2014 Uzbek League Explained

Competition:Uzbek League
Season:2014
Winners:Pakhtakor Tashkent
Relegated:Sogdiana Jizzakh
Andijan
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Pakhtakor Tashkent
Lokomotiv Tashkent
Nasaf
Bunyodkor
Matches:182
Total Goals:492
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

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.

Teams

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.

ClubCoachLocationStadiumCapacity
FK Andijan Edgar GessAndijanSoghlom Avlod Stadium18,360
Bunyodkor Sergey LushanTashkentBunyodkor Stadium34,000
Bukhoro Seid SeidovBukhoroBuxoro Arena22,700
Dinamo Kamo GazarovSamarqandDinamo Stadium16,000
Lokomotiv Vadim AbramovTashkentLokomotiv Stadium8,000
Mash'al Alexander KhomyakovMuborakBahrom Vafoev Stadium10,000
Metallurg Rustam MirsodiqovBekabadMetallurg Stadium15,000
Nasaf Qarshi Ruziqul BerdievQarshiQarshi Stadium14,750
Navbahor Bakhtiyor AshurmatovNamanganNavbahor Stadium22,000
Neftchi Murod IsmoilovFarghonaKirguli SM
Olmaliq FK Igor ShkvyrinOlmaliqOlmaliq SM Stadium12,000
Pakhtakor Samvel BabayanTashkentPakhtakor Stadium35,000
Qizilqum Yuriy LukinZarafshonYoshlar Stadium12,500
Sogdiana Davron FayzievJizzakhZaamin Stadium4,000

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureReplaced byPosition in tableDate of appointment
Bukhoro Tachmurad AgamuradovResigned Edgar GessPre-season10 November 2013
Neftchi Farg'ona Evgeniy ShokhinResigned Murod IsmoilovPre-season3 January 2014 [1]
Pakhtakor Murod IsmoilovResigned Samvel BabayanPre-season3 January 2014
Navbahor Namangan Usmon AsqaralievResigned Bakhtiyor AshurmatovPre-season10 January 2014[2] [3]
Lokomotiv Tashkent Khakim FuzailovSacked Vadim AbramovPre-season13 February 2014[4] [5]
Bunyodkor Mirjalol QosimovResigned Alexander Volkov2nd5 April 2014[6]
Bunyodkor Alexander VolkovEnd of caretaker spell Sergey Lushan3rd6 June 2014[7]
Andijan Azamat AbduraimovResigned Orif Mamatkazin14th20 June 2014
Samarqand-Dinamo Ravshan KhaydarovResigned Kamo Gazarov11th2 July 2014
Bukhoro Edgar GessSacked Seid Seidov12th23 August 2014
FK Andijan Orif MamatkazinEnd of caretaker spell Edgar Gess14th26 September 2014[8]

Foreign Players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian 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
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

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

ScorerTeamGoals (Pen.)
1 Artur GevorkyanNasaf Qarshi18 (5)
2 Zokhir KuziboyevMash'al Mubarek14 (1)
Shakhboz ErkinovNavbahor Namangan14 (3)
4 Farhod TojiyevLokomotiv Tashkent13 (2)
5 Igor SergeevPakhtakor11 (0)
6 Sardor RashidovBunyodkor10 (0)
7 Sunatilla MamadaliyevMetallurg Bekabad8 (0)
Shahzodbek NurmatovMetallurg Bekabad8 (0)
Ivan NagaevLokomotiv Tashkent8 (0)
Last updated: 7 November 2014
Source: Soccerway

Hat–tricks

Player Team Against Result Date
Sogdiana Jizzakh4–226 April 2014
Mash'al Mubarek4–214 June 2014
Ruslan Kachur4 FK Buxoro4–110 August 2014
Mash'al Mubarek5–110 August 2014
Shakhboz Erkinov Navbahor5–412 September 2014
4 Player scored four goals

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReference
ManagerClubPlayerClub
March
April
Samvel BabayanPakhtakor Egor KrimetsPakhtakor
May Vadim AbramovLokomotiv Jamshid IskanderovPakhtakor[9]
June
July
Samvel BabayanPakhtakor Akmal RustamovQizilqum[10]
August Sergey LushanBunyodkor Sardor RashidovBunyodkor[11]
September Ruziqul BerdievNasaf Artur GevorkyanNasaf[12]
October Samvel BabayanPakhtakor Jamshid IskanderovPakhtakor[13]
November Samvel BabayanPakhtakor Igor SergeevPakhtakor[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Muradjon Ismailov appointed as Neftchi head coach. UzDaily.com. 2014-01-03. 2014-01-03. 2016-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155327/http://www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-26178.htm. dead.
  2. News: http://championat.asia/uz/news/22788. ru:Официально. Бахтиёр Ашурматов продолжит карьеру в “Навбахоре” . 2014-01-10. ru.
  3. News: http://www.uzdaily.uz/articles-id-18775.htm. ru:Бахтиёр Ашурматов продолжит карьеру в «Навбахоре» . UzDaily.uz. ru . 2014-01-13.
  4. News: http://www.uzdaily.uz/articles-id-19202.htm. ru:Вадим Абрамов возглавил столичный «Локомотив» . UzDaily.uz . ru . 2014-02-13.
  5. News: http://www.gazeta.uz/2014/02/13/abramov/. ru:Вадим Абрамов стал главным тренером «Локомотива». gazeta.uz. ru . 2014-02-13.
  6. News: Mirjalal Kasimov resigns as Bunyodkor head coach . UzDaily.com . 2014-04-05.
  7. News: Sergey Lushan is head coach of Bunyodkor. FC Bunyodkor. ru. 2014-06-03. 2014-06-07. 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181501/http://fcbunyodkor.com/ru.php/news/sections/club/8487. dead.
  8. News: . ru:Официально: Эдгар Гесс – главный тренер «Андижана». Championat.asia. ru. 2014-09-26.
  9. News: http://www.uz24.uz/sport/v-uzbekistane-nazvali-luchshego-igroka-i-trenera-mesyaca. ru:В Узбекистане назвали лучшего игрока и тренера месяца. uz24. ru. 2014-06-11. 2014-06-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140705002151/http://uz24.uz/sport/v-uzbekistane-nazvali-luchshego-igroka-i-trenera-mesyaca. 2014-07-05. dead.
  10. News: . ru:Менеджер "Пахтакора" Самвел Бабаян лучший тренер по итогам июня и июля. FC Pakhtakor. ru. 2014-08-08.
  11. News: http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=1&news_id=5717. ru:Лауреатами августа стали Сардор Рашидов и Сергей Лущан. pfl.uz. ru. 2014-09-15. 2014-11-07. 2014-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20141107231238/http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=1&news_id=5717. dead.
  12. News: http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=1&news_id=5819. ru:Лауреатами сентября стали Артур Геворкян и Рузикул Бердыев. pfl.uz. ru. 2014-10-11. 2014-11-07. 2014-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20141107230650/http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=1&news_id=5819. dead.
  13. News: http://sports.uz/ru/football/news/2014/11/42253/. ru:Самвел Бабаян - лучший тренер октября, Джамшид Искандеров - лучший футболист. sports.uz. ru. 2014-11-10. 2014-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20141110200823/http://sports.uz/ru/football/news/2014/11/42253/. 2014-11-10. dead.
  14. News: http://pfl.uz/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=1&news_id=5980. ru:Лауреатами ноября стали Игорь Сергеев и Самвел Бабаян. pfl.uz. ru. 2014-12-02. 2014-12-05. 2014-12-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20141207184941/http://pfl.uz/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=1&news_id=5980. dead.