FK Khujand

FС Khujand was established in 1976 from the remnants of the club Pomir which was previously known as Miner. The first head coach of the team was Vladimir Burin. FC Khujand competed in the Central Asian Championship B League for 15 years. FС Khujand plays its home matches in Spartak Stadium which was located in the heart of the city before moving to the 20 Years of Independence Stadium (also known as 20-Letie Nezavisimosti Stadium). The best performances of FC Khujand in this competition were 8th place in 1983 and 1986, runners-up in 1990 and a third-place finish in 1991. Since the independence of Tajikistan from USSR, FC Khujand has won the Tajik Cup on four occasions; 1998, 2002, 2008 and 2017.[1]

On 12 April 2019, Numonjon Yusupov was sacked as the club's manager, with Sharif Ziyoyev being appointed as caretaker manager.[2]

On 16 April 2019, Vitaliy Levchenko was appointed as the new manager of Khujand.[3]

On 21 December 2019, Nikola Lazarevic was announced as the new head coach of FK Khujand.[4]

On 12 July 2020, Khujand announced Khakim Fuzailov as their new manager, after Nikola Lazarevic was unable to return to Tajikistan due to travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic,[5] with Rustam Khojayev previously being in temporary charge since the Tajikistan Higher League returned on 16 June 2020.

Continental history

As of match played 11 March 2020

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	4	1	1	2	5	8
AFC Cup	14	3	3	8	10	18
Total	18	4	4	10	15	26

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998–99	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round – West Asia	Pakhtakor Tashkent	1–1	1–4	2–5
1999–2000	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round – West Asia	Kaisar	0–3	3–0	3–3(p)3–3
2016	AFC Cup	Play-off	Ahli Al-Khaleel	0–1
2018	AFC Cup	Play-off	Ahal	0–2	0–1	0–3
2019	AFC Cup	Play-off	Ahal	1–1	0–0	1–1(a)
		Group D	Dordoi Bishkek	3–1	0–3	4th
			Altyn Asyr	0–0	0–1
			Istiklol	3–2	0–3
2020	AFC Cup	Play-off	Neftchi Kochkor-Ata	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group D	Dordoi Bishkek
			Altyn Asyr
			Istiklol		0–2

Tajik Cup (4)

1998, 2002, 2008, 2017

On 28 March 2019, Khujand announced a sponsorship deal with Thai energy drink company Carabao.[6]

On 26 October 2019, Samsung became the first title sponsor of Khujand with their Samsung UHD TV brand until the end of the 2020 season.[7]

As of 8 August 2020[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TJK Daler Barotov 2 DF  TJK Naimjon Ibrohimzoda 5 DF  TJK Parviz Bokiev 7 MF  TJK Komroni Mirzonazhod 8 MF  TJK Bakhtiyor Choriyev 10 FW  TJK Dilshod Bozorov 11 FW  UZB Amirjon Safarov 12 GK  UZB Mamur Ikramov 14 DF  TJK Oybek Abdugafforov 15 MF  TJK Abdusamad Samadov 17 MF  TJK Parviz Aliyev

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  TJK Khurshed Beknazarov 20 DF  UZB Siroj Khamrayev 21 DF  TJK Firdavs Chakalov 22 DF  TJK Manouchehr Ahmadov 23 MF  UZB Sanjar Rixsiboev (loan from Bunyodkor) 62 FW  TJK Jahongir Ergashev 70 MF  TJK Abdulmumin Zabirov 73 DF  TJK Alisher Barotov 91 GK  TJK Mukhriddin Khasanov — MF  TJK Ekhson Boboev — FW  TJK Tokhir Malodustov

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 90 MF  TJK Sharafdzhon Solehov (at Fayzkand)

• Official club website (in Tajik)