The 2015 Uzbekistan First League was the 24th season of second level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. It is split in an eastern and western zone, each featuring 12 teams. As of end of the season Obod won championship and promoted to Uzbek League for 2016 season. The runners-up, Oqtepa after lost by 1-2 in one leg relegation/play-off match against Sogdiana Jizzakh on 25 November 2015 remained in First League.
Teams and locations
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacityAlanga KosonKoson StadiumBunyodkor-2TashkentJAR Stadium8,460Chust-Pakhtakor ChustFK GijduvanGijduvan Gijduvan StadiumFK GulistonGulistonGuliston Stadium12,400Yozyovon LochinlariYozyovonYozyovon StadiumFK ZaaminJizzakh ProvinceZaamin Stadium4,000Khotira-79Namangan ProvinceIstiqlol PskentTukimachi Stadium (Tashkent)KosonsoyKosonsoyKosonsoy Stadium30,000Lokomotiv BFKTashkentMash'al-2MuborakBahrom Vafoev Stadium10,000NBU OsiyoTashkentNBU Stadium9,100ObodTashkentObod StadiumOqtepa TashkentOq-Tepa Stadium2,000Orol NukusNukusTuron Stadium9,300Sementchi KuvasoyKuvasoy StadiumPakhtakor-2 TashkentPakhtakor Stadium33,000Uz-Dong-JuAndijanXorazmUrganchXorazm 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 2015 season was held on 18 February 2015. First League joined FK Yozyovon, Sementchi Kuvasoy. Each regional zones comprises 10 teams. The Tashkent teams Obod, FC Istiqlol and Lokomotiv BFK to play in "West" zone.
First phase Zone "East" Team . Qualification or relegation 1 Oqtepa 18 13 2 3 34 14 +2041Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship 2 Uz-Dong-Ju 18 9 4 5 26 17 +931. 3 NBU Osiyo 18 9 4 5 24 19 +531. 4 Khotira-79 18 9 1 8 25 36 -1228. 5 Kosonsoy 18 8 3 7 33 31 +227. 6 Sementchi Kuvasoy 18 6 5 7 35 23 +1223. 7 FK Yozyovon Lochinlari 18 6 3 9 21 31 +221. 8Pakhtakor-2 18 4 8 6 24 26 -1020. 9Bunyodkor-2 18 5 1 12 23 38 -1616. 10Chust-Pakhtakor 18 4 5 11 26 39 -1215.
Zone "West" Team Qualification or relegation 1 Obod 18 13 4 1 55 13+4243Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship 2 Xorazm 18 12 3 3 27 13 +14 39. 3 FK Zaamin 18 11 4 3 40 12 +28 37. 4 Nasaf-2 18 8 5 5 35 24 +11 29. 5 Lokomotiv BFK 18 7 4 7 25 26 -1 25. 6 Mash'al-2 18 7 3 8 22 22 +0 24. 7 Orol Nukus 18 7 2 9 20 24 -4 23. 8 FK Gijduvon 18 4 3 11 18 34 -16 15. 9 FK Sherdor 18 4 2 12 12 27 -15 14. 10 Alanga Koson 18 1 2 15 10 69 -59 5.
Second phase Championship round Final standings The last matchday matches were played on 7 November 2015 Team . Qualification or relegation 1 Obod 30 20 5 5 98 37+6165Promotion to Uzbek League 2 Oqtepa 30 20 4 6 63 22 +4164Qualification to Promotion play-offs 3 Uz-Dong-Ju 30 16 8 6 51 27 +2456. 4 Sementchi Kuvasoy 30 15 7 8 70 34 +3652. 5 FK Zaamin 30 15 7 8 57 39 +18 52. 6 NBU Osiyo 30 15 5 10 46 32 +1450. 7 Xorazm 30 15 4 11 39 30 0 49. 8 Yozyovon Lochinlari 30 12 7 11 46 52 -6 43. 9Pakhtakor-2 30 9 9 12 48 58 -10 36. 10 Nasaf-2 30 9 8 13 37 54 -17 35. 11 Kosonsoy 30 10 4 16 46 58 -12 34. 12 Mash'al-2 30 9 6 15 36 45 -9 33. 13 Orol Nukus 30 9 4 17 25 50 -25 31. 14 Khotira-79 30 9 3 18 32 71 -39 30. 15 Lokomotiv BFK 30 7 8 15 37 60 -23 29Relegation to 2.League 16 FK Gijduvon 30 3 5 22 28 81 -53 14. Last updated: 7 November 2015 Source: Soccerway
Top goalscorers #ScorerTeamGoals (Pen.)1 Alisher AzizovObod26
References
External links PFL - First league results Uzbekistan First League 2015 - soccerway