# 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

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.
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

| 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 | 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) |
| 1999 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Bunyodkor Qo'qon 1912 | Mash'al Sport | Zarafshon Navoi | Aziz Asimov (NBU Osiyo, 20 goals) Mansur Abdullaev (Zarafshon NCZ, 20 goals) |
| 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 | 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.
    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.
    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 |
| 1999 | Semurg Angren | Rafael Fabarisov |
| 1999 | Kimyogar Chirchiq | Alexander Ivankov |
| 1999 | Qizilqum Zarafshon | Vladimir Desyatchikov |
| 1999 | 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 |