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FC Khujand

Full name	Football Club Khujand Клуби Футболи Хуҷанд
Nickname(s)	Blue Eagle
Founded	1976; 48 years ago (1976)
Ground	Bistsolagii Istiqloliyati Stadium Khujand, Tajikistan
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Murodjon Umarov
Manager	Rustam Khojayev
League	Ligai Olii Tojikiston
2024	Tajikistan Higher League, 2nd of 10
Home colours Away colours
Current season

FC Khujand (Tajik: Клуби футболи Хуҷанд) is a Tajik professional football club based in Khujand, currently playing in the Ligai Olii Tojikiston, the top division in the country.

History

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.

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

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

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

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, with Rustam Khojayev previously being in temporary charge since the Ligai Olii Tojikiston returned on 16 June 2020.

On 10 September 2020, the 2020 AFC Cup was cancelled.

Domestic history

Continental history

As of match played 17 August 2022

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
2021	AFC Cup	Group F	Alay	2–0	—	3rd
			Altyn Asyr	—	2–2
			Nasaf Qarshi	0–3	—
2022	AFC Cup	Group F	Dordoi Bishkek	0–0		1st
			Köpetdag Aşgabat	3–1
		Zonal finals	Sogdiana Jizzakh	0–4

Honours

• Tajik Cup
  • Winners (5): 1998, 2002, 2008, 2017, 2021

Sponsorship

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

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.

On 15 January 2021, Khujand announced that betting company "Formula 55" had replaced Samsung as their title sponsor.

Current squad

As of 6 June 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TJK Dilshod Dadoboev 2 DF  TJK Fakhriddin Akhtamov 3 DF  CMR Tony Bikatal 4 DF  TJK Parviz Bokiev 5 DF  UZB Firdavs Abdusalimov 6 MF  TJK Khodzhiboy Ziyoev 7 FW  RUS Artem Serdyuk 8 MF  TJK Ekhson Boboev 9 MF  TJK Bokhirdzon Sanginboev 10 MF  TJK Dilshod Bozorov 11 MF  TJK Dzhumaboy Akhmadzoda 17 MF  UZB Islom Toshpulatov 18 MF  TJK Parviz Aliev

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  TJK Daler Makhatov 22 MF  UZB Jasur Kurbonov 23 DF  TJK Firuz Karaev 29 MF  TJK Azizbek Daliev 30 MF  TJK Shulhratdzhon Shonazarov 47 MF  TJK Muib Saidov 63 GK  TJK Safarmad Gafforov 73 DF  TJK Alisher Barotov 76 GK  TJK Zukhriddin Muyidinov 77 MF  UZB Firuz Kholmatov 96 MF  RUS Deni Daliev 97 MF  ARM Sergey Tsankyan

References

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2. "ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "ХУДЖАНДА" ОТПРАВЛЕН В ОТСТАВКУ". fc-khujand.tj/ (in Russian). FK Khujand. 12 April 2019. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
3. "ВИТАЛИЙ ЛЕВЧЕНКО ВОЗГЛАВИЛ ХУДЖАНД". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
4. "НИКОЛА ЛАЗАРЕВИЧ НАЗНАЧЕН ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ ХУДЖАНДА". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 21 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
5. "ХАКИМ ФУЗАЙЛОВ ВОЗГЛАВИТ ХУДЖАНД". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 12 July 2020. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
6. ^ "AFC Executive Committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
7. "CARABAO ENERGY DRINK – НОВЫЙ ТИТУЛЬНЫЙ СПОНСОР ФУТБОЛЬНОГО КЛУБА ХУДЖАНД". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
8. ^ "SAMSUNG UHD TV – ПЕРВЫЙ ТИТУЛЬНЫЙ СПОНСОР ХУДЖАНДА". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 26 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
9. ^ "БК "ФОРМУЛА 55" — ГЛАВНЫЙ ТИТУЛЬНЫЙ СПОНСОР ФК "ХУДЖАНД"". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 15 January 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
10. "44 ЛЕГИОНЕРА ИЗ 13 СТРАН ВЫСТУПЯТ В 1XBET-ЧЕМПИОНАТЕ ТАДЖИКИСТАНА-2023". fft.tj/ (in Russian). Tajikistan Football Federation. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

• Football clubs in Tajikistan
• 1976 establishments in Tajikistan