Panjsher Balkh () is

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

from Balkh, Tajikistan.

History

FC Panjsher was founded in 1973 under the name "Trud" during Soviet times. In 1997, Panjsher made their debut in the

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 ...

, the top division in Tajikistan, under the name "SKA-Panjsher". From 1998 to 2003 the club used the name "Panjsher", during which they were runners up to Regar-TadAZ in

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

. Panjsher were relegated from the Tajik League in 2003 and went on to play in the Tajikistan First League in 2005, 2009 and 2011. In 2012 Panjsher won the Tajikistan First League

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division, earning promotion back to the Tajik League for 2013. During the

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

season Panjsher only played 5 matches before withdrawing form the Championship, returning to the First League for the 2014 season. On 23 January 2018, Panjsher appointed

Alier Ashurmamadov Aliyor Devlokhovich Ashurmamadov (; born on 20 August 1970) is a Tajikistani football coach and a former player who played for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, and FC Irtysh. He is the manager of Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda. He was a memb ...

as their manager. On 21 August 2018, Panjsher appointed

Rustam Khojayev Rustam Khojayev (born 2 January 1973) is a retired Tajikistani footballer and current manager. Career On 21 August 2018, Khojayev was appointed as manager of FC Panjshir. On 5 January 2019, Khojayev was appointed as the new manager of CSKA Pa ...

as manager.

Names

*1973-1996 : Trud *1997 : SKA-Panjsher *1998–2003: Panjsher *2005 : Mehnat *2009 : Panjsher *2011 : Rumi *2012– : Panjsher

History

Names

Domestic history

Current squad

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