Uzbekistan First League

Uzbekistan First League
Organising body	Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Founded	2020; 5 years ago
First season	2020
Country	Uzbekistan
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	30 (2025)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Uzbekistan Pro League
Relegation to	Uzbekistan Second League
Domestic cup(s)	Uzbekistan Cup
League cup(s)	Uzbekistan League Cup
Broadcaster(s)	NTRCU Regional Channels
Sponsor(s)	Artel Electronics; UzCard; Apex Insurance; Coca-Cola Beverages Uzbekistan; BMB Holding; Macron
Website	pfl.uz
	Current: 2025 Uzbekistan First League

Uzbekistan First League (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Birinchi ligasi / Ўзбекистон Биринчи Лигаси; Russian: Первая лига Узбекистана) is the third level (after the Super League and Pro League) football league in Uzbekistan

History

Since the foundation in 2018 and until was the «Uzbekistan First League» (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Pro-B ligasi / Ўзбекистон Про-Б 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 starting from the 2018 season. The league has been reduced from 18 (2017) to 16 teams.^[1]

In 2020 in the First League Uzbekistan involved 16 teams in a double round system (28 rounds), home and away. The winner of the Uzbekistan Pro-B League receives the permit in the Uzbekistan Pro League, and the club took third 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 Pro-B League club, who took there the penultimate eleventh place. The winner of the playoffs gets a chance in Pro League Uzbekistan, and the losing club will start the new season in the First League Uzbekistan. The clubs finishing in last place in the First League, will start the season in the Uzbekistan Second League — the fourth level and the importance of football in the country.

The division is run by Uzbekistan Professional Football League (UzPFL).

Regulations

The First League competition is formed based on the number of participating clubs. Currently, there are 16 participating clubs in the competition. The First League of Uzbekistan is held in a two-round system with a total of 30 rounds. In this, each club participates in 15 home and 15 away matches.

At the end of the season, the team that won the First League will start the new season in the Uzbekistan Pro League. The team that finished 2nd in the First League will participate in a play-off match against the team that finished 9th in the Uzbekistan Pro League to advance to the Pro League. According to the Competition Regulations of the Uzbekistan Professional Football League, the play-off match will be hosted by the club that finished second in the First League.

All Winners

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
2018	Nurafshon	Sherdor	Gijduvon
2019	Turon	Zomin	Yangiyer Lokomotiv BFK
2020	Yangiyer	Pakhtakor-Farm	Rubin
2021	Zomin	Gijduvon	Navbahor Farm
2022	Navbahor Farm	Aral	Pakhtakor-79
2023	Yangiyer^[2]	Jizzakh	Olympia
2024	Nasaf-2^[3]	Jizzakh	Olympia

Overall Table

Overall standings from 2018 to 2024 seasons.

Place	Team	Seasons	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals scored	Goals conceded	Goal difference	Points
1	Gijduvon	4	89	48	15	28	176	131	+45	159
2	Zomin	3	72	49	7	16	172	86	+86	154
3	Rubin	3	77	40	20	17	148	81	+67	140
4	Lokomotiv BFK	5	123	39	12	72	203	275	-72	129
5	Pakhtakor-79	4	95	38	11	46	143	183	-40	125
6	Navbahor-2 Farm	3	63	37	11	14	119	75	+44	122
7	Bunyodkor-2	4	91	35	14	42	150	151	-1	119
8	Chigatoy	4	91	27	14	50	154	206	-52	95
9	Shahrixonchi	2	54	27	10	17	85	66	+19	91
10	Yangiyer	2	37	28	4	5	103	35	+68	88
11	Andijon-2	3	66	25	8	33	94	124	-30	83
12	Sherdor	1	32	20	4	8	79	42	+37	64
13	Turon	1	28	19	5	4	67	23	+44	62
14	Aral samali	2	37	17	7	13	67	61	+6	58
15	Aral Nukus	1	26	18	3	5	65	33	+32	57
16	Yozyovon	1	32	14	3	15	45	55	-10	45
17	Labsa	1	32	13	4	15	47	48	-1	43
18	Iftikhor	1	32	12	4	16	42	60	-18	40
19	Yashnobod		45	11	6	28	61	123	-62	39
20	Unired	1	26	11	5	10	45	40	+5	38
21	Neftgazmontaj	1	20	11	3	6	31	27	+4	36
22	Pakhtakor Farm	1	17	11	2	4	40	16	+24	35
23	Dostlik Tashkent	1	26	9	6	11	33	39	-6	33
24	Qumqorgon-1977	1	26	8	8	10	35	49	-14	32
25	Qizilqum-Farm	1	26	9	4	13	39	54	-15	31
26	Jizzakh-Bars	2	37	7	7	29	39	62	-23	31
27	Dostlik Oltiariq	2	26	9	0	17	45	58	-13	27
28	Nasaf-Farm	2	26	7	3	16	35	52	-17	24
29	Lochin	1	20	7	3	10	2	45	−43	24
30	Zirabuloq	2	32	6	2	24	37	89	-52	20
31	Jomboy	1	20	5	2	13	29	41	−12	17
32	Ittifoq-Navoiy	1	20	3	1	16	19	58	-39	10

References

^ Высшая и Первая лиги Узбекистана сменят названия (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2017-11-21.
^ ""Yangiyer" became the champion of the First League". Archived from the original on 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
^ "Nasaf 2".

External links

[1] Высшая и Первая лиги Узбекистана сменят названия (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2017-11-21.

[2] ""Yangiyer" became the champion of the First League". Archived from the original on 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2023-09-25.

[3] "Nasaf 2".

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