Football in Tajikistan is one of the leading sports, after which more popular view sports is considered “Gushtin” and then “Buzkashi” and others. Tajikistan occupies a good position in the FIFA world rankings (7/10). Tajikistan's annual expenditure on football is more than ten million somoni and approximately half of it is through the FFT (Football Federation of Tajikistan).
In the Republic of Tajikistan, there are officially more than a dozen football teams and the most popular ones - titled with champion status are the following:
- "Regar-TadAZ" (Tursunzade) - is a 7-time champion of the Republic of Tatarstan;
- “Istiklol” (Dushanbe) - is a 4-time champion of the Republic of Tatarstan;
- “Vakhsh” (Kurgan-Tube) - is a 3-time champion of the Republic of Tatarstan;
- “Varzob” (Dushanbe) - is a 3-time champion of the Republic of Tatarstan;
- "Ravshan" (Kulyab) - 2-time champion;
- “Sitora” (Dushanbe) - 2-time champion;
- "Pamir" former CSKA (Dushanbe) 2-time champion;
- "Dynamo" (Dushanbe) - 1 time champion in 1996.
As you can see, the list of champions of Tajikistan football teams is occupied mainly by teams from the city of Dushanbe (5 clubs) and this is due to financial support. For example, since Agroinvestbank financed the Ravshan football team in the amount of 1 million somoni every year (2012-2013), they became champions in these years. Another example, since the Aluminum Plant of the Republic of Tatarstan finances FC “Regar-Tadaz”, luck smiles on it more.
Although football teams The country's cities are champions, but their main players come from the non-urban population. One notable factor is that the residents of the northern part of Tajikistan (Sughd region) are very backward in football.
The principle rivals of the Tajikistan national team are national teams Central Asia, of which the main rivals are the national teams of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The Tajikistan national team also has some rivalry with the Afghan national team and the Iranian national team. Fans of the Tajikistan national team have friendly relations with fans of the national team of Afghanistan, Iran and sometimes with fans of other national teams of Central Asian countries if their team plays against a team that is not Central Asian.
Football ranking of Tajikistan in the world
According to estimates FIFA(International football federation) n The Republic of Tajikistan received the highest position among 200 countries in its history in July 2013, reaching 106th position with 314 points. As you can see, this graph shows the dynamics of the achievements of Tajik football in world sports. According to these data, the worst performance of Tajik football was in 2004 when its rating fell to 197th position.
Thus, the state of Tajik football can be said that, given the economic difficulties and mountainous terrain, the country still has good performance in the world rankings and on a 10-point scale it ranks 7th in 2016, or rather 150th (at the end of March 2016) . Worse than the Tajikistan football team in the world rankings are the teams of India, Malaysia, Indonesia and a number of other countries in the world. According to the FIFA rating, the following football teams from countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Mali and many other republics are considered better than Tajikistan. In a word, Tajikistan occupies the last position among the countries of the former union.
Achievement of Tajiks in football on the world stage
- AFC Challenge Cup Winner: 2006
- Silver medalist AFC Challenge Cup finalist: 2008
- Bronze medalist Bronze medalist of the AFC Challenge Cup: 2010
The most active in football are men living in the mountainous regions of Tajikistan! Here below is a list of the best regions of Tajikistan (by rating) regarding football activity:
- PAMIR (GBAO) in particular Shugnansky district;
- Rasht Valley in particular the Tajikabad region.
- Kulyab region- residents of the city of Kulyab;
- Kurgantyube region- in particular, residents of Kumsangir, Vakhsh, Kalkhazabad districts;
- Gissar Valley- guys from Shakhrinav, Vakhdat and Gissar districts;
- Zarafshan Valley- Penjikent region;
- Khujand region - men from the Uratyube, B. Gaffurova, Kanibadam and Isfara districts.
According to foreign estimates, the most dear football players Tajikistan are: Farkhod Vosiev ($200 thousand), Nuriddin Davronov ($150 thousand) and Khurshed Makhmudov ($100 thousand).
Management and coordination of Tajik football
Football, along with other sports in Tajikistan, is coordinated by the Football Federation of Tajikistan. ( Taj . Federosiyuni Football Tojikiston) is an organization that controls and manages football in Tajikistan. The headquarters is located in Dushanbe. Organizes the national championship, national cups and super cups, national teams, support, development and popularization of all football in the country. The president of the federation is Rustam Emomali (son of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan).
The federation was founded in 1936 in the then Tajik SSR as a department of the USSR Football Federation. After Tajikistan gained independence, the federation was revived in 1994 and in the same year it was admitted to FIFA and AFC.
Indicators of financial and economic activity of the Football Federation of Tajikistan for 2013
Revenue part
FIFA financial assistance programs – 1,241,054 somoni
Financial assistance programs of AFK – 1,303,900 somoni
Sponsorship – 1,002,250 somoni
Application fees of football clubs – 735,577 somoni
Income from ticket sales – 88,947 somoni
Total amount – 4,371,730 somoni
Consumable part
Expenses for the maintenance of national teams of Tajikistan - 2,106,501 somoni
Salary of FFT employees and trainers – 844,818 somoni
Payment of taxes – 240,271 somoni
Competitions and events of republican significance – 381,999 somoni
Expenses for mass and children's football – 250,595 somoni
Technical development – 154,288 somoni
Administrative expenses – 316,795 somoni
Marketing and advertising expenses – 75,857 somoni
Total expenses – 4,371,120 somoni
HISTORY OF TAJIK FOOTBALL
Football entered the territory of Tajikistan at the beginning of the 20th century. Then football teams were created in Dushanbey and Khujand, and intercity matches began to be held between them. The championship of the Tajik SSR began to be played in 1937, and the Cup of the Tajik SSR began to be held later.
Until mid-1991, Tajikistan was part of the USSR and had its own national team like the other union republics, which mainly played matches within teams and national teams of the USSR, in particular in the football tournaments of the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. The Tajik SSR team participated in all competitions football tournament Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. Football clubs of Tajikistan in those days also participated in the USSR football championship.
After the collapse of the USSR and Tajikistan gained independence, a new Tajikistan national team was organized. The team played its first matches in 1992. The first game of the Tajikistan national team was a match against the Uzbekistan national team (2:2), as part of the 1992 Central Asian Cup, initiated by FIFA. These matches are officially registered by FIFA on the basis that the Tajikistan national team has been allowed to participate in tournaments held under the auspices of FIFA since 1992. At this tournament in a league format, the Tajikistan national team refused to participate in the tournament after the second round due to financial difficulties. In 1993, the national team did not play a single match due to the height of the civil war in Tajikistan and financial difficulties. In 1994, Tajikistan was officially admitted to the AFC and FIFA. In 1995, the team also did not play a single match. During the 1990s, the national team did not perform regularly due to the civil war and lack of finances.
In 1996, the team played only two matches as part of the qualifications for the 1996 Asian Cup against the Uzbekistan team. The first match, held in Dushanbe, ended with a crushing score of 4:0 in favor of the Tajikistan team, and in the second match in Tashkent, the Uzbekistan team also defeated Tajikistan with a score of 5:0 and thus the Tajikistan team was unable to get a ticket to the 1996 Asian Cup, which was held in the UAE . In 1997-1999, the national team played 15 matches, of which they won 7 matches.
The Tajikistan national team failed the qualifying tournament for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, taking 4th place in group “B” and therefore the entire coaching staff led by Mubin Ergashev was dismissed. Thus, until 2018, Tajikistan did not participate at least once in international football games such as FIFA (Mundial) or AFC (Asian).
Famous Tajik football players
1990-2000 2000-2015
Rashid Rakhimov Rakhmatullo Fuzailov
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev Sukhrob Khamidov
Sergey Mandreko Jamoliddin Oev
Arsen Avakov Ibragim Rabimov
Shukhrat Mamajanov Yusuf Rabiev
Takhirjon Muminov Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov
Khakim Fuzailov Numonjon Khakimov
COACHES OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM OF THE RT
1992 – 1994 Sharif Nazarov
1994 – 1995 Vladimir Gulyamkhaidarov
1996 - 1997 Abdullo Muradov
1997 – 1998 Zoir Babaev
1999 - 2000 Sharif Nazarov
2000 – 2003 Salokhiddin Gafurov
2003 – 2004 Sharif Nazarov
2004 – 2006 Zoir Babaev
2004 - 2006 Sharif Nazarov
2007 - 2008 Makhmadjon Khabibulloev
2008 - 2011 Pulod Kadyrov
2011 - 2012 Alimjon Rafikov from Russia
2012 – 2013 Kemal Alispahic from Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012 – 2013 Nikola Kavazovic from Serbia
2013 – 2013 Mubin Ergashev
2013 - 2015 Mukhsin Muhammadiev from Russia
2015 - 2016 Mubin Ergashev
In Tajikistan, almost every village, district, and city has stadiums, and the largest of them are:
Like Don't like itOne of the leaders of the Tajikistan national football team, defender Farkhod Vosiev (Vasiev), moved to the Russian football club “Tyumen” from the city of the same name in the Tyumen region.
The Tajikistani became the first newcomer to the Siberian team this off-season, the club’s press service reported on Tuesday, June 19.
It is not reported for how long the parties signed the contract.
“Before the transition, I knew little about Tyumen, but when I came to Siberia for the games, I really liked the city - it was beautiful and clean,” Farkhod Vosiev shared his first impressions of the transition.
The player spent the last three months of the 2016/2017 season in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Dushanbe, where he defended his colors permanent champion republics of recent years.
“I left for Tajikistan for family reasons. Unfortunately, I didn’t play much at home - I was soon injured,” he said.
He played in the Dushanbe team on loan, which Istiklol received from Orenburg - it was from this club, which also plays in the second strongest division of the Russian Federation, the Football National League (FNL), that FC Tyumen acquired the athlete.
“Farhod is a player with experience and a working left foot. “Tyumen needed a player of this type,” commented the team’s senior coach Evgeny Maslov.
Vasiev has been playing for Orenburg (then Gazovik) since the summer of 2013 (a year after the club entered the FNL). Since then, the footballer has managed to play 60 matches for this team in the FNL (an average of 77 minutes per game) and seven in the Russian Cup, scoring one goal, but a victorious one. In the 2017/2018 season, he became the winner of the Championship, thanks to which the team has already received a ticket to the major league for the second time.
In the Russian Championship, after top division and renaming to Orenburg, he played all 90 minutes in only one match in October 2016.
This was not the first experience of playing major league Russian Federation for him - he made his debut in the Russian Premier League as part of Saturn near Moscow, for youth team which he played in the 2009 season. In the first match against the Samara “Wings of the Soviets” he was able to score a goal, opening the scoring. At the same time, he played for the first time in Russian Cup matches.
The next season he played for Krylia Sovetov, against whom he scored his first goal in his Russian career a season earlier.
In 2011, he began playing in the second league of the Russian Federation, moving to Zhemchuzhina Sochi. In the 2012/2013 season in the FNL, he managed to play for two teams at once - Shinnik and "", and at the end of it he moved to Gazovik, for which he played for five years.
For national team RT Vosiev has been playing since 2011 (although his debut took place back in 2007) and played 11 matches with it, in which he scored one goal. The player’s value, according to Transfermarkt, since December 2017 (since then he has not played for almost six months), remains at the level of 180 thousand euros - this is the amount Tyumen could buy an athlete from Orenburg for.
Farkhod Vosiev (Vasiev) became the winner of the Russian Championship (FNL) of the 2017/2018 season as part of FC OrenburgFarhod Vosiev's older brother, 30-year-old Dilshod, also plays football and is a member of the Tajikistan national team. However, unlike his younger brother, he plays in the Tajik top league and defends the colors of the current champion of the republic, Istiklol, as a midfielder and as a captain.
The Tyumen football club from the city and region of the same name was founded in 1961 and has been competing in the National Football League since the 2014/2015 season. In their debut year, the team took ninth place, the next season - eighth, and a year later - ninth again. In the last championship, the club took the penultimate, 19th, place and, together with four other teams, was supposed to leave the FNL, but due to the fact that Tosno, which dropped out of the RFPL, and four teams from the zonal divisions (third league) could not to obtain licenses, the composition of the FNL teams in the 2018/2019 season remained practically unchanged - Tyumen also retained their registration in it.
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The world's leading German website transfermarkt.de, specializing in football player transfers and their prices, has updated data on football players and football clubs various national championships. It also talks about Tajik football
The website provides data on all clubs in the Tajikistan Major League, although not all clubs were assessed. Only Istiklol, Regar-TadAZ, CSKA Pamir, Barkchi and Vakhsh were rated. Players from such clubs as Khujand, Khosilot and Panjshir are not subject to evaluation. Thus, the total cost of the Major League of Tajikistan, according to the site, is 1.8 million euros.
"Istiklol"
The most expensive club Tajikistan is the current champion of the country, Dushanbe Istiklol. Its cost is 1.48 million euros. The most expensive player in the club is foreign defender Artem Baranovsky - 500 thousand euros. In second place is defender Farkhod Vosiev, worth 300 thousand euros. Footballer Manuchehr Jalilov, one of the club’s leading players, is worth 200 thousand euros.
Another Istiklol legionnaire, forward Dmitry Barkov, is valued at 175 thousand euros. Next on the list of the most dear players midfielder Nuriddin Davronov is coming to the club - he costs 150 thousand euros. Two Istiklol football players are priced at the same price - 50 thousand euros - goalkeeper Rustam Yatimov and central midfielder Amirbek Juraboev.
"Regar-TadAZ"
The cost of the Tursunzade club is 175 thousand euros. At the same time, only two players from the team’s main roster are rated by the German site. Ghanaian midfielder Akuffo Gershon Kwesi costs 100 thousand euros, and forward Firuz Rakhmatov is valued at 75 thousand euros.
CSKA "Pamir"
The capital's CSKA Pamir is represented on the list of the German site by only one player. It was midfielder Sarkis Karapetyan.
A legionnaire with an American passport is valued at 50 thousand euros.
"Barkchi"
The team, based this year in Gissar, also has its representatives on the list of the most expensive players in the Major League. There are two players from this club in the rating. The first is Khurshed Makhmudov, who will most likely focus only on performing in futsal. It costs, according to the site, 75 thousand euros. Another player, defender Naim Nosirov, costs 50 thousand euros.
"Vakhsh"
The last Major League club that “delegated” its representative to the list of the German resource is Kurgantyube “Vakhsh”. Akhtam Khamrokulov, who is listed on the website as Vakhsh, is worth, according to the portal, 50 thousand euros.
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The German website, which contains football information such as match scores, tournament results and transfer news, is ranked among the top 25 most visited German websites by IVW and is one of the largest sports websites in the world.
The site was created in May 2000 by Matthias Seidel. In 2008, the publishing house Axel Springer AG received a controlling stake in the site (51%). However, Seidel owns the remaining 49% of the shares.
The domain transfermarkt.at became active in November 2007, and transfermarkt.ch in January 2008. Since January 2009, the transfermarkt.co.uk domain has become available, UK version website, in February of the same year the website transfermarkt.tv was opened, where interviews are conducted and discussed football matches. In July 2010, the Italian version of transfermarkt.it was released. In August, an analogue of the site soccerdonna.de was released, which specializes in women's football and has a similar interface. Two months later, the Turkish equivalent was released - transfermarkt.com.tr.
DUSHANBE, Oct 10 – Sputnik. Several Tajik football players compete in various national championships; Sputnik Tajikistan tracked their sports path.
Farkhod Vosiev (Orenburg, Russia)
Of course, the best Tajik legionnaire who is part of the Tajikistan national team is defender Farkhod Vosiev. Last season, Dushanbe's Istiklol strengthened its defensive line by placing Farkhod Vosiev in defense.
Vosiev played in several matches of the Tajikistan Championship and the Asian Cup football confederation. After the end of the loan, the footballer left the five-time national champions and returned to Russia, to Orenburg. Now his team plays in the FNL. After 16 games the club is in 5th place in the table. Vosiev has not played for the team yet this season.
The defender previously played for Russian clubs“Saturn”, “Wings of the Soviets”, “Zhemchuzhina-Sochi”, “Shinnik”, “Volgar”.
Let us remind you that Farkhod Saidzhonovich Vosiev was born on April 14, 1990 in Dushanbe. A graduate of the Dushanbe team "Everest". In 2005, he began playing for the youth and main teams of Dushanbe CSKA. He also played for this club in the 2006 season. In total, he participated in 17 matches for the army team and scored 2 goals.
At the beginning of 2007, he moved to the Russian Saturn from Ramenskoye. In 2007-2009 he played for the youth team of this club, where he played 51 matches, scoring 3 goals. For some time he was the captain of the youth team. He played 2 official matches for the main team of Saturn. He spent the 2010 season on loan at Krylya Sovetov Samara. In March 2011 he moved to the first division club Zhemchuzhina-Sochi. In August 2011, he joined the Yaroslavl Shinnik squad. In January 2013 he moved to Volgar Astrakhan, and in July 2013 he moved to Gazovik Orenburg.
Vosiev also played as a member of the Tajikistan youth team at the 2007 World Championships for players under 17, where the team reached the 1/8 finals, losing to Peru. Since 2007, he began to be involved in the national team of Tajikistan, for which he played 10 games.
Abduaziz Mahkamov ("Alai", Osh, Kyrgyzstan)
The goalkeeper of the Tajikistan national team, playing for the Osh club "Alai", became a two-time champion of Kyrgyzstan. In the match of the 17th round of the Kyrgyz championship, "Alai" in Osh played a draw with the "Abdysh-Ata" team - 1:1. In order to win the next championship title, the Oshan team had to not lose. The Osh club won gold medals at the Kyrgyz championship. For Alai, this is the fourth championship in its club history.
It should be noted that the goalkeeper of the national team of Tajikistan Abduaziz Makhkamov has been defending the colors of “Alai” for the second season. Having won the gold medals of the Kyrgyz championship ahead of schedule, Makhkamov’s club received the right to compete in group stage AFC Cup 2018.
Davronjon Ergashev (Taraz, Kazakhstan)
Defender of the Tajikistan national team Davronjon Ergashev continues to play for the Kazakh club Taraz. Last season, he signed a new labor agreement, which runs until the end of the 2017 season. That season, the Tajik footballer moved to the Kazakh Premier League club Taraz from Istiklol. “Taraz” performed poorly in the Kazakhstan championship in the 2016 season. Based on the results of 32 matches in the Premier League, Ergashev’s club took penultimate, 11th place in standings, having 35 points.
This season Taraz is again fighting for survival. Based on the results of 29 meetings, his team is in ninth place in the championship, the club has 8 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses. “Taraz” has 32 points. Ergashev played 17 matches with the team, “distinguished himself” with 3 yellow cards and one red card.
Let us note that Ergashev previously performed in Kazakhstan. In the 2013 season, he played for “Zhetysu” (Taldykorgan), played 28 matches, then, at the invitation of Yuri Semin, he moved to the Azerbaijani “Gabala”. However, this voyage turned out to be short-lived, and six months later he returned to Taldykorgan, where he performed until the end of the season before last. “Taraz” this season managed to maintain its residence in the elite; Taldykurgan “Zhetysu” left the Major League.
Parvizjon Umarboev (Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
Parvizjon Umarboev replaced Istiklol with the Bulgarian club Lokomotiv from Plovdiv. He became the first Tajikistan football player in the Bulgarian championship. Parvizjon Umarboev studied at the football school Kazan "Rubin". Upon returning to his homeland, he played for the Istiklol team and now a window to Europe has opened for him. It should be noted that Parviz has been a member of the Tajikistan national team since 2014.
Midfielder of the Tajikistan national team Umarboev scored his next goal for the Lokomotiv club (Plovdiv) in the match of the ninth round of the championship.
Umarboev's club hosted Slavia Sofia and was defeated with a score of 1:2. The Tajik legionnaire played all 90 minutes on the field for Lokomotiv and scored a goal in the 56th minute of the match. This is the second goal of the Tajikistan national team midfielder this season in the Bulgarian championship. He scored his first goal of the season for Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the fifth round match against Bistrica (3:1).
Midfielder Umarboev, after 11 matches in the championship this season, is with his club in 8th place in the standings. Loko won 4 victories, drew 2 matches and suffered 5 defeats. The club has 14 points.
Iskandar and Alisher Jalilovs (Baltika, Russia)
This year, Tajikistan national team defender Iskandar Jalilov, who spent last season in the Bulgarian Dunav, moved to Baltika Kaliningrad. The contract with the 25-year-old defender of the Tajikistan national team is calculated according to the “1+1” scheme.
Iskandar Jalilov began his football training in his native Dushanbe, and from the age of 16 he was in the Moscow CSKA system, playing for the army youth team. Then he played for a number of foreign clubs. Participated in matches of the top divisions of Romania, Tajikistan and Bulgaria.
Earlier, Iskandar’s cousin, Alisher Jalilov, moved to Baltika, and the head coach of the Kaliningrad team is a graduate of Tajik football, former defender Tajikistan national team Igor Cherevchenko.
Alisher Jalilov learned the basics of football in Tajikistan, and from the age of 11 he studied at the Lokomotiv Youth Sports School (Moscow). Jalilov signed his first professional contract with Rubin, where he made his debut in Russian Premier League. Twice he was on loan at Neftekhimik. Playing for Nizhnekamsk in the FNL, he was recognized as the best young football player in the League of the 2012/2013 season.
The Jalilovs' club is in 6th position in the table this season in the FNL championship. After 16 matches, the team has 27 points (8 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses). Iskandar played 7 matches and received 1 yellow card. And Alisher played 14 matches, scored 3 goals and received 1 yellow card.
Akmal Kholmatov (Andijan, Uzbekistan)
This season, the Uzbek Neftchi decided to part with Akmal Kholmatov, who quickly found himself new team- he moved to Jizzakh Sogdiana. But then after a while he changed the team - now he is in Andijan. His club plays in the First League of Uzbekistan. Midfielder Akmal Kholmatov has had a good start with his new club this season.
After 26 past rounds, the team is in 3rd place in the standings, with 53 points. The club won 15 times, drew 8 times and suffered 3 defeats.
Kholmatov often plays in the starting lineup and brings benefits to his team. Last year, Kholmatov was invited to Istiklol to participate in the AFC Cup, but in the Tajikistan championship he took part in only four matches, in which he scored two goals. After this, he returned to his former team.
Let us recall that Kholmatov began his professional career in 1993 in the Tursunzade club "Regar-TadAZ". He played for this club until 1996. In the same year he moved to Uzbekistan and signed a contract with Fergana Neftchi. As part of the Oilers, Kholmatov became one of the team leaders and later became the team captain. He played for Neftchi until the end of 2007 and during this time he played 301 matches and scored 69 goals, thereby becoming one of the best guards and scorers in the history of the club. Won the 2001 Uzbekistan Championship with Neftchi, 8 times silver medals Championship of Uzbekistan, 5 times silver medals of the Uzbekistan Cup.
Participated as part of this club in Asian club tournaments of various ranks. In total, Kholmatov played 16 matches for the Tajikistan national team and scored two goals.
Mahmadnaim Sharifi ("Fakel", Russia)
“Fakel” this year announced the signing of a contract with defender Mahmadnaim Sharifi.
Since 2014, Mahmadnaim Sharifi played for the Austrian Sturm, and that season he became a free agent. The Lokomotiv Moscow graduate was not doing very well with Russia. After several years in Austria, the player decided to try his hand at Amkar Perm, where things didn’t work out for him. Naim returned to the Austrian Kapfenberg and a year later received an invitation to the more famous Sturm Graz, but due to a knee injury at the beginning of the championship he was out for a long time.
Last season I did not hold any official meetings. The agreement with the player was terminated. But he was not without a club for long: he signed a contract with his former team, Kapfenberg. After the end of the season he left this club. It was not possible to come to an agreement with any club from Austria, and he found an option in the FNL - “Fakel”.
This season he played 11 matches for the club and received 1 yellow card. Now his team is in last, 20th place in the table with 13 points.
Muhammadnaim Sharifi was born on June 3, 1992 in the city of Dushanbe. When he was 4 years old, he and his parents moved to Russia. From 2000 to 2009, he studied at the football school of Lokomotiv Moscow, playing for the club's junior and youth teams. In 2010, he began playing as a starter, then continued his career in the teams Kapfenberg (Austria), Amkar (Russia) and Sturm (Austria).
Alexander Huber (Al-Nasr, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Defender of the Tajikistan national team Alexander Huber moved to the Al-Nasr club (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) as a free agent this year. It should be noted that this summer, for the first time, defender Alexander Huber, a native of Khujand, who has experience playing for the German youth team, was called up to the banner of the national team of Tajikistan.
Alexander Huber was born on February 25, 1985 in Khujand. He began his professional career at the Eintracht Frankfurt club.
The player then spent one year on loan at Hoffenheim. Further in Huber's career were the teams Eintracht (Braunschweig), Hamburg and Kickers (Offenbach). Huber's last club was Frankfurt, where he played from 2011 to 2016.
Huber has experience playing for the German youth team, where he played youth championship World 2005 (U-20) in Holland. Alexander Huber made his debut for the national team of Tajikistan in the match qualifying tournament Asian Cup 2019 against the Philippines. This season it new club in the national championship after 5 games it is in fifth place in the table. The team has 9 points (2 wins and 3 draws).
Victories in the “second tier”, poaching of foreign players from the Belarusian championship, disqualification for wearing a beard – the blog “By the bottom of the barrel” presents the most interesting facts about the current opponent of our team.
In Soviet football, Tajikistan was represented by the Pamir team- a regular in the first league, who made his debut in the top league in the late 1980s. The best achievement of the Dushanbe residents was tenth place in two championships in a row - 1990 and 1991. In the first case, by the way, Pamir was ahead of Dynamo Minsk, and in the second it lost to it by two points.
In addition, the Tajik club reached the semi-finals of the last USSR Cup, where it lost to CSKA Moscow 0:2. True, Pamir then reached the top four, having passed two opponents in a row without a game - Ukrainian teams, including Dynamo Kiev, withdrew from the competition.
"Pamir" gave the Soviet and Russian football such prominent representatives , How Edgar Hess, who played for Spartak Moscow, Valery Sarychev, now settled in South Korea, Rashid Rakhimov – former coach“Lokomotiv”, “Amkar” and the current one – “Terek”. I came from there current head coach national team Mukhsin Mukhamadiev (pictured). This midfielder should be remembered by those who watched football in the first half of the nineties: Mukhamadiev performed successfully in Spartak, became the national champion and even played one match and once scored for the Russian national team. He is recognized as the best Tajik football player of the twentieth century.
After the collapse of the USSR, Pamir expectedly won the first championship of sovereign Tajikistan, but failed to become a hegemon. In 1995, the capital club took the second title, however, in the off-season it dissolved its entire roster and virtually ceased to exist. The revival of Pamir took place a few years later thanks to the local Ministry of Defense. The team, which received the double name SKA-Pamir (now - for adults: CSKA-Pamir) returned to the top division of the national championship, but has never been a prize-winner.
There are only ten clubs competing in the current championship of Tajikistan. The current national champion, the team from Kulyab, is called “Ravshan”. This word, by the way, is translated from Persian as “light.” True, this season Ravshan is performing very modestly: in May they even lost 1:9 to a new giant, the Istiklol club. The Dushanbe team, which was created as the personal “toy” of the son of the Tajik president, is confidently moving towards its third championship title. True, Istiklol has few fans: in the provinces people go to football much more willingly than in the capital.
The most titled club in the country is Regar-TadAZ from the city of Tursunzade, a seven-time national champion. TadAZ stands for “Tajik Aluminum Smelter”: aluminum is one of the few Tajik exports. The club has won the AFC President's Cup three times: a continental competition for the winners of low-ranked championships.
There has never been a lot of money in the local league, but there are foreign players from foreign countries on the teams. You won’t surprise a Tajik viewer with a Brazilian or an African. And recently, “Istiklol” was replenished with a player from Western Europe, well known to our viewers. It is in Dushanbe that former Belshina forward, Spaniard Manuel Bleda Rodriguez, will continue his career.
During the sovereign era, Belarusian and Tajik clubs met at the Commonwealth Champions Cup six times (+5=1-0). The only misfire came in 2001, when Slavia played 1:1 with Varzob.
To conclude the topic about the Commonwealth Cup, we note that the Tajik team holds the absolute record in the “ major lesions». In 1998, Vakhsh lost to the main team of Moscow Spartak with a score of 0:19. Titov, Tikhonov, Alenichev, Kechinov, Miroslav Romashchenko scored against the team from the city of Kurgan-Tube, and the Brazilian Robson scored five goals, and after coming on as a substitute.
The Tajikistan national football team played its first match in 1992, against its neighbor from Uzbekistan. Since then, she has played 105 fights, in which she scored almost 50 percent of the possible points (42 wins, 18 draws). However, positive statistics were achieved only through victories over Asian dwarfs. Our opponent ranks only 120th in the FIFA rankings and has never been in the top 100 in its history.
He never participated in the final part of the Asian Cup (not to mention the World Championship), but he won the tournament for second-tier teams - the Asian Challenge Cup. The Tajiks were ahead of everyone in the first drawing of this tournament (2006), and then each time they performed worse: second place, third, failure to leave the group and, finally, failure to qualify even for this minor competition. In the Asian Challenge Cup 2014 qualification, the team led by Serbian Nikola Kavazovic beat Pakistan and Macau, but lost to Kyrgyzstan. After this failure, the foreign specialist gave up his post to Mukhsin Mukhamadiev.
The Tajikistan team was one step away from entering final part continental championship-1996. To do this, the Tajiks just had to avoid losing to the Uzbeks away with a score greater than 4:0. This is exactly how the first match in Dushanbe ended sensationally. However, the impossible happened. The more venerable team of Uzbekistan managed to score four goals in regular time and a fifth in extra time! Thus, Tajikistan (albeit in the unfortunate role of a loser) took part in one of the most impressive comebacks in international football.
The Belarusian national team will only the third European opponent in the history of Tajik football(except for Kazakhstan, which joined football Europe recently). Previously, our opponents met with representatives of Azerbaijan and Estonia once each, and lost in both matches (2:3 and 1:2, respectively).
The squad called up for the matches with the Belarusians includes only one representative of a foreign championship: defender Davronjon Ergashev (in the photo in red) from Kazakhstan's Zhetysu. The rest are delegated from almost all the local major league clubs. Istiklol plays 13 collections at once.
In the winter of 2014, local sports websites circulated the news that a Tajik football player could move to a club from Western Europe. 23-year-old midfielder Nuriddin Davronov went to try out the German Energi from Cottbus- really, it was unsuccessful. Nuriddin has already played in Europe: last season he played eight matches for the Serbian Sloboda.
Three years ago, the leader of the Tajik top division club Khair, Parviz Tursunov, was suspended from training and games because of his long beard. At that time, the authorities, under the sign of the fight against Islamic fundamentalism, pursued an aggressive “secular” policy, prohibiting men from wearing beards and women from visiting mosques. The 36-year-old player who came under attack told reporters that “Football is worldly, but we must think about the eternal” and assured that he would not part with his beard in exchange for the opportunity to play.
In the Tajik top league, everything is generally masculine. In 2012, the match between Energetik and Istaravshan was disrupted due to an attack by players on the referee.. The players of the capital's Energetik did not agree that the referee counted the opponents' goal, and two red cards did not cool their ardor. The referee was simply beaten, not only by the players, but also by the fans who ran onto the field.
The methods of influencing football players in the Central Asian country are also unusual. Akhtam Khamrotkulov moved from Vakhsh to Regar-TadAZ and scored two goals in the semi-final of the National Cup former team. After that, he fell out of favor with... utility workers. Officials showed up to the football player, accused him of non-payment of bills (despite the receipts presented) and turned off both water and electricity. Everything was restored only after the final match, in which Regar lost to Istiklol.
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