2014 Uzbek League

{{Infobox football league season

|competition=Uzbek League

|season=2014

|winners= Pakhtakor Tashkent

|relegated= Sogdiana Jizzakh
Andijan

|continentalcup1=Champions League

|continentalcup1 qualifiers= Pakhtakor Tashkent
Lokomotiv Tashkent
Nasaf
Bunyodkor

|continentalcup2=

|continentalcup2 qualifiers=

|league topscorer=

|biggest home win=

|biggest away win=

|highest scoring=

|matches= 182

|total goals= 492

|longest wins=

|longest unbeaten=

|longest losses=

|highest attendance =

|lowest attendance=

|average attendance=

|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

{{Location map+ |Uzbekistan |width=530|float=right |caption=Location of teams in 2014 Uzbek League| places=

{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.81362 |long=72.32935 |label=Andijan}}

{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=41.31379 |long=69.26743 |label=Tashkent |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.21337 |long=69.27914 |label=Metallurg|position=bottom }}

{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=38.83824 |long=65.81386 |label=Nasaf }}

{{location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=41.57057 |long=64.20712 |label= Qizilqum}}

{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.99963 |long=71.59382 |label=Navbahor |position=top }}

{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.38670 |long=71.77836 |label=Neftchi |position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.84531 |long=69.59999 |label=Olmaliq }}

{{location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=39.76852 |long=64.42568 |label=Bukhoro}}

{{location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.11404 |long=67.82897 |label= Sogdiana |position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=39.65902 |long=66.94870 |label=Dinamo }}

{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=39.25889 |long=65.17077 |label=Mash'al }}

{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |lat=40 |long=56 |label=Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Pakhtakor}}

}}

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.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
Club

! Coach

! Location

! Stadium

! Capacity

FK Andijan

| {{flagicon|GER}} Edgar Gess

| Andijan

| Soghlom Avlod Stadium

| 18,360

Bunyodkor

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Lushan

| Tashkent

| Bunyodkor Stadium

| 34,000

Bukhoro

| {{flagicon|TKM}} Seid Seidov

| Bukhoro

| Buxoro Arena

| 22,700

Dinamo

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Kamo Gazarov

| Samarqand

| Dinamo Stadium

| 16,000

Lokomotiv

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Vadim Abramov

| Tashkent

| Lokomotiv Stadium

| 8,000

Mash'al

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Alexander Khomyakov

| Muborak

| Bahrom Vafoev Stadium

| 10,000

Metallurg

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Rustam Mirsodiqov

| Bekabad

| Metallurg Stadium

| 15,000

Nasaf Qarshi

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Ruziqul Berdiev

| Qarshi

| Qarshi Stadium

| 14,750

Navbahor

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov

| Namangan

| Navbahor Stadium

| 22,000

Neftchi

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Murod Ismoilov

| Farghona

| Kirguli SM

|

Olmaliq FK

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Igor Shkvyrin

| Olmaliq

| Olmaliq SM Stadium

| 12,000

Pakhtakor

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Samvel Babayan

| Tashkent

| Pakhtakor Stadium

| 35,000

Qizilqum

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Yuriy Lukin

| Zarafshon

| Yoshlar Stadium

| 12,500

Sogdiana

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Davron Fayziev

| Jizzakh

| Zaamin Stadium

| 4,000

=Managerial changes=

class="wikitable"
Team

! Outgoing manager

! Manner of departure

! Replaced by

! Position in table

! Date of appointment

Bukhoro

|{{flagicon|TKM}} Tachmurad Agamuradov

|Resigned

|{{flagicon|GER}} Edgar Gess

|Pre-season

|10 November 2013

Neftchi Farg'ona

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Evgeniy Shokhin

|Resigned

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Murod Ismoilov

|Pre-season

|3 January 2014 {{Cite news|url=http://www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-26178.htm|title=Muradjon Ismailov appointed as Neftchi head coach|publisher=UzDaily.com|date=2014-01-03|access-date=2014-01-03|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155327/http://www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-26178.htm|url-status=dead}}

Pakhtakor

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Murod Ismoilov

|Resigned

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Samvel Babayan

|Pre-season

|3 January 2014

Navbahor Namangan

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Usmon Asqaraliev

|Resigned

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov

|Pre-season

|10 January 2014{{Cite news|url=http://championat.asia/uz/news/22788|script-title=ru:Официально. Бахтиёр Ашурматов продолжит карьеру в “Навбахоре” |date= 2014-01-10|language= ru}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.uzdaily.uz/articles-id-18775.htm|script-title=ru:Бахтиёр Ашурматов продолжит карьеру в «Навбахоре» |publisher=UzDaily.uz|language=ru |date= 2014-01-13}}

Lokomotiv Tashkent

|{{flagicon|TJK}} Khakim Fuzailov

|Sacked

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Vadim Abramov

|Pre-season

|13 February 2014{{Cite news|url=http://www.uzdaily.uz/articles-id-19202.htm|script-title=ru:Вадим Абрамов возглавил столичный «Локомотив» |publisher= UzDaily.uz |language=ru |date= 2014-02-13}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.gazeta.uz/2014/02/13/abramov/|script-title=ru:Вадим Абрамов стал главным тренером «Локомотива»|publisher=gazeta.uz|language=ru |date= 2014-02-13}}

Bunyodkor

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Mirjalol Qosimov

|Resigned

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Alexander Volkov

|2nd

|5 April 2014{{Cite news|url=http://www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-27281.htm |title= Mirjalal Kasimov resigns as Bunyodkor head coach |publisher= UzDaily.com |date= 2014-04-05}}

Bunyodkor

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Alexander Volkov

|End of caretaker spell

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Lushan

|3rd

|6 June 2014{{cite news|url= http://fcbunyodkor.com/ru.php/news/sections/club/8487|title= Sergey Lushan is head coach of Bunyodkor|publisher= FC Bunyodkor|language= ru|date= 2014-06-03|access-date= 2014-06-07|archive-date= 2014-07-14|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181501/http://fcbunyodkor.com/ru.php/news/sections/club/8487|url-status= dead}}

Andijan

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Azamat Abduraimov

|Resigned

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Orif Mamatkazin

|14th

|20 June 2014

Samarqand-Dinamo

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Ravshan Khaydarov

|Resigned

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Kamo Gazarov

|11th

|2 July 2014

Bukhoro

|{{flagicon|GER}} Edgar Gess

|Sacked

|{{flagicon|TKM}} Seid Seidov

|12th

|23 August 2014

FK Andijan

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Orif Mamatkazin

|End of caretaker spell

|{{flagicon|GER}} Edgar Gess

|14th

|26 September 2014{{cite news|url=http://championat.asia/uz/news/55748 |script-title=ru:Официально: Эдгар Гесс – главный тренер «Андижана»|publisher= Championat.asia|language=ru|date= 2014-09-26}}

Foreign players

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!Club

!Player 1

!Player 2

!Player 3

!Asian Player

!Former Players

Andijan

| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Vitaliy Vizaver

|

|

|

| {{flagicon|Moldova}} Alexei Casian
{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Serhiy Datsenko
{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Viktor Raskov

Bunyodkor

| {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Samir Bekrić

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Ivan Milošević

| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Oleksandr Pyshchur

| {{flagicon|Japan}} Minori Sato

| {{flagicon|Spain}} Carles Coto
{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Serhiy Symonenko

Bukhoro

| {{flagicon|Moldova}} Dumitru Popovici

| {{flagicon|Moldova}} Vitalie Plămădeală

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Predrag Vujović

|

| {{flagicon|Georgia}} Giorgi Kvesieshvili

Dinamo

| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Andriy Melnychuk

|

|

|

|

Lokomotiv

|

|

|

|

| {{flagicon|Moldova}} Andrei Cojocari
{{flagicon|Russia}} Evgeny Gogol
{{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Akmal Kholmatov
{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Vyacheslav Shevchenko

Mash'al

| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Andriy Derkach

|

|

|

|

Metallurg

| {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Kovalev

|

|

|

|

Nasaf Qarshi

|

|

|

| {{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} Artur Gevorkýan

|

Navbahor

| {{flagicon|Belarus}} Yury Ryzhko

| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Petar Denchev

| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Ruslan Kachur

|

|

Neftchi

| {{flagicon|Moldova}} Alexandru Onica

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Igor Petković

|

| {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Akmal Kholmatov

| {{flagicon|Georgia}} Levan Gvazava

Olmaliq FK

| {{flagicon|Russia}} Evgeny Gogol

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Darko Stanojević

| {{flagicon|Tunisia}} Chaker Zouaghi

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Petar Franjic

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Aleksandar Alempijević
{{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} Maksatmyrat Shamuradov

Pakhtakor

| {{flagicon|Georgia}} Kakhi Makharadze

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Bojan Miladinović

|

|

|

Qizilqum

| {{flagicon|Georgia}} Giorgi Kvesieshvili

|

|

|

|

Sogdiana

| {{flagicon|Moldova}} Alexandru Melenciuc

| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Oleksandr Kablash

|

|

|

League table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=QR

|team1=PAK|name_PAK=Pakhtakor Tashkent

|team2=LOK|name_LOK=Lokomotiv Tashkent

|team3=NAS|name_NAS=Nasaf Qarshi

|team4=BUN|name_BUN=Bunyodkor

|team5=MAS|name_MAS=Mash'al Mubarek

|team6=OTM|name_OTM=Olmaliq FK

|team7=NAV|name_NAV=Navbahor Namangan

|team8=NEF|name_NEF=Neftchi Farg'ona

|team9=MET|name_MET=Metallurg Bekabad

|team10=SAM|name_SAM=FK Samarqand-Dinamo

|team11=QIZ|name_QIZ=Qizilqum Zarafshon

|team12=FKB|name_FKB=FK Buxoro

|team13=SOG|name_SOG=Sogdiana Jizzakh

|team14=FKA|name_FKA=FK Andijan

|win_PAK=23|draw_PAK=3|loss_PAK=0|gf_PAK=54|ga_PAK=14|status_PAK=C

|win_LOK=20|draw_LOK=4|loss_LOK=2|gf_LOK=58|ga_LOK=21

|win_NAS=16|draw_NAS=7|loss_NAS=3|gf_NAS=45|ga_NAS=21

|win_BUN=15|draw_BUN=6|loss_BUN=5|gf_BUN=44|ga_BUN=20

|win_MAS=10|draw_MAS=6|loss_MAS=10|gf_MAS=37|ga_MAS=42

|win_OTM=8|draw_OTM=7|loss_OTM=11|gf_OTM=33|ga_OTM=38

|win_NAV=9|draw_NAV=3|loss_NAV=14|gf_NAV=38|ga_NAV=40

|win_NEF=7|draw_NEF=7|loss_NEF=12|gf_NEF=19|ga_NEF=26

|win_MET=8|draw_MET=4|loss_MET=14|gf_MET=44|ga_MET=54

|win_SAM=8|draw_SAM=4|loss_SAM=14|gf_SAM=25|ga_SAM=39

|win_QIZ=7|draw_QIZ=6|loss_QIZ=13|gf_QIZ=23|ga_QIZ=34

|win_FKB=6|draw_FKB=7|loss_FKB=13|gf_FKB=22|ga_FKB=42

|win_SOG=7|draw_SOG=3|loss_SOG=16|gf_SOG=32|ga_SOG=49|status_SOG=R

|win_FKA=3|draw_FKA=3|loss_FKA=20|gf_FKA=18|ga_FKA=50|status_FKA=R

|col_CLGS=#ACE1AF|text_CLGS=2015 AFC Champions League group stage

|note_res_CLGS=Number of entrants per association for 2015 AFC Champions League can be changed.

|result1=CLGS|result2=CLGS|result3=CLGS

|col_CL3=#D0F0C0|text_CL3=2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round

|note_res_CL3=CLGS

|result4=CL3

|col_R=#FFCCCC|text_R=Relegation to Lower Division

|result13=R|result14=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update= 7 November 2014

|source=[http://www.pfl.uz Uzbekistan Professional Football League]

}}

Results

{{Empty section|date=August 2014}}

Season statistics

=Top goalscorers=

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#

!Scorer

!Team

!Goals (Pen.)

1{{flagicon|TKM}} Artur Gevorkyan

|Nasaf Qarshi

|align=center|18 (5)

rowspan="2"|2

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Zokhir Kuziboyev

|Mash'al Mubarek

|align=center|14 (1)

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Shakhboz Erkinov

|Navbahor Namangan

|align=center|14 (3)

4{{flagicon|UZB}} Farhod Tojiyev

|Lokomotiv Tashkent

|align=center|13 (2)

5

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Igor Sergeev

|Pakhtakor

|align=center|11 (0)

6

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Sardor Rashidov

|Bunyodkor

|align=center|10 (0)

rowspan="3"|7

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Sunatilla Mamadaliyev

|Metallurg Bekabad

|align=center|8 (0)

{{flagicon|UZB}} Shahzodbek Nurmatov

|Metallurg Bekabad

|align=center|8 (0)

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Ivan Nagaev

|Lokomotiv Tashkent

|align=center|8 (0)

Last updated: 7 November 2014

Source: [https://int.soccerway.com/national/uzbekistan/pfl/2014/regular-season/r23955/ Soccerway]

=Hat–tricks=

class="wikitable sortable"
PlayerTeamAgainstResultDate
{{flagicon|UZB}} Shakhboz ErkinovNavbahorSogdiana Jizzakh4–226 April 2014
{{flagicon|TKM}} Artur GevorkyanNasaf QarshiMash'al Mubarek4–214 June 2014
{{flagicon|UKR}} Ruslan Kachur4NavbahorFK Buxoro4–110 August 2014
{{flagicon|UZB}} Sardor RashidovBunyodkorMash'al Mubarek5–110 August 2014
{{flagicon|UZB}} Shakhboz ErkinovSogdiana JizzakhNavbahor[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/09/12/uzbekistan/pfl/sogdiyona-jizzax/navbahor-namangan/1685909/ 5–4]12 September 2014

4 Player scored four goals

Awards

=Monthly awards=

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rowspan="2"|Month

!colspan="2"|Manager of the Month

!colspan="2"|Player of the Month

!rowspan="2"|Reference

Manager

!Club

!Player

!Club

March
April

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Samvel Babayan

|Pakhtakor

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Egor Krimets

|Pakhtakor

|align=center|

May

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Vadim Abramov

|Lokomotiv

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Jamshid Iskanderov

|Pakhtakor

|align=center|{{cite news|url=http://www.uz24.uz/sport/v-uzbekistane-nazvali-luchshego-igroka-i-trenera-mesyaca|script-title=ru:В Узбекистане назвали лучшего игрока и тренера месяца|publisher=uz24|language=ru|date=2014-06-11|access-date=2014-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705002151/http://uz24.uz/sport/v-uzbekistane-nazvali-luchshego-igroka-i-trenera-mesyaca|archive-date=2014-07-05|url-status=dead}}

June
July

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Samvel Babayan

|Pakhtakor

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Akmal Rustamov

|Qizilqum

|align=center|{{cite news|url=http://www.pakhtakor.uz/index.php?act=news§ion=&subsec=66&news_id=1563 |script-title=ru:Менеджер "Пахтакора" Самвел Бабаян лучший тренер по итогам июня и июля|work= FC Pakhtakor|language=ru|date= 2014-08-08}}

August

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Lushan

|Bunyodkor

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Sardor Rashidov

|Bunyodkor

|align=center|{{cite news|url= http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news§ion=11&subsec=1&news_id=5717|script-title= ru:Лауреатами августа стали Сардор Рашидов и Сергей Лущан|work= pfl.uz|language= ru|date= 2014-09-15|access-date= 2014-11-07|archive-date= 2014-11-07|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141107231238/http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news§ion=11&subsec=1&news_id=5717|url-status= dead}}

September

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Ruziqul Berdiev

|Nasaf

|{{flagicon|TKM}} Artur Gevorkyan

|Nasaf

|align=center|{{cite news|url= http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news§ion=11&subsec=1&news_id=5819|script-title= ru:Лауреатами сентября стали Артур Геворкян и Рузикул Бердыев|work= pfl.uz|language= ru|date= 2014-10-11|access-date= 2014-11-07|archive-date= 2014-11-07|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141107230650/http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news§ion=11&subsec=1&news_id=5819|url-status= dead}}

October

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Samvel Babayan

|Pakhtakor

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Jamshid Iskanderov

|Pakhtakor

|align=center|{{cite news|url= http://sports.uz/ru/football/news/2014/11/42253/|script-title= ru:Самвел Бабаян - лучший тренер октября, Джамшид Искандеров - лучший футболист|work= sports.uz|language= ru|date= 2014-11-10|access-date= 2014-11-10|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141110200823/http://sports.uz/ru/football/news/2014/11/42253/|archive-date= 2014-11-10|url-status= dead}}

November

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Samvel Babayan

|Pakhtakor

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Igor Sergeev

|Pakhtakor

|align=center|{{cite news|url=http://pfl.uz/index.php?act=news§ion=11&subsec=1&news_id=5980|script-title=ru:Лауреатами ноября стали Игорь Сергеев и Самвел Бабаян|work=pfl.uz|language=ru|date=2014-12-02|access-date=2014-12-05|archive-date=2014-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207184941/http://pfl.uz/index.php?act=news§ion=11&subsec=1&news_id=5980|url-status=dead}}

References

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