2013 Uzbek League
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| Season | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Bunyodkor |
| Relegated | FK Guliston Shurtan Guzar |
| Champions League | Bunyodkor Lokomotiv Tashkent Nasaf Qarshi |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 543 (2.98 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Oleksandr Pyschur 19 goals |
| Biggest home win | Nasaf Qarshi 7-1 Qizilqum Zarafshon |
| Biggest away win | FK Buxoro 1-5 Nasaf Qarshi Guliston 1-5 Lokomotiv Tashkent |
| Highest scoring | Lokomotiv Tashkent 6-2 Guliston Metallurg Bekabad 5-3 Guliston Nasaf Qarshi 7-1 Qizilqum Zarafshon Olmaliq 5-3 Guliston |
| Longest winning run | Nasaf Qarshi (9) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Bunyodkor (9) Nasaf Qarshi Pakhtakor |
| Longest losing run | Qizilqum Zarafshon (6) Shurtan Guzar |
← 2012 2014 → | |
The 2013 Uzbek League season was the 22nd season of top level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. Pakhtakor were the defending champions from the 2012 campaign.
Managerial changes
Mash'al Mubarek and FK Andijan were relegated in the last edition of the Uzbek League to First League. Sogdiana Jizzakh and FK Guliston replaced them.
| Club | Coach | Location | Stadium | Capacity | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunyodkor | Tashkent | Bunyodkor Stadium | 34,000 | 2nd | |
| FK Bukhoro | Bukhoro | Buxoro Arena | 22,700 | 7th | |
| FK Guliston | Guliston | Guliston Stadium | 12,400 | D1, 2nd | |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Tashkent | Lokomotiv Stadium | 8,000 | 3rd | |
| Metallurg Bekabad | Bekabad | Metallurg Bekabad Stadium | 11,000 | 10th | |
| Nasaf Qarshi | Qarshi | Qarshi Stadium | 14,750 | 4th | |
| Navbahor Namangan | Namangan | Kosonsoy Stadium | 30,000 | 12th | |
| Neftchi Farg'ona | Farghona | Farghona Stadium | 14,520 | 6th | |
| Olmaliq FK | Olmaliq | Metallurg Stadium | 11,000 | 8th | |
| Pakhtakor | Tashkent | Pakhtakor Stadium | 35,000 | Champions | |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Zarafshon | Progress Stadium | 6,000 | 11th | |
| Dinamo | Samarqand | Olimpiya Stadium | 12,250 | 9th | |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | Jizzakh | Zaamin Stadium | 4,000 | D1, 1st | |
| Sho'rtan Ghuzor | Ghuzor | Ghuzor Stadium | 7,000 | 5th |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Position in table | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasaf Qarshi | Sacked | Pre-season | November 18, 2012[1][2] | ||
| Navbahor Namangan | Pre-season | February, 2013 | |||
| FK Dinamo Samarqand | Pre-season | February 27, 2013[3] | |||
| FK Dinamo Samarqand | Interim role | 14th | May 6, 2013 | ||
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Resigned | 14th | April 5, 2013[4] | ||
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Sacked | 14th | July 29, 2013 | ||
| FC Shurtan Guzar | Sacked | 11th | May 15, 2013 | ||
| FC Shurtan Guzar | Sacked | 14th | October 18, 2013 | ||
| Neftchi Farg'ona | Sacked | 10th | May 16, 2013[5][6] | ||
Pre-season transfers
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.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
| # | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bunyodkor | 19 (5) | |
| 2 | Nasaf Qarshi | 18 (6) | |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 17 (1) | |
| 4 | Olmaliq FK | 14 (0) | |
| 5 | FK Buxoro | 12 (0) | |
| 6 | Nasaf Qarshi | 11 (0) | |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 11 (0) | ||
| Olmaliq FK/FK Guliston | 11 (2) | ||
| 9 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 10 (0) | |
| Qizilqum/Dinamo | 10 (0) | ||
| 11 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 9 (0) | |
| Navbahor | 9 (4) | ||
| Metallurg Bekabad | 9 (0) | ||
| 14 | Metallurg Bekabad | 8 (0) | |
| 15 | Neftchi/Bunyodkor | 7 (1) | |
| Sogdiana | 7 (0) | ||
| FK Guliston | 7 (1) | ||
| Shurtan Guzar | 7 (0) | ||
| Bunyodkor | 7 (0) | ||
Last updated: 8 November 2013
Source: Soccerway