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 These both clubs have been replaced by Neftchi Fergana and Sogdiana Jizzakh which according to 2017 season have been relegated to First League.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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4AFC 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
NasafSlavko 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

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Sogdiana and AGMK will play in 2019 Uzbekistan Super League next season.

Season statistics

Top scorers

#PlayerClubGoals
1 Tiago BezerraPakhtakor17
2 Esmaël GonçalvesPakhtakor16
3 Marat BikmaevLokomotiv14
4 Bobur AbdikholikovNasaf13
5 Jovan ĐokićAGMK
11
5 Murod KholmukhamedovKokand 1912
11
5 Jovlon IbrokhimovBunyodkor
11