2023 Uzbekistan Pro League

Uzbekistan Pro League
Season	2023
Champions	Lokomotiv Tashkent
Promoted	Lokomotiv Tashkent ; Dinamo Samarqand
Relegated	G'ijduvon ; Andijon-SGS
Matches played	110
Goals scored	295 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anvarjojn Hojimirzayev (16)
Biggest home win	Lokomotiv Tashkent 6–1 Andijon-SGS ; (13 August 2023)
Biggest away win	G'ijduvon 1–8 Kokand 1912 ; (25 October 2023)
Highest scoring	G'ijduvon 1–8 Kokand 1912 ; (25 October 2023)
Longest winning run	Kokand 1912 (6)
Longest unbeaten run	Dinamo Samarqand (19)
Longest winless run	Andijon-SGS (11)
Longest losing run	PFC Navbahor Namangan-2 (6)
Highest attendance	6,800 - Dinamo Samarqand vs Lokomotiv Tashkent ; (4 September 2023)
Lowest attendance	89 - G'ijduvon vs Andijon-SGS ; (18 April 2023)
Average attendance	980 ; (25 October 2023)
	← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 25 October 2023.

The 2023 Uzbekistan Pro League was the 32nd since its establishment in 1992. The competition started on 15 March 2023 and end on 25 October 2023.

Teams


Club	Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Kit sponsor	Shirt sponsor
Andijon-SGS	Shohruh Ishanov	Andijan	Uzbekistan Stadium	8,000	Nike	Shirin Gas Service
Aral	Nigmatulla Kutibayev	Nukus	Turon Stadium	9,300	Adidas	Uzkimyo Sanoat
Dinamo Samarqand	Vadim Abramov	Samarkand	Dinamo Samarkand Stadium	13,800	Jako	Agromir Buildings
G'ijduvon	Gennadiy Kochnev	Gʻijduvon	Central Stadium	5,000	Jako	Olcha.uz
Kokand 1912	Davron Fayziev	Kokand	Central Stadium	10,500	Jako
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Denis Korostichenko	Tashkent	Lokomotiv Stadium	8,500	Jako	Uzbek Railways
Mash'al Mubarek	Dilyaver Vaniyev	Muborak	Bahrom Vafoev Stadium	10,000	Macron	National Bank of Uzbekistan
Navbahor Namangan-2	Rashid Gafurov	Namangan	Markaziy Stadium	21,913	Adidas	Art Soft Cluster
Shurtan Guzar	Aleksey Yevstafeyev	Gʻuzor	G'uzor Stadium	7,000	Kelme	HGT
UniRed Samarqand	Alisher Latipov	Samarkand	Dinamo Samarkand Stadium	13,800	Joma	SXS Kamalak Service
Xorazm Urganch	Ruslan Akhmedov	Khwarazm	Khorezm Stadium	13,500	Jako	Uztelecom

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per UPL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	AFC Players	Former players
Andijon-SGS
Aral
Dinamo Samarqand	Dusan Mijic	Derrick Mensah	Francis Narh	Yudai Koike		Joel Kojo	Elgujja Grigalashvili Yevgeni Nazarov
G'ijduvon	Sunday Song
Kokand 1912
Lokomotiv Tashkent	Šime Žužul	Ivan Solovyov	Bojan Najdenov	Samuel Opeh	Manuchekhr Safarov	Rustam Soirov
Mash'al Mubarek	Andro Giorgadze	Shota Gvazava	Otar Javashvili	Serhiy Petrov
Navbahor Namangan-2
Shurtan Guzar
UniRed Samarqand
Xorazm Urganch	Tengeg Neville Mbanwei

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lokomotiv Tashkent	20	15	3	2	40	11	+29	48	Promotion to Uzbekistan Super League
2	Dinamo Samarqand	20	11	8	1	35	11	+24	41	Promotion to Uzbekistan Super League
3	Kokand 1912	20	11	7	2	43	22	+21	40	Qualification for Super League play-off
4	Mash'al Mubarek	20	10	4	6	26	20	+6	34
5	Shurtan Guzar	20	7	5	8	29	25	+4	26
6	Aral	20	6	8	6	18	15	+3	26
7	Xorazm Urganch	20	5	7	8	16	19	−3	22
8	UniRed Samarqand	20	4	6	10	24	34	−10	18
9	Navbahor Namangan-2	20	5	3	12	21	32	−11	18
10	G'ijduvon	20	4	4	12	21	52	−31	16	Relegation to Uzbekistan First League
11	Andijon-SGS	20	3	3	14	22	54	−32	12	Relegation to Uzbekistan First League

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Results

Results table

Home \ Away	AND	ARA	DIN	GIJ	KOK	LOK	MAS	NAV	SHU	UNR	XOR
Andijon-SGS	—	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–4	0–4	2–2	1–2	3–2	2–1	2–1
Aral	3–2	—	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Dinamo Samarqand	4–0	2–0	—	4–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0
G'ijduvon	3–1	1–0	2–2	—	1–8	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	0–3
Kokand 1912	5–3	1–0	0–0	5–2	—	2–3	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0
Lokomotiv Tashkent	6–1	1–0	0–0	5–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
Mash'al Mubarek	3–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	—	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Navbahor Namangan-2	1–0	0–0	0–3	4–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	—	2–1	3–2	1–2
Shurtan Guzar	5–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–3	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	3–0	0–1
UniRed Samarqand	1–1	1–1	1–1	6–2	0–2	0–4	2–3	2–1	2–1	—	1–0
Xorazm Urganch	3–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Andijon-SGS	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	P	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	P
Aral	D	W	L	P	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	P	D	L	L	W	D	W	D
Dinamo Samarqand	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	P	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	P	D	W	L
G'ijduvon	P	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	P	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L
Kokand 1912	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	P	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	P	W
Lokomotiv Tashkent	W	P	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	P	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W
Mash'al Mubarek	L	L	W	L	P	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	P	W	W	D	W	L	W
Navbahor Namangan-2	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	P	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	P	W	L
Shurtan Guzar	D	W	P	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	P	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	W
UniRed Samarqand	W	L	L	D	W	L	P	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	P	L	D	L	D
Xorazm Urganch	L	W	L	L	D	P	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	P	L	D	W	D	L

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. Source: Championat.asia
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Andijon-SGS	11	11	9	9	10	11	8	9	6	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Aral	6	4	5	5	6	8	9	11	11	11	11	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6
Dinamo Samarqand	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
G'ijduvon	8	9	11	11	11	10	11	7	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Kokand 1912	4	2	2	3	1	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Lokomotiv Tashkent	1	5	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mash'al Mubarek	10	10	6	7	9	6	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Navbahor Namangan-2	7	8	10	10	5	7	7	8	9	7	7	9	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	9
Shurtan Guzar	5	3	4	4	7	4	4	6	7	5	5	5	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	5
UniRed Samarqand	3	6	8	6	4	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	9	8
Xorazm Urganch	9	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Leader and promotion to Uzbekistan Super League
	Promotion to Uzbekistan Super League
	Relegation to Uzbekistan First League

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League

Season statistics

Goalscorers

As of match played 25 October 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Anvarjojn Hojimirzayev	Kokand 1912	16
2	Joel Kojo	Dinamo Samarqand	12
3	Serhiy Petrov	Mash'al Mubarek	10
4	Muhriddin Zoirov	Shurtan Guzar	9
5	Rustam Soirov	Lokomotiv Tashkent	8
6	Shohrux Mahmudhojiyev	Navbahor Namangan-2	7
	Zafar Polvonov	Shurtan Guzar
	Asomiddin Mamatov	UniRed Samarqand
9	Abubakir Muydinov	Andijon-SGS	6
	Islom Sharipov	UniRed Samarqand
	Doniyor Ismoilov	Kokand 1912

Own goals

Khojiakbar Mo'minov of Andijon-SGS against Lokomotiv Tashkent - 16 March 2023
Yursunali Topvoldiyev of Andijon-SGS against Kokand 1912 - 14 April 2023
Ramis Begishev of G'ijduvon against Lokomotiv Tashkent - 27 April 2023
Shokir Yo‘ldoshev of Shurtan Guzar against Andijon-SGS - 23 September 2023
Dusan Micic of Dinamo Samarqand against Shurtan Guzar - 25 October 2023

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Joel Kojo	Dinamo Samarqand	Navbahor Namangan-2	0–3 (A)	29 March 2023	^[1]
Anvarjojn Hojimirzayev⁴	Kokand 1912	Andijon-SGS	5–3 (H)	3 September 2023	^[2]
Zafar Polvonov	Shurtan Guzar	Andijon-SGS	5–2 (H)	23 September 2023	^[3]

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

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