2016 Uzbek League First League, "FC Naryn Khakkulabad" was played on 28 November 2016 in Tashkent. Navbahor won by 3:1 and remained in League. 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. <section begin=map /> <section end=map /> 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
Ryan Sessegnon of the league with just five points, lead to a change of management with Claudio Ranieri, who has a good reputation in the division after surprising the world with winning the Premier League title with Leicester City in the 2015–16, replacing a dismissed Slaviša Jokanović. In 2016, Sessegnon played up an age group to represent England in the U17 Euros. He scored his first goal for England Under-19s against Luxembourg in a European Under-19 Championship qualifier on 10 November 2016, scoring the second goal in a 2–0 win. On 26 June 2017, Sessegnon was named in the final 18-man squad