F.C. Neftchi Fergana (, Uzbek Cyrillic: Нефтчи Фарғона футбол клуби) is an Uzbek professional

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club based in

Fergana Fergana ( uz-Latn-Cyrl, Fargʻona, Фарғона, ), () or Ferghana, also Farghana is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 320 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km southwest of A ...

. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple champions of Uzbekistan.

History

Neftchi was founded 1962 and appeared in the

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(Central Asian Division) from 1962 to 1991 under the name ''Neftyanik Fergana''. In 1990, the club advanced to the

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, winning

, conference ''East''. In 1991 Soviet First League ''Neftchi'' ranked at 7th place which was club's highest achievement in Soviet football history. Since 1992, the club has been playing in the

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League (; ), known as Artel Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons (; ), is the top division of professional football in Uzbekistan. It is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Professional Football League a ...

, and along with

Pakhtakor Tashkent Pakhtakor Football Club () is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city of Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor is often considered the most successful football club in Uzbek ...

and

Navbahor Namangan PFC. Navbahor Namangan () is an Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Namangan. The club's name literal translation, means ''New Spring''. They play in the Uzbekistan Super League. Name RAHIMOV origins from Persian lang ...

, continuously participated in all seasons of the Uzbek League without a break.

Domestic history

Continental record

Rivalries

Uzbek El Classico

Traditionally there is always rivalry between two strongest teams in any League in club football. Since 1992 in Oliy League in Uzbekistan those two clubs were ''Neftchi'' and capital club

. Already in first edition of ''Oliy League'' in 1992 bothe teams finished first with the same points and were recognised as champions. This competition goes on over the years. The match between Pakhtakor and Neftchi is held since 1992. The first match between the two clubs was played on 25 May 1992 in Tashkent. The match of two rivals became later the name ''O'zbek Classikosi'' by analogy with Spanish Clasico.

Valley derbies

Neftchi's biggest local rival has always been

, club from

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region. Like Neftchi also ''Navbahor'' along Pakhtakor continuously is playing in

since 1992 without any break. This rivalry was always of enormous interest of both fans sides. Another Neftchi's ''Valley'' rival is

FK Andijan Football Club Andijan, also known as FC Andijon and Andijon Futbol Klubi, is an Uzbek professional football club based in Andijan. The club plays in Uzbekistan Super League. History The club was formed 1964 under the name Spartak. In 1969, the c ...

. ''Andijan'' was founded in 1964.

Stadium

Neftchi played ist home matches initially at

Fargona Stadium Fargona Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Fergana, Uzbekistan. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches and serves as the home for Neftchi Farg'ona. The stadium holds 14,600 people. Football venues in Uzbekistan ...

. ''Fargona Stadium'' was built in 1932 and was home ground of the club until 2012. The stadium was closed for reconstruction. The plans for construction of the new arena in another location were unveiled in 2011. The construction works for new 20,000 seater arena named ''Istiqlol Stadium'' in Fergana started in January 2012 and were finished at the end of 2014. It was planned ''Neftchi'' would play its home matches at new stadium in 2015. ''Neftchi'' played its home matches in 2012–14 and some matches of 2015 seasons at ''Kirguli SM Stadium'' and ''Kokand Stadium''. The opening match of the new ''Istiqlol stadium'' was held on 3 April 2015 with a friendly between Uzbekistan U-20 and New Zealand U-20 which ended with 1–0 victory of host team. The first official League match at the new stadium was played on 18 April 2018 with match Neftchi –

Mash'al Mubarek FC Mash'al Mubarek () is an Uzbek professional football club based in Mubarek. ''Mash'al'' means a torch. History The club was founded in 1982. Mashʼal played its first years in province league, later in UzSSR league. In 1993 the club starte ...

Honours

Domestic

League

(East conference) **Winners (1):

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

**Winners (5):

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

Uzbekistan Pro League Uzbekistan Pro League ( Uzbek: ''O'zbekiston Pro Ligasi'') is a professional football league in Uzbekistan, and currently the second level after the Uzbekistan Super League. The second-tier football competition in Uzbekistan was called the Uzbek ...

**Winners (1):

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Cups

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**Winners (2):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Players

Current squad

Current technical staff

Managerial history

* Arkadi Alov (1969–1971) * Ivan Larin (1972) * Yuriy Sarkisyan (Jan 1987 – May 16, 2013) * Amet Memet (2013–2014) * Murod Ismoilov (May 16, 2013 – Sept 14, 2015) * Andrey Fyodorov (Sept 15, 2015 – June 5, 2017) * Vadim Abramov (June 5, 2017 – December 16, 2017) * Sergey Kovshov (Januar 27, 2018 – present) * Bakhrom Khaydarov (2018 — 2019) * Abdusamad Durmonov (2019–2020) * Sergey Lebedev * Ilkhom Muminjonov (Jan 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022) * Vitaliy Levchenko (July 1, 2022 – ...)

References

External links

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