The 2014 Uzbekistan First League was the 23rd season of 2nd level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. It is split in an Eastern and Western zone, each featuring 12 teams.

Teams and locations

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacityUz-Dong-JuAndijanHotira-79Namangan ProvinceChust-Pakhtakor ChustFK KosonsoyKosonsoyKosonsoy Stadium30,000Kokand 1912 KokandKokand Stadium8,000Obod TashkentBunyodkor-2TashkentJAR Stadium8,460Lokomotiv BFKTashkentNBU OsiyoTashkentNBU Stadium9,100Oqtepa TashkentOq-Tepa Stadium2,000Pakhtakor-2 TashkentPakhtakor Stadium33,000Istiqlol PskentTukimachi Stadium (Tashkent)FK GulistonGulistonGuliston Stadium12,400Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi GallaorolFK ZaaminJizzakh ProvinceZaamin Stadium4,000FK GijduvanGijduvanRegistonSamarkandSherdorSamarkandShurtan GuzarGuzarG'uzor Stadium8,000Spartak BukhoroBukhoroMash'al-2MuborakBahrom Vafoev Stadium10,000Alanga KosonFK Orol NukusNukusTuron Stadium9,300Xorazm FK UrganchUrganchXorazm Stadium12,000

Competition format League consists of two regional groups: conference "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 relegation matches to remain in first league.

The draw of the 2014 season was held on 21 February 2014. First League joined Shurtan Guzar, Guliston, Obod Tashkent, Mash'al-2, FK Gijduvan.

Sherdor-Presstizh changed its name to Sherdor (Samarkand).

First phase Final standings after finishing first phase of championship

Zone "East" Team Qualification or relegation 1 Kokand 1912 22 15 4 3 50 24 +2649Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship 2Oqtepa 22 14 3 5 41 28 +1345. 3 Obod 22 13 3 6 37 27 +1042. 4NBU Osiyo 22 12 3 7 44 29 +1539. 5 Uz-Dong-Ju 22 11 0 11 34 37 -333. 6Hotira-79 22 9 3 10 27 32 -530. 7 Istiqlol 22 9 2 11 49 52 -329. 8 Pakhtakor-222 7 5 10 34 40 -626. 9Lokomotiv BFK 22 6 7 9 30 38 -825. 10 FK Kosonsoy 22 7 1 14 33 44 -1122. 11Bunyodkor-2 22 5 7 10 28 39 -1122. 12Chust-Pakhtakor 22 3 4 15 25 45 -2013.

Top goalscorers #ScorerTeamGoals (Pen.)1 Abdulatif AbdukodirovNBU Osiyo182 Otabek KhaydarovKokand 1912173 Isroil TursunovIstiqlol12

Zone "West" Team Qualification or relegation 1 Shurtan Guzar 22 20 2 0 77 9 +6862Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship 2 FK Zaamin22 14 3 5 30 14 +1645. 3 Xorazm FK Urganch 22 13 4 5 34 21 +1443. 4 FK Orol Nukus 22 11 3 8 27 22 +536. 5 Mash'al-2 22 10 3 9 23 30 -733. 6 Alanga Koson 22 9 3 10 34 41 -830. 7 Sherdor 22 8 6 8 19 28 -930. 8Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi 22 7 4 11 30 39 -925. 9FK Guliston 22 7 3 12 22 32 -1024. 10Spartak Bukhoro 22 6 2 14 25 37 -1220. 11FK Gijduvan 22 4 3 15 21 47 -2615. 12 Registon 22 2 2 18 10 32 -228.

Top goalscorers #ScorerTeamGoals (Pen.)1 Viktor KlishinShurtan Guzar282 Alexander VostrikovShurtan Guzar123 Soli KhayrullaevGhallakor-Avtomobilchi11

Second phase Championship round

Table before start League table before start of second phase of championship. Team Qualification or relegation 1 Shurtan Guzar 14 13 1 0 51 5 +4640Promotion to Uzbek League 2 Kokand 1912 14 9 2 3 29 17 +1229. 3 FK Zaamin 14 8 2 4 22 12 +1026. 4 Obod 14 8 1 5 22 19 +325. 5 Oqtepa 14 7 3 4 27 23 +424. 6 Xorazm FK Urganch14 6 4 4 20 16 +422. 7 Mash'al-2 14 6 2 6 11 19 -820. 8 NBU Osiyo 14 6 1 7 24 20 +4 19. 9 Uz-Dong-Ju 14 6 0 8 21 24 -318. 10 FK Orol Nukus 14 5 3 6 12 15 -3 18. 11 Pakhtakor-2 14 5 2 6 25 28 -317. 12 Hotira-79 14 5 1 8 16 24 -816. 13 Alanga Koson 14 4 3 7 15 26 -11 15. 14 Istiqlol 14 4 0 10 29 38 -912. 15 Sherdor 14 3 3 8 6 22 -1612. 16Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi 14 1 2 11 10 32 -225.

Final standings The last matchday matches were played on 29 October 2014. Team Qualification or relegation 1 Shurtan Guzar 30 25 2 3 88 18 +7077Promotion to Uzbek League 2 Kokand 1912 30 23 2 5 75 28 +4771. 3 Obod 30 20 3 7 61 33 +2863. 4 Oqtepa 30 19 4 7 70 41 +2961. 5 Uz-Dong-Ju 30 17 1 12 51 41 +1052. 6 NBU Osiyo 30 14 5 11 59 46 +13 47. 7 Mash'al-2 30 13 5 12 33 42 -944. 8 FK Zaamin 30 11 6 13 39 44 -539. 9 Pakhtakor-2 30 11 6 13 50 57 -739. 10 FK Orol Nukus 30 10 4 16 33 38 -5 34. 11 Alanga Koson 30 9 5 16 39 56 -17 32. 12 Xorazm FK Urganch30 8 8 14 37 51 -1432. 13 Istiqlol 30 10 1 19 54 71 -1731. 14 Hotira-79 30 8 6 16 42 60 -1830. 15 Sherdor 30 8 5 17 23 63 -4029Qualification to the relegation play-offs 16Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi 30 1 3 26 35 100 -656. Last updated: 29 October 2014 Source: Soccerway

Top goalscorers #ScorerTeamGoals (Pen.)1 Viktor KlishinShurtan Guzar402 Otabek KhaydarovKokand 1912253 Shakhboz JumaboevUz-Dong-Ju20

Relegation round The teams ranked 9-12th place in first phase of championship played against each other in one leg group competition to define teams which play in relegation play-offs. The relegation round matches took place from 20-26 October 2014.

Final standings Team Qualification or relegation 1 Chust-Pakhtakor 4 3 1 0 6 3 +310Remain in First League 2 FK Kosonsoy4 1 3 0 7 4 +36. 3Bunyodkor-2 41 2 1 7 7 05. 4Lokomotiv BFK 4 1 1 2 6 9 -34Qualification to the relegation play-offs 5FK Gijduvan 4 0 1 34 7 -31.

Relegation play-offs The one leg relegation matches of 15th and 16th placed teams of championship round (Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi, Sherdor-Presstizh) against two last placed teams of relegation round (Bunyodkor-2, Lokomotiv BFK) were played on 4 November 2014. Bunyodkor-2 and Lokomotiv BFK remained in First League for 2015 season.

Matches

References

External links PFL - First league results Uzbekistan First League 2014 - soccerway