Football Club Nasaf Qarshi ( uz, Futbol Klubi Nasaf Qarshi) is a professional
football
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club based in
Qarshi
Qarshi ( uz, Qarshi/Қарши, ; fa, نخشب ''Nakhshab'') is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Region. Administratively, Qarshi is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Qashqadaryo (tow ...
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Qashqadaryo Region
Qashqadaryo Region ( uz, Qashqadaryo viloyati, Қашқадарё вилояти, قەشقەدەريا ۋىلايەتى; old spelling ''Kashkadarya Region'', russian: Кашкадарьинская область) is one of the regions of Uzbekist ...
),
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
. Founded in 1986, the club competes in the
Uzbekistan Super League
Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...
.
History
Name changes
* 1985–1991: ''Geolog''
* 1992: ''Pakhtachi''
* 1996: ''Dinamo-Nasaf''
* 1993–1995, 1996–: ''FC Nasaf''
The club was founded in 1986 under name ''Geolog''. Since 1997, the club has played in highest level league in Uzbekistan. FC Nasaf is one of the leading clubs in Uzbekistan. Nasaf finished 6th in its first Uzbek League season, 1997. In 2000, the club finished third.
It has represented Uzbekistan in continental tournaments where their highest achievement has been reaching semi-finals of
Asian Club Championship
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, prior to the launch of the new
Asian Champions League.
2010 renovation
In 2010, the club bought a number of players and changed its squad significantly as well as the head coach. Moreover, the main venue of the club was reconstructed upon the end of the 2008–2009 season. The head coach
Viktor Kumykov
Viktor Balyutovich Kumykov (russian: Виктор Балютович Кумыков; born 25 June 1963) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of the Kazakh club Kaisar.
Manager career
Kumykov resig ...
was fired after team faced defeats against league main opponents
Bunyodkor
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and
Pakhtakor. On 10 August 2010,
Anatoliy Demyanenko, once the player of the year in the former USSR and former manager of
Dynamo Kyiv
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, was introduced as the new head coach during the first round break of the 2009–2010 season. Nasaf appoints Anatoliy Demyanenko as head coach.
In the 2011 season, Nasaf represented the country in
AFC Cup
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and finished group stage with excellent result of sixth consecutive victories, beating
Al Tilal in last group stage match. In March and April Nasaf went unbeaten in 12 games, winning 10 and drawing two. On 29 October 2011 in
Final match Nasaf won
Kuwait SC
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with 2–1 and became the first Uzbekistan team to win the AFC Cup.
In Uzbek League club finished second, playing last and deciding match of championship against
Pakhtakor and scoring a last-minute penalty to draw 1–1.
On 13 January 2012,
IFFHS
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published the ''Top 350 club'' list and Nasaf Qarshi placed on 98th position
On 3 March 2012 IFFHS published its rating of ''Top 400 clubs (1st March 2011 – 29th February 2012)'' where Nasaf shared 89th place with
BATE Borisov.
In the 2013 season, the club finished 3rd after
Lokomotiv Tashkent
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The owner and main sponsor of the club is a state-owned company Uzbek Railways. ...
and gained promotion to 2nd qualifying play-off round of 2014 AFC Champions League. In Uzbek Cup club played in
final
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3rd time in row and lost to
Bunyodkor
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with 1–2. On 8 February 2014 in Doha in 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off match against
El Jaish Nasaf lost by 5–1.
Nasaf finished 2015 season again third and secured place in AFC Champions League in 2015. The club won in 2015 for the first time in its history
Uzbek Cup
The O‘zbekiston Kubogi or ( uz, O‘zbekiston Kubogi, script=Latn or ) Uzbek Cup is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer).
Previous champions
All champions as Uzbek SSR in Soviet times:
*1939: Dinamo Tashkent
*1940: Dinamo T ...
, defeating
Bunyodkor
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by 2–1 in
final match on 17 November 2015 in
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Domestic history
Continental record
Stadium
Nasaf plays its home matches at the
Markaziy Stadium, which was built in 2006. The first match at the new stadium was played between Nasaf Qarshi and Uz-Dong-Ju Andijon on 8 August 2008. The stadium was the venue of the
AFC Cup
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final on 29 October 2011.
Players
Current squad
Personnel
Current technical staff
Management
Honours
Domestic
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Uzbekistan Super League
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:
**Runners-up (3):
2011
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2017
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2020
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Uzbekistan Cup
The O‘zbekiston Kubogi or ( uz, O‘zbekiston Kubogi, script=Latn or ) Uzbek Cup is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer).
Previous champions
All champions as Uzbek SSR in Soviet times:
*1939: Dinamo Tashkent
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:
**Winners (3): 2015,
2021
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2022
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**Runners-up (5): 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
*
Uzbekistan Super Cup
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:
**Winners (1): 2016
**Runners-up (2): 2021, 2022
Continental
*
AFC Cup
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:
**Winners (1):
2011
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**Runners-up (1):
2021
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*
Asian Club Championship
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:
**Semi-final:
2002
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Managerial history
References
External links
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Club page at pfl.uz
Club page at weltfussballarchiv
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Football clubs in Uzbekistan
Association football clubs established in 1986
1986 establishments in Uzbekistan
AFC Cup winning clubs