FC Mash'al Mubarek () is an Uzbek professional

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club based in Mubarek. ''Mash'al'' means a

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History

The club was founded in 1982. Mashʼal played its first years in province league, later in UzSSR league. In 1993 the club started to play in

Uzbekistan First League Uzbekistan First League ( Uzbek: ''O'zbekiston Birinchi ligasi / Ўзбекистон Биринчи Лигаси''; Russian: ''Первая лига Узбекистана'') is the third level (after the Super League and Pro League) football le ...

and two years later after 1994 season club gained promotion to Oliy League. In the 2005 season Mashʼal finished runners-up in League after Pakhtakor which is club's highest achievement in history. Mash'al made its debut in the

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in March 2006, but finished its participation in group stage. The same year club reached the

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final. At the end of 2012 the club was ranked 13th and relegated after playing 11 non-break seasons in the top division. One year later, with new manager Alexander Khomyakov, they gained promotion back to top division.

Domestic history

Continental record

Honours

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**Runners-up (1):

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**Champions (2): 1994,

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**Runners-up (1): 2006 *UzPFL Cup **Champions (1): 2014

Managerial history

External links

FC Mashal Official site

FC Mashal- weltfussballarchiv

FC Mashal- soccerway
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