Uzbekistan Pro League

Uzbekistan Pro League
O'zbekiston Pro Ligasi
Organising body	Uzbekistan Professional Football League,; Uzbekistan Football Association
Founded	1992;32 years ago
Country	Uzbekistan
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Uzbekistan Super League
Relegation to	Uzbekistan First League
Domestic cup(s)	Uzbekistan Cup ; Uzbekistan League Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Champions League
Current champions	Andijon
Most championships	Soghdiana and Kokand 1912 (3 times)
TV partners	Uzreport TV and Futbol TV
Sponsor(s)	Coca-Cola ; Volkswagen
Website	pfl.uz
	Current: 2024 Uzbekistan Pro League

Last updated September 25, 2024

Uzbekistan Pro League (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Pro Ligasi) is a professional football league in Uzbekistan, and currently the second level after the Uzbekistan Super League.

History

Since the foundation in 1992 and until the end of 2017 was called the "Uzbekistan First League" (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Birinchi ligasi / Ўзбекистон Биринчи лигаси; Russian: Первая лига Узбекистана).

Structure of the league

On 21 November 2017 according to the UzPFL management decision the Uzbekistan First League was officially renamed to Uzbekistan Pro League starting from the 2018 season. The league has been reduced from 18 (2017) to 16 teams.^[2]

In 2018 in the Pro League Uzbekistan involved 16 teams in a double round system (30 rounds), home and away. The winner of the Uzbekistan Pro League receives the permit in the Uzbekistan Super League, and the club took second place in the Pro League gets a place in the play-offs, consisting of two matches (home and away) where his opponent will be the Super League club, who took there the penultimate eleventh place. The winner of the playoffs gets a chance in Super League Uzbekistan, and the losing club will start the new season in the Pro League Uzbekistan. The clubs finishing in last place in the Pro League, will start the season in the Uzbekistan Pro-B League — the third level and the importance of football in the country.

The division is run by Uzbekistan Professional Football League (UzPFL) and Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA).

Teams

FC Oqtepa

Istiqlol
Neftchi
Turon

Dinamo

Khorazm

Shurtan

FC Zaamin

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Location of teams in 2020 Uzbekistan Pro League


Club	Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Kit sponsor	Shirt sponsor
Dinamo	Sergey Lushan	Samarkand	Dinamo Samarkand Stadium	16,000	Joma	Agromir Buildings
Istiqlol	Sergey Lebedev	Fergana	Fargona Stadium	11,000	Adidas	Stroy Montaj Invest
Khorazm	Maksud Karimov	Urgench	Xorazm Stadium	13,500	Macron
Neftchi Fergana	Abdusmad Durmanov	Fergana	Fargona Stadium Istiklol Stadium	11,000 22,000	Joma	FNQIZ
Oqtepa	Yaroslav Krushelnitskiy	Tashkent	Stadion Oq-tepa	2,000	Nike
Shurtan	Asror Aliqulov	G‘uzor	G'uzor Stadium	7,000	Sport-Saller	Uzbekneftegaz
Turon	Islom Ismoilov	Yaypan	Uzbekistan Stadium	4,500	Adidas	Turon Eco Cement
Zaamin	Jakhongir Jiyamurodov	Zaamin	Zaamin Stadium	5,000	Kappa

Winners and promotions by season

Season	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place	Top scorer
1992	Shifokor Guliston	Politotdel	Bakht	Oleg Shatskikh (Politotdel, 25 goals)
1993	FK Atlaschi	Surkhan Termez	Baghdad	Igor Burov (FK Atlaschi, 28 goals)
1994	Mash'al Mubarek	FK Samarqand-Dinamo	Kushan	Khamza Jabbarov (FK Samarqand-Dinamo, 24 goals)
1995	Dinamo Urganch	Kosonsoy	Zarafshon Navoi	Zakir Narzullaev (Diyor Bulungur, 24 goals)
1996^[3]	Zarafshon Navoi	Chilonzor Tashkent	Progress	Aleksey Zhdanov (Chilonzor Tashkent, 50 goals)
1997	Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon	Metallurg Bekabad	Istiqlol Tashkent	Shavkat Ismailov (Shurtan Guzar, 29 goals) Ghayrat Odilov (Lochin, 29 goals)
1998	Yangiyer	FK Samarqand-Dinamo	Kimyogar Chirchiq	Bakhtiyor Davlatov (FK Yangiyer, 39 goals)
1999¹^[4]	Semurg Angren	Kimyogar Chirchiq	Qizilqum	Eldor Kasymov (Semurg Angren, 36 goals)
2000	Akademiya Tashkent	Mash'al Mubarek	Sementchi	Bakhtiyor Davlatov (Mash'al Mubarek, 35 goals)
2001	Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon	Mash'al Mubarek	Sementchi	Abduvosit Azizov (Mash'al Mubarek, 21 goals)
2002	FK Guliston	Sementchi	Angren	Ulughbek Utarov (Sitora Bukhara, 19 goals)
2003^[5]	Sogdiana Jizzakh	Lokomotiv Tashkent	NBU Osiyo	Qobil Aliqulov (Sogdiana Jizzakh, 23 goals)
2004	Shurtan Guzar	Topalang Sariosiyo	NBU Osiyo	Ravshan Bozorov (Topalang Sariosiyo, 44 goals)
2005	Andijan	Xorazm FK Urganch	NBU Osiyo	Pavel Pavlov (Sementchi, 29 goals)
2006^[6]	Kuruvchi	Vobkent FK	Mashʼal-2	Ilkhom Khamdamov (Vobkent FK, 42 goals)
2007	Sogdiana Jizzakh	Uz-Dong-Ju Andijon	Mashʼal-2	Vladimir Gavrilov (Oqtepa, 27 goals)
2008	Xorazm FK Urganch	Dustlik Jizzakh	Sokol Uchkuduk	Muiddin Mamazulunov (O.Akbarov, 23 goals)
2009 ²^[7]	Bunyodkor Qo'qon 1912	Mash'al Sport	Zarafshon Navoi	Aziz Asimov (NBU Osiyo, 20 goals) Mansur Abdullaev (Zarafshon NCZ, 20 goals)^[8]
2010	FK Buxoro	Sogdiana Jizzakh	Guliston	Abdulatif Juraev (Chust-Pakhtakor/FK Buxoro, 27 goals)
2011	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Guliston	Yangiyer	Zaynitdin Tadjiyev (Lokomotiv Tashkent, 30 goals)
2012	Sogdiana Jizzakh	Guliston ³	NBU Osiyo	Khurshid Yuldoshev (Sogdiana Jizzakh, 26 goals)
2013	Mash’al Mubarek	Andijan	Kokand 1912	Firdavs Asadov (Spartak Bukhoro, 21 goals)
2014	Shurtan Guzar	Kokand 1912	Obod	Viktor Klishin (Shurtan Guzar, 40 goals)
2015	Obod	Oqtepa	Uz-Dong-Ju Andijan	Alisher Azizov (Obod, 26 goals)
2016	Dinamo Samarqand	Norin	Sementchi	Navruz Khaipov (Orol Nukus, 30 goals)
2017	Sementchi	Istiqlol Fergana	FC Andijon	Shakhboz Ubaydullaev (Mashʼal-2, 33 goals)
2018	Andijon	Mash'al Mubarek	Istiqlol Fergana	Shakhboz Jumabayev (FC Andijon, 16 goals)
2019	Mash'al Mubarek	Istiqlol Fergana	Oqtepa	Pavel Purishkin (FC Oqtepa, 19 goals)
2020	Turon	Neftchi Fergana	Dinamo Samarqand	Doston Toshmatov (Neftchi Fergana, 12 goals)
2021	Neftchi Fergana	Dinamo Samarqand	Olympic	Marko Obradović Neftchi Fergana/ Ruzimboy Akhmedov Dinamo Samarqand (12 goals)
2022	Andijon	Buxoro	Turon	Ruzimboy Akhmedov Buxoro (23 goals)

1: ^ In the season 1999 additionally to the first second teams also promoted to Uzbek League: Qizilqum Zarafshon and Aral Nukus.^[4]

2: ^ The winner and runner-up team of season 2009 did not promoted to Uzbek League because the number of teams of Top League was reduced from 16 to 14 for upcoming 2010 season.^[7]

3: ^ FK Guliston could not enter the 2012 Uzbek League as runner-up team and was replaced by Qizilqum Zarafshon because of financial problems.

Coaches of promoted teams

Season	Team	Coach
1992	Shifokor Guliston	Riza Mallaev
1992	Politotdel	Vladimir Bondarenko
1993	FK Atlaschi	Aleksey Stepanov
1993	Surkhon Termez	Batyr Kashkenbaev
1994	Mash'al Mubarek	Boris Serostanov
1994	FK Samarqand-Dinamo	Rustam Istamov
1995	Dinamo Urganch	Bahodyr Mirzaev
1995	FK Kosonsoy	Vladimir Desyatchikov
1996	Zarafshan Navoi	Usmon Asqaraliev
1996	Chilonzor Tashkent	Rauf Inileev
1997	Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon	Bakhrom Khakimov
1997	Metallurg Bekabad	Yakov Kaprov
1998	Yangiyer	Bakhrom Davlatov
1998	FK Samarqand-Dinamo	Berador Abduraimov
1999⁴	Semurg Angren	Rafael Fabarisov
	Kimyogar Chirchiq	Alexander Ivankov
	Qizilqum Zarafshon	Vladimir Desyatchikov
	Aral Nukus	Quvvat Tureev
2000	Akademiya Tashkent	Vladimir Zhukovkiy
2001	Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon	Avhat Abdulin
2001	Mash'al Mubarek	Bakhtiyor Babaev

^ In the season 1999 four teams promoted to Uzbek League

Season	Team	Coach
2002	FK Guliston	Vladimir Zhukovkiy
2002	Sementchi Kuvasoy	Tokhir Kapadze
2003	Sogdiana Jizzakh	Suyun Murtazaev
2003	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Andrey Miklyaev
2004	Shurtan Guzar	Shamil Tolibov
2004	Topalang Sariosiyo	Vladimir Bordyuzha
2005	FK Andijan	Islam Akhmedov
2005	Xorazm FK Urganch	Quvvat Tureev
2006	Kuruvchi	Khikmat Irgashev
2006	Vobkent FK	Genadiy Kochnev
2007	Sogdiana Jizzakh	Furqat Esanbaev
2007	Uz-Dong-Ju Andijon	Islam Akhmedov
2008	Xorazm FK Urganch	Valijon Sultanov
2008	Dustlik Jizzakh	Sirojiddin Ergashev
2009	Bunyodkor Qo'qon 1912
2009	Mash'al-Sport
2010	FK Buxoro	Genadiy Kochnev
2010	Sogdiana Jizzakh
2011	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Rustam Muqimov
2011	FK Guliston	Alexandr Lushin

Season	Team	Coach
2012	Sogdiana Jizzakh	Davron Fayziev
2012	FK Guliston	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
2013	Mash'al Mubarek	Alexander Khomyakov
2013	FK Andijan	Azamat Abduraimov
2014	Shurtan Guzar	Mukhtor Kurbonov
2014	Kokand 1912	Rustam Abdullaev
2015	Obod Tashkent	Khayrulla Abdiev
2016	Dinamo Samarqand	Ilkhom Sharipov

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References

↑ "Pro liganing media va tijorat huquqlari bo'yicha UZREPORT TV bilan kelishuvga erishildi". pfl.uz. 15 July 2020.
↑ Высшая и Первая лиги Узбекистана сменят названия (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 21 November 2017.
↑ Первая Лига: 1996 – 1998, 25 Ноября 2008 (in Russian)
1 2 Первая Лига: 1999 – 2002, 5 Декабря 2008 (in Russian)
↑ Первая Лига: 2003 – 2005, 9 Января 2009 (in Russian)
↑ Первая Лига: 2006 – 2008, 12 Января 2009 (in Russian)
1 2 "Бунедкор-Коканд" - победитель турнира, 29.10.2009 Archived 6 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
↑ Первая лига-2009: Кто забивал, 16.11.2009 (in Russian)

External links

Championat.uz: Standings and results
pfl.uz: First league results
Soccerway.com; Standings, Fixtures & Results

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[1] "Pro liganing media va tijorat huquqlari bo'yicha UZREPORT TV bilan kelishuvga erishildi". pfl.uz. 15 July 2020.

[2] Высшая и Первая лиги Узбекистана сменят названия (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 21 November 2017.

[3] Первая Лига: 1996 – 1998, 25 Ноября 2008 (in Russian)

[y1999-4] 1 2 Первая Лига: 1999 – 2002, 5 Декабря 2008 (in Russian)

[5] Первая Лига: 2003 – 2005, 9 Января 2009 (in Russian)

[6] Первая Лига: 2006 – 2008, 12 Января 2009 (in Russian)

[y2009-7] 1 2 "Бунедкор-Коканд" - победитель турнира, 29.10.2009 Archived 6 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)

[8] Первая лига-2009: Кто забивал, 16.11.2009 (in Russian)

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