Pakhtakor FC

Name

The word "Pakhta" (پخته) in تورکچه means cotton and "kor" (kar) is from verb, (kâshtan) Dari language, (koshtan, kishtan) (uzbek pronunciation) which means "to cultivate"; so the combination "Pakhtakor" produces a job name and literally means "cotton maker".

In popular culture

The famous Uzbek singers Shahzoda, Rustam Gaipov, groups "Parvoz"(ex), "Quartet", "Bojalar" and "Ummon" dedicated their songs to Pakhtakor Football Club.

History

The early Soviet period

Pakhtakor's first official match was on 8 April 1956, date considered to be the club's "birthday". Its first match was played against a team from the city of Perm, Russia (then called Molotov city), presumably FC Zvezda Perm. The first goal in Pakhtakor history was scored by Laziz Maksudov on a penalty shot and Maksudov's goal was the only and game-winning strike.{{cite web | access-date = 2008-07-18 | archive-date = 20 January 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250120033200/http://tubeurl.com/zwewts | url-status = dead

The team was formed in three months, and the government invited the senior trainer Valentin Bekhtenev from Moscow to recruit the best Tashkent players for the new Pakhtakor. At the time, the club was to represent Uzbekistan in Soviet football.

In 1959, the club was promoted to the Soviet Top League for the first time. During the 1960s, Pakhtakor's squad was anchored by the striker Gennadiy Krasnitskiy, who led it to a 6th-place finish in 1962. After periods back and forth between the Top League and the Soviet First League, the club reached the final of the Soviet Cup competition in 1968 – the only Central Asian club to reach a Soviet Cup final – losing to Torpedo Moscow 1–0. A win in this final could have qualified the club for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

In 1971, Pakhtakor again departed from the First League, but was not long detained in the lower division as it gained promotion the following year.

Pakhtakor was the only Uzbek side to appear in the history of the USSR Championship during the Soviet era, appearing the highest echelon 22 times, and recording 212 wins, 211 draws, and 299 losses. Their best league finish was 6th place, which they achieved twice, in 1962 and 1982.

Aircrash 1979

Main article: 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision

On 11 August 1979, Pakhtakor made it back to the Soviet Top League, but shortly thereafter disaster struck the club and Soviet football. During a flight to play Dinamo Minsk, Pakhtakor's plane was involved in a mid-air collision over Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR. All 178 people aboard both planes involved died.

Seventeen Pakhtakor players and staff members died in the crash: | access-date = 2008-07-18 }}

• Idgay Borisovich Tazetdinov (Trainer), (13.01.1933)
• Mikhail Ivanovich An (Half-back), (19.11.1952)
• Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov (Forward), (05.01.1956)
• Alim Masalievich Ashirov (Defender), (25.01.1955)
• Ravil Rustamovich Agishev (Defender), (14.03.1959)
• Constantine Alexandrovich Bakanov (Half-back), (25.05.1954)
• Yuri Timofeevich Zagumennykh (Defender), (07.06.1947)
• Alexander Ivanovich Korchenov (Half-back), (04.05.1949)
• Nikolai Borisovich Kulikov (Defender), (25.04.1953)
• Vladimir Vasilyevich Makarov (Forward), (09.03.1947)
• Sergey Constantinovich Pokatilov (Goalkeeper), (20.12.1950)
• Victor Nikolayevich Churkin (Forward), (25.01.1952)
• Sirozhiddin Akhmedovich Bazarov (Forward), (10.08.1961)
• Shukhrat Musinovich Ishbutaev (Forward), (08.02.1959)
• Vladimir Valievich Sabirov (Forward), (14.01.1958)
• Vladimir Vasilyevich Chumaks (Manager), (08.12.1932)
• Mansur Inamdzhanovich Talibdzhanov (Club administrator), (04.04.1944)

Annually, in August, the club sponsors a youth tournament in memory of the people lost in the disaster. | access-date = 2008-07-18 }}

Following the tragedy in 1979 and spurred on by its prolific goalscorer Andrei Yakubik a few years later, Pakhtakor had its best record in 1982, finishing sixth and ahead of several Russian and Ukrainian football powerhouses, such as Zenit Saint Petersburg, CSKA Moscow, and Shakhtar Donetsk. Pakhtakor had a point deducted that season due to exceeding the allowed limit for the games tied (drawn), but it did not influence the club's final standings.

The lean years: 1984–1990

After leading Pakhtakor to its best finish, age finally caught up with Yakubik and he moved back to his hometown of Moscow to continue his football career.{{cite web | access-date = 2008-07-18 | archive-date = 27 December 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071227143957/http://www.peoples.ru/sport/football/andrey_yakubik/ | url-status = live

Modern period, since 1992

After the USSR collapsed, a new page began in the club's history. 1992 saw Pakhtakor participate in the first season of the Uzbek Oliy League. Since 1992 Pakhtakor have become the most successful Uzbek club with 10 Uzbek League titles, and 11 Uzbek Cups. Until 2014 the club is the only team to have participated in all seasons of the AFC Champions League since its inauguration in 2002. Since 2002 the club participated 11 times in AFC Champions League.

The participation in the AFC Champions League season 2011 was not successful. On 4 May 2011 in a match against Al Nassr, Pakhtakor lost and finished its Asian campaign. In that match, because of many injured players, Pakhtakor's coach Ravshan Khaydarov formed a starting squad from the youth team players and so the club made a record in the AFC Champions League history as the youngest team of the tournament with the players' average age of 21,8 years. The average age of club players for season 2011 was 23,3 years. In the 2014–15 seasons, Pakhtakor won its 10th and 11th League champion titles.

Rivalries

Central Asian Derby

During the Sovet era, Pakhtakor's main rival was the strongest club in Kazakhstan at that time — Almaty's Kairat.

The confrontation between these two clubs was called the Central Asian derby . It was mandatory for the top leadership of the republics to attend, and the stadiums had real full houses.

This was part of the general rivalry at all levels that arose between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the mid 20th century.

After the collapse of the USSR, Pakhtakor and Kairat began to compete in their respective national championships and, accordingly, did not often meet in international tournaments, limiting themselves to rare friendly matches. In total, the teams played more than 80 official matches against each other.

Even during the Soviet era, the leading clubs of other Central Asian republics – Dushanbe's CSKA Pamir Dushanbe, Ashgabat's Köpetdag Aşgabat and Bishkek's Alga — were considered Pakhtakor's main rivals.

Capital derby

Since Bunyodkor's promotion to the Uzbek League, matches between the two clubs from the capital is considered by supporters on both sides and football journalists as the Uzbek capital derby or the Toshkent derby.

El Clasico

Main article: Uzbek El Clasico

The match between Pakhtakor and Neftchi Farg'ona is one of the most popular rivalries in Uzbek League held since 1992. The first match between the two clubs was played on 25 May 1992 in Tashkent.

Stadium

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium was built in 1956 with a capacity of 55.000 spectators. The stadium was renovated in 1996, and in July 2007 club management announced the next renovation. Reconstruction work finished in 2009, the capacity was reduced to 35.000 and the stadium became an all-seater stadium. In January 2010, the stadium was chosen as the best sporting facility in 2009 of Uzbekistan.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Youth squad

Personnel

Management

Current technical staff

Managerial history

Notable players

Former players

Main article: List of Pakhtakor FC players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Pakhtakor.

;USSR/Uzbekistan

• USSR Gennadi Krasnitsky
• USSR Berador Abduraimov
• USSR Yuri Pshenichnikov
• USSR Alim Ashirov
• USSR Manuchar Machaidze
• USSR Mikhail An
• USSR Vladimir Makarov
• USSR Aleksandr Yanovskiy
• USSR Vladimir Fyodorov
• USSR Andrei Yakubik
• USSR Marat Kabayev
• USSR Sergei Bondarenko
• USSRGRE Vasilis Hatzipanagis
• USSRGER Edgar Gess
• USSRARM Khoren Oganesian
• USSRUZBRUS Valeri Kechinov
• USSRUZBRUS Andrei Piatnitski
• USSRUZB Mirjalol Qosimov
• USSRUZB Gennadi Denisov
• USSRUZB Ilkhom Sharipov
• USSRUZB Igor Shkvyrin
• USSRUZB Azamat Abduraimov
• UZBKAZ Kairat Utabayev
• USSRTKM Röwşen Muhadow
• UZB Jaloliddin Masharipov
• UZB Ignatiy Nesterov
• UZB Andrey Akopyants
• UZB Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
• UZB Server Djeparov
• UZB Timur Kapadze
• UZB Zaynitdin Tadjiyev
• UZB Alexander Geynrikh
• UZB Anvarjon Soliev
• UZB Odil Ahmedov
• UZB Oleg Shatskikh
• UZB Jafar Irismetov
• UZB Anzur Ismailov
• UZB Pavel Bugalo
• UZB Khojiakbar Alijonov
• UZB Egor Krimets
• UZB Sadriddin Abdullaev
• UZB Stanislav Andreev
• UZB Igor Sergeev
• UZB Sardor Rashidov
• UZB Khojimat Erkinov
• UZB Dostonbek Khamdamov
• UZB Vladimir Kozak

;Former USSR countries

• ARM Zhora Hovhannisyan
• BLR Pavel Pavlyuchenko
• GEO Irakli Klimiashvili
• GEO Kakhi Makharadze
• KAZ Aleksandr Krokhmal
• KGZGER Kimi Merk
• LIT Virginijus Baltušnikas
• LIT Gintaras Kvitkauskas
• TJKUZB Akmal Kholmatov
• TKM Artur Geworkyan
• TKM Maksim Belyh
• TKM Goçguly Goçgulyýew
• UKR Vladyslav Lyutyi
• TKM Konstantin Sosenko

;Others countries

• AUSENG Rostyn Griffiths
• BRA Anderson
• BRA Fábio Pinto
• BRA Tiago Bezerra
• BRA Jhonatan
• BRA Jonatan Lucca
• BRA Flamarion
• BUL Kamen Hadzhiev
• COL Brayan Riascos
• CRO Jurica Buljat
• Guinea-BissauPOR Esmaël Gonçalves
• IRQ Bashar Resan
• ISR Gidi Kanyuk
• JPN Naoya Shibamura
• MKD Dušan Savić
• MNE Adnan Orahovac
• MNE Sanibal Orahovac
• MNE Marko Simić
• MNE Darko Marković
• MNEENG Oliver Sarkic
• MNE Ilija Martinović
• NED Matthew Steenvoorden
• NGR Uche Iheruome
• POL Przemysław Banaszak
• POL Michał Kucharczyk
• SRB Bojan Miladinović
• SRB Milan Nikolić
• SRB Dragan Ćeran
• SRB Bojan Miladinović
• SRB Bojan Matić
• SRB Milorad Janjuš
• SUI Eren Derdiyok

Recent seasons

Domestic record

Individual records

Most appearances

:Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for the club, (players in bold signifies current Pakhtakor player). This list includes goals from Uzbekistan Super League and USSR League.

Top goalscorers

Note: this includes goals scored in all competitions.

Asian record head to head

Overview

Honours

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References

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