The 2016 Uzbek League (Футбол бўйича 2016-йилги Ўзбекистон Олий лигаси) was the 25th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. Pakhtakor were the defending champions from the 2015 campaign.
Teams
Sogdiana Jizzakh remained for 2016 Uzbek League after winning in relegation play-off match with Oqtepa. Obod Tashkent promoted to 2016 League as 2015 First League winner. The draw of 2016 season was held on 22 December 2015. The first matchday is scheduled for 4 March 2016.
Club Coach Location Stadium CapacityFK Andijan Orif Mamatkazin Andijan Soghlom Avlod Stadium 18,360 Bunyodkor Sergey Lushan Tashkent Bunyodkor Stadium 34,000 Bukhoro Jamshid Saidov Bukhoro Buxoro Arena 22,700 Kokand 1912 Numon Khasanov Kokand Kokand Stadium 10,500 Lokomotiv Andrey Miklyaev Tashkent Lokomotiv Stadium 8,000 Mash'al Alexander Khomyakov Muborak Bahrom Vafoev Stadium 10,000 Metallurg Rustam Mirsodiqov Bekabad Metallurg Stadium 15,000 Nasaf Qarshi Ruziqul Berdiev Qarshi Qarshi Stadium 14,750 Navbahor Ilkhom Muminjonov Namangan Navbahor Stadium 22,000 Neftchi Andrey Fyodorov Farghona Istiqlol Stadium 20,000 Obod Tashkent Jafar Irismetov Tashkent Obod Stadium Olmaliq FK Igor Shkvyrin Olmaliq Olmaliq SM Stadium 12,000 Pakhtakor Grigoriy Kolosovskiy Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000 Qizilqum Yuriy Lukin Zarafshon Yoshlar Stadium 12,500 Sogdiana Davron Fayziev Jizzakh Sogdiana Stadium 11,650 Shurtan Guzar Ikhtiyor Karimov Ghuzor Ghuzor Stadium 7,000
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Obod Khayrulla Abdiev Resigned December 2015 Pre-season Bobur Zukhriddinov (interim) December 2015 Kokand 1912 Vadim Shodimatov end of caretaker spell Pre-season Murod Ismoilov Navbahor Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Sacked Pre-season Rashid Gafurov (interim) Shurtan Mukhtor Kurbonov Resigned Pre-season Ikhtiyor Karimov Andijan Sergey Kovshov end of caretaker spell Pre-season Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Navbahor Rashid Gafurov Sacked 6th matchday Alexander Volkov (interim) Kokand 1912 Murod Ismoilov Resigned Sergey Kovshov (interim) Pakhtakor Numon Khasanov Resigned Grigoriy Kolosovskiy (interim) Kokand 1912 Sergey Kovshov end of caretaker spell Numon Khasanov Andijan Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Sacked Orif Mamatkazin Obod Bobur Zukhriddinov end of caretaker spell Alexander Mochinov Navbahor Alexander Volkov Sacked Mustafo Bayramov (interim) Navbahor Mustafo Bayramov end of caretaker spell Ravshan Bozorov Obod Alexander Mochinov Resigned Jafar Irismetov Navbahor Ravshan Bozorov Sacked Ilkhom Muminjonov
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per USL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC PlayerFormer players AGMK Graham Smith Nemanja Jovanović Darko Stanojević Arslanmyrat Amanow Yaroslav Martynyuk Evgeniy Gogol Andijon Denis Ilescu Elman Tagayev Lokomotiv Kakhi Makharadze Nemanja Janičić Slaven Stjepanović Artur Geworkyan Pakhtakor Adnan Orahovac Mash'al Mubarek Vladyslav Pavlenko Vyacheslav Shevchenko FC Buxoro Vadim Cemirtan FC Bunyodkor Chaker Zouaghi Jurica Buljat Aleksandar Alempijević Minori Sato Samir Bekrić Navbahor Oleksandr Pyschur Alexandru Melenciuc Igor Golban Choi Hyun-yeon Neftchi Fergana Akmal Kholmatov FC Obod Metallurg Bekabad Nasaf Dejan Boljević Dragan Ceran Ognjen Krasić Rok Roj Artur Geworkyan FC Shurtan Guzar Oleksandr Pyschur Kokand 1912 Darko Gojkovic Nikola Valentić Sogdiana Jizzakh Qizilqum Zarafshon Andriy Derkach Georgiy Kvesieshvili
League table
Table of matches