The
FC Istiklol
Football Club Istiklol () is a Tajik professional football club owned by Maldivian Conglomerate Maziya. Founded in 2007, the club competes in the Ligai Olii Tojikiston, the top flight of Tajik football league system. It was founded to commemo ...
2016 season is Istiklol's eighth
Tajik League
The Ligai Olii Tojikiston or Tajikistan Higher League (; ) is the top division of professional association football, football in Tajikistan. It is part of the Tajikistan Football League Organization and Tajikistan Football Federation.
It was fou ...
season. They are the current defending Champions in the Tajik League, Tajik Cup and Tajik Supercup having completed a Domestic Treble during the
2015 season. They will also participate in the
AFC Cup
The AFC Champions League Two (abbreviated as the ACL Two or ACL2) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It is the second-tier competition of Asian club football, ranked below the AFC C ...
for the second time, entering at the group stage.
Season events
On 10 July 2016, Istiklol fired their entire coaching staff, including manager
Mubin Ergashev,
appointing Serbian
Nikola Lazarevic as his replacement on 13 July 2016. On 31 October 2016, days after winning their fifth Tajik League title, Istiklol appointed
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev as their new manager for the 2017 season.
Squad
Out on loan
Transfers
Winter
In:
Out:
Summer
In:
Out:
Friendlies
TFF Cup
Preliminary round
Group stage
Competitions
Tajik Supercup
Tajik League
Results summary
Results by round
Results
League table
Tajik Cup
Final
AFC Cup
Group stage
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
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, colspan="14", ''Players away from Istiklol on loan:''
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, colspan="14", ''Players who left Istiklol during the season:''
Goal scorers
Disciplinary record
Notes
References
External links
FC Istiklol Official Web Site
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FC Istiklol seasons
Istiklol
220px, Old Istiqlol
Istiqlol (; , formerly Taboshar) is a city in Tajikistan, located in Sughd Region. Istiqlol is a city of regional subordination, administratively subordinated to the regional capital of Khujand.
The first Soviet uranium mi ...