The 2012 Uzbek League season was the 21st season of top level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. Bunyodkor were the defending champions from the 2011 campaign. The draw for the 2012 Uzbek League season took place on January 6, 2012.„Состоялась жеребьевка Чемпионата-2012, 06.01.2012 .
FK Guliston was officially out of the season, and was replaced by Qizilqum Zarafshon, the reason for absence were financial problems of the club.„Gulistan not to play in Oliy Liga. Uzdaily.com, 07 January 2012.
New rules - The 4+1 format of foreign players has been reduced to 3+1." pf.uz: Итоги 2011 года и планы на 2012 год, 19.12.2011" .
Teams Qizilqum Zarafshon and Sogdiana Jizzakh were relegated in the last edition of the Uzbek League to First League.
Club Coach City Stadium Capacity 2011FK Andijan Azamat Abduraimov Andijan Soghlom Avlod Stadium 18,360 12th Bunyodkor Mirjalol Qosimov Tashkent JAR Stadium 8,460 Champions FK Bukhoro Tachmurad Agamuradov Bukhoro Buxoro Arena 22,700 9th Lokomotiv Tashkent Ravshan Muqimov Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 D1, 1st Mash'al Mubarek Vladimir Fomichev Muborak Bahrom Vafoev Stadium 10,000 5th Metallurg Bekabad Rustam Mirsodiqov Bekabad Metallurg Bekabad Stadium 11,000 8th Nasaf Qarshi Usmon Toshev Qarshi Qarshi Stadium 14,750 2nd Navbahor Namangan Mustafo Bayramov Namangan Markaziy Stadium 28,462 6th Neftchi Farg'ona Yuriy Sarkisyan Farghona Farghona Stadium 14,520 4th Olmaliq FK Igor Shkvyrin Olmaliq Metallurg Stadium 11,000 11th Pakhtakor Murod Ismailov Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 3rd Qizilqum Zarafshon Ravshan Khaydarov Zarafshon Progress Stadium 6,000 13th Dinamo Akhmad Ubaydullaev Samarqand Olimpiya Stadium 12,250 10th Sho'rtan Ghuzor Edgar Gess Ghuzor Ghuzor Stadium 7,000 7th
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Position in table Date of appointment FK Andijan Orif MamatkazinResigned Aleksandr AveryanovPre-seasonDecember 12, 2011 FK Andijan Aleksandr AveryanovSacked Azamat AbduraimovSeasonAugust 22, 2012 FK Buxoro Gennadiy KochnevSacked Jamshid SaidovPre-seasonDecember 24, 2011 FK Buxoro Jamshid SaidovSacked Tachmurad AgamuradovSeasonJune 2, 2012 Lokomotiv Tashkent Ravshan MuqimovResigned Khoren HovhannisyanPre-seasonDecember 12, 2011 „armfootball.com: Хорен Оганесян возглавит ташкентский “Локомотив”, 12.12.2011 Lokomotiv Tashkent Khoren HovhannisyanEnd of contract Ravshan MuqimovSeasonJune 12, 2012 Nasaf Qarshi Anatoliy DemyanenkoSigned by Volyn Lutsk„Anatoly Demyanenko leaves Nasaf Karshi UzDaily.com, 8 January 2012 Ruziqul BerdievPre-seasonJanuary 5, 2012 „Демьяненко ва Казаченко «Насаф» билан хайрлашишди, 5 январь 2012 „Рўзиқул Бердиев - “Насаф” жамоаси бош мураббийи! Championat.uz, 10 January 2012 Nasaf Qarshi Ruziqul BerdievSacked Usmon ToshevSeasonMay 23, 2012 Pakhtakor Murod IsmailovTemporary position over Dejan ĐurđevićPre-seasonDecember 28, 2011 „Pakhtakor appoints new foreign head coach. UzDaily.com, 28 December 2011 Pakhtakor Dejan ĐurđevićMutual agreement Murod IsmailovSeasonJune 19, 2012 Shurtan Guzar Tachmurad AgamuradovSacked Igor KriushenkoPre-seasonNovember 22, 2011 „Игорь Криушенко назначен главным тренером «Шуртана», 22 ноября 2011 г.„fcshurtan.uz: Игорь Криушенко заключил контракт с “Шуртаном”, 24 ноября 2011 г. Shurtan Guzar Igor KriushenkoSacked Edgar GessSeasonJuly 5, 2012 Qizilqum Zarafshon Sergei ArslanovTemporary position over Ravshan KhaydarovPre-seasonJanuary 8, 2012 „Равшан Ҳайдаров “Қизилқум”да ишлайди, ёрдамчилари Андреев ва Евстафеев, 8 январь 2012
Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian player Former players* FK Andijan Mikheil Alavidze Levan Mdivnishvili Tadas Gražiūnas Muiddin Mamazulunov Aleksandr Petukhov Oleksandr Polovkov Vladimir Shishelov Farkhod Tokhirov Bunyodkor Slavoljub Đorđević Ján Kozák Emil Kenzhesariev David Carney FK Buxoro Giorgi Kvesieshvili Naoya Shibamura David Oniya Amir Gurbani Mikheil Kakaladze Oleksandr Tarasenko Lokomotiv Tashkent Zhora Hovhannisyan Romik Khachatryan Arturas Fomenka Maksim Kazankov Mohammad Bindi Mustaffa Mash'al Mubarek Igor Petković Milorad Resanovic Alik Khaydarov Toni Lindberg Ilya Fomitchev Metallurg Bekabad Bojan Kaljević Andriy Sirotyuk Nasaf Qarshi Andrejs Perepļotkins Ivan Bošković Vladimir Shishelov Artur Gevorkyan Bojan Mališić Navbahor Namangan Vital Panasyuk Nikolay Ryndzyuk Denis Romanenco Maksim Belyh Arturas Fomenka Vladimir Chekunov Neftchi Farg'ona Olmaliq FK Evgeniy Gogol Artem Nikitenko Darko Stanojević Pavel Kharchik Pakhtakor Tashkent Kakhi Makharadze Sanibal Orahovac Irakli Klimiashvili Naoya Shibamura Qizilqum Zarafshon Pavelas Leusas Yuriy Usachov FK Samarqand-Dinamo Andrei Melnichuk Andrei Erokhin Egidijus Majus Shurtan Guzar Giorgi Megreladze Patrick Agbo Adama Soro Vitaly Rushnitsky Muiddin Mamazulunov Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.
Pre-season transfers
League table
Results
Top goalscorers See also Coach and Player of Month #ScorerClubGoals (Pen.)1 Anvar BerdievNeftchi Farg'ona19 (5)2 Igor TaranShurtan Guzar14 (2)3 Temurkhuja AbdukholiqovPakhtakor13 (0) Vladimir ShishelovAndijan/Nasaf Qarshi13 (3)5 Ruzimboy AhmedovFK Dinamo Samarqand11 (1) Zaynitdin TadjiyevLokomotiv Tashkent11 (3)7 Arturas FomenkaLokomotiv Tashkent9 (0) Artur GevorkyanNasaf Qarshi9 (0) Zokhid AbdullaevMetallurg Bekabad9 (0)10 Shahzodbek NurmatovMetallurg Bekabad8 (0) Last updated: 21 November 2012 Source: Soccerway
See also Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year Uzbek League Top Scorer
References
External links Uzbek League Championat.uz: Standings and Results