Uzbekistan Professional Football League

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Uzbekistan Professional Football League Organization

Uzbek: O'zbekiston professional futbol ligasi Ўзбекистон профессионал футбол лигаси
Formation	2008
Founder	Uzbekistan Football Association
Type	Sports and football organization
Location	47, Bunyodkor street, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Region	Uzbekistan
Official language	Uzbek, Russian
Director	Diyor Imamkhodjaev
Parent organization	Uzbekistan Football Association
Website	pfl.uz

Uzbekistan Professional Football League, briefly UzPFL (Uzbek: O'zbekiston professional futbol ligasi / Ўзбекистон профессионал футбол лигаси) — is an Uzbekistani sports football organization, founded in 2008. Is the main governing body of all divisions of the Uzbekistan Championship, also Uzbekistan Cup and Uzbekistan Super Cup.

History[edit]

In 1992, it was part of the organizational structure of the Football Federation of Uzbekistan and was the division responsible for holding professional football competitions in Uzbekistan. In early 2008, the Asian Football Confederation recommended the Football Federation of Uzbekistan to establish the PFL as a separate organization. It was established on June 20, 2008 at the General Meeting of the Football Association and Football Clubs of Uzbekistan and was registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan on July 2.^[1][2] Became a member of the Association of World Professional Football Leagues on January 10, 2023

Leaders[edit]

Farkhad Magametov worked as the first head of the organization in 2008–2017. From September 2017 to 2019, Amon Gafurov headed the organization. Later, in 2019–20, the organization was headed by Davron Shoqurbanov. Diyor Imamkhodjaev, who temporarily served as the General Director from 2020 to 2022, was appointed as the General Director of the organization in 2022.

Executive Committee[edit]

Diyor Imamkhodjaev, General Director.

Odil Akhmedov, member of the Executive Committee, vice-president of Uzbekistan Football Association.

Aziza Tatlimuratova, member of the Executive Committee, head of women's football development department of the Uzbekistan Football Association.

Olimkhan Akhmedov, member of the Executive Committee, president of FC Turon.

Tulabek Akramov, member of the Executive Committee, president of FC Lokomotiv Tashkent.

Bahodir Mirzayev, member of the Executive Committee, general director of Olmaliq FK.

Alisher Yusupov, member of the Executive Committee, manager of FC Nasaf.

Maqsud Karimov, member of the Executive Committee, general director of FC Nasaf.

Oybekkhan Ibrahimkhanov, member of the Executive Committee, legal consultant of the Professional Football League of Uzbekistan.

Competitions under the jurisdiction of UzPFL[edit]

Uzbekistan Super League[edit]

Coca Cola Super League is the highest division in the system of football competitions of Uzbekistan, in which professional football clubs participate. It was established in 1992 under the name of Oliy League. A total of 14 teams will participate. The championship will be held in March-November and each team will play 26 matches. Until 2018, the competition was officially called the Oliy League. From 2019, the title sponsor will be called the Pepsi Super League first, and then the Coca Cola Super League from 2020. In the history of the championships of Uzbekistan, a total of 41 clubs participated, and only 7 of them reached the championship podium: "Pakhtakor" - 14 times, "Neftchi" - 5 times, "Bunyodkor" - 5 times, "Lokomotiv" - 3 times, "Dostlik" - 2 times, MHSK - 1 time, "Navbahor" - 1 time. In different years, the number of teams in the championship of Uzbekistan was different. In the first years, 16 teams participated in the championship, then in different years the number of teams was 14, 18 and 20. In 2018, the number of championship teams was once 12.

Uzbekistan Cup[edit]

It is a national football cup competition organized by the Uzbekistan Professional Football League. Uzbekistan Cup competitions have been organized since 1992. The first winner of the competition is FC Navbahor Namangan. The winners of the Uzbekistan Cup get the right to participate in the AFC Champions League.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website

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