Uzbekistan Pro League
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox football league
|name = Uzbekistan Pro League
O'zbekiston Pro Ligasi
|image =
|organiser = Uzbekistan Professional Football League,
Uzbekistan Football Association
|founded = {{Start date and age|1992}}
|first =
|folded =
|country = Uzbekistan
|other countries =
|confed = AFC
|divisions =
|teams = 10
|feeds =
|promotion = Uzbekistan Super League
|relegation = Uzbekistan First League
|levels = 2
|domest_cup = Uzbekistan Cup
Uzbekistan League Cup
|league_cup =
|overseas_tournament =
|confed_cup = AFC Champions League
|champions =Mash'al Mubarek
|season = 2024
|most_champs = Soghdiana and Kokand 1912 (3 times)
|tv =Uzreport TV and Futbol TV{{cite web|url=https://www.pfl.uz/uzb/news/detail/12187|title=Pro liganing media va tijorat huquqlari bo'yicha UZREPORT TV bilan kelishuvga erishildi|publisher=pfl.uz|date=15 July 2020}}
|sponsor =Coca-Cola
|website = {{URL|pfl.uz}}
|current =2025 Uzbekistan Pro League
}}
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
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.{{cite news |url= https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2017/11/21/football/ |publisher= Gazeta.uz |script-title=ru:Высшая и Первая лиги Узбекистана сменят названия |date=2017-11-21 |language= ru }}
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
{{Location map+ |Uzbekistan |width=400|float=right |caption=Location of teams in 2020 Uzbekistan Pro League| places=
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=41.31379 |long=69.26743 |label={{nowrap|FC Oqtepa}} |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=40.38670 |long=71.77836 |label=Istiqlol
Neftchi
Turon|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=39.7 |long=66.98333 |label=Dinamo}}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=41.55 |long=60.63333 |label=Khorazm}}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=38.62083 |long=66.24806 |label=Shurtan}}
{{Location map~ |Uzbekistan |lat=39.96306 |long=68.39389 |label=FC Zaamin |position=top}}
}}
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|+ |
| Club
! Coach ! Location ! Stadium ! Capacity ! Kit sponsor ! Shirt sponsor |
|---|
| Dinamo
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Lushan |16,000 | Joma | Agromir Buildings |
| Istiqlol
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Sergey Lebedev | Fergana | 11,000 | Adidas | Stroy Montaj Invest |
| Khorazm
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Maksud Karimov | Urgench | 13,500 | Macron | |
| Neftchi Fergana
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Abdusmad Durmanov | Fergana | Fargona Stadium | 11,000 | Joma | FNQIZ |
| Oqtepa
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Yaroslav Krushelnitskiy | Tashkent | Stadion Oq-tepa | 2,000 | Nike | |
| Shurtan
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Asror Aliqulov | G‘uzor | 7,000 |
| Turon
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Islom Ismoilov | Yaypan | Uzbekistan Stadium | 4,500 | Adidas | Turon Eco Cement |
| Zaamin
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Jakhongir Jiyamurodov | Zaamin | Zaamin Stadium | 5,000 | Kappa | |
Winners and promotions by season
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| Season
!Winners !Runner-up !3rd place !Top scorer |
|---|
| 1992
|Shifokor Guliston |Bakht |{{flagicon|UZB}} Oleg Shatskikh (Politotdel, 25 goals) |
| 1993
|Baghdad |{{flagicon|UZB}} Igor Burov (FK Atlaschi, 28 goals) |
| 1994
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Khamza Jabbarov (FK Samarqand-Dinamo, 24 goals) |
| 1995
|Zarafshon Navoi |{{flagicon|UZB}} Zakir Narzullaev (Diyor Bulungur, 24 goals) |
| 1996[http://www.sportportal.uz/page/football/history/1682 Первая Лига: 1996 – 1998, 25 Ноября 2008] {{in lang|ru}}
|Zarafshon Navoi |Chilonzor Tashkent |{{flagicon|UZB}} Aleksey Zhdanov (Chilonzor Tashkent, 50 goals) |
| 1997
|Istiqlol Tashkent |{{flagicon|UZB}} Shavkat Ismailov (Shurtan Guzar, 29 goals) |
| 1998
|Kimyogar Chirchiq |{{flagicon|UZB}} Bakhtiyor Davlatov (FK Yangiyer, 39 goals) |
| 1999{{ref|n1|1}}[http://www.sportportal.uz/page/football/history/1752 Первая Лига: 1999 – 2002, 5 Декабря 2008] {{in lang|ru}}
|Semurg Angren |Kimyogar Chirchiq |{{flagicon|UZB}} Eldor Kasymov (Semurg Angren, 36 goals) |
| 2000
|Akademiya Tashkent |{{flagicon|UZB}} Bakhtiyor Davlatov (Mash'al Mubarek, 35 goals) |
| 2001
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Abduvosit Azizov (Mash'al Mubarek, 21 goals) |
| 2002
|Angren |{{flagicon|UZB}} Ulughbek Utarov (Sitora Bukhara, 19 goals) |
| 2003[http://www.sportportal.uz/page/football/history/1896 Первая Лига: 2003 – 2005, 9 Января 2009] {{in lang|ru}}
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Qobil Aliqulov (Sogdiana Jizzakh, 23 goals) |
| 2004
|Topalang Sariosiyo |{{flagicon|UZB}} Ravshan Bozorov (Topalang Sariosiyo, 44 goals) |
| 2005
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Pavel Pavlov (Sementchi, 29 goals) |
| 2006[http://www.sportportal.uz/page/football/history/1906 Первая Лига: 2006 – 2008, 12 Января 2009] {{in lang|ru}}
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Ilkhom Khamdamov (Vobkent FK, 42 goals) |
| 2007
|Uz-Dong-Ju Andijon |{{flagicon|UZB}} Vladimir Gavrilov (Oqtepa, 27 goals) |
| 2008
| Dustlik Jizzakh |Sokol Uchkuduk |{{flagicon|UZB}} Muiddin Mamazulunov (O.Akbarov, 23 goals) |
| 2009{{ref|n2|2}}[http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news§ion=11&subsec=10&news_id=941 "Бунедкор-Коканд" - победитель турнира, 29.10.2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506004515/http://www.pfl.uz/index.php?act=news§ion=11&subsec=10&news_id=941 |date=6 May 2016 }} {{in lang|ru}}
|Zarafshon Navoi |{{flagicon|UZB}} Aziz Asimov (NBU Osiyo, 20 goals) |
| 2010
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Abdulatif Juraev (Chust-Pakhtakor/FK Buxoro, 27 goals) |
| 2011
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Zaynitdin Tadjiyev (Lokomotiv Tashkent, 30 goals) |
| 2012
|Guliston{{ref|n3|3}} |{{flagicon|UZB}} Khurshid Yuldoshev (Sogdiana Jizzakh, 26 goals) |
| 2013
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Firdavs Asadov (Spartak Bukhoro, 21 goals) |
| 2014
|Obod |{{flagicon|UZB}} Viktor Klishin (Shurtan Guzar, 40 goals) |
| 2015
|Obod |Uz-Dong-Ju Andijan |{{flagicon|UZB}} Alisher Azizov (Obod, 26 goals) |
| 2016
| Norin |{{flagicon|UZB}} Navruz Khaipov (Orol Nukus, 30 goals) |
| 2017
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Shakhboz Ubaydullaev (Mashʼal-2, 33 goals) |
| 2018
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Shakhboz Jumabayev (FC Andijon, 16 goals) |
| 2019
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Pavel Purishkin (FC Oqtepa, 19 goals) |
| 2020
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Doston Toshmatov (Neftchi Fergana, 12 goals) |
| 2021
|{{flagicon|SRB}} Marko Obradović Neftchi Fergana/{{flagicon|UZB}} Ruzimboy Akhmedov Dinamo Samarqand (12 goals) |
| 2022
|{{flagicon|UZB}} Ruzimboy Akhmedov Buxoro (23 goals) |
:1:{{note|n1}}In the season 1999 additionally to the first second teams also promoted to Uzbek League: Qizilqum Zarafshon and Aral Nukus.
:2:{{note|n2}}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.
:3:{{note|n3}}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
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| Season
!Team !Coach | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2 |1992 | Shifokor Guliston | Riza Mallaev |
| Politotdel | Vladimir Bondarenko | |
| rowspan=2 |1993 | FK Atlaschi | Aleksey Stepanov |
| Surkhon Termez | Batyr Kashkenbaev | |
| rowspan=2 |1994 | Mash'al Mubarek | Boris Serostanov |
| FK Samarqand-Dinamo | Rustam Istamov | |
| rowspan=2 |1995 | Dinamo Urganch | Bahodyr Mirzaev |
| FK Kosonsoy | Vladimir Desyatchikov | |
| rowspan=2 |1996 | Zarafshan Navoi | Usmon Asqaraliev |
| Chilonzor Tashkent | Rauf Inileev | |
| rowspan=2 |1997 | Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon | Bakhrom Khakimov |
| Metallurg Bekabad | Yakov Kaprov | |
| rowspan=2 |1998 | Yangiyer | Bakhrom Davlatov |
| FK Samarqand-Dinamo | Berador Abduraimov | |
| rowspan=4 |1999{{ref|n4|4}} | Semurg Angren | Rafael Fabarisov |
| Kimyogar Chirchiq | Alexander Ivankov | |
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Vladimir Desyatchikov | |
| Aral Nukus | Quvvat Tureev | |
| rowspan=1|2000 | Akademiya Tashkent | Vladimir Zhukovkiy |
| rowspan=2 |2001 | Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon | Avhat Abdulin |
| Mash'al Mubarek | Bakhtiyor Babaev |
:{{note|n4}} In the season 1999 four teams promoted to Uzbek League
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| Season
!Team !Coach | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2 |2002 | FK Guliston | Vladimir Zhukovkiy |
| Sementchi Kuvasoy | Tokhir Kapadze | |
| rowspan=2 |2003 | Sogdiana Jizzakh | Suyun Murtazaev |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | Andrey Miklyaev | |
| rowspan=2 |2004 | Shurtan Guzar | Shamil Tolibov |
| Topalang Sariosiyo | Vladimir Bordyuzha | |
| rowspan=2 |2005 | FK Andijan | Islam Akhmedov |
| Xorazm FK Urganch | Quvvat Tureev | |
| rowspan=2 |2006 | Kuruvchi | Khikmat Irgashev |
| Vobkent FK | Genadiy Kochnev | |
| rowspan=2 |2007 | Sogdiana Jizzakh | Furqat Esanbaev |
| Uz-Dong-Ju Andijon | Islam Akhmedov | |
| rowspan=2 |2008 | Xorazm FK Urganch | Valijon Sultanov |
| Dustlik Jizzakh | Sirojiddin Ergashev | |
| rowspan=2 |2009 | Bunyodkor Qo'qon 1912 | |
| Mash'al-Sport | ||
| rowspan=2 |2010 | FK Buxoro | Genadiy Kochnev |
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | ||
| rowspan=2 |2011 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | Rustam Muqimov |
| FK Guliston | Alexandr Lushin |
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| Season
!Team !Coach | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2 |2012 | Sogdiana Jizzakh | Davron Fayziev |
| FK Guliston | Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | |
| rowspan=2 |2013 | Mash'al Mubarek | Alexander Khomyakov |
| FK Andijan | Azamat Abduraimov | |
| rowspan=2 |2014 | Shurtan Guzar | Mukhtor Kurbonov |
| Kokand 1912 | Rustam Abdullaev | |
| 2015 | Obod Tashkent | Khayrulla Abdiev |
| 2016 | Dinamo Samarqand | Ilkhom Sharipov |
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111211034408/http://championat.uz/uz/soccer/89 Championat.uz]: Standings and results
- [http://pfl.uz pfl.uz]: First league results
- [https://int.soccerway.com/national/uzbekistan/1st-division/2011/regular-season/ Soccerway.com]; Standings, Fixtures & Results
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