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Uzbekistan Pro League

Organising body	Uzbekistan Professional Football League and Uzbekistan Football Association
Founded	January 1992
Country	Uzbekistan
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Uzbekistan Super League
Relegation to	Uzbekistan Second League
Domestic cup(s)	Uzbekistan Cup Uzbekistan PFL Cup
Current champions	Sementchi (2017)
Most championships	Soghdiana and Kokand 1912 (3 times)
TV partners	NTRCU Sport NTRCU Regional Channels
Website	pfl.uz
2018 Uzbekistan Pro League

Uzbekistan Pro League (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Pro ligasi or Ўзбекистон Про лигаси)— football League in Uzbekistan, the second level of importance after the Uzbekistan Super League in the national championship.

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.^[1]

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 Second 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 (2017)

Andijan

Istiqlol

Dinamo

Nuravshon

Ghallakor

Tashkent

Norin

Nasaf-2

Kosonsoy

Mash'al-2

Xorazm

Orol

Neftchi

Khotira-79

Yozyovon

Kuvasoy

Zaamin

Tashkent teams:
Lokomotiv BFK
NBU Osiyo

Andijan teams:
FK Andijan
Uz-Dong-Ju

Location of the 2017 First League teams

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	Surkhon 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[2]	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[3]	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[4]	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[5]	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)
20092[6]	Bunyodkor Qo'qon 1912	Mash'al Sport	Zarafshon Navoi	Aziz Asimov (NBU Osiyo, 20 goals) Mansur Abdullaev (Zarafshon NCZ, 20 goals)[7]
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	Guliston3	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 Ferghana	Andijan	Shakhboz Ubaydullaev (Mashʼal-2, 33 goals)

1:^ In the season 1999 additionally to the first second teams also promoted to Uzbek League: Qizilqum Zarafshon and Aral Nukus.^[3]

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.^[6]

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

References

External links

• 
  Championat.uz: Standings and results


• 
  pfl.uz: First league results


• 
  Soccerway.com; Standings, Fixtures & Results