Viktor Romanovich Djalilov ( uz, Viktor Romanovich Jalilov, russian: Виктор Романович Джалилов; 17 March 1952 – 7 May 2023) was an Uzbek football

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Managing career

Djalilov started his managing career at Sohibkor Halkabod. In 1992, he was head coach of Politotdel which was promoted to

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

, finishing First League as runner-up after Shifokor Guliston. From 1995 to 1999, Djalilov was head coach of

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. Navbahor won the Uzbek League in 1996 and the

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twice in this period and four times finished third in the league. In 1996, he was named

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by the

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. He won this award twice more, with Pakhtakor in 2002 and

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(2005). From 2002, he was on the coaching staff of

Pakhtakor Tashkent (The cotton grower) uz, Sherlar(The Lions) uz, Xalq jamoasi(People's team) , founded = , ground = Pakhtakor Central Stadium , capacity = 35,000 , owner = , chairman = Bobur Shodiev , chrtitle = President , manager ...

. On 19 February 2002, the club's management appointed Djalilov head coach, replacing Sergey Butenko. In the

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on 9 April 2003, Pakhtakor lost the first leg match of the semifinal 3–1 to

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and in the home match on 22 April Pakhtakor won 1–0. After that match, Djalilov resigned his post and his successor Tachmurad Agamuradov who was already working as a consulting coach became the new coach of Pakhtakor. Djalilov remained in the club. In 2005, Djalilov finished runner-up in the league with

. On 22 October 2008, Pakhtakor appointed the experienced Victor Djalilov as acting coach, after

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resigned his job (the club lost 2–1 to Metallurg Bekabad, widening the gap between

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). Djalilov resigned his position after Pakhtakor appointed a new head coach,

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, on 21 December 2009. In January 2009, Djalilov was appointed head coach of Navbahor. On 23 September 2010, he became head coach of Dynamo Samarkand. After matchday 11 of the 2011 Uzbek League, Djalilov was sacked from his position for an unsuccessful start to the season; the club had won only two out of eleven matches. In September 2011, Djalilov moved back to Pakhtakor and became general manager, director of the club. On 23 June 2015, UFF appointed him the head coach of Uzbekistan U23 national team.

Death

Djalilov died in May 2023, at the age of 71.

Honours as manager

* Uzbekistan Football Coach of the Year: 1996, 2002, 2005 *

: 1996, 2002 *

: 1995, 1997, 2002, 2009 *

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semi-final: 2002–03

References

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