The 2013 Uzbekistan First League was the 22nd 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 capacityFK AndijanAndijanSoghlom Avlod Stadium18,360Hotira-79Namangan ProvinceChust-Pakhtakor ChustFK KosonsoyKosonsoyGhallakor-Avtomobilchi GhallaorolKokand 1912 KokandNeftchi TinchlikFergana ProvinceBunyodkor-2TashkentIstiqlol TashkentLokomotiv BFKTashkentNBU OsiyoTashkentNBU Stadium9,100Oqtepa TashkentOq-Tepa Stadium2,000Pakhtakor-2 TashkentFK YangiyerYangiyerYangiyer Stadium6,000FK ZaaminJizzakh ProvinceFK Bukhoro-2BukhoroRegistonSamarkandSherdor-PresstizhSamarkandZarafshon PFCNavoiSpartak BukhoroBukhoroMash'al MubarekMuborakBahrom Vafoev Stadium10,000Alanga QarshiSurkhonTermezFK KhivaKhivaSpartak Stadium 8,000FK Orol NukusNukus9,300Xorazm 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 each other to remain in first league.
The draw of the 2013 season was held on 14 March 2013. First League joined Sherdor-Presstizh, Spartak Bukhoro, Alanga Qarshi, Istiqlol Toshkent, Hotira-79 and Lokomotiv BFK.
On 22 March 2013, Uzbek PFL authority announced that FK Khiva and Neftchi Tinchlik are replaced by Bunyodkor-2 and Bukhoro-2 because of lack of the financial support. Bunyodkor-2 to play in East zone and Bukhoro-2 in West zone.
First phase
Zone "East"
Team Qualification or relegation 1 FK Andijan 20 17 1 2 46 16 +3052Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship 2 Kokand 1912 20 12 3 5 28 22 +639. 3 NBU Osiyo 20 11 3 6 29 16 +736. 4Oqtepa 20 9 3 6 30 30 030. 5 Chust-Pakhtakor 20 8 6 6 25 29 -430. 6FK Kosonsoy 20 7 4 9 27 25 +225. 7 FK Yangiyer 20 7 3 10 25 26 -124. 8 Pakhtakor-220 7 3 10 25 26 -124. 9Istiqlol 20 6 5 9 25 29 -424. 10 Hotira-79 20 6 2 12 23 37 -1420. 11Lokomotiv BFK 20 5 5 10 20 36 -1620. 12Bunyodkor-2 20 5 2 13 27 38 -1117.
Top goalscorers #ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Husniddin Gafurov13 (1)NBU Osiyo2 Nodir Davlatov11 (2)FK Yangiyer3 Doston Toshmatov8 (2)FK Zaamin
Zone "West" Team Qualification or relegation 1 Mash'al Mubarek 20 18 2 0 52 4 +4856Promotion to the 2nd phase of championship 2 Zarafshon Navoi20 12 3 5 28 15 +1339. 3 Spartak Bukhoro20 11 3 6 34 19 +1536. 4 Registon 20 9 4 7 26 30 -431. 5 FK Orol Nukus 20 9 2 9 32 26 +629. 6 Sherdor-Presstizh 20 9 2 9 32 34 -229. 7Surkhon 20 7 7 6 19 22 -328. 8Xorazm FK Urganch 20 8 2 10 27 26 +128. 9 Alanga Qarshi 20 8 2 10 30 38 -826. 10 FK Zaamin 20 7 2 11 32 35 -323. 11Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi 20 4 5 11 20 33 -1317. 12 Bukhoro-2 20 0 2 18 12 62 -502.
Top goalscorers #ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Jamshid Khasanov12 (2)Mash'al Mubarek2 Firdavs Asadov11 (0)Spartak Bukhoro3 Mansur Abdullaev10 (0)FK Orol Nukus4 Murod Bobojonov9 (0)Xorazm FK Urganch5 E.Saidov8 (0)Xorazm FK Urganch
Second phase
Championship group
Table before start League table before start of second phase of championship. The matches of second round start on 11–12 August 2013
Team Qualification or relegation 1 Mash'al Mubarek 14 12 2 0 35 6 +2938Promotion to Uzbek League 2 FK Andijan 14 10 2 2 29 14 +1532. 3 Kokand 1912 14 9 1 4 20 16 +428. 4 Zarafshon Navoi14 8 3 3 18 10 +827. 5 NBU Osiyo 14 7 2 5 21 11 +1023. 6 Spartak Bukhoro14 6 3 5 22 17 +521. 7 Chust-Pakhtakor 14 6 2 6 18 20 -220. 8 Sherdor-Presstizh 14 6 1 7 17 21 -4 19. 9Oqtepa 14 5 2 7 16 22 -417. 10FK Kosonsoy 14 4 3 7 14 21 -7 15. 11Xorazm FK Urganch 14 4 2 8 13 19 -614. 12 Registon 14 4 2 8 9 25 -1614. 13 FK Orol Nukus 14 4 2 8 18 19 -1 14. 14 FK Yangiyer 14 4 1 9 17 24 -713. 15 Alanga Qarshi 14 4 1 9 15 30 -1513. 16 Pakhtakor-2 14 3 3 8 13 20 -712.
League table In 2nd, championship phase Istiqlol Tashkent replaced FK Yangiyer in the tournament.
Team Qualification or relegation 1 Mash'al Mubarek 30 24 3 3 7616+5075Promotion to Uzbek League 2 FK Andijan 30 23 2 5 76 24 +5271. 3 Kokand 1912 30 18 5 7 4931 +1859. 4 Zarafshon Navoi30 15 7 8 53 43 +1052. 5 Spartak Bukhoro30 15 3 12 51 45 +648. 6Xorazm FK Urganch 30 14 5 11 41 34 +747. 7 NBU Osiyo 30 13 4 13 42 42 043. 8 Chust-Pakhtakor 30 12 4 14 42 57 -1540. 9 Sherdor-Presstizh 30 12 3 15 39 49 -10 39. 10Oqtepa 30 10 7 12 39 48 -937. 11Istiqlol 30 9 8 13 31 40 -935replaced FK Yangiyer 12 Registon 30 9 5 16 34 58 -2432. 13FK Kosonsoy 30 9 4 17 37 55 -18 31. 14 Alanga Qarshi 30 7 5 18 32 54 -2226. 15 Pakhtakor-2 30 7 4 19 30 55 -2525. 16 FK Orol Nukus 30 7 3 20 32 53 -21 24.
Final standings, updated: 28 October 2013 Source: Soccerway
Top goalscorers #ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Firdavs Asadov21 Spartak Bukhoro2 Zokhir Kuziboyev20Mash'al Mubarek3 Murod Bobojonov19Xorazm FK Urganch4 Nizom Norov18Chust-Pakhtakor5 Maruf Akhmadjonov16Oqtepa
References
External links pfl.uz: First league results