# 2014 Uzbekistan First League

The 2014 Uzbekistan First League was the 23rd season of 2nd level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. It is split in an Eastern and Western zone, each featuring 12 teams.

## Teams and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
| Uz-Dong-Ju | Andijan | | |
| Hotira-79 | Namangan Province | | |
| Chust-Pakhtakor | Chust | | |
| FK Kosonsoy | Kosonsoy | Kosonsoy Stadium | 30,000 |
| Kokand 1912 | Kokand | Kokand Stadium | 8,000 |
| Obod | Tashkent | | |
| Bunyodkor-2 | Tashkent | JAR Stadium | 8,460 |
| Lokomotiv BFK | Tashkent | | |
| NBU Osiyo | Tashkent | NBU Stadium | 9,100 |
| Oqtepa | Tashkent | Oq-Tepa Stadium | 2,000 |
| Pakhtakor-2 | Tashkent | Pakhtakor Stadium | 33,000 |
| Istiqlol | Pskent | Tukimachi Stadium (Tashkent) | |
| FK Guliston | Guliston | Guliston Stadium | 12,400 |
| Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi | Gallaorol | | |
| FK Zaamin | Jizzakh Province | Zaamin Stadium | 4,000 |
| FK Gijduvan | Gijduvan | | |
| Registon | Samarkand | | |
| Sherdor | Samarkand | | |
| Shurtan Guzar | Guzar | G'uzor Stadium | 8,000 |
| Spartak Bukhoro | Bukhoro | | |
| Mash'al-2 | Muborak | Bahrom Vafoev Stadium | 10,000 |
| Alanga | Koson | | |
| FK Orol Nukus | Nukus | Turon Stadium | 9,300 |
| Xorazm FK Urganch | Urganch | Xorazm Stadium | 12,000 |

## Competition format

League consists of two regional groups: conference "East" and "West". The season comprises two phases. The first phase consists of a regular home-and-away schedule: each team plays the other teams twice. The top eight teams of the first phase from each zone will be merged in one tournament and compete for the championship. The bottom four teams of each zone after first phase will play relegation matches to remain in first league.
The draw of the 2014 season was held on 21 February 2014. First League joined Shurtan Guzar, Guliston, Obod Tashkent, Mash'al-2, FK Gijduvan.
Sherdor-Presstizh changed its name to Sherdor (Samarkand).

## First phase

Final standings after finishing first phase of championship

### Zone "East"

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GF | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kokand 1912 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 49 | Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship |
| 2 | Oqtepa | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 45 | . |
| 3 | Obod | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 42 | . |
| 4 | NBU Osiyo | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 39 | . |
| 5 | Uz-Dong-Ju | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 34 | 37 | -3 | 33 | . |
| 6 | Hotira-79 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 32 | -5 | 30 | . |
| 7 | Istiqlol | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 49 | 52 | -3 | 29 | . |
| 8 | Pakhtakor-2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 40 | -6 | 26 | . |
| 9 | Lokomotiv BFK | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 38 | -8 | 25 | . |
| 10 | FK Kosonsoy | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 33 | 44 | -11 | 22 | . |
| 11 | Bunyodkor-2 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 39 | -11 | 22 | . |
| 12 | Chust-Pakhtakor | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 45 | -20 | 13 | . |

### Top goalscorers

| # | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Abdulatif Abdukodirov | NBU Osiyo | 18 |
| 2 | Otabek Khaydarov | Kokand 1912 | 17 |
| 3 | Isroil Tursunov | Istiqlol | 12 |

### Zone "West"

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GF | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shurtan Guzar | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 9 | +68 | 62 | Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship |
| 2 | FK Zaamin | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 45 | . |
| 3 | Xorazm FK Urganch | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 21 | +14 | 43 | . |
| 4 | FK Orol Nukus | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 36 | . |
| 5 | Mash'al-2 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 30 | -7 | 33 | . |
| 6 | Alanga Koson | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 41 | -8 | 30 | . |
| 7 | Sherdor | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 30 | . |
| 8 | Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 39 | -9 | 25 | . |
| 9 | FK Guliston | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 32 | -10 | 24 | . |
| 10 | Spartak Bukhoro | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 37 | -12 | 20 | . |
| 11 | FK Gijduvan | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 47 | -26 | 15 | . |
| 12 | Registon | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 32 | -22 | 8 | . |

### Top goalscorers

| # | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Viktor Klishin | Shurtan Guzar | 28 |
| 2 | Alexander Vostrikov | Shurtan Guzar | 12 |
| 3 | Soli Khayrullaev | Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi | 11 |

## Second phase
### Championship round
#### Table before start

League table before start of second phase of championship.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GF | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shurtan Guzar | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5 | +46 | 40 | Promotion to Uzbek League |
| 2 | Kokand 1912 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 29 | . |
| 3 | FK Zaamin | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 26 | . |
| 4 | Obod | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 25 | . |
| 5 | Oqtepa | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 24 | . |
| 6 | Xorazm FK Urganch | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 22 | . |
| 7 | Mash'al-2 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 20 | . |
| 8 | NBU Osiyo | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 19 | . |
| 9 | Uz-Dong-Ju | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 18 | . |
| 10 | FK Orol Nukus | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 18 | . |
| 11 | Pakhtakor-2 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 17 | . |
| 12 | Hotira-79 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 16 | . |
| 13 | Alanga Koson | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 15 | . |
| 14 | Istiqlol | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 38 | -9 | 12 | . |
| 15 | Sherdor | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -16 | 12 | . |
| 16 | Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 32 | -22 | 5 | . |

#### Final standings

The last matchday matches were played on 29 October 2014.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GF | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shurtan Guzar | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 88 | 18 | +70 | 77 | Promotion to Uzbek League |
| 2 | Kokand 1912 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 71 | . |
| 3 | Obod | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 63 | . |
| 4 | Oqtepa | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 61 | . |
| 5 | Uz-Dong-Ju | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 52 | . |
| 6 | NBU Osiyo | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 47 | . |
| 7 | Mash'al-2 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 42 | -9 | 44 | . |
| 8 | FK Zaamin | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 44 | -5 | 39 | . |
| 9 | Pakhtakor-2 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 57 | -7 | 39 | . |
| 10 | FK Orol Nukus | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 38 | -5 | 34 | . |
| 11 | Alanga Koson | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 56 | -17 | 32 | . |
| 12 | Xorazm FK Urganch | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 51 | -14 | 32 | . |
| 13 | Istiqlol | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 54 | 71 | -17 | 31 | . |
| 14 | Hotira-79 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 60 | -18 | 30 | . |
| 15 | Sherdor | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 63 | -40 | 29 | Qualification to the relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi | 30 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 35 | 100 | -65 | 6 | . |
Last updated: 29 October 2014 Source: Soccerway

### Top goalscorers

| # | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Viktor Klishin | Shurtan Guzar | 40 |
| 2 | Otabek Khaydarov | Kokand 1912 | 25 |
| 3 | Shakhboz Jumaboev | Uz-Dong-Ju | 20 |

### Relegation round

The teams ranked 9-12th place in first phase of championship played against each other in one leg group competition to define teams which play in relegation play-offs. The relegation round matches took place from 20-26 October 2014.

#### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GF | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Chust-Pakhtakor | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 10 | Remain in First League |
| 2 | FK Kosonsoy | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | . |
| 3 | Bunyodkor-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | . |
| 4 | Lokomotiv BFK | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 4 | Qualification to the relegation play-offs |
| 5 | FK Gijduvan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 1 | . |

### Relegation play-offs

The one leg relegation matches of 15th and 16th placed teams of championship round (Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi, Sherdor-Presstizh) against two last placed teams of relegation round (Bunyodkor-2, Lokomotiv BFK) were played on 4 November 2014. Bunyodkor-2 and Lokomotiv BFK remained in First League for 2015 season.

#### Matches

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi | 1-4 | Bunyodkor-2 |
| Sherdor-Presstizh | 0-1 | Lokomotiv BFK |