2012 Uzbek League
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.
FK Guliston was officially out of the season, and was replaced by Qizilqum Zarafshon, the reason for absence were financial problems of the club.
New rules
- The 4+1 format of foreign players has been reduced to 3+1.Teams
and Sogdiana Jizzakh were relegated in the last edition of the Uzbek League to First League.| Club | Coach | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2011 |
| FK 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
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| # | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Anvar Berdiev | Neftchi Farg'ona | 19 |
| 2 | Igor Taran | Shurtan Guzar | 14 |
| 3 | Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov | Pakhtakor | 13 |
| 3 | Vladimir Shishelov | Andijan/Nasaf Qarshi | 13 |
| 5 | Ruzimboy Ahmedov | FK Dinamo Samarqand | 11 |
| 5 | Zaynitdin Tadjiyev | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 11 |
| 7 | Arturas Fomenka | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 9 |
| 7 | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf Qarshi | 9 |
| 7 | Zokhid Abdullaev | Metallurg Bekabad | 9 |
| 10 | Shahzodbek Nurmatov | Metallurg Bekabad | 8 |
Last updated: 21 November 2012
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