2018 Uzbekistan Super League
The 2018 Uzbekistan Super League was the 27th season of top level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. Lokomotiv Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2017 campaign.
Teams
On 21 November 2017 according to UzPFL management decision the Uzbek League was officially renamed to Uzbekistan Super League starting from 2018 season. The number of teams playing in top division of Uzbek football is reduced from 16 to 12.
The draw for the 2018 Super League season was held on 3 February 2018. The first matchday is scheduled for 1 March 2018.
Sementchi, the winner of 2017 Uzbekistan First League did not participate in new Super League season. The club failed to pass licensing procedures like Mash'al Mubarek. These both clubs have been replaced by Neftchi Fergana and Sogdiana Jizzakh which according to 2017 season have been relegated to First League.
Managerial changes
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per USL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | AFC Player |
AGMK | Miloš Trifunović | Vladimir Bubanja | Jovan Đokić | Vladislav Kosmynin | Pavel Matyash |
Bunyodkor | Filip Rajevac | ||||
Bukhara | Sergey Rusetsky | :ru:Ларинов, Влад Юрьевич|Vlad Larinov | Vadim Cemirtan | Marko Klisura | Arslanmyrat Amanow |
Kokand 1912 | :ru:Гойкович, Дарко|Darko Gojkovic | Milan Spremo | Marko Milič | ||
Lokomotiv Tashkent | Kakha Makharadze | Igor Jelić | :ru:Погребняк, Николай Викторович|Nikolai Pogrebnyak | Nivaldo | Cho Suk-jae |
Metallurg Bekabad | :ru:Шипилов, Андрей Андреевич|Andrei Shipilov | Zoir Juraboev | |||
Nasaf | Slavko Lukic | Jahongir Aliev | |||
Navbahor | Darko Stanojević | Tomislav Pajović | Darko Nikač | Igor Golban | Nenad Injac |
Neftchi Ferghana | Vyacheslav Sushkin | :ru:Мирный, Виталий Александрович|Vitali Myrnyi | |||
Pakhtakor | Marko Simić | Isma | Tiago Bezerra | Dragan Ceran | Rostyn Griffiths |
Soghdiana | Darvydas Šernas | Miloš Simonović | Nikola Milinković | Milan Mitrović | Kim Dong-hee |
Qizilqum | Elgujja Grigalashvili | :ru:Квесиешвили, Георгий|Giorgi Kvesieshvili | Nemanja Jovanovic | Yevgeni Cheremisin | Artur Gevorkyan |
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Regular stage
Championship round
Teams keep records from regular stage against championship round opponents.Relegation round
Teams keep records from regular stage against relegation round opponents.Relegation play-off
----Sogdiana and AGMK will play in 2019 Uzbekistan Super League next season.
Season statistics
Top scorers
# | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Tiago Bezerra | Pakhtakor | 17 |
2 | Esmaël Gonçalves | Pakhtakor | 16 |
3 | Marat Bikmaev | Lokomotiv | 14 |
4 | Bobur Abdikholikov | Nasaf | 13 |
5 | Jovan Đokić | AGMK | |
5 | Murod Kholmukhamedov | Kokand 1912 | |
5 | Jovlon Ibrokhimov | Bunyodkor |