2021 Tajikistan Higher League

Tajikistan Higher League
Season	2021
Dates	4 April – 5 December
Matches played	90
Goals scored	246 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rustam Soirov (10)
Biggest home win	Khujand 4-1 Dushanbe-83
Biggest away win	CSKA Pamir 1-3 Eskhata
Highest scoring	Khujand 4-1 Dushanbe-83 ; Istaravshan 2-3 Khujand
Longest winning run	Istiklol (7)
Longest unbeaten run	Istiklol (8)
Longest winless run	Kuktosh Rudaki (10)
Longest losing run	Fayzkand (5)
	← 2020 → All statistics correct as of 5 September 2021.

The 2021 Tajikistan Higher League is the 30th season of Tajikistan Higher League, Tajikistan's top division of association football. The season began on 4 April 2021, and consist of twenty-seven rounds of matches.^[1]

Season events[]

On 5 March, the Tajikistan Football Federation announced that the calendar of matches for the 2021 season will be drawn on 12 March.^[1]

Teams[]

On 5 March 2020, the Tajikistan Football Federation announced that the season would involve ten teams, with there being 27 matches in three rounds. The teams consist of CSKA Pamir, Dushanbe-83, Fayzkand, Istiklol, Istaravshan, Khatlon, Khujand, Kuktosh and newly promoted Eskhata Khujand, and Ravshan Kulob.^[1]

Dushanbe

Dushanbe teams
CSKA
Dushanbe-83
Istiklol

Locations of teams in the 2021 Tajikistan Higher League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
CSKA Pamir	Dushanbe	CSKA Stadium	7,000
Dushanbe-83	Dushanbe
Eskhata	Khujand	20-Letie Nezavisimosti Stadium	20,000
Fayzkand	Kulob	Central Stadium
Istaravshan	Istaravshan	Central Stadium	20,000
Istiklol	Dushanbe	Central Republican Stadium	24,000
Khatlon	Bokhtar	Tsentralnyi Stadium	10,000
Khujand	Khujand	20-Letie Nezavisimosti Stadium	20,000
Kuktosh	Chorgulteppa	Rudaki Stadium
Ravshan	Kulob	Central Stadium

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
CSKA Pamir	Alier Ashurmamadov		Joma	1xBet
Dushanbe-83	Nazir Rizomov		Joma
Eskhata	Khamid Karimov		Joma	Bank Eskhata
Fayzkand	Tokhirjon Muminov
Istaravshan	Makhmadjon Khabibulloev
Istiklol	Vitaliy Levchenko	Alisher Dzhalilov	Joma	Siyoma
Khatlon	Asliddin Khabibullaev		Joma	Formula 55
Khujand	Rustam Khojayev		Joma	Formula 55
Kuktosh	Hikmatullo Sharpiov
Ravshan	Gairatali Mirakhmedov	Hasan Rustamov	Joma	Hoji Sharif

Foreign players[]

Each Tajikistan Higher League club is permitted to register a maximum of six foreign players, with four allowed on the pitch at the same time.^[2]^[3]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Former Players
CSKA Pamir	Idriss Aminu	Ocran Idan	Alex Peprah	Rakhat Japarov	Orzubek Buriev			Felix Tette Mykyta Shevtsov
Dushanbe-83	Luc Mendjana	Collins Aduhene	Agbley Johns	Sodiq Musa	Nerrick Tettey	Daniel Tagoe		Amir Memari Manesh Ion Arabadji Stanislav Ivanov
Eskhata	Shahzod Abdurakhimov	Akhror Inoyatov						Akobir Turaev
Fayzkand	Arthur Bougnone	Joseph Feumba	Junior Onana	Arash Akbari	Dilshodzhon Baratov	Jasur Kurbonov	Anvar Murodov
Istaravshan	Jafar Ismoilov	Shakhzod Mamurzhonov	Khurshid Olimov	Jakhongir Safarov	Shakhzod Shamsiddinov	Akhrorbek Uktamov
Istiklol	Petar Patev	Ryota Noma	Oleksiy Larin	Andriy Mischenko				Huseyin Dogan
Khatlon	Tony Bikatal	Asomini Ebenezer	Jen Gaten	Kuaye Godson
Khujand	Aleksei Matrossov	Artem Serdyuk	Firdavs Abdusalimov	Olim Karimov	Samandar Ochilov			Maksim Grek
Kuktosh	Olivier Mbom	Ya Saturnin-Hermann	Alizhon Alizhonov	Asadbek Islomov	Sukhrob Rakhmonov	Bunyod Shodiev	Nodirbek Ibragimov	Mukhiddin Odilov
Ravshan	Benjamin Asamoah	Kingsley Osei Effah	Obed Owusu	Mukhriddin Akhmedov				Nodirbek Ibragimov Anvar Murodov Bunyod Shodiev

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Position in table	Incoming manager
CSKA Pamir	Sergey Zhitsky	Pre-Season	Alier Ashurmamadov
Istaravshan	Alier Ashurmamadov		Makhmadjon Khabibulloev
Khujand	Khakim Fuzailov		Rustam Khojayev
Kuktosh	Makhmadjon Khabibulloev		Hikmatullo Sharpiov

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Istiklol	17	13	3	1	53	7	+46	42	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Khujand	17	10	2	5	33	19	+14	32	Standby team for AFC Cup group stage
3	Istaravshan	18	7	5	6	21	19	+2	26
4	Eskhata	18	7	3	8	26	31	−5	24
5	CSKA Pamir	18	6	6	6	22	23	−1	24
6	Khatlon	18	6	5	7	18	24	−6	23
7	Ravshan	18	5	8	5	18	20	−2	23
8	Dushanbe-83	18	4	6	8	20	37	−17	18
9	Fayzkand	18	4	5	9	13	24	−11	17	Relegation to Tajik First Division
10	Kuktosh	18	3	5	10	22	42	−20	14	Relegation to Tajik First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2021. Source: FFT
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.

Fixtures and results[]

Rounds 1–18[]

Home \ Away	CPD	D83	ESK	FAY	ISA	IST	KHA	KJD	KUK	RAV
CSKA Pamir	—	3–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–3
Dushanbe-83	0–0	—	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–2
Eskhata	1–2	3–1	—	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–1	3–2	3–1	1–1
Fayzkand	1–0	2–2	1–3	—	1–2	0–4	1–2	0–2	3–1	0–0
Istaravshan	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	—	2–1	1–2	2–3	2–2	1–0
Istiklol	1–0	5–0	5–1	4–0	2–0	—	2–0	4–1	7–1	3–0
Khatlon	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–6	—	1–1	2–0	0–1
Khujand	2–0	4–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	~~25 May~~	2–0	—	4–0	0–0
Kuktosh	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–3	—	1–2
Ravshan	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2021. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 19–27[]

Home \ Away	CPD	D83	ESK	FAY	ISA	IST	KHA	KJD	KUK	RAV
CSKA Pamir	—	25 Sep	-	-	-	-	20 Nov	5 Dec	16 Oct	-
Dushanbe-83	-	—	22 Sep	15 Oct	5 Dec	21 Nov	-	-	-	-
Eskhata	17 Sep	-	—	26 Sep	20 Nov	16 Oct	-	-	-	5 Dec
Fayzkand	3 Oct	-	-	—	-	-	5 Dec	21 Sep	19 Nov	-
Istaravshan	23 Nov	-	-	17 Sep	—	26 Sep	-	3 Nov	-	15 Oct
Istiklol	3 Nov	-	-	24 Nov	-	—	21 Sep	3 Oct	-	18 Sep
Khatlon	-	24 Nov	3 Nov	-	2 Oct	-	—	-	18 Sep	26 Sep
Khujand	-	18 Sep	24 Nov	-	-	-	15 Oct	—	25 Sep	21 Nov
Kuktosh	-	4 Nov	2 Oct	-	22 Sep	5 Dec	-	-	—	-
Ravshan	22 Sep	2 Oct	-	4 Nov	-	-	-	-	24 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2021. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

By match played[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
CSKA Pamir	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W
Dushanbe-83	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	W
Eskhata	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L
Fayzkand	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L
Istaravshan	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L
Istiklol	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	P	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
Khatlon	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W
Khujand	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	P	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L
Kuktosh	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L
Ravshan	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2021. Source:^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Season statistics[]

Scoring[]

First goal of the season: Makhmadali Sadykov for Fayzkand against CSKA Pamir. (4 April 2021)^[4]

Top scorers[]

As of match played 29 August 2021^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rustam Soirov	Istiklol	10
2	Akobir Turaev	Eskhata	9
	Ilhomjon Barotov	Istaravshan
	Alisher Dzhalilov	Istiklol
	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	Istiklol
6	Artyom Serdyuk	Khujand	8
6	Dilshod Bozorov	Khujand	8
8	Abdukhalil Boronov	Fayzkand	7
9	Amirjon Safarov	Kuktosh	6
10	Nuriddin Khamrokulov	Khatlon	5

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Abdukhalil Boronov	Fayzkand	Kuktosh	3-1 (H)	16 April 2021	^[6]
Artyom Serdyuk	Khujand	Istaravshan	2-3 (A)	6 May 2021	^[7]
Rustam Soirov	Istiklol	Eskhata	5-1 (H)	4 July 2021	^[8]

Clean sheets[]

As of matches played 4 July 2021.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Azimjon Karaev	Fayzkand	4
	Kurbonali Boboev	Istaravshan
	Aleksei Matrossov	Khujand
4	Rustam Yatimov	Istiklol	3
4	Rustam Rizoev	Ravshan	3
6	Kuaye Godson	Khatlon	2
7	Alex Peprah	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	1
	Faromurz Saidov	Dushanbe-83
	Shakhzod Shamsiddinov	Istaravshan
	Mukhriddin Khasanov	Istiklol
	Shokhrukh Kirgizboev	Kuktosh

Awards[]

Monthly awards[]

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		References
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	References
April	Azizbek Sultonov	Kuktosh	Tokhirjon Muminov	Fayzkand	^[9]
May	Tohirjon Tagoyzoda	Khatlon	Asliddin Khabibullaev	Khatlon	^[10]

References[]

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^ "COCA-COLA – ЧЕМПИОНАТ ТАДЖИКИСТАНА-2021: КОГО ЗАЯВИЛИ КЛУБЫ ВЫСШЕЙ ЛИГИ". fft.tj/ (in Russian). Football Federation Tajikistan. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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External links[]

Football federation of Tajikistan

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[8] "Istiklol 5-1 Eskhata". soccer24.com/. Soccer24. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[9] "АЗИЗБЕК СУЛТОНОВ – ЛУЧШИЙ ИГРОК АПРЕЛЯ, А ТОХИР МУМИНОВ – ЛУЧШИЙ ТРЕНЕР МЕСЯЦА". fft.tj/ (in Russian). Football Federation of Tajikistan. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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