FC Neftchi Fergana

The early Soviet period Neftchi was founded 1962 and appeared in the Soviet Second League (Central Asian Division) from 1962 to 1991 under the name Neftyanik Fergana. In 1990, the club advanced to the Soviet First League, winning Soviet Second League, conference East. In 1991 Soviet First League Neftchi ranked at 7th place which was club's highest achievement in Soviet football history. Modern period, since 1992 Since 1992, the club has been playing in the Uzbek League, and along with Pakhtakor Tashkent and Navbahor Namangan, continuously participated in all seasons of the Uzbek League without a break. On 22 November 2025, FC Neftchi Fergana won the 2025 Uzbekistan Super League. Domestic history ImageSize = width:450 height:80 PlotArea = left:12 right:12 bottom:30 top:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/2025 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1992 Colors = id:bl1 value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5) id:bl2 value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.3) id:bl3 value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1) id:rs value:rgb(0.8,0.6,0.6) id:rn value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1) PlotData= bar:Position width:18 color:white align:center from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1993 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2003 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2004 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2005 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2008 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2009 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2011 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2011 till:01/07/2012 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2013 till:01/07/2014 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2015 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2015 till:01/07/2016 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2017 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2017 till:01/07/2018 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2018 till:01/07/2019 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/2019 till:01/07/2020 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2020 till:01/07/2021 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2021 till:01/07/2022 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2022 till:01/07/2023 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/2023 till:01/07/2024 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/2018 color:bl1 shift:(0,25) text: "Uzbekistan Super League" from:01/07/2019 till:01/07/2021 color:bl2 shift:(0,15) text: "Pro League" from:01/07/2022 till:01/07/2025 color:bl1 shift:(0,25) text: "Uzbekistan Super League" Continental record ==Stadium==

Neftchi played its home matches initially at Fargona Stadium. Fargona Stadium was built in 1932 and was home ground of the club until 2012. The stadium was closed for reconstruction. The plans for construction of the new arena in another location were unveiled in 2011. The construction works for new 20,000 seater arena named Istiqlol Stadium in Fergana started in January 2012 and were finished at the end of 2014. It was planned Neftchi would play its home matches at new stadium in 2015. Neftchi played its home matches in 2012–14 and some matches of 2015 seasons at Kirguli SM Stadium and Kokand Stadium. The opening match of the new Istiqlol stadium was held on 3 April 2015 with a friendly between Uzbekistan U-20 and New Zealand U-20 which ended with 1–0 victory of host team. The first official League match at the new stadium was played on 18 April 2018 with match Neftchi – Mash'al Mubarek. ==Rivalries==

Uzbek El Classico Traditionally there is always rivalry between two strongest teams in any League in club football. Since 1992 in Oliy League in Uzbekistan those two clubs were Neftchi and capital club Pakhtakor Tashkent. Already in first edition of Oliy League in 1992 both teams finished first with the same points and were recognised as champions. This competition goes on over the years. The match between Pakhtakor and Neftchi is held since 1992. The first match between the two clubs was played on 25 May 1992 in Tashkent. The match of two rivals became later the name ''O'zbek Classikosi'' by analogy with Spanish Clasico. Valley derbies Neftchi's local rival has always been Navbahor Namangan, club from Fergana Valley region. Like Neftchi also Navbahor along Pakhtakor continuously is playing in Uzbek League since 1992 without any break. This rivalry was always of interest of both fans sides. Another Neftchi's Valley rival is FK Andijan. Andijan was founded in 1964. ==Honours==

Current technical staff ==Managerial history==

• Arkadi Alov (1969–1971) • Ivan Larin (1972) • Yuriy Sarkisyan (Jan 1987 – May 16, 2013) • Amet Memet (2013–2014) • Murod Ismoilov (May 16, 2013 – Sept 14, 2015) • Andrey Fyodorov (Sept 15, 2015 – June 5, 2017) • Vadim Abramov (June 5, 2017 – December 16, 2017) • Sergey Kovshov (Januar 27, 2018 – present) • Bakhrom Khaydarov (2018 — 2019) • Abdusamad Durmonov (2019–2020) • Sergey Lebedev • Ilkhom Muminjonov (Jan 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022) • Vitaliy Levchenko (July 1, 2022 – 1 December 2026) • Islom Ismoilov (1 December 2026 – ) ==References==