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

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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 ...

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club based in

. They currently play in the top division of the country.

History

FC Vakhsh was founded in 1960. In Soviet times was the farm club of the core team of the

Tajik SSR The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic,, ''Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston''; russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Resp ...

–

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 ...

based CSKA Pomir Dushanbe. From 1966 to 1984 the team played under the name of Pakhtakor. "Vakhsh" first became a champion of Tajikistan in 1961 and four years later the club won the Cup for the first time in Tajikistan. Footballers from

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for the first time took part in the USSR Championship in 1966, playing in the Central Asian zone of B League, when finished 16th out of 19 teams. Although from the following season the team improved their performance, in 1967 17th place (among 22 teams), in 1968 10th (out of 22), 1969 – 6th (out of 24) and in 1970 5th place (out of 18). Unfortunately, the further advancement of the team was stopped due to reorganization of the Soviet football structure in 1971. In 1978 Pakhtakor became champion of the

and won a ticket to the soviet second league. From 1978 to 1984 Pakhtakor played in the second league. Again, the team was just beginning to acquire confidence as a solution of the Sports Committee of the

Soviet Union 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 national ...

removed from the rally. Since 1986,

was re-introduced in the second league. To defend the honor of the city took "Vakhsh – champion of the republic in 1985. This team also goes through the gradual conquest of positions. From 16th place in 1986, Vakhsh up to 4th place in 1989, after which the club has to play in the buffer zone, though not as a team, which finished in fourth place, but as the representative of

. In those days, Vakhsh's best footballers always ended up in

's best team, CSKA Pomir Dushanbe. The most notable of these are

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sergei Mandreko Sergei Vladimirovich Mandreko (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Мандреко; 1 August 1971 – 8 March 2022) was a Russian-Tajik football coach and player who played as a midfielder. Club career Mandreko was born in Kurgan- ...

, Alimzhon Rafikov,

Alexander Asimov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

and Vladimir Dolganov. Since 1992, Vakhsh plays in 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 ...

. In the same year "Vakhsh" took third place. The club has achieved great success in the 1997 season, having won

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 ...

, and qualified for the first time to participate in

AFC Cup Winners Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winne ...

. Also in 1997, the year Vakhsh became the champion of Tajikistan. Striker Rustam Usmanov scoring 21 goals was named the best scorer of the national championship. In 2002, Vakhsh played in the

final and in 2003 won the

. In 2004, Vakhsh took second place and was awarded the silver medals of the championship in Tajikistan. In 2005, Vakhsh once again reached the final of

, losing the deciding match

Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda (Tajiki: Регар-ТадАЗ Турсунзода клуби футболи), ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال ریگر-تداز تورسون‌زاده), is a Tajik professional football club based in Tursunzoda, that cur ...

in a penalty shootout. Although in the same year, Vakhsh became champions of

, a 17-year-old striker by the name of Akhtam Khamrakulov was named best scorer of the championship with 12 goals. Vakhsh reached her peak of success in the international arena in 2006, when the team reached the final of

AFC President's Cup The AFC President's Cup was an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held between 2005 and 2014. The competition targeted emerging football nations, and wa ...

losing to eventual champions

Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn Football Club Dordoi Bishkek ('' ky, Дордой Бишкек Футбол Клубу, Dordoj Bişkek Futbol Klubu'') is a Kyrgyz professional football club based in Bishkek, that competes in the Kyrgyz Premier League. Founded in 1997, the club ...

2–1 in the extra time. In February 2018, Vakhsh was taken over by the local government of

(previously known as Qurghonteppa) due to financial difficulties, and was renamed FC Khatlon.

Domestic history

Continental history

Honours

* SSR Tajik League (2): 1961, 1985 * SSR Tajikistan Cup (1): 1965 *

(3):

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(2): 1997, 2003

Current squad

References

External links

*
Vakhsh Fan ClubVakhsh page on www.the-afc.com
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