2015 Uzbek League

Uzbek League

Season	2015
Champions	Pakhtakor
Relegated	FK Samarqand-Dinamo
Champions League	Pakhtakor Lokomotiv Nasaf Qarshi Bunyodkor
Top goalscorer	Igor Sergeev (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Lokomotiv- Sogdiana - 7:0; (17 August 2015)
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The 2015 Uzbek League season was the 24th season of top level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. Pakhtakor were the defending champions from the 2014 campaign.

Teams

Andijan

Tashkent

Metallurg

Nasaf

Qizilqum

Navbahor

Neftchi

Olmaliq

Bukhoro

Sogdiana

Dinamo

Mash'al

Shortan

Kokand

Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Pakhtakor

Location of teams in 2015 Uzbek League

Sogdiana Jizzakh and FK Andijan remained for 2015 Uzbek League edition due decision of UzPFL to expand League to 16 teams from 2015 season. Shurtan Guzar and Kokand 1912 promoted to 2015 League as 2014 First League winner and runner-up.

Club	Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FK Andijan	Sergey Kovshov	Andijan	Soghlom Avlod Stadium	18,360
Bunyodkor	Bakhtiyor Babaev	Tashkent	Bunyodkor Stadium	34,000
Bukhoro	Jamshid Saidov	Bukhoro	Buxoro Arena	22,700
Dinamo	Bakhrom Khakimov	Samarqand	Dinamo Stadium	16,000
Kokand 1912	Vadim Shodimatov	Kokand	Kokand Stadium	10,500
Lokomotiv	Mirko Jeličić	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	Andrey Fyodorov	Farghona	Istiqlol Stadium	20,000
Olmaliq FK	Igor Shkvyrin	Olmaliq	Olmaliq SM Stadium	12,000
Pakhtakor	Numon Khasanov	Tashkent	Pakhtakor Stadium	35,000
Qizilqum	Yuriy Lukin	Zarafshon	Yoshlar Stadium	12,500
Sogdiana	Davron Fayziev	Jizzakh	Sogdiana Stadium	11,650
Shurtan Guzar	Mukhtor Kurbonov	Ghuzor	Ghuzor Stadium	7,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Bukhoro	Alexander Mochinov	Resigned	17 May 2015	16th	Shukhrat Fayziev	21 May 2015 [1]
Dinamo Samarqand	Tachmurad Agamuradov	Resigned	2 July 2015	12th	Bakhrom Khakimov	7 July 2015[2]
Bukhoro	Shukhrat Fayziev	end of caretaker spell	5 July 2015	16th	Jamshid Saidov	5 July 2015
Pakhtakor	Samvel Babayan	Resigned	7 July 2015	1st	Numon Khasanov	7 July 2015[3]
Andijan	Edgar Gess	Sacked	28 August 2015	16th	Sergey Kovshov	2 September 2015
Neftchi	Murod Ismoilov	Resigned	15 September 2015	5th	Andrey Fyodorov	15 September 2015
Bunyodkor	Sergey Lushan	Resigned	23 September 2015	4th	Bakhtiyor Babaev	23 September 2015[4]
Lokomotiv	Vadim Abramov	Sacked	17 October 2015	2nd	Mirko Jeličić (interim)	17 October 2015[5]
Kokand 1912	Rustam Abdullaev	Sacked	6 November 2015[6]	12th	Vadim Shodimatov (interim)	6 November 2015

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pakhtakor Tashkent	30	24	3	3	66	23	+43	75	2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Lokomotiv Tashkent	30	23	5	2	66	22	+44	74
3	Nasaf Qarshi	30	19	5	6	46	20	+26	62
4	Bunyodkor	30	18	5	7	44	19	+25	59	2016 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Neftchi Farg'ona	30	16	4	10	41	30	+11	52
6	Olmaliq FK	30	12	8	10	53	49	+4	44
7	Mash'al Mubarek	30	11	5	14	37	42	−5	38
8	Navbahor Namangan	30	11	4	15	40	51	−11	37
9	Metallurg Bekabad	30	10	6	14	44	38	+6	36
10	Qizilqum Zarafshon	30	10	4	16	38	49	−11	34
11	Shurtan Guzar	30	8	9	13	42	53	−11	33
12	Kokand 1912	30	9	4	17	31	52	−21	31
13	FK Andijan	30	8	4	18	27	56	−29	28
14	FK Buxoro	30	7	5	18	31	53	−22	26
15	Sogdiana Jizzakh	30	8	2	20	31	60	−29	26	Relegation play-offs
16	FK Samarqand-Dinamo	30	6	7	17	28	48	−20	25	Relegation to Lower Division

Updated to games played on 22 November 2015.
Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Relegation play-off

The one leg relegation play-off match between 15th placed team of Uzbek League, Sogdiana Jizzakh and runners-up of 2015 First League, Oqtepa was played on 25 November 2015 in Olmaliq. Sogdiana won by 2:1 and remained in League.

Oqtepa v Sogdiana Jizzakh

25 November 2015 14:00 (UTC+05:00)

Oqtepa	1–2	Sogdiana Jizzakh
Khakimov  51'	Report	Sanzhar Rashidov  29' A.Abdurakhmonov  80'

Olmaliq Stadium, Olmaliq Attendance: 5,439 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

#	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Igor Sergeev	Pakhtakor	23 (4)
2	Bakhriddin Vakhobov	Qizilqum	21 (2)
3	Sanjar Shaakhmedov	Lokomotiv	14 (0)
4	Shakhboz Erkinov	Navbahor	13 (0)
5	Ilkhom Shomurodov	Nasaf	12 (0)
6	Kamoliddin Murzoev	Dinamo	11 (1)
	Marat Bikmaev	Lokomotiv	11 (1)
	Igor Taran	Shurtan	11 (3)
	Artur Gevorkyan	Nasaf	11 (4)
10	Shahzodbek Nurmatov	Metallurg	10 (0)
	Dostonbek Khamdamov	Bunyodkor	10 (0)
	Aziz Ibragimov	Bukhoro	10 (1)

Last updated: 22 November 2015
Source: Soccerway

Hat–tricks Player Team Against Result Date Bakhriddin Vakhobov Qizilqum Sogdiana Jizzakh 4–1 14 March 2015 Igor Sergeev Pakhtakor Bukhoro 3–1 3 April 2015 Bakhriddin Vakhobov Qizilqum Navbahor 3–2 18 June 2015 Ulugbek Bakayev Navbahor Shurtan Guzar 4–2 26 June 2015 Awards Monthly awards Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference Manager Club Player Club March Igor Shkvyrin Olmaliq Bakhriddin Vakhobov Qizilqum [7] April Murod Ismailov Neftchi Shohruh Gadoev Nasaf [8] May Samvel Babayan Pakhtakor Bakhriddin Vakhobov Qizilqum June Sergey Lushan Bunyodkor Igor Sergeev Pakhtakor August Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf Sanjar Shaakhmedov Lokomotiv September Andrey Fyodorov Neftchi Igor Sergeev Pakhtakor [9] October Ruziqul Berdiev Neftchi Kamoliddin Murzoev Dinamo November Jamshid Saidov Bukhoro Vokhid Shodiev Bunyodkor References "Официально! Александр Мочинов покинул пост главного тренера "Бухары"". UzDaily. 2015-05-21. "Бахром Хакимов - новый главный тренер "Динамо"" (in Russian). sports.uz. 2015-07-08. "Numon Hasanov appointed as acting head coach of Pakhtakor". UzDaily. 2015-07-07. "Responsible for the team will be Bakhtiyor Boboev". Bunyodkor. 2015-09-23. "Lokomotiv Tashkent coach fired". UzDaily. 2015-10-17. "Главный тренер ФК «Коканд-1912» освобожден от должности" (in Russian). Championat.asia. 2015-11-06. Шквырин - лучший тренер, Вахобов - лучший футболист марта (in Russian). Championat.asia. 2014-04-15. Мурод Исмоилов — лучший тренер месяца (in Russian). Championat.asia. 2014-05-15. : Player and Coach of Month in September 2015. pfl.uz. 2014-10-22. External links Uzbekistan PFL - Official League Site