Football Club Bunyodkor () is an Uzbek professional

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club based in

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that competes in the

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. Bunyodkor, a relatively unknown club at the time, made international headlines when it claimed to be close to signing world-famous

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striker

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, although he did not eventually sign with them. On 25 August 2008,

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Brazilian superstar

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announced to the Greek press that he was joining Bunyodkor on a reported $14 million two-year contract. The club finished second in the 2007

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season and made the semi-finals of the

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. In the beginning of August 2008, the club changed its name to ''Bunyodkor'' from PFC Kuruvchi to reflect the club's success on the pitch and its increasing professionalism off the pitch.Kuruvchi renamed to Bunyodkor
Bunyodkor competed in the

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for 10 consecutive tournaments from 2008 to 2017. Only Pakhtakor has participated in more tournaments from the Uzbekistan Super League.

History

Bunyodkor, which means "creator" in Uzbek (and originally from the

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بنیادکار, bonyad-Kar), was created on 6 July 2005, with the name ''Neftgazmontaj-Quruvchi'', which was typically abbreviated "Kuruvchi" (the Uzbek word for "builder"). In 2005, the club played initially in the championship of Tashkent region and played its way into the playoff for promotion into the First League, the second level of Uzbek football. Kuruvchi gained promotion that year, its first, and under the management of Khikmat Irgashev, Kuruvchi won the First League in its first attempt, winning 27 of 38 matches with 5 draws and 6 defeats. With its victory in the second level of Uzbek football in 2006, the 2007 season was Kuruvchi's debut in the

. Never before had a club moved with such alacrity from the lower reaches of Uzbek competition into the top league. In club's first season Bunyodkor finished runner-up after

Pakhtakor Tashkent Pakhtakor Football Club () is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city of Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor is often considered the most successful football club in Uzbek ...

. In December 2007

Mirjalol Kasymov Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov (, ; in English language, English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan national football team. He also played for the national team as a playmaker in M ...

was appointed as head coach of Bunyodkor, replacing Hikmat Irgashev. 2008 was debut year of Bunyodkor in

where they qualified to the semi-final of tournament. In semi-final they were beaten over two legs by

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3–1 on aggregate.

Famous signings

On 14 July 2008, the club, then called Kuruvchi, announced through their official website that they had signed

star

on a six-month contract. The story was confirmed by Bakhtiyor Babaev, the club's sporting director, stating that it was a performance-related contract. He also went on to say that the Cameroonian football star would sign on 17 July, and that the transfer had taken place due to the good relationship enjoyed between both clubs' presidents. Despite this,

official spokesperson denied any knowledge of the transfer, stating "I don't think it's very likely". On 16 July 2008, the Uzbek radio ''Maxima'' reported that Davut Kivrak and Barcelona managers are expected to arrive in Tashkent to hold talks with the Uzbek Football Federation and to promote youth football (Barcelona and Bunyodkor have a yearly renewable deal to help in youth football). The following day, Eto'o confirmed that he was thinking of joining Kuruvchi – the team stated that they would have confirmation on whether Eto'o would join the team on 23 July 2008. Shortly thereafter, Bunyodkor and Barcelona managements announced that the two clubs had reached an agreement to play a friendly in Tashkent and the Uzbek side will be able to train at

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. As of 31 July 2008, Eto'o's status had become no clearer, as Bunyodkor was still in the running to obtain the services of the Cameroonian international, but he was also being sought by

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ese powerhouses

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and

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. Just a couple of days after Eto'o's visit to Tashkent, two other players from Barcelona visited the team –

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and

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, as well as

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midfielder

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. Although unsuccessful in obtaining Eto'o's services by September 2008, Bunyodkor brought two famous

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to Tashkent:

as a midfielder and Zico as manager. Rivaldo signed a contract that he termed "very good for the end of my career" to play for Bunyodkor. Three weeks later, his countryman Zico signed on to manage the club on a one-year deal. Mirjalol Qosimov became adviser-coach to Brazilian Zico. On 17 November 2008 Rivaldo extended his contract with club until December 2011. Zico left Bunyodkor in January 2009 after he was signed by

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as head coach. On 8 June 2009

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was announced as Bunyodkor's new head coach. In 2010 AFC Champions League, Bunyodkor failed to reach the quarter-final after losing on 12 May 2010 in Round of 16 to

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3–0. Scolari resigned from his post on 28 May 2010 and Mirjalol Qosimov was named as his successor. Qosimov became head coach of Bunyodkor again. Also Rivaldo unexpectedly terminated his multi-million contract and was released from the club on 12 August 2010.

2011–present

On 26 February 2011 Bunyodkor unveiled 11 new players for the 2011 season. In the 2012 season, Bunyodkor was unable to defend its league title, despite winning its third

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; the club finished runner-up to Pakhtakor in the league. In the 2012 AFC Champions League, the club repeated its 2008 achievements, reaching the semi-final of the tournament. In the semi-final, Bunyodkor lost to

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over two legs. Bunyodkor made play-off of AFC Champions League for the 6th successive season in 2013, winning the group stage of tournament. The club renewed its own previous record and record of AFC Champions League history. On 7 March 2014 Bunyodkor won

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with 2:1 in

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match, match between League champion and Uzbek Cup winner. The Super Cup was held for the second time since 1999. On 6 June 2014, Sergey Lushan succeeded Mirjalol Kasymov to become the manager of Bunyodkor after Kasymov resigned his post at club in April 2014. During his time as head coach in club Lushan brought many talents from Bunyodkor academy to main squad. 2014 season club finished only 4th after

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. In 2015 AFC Champions League group stage Bunyodkor failed to qualify to play-off for the first time. After match

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- Bunyodkor on 20 September 2015 he resigned his post on 23 September. On 5 May 2017,

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was sacked, with Mirjalol Qosimov being appointed as the club's new manager the same day. On 12 January 2019, Vadim Abramov was appointed as manager of Bunyodkor.

Recent seasons

Domestic record

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Records

Asian record

Overview

AFC ranking

Stadium

Bunyodkor played its first years at the

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. After the end of the Uzbek League season 2008 it was announced that MHSK stadium would have been closed for longtime reconstruction. Season 2008 was the last season at the MHSK stadium, for 2009 season club moved to 8,460-seater

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. The old MHSK Stadium was completely demolished, with plans to build a new 34,000

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and

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. The construction works were finished in August 2012. The stadium was opened on 28 September 2012 and originally was one of the proposed venues to host the matches of

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2012 in Uzbekistan. The festive opening ceremony of the stadium marking the 100th anniversary of football in Uzbekistan was held on 28 September 2012 with an exhibition match between Bunyodkor and Pakhtakor with the scoreline ending 3:3. The first official football match was played on 26 March 2013. The 2014 FIFA World Cup AFC qualifying round 4 match between

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ended with a 1–0.

Records and statistics

Anvar Gafurov presently holds the team record for number of matches played for the club. He made 232 appearances ahead of Hayrulla Karimov with 224 caps (4 December 2017) Bunyodkor's all-time top goalscorers in all competitions is Anvar Soliev with 65 goals, 46 of them in league matches, 2nd is

with 43 goals followed by Viktor Karpenko with 39 goals.

Top goalscorers

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

The current main shirt sponsor of Bunyodkor is the state natural gas transport company "''Uztransgaz''". Uztransgaz became largest shareholder of Bunyodkor in March 2011 and head club sponsor. Bunyodkors shirts had been made by manufacturer

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until 2012. In March 2012 club announced

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as the club's new kit manufacturer, extending the deal in December 2017.

Capital derby

Since Bunyodkor's promotion to the Uzbek League matches between club and their other rival from capital, football powerhouse Pakhtakor, considered by supporters of both sides and football journalists as Uzbek capital derby or ''Toshkent derby''. With former coach

Bunyodkor faced four derby matches: three Uzbek League and one Uzbekistan Cup matches. His first derby match took place on 12 July 2009 at JAR Stadium where Bunyodkor won against Pakhtakor with 2:1. The Supercup match between the champion and the Cup winner originally scheduled for 11 March 2012 was postponed. The new date for the game was officially not announced. On 26 June 2012, in League match Bunyodkor won Pakhtakor for the second time with two goal difference (2:0). In semi-final 2nd leg match of Uzbekistan Cup on 25 November 2012, Bunyodkor won Pakhtakor with 3:1 for the second time, qualifying to cup final. On 30 June 2013 Bunyodkor played away League match won with 2:0. This defeat was Pakhtakor's first home match loss in Uzbek League against Bunyodkor. In the second leg of 2013 League season on 8 August 2013 Bunyodkor faced Pakhtakor at home ''JAR'' ground and lost against the ''Lions'' with 1:2. The loss was Bunyodkor's first since 2009 Cup match and first ever in League matches. {, class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center" , - !width="2", Season !Date {, Date !width="2", Home team !width="2", Away team !width="2", Score !width="2", Competition !Home goal scorers !Away goal scorers , - , rowspan=3 ,

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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Match statistics

Statistics as of 8 December 2022 {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" , - , ! Matches ! Bunyodkor wins ! Draws ! Pakhtakor wins ! Bunyodkor goals ! Pakhtakor goals , - ! Uzbek League , 34 , 12 , 9 , 13 , 39 , 43 , - ! Uzbek Cup , 9 , 4 , 1 , 4 , 11 , 8 , - style="background:blanchedalmond;" ! ''Total matches'' , 43, , 16, , 10, , 17, , 50, , 51

Derby all-time top scorers

{, class="wikitable" , - !# !Scorer !Club !Goals , - ! rowspan=2, 1 , Tiago Bezerra , rowspan=2, Pakhtakor , rowspan=2, 6 , - , Igor Sergeev , - !2 , Dostonbek Khamdamov , Bunyodkor Pakhtakor , 5 , - !rowspan=2, 3 ,

Shavkat Salomov Shavkat Salomov (born 13 November 1985) is an Uzbekistani footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career In February 2013 Salomov moved to Zhetysu, after playing 6 seasons for Bunyodkor. On 9 March 2013 Salomov in his debut match in Kazakhs ...

, Bunyodkor , rowspan=2, 4 , - , Stanislav Andreev , Pakhtakor , - !rowspan=2, 4 , Anvar Soliev , Bunyodkor , rowspan=2, 3 , - , Kakhi Makharadze , Pakhtakor , -

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Reserves squad

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Bunyodkor.

Former players

;Uzbekistan *

Server Djeparov Server Reshatovich Djeparov (; Uzbek: ''Server Rishodovich Jeparov'', Uzbek Cyrillic: Сервер Ришодович Жепаров, born 3 October 1982) is a former Uzbek professional football midfielder who is the assistant coach of the U ...

* Jovlon Ibrokhimov *

Akmal Shorakhmedov Akmal Shorahmedov (), (born 10 May 1986) is an Uzbekistani professional footballer who plays as a right back for FC AGMK. Career On 24 February 2011, Bunyodkor's site announced Akmal Shorahmedov as a player for Season 2011. Career statistics ...

* Hayrulla Karimov * Sardor Rashidov *

Artyom Filiposyan Artyom Filiposyan (, born 6 January 1988) is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Career Club He began his playing career at Mash'al Mubarek. After two seasons he moved to Nasaf Qarshi where he spent three seasons. In ...

* Jasur Hasanov * Anvar Gafurov * Timur Kapadze *

Ignatiy Nesterov Ignatiy Mikhailovich Nesterov ( Uzbek: ''Ignatiy Mixaylovich Nesterov'', Russian: ''Игнатий Михайлович Нестеров'') (born 20 June 1983, in Samarkand) is an Uzbek football goalkeeper of Russian origin who plays for Lokom ...

Kamoliddin Murzoev Kamoliddin Murzoev (born 17 February 1987) is an Uzbekistani professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career He started his playing in Metallurg Bekabad in 2004. Murzoev played in Metallurg 3 seasons, after joying Dynamo Kyiv. He made 9 ...

* Pavel Bugalo * Anzur Ismailov * Pavel Bugalo *

Anvarjon Soliev Anvarjon Soliev (born 5 February 1978) is a retired Uzbekistani football striker and football coach. Early life He was born in Turakurgan of Namangan region. Career Navbahor Namangan Firstly he played in Yoshlik football team. Then he cont ...

* Yannis Mandzukas * Victor Karpenko * Azizbek Haydarov * Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov *

Abdukodir Khusanov Abdukodir Khikmatovich Khusanov (; born 29 February 2004) is an Uzbek professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and the Uzbekistan national football team, Uzbekistan ...

;Former USSR countries * Aleksey Nosko * Viktar Sotnikaw * Nikoloz Mali *

Odilzhon Abdurakhmanov Odilzhon Alisherovich Abdurakhmanov (; ; born 18 March 1996) is a Kyrgyzstani footballer who plays for V.League 1 club Becamex Binh Duong, as well as the Kyrgyzstan national football team. Career Club On 19 February 2021, Uzbekistan Super Le ...

* Emil Kenzhesariev * Vadim Cemirtan *

Pavel Mogilevets Pavel Sergeyevich Mogilevets (; born 25 January 1993) is a Russian former professional Association football, footballer who plays as central midfielder. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 19 May 2013 for FC Zenit Sa ...

* Davron Ergashev * Selim Nurmyradow * Goçguly Goçgulyýew * Oleksandr Pyschur ;Europe * Luis Kaçorri *

Samir Bekrić Samir Bekrić (born 20 October 1984) is a Bosnian Association football, football executive and former Football player, player who played as a midfielder. He is the current coordinator of the youth school of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovin ...

* Samir Zeljković *

Jurica Buljat Jurica Buljat (born 19 September 1986) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career On 20 June 2011, Buljat signed a three-year contract with Israeli defending champion Maccabi Haifa. Buljat made his de ...

* Marin Ljubić * Toni Jović * Andrija Filipović *

Frane Čirjak Frane Čirjak (born 23 June 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Uzbekistan Super League club Bunyodkor. Career In January 2024, Čirjak signed a contract with the Bunyodkor club of Tashkent. Honours Zri ...

* Momčilo Rašo *

Igor Ivanović Igor Ivanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Ивановић; born 9 September 1990) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Budućnost. Club career Early career Born in Titograd, Ivanović played with ...

Carles Coto Carles Coto Pagès (born 11 February 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right winger. Club career Born in Figueres, Girona, Catalonia, Coto arrived in Barcelona's youth system in 2001 at the age of 13, from local ...

* Stevica Ristić * Dimitrije Pobulić * Filip Rajevac *

Dušan Mićić Dušan Mićić (; born 29 November 1984) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Novi Sad, he is one of the players who appeared relatively late in the highest ranks of Serbian football, at the age ...

* Marko Blažić * Ivan Milošević * Aleksandar Alempijević * Miloš Trifunović *

Uroš Milosavljević Uroš Milosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Милосављевић; born 13 July 1982) is a Serbian retired football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ...

* Slavoljub Đorđević * Milan Marčić *

Saša Đorđević Saša is a South Slavic given name. It is a diminutive of Aleksandar (see Sasha), but in the South Slavic countries it is often a formal name as well. It may refer to: * Saša Antunović (born 1974), Serbian footballer * Saša Bjelanović (born 19 ...

* Jan Kozak ;South America *

* Denilson * Edson Ramos Silva * Joao Victor * Leomar Rodrigues * Luizão * Wellington Taira * José Luis Villanueva ;Africa *

Francis Narh Francis Narh (born 18 April 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Khorazm. Club career Baník Ostrava In early 2014 Narh signed for the Czech team Baník Ostrava. He made his debut for the team on 22 March 20 ...

* Patrick Agbo * David Oniya * Ibrahim Tomiwa * Chaker Zouaghi ;Asia *

David Carney David Raymond Carney (born 30 November 1983) is an Australian retired soccer midfielder and former coach. Born in Sydney, he began his playing career with the New South Wales Institute of Sport before moving to England to join Everton. Having ...

* Sato Minori *

Itsuki Urata is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Uzbekistan Super League club Bunyodkor. Career Urata joined J2 League club JEF United Chiba in 2015. In September 2016, he moved to J3 League club FC Ryukyu on loan. On 18 Au ...

Current technical staff

{, class="wikitable" , - !Position !Name , - , Head coach , Ivan Bubalo , - , Assistant coach ,

Dalibor Šilić Dalibor Šilić (born 23 January 1979) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Konjic, SFR Yugoslavia, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Šilić started playing football in the youth teams o ...

, - , Assistant coach , Alexander Gennadievich Volkov , - , Assistant coach , Hikmat Irgashev , - , Fitness coach ,

Augustin Chiriță Augustin Eduard Chiriță (born 10 October 1975) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in ...

, - , Goalkeeping coach , Srđan Soldatović , - , Coach , Khairullo Karimov , - , Coach , Victor Karpenko , -

Managerial history

. Only competitive matches are counted. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" , - !Name !class="unsortable", From !class="unsortable", To !abbr="TOTAL OF MATCHES PLAYED", P !abbr="MATCHES WON", W !abbr="MATCHES DRAWN", D !abbr="MATCHES LOST", L !abbr="GOALS SCORED", GS !abbr="GOAL AGAINST", GA !abbr="PERCENTAGE OF MATCHES WON", %W !abbr="HONOURS", Honours , - , align=left, Mavzurkhoja Umarkhojaev , align=left, 2005 , align=left, 2006 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", Tashkent Region Championship (1)

Uzbekistan Second League Uzbekistan Second League ( Uzbek: ''O'zbekiston Ikkinchi ligasi / Ўзбекистон Иккинчи лигаси''; Russian: ''Вторая лига Узбекистана'') is the fourth level (after the Super League, Pro League and Pro B Lea ...

(1)

Uzbekistan First League Uzbekistan First League ( Uzbek: ''O'zbekiston Birinchi ligasi / Ўзбекистон Биринчи Лигаси''; Russian: ''Первая лига Узбекистана'') is the third level (after the Super League and Pro League) football le ...

(1) , - , align=left, Hikmat Irgashev , align=left, 2007 , align=left, 2007 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Mirjalol Qosimov , align=left, 4 December 2007 , align=left, 24 September 2008 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Zico , align=left, 26 September 2008 , align=left, 8 January 2009 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller",

(1)

Uzbekistan Cup The O‘zbekiston Kubogi ( or ), known simply as Uzbek Cup, is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football pl ...

(1) , - , align=left, Amet Memet (interim) , align=left, 8 January 2009 , align=left, 15 March 2009 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Hikmat Irgashev , align=left, 15 March 2009 , align=left, 8 June 2009 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left,

, align=left, 8 June 2009 , align=left, 28 May 2010 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller",

(1) , - , align=left, Mirjalol Qosimov , align=left, 28 May 2010 , align=left, 4 April 2014 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller",

(3)

(1) , - , align=left, Alexander Volkov (interim) , align=left, 4 April 2014 , align=left, 6 June 2014 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left,

, align=left, 6 June 2014 , align=left, 22 September 2015 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Bahtiyor Babaev (interim) , align=left, 23 September 2015 , align=left, 1 February 2016 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left,

, align=left, 1 February 2016 , align=left, 5 May 2017 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Mirjalol Qosimov , align=left, 5 May 2017 , align=left, 31 December 2019 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Vadim Abramov , align=left, 1 January 2019 , align=left, 31 December 2020 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Shukhrat Maqsudov , align=left, 1 March 2021 , align=left, 11 May 2022 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Viktor Karpenko , align=left, 11 May 2022 , align=left, 9 September 2022 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Ivan Bošković , align=left, 10 September 2022 , align=left, 10 February 2023 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Murad Atadzhanov , align=left, 10 February 2023 , align=left, 6 July 2023 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Aleksandr Krestinin , align=left, 7 July 2023 , align=left, 2 December 2023 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Ivan Bubalo , align=left, 4 January 2024 , align=left, 16 March 2024 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Anvar Gafurov (interim) , align=left, 16 March 2024 , align=left, 21 June 2024 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Sergey Arslanov , align=left, 22 June 2024 , align=left, 31 December 2024 , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", , - , align=left, Ilyos Zeytulayev , align=left, 1 January 2025 , align=left, , style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller", *Notes:

Honours

Uzbekistan

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Winners (5):

Runners-up (3):

: **

Winners (4): 2008,

Runners-up (5): 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017 *

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Winners (1):

: **

Winners (1): 2006 *

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Winners (1): 2005 *

Tashkent Region Tashkent Region (; ) is a Regions of Uzbekistan, viloyat (region) of Uzbekistan, located in the northeastern part of the country, between the Syr Darya River and the Tien Shan Mountains. It borders Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Sirdaryo Region and Nama ...

Championship: ** Gold medal icon

Winners (1): 2005

International

* Matchworld Cup: ** Bronze medal icon

Third place (1): 2012 *

: ** Semi-final (2):

References

External links

*
Tesm profile
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