Uzbekistan Pro-B League | |
Organiser: | Uzbekistan Professional Football League and Uzbekistan Football Federation |
Country: | Uzbekistan |
Confed: | AFC |
Teams: | 16 |
Promotion: | Uzbekistan Pro League |
Relegation: | Uzbekistan Second League |
Levels: | 3 |
League Cup: | Uzbekistan League Cup |
Tv: | NTRCU Regional Channels |
Website: | pfl.uz |
Current: | 2023–24 Uzbekistan Pro-B League |
Uzbekistan Pro-B League (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Pro-B ligasi / Ўзбекистон Про-Б Лигаси; Russian: Про лига Б Узбекистана) is the third level (after the Super League and Pro League) football league in Uzbekistan
Since the foundation in 2018 and until was the «Uzbekistan Pro-B League» (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Pro-B ligasi / Ўзбекистон Про-Б лигаси; Russian: Про лига-Б Узбекистана).
On 21 November 2017 according to the UzPFL management decision the Uzbekistan First League was officially renamed to Uzbekistan Pro-B League starting from the 2018 season. The league has been reduced from 18 (2017) to 16 teams.[1]
In 2020 in the Pro-B League Uzbekistan involved 16 teams in a double round system (28 rounds), home and away. The winner of the Uzbekistan Pro-B League receives the permit in the Uzbekistan Pro League, and the club took third place in the Pro League gets a place in the play-offs, consisting of two matches (home and away) where his opponent will be the Pro-B League club, who took there the penultimate eleventh place. The winner of the playoffs gets a chance in Pro League Uzbekistan, and the losing club will start the new season in the Pro-B League Uzbekistan. The clubs finishing in last place in the Pro-B League, will start the season in the Uzbekistan Second League — the fourth level and the importance of football in the country.
The division is run by Uzbekistan Professional Football League(UzPFL) and Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA).
Season | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place | Top scorer | |
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2018 | Nurofshon | Sherdor | G'ijduvon | ||
2019 | Turon | Zaamin | Lokomotiv-BFK Yangiyer | ||
2020 |