2019 Tajikistan Higher League Explained

Competition:Ligai Olii Tojikiston
Season:2019
Winners:Istiklol
Relegated:Panjshir
Continentalcup1:AFC Champions League
Continentalcup2:AFC Cup
League Topscorer:Sheriddin Boboev (16)
Biggest Home Win:Khujand 9-0 Panjshir
Biggest Away Win:Kuktosh 1-6 Istiklol
Highest Scoring:Khujand 9-0 Panjshir
Matches:84
Total Goals:251
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

The 2019 Ligai Olii Tojikiston (Tajik: 2019 Лигаи Олии Тоҷикистон) or 2019 Tajikistan Higher League was the 28th season of Ligai Olii Tojikiston, Tajikistan's top division of association football. The season will begin on 6 April 2019.[1] and finished on 4 November 2019.[2]

Teams

On 19 February 2019, the Tajikistan Football Federation announced that the season would involve eight teams, consisting of Istiklol, Khujand, Kuktosh, Regar-TadAZ, Khatlon, CSKA Pamir, Panjshir and newly promoted Istaravshan.[1]

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
CSKA PamirDushanbeCSKA Stadium7,000
IstaravshanIstaravshanIstaravshan-Arena20,000
IstiklolDushanbeCentral Republican Stadium24,000
KhatlonBokhtarCentral Stadium
KhujandKhujand20-Letie Nezavisimosti Stadium20,000
KuktoshKuktoshRudaki Stadium
PanjshirBalkhPanjshir Uktam Mamatova8,500
Regar-TadAZTursunzodaStadium Metallurg 1st District20,000

Foreign players

Each Tajikistan Higher League club is permitted to register six foreign players, with four allowed on the pitch at the same time.[3]

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Former
CSKA Pamir Dushanbe Eiya Edward Yegor Khokhlov Mikhail Zaitsev
Istaravshan Jamshed Khasanov Tulkinjon Umarov
Istiklol Oleksiy Larin Ruslan Koryan
Mihajlo Cakić
Jalil Kimsanov
Khatlon
Khujand Tornike Dzhimsheleishvili Davit Kupatadze Tursunali Rustamov Asiljon Begimkulov
Kuktosh Rudaki Prince Arthur Misiam Ishmael Klotey Nodirbek Ibragimov Muhiddin Odilov Bunyod Shodiev
Panjshir Quaye Godson
Regar-TadAZ Arash Akbari
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Istiklol Alisher TukhtaevEnd of Contract31 December 2018Pre-Season Khakim Fuzailov31 December 2018[4]
IstaravshanPre-Season Tokhirjon Muminov14 March 2019[5]
CSKA Pamir Dushanbe Rustam KhojayevResigned23 June 2019[6] Sergey Zhitsky8 July 2019[7]
Istiklol Khakim FuzailovResigned27 June 2019[8] 1st27 June 2019

League table

Results

Matches

Week 21

Relegation play-offs

The 2019 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 7th-placed Tajikistan Higher League team, and the runners-up of the Tajik First Division, on a two-legged confrontation.

Season statistics

Scoring

  • First goal of the season:

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Sheriddin BoboevIstiklol16
2 Alisher DzhalilovIstiklol11
3 Sherzod MakhamadievRegar-TadAZ9
4 Tursunali RustamovKhujand8
5 Muhammadjon RakhimovIstiklol7
Nozim BabadjanovRegar-TadAZ
Bakhtovar ZokirovIstaravshan
Ehson PanjshanbeIstiklol
Shodibek GafforovCSKA Pamir Dushanbe
10 Shervoni MabatshoevCSKA Pamir Dushanbe6
Dilshod VasievKhujand
Muhiddin OdilovKuktosh

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result DateRef
Tursunali RustamovKhujandPanjshir9-0[9]
Dilshod Vasiev5KhujandPanjshir9-0
Sherzod MakhamadievRegar-TadAZKuktosh4-3[10]
Sheriddin BoboevIstiklolKuktosh6-1[11]
  • 5 Player scored 5 goals

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: НОВЫЙ СЕЗОН В ЧЕМПИОНАТЕ ТАДЖИКИСТАНА СТАРТУЕТ 6 АПРЕЛЯ . fft.tj/ . Football Federation Tajikistan . 19 February 2019 . Russian . 19 February 2019.
  2. Web site: РЕГАР-ТАДАЗ СТАЛ БРОНЗОВЫМ ПРИЗЕРОМ ЧЕМПИОНАТА ТАДЖИКИСТАНА . fft.tj/ . Football Federation Tajikistan . 4 November 2019 . Russian . 4 November 2019.
  3. Web site: В футбольном чемпионате Таджикистан заявлен 21 легионер, треть из них – узбеки . asiaplustj.info/ . Asia Plus . 4 April 2020 . Russian . 9 April 2019.
  4. Web site: ХАКИМ ФУЗАЙЛОВ НАЗНАЧЕН НОВЫМ ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ ИСТИКЛОЛА . fft.tj . Football Federation Tajikistan . 15 December 2018 . Russian . 3 December 2018.
  5. Web site: ТОХИРДЖОН МУМИНОВ НАЗНАЧЕН НОВЫМ ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ ИСТАРАВШАНА . fft.tj . Football Federation Tajikistan . 18 March 2019 . Russian . 14 March 2019.
  6. Web site: РУСТАМ ХОДЖАЕВ ПОДАЛ В ОТСТАВКУ С ПОСТА ГЛАВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА ЦСКА ПАМИР . tfl.tj/ . Tajikistan Football League . 18 October 2019 . Russian . 23 June 2019.
  7. Web site: УКРАИНСКИЙ СПЕЦИАЛИСТ СЕРГЕЙ ЖИЦКИЙ НАЗНАЧЕН ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ ЦСКА ПАМИР . fft.tj/ . Football Federation Tajikistan . 10 July 2019 . Russian . 8 July 2019.
  8. Web site: Хаким Фузайлов подал в отставку . fc-istiklol.tj/ . FC Istiklol . 29 June 2019 . Russian . 27 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180521211700/http://www.fc-istiklol.tj/index.php?view=1 . 21 May 2018 . dead .
  9. Web site: В ЧЕМПИОНАТЕ ТАДЖИКИСТАНА-2019 НАСТУПИЛ ЛЕТНИЙ ПЕРЕРЫВ . fft.tj/ . Football Federation Tajikistan . 20 October 2019 . Russian . 30 June 2019.
  10. Web site: ЧЕМПИОНАТ ТАДЖИКИСТАНА-2019 ГРАД ГОЛОВ В РУДАКИ . fft.tj/ . Football Federation Tajikistan . 20 October 2019 . Russian . 24 August 2019.
  11. Web site: ИСТИКЛОЛ СТАЛ ВОСЬМИКРАТНЫМ ЧЕМПИОНОМ ТАДЖИКИСТАНА . fft.tj/ . Football Federation Tajikistan . 20 October 2019 . Russian . 27 September 2019.