2016 Uzbek League

Football league season

Uzbek LeagueSeason| 2016

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Champions| Lokomotiv
Relegated| FK Andijan
Champions League| Nasaf Qarshi
Bunyodkor
Top goalscorer| 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)

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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

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Andijan

Tashkent

Metallurg

Nasaf

Qizilqum

Navbahor

Neftchi

Olmaliq

Bukhoro

Sogdiana

Mash'al

Shortan

Kokand

Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Obod Tashkent
Pakhtakor

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Location of teams in 2016 Uzbek League

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.

Club  | Coach  | Location  | Stadium  | Capacity

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FK Andijan |  Orif Mamatkazin  | Andijan | Soghlom Avlod Stadium | 18,360
Bunyodkor |  Sergey Lushan | Tashkent | Bunyodkor Stadium | 34,000
Bukhoro |  Jamshid Saidov  | Bukhoro | Buxoro Arena | 22,700
Kokand 1912 |  Numon Khasanov | Kokand | Kokand Stadium  | 10,500
Lokomotiv |  Andrey Miklyaev  | Tashkent | Lokomotiv Stadium | 8,000
Mash'al |  Alexander Khomyakov  | Muborak | Bahrom Vafoev Stadium | 10,000
Metallurg |  Rustam Mirsodiqov  | Bekabad | Metallurg Stadium | 15,000
Nasaf Qarshi |  Ruziqul Berdiev  | Qarshi | Qarshi Stadium | 14,750
Navbahor |  Ilkhom Muminjonov | Namangan | Navbahor Stadium | 22,000
Neftchi |  Andrey Fyodorov | Farghona | Istiqlol Stadium  | 20,000
Obod Tashkent |  Jafar Irismetov | Tashkent | Obod Stadium  |
Olmaliq FK |  Igor Shkvyrin | Olmaliq | Olmaliq SM Stadium  | 12,000
Pakhtakor |  Grigoriy Kolosovskiy  | Tashkent | Pakhtakor Stadium | 35,000
Qizilqum |  Yuriy Lukin  | Zarafshon | Yoshlar Stadium  | 12,500
Sogdiana |  Davron Fayziev | Jizzakh | Sogdiana Stadium | 11,650
Shurtan Guzar |  Ikhtiyor Karimov  | Ghuzor | Ghuzor Stadium | 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 |  Khayrulla Abdiev | Resigned | December 2015 | Pre-season |  Bobur Zukhriddinov (interim) | December 2015
Kokand 1912 |  Vadim Shodimatov | end of caretaker spell | 6 December 2015 | Pre-season |  Murod Ismoilov | 7 December 2015[1]
Navbahor |  Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | Sacked | 28 December 2015 | Pre-season |  Rashid Gafurov (interim) | 28 December 2015
Shurtan |  Mukhtor Kurbonov | Resigned | 5 January 2016 | Pre-season |  Ikhtiyor Karimov |
Andijan |  Sergey Kovshov | end of caretaker spell | 30 January 2016 | Pre-season |  Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | 30 January 2016
Navbahor |  Rashid Gafurov | Sacked | 27 April 2016 | 6th matchday |  Alexander Volkov (interim) | 27 April 2016
Kokand 1912 |  Murod Ismoilov | Resigned | 16 May 2016 |  |  Sergey Kovshov (interim) | 16 May 2016
Pakhtakor |  Numon Khasanov | Resigned | 27 May 2016 |  |  Grigoriy Kolosovskiy (interim) | 27 May 2016
Kokand 1912 |  Sergey Kovshov | end of caretaker spell | 11 June 2016 |  |  Numon Khasanov | 11 June 2016
Andijan |  Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov | Sacked | 14 June 2016 |  |  Orif Mamatkazin | 14 June 2016
Obod |  Bobur Zukhriddinov | end of caretaker spell | 18 June 2016 |  |  Alexander Mochinov | 18 June 2016
Navbahor |  Alexander Volkov | Sacked | 22 June 2016 |  |  Mustafo Bayramov (interim) | 22 June 2016
Navbahor |  Mustafo Bayramov | end of caretaker spell | 2 July 2016 |  |  Ravshan Bozorov | 2 July 2016
Obod |  Alexander Mochinov | Resigned | 9 September 2016 |  |  Jafar Irismetov | 10 September 2016
Navbahor |  Ravshan Bozorov | Sacked | 6 November 2016 |  |  Ilkhom Muminjonov | 6 November 2016

## Foreign players

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Further information: 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.

Club  | Player 1  | Player 2  | Player 3  | AFC Player  | Former players

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AGMK |  Graham Smith |  Nemanja Jovanović |  Darko Stanojević |  Arslanmyrat Amanow |  Yaroslav Martynyuk
Evgeniy Gogol
Andijon |  Denis Ilescu |  |  |  Elman Tagayev |
Lokomotiv |  Kakhi Makharadze |  Nemanja Janičić |  Slaven Stjepanović |  Artur Geworkyan |
Pakhtakor |  Adnan Orahovac |  |  |  |
Mash'al Mubarek |  Vladyslav Pavlenko |  Vyacheslav Shevchenko |  |  |
FC Buxoro |  Vadim Cemirtan |  |  |  |
FC Bunyodkor |  Chaker Zouaghi |  Jurica Buljat |  Aleksandar Alempijević |  Minori Sato |  Samir Bekrić
Navbahor |  Oleksandr Pyschur |  Alexandru Melenciuc |  Igor Golban |  Choi Hyun-yeon |
Neftchi Fergana |  |  |  |  Akmal Kholmatov |
FC Obod |  |  |  |  |
Metallurg Bekabad |  |  |  |  |
Nasaf |  Dejan Boljević |  Dragan Ceran |  Ognjen Krasić |  |  Rok Roj
Artur Geworkyan
FC Shurtan Guzar |  Oleksandr Pyschur |  |  |  |
Kokand 1912 |  Darko Gojkovic |  Nikola Valentić |  |  |
Sogdiana Jizzakh |  |  |  |  |
Qizilqum Zarafshon |  Andriy Derkach |  Georgiy Kvesieshvili |  |  |

## League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Lokomotiv (C) | 30  | 23  | 5  | 2  | 77  | 24  | +53  | 74  | 2017 AFC Champions League group stage
2  | Bunyodkor | 30  | 19  | 6  | 5  | 60  | 24  | +36  | 63  | 2017 AFC Champions League 2nd qualifying round
3  | Nasaf | 30  | 18  | 9  | 3  | 46  | 13  | +33  | 63
4  | Bukhara | 30  | 17  | 7  | 6  | 42  | 27  | +15  | 58  |
5  | Pakhtakor | 30  | 15  | 7  | 8  | 49  | 30  | +19  | 52
6  | Qizilqum | 30  | 14  | 8  | 8  | 41  | 32  | +9  | 50
7  | Metallurg | 30  | 14  | 7  | 9  | 47  | 34  | +13  | 49
8  | Mashal | 30  | 11  | 5  | 14  | 35  | 41  | −6  | 38
9  | Shurtan | 30  | 12  | 2  | 16  | 43  | 56  | −13  | 38
10  | Sogdiana | 30  | 9  | 7  | 14  | 23  | 41  | −18  | 34
11  | Neftchi | 30  | 9  | 4  | 17  | 28  | 43  | −15  | 31
12  | Kokand 1912 | 30  | 8  | 5  | 17  | 31  | 55  | −24  | 29
13  | Olmaliq | 30  | 8  | 2  | 20  | 40  | 54  | −14  | 26
14  | Obod | 30  | 6  | 6  | 18  | 25  | 51  | −26  | 24
15  | Navbahor | 30  | 6  | 5  | 19  | 37  | 66  | −29  | 23  | Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
16  | Andijan | 30  | 6  | 5  | 19  | 20  | 50  | −30  | 23  | Relegation to Lower Division

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2016. Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

## Relegation play-off

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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.

28 November 2016

13:00 (UTC+05:00)

Navbahor Namangan| 3–1| Naryn

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I.Isakjanov  23'
A.Makhmudov  29', 84' | Report | S.Dostonov  34'

TTYMI Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 582

Referee: B. Namazov

## Season statistics

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### Top goalscorers

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As of 23 November 2016[2]
Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov | Lokomotiv  | 22 (1)
2  |  Zokhid Abdullaev  | Metallurg  | 18 (0)
3  |  Shokhruz Norkhonov | Obod  | 14 (2)
4  |  Sardor Mirzaev | Lokomotiv  | 13 (0)
Nemanja Jovanović | Andijon/Qizilqum  | 13 (3)
6  |  Zafar Polvonov  | Shurtan Guzar  | 12 (0)
Marat Bikmaev | Lokomotiv  | 12 (1)
Dragan Ćeran | Nasaf  | 12 (1)
9  |  Shakhboz Erkinov | Mash'al  | 11 (1)
Igor Sergeev | Pakhtakor  | 11 (3)

### Hat–tricks

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Player | Team | Against | Result | Date

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Igor Taran | Shurtan | Sogdiana Jizzakh | 4–2 | 7 May 2016
Oleksandr Pyschur | Navbahor | Kokand 1912 | 5–1 | 14 May 2016
Zafar Polvonov | Shurtan | Pakhtakor | 3–1 | 20 June 2016
Aziz Ibragimov | Andijan | Bukhoro | 1–4 | 26 August 2016
Kenja Turaev | Mashal | Andijan | 5–0 | 24 September 2016
Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov | Mashal | Lokomotiv | 0–4 | 18 October 2016

## Awards

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### Monthly awards

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## References

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1. ^ ""Коканд-1912" подтвердил назначение Муроджона Исмоилова". Championat.asia. 2015-12-07.
2. ^ "PFL". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

## External links

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* Uzbekistan PFL - Official League Site Archived 2013-12-26 at the Wayback Machine

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