Tajikistan national football team

Tajikistan
Nickname(s)	The Crowns; (Tajik: Тоҷҳо / Tâjhâ); The Persian Lions(Russian: Персидские Львы Tajik: Шерҳои форсй / Ŝerhâi fârsi); Sons of the Highlands (Tajik: Бачаҳои Кӯҳистон / Baĉahâi Kuhistân); Pamirians(Tajik: Помириҳо / Pâmirihâ)
Association	Tajikistan Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	CAFA (Central Asia)
Head coach	Petar Segrt
Most caps	Davron Erghashev (71)
Top scorer	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov (19)
Home stadium	Pamir Stadium (24,000)
FIFA code	TJK
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	114 1 (31 March 2022)[1]
Highest	106 (July 2013)
Lowest	180 (July 2003, October 2003)
First international
	Tajikistan 2–2 Uzbekistan ; (Dushanbe, Tajikistan; 17 June 1992)
Biggest win
	Tajikistan 16–0 Guam ; (Tabriz, Iran; 26 November 2000)
Biggest defeat
	Japan 8–0 Tajikistan ; (Osaka, Japan; 11 October 2011)
AFC Challenge Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2006)
Best result	Champions (2006)

The Tajikistan national football team (Tajik: Тими миллии футболи Тоҷикистон, Timi milliji futboli Toçikiston) represents Tajikistan in international football and is controlled by the Tajikistan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tajikistan. Tajikistan's home ground is the Pamir Stadium in Dushanbe.

History

After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan played its first match against Uzbekistan on 17 June 1992. It was not until 1994 that the Tajikistan National Football Federation was admitted to FIFA.

Tajikistan played its first official game on 11 April 1994 in Tashkent as part of a regional tournament. They lost that game against Kazakhstan 0–1.[2] The first official competition the team entered was the qualifiers for the 1996 Asian Cup, when it was seeded in the three-team Group 8 with Uzbekistan and Bahrain. Bahrain later withdrew, leaving Tajikistan to a play-off against their Middle Asian neighbors. Tajikistan won the first game 4–0, but were beaten in the away game 0–5 after extra time. They did not enter a World Cup qualifying competition until the France 1998 edition, recording four victories in their preliminary group stage including a 5–0 triumph over Turkmenistan, and losing only to China, which placed them second behind their eastern neighbors, but out of the competition.[2]

In a three-team qualifying section for Korea/Japan 2002, they had a record 16–0 win over Guam before losing 2–0 to Iran. After beating Bangladesh 4–0 on aggregate in the preliminary round of the qualifiers for Germany 2006, they held AFC Asian Cup semi-finalists and eventual group winners Bahrain to a goalless draw on 31 March 2004.

The team won its first international tournament, the inaugural AFC Challenge Cup, in 2006, beating Sri Lanka 4–0 in Dhaka.

Following Tajikistan's disappointing 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, Mubin Ergashev and his staff were relieved of their duties.[3]

Tajikistan were drawn into a 2019 Asian Cup qualification group with the Philippines, Yemen and Nepal. Following their defeat to Philippines on 27 March 2018, confirming Tajikistan's failure to qualify for the Asian Cup, manager Khakim Fuzailov resigned.[4]

Due to the unsuccessful performance of Tajikistan in recent years, Usmon Toshev, the Uzbek coach, was appointed to reinvigorate the Tajik side. Under Usmon, Tajikistan performed well in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying, managing to beat neighbor Kyrgyzstan 1–0 and holding the same opponent 1–1 away. However, Tajikistan suffered a heartbreaking shock 3–4 loss to minnows Myanmar away, in what was considered to be a shock given Myanmar's poor form in early games, thus putting Tajikistan into trouble. Ultimately, with the withdrawal of North Korea, Tajikistan paid dearly when its points against Mongolia were not counted, thus following Tajikistan 1–4 away loss to Japan, an Asian powerhouse, Tajikistan was officially out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Eventually, despite Myanmar replacing Mongolia to finish bottom thus added six points for Tajikistan, the Tajiks could not reduce the deficit due to poor goal difference and thus missed out on the final round.

Team image

Kit

In September 2017, Tajikistan's kit was supplied by Chinese sporting apparel company Li-Ning.[5] In 2022, Tajikistan switched to having their kit was supplied by Italian sporting apparel company Macron.

Home stadium

Tajikistan play their home matches at the Pamir Stadium

Results and fixtures

2021

1 February 2021 Friendly	Jordan	2–0	Tajikistan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Ersan 36' (pen.) Abu Zrayq 43'	Report		Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium Referee: Sultan Mohamed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

5 February 2021 Friendly	Jordan	0–1	Tajikistan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
			Dzhalilov 79'	Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)

25 March 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Tajikistan	3–0	Mongolia	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
18:00 18:00 UTC+5	M.Dzhalilov 36' A.Dzhalilov 50' Samiyev 86'	Report		Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Ali Al Qaysi (Iraq)

24 May 2021 Friendly	Iraq	0–0	Tajikistan	Basra, Iraq
21:30 UTC+5				Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium Attendance: 0

29 May 2021 Friendly	Thailand	2–2	Tajikistan	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
20:45 UTC+5	Suphanat 54', 60'		Panjshanbe 63' Zoirov 89'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium

7 June 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Japan	4–1	Tajikistan	Suita, Japan
19:30 UTC+5	Furuhashi 6' Minamino 40' Hashimoto 51' Kawabe 71'	Report	Panjshanbe 9'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Referee: Abdelreham Al Jassim (Qatar)

15 June 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Tajikistan	4–0	Myanmar	Osaka, Japan
19:25 UTC+5	Tursunov 34' Dzhalilov 53' Boboev 78' Samiev 87'	Report		Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)

16 November 2021 Friendly	Kazakhstan	1–0	Tajikistan	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
18:00 UTC+5	Zaynutdinov 12'	Report		Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Amine Kourgheli (Belarus)

2022

25 March 2022 (2022-03-25) Navruz Cup	Uganda	1–1 (5–4 p)	Tajikistan	Namangan, Uzbekistan
16:30 UTC+6	Okwi 7'	Report	A.Dzhalilov 39'	Referee: R. Lutfullin
	Penalties
	Kyambadde Lwaliwa Kakooza Mato Okello Bayo		Umarbayev Ayni Nazarov Ergashev Soirov Z.Dzhuraboyev

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) Navruz Cup	Tajikistan	1–0	Kyrgyzstan	Namangan, Uzbekistan
16:00 UTC+6	Umarbayev 54'	Report		Referee: R. Lutfullin

8 June 2022 (2022-06-08) AFC AC Q	Tajikistan	v	Myanmar	Bishkek
--:-- UTC+6

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) AFC AC Q	Singapore	v	Tajikistan	Bishkek
--:-- UTC+6

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14) AFC AC Q	Kyrgyzstan	v	Tajikistan	Bishkek
--:-- UTC+6

Coaching staff

As of 1 February 2022

Position	Name
Head Coach	Petar Segrt[6]
Assistant Coach	Gela Shekiladze[6]
Assistant Coach	Tamaz Bokeria [6]

Coaching history

Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

Sharif Nazarov (1992–1994)
Vladimir Ghulamhaydarov (1994–1995)
Abdulla Muradov (1996)
Zair Babayev (1997–1998)
Sharif Nazarov (1999)
Salahiddin Ghafurov (2000–2002)
Sharif Nazarov (2003)
Zair Babayev (2004)
Sharif Nazarov (2004–2006)
Mahmadjan Habibullayev (2007)
Pulad Qadirov (2008–2011)
Alimjan Rafiqov (2011–2012)
Kemal Alispahić (2012)
Nikola Kavazović (2012–2013)
Mubin Ergashev (2013)
Muhsin Muhammadiyev (2013–2015)
Mubin Ergashev (2015–2016)
Hakim Fuzaylov (2016–2018)
Alisher Tuhtayev (2018)
Usmon Toshev (2018–2021)
Mubin Ergashev (2021)
Petar Segrt (2022–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Uganda on 25 March 2022 and an as yet unknown team on 29 March 2022.[7]

Caps and goals updated as of 29 March 2022, after the match against Uganda.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Rustam Yatimov	(1998-07-13) 13 July 1998	22	0	Istiklol
16	1GK	Daler Barotov	(1999-01-29) 29 January 1999	0	0	Khujand
23	1GK	Mukhriddin Khasanov	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002	0	0	Istiklol

2	2DF	Zoir Juraboev	(1998-09-16) 16 September 1998	17	1	Surkhon Termez
3	2DF	Alidzhoni Karomatullozoda	(1999-05-05) 5 May 1999	1	0	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe
4	2DF	Davron Ergashev	(1988-03-19) 19 March 1988	71	8	Bunyodkor
5	2DF	Iskandar Dzhalilov	(1992-06-01) 1 June 1992	25	0	Istiklol
6	2DF	Vahdat Hanonov	(2000-07-25) 25 July 2000	12	0	Persepolis
19	2DF	Akhtam Nazarov	(1992-09-29) 29 September 1992	61	5	Istiklol
20	2DF	Firdavs Chakalov	(1996-02-24) 24 February 1996	2	0	Turon
22	2DF	Manuchehr Safarov	(2001-05-31) 31 May 2001	16	0	Persepolis
12	2DF	Mekhrubon Karimov	(1999-01-29) 29 January 1999	1	0	Dynamo Dushanbe

7	3MF	Parvizdzhon Umarbayev	(1994-11-01) 1 November 1994	32	7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
10	3MF	Alisher Dzhalilov	(1993-08-29) 29 August 1993	13	4	AGMK
13	3MF	Islom Zoirov	(2002-01-12) 12 January 2002	8	1	Istiklol
14	3MF	Mukhammadzhon Rakhimov	(1998-10-15) 15 October 1998	35	1	Istiklol
17	3MF	Ehson Panjshanbe	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999	31	2	Navbahor Namangan
18	3MF	Karomatullo Saidov	(1999-10-12) 12 October 1999	7	0	Khujand
24	3MF	Fathullo Olimzoda		0	0	Dynamo Dushanbe
25	3MF	Alidzhoni Ayni	(2004-08-06) 6 August 2004	4	0	Regar-TadAZ

11	4FW	Rustam Soirov	(2002-09-12) 12 September 2002	7	0	Istiklol
15	4FW	Shervoni Mabatshoev	(2000-12-04) 4 December 2000	4	0	Istiklol
21	4FW	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	(1990-09-27) 27 September 1990	41	19	Istiklol
8	4FW	Jahongir Ergashev	(1994-03-06) 6 March 1994	35	4	Khujand
9	4FW	Sheriddin Boboyev	(1999-04-21) 21 April 1999	22	2	Maktaaral

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up during the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Daler Azizov	(2000-05-19) 19 May 2000	0	0	Regar-TadAZ	v. Kazakhstan, 16 November 2021
GK	Shokhrukh Kirgizboev	(2002-05-01) 1 May 2002	6	0	Istiklol	v. Kazakhstan, 16 November 2021

DF	Farkhod Vosiyev	(1990-04-14) 14 April 1990	14	1	Lee Man	v. Mongolia, 25 March 2021 ^INJ
DF	Tabrezi Davlatmir	(1998-06-06) 6 June 1998	20	0	Free agent	v. Kazakhstan, 16 November 2021
DF	Naimdzhon Ibragimzoda	(1999-07-11) 11 July 1999	0	0	Khujand	v. Kazakhstan, 16 November 2021
DF	Khuseyn Nurmatov	(2000-05-10) 10 May 2000	0	0	Istaravshan	v. Kazakhstan, 16 November 2021

MF	Ilhomjon Barotov	(1990-07-21) 21 July 1990	9	1	Istaravshan	v. Myanmar, 15 June 2021
MF	Komron Tursunov	(1996-04-24) 24 April 1996	22	6	Churchill Brothers	v. Myanmar, 15 June 2021
MF	Abdulmumin Zabirov	(2001-08-04) 4 August 2001	5	0	Khujand	v. Myanmar, 15 June 2021
MF	Khusrav Toirov	(2003-09-25) 25 September 2003	0	0	Dynamo Dushanbe	v. Myanmar, 15 June 2021
MF	Nuriddin Davronov	(1991-01-16) 16 January 1991	50	8	Borneo	v. Kazakhstan, 16 November 2021
MF	Amirbek Juraboev	(1996-04-13) 13 April 1996	39	0	United City	v. Kazakhstan, 16 November 2021

FW	Nuriddin Khamrokulov	(1999-10-25) 25 October 1999	2	0	Khatlon	v. Myanmar, 15 June 2021
FW	Shahrom Samiev	(2001-02-08) 8 February 2001	11	4	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	v. Kazakhstan, 16 November 2021
^INJ Withdrew due to injury ^WTH Withdrawn

Records

As of match played 29 March 2021[8]

Players in bold are still active with Tajikistan.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Davron Erghashev	71	8	2008–present
2	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	68	9	2007–present
3	Akhtam Nazarov	61	5	2012–present
4	Dilshod Vasiev	50	8	2006–present
4	Nuriddin Davronov	50	8	2008–present
6	Ibrahim Rabimov	45	7	2004–2015
7	Eraj Rajabov	44	0	2008–present
8	Alisher Tuychiev	42	0	2008-2016
9	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	41	19	2011–present
10	Yusuf Rabiev	40	15	2003–2015
10	Sokhib Suvonkulov	40	1	2007-2015

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	19	41	0.46	2011–present
2	Yusuf Rabiev	15	40	0.38	2003–2015
3	Numonjon Hakimov	14	34	0.41	2003–2011
4	Tokhirjon Muminov	10	24	0.42	1992–2002
5	Ibrahim Rabimov	9	45	0.2	2004–2015
5	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	9	68	0.13	2007–present
7	Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov	8	32	0.25	2003–2010
	Nuriddin Davronov	8	50	0.16	2008–present
	Dilshod Vasiev	8	50	0.16	2006–present
	Davron Erghashev	8	71	0.11	2008–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup									FIFA World Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1990	Was part of Soviet Union								Was part of Soviet Union
1994	Did not enter								Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify								6	4	1	1	15	2
2002									2	1	0	1	16	2
2006									8	4	1	3	9	9
2010									4	1	2	1	7	4
2014									6	2	0	4	6	14
2018									8	1	2	5	9	20
2022									8	4	1	3	14	12
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total	–	0/21	–	–	–	–	–	–	42	16	7	19	76	63

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup									AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not enter								Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	4	5
2000									3	2	0	1	6	5
2004									6	2	2	2	3	5
2007	Did not enter								Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019									16	5	3	8	25	29
2023	To be determined								0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Best:	0/8	–	–	–	–	–	–	27	10	5	12	38	44

2010 AFC Challenge Cup was used to determine qualification for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

AFC Challenge Cup

AFC Challenge Cup Finals									AFC Challenge Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2006	Champions	6	5	0	1	18	2

2008	Runners-up	5	2	2	1	7	5		3	2	0	1	7	1
2010	Third place	5	3	0	2	8	5

2012	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	4		3	2	1	0	4	0
2014	Did not qualify							3	2	0	1	4	1
Total	Best: Champions	16	10	2	3	32	12	9	6	1	2	15	2

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Host nation(s) / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
National Team
Hiroshima 1994	Did not enter
Bangkok 1998	Second round	5	1	1	3	8	13
Total	Best: Second round	5	1	1	3	8	13

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

RCD Cup/ECO Cup record

1965 to 1974: No international team
1993: Third Place

Other tournaments

1997 West Asian Games: Fourth Place
2005 Islamic Solidarity Games: Group Stage
2019 Intercontinental Cup (India): Runners-up[9]

ELF Cup

In 2006, Tajikistan took part in the inaugural ELF Cup in Northern Cyprus. This competition was originally intended to be for teams that were not members of FIFA; however, the organisers extended invitations to both Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, who were both represented by their national futsal teams. Tajikistan failed to get past the group stage.

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
"Member Association - Tajikistan". FIFA.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007.
Уволен тренерский штаб сборной Таджикистана. fc-istiklol.tj (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
ХАКИМ ФУЗАЙЛОВ ИЗВИНИЛСЯ ПЕРЕД БОЛЕЛЬЩИКАМИ ЗА НЕВЫХОД СБОРНОЙ ТАДЖИКИСТАНА НА КУБОК АЗИИ-2019 И ПОДАЛ В ОТСТАВКУ. fft.tj (in Russian). Football Federation Tajikistan. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
"Team of Tajikistan will play against Nepal in white form" (in Russian). Football Federation of Tajikistan. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
"Петр Сегрт: «Только объединившись, мы сможем достичь результата» – Федерация Футбола Таджикистана".
"Sostav Natsionalnoj Sbornoj Tadzhikistana Na Kubok Navruz 2022 V-Namangane". fft.tj (in Russian). Football Federation of Tajikistan. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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"DPR KOREA LIFT HERO INTERCONTINENTAL CUP 2019 TITLE". AIFF. 19 July 2019. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

External links

Tajikistan profile at FIFA.com
Tajikistan profile at Ukrainian Football News (in Ukrainian)
Official Website of Tajikistan Football (in Ukrainian)

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Tajikistan national football team
General	Tajikistan Football Federation History Managers Players
Venues	Pamir Stadium
Statistics	Results
Notable matches	2006 AFC Challenge Cup Final 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Final Philippines 2–1 Tajikistan (2019)
Other FFT teams	Olympic U-20 U-17 Women Futsal

Football in Tajikistan
Tajikistan Football Federation • Tajikistan Football League Organization
League competitions	Tajikistan Higher League Tajikistan First League Tajikistan Second League Tajikistan Regional Leagues Tajikistan city and districts Championships
Domestic Cup competitions	Tajikistan Cup Tajikistan Super Cup TFF Cup
National teams	Men (Results) Women U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal
Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues Top goalscorers

National men's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan IR Iran Kyrgyz Republic Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands¹
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Defunct	Malaya North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen
Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Not a member of FIFA

National sports teams of Tajikistan
Basketball M W Boxing Cricket M W Football M M U23 M U20 M U17 W Futsal Handball M W Tennis M W Volleyball M W Wrestling FS GR
Olympics Paralympics Asian Games