2016 Uzbek League#League table
{{Infobox football league season
|competition=Uzbek League
|season=2016
|winners= Lokomotiv
|relegated= FK Andijan
|continentalcup1=Champions League
|continentalcup1 qualifiers= Nasaf Qarshi
Bunyodkor
|continentalcup2=
|continentalcup2 qualifiers=
|league topscorer= Abdukholiqov (22)
|biggest home win= Metallurg-Mashal - 6:0; (8 August 2016)
Nasaf-Navbahor - 6:0; (22 October 2016)
|biggest away win= Navbahor-Pakhtakor - 1:5; (24 September 2016)
|highest scoring=
|matches=
|total goals=
|longest wins=
|longest unbeaten=
|longest losses=
|highest attendance =
|lowest attendance=
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|prevseason=2015
|nextseason=2017
}}
The 2016 Uzbek League was the 25th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. Pakhtakor were the defending champions from the 2015 campaign.
Teams
{{Location map+ |Uzbekistan |width=500|float=right |caption=Location of teams in 2016 Uzbek League| places=
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.81362 |long=72.32935 |label=Andijan}}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=41.31379 |long=69.26743 |label=Tashkent |position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.21337 |long=69.27914 |label=Metallurg|position=bottom }}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=38.83824 |long=65.81386 |label=Nasaf }}
{{location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=41.57057 |long=64.20712 |label= Qizilqum}}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.99963 |long=71.59382 |label=Navbahor |position=top }}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.38670 |long=71.77836 |label=Neftchi |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.84531 |long=69.59999 |label=Olmaliq|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=39.76852 |long=64.42568 |label=Bukhoro}}
{{location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.11404 |long=67.82897 |label= Sogdiana |position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=39.25889 |long=65.17077 |label=Mash'al }}
{{location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=38.61810 |long=66.25914 |label= Shortan}}
{{location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.31430 |long=70.5633 |label= Kokand|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |lat=40 |long=56 |label=Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Obod Tashkent
Pakhtakor}}
}}
Sogdiana Jizzakh remained for 2016 Uzbek League after winning in relegation play-off match with Oqtepa. Obod Tashkent promoted to 2016 League as 2015 First League winner. The draw of 2016 season was held on 22 December 2015. The first matchday is scheduled for 4 March 2016.
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Club
! Coach ! Location ! Stadium ! Capacity |
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FK Andijan
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Orif Mamatkazin | Andijan | 18,360 |
Bunyodkor
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Lushan | Tashkent | 34,000 |
Bukhoro
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Jamshid Saidov | Bukhoro | 22,700 |
Kokand 1912
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Numon Khasanov | Kokand | Kokand Stadium | 10,500 |
Lokomotiv
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Andrey Miklyaev | Tashkent | 8,000 |
Mash'al
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Alexander Khomyakov | Muborak | 10,000 |
Metallurg
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Rustam Mirsodiqov | Bekabad | 15,000 |
Nasaf Qarshi
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Ruziqul Berdiev | Qarshi | 14,750 |
Navbahor
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Ilkhom Muminjonov | Namangan | 22,000 |
Neftchi
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Fyodorov | Farghona | Istiqlol Stadium | 20,000 |
Obod Tashkent
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Jafar Irismetov | Tashkent | Obod Stadium | |
Olmaliq FK
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Igor Shkvyrin | Olmaliq | Olmaliq SM Stadium | 12,000 |
Pakhtakor
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Grigoriy Kolosovskiy | Tashkent | 35,000 |
Qizilqum
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Yuriy Lukin | Yoshlar Stadium | 12,500 |
Sogdiana
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Davron Fayziev | Jizzakh | 11,650 |
Shurtan Guzar
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Ikhtiyor Karimov | Ghuzor | 7,000 |
=Managerial changes=
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Team
! Outgoing manager ! Manner of departure ! Date of vacancy ! Position in table ! Replaced by ! Date of appointment | ||||||
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Obod | {{flagicon|UZB}} Khayrulla Abdiev | Resigned | December 2015 | Pre-season | {{flagicon|UZB}} Bobur Zukhriddinov (interim) | December 2015 |
Kokand 1912 | {{flagicon|UZB}} Vadim Shodimatov | end of caretaker spell | {{dts|format=dmy|2015|12|06}} | Pre-season | {{flagicon|UZB}} Murod Ismoilov | {{dts|format=dmy|2015|12|07}}{{cite news |url=http://championat.asia/en/news/kokand-1912-podtverdil-naznachenie-murodjona-ismoilova |publisher=Championat.asia |title= "Коканд-1912" подтвердил назначение Муроджона Исмоилова|date=2015-12-07}} |
Navbahor | {{flagicon|UZB}} Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | Sacked | {{dts|format=dmy|2015|12|28}} | Pre-season | {{flagicon|UZB}} Rashid Gafurov (interim) | {{dts|format=dmy|2015|12|28}} |
Shurtan | {{flagicon|UZB}} Mukhtor Kurbonov | Resigned | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|1|05}} | Pre-season | {{flagicon|UZB}} Ikhtiyor Karimov | |
Andijan | {{flagicon|UZB}} Sergey Kovshov | end of caretaker spell | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|1|30}} | Pre-season | {{flagicon|UZB}} Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|1|30}} |
Navbahor | {{flagicon|UZB}} Rashid Gafurov | Sacked | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|4|27}} | 6th matchday | {{flagicon|UZB}} Alexander Volkov (interim) | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|4|27}} |
Kokand 1912 | {{flagicon|UZB}} Murod Ismoilov | Resigned | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|5|16}} | {{flagicon|UZB}} Sergey Kovshov (interim) | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|5|16}} | |
Pakhtakor | {{flagicon|UZB}} Numon Khasanov | Resigned | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|5|27}} | {{flagicon|UZB}} Grigoriy Kolosovskiy (interim) | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|5|27}} | |
Kokand 1912 | {{flagicon|UZB}} Sergey Kovshov | end of caretaker spell | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|6|11}} | {{flagicon|UZB}} Numon Khasanov | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|6|11}} | |
Andijan | {{flagicon|UZB}} Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | Sacked | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|6|14}} | {{flagicon|UZB}} Orif Mamatkazin | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|6|14}} | |
Obod | {{flagicon|UZB}} Bobur Zukhriddinov | end of caretaker spell | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|6|18}} | {{flagicon|UZB}} Alexander Mochinov | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|6|18}} | |
Navbahor | {{flagicon|UZB}} Alexander Volkov | Sacked | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|6|22}} | {{flagicon|UZB}} Mustafo Bayramov (interim) | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|6|22}} | |
Navbahor | {{flagicon|UZB}} Mustafo Bayramov | end of caretaker spell | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|7|2}} | {{flagicon|UZB}} Ravshan Bozorov | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|7|2}} | |
Obod | {{flagicon|UZB}} Alexander Mochinov | Resigned | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|9|9}} | {{flagicon|UZB}} Jafar Irismetov | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|9|10}} | |
Navbahor | {{flagicon|UZB}} Ravshan Bozorov | Sacked | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|11|6}} | {{flagicon|UZB}} Ilkhom Muminjonov | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|11|6}} |
Foreign players
{{details|List of foreign football players in Uzbekistan}}
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.
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Club
!Player 1 !Player 2 !Player 3 !AFC Player !Former players |
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AGMK
| {{flagicon|USA}} Graham Smith | {{flagicon|SRB}} Nemanja Jovanović | {{flagicon|SRB}} Darko Stanojević | {{flagicon|TKM}} Arslanmyrat Amanow | {{flagicon|UKR}} Yaroslav Martynyuk |
Andijon
| {{flagicon|MDA}} Denis Ilescu | | | {{flagicon|TKM}} Elman Tagayev | |
Lokomotiv
| {{flagicon|GEO}} Kakhi Makharadze | {{flagicon|BIH}} Nemanja Janičić | {{flagicon|MNE}} Slaven Stjepanović | {{flagicon|TKM}} Artur Geworkyan | |
Pakhtakor
| {{flagicon|MNE}} Adnan Orahovac | | | | |
Mash'al Mubarek
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Vladyslav Pavlenko | {{flagicon|UKR}} Vyacheslav Shevchenko | | | |
FC Buxoro
| {{flagicon|MDA}} Vadim Cemirtan | | | | |
FC Bunyodkor
| {{flagicon|TUN}} Chaker Zouaghi | {{flagicon|CRO}} Jurica Buljat | {{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Alempijević | {{flagicon|JPN}} Minori Sato | {{flagicon|BIH}} Samir Bekrić |
Navbahor
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Pyschur | {{flagicon|MDA}} Alexandru Melenciuc | {{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Golban | {{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Hyun-yeon | |
Neftchi Fergana
| | | | {{flagicon|TJK}} Akmal Kholmatov | |
FC Obod
| | | | | |
Metallurg Bekabad
| | | | | |
Nasaf
| {{flagicon|MNE}} Dejan Boljević | {{flagicon|SRB}} Dragan Ceran | {{flagicon|SRB}} Ognjen Krasić | | {{flagicon|Slovenia}} Rok Roj |
FC Shurtan Guzar
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Pyschur | | | | |
Kokand 1912
| {{flagicon|SRB}} Darko Gojkovic | {{flagicon|BIH}} Nikola Valentić | | | |
Sogdiana Jizzakh
| | | | | |
Qizilqum Zarafshon
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Derkach | {{flagicon|GEO}} Georgiy Kvesieshvili | | | |
League table
|show_limit=5
|res_col_header=QR
|team1=LOK|name_LOK=Lokomotiv
|team2=BUN|name_BUN=Bunyodkor
|team3=NAS|name_NAS=Nasaf
|team4=BUK|name_BUK=Bukhara
|team5=PAK|name_PAK=Pakhtakor
|team6=QIZ|name_QIZ=Qizilqum
|team7=MET|name_MET=Metallurg
|team8=MAS|name_MAS=Mashal
|team9=SHU|name_SHU=Shurtan
|team10=SOG|name_SOG=Sogdiana
|team11=NEF|name_NEF=Neftchi
|team12=KOK|name_KOK=Kokand 1912
|team13=OLM|name_OLM=Olmaliq
|team14=OBO|name_OBO=Obod
|team15=NAV|name_NAV=Navbahor
|team16=AND|name_AND=Andijan
|win_LOK=23|draw_LOK=5|loss_LOK=2|gf_LOK=77|ga_LOK=24|status_LOK=C
|win_BUN=19|draw_BUN=6|loss_BUN=5|gf_BUN=60|ga_BUN=24
|win_NAS=18|draw_NAS=9|loss_NAS=3|gf_NAS=46|ga_NAS=13
|win_BUK=17|draw_BUK=7|loss_BUK=6|gf_BUK=42|ga_BUK=27
|win_PAK=15|draw_PAK=7|loss_PAK=8|gf_PAK=49|ga_PAK=30
|win_QIZ=14|draw_QIZ=8|loss_QIZ=8|gf_QIZ=41|ga_QIZ=32
|win_MET=14|draw_MET=7|loss_MET=9|gf_MET=47|ga_MET=34
|win_MAS=11|draw_MAS=5|loss_MAS=14|gf_MAS=35|ga_MAS=41
|win_SHU=12|draw_SHU=2|loss_SHU=16|gf_SHU=43|ga_SHU=56
|win_SOG=9|draw_SOG=7|loss_SOG=14|gf_SOG=23|ga_SOG=41
|win_NEF=9|draw_NEF=4|loss_NEF=17|gf_NEF=28|ga_NEF=43
|win_KOK=8|draw_KOK=5|loss_KOK=17|gf_KOK=31|ga_KOK=55
|win_OLM=8|draw_OLM=2|loss_OLM=20|gf_OLM=40|ga_OLM=54
|win_OBO=6|draw_OBO=6|loss_OBO=18|gf_OBO=25|ga_OBO=51
|win_NAV=6|draw_NAV=5|loss_NAV=19|gf_NAV=37|ga_NAV=66
|win_AND=6|draw_AND=5|loss_AND=19|gf_AND=20|ga_AND=50
|col_GS=#ACE1AF|text_GS=2017 AFC Champions League group stage
|result1=GS
|col_QR=#D0F0C0|text_QR=2017 AFC Champions League 2nd qualifying round
|result2=QR|result3=QR
|col_RP=#FFCCCC|text_RP=Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
|result15=RP
|col_REL=#FFCCCC|text_REL=Relegation to Lower Division
|result16=REL
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|update=23 November 2016
|source=[http://www.pfl.uz Uzbekistan Professional Football League]
}}
Relegation play-off
The one leg relegation play-off match between 15th placed team of Uzbek League, Navbahor Namangan and runners-up of 2016 Uzbekistan First League, FC Naryn Khakkulabad was played on 28 November 2016 in Tashkent. Navbahor won by 3:1 and remained in League.
{{Football box
|date = 28 November 2016
|time = 13:00 (UTC+05:00)
|team1 = Navbahor Namangan
|team2 = Naryn
|score = 3–1
|goals1 = I.Isakjanov {{goal|23}}
A.Makhmudov {{goal|29||84}}
|goals2 = S.Dostonov {{goal|34}}
|stadium = TTYMI Stadium, Tashkent
|attendance = 582
|referee = B. Namazov
|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/11/28/uzbekistan/play-offs-12/navbahor-namangan/naryn/2375481/ Report]
}}
Season statistics
=Top goalscorers=
{{updated|23 November 2016}}{{cite web|title=PFL|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/uzbekistan/pfl/2016/regular-season/r34235/|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=13 November 2016}}
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Rank
!Player !Club !Goals |
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|align="left"|{{flagicon|UZB}} Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov |align="left"| Lokomotiv |22 (1) |
rowspan=1|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|UZB}} Zokhid Abdullaev |align="left"| Metallurg |18 (0) |
rowspan=1|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|UZB}} Shokhruz Norkhonov |align="left"|Obod |14 (2) |
rowspan=2|4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|UZB}} Sardor Mirzaev |align="left"|Lokomotiv |13 (0) |
align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Nemanja Jovanović
|align="left"| Andijon/Qizilqum |13 (3) |
rowspan=3|6
|align="left"|{{flagicon|UZB}} Zafar Polvonov |align="left"| Shurtan Guzar |12 (0) |
align="left"|{{flagicon|UZB}} Marat Bikmaev
|align="left"|Lokomotiv |12 (1) |
align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Dragan Ćeran
|align="left"| Nasaf |12 (1) |
rowspan=3|9
|align="left"|{{flagicon|UZB}} Shakhboz Erkinov |align="left"| Mash'al |11 (1) |
align="left"|{{flagicon|UZB}} Igor Sergeev
|align="left"| Pakhtakor |11 (3) |
=Hat–tricks=
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Player | Team | Against | Result | Date |
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{{flagicon|UZB}} Igor Taran | Shurtan | Sogdiana Jizzakh | 4–2 | 7 May 2016 |
{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Pyschur | Navbahor | Kokand 1912 | 5–1 | 14 May 2016 |
{{flagicon|UZB}} Zafar Polvonov | Shurtan | Pakhtakor | 3–1 | 20 June 2016 |
{{flagicon|UZB}} Aziz Ibragimov | Andijan | Bukhoro | 1–4 | 26 August 2016 |
{{flagicon|UZB}} Kenja Turaev | Mashal | Andijan | 5–0 | 24 September 2016 |
{{flagicon|UZB}} Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov | Mashal | Lokomotiv | 0–4 | 18 October 2016 |
Awards
=Monthly awards=
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news§ion=11&subsec=1&news_id=4786 Uzbekistan PFL - Official League Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226060132/http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news§ion=11&subsec=1&news_id=4786 |date=2013-12-26 }}
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