FC Pakhtakor Tashkent

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Pakhtakor Tashkent

Full name

FC Pakhtakor Tashkent

Nickname(s)

Founded

1956

Ground

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Capacity

55,000

Chairman

Samvel Babyan

Manager

Ravshan Khaidarov

League

Uzbek League

2005-06

1st





Home colours





Away colours

FC Pakhtakor Tashkent is an Uzbek football club, playing in the capital, Tashkent.

It has been the undisputed powerhouse in Uzbekistan since the fall of the Soviet Union, winning the last four championships (six total) as well as the last four domestic cups (seven total). The team is a perennial competitor in the AFC Champions League, having reached the semi-finals of the competition twice in 2003 and 2004.

The team was slightly less successful in the USSR Championship, appearing the highest eschelon 22 times, while recording 212 wins, 211 draws, and 299 loses. They were the only Uzbek club to play at top-level. Their best achievement was 6th place (twice in 1962 and 1982). Pakhtakor were the finalists of the Soviet Cup in 1968 - the only Central Asian club to reach a Soviet Cup final.

1 History
- 1.1 Soviet Period
  - 1.1.1 The Birth (1956)
  - 1.1.2 Establishment (1957-1959)
2 Achievements
3 Current squad
4 Former managers
5 External link

[edit] History

[edit] Soviet Period

[edit] The Birth (1956)

The day of it's first official match is considered the birth of the team. The first match in the championship was on April, 8th, 1956. It was played with a team from the city of Perm, Russia (then Molotova). The unique goal was scored by Lazez Maksudov from a foul shot. It had appeared to be a victorious shot.

The team was formed in three months. The team invited the senior trainer Valentine Borisovich Bekhtenev from Moscow. He recruited the best Tashkent players of different clubs.

[edit] Establishment (1957-1959)

[edit] Achievements

Uzbek League: 7

1992, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Uzbekistani Cup: 8

1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

CIS Cup: 1

2007

Runner-Up

USSR Cup: 1

1967

Uzbek Championship: 2

1993, 2001

Uzbek Cup: 1

1996

Other

AFC Champions League Semifinalist in 2003, 2004
AFC Cup Winners Cup Quarterfinalist in 1999

[edit] Current squad

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Eldor Tadjibaev
		GK	Ignatiy Nesterov
		GK	Temur Juraev
		DF	Asror Aliqulov
		DF	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
		DF	Rahmatullo Berdimurodov
		DF	Aleksander Kletskov
		DF	Komoloddin Tadjiev
		DF	Maxim Belykh
		DF	Ilhomjon Suyunov
		MF	Anvar Berdiev
		MF	Leonid Koshelev
		MF	Vladislav Kiryan
		MF	Islom Inomov

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Vyacheslav Ponomarev
		MF	Timur Kapadze
		MF	Ildar Magdeev
		MF	Renat Bayramov
		MF	Anzur Ismailov
		MF	Odil Ahmedov
		FW	Uche Iheruome
		FW	Server Djeperov
		FW	Anvarjon Soliev
		FW	Shakhboz Erkinov
		FW	Pavel Purishkin
		FW	Alisher Azizov
		FW	Pavel Solomin
		FW	Farhodjon Usmanov

[edit] Former managers

Hans Verèl

[edit] External link

Official Web site

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