CSKA Pamir Dushanbe ( tg, Клуби футболи ЦСКА-Помир Душанбе, Klubi Futboli CSKA Pomir Dushanbe; fa, زسکا پامیر دوشنبه) is a professional

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club based 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 ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

that currently plays in the

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 ...

, the country's top division. Since 1997, the club has been under the patronage of the Tajik Army, like its former rivals

CSKA Dushanbe CSKA Dushanbe was a football club in Tajikistan. The club last appeared in the top division of the country, the Tajik League in 2006. This was the central army club in Tajikistan. The others clubs of the army are CSKA Pamir Dushanbe CSKA Pamir ...

History

Created in 1970 based on FC Energetik Dushanbe, the new Pamir Dushanbe was the only Tajik club to be promoted to the former

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

, in which the club played for the last three seasons that the league existed just prior to the dissolution of the

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

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, and

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

. They made the semi-finals of the last Soviet Cup, losing to

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. Due to the ongoing

Tajik Civil War The Tajikistani Civil War ( tg, Ҷанги шаҳрвандии Тоҷикистон, translit=Jangi shahrvandiyi Tojikiston / Çangi shahrvandiji Toçikiston; russian: Гражданская война в Таджикистане), also known ...

, the club was dissolved and its players moved to

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 ...

. Couple of Dushanbe based clubs were removed from the

Tajik 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 ...

after 1996. Originally, at least since the

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in Stalinabad (Soviet name for Dushanbe) existed FC Dinamo Stalinabad which in 1950 carried the name of Bolshevik. Sometime in 1956 the local football team was taken over by Tajikistani agrarian sports society of Kolhosci and later until 1969 by a sports society of power generation workers, Energetik. The club formerly played 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 ...

, but today plays at the smaller CSKA Stadium.

CSKA Pamir

Sometime in 1997 the club was recreated under aegis of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan and was transformed into the Tajikistani CSKA club which was coached by newly retired former Pamir footballer Damir Kamaletdinov. In July 2016, CSKA fired manager

Rahmatullo Fuzailov Rakhmatullo Kayumovich Fuzaylov (russian: Рахматулло Каюмович Фузайлов; born 16 September 1978) is a Tajikistan footballer coach and a former international player. He is the manager of the Tajikistan national under-17 te ...

, replacing him with

Tokhirjon Muminov Tokhirjon Muminov ( tg, Тоҳирҷон Муъминов; born 6 August 1970) is a retired Tajikistani footballer, and current manager of Fayzkand. Career Managerial career On 10 August 2012, Muminov ended his first stint as Khayr Vahdat man ...

. On 5 January 2019,

Rustam Khojayev Rustam Khojayev (born 2 January 1973) is a retired Tajikistani footballer and current manager. Career On 21 August 2018, Khojayev was appointed as manager of FC Panjshir. On 5 January 2019, Khojayev was appointed as the new manager of CSKA Pam ...

was appointed as the new manager of CSKA. On 23 June 2019 Khojayev resigned as manager. On 8 July 2019, Sergey Zhitsky was appointed as CSKA's new manager.

Domestic history

Continental history

Honours

* USSR Second Division (2): 1988 * Ligai Olii Tojikiston (3):

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, *

Tajik 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 ...

(2): 1992

Statistics

The following are statistics on CSKA Pamir Dushanbe's footballers' performance in USSR Top League between 1988 and 1991.

Most matches in USSR Top League

Most goals in USSR Top League

Current squad

Notable players

Players who had international caps for their respective countries. ;Tajikistan * Alier Ashurmamadov *

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Yuri Baturenko Yuri Mikhailovich Baturenko (russian: Юрий Михайлович Батуренко; born 29 December 1964) is a Tajikistani professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant manager with FC Istiklol. Playing career He ma ...

* Igor Cherevchenko *

Khakim Fuzailov Khakim Kayumovich Fuzaylov (russian: Хаким Каюмович Фузайлов; born 12 August 1964), is a former Tajikistani professional footballer and current manager. Career Club Fuzaylov made his professional debut in the Soviet First L ...

* Shuhrat Mamajonov *

Andrei Manannikov Andrei Ivanovich Manannikov (russian: Андрей Иванович Мананников; born 5 August 1965) is a Tajikistani professional football coach and a former player. Club career Manannikov made his professional debut in the Soviet Fi ...

* Vazgen Manasyan * Sergey Mandreko *

Mukhsin Mukhamadiev Mukhsin Mukhamadiev (born 21 October 1966) is a association football, football manager and former player. Career Club Born in Dushanbe, Mukhamadiev played club football for CSKA Pomir Dushanbe, Pomir Dushanbe, Vakhsh Qurghonteppa, Pakhtakor, FC ...

Vasili Postnov Vasili Vasilyevich Postnov (russian: Василий Васильевич Постнов; 24 March 1962 – 4 March 2009) was a Tajikistani professional footballer. He also held Russian citizenship. Club career He made his professional debut in t ...

Rashid Rakhimov Rashid Mamatkulovich Rakhimov (russian: Рашид Маматкулович Рахи́мов, tg, Рашид Маматқулович Раҳимов, translit=Rashid Mamatqulovich Rahimov); born 18 March 1965) is Tajikistani professional footb ...

* Valeri Sarychev * Oleg Shirinbekov * Georgi Takhokhov *

Anatoli Volovodenko Anatoli Volovodenko (russian: Анатолий Воловоденко; born 21 July 1963) is a Tajikistani former professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1984 for Pamir Dushanbe. He then ...

Oleksiy Cherednyk Oleksiy Valentynovich Cherednyk (or Aleksei Valentinovich Cherednik) (russian: Алексей Валентинович Чередник; born 15 September 1960) is a Soviet, Tajikistani and Ukrainian former professional footballer who works as ...

Edgar Gess Edgar Yakovlevich Gess (russian: Эдгар Яковлевич Гесс; german: Edgar Hess; born 14 March 1954) is a Tajikistani-German football coach and a former Soviet player. He is the current head coach of the FK Andijan football club. Int ...

;Former USSR countries * Charyar Mukhadov *

Röwşen Muhadow Rovshen Abdurahmanovich Muhadov ( tk, Röwşen Abdurahmanowiç Muhadow; born on 23 September 1961), is a Turkmen football coach and former player who played as a forward and had coach of the Turkmen national team. He is one of the honored coach ...

Azamat Abduraimov Azamat Abduraimov (born 27 April 1966) is a former Uzbek professional football player, who represented Uzbekistan national football team on 22 occasions between 1992 and 1997. Early years Azamat Abduraimov was born in Tashkent in 1966. His fa ...

Ravshan Bozorov Ravshan Bozorov (born 10 May 1968) is a former footballer and trainer from Uzbekistan. He played in the position of forward. Bozorov is one of the best top goalscorers in the history of uzbek football with 316 goals in all tournaments and variou ...

Rustam Zabirov Rustam Zairovich Zabirov (russian: Рустам Заирович Забиров; born 23 October 1966) is Uzbek- Tajik football manager and former football player and coach. He played for Pamir Dushanbe, Navbahor Namangan, Rubin Kazan and other ...

;Africa * Wisdom Mumba Chansa * Derby Makinka * Pearson Mwanza

Managers

* Nikolay Potapov (1964) * Andrei Zazroyev (1964–66) * Vladimir Alyakrinskii (1967–68) * Ivan Vasilevich (1968–69) * Ahmad Alaskarov (1972) * Ishtvan Sekech (1973–78) * Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov (1982–83) *

Yuri Semin Yury Pavlovich Syomin (russian: Юрий Павлович Сёмин; born 11 May 1947) is a Russian football coach. He has managed FC Lokomotiv Moscow for 4 different stints, for a total of over 23 years. The recent history of the Russian club ...

(1983–85) *

Sharif Nazarov Sharif Nazarov (born February 2, 1946, Tajikistan) is Tajikistani Association football, football coach (sports), coach. Managing career As one of the most successful coaches from Tajikistan, he won the Tajik League twice with SKA-Pamir Dushanbe ...

(1986–88), (1992–??) *

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(1998–05) *

Makhmadjon Khabibulloev Makhmadjon Khabibulloev ( tg, Маҳмадҷон Ҳабибуллоев, born May 8, 1965, Tajikistan) is Tajikistani football coach. Coaching career As the most successful coach from Tajikistan, he won the Tajik League six with Regar-TadAZ Tur ...

(2012–2015) *

(2016) *

(2016) * Abdugaffor Yuldashev (2017) *

(2018–2019) * Sergey Zhitsky (2019–2021) * Amin Sobhani (2022–)

References

* http://fft.tj/index.php?limitstart=3

External links

Official club websiteClub statistics on ''KLISF''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ska-Pamir Dushanbe Football clubs in Tajikistan Football clubs in Dushanbe Soviet Top League clubs

Pamir Dushanbe CSKA Pamir Dushanbe ( tg, Клуби футболи ЦСКА-Помир Душанбе, Klubi Futboli CSKA Pomir Dushanbe; fa, زسکا پامیر دوشنبه) is a professional football club based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan that currently plays i ...