The Ligai Olii Tojikiston ( Tajik: ''Лигаи Олии Тоҷикистон'') or Tajikistan Higher League ( fa, لیگ عالی فوتبال تاجیکستان, Russian: ''Высшая лига Таджикистана'') is the top division of professional

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Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. It is part of the

Tajikistan Football League Organization Tajikistan Football League Organization (russian: Футбольная лига Таджикистана; Tajiki: ''Лигаи футболи Тоҷикистон'') — is a Tajikistani public sports football organization, founded in 2012. Is th ...

and

Tajikistan Football Federation The Tajikistan Football Federation (russian: Федерация футбола Таджикистана; tg, Федеросиюни футболи Тоҷикистон, Federosijuni futboli Toçikiston, or FFT) is the governing body of football i ...

. It was founded in 1992, with 8 clubs participating. The first champion of the league was

CSKA Pomir Dushanbe CSKA Pamir Dushanbe ( tg, Клуби футболи ЦСКА-Помир Душанбе, Klubi Futboli CSKA Pomir Dushanbe; fa, زسکا پامیر دوشنبه) is a professional football club based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan that currently plays ...

. Currently the most successful team is FC Istiklol.

Clubs

Soviet era

*1937: Dinamo Stalinabad *1938–47: ''not played'' *1948: Sbornaya Gissara *1949: Dinamo Stalinabad *1950: Dinamo Stalinabad *1951: Dinamo Stalinabad *1952: Profsoyuz Leninabad *1953: Dinamo Stalinabad *1954: Profsoyuz Leninabad *1955: Dinamo Stalinabad *1956: Metallurg Leninabad *1957: Taksobaza Stalinabad *1958: Dinamo Stalinabad *1959: Kuroma Taboshary *1960: Pogranichnik Dushanbe *1961: Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube *1962: Pogranichnik Dushanbe *1963: DSA Dushanbe *1964: Zvezda Dushanbe *1965: Zvezda Dushanbe *1966: Volga Dushanbe *1967: Irrigator Dushanbe *1968: Irrigator Dushanbe *1969: Irrigator Dushanbe *1970: Pedagogichesky Institut Dushanbe *1971: TIFK Dushanbe *1972: Neftyanik Leninsky Rayon *1973: Politekhnichesky Institut Dushanbe *1974: SKIF Dushanbe *1975: SKIF Dushanbe *1976: SKIF Dushanbe *1977: Metallurg Regar Tursunzoda *1978:

Pakhtakor Kurgan-Tyube Khatlon Bokhtar ( tg, ФК Хатлон Бохтар),( fa, باشگاه فوتبال ختلان), (russian: Футбольный клуб «Хатлон» Бохтар; is a professional football club based in Bokhtar, Tajikistan. They curre ...

*1979: Trudovye Rezervy Dushanbe *1980: Chashma Shaartuz *1981: Trikotazhnik Ura-Tyube *1982: Trikotazhnik Ura-Tyube *1983: Trikotazhnik Ura-Tyube *1984: Trikotazhnik Ura-Tyube *1985: Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube *1986: SKIF Dushanbe *1987: SKIF Dushanbe *1988: SKIF Dushanbe *1989: Metallurg Regar Tursunzoda *1990: Avtomobilist Kurgan-Tyube *1991: Sokhibkor Dushanbe

Since independence

;Wins by club

Clubs by spell

2022 season

Ten clubs compete in the 2022 Tajikistan Higher League, with two promoted from Tajikistan First League:

Sponsorship

Foreign players

* List of foreign football players in Tajikistan

References

External links

Official Website
at FIFA {{AFC Leagues Football competitions in Tajikistan

Sports leagues established in 1992 1992 establishments in Tajikistan 0