2014 Uzbek League

Uzbek League
Season	2014
Champions	Pakhtakor Tashkent
Relegated	Sogdiana Jizzakh Andijan
Champions League	Pakhtakor Tashkent Lokomotiv Tashkent Nasaf Bunyodkor
Matches played	182
Goals scored	492 (2.7 per match)
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The 2014 Uzbek League season was the 23rd season of top level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. Bunyodkor were the defending champions from the 2013 campaign.

Teams

Tashkent

Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Pakhtakor

Location of teams in 2014 Uzbek League

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.

Club	Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FK Andijan	Edgar Gess	Andijan	Soghlom Avlod Stadium	18,360
Bunyodkor	Sergey Lushan	Tashkent	Bunyodkor Stadium	34,000
Bukhoro	Seid Seidov	Bukhoro	Buxoro Arena	22,700
Dinamo	Kamo Gazarov	Samarqand	Dinamo Stadium	16,000
Lokomotiv	Vadim Abramov	Tashkent	Lokomotiv Stadium	8,000
Mash'al	Alexander Khomyakov	Muborak	Bahrom Vafoev Stadium	10,000
Metallurg	Rustam Mirsodiqov	Bekabad	Metallurg Stadium	15,000
Nasaf Qarshi	Ruziqul Berdiev	Qarshi	Qarshi Stadium	14,750
Navbahor	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov	Namangan	Navbahor Stadium	22,000
Neftchi	Murod Ismoilov	Farghona	Kirguli SM
Olmaliq FK	Igor Shkvyrin	Olmaliq	Olmaliq SM Stadium	12,000
Pakhtakor	Samvel Babayan	Tashkent	Pakhtakor Stadium	35,000
Qizilqum	Yuriy Lukin	Zarafshon	Yoshlar Stadium	12,500
Sogdiana	Davron Fayziev	Jizzakh	Zaamin Stadium	4,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Position in table	Date of appointment
Bukhoro	Tachmurad Agamuradov	Resigned	Edgar Gess	Pre-season	10 November 2013
Neftchi Farg'ona	Evgeniy Shokhin	Resigned	Murod Ismoilov	Pre-season	3 January 2014 ^[1]
Pakhtakor	Murod Ismoilov	Resigned	Samvel Babayan	Pre-season	3 January 2014
Navbahor Namangan	Usmon Asqaraliev	Resigned	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov	Pre-season	10 January 2014^[2]^[3]
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Khakim Fuzailov	Sacked	Vadim Abramov	Pre-season	13 February 2014^[4]^[5]
Bunyodkor	Mirjalol Qosimov	Resigned	Alexander Volkov	2nd	5 April 2014^[6]
Bunyodkor	Alexander Volkov	End of caretaker spell	Sergey Lushan	3rd	6 June 2014^[7]
Andijan	Azamat Abduraimov	Resigned	Orif Mamatkazin	14th	20 June 2014
Samarqand-Dinamo	Ravshan Khaydarov	Resigned	Kamo Gazarov	11th	2 July 2014
Bukhoro	Edgar Gess	Sacked	Seid Seidov	12th	23 August 2014
FK Andijan	Orif Mamatkazin	End of caretaker spell	Edgar Gess	14th	26 September 2014^[8]

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pakhtakor Tashkent (C)	26	23	3	0	54	14	+40	72	2015 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
2	Lokomotiv Tashkent	26	20	4	2	58	21	+37	64
3	Nasaf Qarshi	26	16	7	3	45	21	+24	55
4	Bunyodkor	26	15	6	5	44	20	+24	51	2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round ¹
5	Mash'al Mubarek	26	10	6	10	37	42	−5	36
6	Olmaliq FK	26	8	7	11	33	38	−5	31
7	Navbahor Namangan	26	9	3	14	38	40	−2	30
8	Neftchi Farg'ona	26	7	7	12	19	26	−7	28
9	Metallurg Bekabad	26	8	4	14	44	54	−10	28
10	FK Samarqand-Dinamo	26	8	4	14	25	39	−14	28
11	Qizilqum Zarafshon	26	7	6	13	23	34	−11	27
12	FK Buxoro	26	6	7	13	22	42	−20	25
13	Sogdiana Jizzakh (R)	26	7	3	16	32	49	−17	24	Relegation to Lower Division
14	FK Andijan (R)	26	3	3	20	18	50	−32	12	Relegation to Lower Division

Updated to games played on 7 November 2014.
Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Number of entrants per association for 2015 AFC Champions League can be changed.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

#	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Artur Gevorkyan	Nasaf Qarshi	18 (5)
2	Zokhir Kuziboyev	Mash'al Mubarek	14 (1)
2	Shakhboz Erkinov	Navbahor Namangan	14 (3)
4	Farhod Tojiyev	Lokomotiv Tashkent	13 (2)
5	Igor Sergeev	Pakhtakor	11 (0)
6	Sardor Rashidov	Bunyodkor	10 (0)
7	Sunatilla Mamadaliyev	Metallurg Bekabad	8 (0)
	Shahzodbek Nurmatov	Metallurg Bekabad	8 (0)
	Ivan Nagaev	Lokomotiv Tashkent	8 (0)

Last updated: 7 November 2014
Source: Soccerway

Hat–tricks

Player	Team	Against	Result	Date
Shakhboz Erkinov	Navbahor	Sogdiana Jizzakh	4–2	26 April 2014
Artur Gevorkyan	Nasaf Qarshi	Mash'al Mubarek	4–2	14 June 2014
Ruslan Kachur⁴	Navbahor	FK Buxoro	4–1	10 August 2014
Sardor Rashidov	Bunyodkor	Mash'al Mubarek	5–1	10 August 2014
Shakhboz Erkinov	Sogdiana Jizzakh	Navbahor	5–4	12 September 2014

⁴ Player scored four goals

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Reference
March April	Samvel Babayan	Pakhtakor	Egor Krimets	Pakhtakor
May	Vadim Abramov	Lokomotiv	Jamshid Iskanderov	Pakhtakor	^[9]
June July	Samvel Babayan	Pakhtakor	Akmal Rustamov	Qizilqum	^[10]
August	Sergey Lushan	Bunyodkor	Sardor Rashidov	Bunyodkor	^[11]
September	Ruziqul Berdiev	Nasaf	Artur Gevorkyan	Nasaf	^[12]
October	Samvel Babayan	Pakhtakor	Jamshid Iskanderov	Pakhtakor	^[13]
November	Samvel Babayan	Pakhtakor	Igor Sergeev	Pakhtakor	^[14]

References

↑ "Muradjon Ismailov appointed as Neftchi head coach". UzDaily.com. 2014-01-03.
↑ Официально. Бахтиёр Ашурматов продолжит карьеру в “Навбахоре” (in Russian). 2014-01-10.
↑ Бахтиёр Ашурматов продолжит карьеру в «Навбахоре» (in Russian). UzDaily.uz. 2014-01-13.
↑ Вадим Абрамов возглавил столичный «Локомотив» (in Russian). UzDaily.uz. 2014-02-13.
↑ Вадим Абрамов стал главным тренером «Локомотива» (in Russian). gazeta.uz. 2014-02-13.
↑ "Mirjalal Kasimov resigns as Bunyodkor head coach". UzDaily.com. 2014-04-05.
↑ "Sergey Lushan is head coach of Bunyodkor" (in Russian). FC Bunyodkor. 2014-06-03.
↑ Официально: Эдгар Гесс – главный тренер «Андижана» (in Russian). Championat.asia. 2014-09-26.
↑ В Узбекистане назвали лучшего игрока и тренера месяца (in Russian). uz24. 2014-06-11.
↑ Менеджер "Пахтакора" Самвел Бабаян лучший тренер по итогам июня и июля. FC Pakhtakor (in Russian). 2014-08-08.
↑ Лауреатами августа стали Сардор Рашидов и Сергей Лущан. pfl.uz (in Russian). 2014-09-15.
↑ Лауреатами сентября стали Артур Геворкян и Рузикул Бердыев. pfl.uz (in Russian). 2014-10-11.
↑ Самвел Бабаян - лучший тренер октября, Джамшид Искандеров - лучший футболист. sports.uz (in Russian). 2014-11-10.
↑ Лауреатами ноября стали Игорь Сергеев и Самвел Бабаян. pfl.uz (in Russian). 2014-12-02.

External links

Uzbekistan PFL - Official League Site

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