PFK Metallurg Bekabad ( uz, "Metallurg Bekobod") is an Uzbek

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club based in

Bekabad Bekobod ( uz, Bekobod/Бекобод formerly ''Begovat'') is a district-level city in Tashkent Region, eastern Uzbekistan. It lies along both banks of the Syr Darya River near Uzbekistan's border with Tajikistan. Bekobod originally arose in conn ...

. They play 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

The club was founded in 1945. Metallurg played in one of the regional zones of

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until 1992. Since 1992 club played in

Uzbekistan First League Uzbekistan Pro League (Uzbek language, Uzbek: ''O'zbekiston Pro Ligasi'') is a association football, professional football league in Uzbekistan, and currently the second level after the Uzbekistan Super League. History Since the foundation in 19 ...

. From 1992 to 1993 club was named ''Madanchi''. In 1994 club was renamed to ''Metallurg''. 1997 season club finished as runner-up after Temiryo'lchi and promoted to the

Uzbek 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 ...

. The 2002 season Metallurg ranked at 5th place which is club's highest performance ever.

Domestic history

Stadium

The club has played its matches at Stadium named after A.Anokhin since 1960. Originally the stadium had capacity for 5,000 spectators. In 2009 the reconstruction works started to renovate the stadium. In the Summer of 2012 the construction works finished and capacity of the all-seater stadium had been expanded to 15,000. The opening ceremony of the stadium was held on 4 August 2012 with an Uzbek League match between Metallurg and Pakhtakor which ended 1–2.

Players

Current squad

Honours

* Uzbek SSR Cup: :Winners (2): 1985, 1990 *

: :Runners-up: 1997

References

External links

Official Website

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