Competition: | Uzbek League |
Season: | 2017 |
Winners: | Lokomotiv |
Relegated: | Dinamo Sogdiana Neftchi Shurtan Obod |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Lokomotiv Nasaf Qarshi |
League Topscorer: | Marat Bikmaev (27) |
Prevseason: | 2016 |
Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 Uzbek League was the 26th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. Lokomotiv Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2016 campaign.
Navbahor Namangan remained for the 2017 Uzbek League after winning in the relegation play-off match with Naryn. Obod Tashkent was promoted to the 2016 League as the 2015 First League winner. The draw for the 2016 season was held on 20 December 2016. The first matchday is scheduled for 3 March 2017.
Club | Coach | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Kit sponsor | |
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Bunyodkor | Mirjalol Qosimov | Tashkent | Bunyodkor Stadium | 34,000 | Jako | |
Bukhoro | Ulugbek Bakaev | Bukhoro | Bukhoro Arena | 22,700 | Macron | |
Dinamo | Oleg Tyulkin | Samarkand | Dinamo Stadium | 16,000 | ||
Kokand 1912 | Numon Khasanov | Kokand | Kokand Stadium | 10,500 | Joma | |
Lokomotiv | Andrey Miklyaev | Tashkent | Lokomotiv Stadium | 8,000 | Joma | |
Mash'al | Alexander Khomyakov | Muborak | Bahrom Vafoev Stadium | 10,000 | Patrick | |
Metallurg | Rustam Mirsodiqov | Bekabad | Metallurg Stadium | 15,000 | Joma | |
Nasaf Qarshi | Ruziqul Berdiev | Qarshi | Qarshi Stadium | 14,750 | Adidas | |
Navbahor | Ilkhom Muminjonov | Namangan | Navbahor Stadium | 22,000 | Jako | |
Neftchi | Vadim Abramov | Farghona | Istiqlol Stadium | 20,000 | Joma | |
Obod | Andriy Demchenko | Tashkent | JAR Stadium | 8,450 | Nike | |
Olmaliq FK | Viktor Kumykov | Olmaliq | Olmaliq SM Stadium | 12,000 | Adidas | |
Pakhtakor | Shota Arveladze | Tashkent | Pakhtakor Stadium | 35,000 | Adidas | |
Qizilqum | Yuriy Lukin | Zarafshon | Yoshlar Stadium | 12,500 | Joma | |
Sogdiana | Davron Fayziev | Jizzakh | Sogdiana Stadium | 11,650 | Joma | |
Shurtan | Genadiy Kochnev | Ghuzor | Ghuzor Stadium | 7,000 | Joma |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
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Olmaliq | Sacked | Pre-season | [1] | ||||
Obod | Resigned | Pre-season | |||||
Bukhoro | Jamshid Saidov | Sacked | Pre-season | Ulugbek Bakaev | [2] | ||
Shurtan | Ikhtiyor Karimov | End of caretaker spell | Pre-season | Alexander Volkov | |||
Dinamo | Resigned | Pre-season | |||||
Dinamo | Resigned | Pre-season | Oleg Tyulkin | ||||
Obod | Sacked | Pre-season | |||||
Shurtan | Alexander Volkov | Sacked | 15th | Ikhtiyor Karimov (interim) | [3] | ||
Pakhtakor | Grigory Kolosovsky | Sacked | 8th | [4] | |||
Pakhtakor | Sacked | 13th | Jasur Abduraimov | [5] | |||
Bunyodkor | Sacked | [6] | |||||
Neftchi | Sacked | 15th | [7] | ||||
Pakhtakor | Jasur Abduraimov | end of caretaker spell | 7th | [8] | |||
Shurtan | Genadiy Kochnev | End of caretaker spell | 15th | ||||
Shurtan | Resigned | 15th | Genadiy Kochnev (interim) |
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.
Player | Club | Goals (Pen) | |
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1 | Marat Bikmaev | Lokomotiv | 27 (6) |
2 | Dragan Ćeran | Nasaf | 19 (4) |
3 | Dostonbek Khamdamov | Bunyodkor | 14 (1) |
Sanzhar Rashidov | Sogdiana | 14 (3) | |
5 | Igor Sergeev | Pakhtakor | 13 (3) |
6 | Zokhir Abdullaev | Metalurg Bekabad | 12 (0) |
7 | Sukhrob Berdiev | Kokand 1912 | 11 (0) |