Fargona Stadium

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F.C. Neftchi Fergana (Uzbek: Neftchi Fargʻona futbol klubi) An Uzbek football club based in the city of Fergana, playing in the top division of Uzbek football. The club is financed by the Fergana Oil Refinery. Founded in 1962, it played in the Soviet Second League (Central Asian division) under the name "Neftyanik Fergana" until 1991. In 1990, the club won the Soviet Second League and was promoted to the Soviet First League. Since 1992, it has played in the Uzbekistan Higher League and, along with Pakhtakor Tashkent and Navbahor Namangan, was one of the teams that had participated without interruption in every season of the Uzbekistan Super League until 2018. The club is a six-time champion of Uzbekistan. It also finished second at the Uzbekistan Championships 9 times and won a bronze medal once in the 2008 season. Neftchi last won the championship in 2025. It is a two-time winner of the national cup. On the international stage, the team was a finalist at the 1994 Commonwealth Champions Cup and a bronze medalist at the 1995 Asian Champions Cup.

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