The 2012 Uzbekistan First League was the 21st season of 2nd level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. It is split in an Eastern and Western zone, each featuring 12 teams.

Teams and locations

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacityFK AtlaschiMargilanBunyodkor-2 ChirchiqChirchiq Stadium6,000FK Bukhoro-2 BukhoroChust-Pakhtakor ChustFC YoshlikKosonGhallakor-Avtomobilchi GhallaorolFK GulistonGulistonFK KhivaKhivaSpartak Stadium 8,000FK KosonsoyKosonsoyMash'al AkademiyaMuborakNasaf-2 QarshiNBU OsiyoTashkentNeftchi KhamzaFergana ProvinceOqtepaTashkentFK Orol NukusNukus9,300Pakhtakor-2 TashkentKokand 1912 KokandRegistonSamarkandSurkhon-2011Termez Sogdiana Jizzakh Jizzakh Jizzakh Stadium 9,000Xorazm FK UrganchUrganchXorazm Stadium12,000FK YangiyerYangiyerYuzhaninNavoiZaaminJizzakh Province Note: In 2012 season Dynamo Ghallakor renamed to Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi, Jaykhun Nukus to FK Orol Nukus, Bunyodkor Qo'qon 1912 to Qo'qon 1912 and FC Erkurgan to FC Yoshlik

Competition format League consists of two regional groups: zone "East" and "West". The season comprises two phases. The first phase consists of a regular home-and-away schedule: each team plays the other teams twice. The top eight teams of the first phase from each zone will be merged in one tournament and compete for the championship. The bottom four teams of each zone after first phase will play each other to remain in first league.

The draw of the 2012 season was held on 29 February 2012.

First League joined Bukhoro-2, Neftchi Khamza, Yuzhanin Navoi, Zaamin from Second League, Lokomotiv BFK and Pakhtakor-2. Заявочная компания стартует 23 февраля. pfl.uz, 25.01.2012. Imkon-Oltiariq club is replaced by Qo'qon 1912 (former Bunyodkor Qo'qon 1912) and Lokomotiv BFK by FK Atlaschi because of lack of the financial support.

FC Yoshlik is replaced in 2nd phase of championship by FK Registon because of club's debts to its players and coaching staff.

On August 29, 2012 Yuzhanin Navoi renamed to Zarafshon Navoi.

First phase

Zone "East"

Team Qualification or relegation 1 FK Guliston 22 16 3 3 56 25 +3151Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship 2 FK Yangiyer 22 13 3 6 42 25 +1742. 3 Oqtepa 22 14 0 8 49 48 +142. 4NBU Osiyo 22 10 6 6 36 28 +838. 5 Chust-Pakhtakor 22 11 1 10 29 32-334. 6 Neftchi Khamza 22 10 3 10 31 31 033. 7 FK Kosonsoy 22 10 3 10 31 32 -133. 8 Kokand 191222 9 5 8 35 29 +632. 9 Pakhtakor-2 Chilanzar 22 9 3 10 37 30 +730. 10Bunyodkor-2 22 5 2 15 21 40 -1917. 11 Zaamin 22 5 1 16 26 46 -2016. 12FK Atlaschi 22 5 0 17 20 47 -2715.

Top goalscorers #ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Dmitriy Kraev14Oqtepa2 Maruf Akhmedjanov13Oqtepa Abdulatif Abduqodirov13NBU Osiyo Last updated: 11 July 2012 Source: Uzbekistan First League

Zone "West" Team Qualification or relegation 1 Sogdiana Jizzakh 22 19 2 1 54 18 +3659Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship 2 Yuzhanin Navoi 22 12 4 6 29 22 +740. 3 Xorazm FK Urganch 22 11 5 6 27 18 +938. 4 FK Khiva 22 11 4 7 37 27 +1037. 5 Nasaf-2 22 12 1 9 4131 +1037. 6 Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi 22 10 0 12 35 39 -430. 7Bukhoro-2 22 9 2 11 29 34 -529. 8 FC Yoshlik 22 8 4 10 32 45 -1328. 9 Surkhon-2011 22 7 6 9 24 25 -127. 10 Registon 22 8 3 11 26 35 -927. 11 Mash'al Akademiya 22 6 0 16 22 29 -718. 12 FK Orol Nukus 22 2 3 17 1850 -329.

Top goalscorers #ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Zokhir Kuziboyev13Nasaf-2 Isroil Tursunov13FK Khiva Hurshid Yuldoshev13Sogdiana Jizzakh Last updated: 11 July 2012 Source: Uzbekistan First League

Second phase

Championship group

Table before start League table before start of second phase of championship

Team Qualification or relegation 1 Sogdiana Jizzakh 14 12 1 1 36 12 +2437Promotion to Uzbek League 2 FK Guliston 14 9 3 2 34 17 +1730. 3 Oqtepa 14 8 0 6 29 31 -224. 4FK Yangiyer 14 7 2 5 26 18 +823. 5 FK Khiva 14 6 2 6 23 18 +520. 6 Yuzhanin Navoi 14 6 2 6 15 17 -220. 7 Nasaf-2 14 6 1 7 25 21 +419. 8 Kokand 191214 5 4 5 22 19 +319. 9 Xorazm FK Urganch 14 5 4 5 16 16 019. 10 Neftchi 14 5 3 6 18 20 -218. 11 NBU Osiyo 14 3 6 5 19 22 -315. 12 Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi 14 5 0 9 23 28 -515. 13FK Kosonsoy 14 4 3 7 18 26 -815. 14Bukhoro-214 4 2 8 18 30 -1214. 15 Chust-Pakhtakor 14 4 1 9 12 25 -1313. 16Registon 14 3 1 10 14 26 -1210replaced FC Yoshlik

League table The last day matches were played on 30 October 2012. Club's end-season standing after finish of second phase of championship.

Team Qualification or relegation 1 Sogdiana Jizzakh 30 22 1 7 71 40 +3167Promotion to Uzbek League 2 FK Guliston 30 20 5 5 69 41 +2865. 3 NBU Osiyo 30 16 8 6 50 34 +1656. 4 FK Yangiyer 30 16 5 9 56 28 +2853. 5 Nasaf-2 30 15 3 12 68 47 +2148. 6 Zarafshon Navoi 30 14 5 11 40 35 +547. 7 Xorazm FK Urganch 30 13 6 11 41 35 +645. 8 Oqtepa 30 15 0 15 67 62 +545. 9 Kokand 1912 30 12 8 10 45 43 +244. 10 FK Khiva 30 11 3 16 40 51 -1136. 11 Neftchi 30 10 4 16 45 61 -1634. 12 Registon 30 10 3 17 41 48 -733replaced FC Yoshlik 13 Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi 30 10 2 18 39 62 -2332. 14 Bukhoro-2 30 9 4 17 39 61 -2231. 15 FK Kosonsoy 30 8 3 19 37 62 -2527. 16 Chust-Pakhtakor 30 7 4 19 23 62 -3925. Source: soccerway: Uzbekistan First League

Top goalscorers #ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Khurshid Yuldoshev26Sogdiana Jizzakh2 Zokhir Kuziboyev25Nasaf-23 Maruf Akhmedjanov23Oqtepa4 Azamat Allaniyazov22Nasaf-25 Abdulatif Abduqodirov22NBU Osiyo6 Dmitriy Kraev20Oqtepa/Xorazm FK Urganch7 Isroil Tursunov19FK Khiva8 Qahramon Bahodirov18Registon Last updated: 31 October 2012 Source: Uzbekistan First League

Relegation group

References

External links Championat.uz: Standings and results pfl.uz: First league results