2016 Uzbek League
The 2016 Uzbek League 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 | Capacity |
| FK 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
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.| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC Player | Former players |
| AGMK |  Graham Smith |  Nemanja Jovanović | Darko Stanojević |  Arslanmyrat Amanow |  Yaroslav Martynyuk :ru:Гоголь, Евгений|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 | :ru:Гойкович, Дарко|Darko Gojkovic | Nikola Valentić | |||
| Sogdiana Jizzakh | |||||
| Qizilqum Zarafshon | Andriy Derkach | :ru:Квесиешвили, Георгий|Georgiy Kvesieshvili |
League table
Relegation play-off
The one leg relegation play-off match between 15th placed team of Uzbek League, Navbahor Namangan and runners-up of 2016 Uzbekistan First League, FC Naryn Khakkulabad was played on 28 November 2016 in Tashkent. Navbahor won by 3:1 and remained in League.Season statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov | Lokomotiv | 22 |
| 2 | Zokhid Abdullaev | Metallurg | 18 |
| 3 | Shokhruh Norkhonov | Obod | 14 |
| 4 | Sardor Mirzaev | Lokomotiv | 13 |
| 4 | Nemanja Jovanović | Andijon/Qizilqum | 13 |
| 6 | Zafar Polvonov | Shurtan Guzar | 12 |
| 6 | Marat Bikmaev | Lokomotiv | 12 |
| 6 | Dragan Ćeran | Nasaf | 12 |
| 9 | Shakhboz Erkinov | Mash'al | 11 |
| 9 | Igor Sergeev | Pakhtakor | 11 |
| 9 | - | - | - |