The 2020 Tajik Supercup was the 11th
Tajik Supercup
The Superjomi Tojikiston (''Tajiki: Суперҷоми Тоҷикистон''; fa, سوپرجام تاجیکستان), or Tajik Super Cup, is a one-match football annual competition. The two participating clubs are holders of the Tajik League ch ...
, an annual Tajik
football
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match played between the winners of the previous season's
Tajikistan Higher League
The Ligai Olii Tojikiston ( Tajik: ''Лигаи Олии Тоҷикистон'') or Tajikistan Higher League ( fa, لیگ عالی فوتبال تاجیکستان, Russian: ''Высшая лига Таджикистана'') is the top division ...
and
Tajikistan Cup
The Jomi Tojikiston (Tajiki: ''Ҷоми Тоҷикистон''), ( fa, جام حذفی تاجیکستان), or Tajikistan Cup is the top knockout football tournament of Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russ ...
. The match was contested by 2019
League
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and
Cup
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champions
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, and the league runners-up
Khujand. It was held at the
Pamir Stadium
The Markazii Tojikiston Stadium (russian: Центральный республиканский стадион Душанбе; tg, Варзишгоҳи марказии Тоҷикистон, Varzishgohi Markazii Tojikiston), also known as Pamir S ...
in
Dushanbe
Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (r ...
on 4 April.
Background
On 27 March, the
Tajikistan Football Federation
The Tajikistan Football Federation (russian: Федерация футбола Таджикистана; tg, Федеросиюни футболи Тоҷикистон, Federosijuni futboli Toçikiston, or FFT) is the governing body of football i ...
announce that the opening round of games would be played behind closed doors due to the threat of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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,
with referee Nasrullo Kabirov being confirmed as the match official on 1 April.
Match details
See also
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2019 Tajik League
The 2019 Ligai Olii Tojikiston (Tajik: ''2019 Лигаи Олии Тоҷикистон'') or 2019 Tajikistan Higher League was the 28th season of Ligai Olii Tojikiston, Tajikistan's top division of association football. The season will begin on 6 ...
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2019 Tajik Cup
The 2019 Tajikistan Cup is the 28th edition of the Tajikistan Cup, the knockout football tournament of Tajikistan. The cup winner qualifies for the 2020 AFC Cup.
Qualifying round
The draw of the qualifying and preliminary rounds was held on 7 M ...
References
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Super Cup
A super cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in association football, which often forms the 'curtain raiser' to a season, and typically involves only two teams who have qualified through success in other competitions during the prev ...
Tajik Supercup