2016 Uzbek League

Uzbek League

Season	2016
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The 2016 Uzbek League season ist the 25th season of top level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. Pakhtakor are the defending champions from the 2015 campaign.

Teams

Andijan

Tashkent

Metallurg

Nasaf

Qizilqum

Navbahor

Neftchi

Olmaliq

Bukhoro

Sogdiana

Mash'al

Shortan

Kokand

Tashkent teams:
Bunyodkor
Lokomotiv
Obod Tashkent
Pakhtakor

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
FK Andijan	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov	Andijan	Soghlom Avlod Stadium	18,360
Bunyodkor	Bakhtiyor Babaev	Tashkent	Bunyodkor Stadium	34,000
Bukhoro	Jamshid Saidov	Bukhoro	Buxoro Arena	22,700
Kokand 1912	Murod Ismoilov	Kokand	Kokand Stadium	10,500
Lokomotiv	Mirko Jeličić	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	Rashidjon Gafurov	Namangan	Navbahor Stadium	22,000
Neftchi	Andrey Fyodorov	Farghona	Istiqlol Stadium	20,000
Obod Tashkent	Khayrulla Abdiev	Tashkent	Obod Stadium
Olmaliq FK	Igor Shkvyrin	Olmaliq	Olmaliq SM Stadium	12,000
Pakhtakor	Numon Khasanov	Tashkent	Pakhtakor Stadium	35,000
Qizilqum	Yuriy Lukin	Zarafshon	Yoshlar Stadium	12,500
Sogdiana	Davron Fayziev	Jizzakh	Sogdiana Stadium	11,650
Shurtan Guzar		Ghuzor	Ghuzor Stadium	7,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Kokand 1912	Vadim Shodimatov	end of caretaker spell	6 December 2015	Pre-season	Murod Ismoilov	7 December 2015
Navbahor	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov	Sacked	28 December 2015	Pre-season	Rashid Gafurov (interim)	28 December 2015
Shurtan	Mukhtor Kurbonov	Resigned	5 January 2016	Pre-season	vacant
Andijan	Sergey Kovshov	end of caretaker spell	30 January 2016	Pre-season	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov	30 January 2016

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokomotiv	7	6	1	0	20	5	+15	19	2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Bunyodkor	7	6	1	0	15	2	+13	19	2017 AFC Champions League 2nd qualifying round
3	Nasaf	7	6	1	0	13	3	+10	19
4	Metallurg	7	5	0	2	14	10	+4	15
5	Qizilqum	7	4	2	1	14	9	+5	14
6	Bukhara	7	4	2	1	10	5	+5	14
7	Pakhtakor	7	3	3	1	11	8	+3	12
8	Sogdiana	7	2	2	3	4	7	−3	8
9	Navbahor	7	2	1	4	9	10	−1	7
10	Neftchi	7	2	1	4	6	12	−6	7
11	Andijan	7	2	0	5	9	15	−6	6
12	Olmaliq	7	2	0	5	8	16	−8	6
13	Kokand 1912	7	2	0	5	3	12	−9	6
14	Mashal	7	1	1	5	7	13	−6	4
15	Obod	7	0	2	5	4	12	−8	2	Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
16	Shurtan	7	0	1	6	6	14	−8	1	Relegation to Lower Division

Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
Source: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

#	Scorer	Team	Goals Pen.
1	Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov	Lokomotiv	5 (0)
	Ilkhom Yunusov	Qizilqum	5 (4)
2	Sardor Mirzaev	Lokomotiv	3 (0)
	Bakhodir Nasimov	Bunyodkor	4 (0)
	Zokhid Abdullaev	Metallurg	4 (0)
	Igor Sergeev	Pakhtakor	4 (0)
3	Farhod Tadjiev	Olmaliq	3 (1)

External links

• Uzbekistan PFL - Official League Site