| Club: | FC Istiklol |
| Season: | 2020 |
| Manager: | Mubin Ergashev Vitaliy Levchenko |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Shohruh Saidov |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Republican Stadium |
| League: | Tajik League |
| League Result: | 1st |
| Cup1: | Tajikistan Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinal vs Ravshan Kulob |
| Cup2: | Super Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Champions |
| Cup4 Result: | Group Stage |
| League Topscorer: | Manuchekhr Dzhalilov (16) |
| Season Topscorer: | Manuchekhr Dzhalilov (23) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
The FC Istiklol 2020 season is Istiklol's twelfth Tajik League season, of which they are defending Tajik League and Cup Champions, whilst they will also participate in the Tajik Supercup and AFC Champions League.
On 14 February 2020, Istiklol announced that Shahrom Samiyev had left the club to join Rubin Kazan on a free transfer.[1]
After Mubin Ergashev took charge of Istiklol for their two AFC Champions League matches, Vitaliy Levchenko was appointed as the club's new manager on 17 February, with Alisher Tukhtaev returning to an assistants role.[2]
On 6 March, Shakhrom Sulaimonov joined Lokomotiv-Pamir on loan for the season, and Dzhamshed Rakhmonov was released by the club.[3]
On 18 March, Istiklol's AFC Cup group games scheduled to take place in April, where postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
On 27 March, the Tajikistan Football Federation announced that the opening round of games would be played behind closed doors due to the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
On 14 April, the AFC extended the postponement of the AFC Cup group games scheduled for May and June until further notice due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
On 25 April, following Istiklol's 6–1 victory over Kuktosh, the Tajikistan Football Federation announced that all football would be suspended from the evening of 26 April until 10 May.[7]
On 6 May, the Tajikistan Football Federation extended the suspension of football indefinitely due to the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Tajikistan.[8]
On 8 June, the Tajikistan Football Federation announced that the season would resume on 16 June, with the games continuing to be played without spectators.[9] With the schedule being confirmed the follow day.[10]
On 9 July, the Asian Football Confederation announced a revised calendar for the 2020 AFC Cup, with all the remaining games to be played in on country, that will be announced at a later date.[11]
On 22 July, Istiklol announced the return of Akhtam Nazarov on a contract until the end of the 2021 season,[12] whilst the following day Sharifbek Rakhmatov moved on loan to Lokomotiv-Pamir until the end of the season.[13]
On 28 July, young midfielder Salam Ashurmamdov joined Istaravshan on loan for the remainder of the season.[14]
On 6 August, midfielder Saidmuxtor Azimov joined Fayzkand on loan for the remainder of the season.[15]
On 7 August, Istiklol announced the return of midfielder Amirbek Juraboev after a year playing for Navbahor Namangan, on a one-year contract.[16]
On 31 August, Ehson Panjshanbe left Istiklol to join Navbahor Namangan.[17]
During the 2020 Tajikistan Higher League season summer transfer window, Romish Jalilov was re-registered with Istiklol.[18]
On 10 September, the 2020 AFC Cup was cancelled.[19]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Rustam Yatimov |  | GK | 2020 10, df=yes | Unattached | 2018[20] | 2020 | 46 | 0 | |
| 16 | Dilshod Dodoboev | | GK | 2020 10, df=yes | Istaravshan | 2020 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 77 | Nikola Stošić |  | GK | 2020 10, df=yes | Železničar Beograd | 2013 | 141 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Marko Milić | | DF | 2020 10, df=yes | Kokand 1912 | 2020 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Tabrezi Davlatmir | | DF | 2020 10, df=yes | Youth Team | 2016 | 2020[21] | 90 | 1 | |
| 4 | Vahdat Hanonov | | DF | 2020 10, df=yes | CSKA Pamir Dushanbe | 2020 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Iskandar Dzhalilov | | DF | 2020 10, df=yes | Botev Vratsa | 2019 | 54 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Zoir Juraboev | | DF | 2020 10, df=yes | Metallurg Bekabad | 2019 | 46 | 1 | ||
| 20 | Akhtam Nazarov | | DF | 2020 10, df=yes | Bashundhara Kings | 2020 | 2021 | 196 | 22 | |
| 21 | Oleksiy Larin |  | DF | 2020 10, df=yes | Arsenal Kyiv | 2019 | 51 | 2 | ||
| 26 | Shakhzod Davlatov | | DF | 2020 10, df=yes | Youth Team | 2019 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 7 | Viktor Svezhov |  | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | Minsk | 2020 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Alisher Dzhalilov | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2019 | 49 | 30 | ||
| 11 | Muhammadjon Rakhimov | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | Khosilot Farkhor | 2017 | 93 | 20 | ||
| 18 | Amadoni Kamolov | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | Lokomotiv-Pamir | 2020 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Khurshed-Timur Dzhuraev | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | 2019 | 2021 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Amirbek Juraboev | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | Navbahor Namangan | 2020 | 2021 | 105 | 6 | |
| 88 | Romish Jalilov | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | 2020 | |||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Wahyt Orazsähedow |  | FW | 2020 10, df=yes | Dordoi Bishkek | 2020 | 13 | 5 | ||
| 13 | Rustam Soirov | | FW | 2020 10, df=yes | Lokomotiv Pamir | 2020 | 20 | 10 | ||
| 14 | Sheriddin Boboev | | FW | 2020 10, df=yes | Youth Team | 2016 | 92 | 53 | ||
| 63 | Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | | FW | 2020 10, df=yes | Persebaya Surabaya | 2020 | 113 | 109 | ||
| Youth team players | ||||||||||
| Amir Nigmatov | | DF | 2020 10, df=yes | Youth Team | 2018 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Shahbol Rajabov | | DF | 2020 10, df=yes | Youth Team | 2018 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Farhod Kosimov | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | Youth Team | 2018 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Away on loan | ||||||||||
| 20 | Salam Ashurmamadov | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 | 5 | 1 | |
| 22 | Sharifbek Rakhmatov | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | Youth Team | 2020 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Saidmuxtor Azimov | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | Barkchi | 2019 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 70 | Shakhrom Sulaimonov | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | Utenis Utena | 2018 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 17 | Ehson Panjshanbe | | MF | 2020 10, df=yes | Youth Team | 2016 | 2020 | 100 | 19 | |
| 23 | Shahrom Samiyev | | FW | 2020 10, df=yes | CSKA Pamir Dushanbe | 2019 | 29 | 11 | ||
| 27 | Dzhamshed Rakhmonov | | DF | 2020 10, df=yes | 2019[22] | 2021 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | GK | | Dilshod Dodoboev | Istaravshan | Free | ||
| January 2020 | DF | | Marko Milić | Kokand 1912 | Free | ||
| January 2020 | DF | | Vahdat Hanonov | CSKA Pamir Dushanbe | Free | ||
| January 2020 | MF | | Viktor Svezhov | Minsk | Free | ||
| January 2020 | FW | | Amadoni Kamolov | Lokomotiv Pamir | Free | ||
| January 2020 | FW | | Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | Persebaya Surabaya | Free | ||
| January 2020 | FW | | Rustam Soirov | Lokomotiv Pamir | Free | ||
| February 2020 | FW | | Wahyt Orazsähedow | Dordoi Bishkek | Free | ||
| 22 July 2020 | DF | | Akhtam Nazarov | Bashundhara Kings | Free | ||
| 7 August 2020 | MF | | Amirbek Juraboev | Navbahor Namangan | Undisclosed | ||
| Summer 2020 | MF | | Romish Jalilov | Free |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 February 2020 | FW | | Shahrom Samiyev | Rubin Kazan | Free | ||
| 31 August 2020 | MF | | Ehson Panjshanbe | Navbahor Namangan | Undisclosed |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2020 | MF | | Shakhrom Sulaimonov | Lokomotiv Pamir | End of Season | ||
| 23 July 2020 | MF | | Sharifbek Rakhmatov | Lokomotiv Pamir | End of Season | ||
| 28 July 2020 | MF | | Salam Ashurmamdov | Istaravshan | End of Season | ||
| 6 August 2020 | MF | | Saidmuxtor Azimov | Fayzkand | End of Season |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2020 | DF | | Dzhamshed Rakhmonov | ||||
| 31 December 2020 | GK | | Nikola Stošić | Železničar Beograd | |||
| 31 December 2020 | DF | | Marko Milić | Buxoro | 9 February 2021 | [23] [24] | |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | | Viktor Svezhov | KAMAZ | 3 February 2021 | [25] | |
| 31 December 2020 | FW | | Wahyt Orazsähedow | Turan | 11 May 2021 | [26] | |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | | Dilshod Dodoboev | Eskhata | |||
| 31 December 2020 | DF | | Shakhzod Davlatov | Dushanbe-83 | |||
| 31 December 2020 | FW | | Farhod Kosimov | Dushanbe-83 |
| Date From | Position | Nationality | Name | Last Club | Date To | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | MF |  | Eldor Boymatov | Surkhon Termez | |||
| January 2020 | FW | | Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | Persebaya Surabaya | [27] | ||
| January 2020 | FW | | Shakhboz Erkinov | Kokand 1912 | |||
| February 2020 | DF | | Vahdat Hanonov | CSKA Pamir Dushanbe | |||
| February 2020 | FW | | Wahyt Orazsähedow | Dordoi Bishkek |
See main article: TFF Cup.
See main article: 2020 Tajik Super Cup.
See main article: 2020 Tajikistan Higher League.
See main article: 2020 Tajikistan Cup.
See main article: 2020 AFC Champions League.
See main article: 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs.
See main article: 2020 AFC Cup.
|-|colspan="16"|Youth team players:|-|colspan="16"|Players away from Istiklol on loan:|-|colspan="16"|Players who left Istiklol during the season:|}
| width=20 | Place | width=20 | Position | width=20 | Nation | width=20 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=100 | Tajik League | width=100 | Tajikistan Cup | width=100 | Super Cup | width=200 | AFC Champions League | width=100 | AFC Cup | width=100 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 63 | Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | |||||||||||
| 2 | MF | | 10 | Alisher Dzhalilov | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 3 | FW | | 14 | Sheriddin Boboev | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 4 | FW | | 13 | Rustam Soirov | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 5 | FW | | 9 | Wahyt Orazsähedow | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 17 | Ehson Panjshanbe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| MF | | 11 | Muhammadjon Rakhimov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | DF | | 21 | Oleksiy Larin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 3 | Tabrezi Davlatmir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| DF | | 4 | Vahdat Hanonov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| DF | | 2 | Marko Milić | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 61 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 79 | |||||||||||||||
| width=20 | Place | width=20 | Position | width=20 | Nation | width=20 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=100 | Tajik League | width=100 | Tajikistan Cup | width=100 | Super Cup | width=200 | AFC Champions League | width=100 | AFC Cup | width=100 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Rustam Yatimov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 16 | Dilshod Dodoboev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Tajik League | Tajikistan Cup | Super Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Cup | Total | |||||||
| 2 | | DF | Marko Milić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | | DF | Tabrezi Davlatmir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | | DF | Vahdat Hanonov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 5 | | DF | Iskandar Dzhalilov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | | DF | Zoir Juraboev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | | MF | Viktor Svezhov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 10 | | MF | Alisher Dzhalilov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 11 | | MF | Muhammadjon Rakhimov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 13 | | FW | Rustam Soirov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 14 | | FW | Sheriddin Boboev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 18 | | MF | Amadoni Kamolov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | | MF | Khurshed-Timur Dzhuraev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 20 | | DF | Akhtam Nazarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22 | | MF | Amirbek Juraboev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 63 | | FW | Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 88 | | MF | Romish Jalilov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Players who left Istiklol during the season: | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | | MF | Ehson Panjshanbe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 4 | ||||