The Uzbekistan Football Association has announced a tender to transfer 11 professional football clubs to entrepreneurs or groups of entrepreneurs under trust management. The UFA announced the tender on September 26 via its Telegram channel.
The tender is being held in accordance with a presidential decree dated March 24, 2026, aimed at improving sports financing mechanisms and expanding private-sector involvement in the sector.
The clubs included in the tender are Bunyodkor, Bukhara, Dinamo, Qizilqum, Navbahor, Nasaf, Neftchi, Lokomotiv, Mash’al, AGMK and Pakhtakor. Participants are required to provide sponsorship funding equivalent to at least 20% of the club’s total annual operating expenses.
Entrepreneurs taking clubs under trust management will receive a number of tax and financial incentives. In particular, when calculating corporate income tax, taxable profit may be reduced by the amount of charitable donations allocated to financing the club’s activities, but by no more than 10% of taxable profit.
Football players at the clubs will be exempt from personal income tax, while the social tax rate applicable to them will be set at 1%.
Commercial banks will also provide five-year loans at an annual interest rate of 14%, with a one-year grace period, for acquiring clubs or constructing, reconstructing and renovating sports facilities. Borrowers will need to provide liquid collateral and a viable business plan. Buildings, structures and land plots held on the clubs' balance sheets cannot be used as collateral.
In addition, entrepreneurs will receive a 50% discount on advertising their products and services on central and regional television channels of Uzbekistan’s National Television and Radio Company during broadcasts aimed at promoting sports.
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