Uzbek El Clasico is the name given to any
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
match between rival clubs
Pakhtakor Tashkent
FC Pakhtakor Tashkent ( uz, Paxtakor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor literally means "cotton-grower" in Englis ...
and
Neftchi Fergana
FC Neftchi Fergana ( uz, Neftchi Fargʻona futbol klubi, Uzbek Cyrillic: Нефтчи Фарғона футбол клуби) is an Uzbek football club based in Fergana. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple ch ...
.
History
Since Independence of Uzbekistan matches between the country's most titled football clubs
Pakhtakor and
Neftchi Ferghana from
Fergana
Fergana ( uz, Fargʻona/Фарғона, ), or Ferghana, is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 420 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km west of Andijan, and less than 20 km fr ...
city always aroused enormous interest of football fans. The match of two rivals became later ''O'zbek Classikosi'' (
Uzbek Cyrillic: "Ўзбек классикоси") or ''"Uzbek El Clasico"'' by analogy with ''
El Clásico'' in Spain.
Uzbek El Classico, 22 March, 2011
By competition
Matches since 1992
Statistics
Goalscorers
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Most appearances
Pakhtakor
Neftchi
References
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Sport in Tashkent
Sport in Fergana
Association football rivalries
Football in Uzbekistan
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK
FC Neftchi
Nicknamed sporting events