2012 Uzbekistan First League Explained

Competition:	Uzbekistan First League
Season:	2012
Winners:	Sogdiana Jizzakh
Promoted:	Sogdiana Jizzakh Guliston
League Topscorer:	26 goals Khurshid Yuldoshev
Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

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 capacity
FK Atlaschi	Margilan
	Chirchiq	Chirchiq Stadium	6,000
FK Bukhoro-2	Bukhoro
Chust-Pakhtakor	Chust
FC Yoshlik	Koson
Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi	Ghallaorol
FK Guliston	Guliston
FK Khiva	Khiva	Spartak Stadium	8,000
FK Kosonsoy	Kosonsoy
Mash'al Akademiya	Muborak
	Qarshi
NBU Osiyo	Tashkent
Neftchi Khamza	Fergana Province
Oqtepa	Tashkent
FK Orol Nukus	Nukus		9,300
	Tashkent
	Kokand
Registon	Samarkand
Surkhon-2011	Termez
Sogdiana Jizzakh	Jizzakh	Jizzakh Stadium	9,000
Xorazm FK Urganch	Urganch	Xorazm Stadium	12,000
FK Yangiyer	Yangiyer
Yuzhanin	Navoi
Zaamin	Jizzakh 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.^[1]

First League joined Bukhoro-2, Neftchi Khamza, Yuzhanin Navoi, Zaamin from Second League, Lokomotiv BFK and Pakhtakor-2.^[2] 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.^[3]

FC Yoshlik is replaced in 2nd phase of championship by FK Registon because of club's debts to its players and coaching staff.^[4]

On August 29, 2012 Yuzhanin Navoi renamed to Zarafshon Navoi.^[5]

First phase

Zone "East"

	Team									Qualification or relegation
1		22	16	3	3	56	25	+31	51	Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship
2	FK Yangiyer	22	13	3	6	42	25	+17	42	.
3	Oqtepa	22	14	0	8	49	48	+1	42	.
4		22	10	6	6	36	28	+8	38	.
5	Chust-Pakhtakor	22	11	1	10	29	32	-3	34	.
6	Neftchi Khamza	22	10	3	10	31	31	0	33	.
7	FK Kosonsoy	22	10	3	10	31	32	-1	33	.
8	Kokand 1912	22	9	5	8	35	29	+6	32	.
9	Pakhtakor-2 Chilanzar	22	9	3	10	37	30	+7	30	.
10	Bunyodkor-2	22	5	2	15	21	40	-19	17	.
11	Zaamin	22	5	1	16	26	46	-20	16	.
12	FK Atlaschi	22	5	0	17	20	47	-27	15	.

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Dmitriy Kraev	14	Oqtepa
2	Maruf Akhmedjanov	13	Oqtepa
2	Abdulatif Abduqodirov	13	NBU 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	+36	59	Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship
2	Yuzhanin Navoi	22	12	4	6	29	22	+7	40	.
3	Xorazm FK Urganch	22	11	5	6	27	18	+9	38	.
4	FK Khiva	22	11	4	7	37	27	+10	37	.
5	Nasaf-2	22	12	1	9	41	31	+10	37	.
6	Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi	22	10	0	12	35	39	-4	30	.
7	Bukhoro-2	22	9	2	11	29	34	-5	29	.
8	FC Yoshlik	22	8	4	10	32	45	-13	28	.
9	Surkhon-2011	22	7	6	9	24	25	-1	27	.
10	Registon	22	8	3	11	26	35	-9	27	.
11	Mash'al Akademiya	22	6	0	16	22	29	-7	18	.
12	FK Orol Nukus	22	2	3	17	18	50	-32	9	.

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Zokhir Kuziboyev	13	Nasaf-2
	Isroil Tursunov	13	FK Khiva
	Hurshid Yuldoshev	13	Sogdiana 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^[6]

	Team									Qualification or relegation
1		14	12	1	1	36	12	+24	37	Promotion to Uzbek League
2	FK Guliston	14	9	3	2	34	17	+17	30	.
3	Oqtepa	14	8	0	6	29	31	-2	24	.
4		14	7	2	5	26	18	+8	23	.
5	FK Khiva	14	6	2	6	23	18	+5	20	.
6	Yuzhanin Navoi	14	6	2	6	15	17	-2	20	.
7	Nasaf-2	14	6	1	7	25	21	+4	19	.
8	Kokand 1912	14	5	4	5	22	19	+3	19	.
9	Xorazm FK Urganch	14	5	4	5	16	16	0	19	.
10	Neftchi	14	5	3	6	18	20	-2	18	.
11	NBU Osiyo	14	3	6	5	19	22	-3	15	.
12	Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi	14	5	0	9	23	28	-5	15	.
13	FK Kosonsoy	14	4	3	7	18	26	-8	15	.
14	Bukhoro-2	14	4	2	8	18	30	-12	14	.
15	Chust-Pakhtakor	14	4	1	9	12	25	-13	13	.
16	Registon	14	3	1	10	14	26	-12	10	replaced 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.^[7]

	Team									Qualification or relegation
1	Sogdiana Jizzakh	30	22	1	7	71	40	+31	67	Promotion to Uzbek League
2	FK Guliston	30	20	5	5	69	41	+28	65	.
3	NBU Osiyo	30	16	8	6	50	34	+16	56	.
4	FK Yangiyer	30	16	5	9	56	28	+28	53	.
5	Nasaf-2	30	15	3	12	68	47	+21	48	.
6	Zarafshon Navoi	30	14	5	11	40	35	+5	47	.
7	Xorazm FK Urganch	30	13	6	11	41	35	+6	45	.
8	Oqtepa	30	15	0	15	67	62	+5	45	.
9	Kokand 1912	30	12	8	10	45	43	+2	44	.
10	FK Khiva	30	11	3	16	40	51	-11	36	.
11	Neftchi	30	10	4	16	45	61	-16	34	.
12	Registon	30	10	3	17	41	48	-7	33	replaced FC Yoshlik
13	Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi	30	10	2	18	39	62	-23	32	.
14	Bukhoro-2	30	9	4	17	39	61	-22	31	.
15	FK Kosonsoy	30	8	3	19	37	62	-25	27	.
16	Chust-Pakhtakor	30	7	4	19	23	62	-39	25	.

Source: soccerway: Uzbekistan First League

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Khurshid Yuldoshev	26	Sogdiana Jizzakh
2	Zokhir Kuziboyev	25	Nasaf-2
3	Maruf Akhmedjanov	23	Oqtepa
4	Azamat Allaniyazov	22	Nasaf-2
5	Abdulatif Abduqodirov	22	NBU Osiyo
6	Dmitriy Kraev	20	Oqtepa/Xorazm FK Urganch
7	Isroil Tursunov	19	FK Khiva
8	Qahramon Bahodirov	18	Registon

Last updated: 31 October 2012
Source: Uzbekistan First League

Relegation group

External links

Championat.uz

Standings and results

pfl.uz

First league results

Notes and References

Web site: Первый этап Первенства Узбекистана-2012. PFL.uz. 2012-02-29. 2012-03-01.
http://pfl.uz/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=5&news_id=2235 Заявочная компания стартует 23 февраля.
Web site: http://pfl.uz/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=7&news_id=2522. ru:Вместо "Локомотива-БФК" в Первенстве-2012 будет выступать "Атласчи".. pfl.uz. Russian. 2012-04-03. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023627/http://pfl.uz/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=7&news_id=2522. dead.
Web site: http://pfl.uz/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=1&news_id=3068. ru:Изменение в составе участников второго этапа Первенства Узбекистана-2012. pfl.uz. Russian. 2012-08-06.
Web site: http://championat.uz/ru/news/20494.html. ru:Поменялось название команды "Южанин". Championat.uz. Russian. 2012-08-29. 2012-08-27. https://archive.today/20130421202828/http://championat.uz/ru/news/20494.html. 2013-04-21. dead.
Web site: 20 июля - жеребьевка второго этапа Первенства Узбекистана. PFL.uz. 2012-07-17.
Web site: http://pfl.uz/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=1&news_id=3392. ru:Финишировал второй этап Первенства Узбекистана. pfl.uz. Russian. 2012-10-30. 2012-10-31.