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match played[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Team ╲ Round
AGMK	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L
Andijon	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L
Bunyodkor	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W
Kokand	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W
Lokomotiv	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W
Mash'al	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W
Metallurg	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L
Nasaf	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L
Navbahor	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W
Pakhtakor	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Qizilqum	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	L
Sogdiana	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	W
Surkhon	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L
Turon	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2021. Source: Championat.asia
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Season Statistics[]

First goal of the season: Alvin Fortes for AGMK against Lokomotiv Tashkent (9 March 2021)^[4]

Goalscorers[]

As of match played 26 August 2021

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dragan Ćeran	Pakhtakor Tashkent	9
2	Shokhruz Norkhonov	Sogdiana Jizzakh	8
3	Khusayin Norchaev	Nasaf	7
3	Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov	Lokomotiv Tashkent	7
5	Ibrahim Tomiwa	Bunyodkor	5
5	Farrukh Ikromov	Bunyodkor	5

Attendances[]

By round[]

As of match played 4 July 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	6	2,333
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
Total	340,867	83	4,107

By team[]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	AGMK	14,544	4,411	1,000	2,078	n/a^†
2	Andijon	33,490	13,800	1,029	6,698	n/a^†
3	Bunyodkor	14,629	5,100	1,403	2,926	n/a^†
4	Kokand	21,927	6,542	1,803	4,385	n/a^†
5	Lokomotiv	10,637	5,089	970	2,127	n/a^†
6	Mash'al	5,759	3,200	558	1,440	n/a^†
7	Metallurg	23,581	6,340	3,201	4,716	n/a^†
8	Nasaf	34,703	11,812	2,852	5,784	n/a^†
9	Navbahor	64,300	19,358	1	9,186	n/a^†
10	Pakhtakor	18,323	10,560	413	3,054	n/a^†
11	Qizilqum	31,871	7,832	573	3,984	n/a^†
12	Sogdiana	14,010	4,200	1,842	2,802	n/a^†
13	Surkhon	14,920	4,545	355	2,131	n/a^†
14	Turon	38,173	6,496	2,531	4,772	n/a^†
	League total	340,867	19,358	1	4,107	n/a^†

Updated to games played on 28 June 2021
Source:^{[citation needed]}

Awards[]

Monthly awards[]

References[]

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