Istiklol Stadium
Fergana, Uzbekistan
Istiklol means Independence in Uzbek, and the ground has carried no other name since it opened. Construction began in January 2013 and finished in 2015, replacing the old Farg'ona stadium that had served the city before it. The gates opened on 3 April 2015, not with a senior fixture but with a friendly between the Uzbekistan and New Zealand under-20 sides.
The ground stands on Marg'ilon Street, close to Fergana's international airport and the city's ring road. The pitch is natural grass, and the stadium holds 20,500, though Neftchi Fergana's own site rounds that down to "more than 20,000". The club plays its home matches here, and its website remains the only place carrying details on the venue — Istiklol has never had a page of its own.
Who plays here
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Neftchi
86 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep | Neftchi — Al Quwa Al Jawiya | |
| 9 Sep | Neftchi — Surkhon | 2:1 |
| 29 Aug | Neftchi — Pakhtakor | 1:0 |
| 23 Aug | Neftchi — Sogdiana | 3:0 |
| 8 Aug | Neftchi — Qizilqum | 5:0 |
| 28 Jul | Neftchi — Navbahor | 1:1 |
| 16 Jul | Neftchi — Buxoro | 2:1 |
| 29 Apr | Neftchi — Kokand-1912 | 4:0 |