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| Full name | Istiqlol futbol klubi | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Istiqlol Fergana | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 [1] | ||
| Chairman | Quvasoy Tamir Qurilish | ||
| Manager | Sergey Lebedev | ||
| League | Uzbekistan Pro League | ||
Istiqlol futbol klubi is an Uzbek professional football club based in Fergana. The club plays in Uzbekistan Pro League.
The club was formed 2016 under the name Istiqlol in Fergana.
The Fergana Valley in Central Asia lies mainly in eastern Uzbekistan, but also extends into southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan.
The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Uzbekistan, the Uzbek SSR, UzSSR, or simply Uzbekistan and rarely Uzbekia, was a union republic of the Soviet Union. It was governed by the Uzbek branch of the Soviet Communist Party, the legal political party, from 1925 until 1990. From 1990 to 1991, it was a sovereign part of the Soviet Union with its own legislation.
Fergana, or Ferghana, is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 420 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km west of Andijan, and less than 20 km from the Kyrgyzstan border. Fergana is becoming one of the main tourist attraction with more night clubs and night life, being the border city to Kyrgyzstan the city attracts more foreigners to the city. The modern city was founded in 1876.
Fergana Region is one of the regions of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley in the far east of the country. It borders the Namangan and Andijan Regions of Uzbekistan, as well as Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Its capital is the city Fergana. It covers an area of 6,760 km2. The population is approximately 3,896,395 as of 2022, with 44% of the population living in rural areas.
Sughd Province is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,707,300, up from 2,233,550 according to the 2010 census and 1,871,979 in 2000. The capital is Khujand. The Province's ethnic composition in 2010 was 84% Tajik, 14.8% Uzbek, 0.6% Kyrgyz, 0.4% Russian and 0.1% Tatar.
The history of the Jews in Uzbekistan refers to the history of two distinct communities; the more religious and traditional Bukharan Jewish community and the Ashkenazi community.
FC Neftchi Fergana is an Uzbek football club based in Fergana. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple champions of Uzbekistan.
The 1994–95 Asian Club Championship was the 14th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.
Yozyovon is district of Fergana Region, Uzbekistan. Its seat is at the town Yozyovon. It has an area of 410 km2 (160 sq mi) and it had 114,700 inhabitants in 2022. The district consists of 9 urban-type settlements and 10 rural communities.
The Fergana Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit, and has been held annually at the Istiklol Tennis Club in Fergana, Uzbekistan, since 2000.
Fergana Kipchak, also Kipchak Uzbek, is a recently extinct Kipchak Turkic language of the Kipchak-Nogai branch formerly spoken in the Fergana Valley of Central Asia. In some districts of the Fergana Region, linguistic features of Fergana Kipchak are seen, especially in phonetics. These districts are Bagʻdod, Buvayda, Uchkoʻprik and parts of neighboring districts. Many idioms spoken in Uzbekistan that are now considered part of the Kyrgyz language are actually Fergana Kipchak. According to the E. D. Polivanov, the Fergana Kipchak language existed as a separate idiom as late as in the 1920s. According to A. N. Samoilovich, some descendants of Fergana Kipchak-speakers identify as a separate people from the Uzbeks, Kazakhs or Kyrgyz, although closely related to the latter. Some dialects of Fergana Kipchak seem closely related to the Kipchak–Nogay languages.
Uzbekistan Pro League is a professional football league in Uzbekistan, and currently the second level after the Uzbekistan Super League.
Uzbek El Clasico is the name given to any football match between rival clubs Pakhtakor Tashkent and Neftchi Fergana.
Pavel Smolyachenko is an Uzbekistani footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Uzbekistan Pro League club Istiqlol Fergana.
Anvar Berdiev is a retired Uzbek professional footballer. He currently assistant coach in Istiqlol Fergana.
The 2017 Uzbekistan First League was the 26th season of second level football in Uzbekistan since its independence in 1992. FK Yangiyer, Istiqlol Fergana, Neftchi Termez and Ghallakor-Barsa were promoted from the Second League. The draw was held on 1 February 2017 and first match was 1 April 2017.
The 2017 Uzbekistan Cup is the 25th season of the annual Uzbek football Cup competition.
The 2018 Uzbekistan Cup was the 26th season of the annual Uzbekistan Cup, the knockout football cup competition of Uzbekistan.
The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup was the 41st edition of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams of Asia. This edition is the first to be played as an under-20 tournament, as the AFC proposed to switch the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023. Moreover, the tournament was also rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Asian Cup". On 25 January 2021, the AFC announced that Uzbekistan would retain hosting rights for the 2023 edition after the cancellation of the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 Uzbekistan Cup was the 28th season of the annual Uzbekistan Cup, the knockout football cup competition of Uzbekistan.
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