Uzbekistan Pro League ( Uzbek: ''O'zbekiston Pro Ligasi'') is a

professional football In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance. Professionalism in sport has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larg ...

league in

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

, and currently the second level after the

Uzbekistan Super League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

History

Since the foundation in 1992 and until the end of 2017 was called the "Uzbekistan First League" ( Uzbek: ''O'zbekiston Birinchi ligasi / Ўзбекистон Биринчи лигаси'';

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: ''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 ''Uzbekistan Pro League'' starting from the 2018 season. The league has been reduced from 18 (2017) to 16 teams. In 2018 in the Pro League Uzbekistan involved 16 teams in a double round system (30 rounds), home and away. The winner of the Uzbekistan Pro League receives the permit in the Uzbekistan Super League, and the club took second 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 Super League club, who took there the penultimate eleventh place. The winner of the playoffs gets a chance in Super League Uzbekistan, and the losing club will start the new season in the Pro League Uzbekistan. The clubs finishing in last place in the Pro League, will start the season in the Uzbekistan Pro-B League — the third level and the importance of football in the country. The division is run by Uzbekistan Professional Football League(UzPFL) and Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA).

Teams

Winners and promotions by season

:1:In the season 1999 additionally to the first second teams also promoted to

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

Qizilqum Zarafshon Qizilqum Zarafshon ( uz, Qizilqum Zarafshon futbol klubi, Қизилқум Зарафшон футбол клуби), is an Uzbekistan, Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Zarafshon. They play in the Uzbekistan Super L ...

and Aral Nukus. :2:The winner and runner-up team of season 2009 did not promoted to

because the number of teams of Top League was reduced from 16 to 14 for upcoming 2010 season. :3:FK Guliston could not enter the 2012 Uzbek League as runner-up team and was replaced by

because of financial problems.

Coaches of promoted teams

: In the season 1999 four teams promoted to

References

External links

Championat.uz
Standings and results
pfl.uz
First league results
Soccerway.com
Standings, Fixtures & Results {{AFC second leagues , state=collapsed 2 Second level football leagues in Asia Sports leagues established in 1992 1992 establishments in Uzbekistan