Uzbek Professional Football League

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Uzbek Professional Football League
Association Oʻzbekiston Futbol Federatsiyasi
First edition 1992
Teams 14 (2019)
master Paxtakor Tashkent (12th title)
Record champions Paxtakor Tashkent (12 victories)
Current season 2019
Website www.pfl.uz
Qualification for AFC Champions League

The Uzbek Professional Football League (formerly Oliy Liga ; Uzbekiston Professional Futbol Ligasi ; Russian Профессиональная футбольная лига Узбекистана ) is the top division of club football in Uzbekistan . The league was founded in 1992 when Uzbekistan gained independence from the Soviet Union and is hosted by the Uzbek Football Federation . The record winner of the post-Soviet era is Pachtakor Tashkent with eleven titles . The current champion in 2018 is Lokomotiv Tashkent .

A well-known player to appear in the Uzbek league was 1999 FIFA World Player of the Year , Rivaldo . He moved to Bunyodkor Tashkent in August 2008 and stayed there until 2010.

mode

A total of 12 teams take part in the first division in 2018. These play the champions against each other in the first and second round. The first two places in the league automatically qualify for the group phase or qualifying round of the AFC Champions League . Athletic relegated to the 2nd division is the last in the table at the end of the season.

Current season

The following twelve clubs took part in the 2018 season.

society city Home stadium capacity
Metallurg Bekobod Bekobod Metallurg stadium 11,000
FK Buxoro Bukhara Buxoro Arena 22,700
FK Neftchi Fargʻona Fargʻona Istiqlol Stadium 20,000
FK Soʻgʻdiyona Jizzax Jizzax Sogdiana Stadium 11,650
FK Kokand 1912 Kokand Kokand Markaziy Stadium 10,500
Navbahor Namangan Namangan Markaziy Stadium 33,000
FK Olmaliq Olmaliq Metalurg Stadium 5,000
Nasaf Karschi Qarshi Qarshi Markaziy Stadioni 14,750
Qizilqum Zarafshon Zarafshon Yoshlar Stadium 12,500
Bunyodkor Tashkent Tashkent Bunyodkor Stadium 34,000
Tashkent locomotive Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000
Paxtakor Tashkent Tashkent Paxtakor Central Stadium 35,000

master

From 1992

Master of the Soviet era

  • 1926 FC Tashkent
  • 1927 Tashkent FC
  • 1928 Ferg'ona FC
  • 1929 Tashkent FC
  • 1930 Tashkent FC
  • 1931–32 no championship
  • 1933 Tashkent FC
  • 1934 Tashkent FC
  • 1935 Tashkent FC
  • 1936 Tashkent FC
  • 1937 Spartak Tashkent
  • 1938 Spartak Tashkent
  
  • 1939 Dinamo Tashkent
  • 1940-47 no championship
  • 1948 Polyarnaya Zvezda Tashkent Oblast
  • 1949 Dinamo Tashkent
  • 1950 Spartak Tashkent
  • 1951 Spartak Tashkent
  • 1952 Dinamo Tashkent
  • 1953 FShM Tashkent
  • 1954 Dinamo Tashkent
  • 1955 ODO Tashkent (later CSKA)
  • 1956 ODO Tashkent
  • 1957 Mashstroi Tashkent
  
  • 1958 Khimik Chirchik
  • 1959 Mekhnat Tashkent
  • 1960 Sokol Tashkent
  • 1961 Sokol Tashkent
  • 1962 Sokol Tashkent
  • 1963 Sokol Tashkent
  • 1964 Sokol Tashkent
  • 1965 Sokol Tashkent
  • 1966 Zvezda Tashkent
  • 1967 Tashavtomash Tashkent
  • 1968 Khust Namangan Oblast
  • 1969 Tashkabel Tashkent
  
  • 1970 CSKA Tashkent (formerly ODO)
  • 1971 Yangiaryk Khorezm Oblast
  • 1972 Trud Jizzak
  • 1973 Quruvchi Samarqand
  • 1974 Pakhtakor Gulistan
  • 1975 Zarafshan Navoi
  • 1976 Tashkent tractor
  • 1977 Khiva
  • 1978 Khorezm (Kolkhoz im. Narimanova)
  • 1979 Khisar Shakhrisabz
  • 1980 no championship
  • 1981 Ekipress Samarkand
  
  • 1982 Beshkent
  • 1983 Tselinnik Turtkul
  • 1984 Khorezm Khanki
  • 1985 Shakhter Angren
  • 1986 Tashkent tractor
  • 1987 Avtomobilist Fargʻona
  • 1988 Selmashevets Chirchik
  • 1989 Nurafshon Bukhara
  • 1990 Naryn Khakulabad
  • 1991 Politotdel Tashkent Oblast (later FK Doʻstlik Tashkent)

See also

Explanations / individual evidence

  1. ↑ soccernet.espn.go.com: Report on Rivaldo's commitment

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