The defending champion Lokomotiv sealed Uzbekistan Professional League title with one match still to be played. After matchday 28 the “railways” team had 64 points ahead of Nasaf who were second with 59 points.
On November 19 Andrei Miklyaev’s team beat Dinamo - 5:1, following which was held the trophy awarding ceremony, with Nasaf hosting Pakhtakor for the silver medal decider, in which Nasaf stunned Pakhtakor 4-0, securing a place in the next year’s ACL group stage play-off.
The Tashkent-based Lokomotiv was founded in 2002, the club was once the champion and three times runner-up of Uzbekistan League and once won the Uzbekistan Cup and the Super Cup.
