FK Khujand

Khujand

Full name	Football Club Khujand Клуби Футболи Хуҷанд
Nickname(s)	The Blue Eagle
Founded	1976;49 years ago (1976)
Ground	Bistsolagii Istiqloliyati Stadium Khujand, Tajikistan
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Murodjon Umarov
Manager	Rustam Khojayev
League	Ligai Olii Tojikiston
2024	Tajikistan Higher League, 2nd of 10
Home colours Away colours
Current season

FK Khujand (Tajik : Клуби футболи Хуҷанд) is a Tajik professional football club based in Khujand, currently playing in the Ligai Olii Tojikiston, the top division in the country.

History

FС Khujand was established in 1976 from the remnants of the club Pomir which was previously known as Miner. The first head coach of the team was Vladimir Burin. FC Khujand competed in the Central Asian Championship B League for 15 years. FС Khujand plays its home matches in Spartak Stadium which was located in the heart of the city before moving to the 20 Years of Independence Stadium (also known as 20-Letie Nezavisimosti Stadium). The best performances of FC Khujand in this competition were 8th place in 1983 and 1986, runners-up in 1990 and a third-place finish in 1991. Since the independence of Tajikistan from USSR, FC Khujand has won the Tajik Cup on four occasions; 1998, 2002, 2008 and 2017. ^[1]

On 12 April 2019, Numonjon Yusupov was sacked as the club's manager, with Sharif Ziyoyev being appointed as caretaker manager. ^[2]

On 16 April 2019, Vitaliy Levchenko was appointed as the new manager of Khujand. ^[3]

On 21 December 2019, Nikola Lazarevic was announced as the new head coach of FK Khujand. ^[4]

On 12 July 2020, Khujand announced Khakim Fuzailov as their new manager, after Nikola Lazarevic was unable to return to Tajikistan due to travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, ^[5] with Rustam Khojayev previously being in temporary charge since the Ligai Olii Tojikiston returned on 16 June 2020.

On 10 September 2020, the 2020 AFC Cup was cancelled. ^[6]

Domestic history

Season	League									Tajik Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1997	1st	3	24	16	4	4	51	20	52	Runners-up
1998	2	22	13	5	4	44	19	44	Winners
1999	6	22	13	1	8	60	28	40
2000	3	34	21	5	8	94	37	68		Mansurjon Hakimov	28
2001	5	18	7	6	5	36	22	27
2002	2	22	17	2	3	76	17	53	Winner	Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov	29
2003	2	30	23	3	4	90	26	72
2004	4	36	17	9	10	56	36	60
2005	5	18	8	3	7	28	19	27
2006	7	22	9	3	10	27	33	30
2007	6	20	8	3	9	27	37	27
2008	3	40	28	4	8	73	33	88	Winner
2009	3	18	13	1	4	36	15	40	Quarter-final	Pyrmurod Burkhonov	9
2010	7	32	8	8	16	42	58	32	Runner-up
2011	7	40	15	6	19	56	72	51
2012	8	24	8	6	10	29	44	30	Round of 16	Indus Huseynzoda	7
2013	5	18	6	5	7	17	21	23	Round of 16	Valeriu Andronic / Yusuf Rabiev / Mohammad Golepor	3	Mubin Ergashev
2014	3	18	9	5	4	24	17	32	Round of 16	Manouchehr Ahmadov	7	Numonjon Yusupov
2015	2	18	12	3	3	34	21	39	Quarter-final	Farkhod Tokhirov	6	Numonjon Yusupov
2016	7	18	8	1	9	22	37	25	Semi-final	Dilshod Bozorov	8	Numonjon Yusupov / Hamid Karimov
2017	2	21	11	4	6	44	22	37	Winner	Dilshod Bozorov Davronjon Tukhtasunov	9	Rustam Khojaev
2018	2	21	14	4	3	42	20	46	Semi-final	Jahongir Ergashev	13	Numonjon Yusupov
2019	2	21	11	3	7	37	21	36	Semi-final	Tursunali Rustamov	8	Numonjon Yusupov Sharif Ziyoyev (Caretaker) Vitaliy Levchenko
2020	2	18	11	2	5	30	23	35	Last 16	Dilshod Bozorov	8	Vitaliy Levchenko Rustam Khojayev (Caretaker) Khakim Fuzailov
2021	2	27	17	4	6	52	26	55	Winner	Dilshod Bozorov	13	Rustam Khojayev
2022	3	22	9	7	6	29	18	34	Round of 16	Jahongir Ergashev	10	Rustam Khojayev
2023	7	22	5	11	6	19	27	26				Rustam Khojayev Numon Khasanov

Continental history

As of match played 17 August 2022

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	4	1	1	2	5	8
AFC Cup	20	5	5	10	17	28
Total	24	6	6	12	22	36

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998–99	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round – West Asia	Pakhtakor Tashkent	1–1	1–4	2–5
1999–2000	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round – West Asia	Kaisar	0–3	3–0	3–3(p)3–3
2016	AFC Cup	Play-off	Ahli Al-Khaleel	0–1
2018	AFC Cup	Play-off	Ahal	0–2	0–1	0–3
2019	AFC Cup	Play-off	Ahal	1–1	0–0	1–1(a)
		Group D	Dordoi Bishkek	3–1	0–3	4th
			Altyn Asyr	0–0	0–1
			Istiklol	3–2	0–3
2020	AFC Cup	Play-off	Neftchi Kochkor-Ata	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group D	Dordoi Bishkek	—	—	- [6]
			Altyn Asyr	—	—
			Istiklol	—	0–2
2021	AFC Cup	Group F	Alay	2–0	—	3rd
			Altyn Asyr	—	2–2
			Nasaf Qarshi	0–3	—
2022	AFC Cup	Group F	Dordoi Bishkek	0–0		1st
			Köpetdag Aşgabat	3–1
		Zonal finals	Sogdiana Jizzakh	0–4

Honours

• Tajik Cup
  • Winners (5): 1998, 2002, 2008, 2017, 2021

Sponsorship

On 28 March 2019, Khujand announced a sponsorship deal with Thai energy drink company Carabao. ^[7]

On 26 October 2019, Samsung became the first title sponsor of Khujand with their Samsung UHD TV brand until the end of the 2020 season. ^[8]

On 15 January 2021, Khujand announced that betting company "Formula 55" had replaced Samsung as their title sponsor. ^[9]

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2019–2020	Joma	Samsung UHD TV [8]
2021–		Formula 55 [9]

Current squad

As of 6 March 2025 ^[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   TJK Dilshod Dadoboev 2 DF   TJK Fakhriddin Akhtamov 4 DF   TJK Parviz Bokiev 5 DF   UZB Firdavs Abdusalimov 6 DF   TJK Davronjon Ergashev 7 FW   RUS Artem Serdyuk 8 MF   TJK Shukhrat Elmurodov 9 MF   TJK Bokhirdzon Sanginboev 10 MF   TJK Khurshed-Timur Dzhuraev 11 DF   TJK Dzhumaboy Akhmadzoda 17 MF   UZB Islom Toshpulatov 22 MF   TJK Bezhan Nishonboyzoda

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF   TJK Firuz Karaev 28 MF   GHA David Mawutor 29 GK   TJK Daler Barotov 30 MF   TJK Shukhratdzhon Shonazarov 73 FW   NGA Paul Komolafe 74 FW   TJK Asadbek Jurabekzoda 76 GK   TJK Zukhriddin Muyidinov 77 MF   UZB Firuz Kholmatov 81 MF   TJK Shakhbon Naimov 91 DF   UZB Asilzhon Begimkulov 97 MF   RUS Sergey Tskanyan

References

1. "Таърихи КФ "Хучанд"". Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
2. "ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "ХУДЖАНДА" ОТПРАВЛЕН В ОТСТАВКУ". fc-khujand.tj/ (in Russian). FK Khujand. 12 April 2019. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
3. "ВИТАЛИЙ ЛЕВЧЕНКО ВОЗГЛАВИЛ ХУДЖАНД". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
4. "НИКОЛА ЛАЗАРЕВИЧ НАЗНАЧЕН ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ ХУДЖАНДА". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 21 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
5. "ХАКИМ ФУЗАЙЛОВ ВОЗГЛАВИТ ХУДЖАНД". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 12 July 2020. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
6. "AFC Executive Committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
7. "CARABAO ENERGY DRINK – НОВЫЙ ТИТУЛЬНЫЙ СПОНСОР ФУТБОЛЬНОГО КЛУБА ХУДЖАНД". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
8. "SAMSUNG UHD TV – ПЕРВЫЙ ТИТУЛЬНЫЙ СПОНСОР ХУДЖАНДА". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 26 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
9. "БК "ФОРМУЛА 55" — ГЛАВНЫЙ ТИТУЛЬНЫЙ СПОНСОР ФК "ХУДЖАНД"". fc-khujand.tj (in Russian). FK Khujand. 15 January 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
10. "Ҳайати клуби футболи «Хуҷанд» барои чемпионати Тоҷикистон-2025". instagram.com/fckhujand_official/ (in Tajik). FK Khujand Instagram. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.