2019 FC Istiklol season

The FC Istiklol 2019 season was Istiklol's eleventh Tajik League season. They were defending Tajik League and Cup Champions, whilst also participating in the Tajik Supercup, AFC Champions League and AFC Cup.

FC Istiklol

2019 season
President	Shohruh Saidov
Manager	Khakim Fuzailov (until 27 June) Alisher Tukhtaev (Caretaker) (from 27 June)
Stadium	Republican Stadium
Tajik League	1st
Tajik Cup	Winners
Tajik Supercup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Preliminary round 2 vs AGMK
AFC Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Sheriddin Boboev (14) All: Sheriddin Boboev (19)
← 2018 2020 →

Istiklol defended their Tajik League and Tajik Cup titles, whilst also winning the Tajik Supercup. In continental competitions they were knocked out of the AFC Champions League at the Preliminary round 2 stage by AGMK, and then at the group stage of the AFC Cup.

Season Events

On 3 December 2018, Khakim Fuzailov was announced as Istiklol's new manager.^[1] On 27 June, Fuzailov resigned as manager after Istiklol to progress from the group stages of the AFC Cup, with Alisher Tukhtaev being appointed as Caretaker Manager in his place.^[2] On 2 July, Istiklol parted company with Jalil Kimsanov, Mihajlo Cakić and Ruslan Koryan by mutual consent.^[3]

On 19 July, Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev moved to Uzbekistan Super League club FK Buxoro.^[4]

On 24 July, Tabrezi Davlatmir and Ehson Panjshanbe signed new contracts with Istiklol, keeping them at the club until the end of 2020.^[5] The following day, 25 July, Bakhtior Kalandarov was released by mutual consent.^[6] On 26 July, Amirbek Juraboev left Istiklol to join Navbahor Namangan of the Uzbekistan Super League on a free transfer.^[7]

On 31 July, Istiklol announced the signings of Dzhamshed Rakhmonov, Khurshed-Timur Dzhuraev and Salam Ashurmamdov to two-year contracts.^[8]

Squad

As of match played 24 November 2019

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Rustam Yatimov		GK	(1998-07-13)13 July 1998 (aged 21)		2018^[9]	2020^[9]	24	0
22	Nikola Stošić		GK	(1994-03-15)15 March 1994 (aged 25)	Železničar Beograd	2013		141	0
Defenders
3	Tabrezi Davlatmir		DF	(1998-06-06)6 June 1998 (aged 21)	Trainee	2016	2020^[5]	66	0
4	Shakhzod Davlatov		DF			2019		7	0
5	Iskandar Dzhalilov		DF	(1992-06-01)1 June 1992 (aged 27)	Botev Vratsa	2019		34	2
6	Zoir Juraboev		DF	(1998-09-16)16 September 1998 (aged 21)	Metallurg Bekabad	2019		25	1
7	Dzhamshed Rakhmonov		DF	(1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 22)		2019^[8]	2021^[8]	12	0
19	Akhtam Nazarov		DF	(1992-09-29)29 September 1992 (aged 27)	Energetik Dushanbe	2013		185	22
21	Oleksiy Larin		DF	(1994-06-04)4 June 1994 (aged 25)	Arsenal Kyiv	2019		28	1
40	Sorbon Giyosov		DF	(2000-09-15)15 September 2000 (aged 19)	Trainee	2019		2	0
Midfielders
9	Khurshed-Timur Dzhuraev		MF	(1997-09-21)21 September 1997 (aged 22)		2019^[8]	2021^[8]	11	0
10	Alisher Dzhalilov		MF	(1993-08-29)29 August 1993 (aged 26)	Baltika Kaliningrad	2019		27	16
11	Muhammadjon Rakhimov		MF	(1998-10-15)15 October 1998 (aged 21)	Khosilot Farkhor	2017		70	15
17	Ehson Panjshanbe		MF	(1999-05-12)12 May 1999 (aged 20)	Trainee	2016	2020^[5]	84	14
18	Saidmuxtor Azimov		MF	(2000-06-09)9 June 2000 (aged 19)	Barkchi	2019		9	0
20	Salam Ashurmamadov		MF	(2003-03-18)18 March 2003 (aged 16)		2019^[8]	2021^[8]	5	1
70	Shakhrom Sulaimonov		MF	(1997-06-27)27 June 1997 (aged 22)	Utenis Utena	2018		39	2
Forwards
14	Sheriddin Boboev		ST	(1999-04-21)21 April 1999 (aged 20)	Trainee	2016		70	41
23	Shahrom Samiyev		ST	(2001-02-08)8 February 2001 (aged 18)	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	2019		29	11
28	Komron Tursunov		ST	(1996-04-24)24 April 1996 (aged 23)	Regar-TadAZ	2018		48	7
30	Mukhammad Khakimzoda		ST	(2000-02-18)18 February 2000 (aged 19)	Trainee	2019		5	1
Youth team players
	Amir Nigmatov		DF	(1999-04-28)28 April 1999 (aged 20)	Trainee	2018		2	0
	Shahbol Rajabov		DF	(2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 19)	Trainee	2018		1	0
	Farhod Kosimov		MF	(2000-09-18)18 September 2000 (aged 19)	Trainee	2018		9	0
Out on loan
	Ziyovuddin Fuzaylov		DF	(2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2015		21	5
Left during the season
2	Jalil Kimsanov		DF	(1986-02-26)26 February 1986 (aged 33)	Neftchi Fergana	2019		14	3
4	Bakhtior Kalandarov		DF	(1992-06-14)14 June 1992 (aged 27)	Regar-TadAZ	2019		8	0
7	Mihajlo Cakić		MF	(1990-05-27)27 May 1990 (aged 29)	Sinđelić Beograd	2019		8	1
8	Nuriddin Davronov		MF	(1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 28)		2019		103+	9+
9	Ruslan Koryan		ST	(1988-06-15)15 June 1988 (aged 31)	Pyunik	2019		5	4
13	Nozim Babadjanov		MF	(1995-08-07)7 August 1995 (aged 24)	Chernomorets Balchik	2018		61	12
18	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev		MF	(1990-03-24)24 March 1990 (aged 29)	Persela Lamongan	2018		190+	65+
20	Amirbek Juraboev		MF	(1996-04-13)13 April 1996 (aged 23)	Barki Tajik	2016		98	6
36	Behrouz Hayriev		GK	(1998-05-01)1 May 1998 (aged 21)	Trainee	2017		0	0
	Firuz Karayev		DF	(1994-03-09)9 March 1994 (aged 25)	Regar-TadAZ	2019		0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
	DF		Iskandar Dzhalilov	Botev Vratsa	Undisclosed
	DF		Zoir Juraboev	Metallurg Bekabad	Undisclosed
	DF		Bakhtior Kalandarov	Regar-TadAZ	Undisclosed
	DF		Oleksiy Larin	Arsenal Kyiv	Undisclosed
	DF		Jalil Kimsanov	Neftchi Fergana	Undisclosed
	MF		Alisher Dzhalilov	Baltika Kaliningrad	Undisclosed
	MF		Mihajlo Cakić	Sinđelić Beograd	Undisclosed
	MF		Nuriddin Davronov		Free
	FW		Ruslan Koryan	Pyunik	Undisclosed
	FW		Dzhamshed Maksumov	Arsenal Tula	Undisclosed
	FW		Shahrom Samiyev	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	Undisclosed
31 July 2019	DF		Dzhamshed Rakhmonov		Free	^[8]
31 July 2019	MF		Khurshed-Timur Dzhuraev		Free	^[8]
31 July 2019	MF		Salam Ashurmamdov		Free	^[8]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
	DF		Siyovush Asrorov	PKNP FC	Undisclosed	^[10]
21 November 2019	DF		Akhtam Nazarov	Bashundhara Kings	Undisclosed	^[11]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2019	DF		Ziёvuddin Fuzaylov	Istaravshan	End of Season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
Winter 2019	DF		Khurshedi Zainiddin
Winter 2019	FW		Hamid Golami
14 January 2019	MF		Jahongir Abdumominov	Persija Jakarta		^[12]^[13]
21 January 2019	FW		Dilshod Vasiev	Khujand	5 February 2019	^[14]^[15]
27 January 2019	DF		Alisher Sharipov	Regar-TadAZ		^[16]
27 January 2019	DF		Artem Baranovskyi	Shakhter Karagandy	13 February 2019	^[16]^[17]
28 February 2019	DF		Behrouz Hayriev	Kuktosh Rudaki		^[18]
28 February 2019	MF		Firuz Karayev			^[18]
28 February 2019	MF		Nozim Babadjanov	Regar-TadAZ		^[18]
2 July 2019	DF		Jalil Kimsanov	Andijon		^[3]
2 July 2019	MF		Mihajlo Cakić	Sinđelić Beograd		^[3]
2 July 2019	FW		Ruslan Koryan	Fakel Voronezh		^[3]
19 July 2019	MF		Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	FK Buxoro	19 July 2019	^[4]
25 July 2019	DF		Bakhtior Kalandarov	Kuktosh Rudaki		^[6]
26 July 2019	MF		Amirbek Juraboev	Navbahor Namangan	26 July 2019	^[7]
22 August 2019	MF		Nuriddin Davronov	Oman Club	22 August 2019	^[19]
26 December 2019	FW		Komron Tursunov	Mohun Bagan	26 December 2019	^[20]
31 December 2019	DF		Ziyovuddin Fuzaylov
31 December 2019	DF		Sorbon Giyosov	Lokomotiv-Pamir
31 December 2019	FW		Mukhammad Khakimzoda

Trial

Date From	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club	Date To	Ref.
January 2019	DF		Iskandar Dzhalilov	Botev Vratsa
January 2019	DF		Bakhtior Kalandarov	Regar-TadAZ
January 2019	DF		Oleksiy Larin	Arsenal Kyiv
January 2019	MF		Alisher Dzhalilov	Baltika Kaliningrad
January 2019	MF		Mihajlo Cakić	Sinđelić Beograd
January 2019	MF		Jalil Kimsanov	Neftchi Fergana
January 2019	MF		Dzhamshed Maksumov	Arsenal Tula
January 2019	FW		Viulen Ayvazyan	Dnepr Mogilev
February 2019	DF		Zoir Juraboev	Metallurg Bekabad
February 2019	MF		Mukhammad Sultonov	Rotor Volgograd
February 2019	MF		Süleýman Muhadow	Ahal		^[21]
February 2019	FW		Artiom Zabun	Victoria Bardar
March 2019	FW		Yuriy Solomka	Kolos Kovalivka

Friendlies

Istiklol v Tajikistan U23

8 January 2019	Istiklol	4–1	Tajikistan U23	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	Tursunov   27', 66' Uros Tomovic   58' (pen.) Babadjanov   68'	Report	Saidmukhtor Azimov   18' Saidov   73'	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Referee: Gulmurodi Sadullo

Istiklol v Tajikistan U17

16 January 2019	Istiklol	5–1	Tajikistan U17	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	Amadoni Kamolov   8' (o.g.) Uros Tomovic   14' Nazarov   53' (pen.) Tursunov   60', 87' Bekhruz Khiriyev	Report	Rustam Soirov   25' (pen.)	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Referee: Behruz Murtazoev

Istiklol v Regar-TadAZ

20 January 2019	Istiklol	0–0	Regar-TadAZ	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	Juraboev   17'	Report	Safarali Karimov   17' Daler Shomurodov	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Referee: Sayojon Zainiddinov

Istiklol v CSKA Pamir Dushanbe

24 January 2019	Istiklol	1–0	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	Dzhalilov   44' Shakhrom Samiev	Report		Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Referee: Abdullo Davlatov

Istiklol v Kuktosh Rudaki

26 January 2019	Istiklol	7–1	Kuktosh Rudaki	Dushanbe
11:00 (UTC+5)	Ravshan Sodirov   10' (o.g.) Fatkhuloev   12' Alisher Jalilov   20' Dzhalilov   36' (55) Jamshed Makhsumov   48' Babadjanov   88'	Report	Mehrojiddin Muzaffarov   80' Ismoil Alimardonov	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Sayojon Zainiddinov

Istiklol   v   Tobol

29 January 2019	Istiklol	1–2	Tobol	Antalya, Turkey
18:00 (UTC+5)	Fatkhuloev   15'	Report	Kankava   Fedin

Istiklol   v   Čelik Zenica

31 January 2019	Istiklol	2–0	Čelik Zenica	Antalya, Turkey
17:30 (UTC+5)	Boboev   28' Babadjanov   88'	Report

Istiklol   v   Køge

3 February 2019	Istiklol	1–1	Køge	Antalya, Turkey
(UTC+5)	Fatkhuloev   55'	Report	Huja   38'

Istiklol   v   Tom Tomsk

6 February 2019	Istiklol	2–1	Tom Tomsk	Antalya, Turkey
(UTC+5)	Panjshanbe   21' I.Dzhalilov   65'	Report	Andreyev   85' (pen.)	Stadium: Arslan Sports Complex

Istiklol   v   Sogdiana Jizzakh

7 February 2019	Istiklol	0–1	Sogdiana Jizzakh	Antalya, Turkey
(UTC+5)		Report	O.Nurmatov   19'

Oqtepa   v   Istiklol

12 March 2019	Oqtepa	0–4	Istiklol	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(UTC+5)	A.Ziyududdinov   86'	Report	S.Samiev   5' Tursunov   10' Solomka   55' J.Kimsanov   63'	Stadium: Chigatay Stadium Referee: Ahmadzhon Ergashev

Termez Surkhon   v   Istiklol

15 March 2019	Termez Surkhon	2–4	Istiklol	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(UTC+5)	A.Yusupov   8' A.Alaniyazov   86' S.Neymatov   88' U.Khalikulov   Y.Abduvohidov	Report	Cakić   30', 72' A.Dzhalilov   44' Solomka   63'	Stadium: Chigatay Stadium Referee: Ravshan Abduvakhidov

Dinamo Samarqand   v   Istiklol

18 March 2019	Dinamo Samarqand	1–0	Istiklol	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(UTC+5)	A.Safarov   44' K.Sharofutdinov	Report	N.Stošić   Cakić   Kalandarov	Stadium: Chigatay Stadium

TFF Cup

Main article: TFF Cup

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Istiklol (Q)	6	6	0	0	26	4	+22	18	Advance to Group Stage
2	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda (Q)	6	4	1	1	17	4	+13	13
3	Dushanbe-83	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	8
4	Kuktosh Rudaki	6	2	1	3	15	15	0	7
5	Shohmansur	6	2	0	4	7	21	−14	6
6	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	6	1	2	3	5	15	−10	5
7	Khayr Vahdat	6	1	0	5	6	20	−14	3

Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2019. Source:^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

CSKA Pamir Dushanbe v Istiklol

16 February 2019 1	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	0–5	Istiklol	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	M.Safarov   S.Sharifi	Report	Tursunov   2', 23' Larin   6' Rakhimov   70' Panjshanbe   82' A.Dzhalilov	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov

Istiklol v Shohmansur

17 February 2019 2	Istiklol	6–2	Shohmansur	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	Rakhimov   10' S.Samiyev   27' A.Dzhalilov   55' (pen.), 75' Babadjanov   84' M.Hakimzoda   88' (pen.)	Report	F.Kurbonov   30' U.Badalov   77'	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Amirdzhon Horkashev

Regar-TadAZ v Istiklol

19 February 2019 3	Regar-TadAZ	0–2	Istiklol	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	S.Saidahmad   -'   75'	Report	Tursunov   62'  S.Samiyev   82' Fatkhuloev   Larin   Panjshanbe	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Behruz Murtazoev

Istiklol v Kuktosh Rudaki

20 February 2019 4	Istiklol	6–2	Kuktosh Rudaki	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	Tursunov   20' Zabun   23' Fatkhuloev   25' Rakhimov   34' Juraboev   -'   70' S.Samiyev   81' A.Dzhalilov   86'	Report	A.Sultonov   44' A.Rakhmonov   46' (pen.)  M.Muzaffarov	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 300

Dushanbe-83 v Istiklol

22 February 2019 5	Dushanbe-83	0–2	Istiklol	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)		Report	Fatkhuloev   15' S.Samiyev   65'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Abdurashid Murodov

Istiklol v Khayr Vahdat

23 February 2019 6	Istiklol	5–0	Khayr Vahdat	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	Panjshanbe   19' Tursunov   30', 37' S.Samiyev   48' Boboev   81' Kalandarov	Report	D.Rizoev	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Gulmurodi Sadullo

Finals Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Istiklol	3	3	0	0	13	4	+9	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Kuktosh Rudaki	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Khulbuk	2	1	0	1	9	10	−1	3
4	Guliston	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2019. Source:^{[citation needed]}

Istiklol v Khulbuk

25 February 2019 1	Istiklol	5–3	Khulbuk	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	Boboev   23', 29', 53' Nazarov   37' A.Dzhalilov   44' Sultonov	Report	A.Kamchinov   13' D.Shomadov   68' R.Holmirzoev   83' S.Jalilov   H.Navruzov	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Abdullo Davlatov

Istiklol v Kuktosh Rudaki

27 February 2019 2	Istiklol	2–1	Kuktosh Rudaki	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	Boboev   51' I.Dzhalilov   80'	Report	A.Rakhmonov   58' H.Nazarov	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Abdurashid Murodov

Guliston v Istiklol

1 March 2019 3	Guliston	0–6	Istiklol	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	J.Zoirov   B.Imomkulov   S.Nabiyev	Report	Rakhimov   13', 30' S.Samiyev   53' S.Giyosov   54' M.Hakimzoda   57' Tursunov   69' Panjshanbe	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Amirdzhon Horkashev

Knockout phase

Istiklol v Dushanbe-83

3 March 2019 Semifinal	Istiklol	5–0	Dushanbe-83	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	A.Dzhalilov   33' Boboev   52' Tursunov   59', 88' Panjshanbe   63' Fatkhuloev   Rakhimov   Cakić   Kalandarov	Report	A.Kaleb   F.Saidov	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Sayojon Zainiddinov

Istiklol v Kuktosh Rudaki

5 March 2019 Final	Istiklol	5–2	Kuktosh Rudaki	Dushanbe
14:00 (UTC+5)	I.Dzhalilov   17' A.Dzhalilov   22'  Rakhimov   47' Boboev   81'  Nazarov   87'	Report	M.Muzaffarov   35' A.Rakhmonov   64'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 3,459 Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov

Competitions

Tajik Supercup

Main article: 2019 Tajik Super Cup

Istiklol v Khujand

29 March 2019	Istiklol	3–0	Khujand	Dushanbe
19:00 (UTC+5)	Koryan   38' (pen.), 50' S.Samiyev   90' Cakić   A.Dzhalilov   Panjshanbe	Report	Abdugafforov   A.Begimkulov   Chakalov   Erghashev	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Gulmurodi Sadullo

Tajik League

Main article: 2019 Tajikistan Higher League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	16	3	2	60	20	+40	51	8	1	1	24	5	+19	8	2	1	36	15	+21

Last updated: 4 November 2019.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Regar-TadAZ v Istiklol

7 April 2019 1	Regar-TadAZ	1–4	Istiklol	Vahdat
(UTC+5)	S.Makhmadiev   30'	Report	Fatkhuloev   5' (pen.), 31' Panjshanbe   62' (pen.) Boboev   87' Z.Juraboev	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Slim Turdyev

Istiklol v Khatlon

11 April 2019 2	Istiklol	3–1	Khatlon	Dushanbe
17:00 (UTC+5)	Dzhalilov   8' Boboev   45+1' A.Barotov   56' (o.g.) Panjshanbe   Davlatmir	Report	K.Uzoqov   63'  M.Naskov   R.Azizov	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Referee: Abdullo Davlatov

Kuktosh v Istiklol

22 April 2019 3	Kuktosh	2–2	Istiklol	Rudaki
16:30 (UTC+5)	M.Odilov   4', 10' B.Khiriyev   A.Safarov   K.Nazarov   M.Abdugafforov   B.Shodiyev	Report	S.Samiyev   31'   Fatkhuloev   88' (pen.) Z.Juraboev   Panjshanbe	Stadium: Oilfield Stadium Referee: Abdurashid Murodov

Istiklol v Istaravshan

26 April 2019 4	Istiklol	4–0	Istaravshan	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	Rakhimov   1' Panjshanbe   57' A.Dzhalilov   68' S.Samiyev   72' Boboev   J.Kimsanov	Report	B.Zokirov   T.Umarov	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Behruz Murtazoev

Panjshir v Istiklol

4 May 2019 5	Panjshir	1–5	Istiklol	Kolkhozobod
(UTC+5)	S.Sharipov   75' A.Tojiahmedov   S.Rajamatov   S.Abdulloev	Report	Rakhimov   17'   Boboev   25' J.Kimsanov   29' A.Dzhalilov   33' Nazarov   60' Kalandarov	Stadium: Panjshir Uktam Mamatova Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Abdullo Davlatov

CSKA Pamir Dushanbe v Istiklol

9 May 2019 6	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	1–4	Istiklol	Dushanbe
17:00 (UTC+5)	Hanonov   82' S.Kosimov	Report	Panjshanbe   49', 89' A.Dzhalilov   76' (pen.) Boboev   90+2'	Stadium: CSKA Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nekruz Umarov

Khujand v Istiklol

19 May 2019 7	Khujand	0–3	Istiklol	Khujand
(UTC+5)	Erghashev	Report	A.Begimkulov   31' (o.g.) Panjshanbe   74'   Nazarov   78' J.Kimsanov	Stadium: 20 Years of Independence Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sayojon Zainiddinov

Istiklol v Khujand

26 May 2019 8	Istiklol	2–1	Khujand	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	Boboev   45' Z.Juraboev   68' Rakhimov   A.Dzhalilov	Report	Rustamov   19' K.Mirzonajot   D.Karimov	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Saivali Turdiyev

Istiklol v CSKA Pamir Dushanbe

30 June 2019 9	Istiklol	3–0	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	Dushanbe
18:00 (UTC+5)	A.Juraboev   28' Boboev   44' Samiyev   79'	Report		Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Abdurashid Murodov
Note: Match was original scheduled for 15 June.

Istiklol v Panjshir

24 July 2019 10	Istiklol	2–0	Panjshir	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	Boboev   2' M.Jobirov   50' (o.g.)	Report	A.Khakimov   A.Tojiahmedov	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Murod Kurbonov
Note: Match was original scheduled for 22 June.^[22]

Istaravshan v Istiklol

9 August 2019 11	Istaravshan	0–1	Istiklol	Istaravshan
(UTC+5)	K.Ziyoyev   B.Zokirov   D.Boykuziev   I.Barotov   A.Kodirov	Report	A.Dzhalilov   45+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Abdurashid Murodov

Istiklol v Kuktosh

17 August 2019 12	Istiklol	0–0	Kuktosh	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	Rakhimov	Report	M.Odilov   A.Safarov   Hayriev	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 850 Referee: Khusravi Siddikzod

Istiklol v Khatlon

24 August 2019 13	Istiklol	5–0	Khatlon	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	Rakhimov   14', 67' Boboev   64', 82' A.Dzhalilov   84' I.Dzhalilov	Report	M.Nazkov	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Khurshed Dadoboev

Regar-TadAZ v Istiklol

15 September 2019 14	Regar-TadAZ	2–3	Istiklol	Tursunzoda
(UTC+5)	D.Ganiev   72' A.Bobomurodov   77' S.Makhamadiev   A.Zabirov   A.Arash	Report	Rakhimov   33'   A.Dzhalilov   54'   86' Tursunov   57' Larin	Stadium: TALCO Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sayedzhon Zayniddinov

Khatlon v Istiklol

18 September 2019 15	Khatlon	2–2	Istiklol	Qurghonteppa
(UTC+5)	N.Ibrahimzoda   70' A.Boronov   90' R.Azizov   S.Ismoilov	Report	A.Dzhalilov   11' Boboev   42' Panjshanbe   Tursunov	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Abdurashid Murodov

Istiklol v Istaravshan

22 September 2019 16	Istiklol	2–0	Istaravshan	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	Boboev   57'   Nazarov   78' (pen.)	Report	T.Umarov	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Nekruz Umarov

Kuktosh v Istiklol

27 September 2019 17	Kuktosh	1–6	Istiklol	Rudaki
(UTC+5)	Karimov   71' M.Odilov	Report	A.Dzhalilov   27', 73' Boboev   40', 61', 87' Panjshanbe   46'	Stadium: Oilfield Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Khurshed Dadaboev

Istiklol v Regar-TadAZ

5 October 2019 18	Istiklol	1–2	Regar-TadAZ	Hisor
(UTC+5)	Nazarov   72' (pen.)	Report	D.Ganiev   27' S.Makhmadiev   61' (pen.) R.Paizov	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Farrukhi Huseynzoda

Panjshir v Istiklol

20 October 2019 19	Panjshir	2–4	Istiklol	Kolkhozobod
15:00 (UTC+5)	A.Memari   49', 63' K.Turmakhonov   M.Dzhobirov   J.Yusupov	Report	Rakhimov   2', 55'   Boboev   23' Samiyev   25'	Stadium: Panjshir Uktam Mamatova Attendance: 1,5000 Referee: Abdullo Davlatov

Istiklol v Khujand

27 October 2019 20	Istiklol	2–1	Khujand	Dushanbe
16:00 (UTC+5)	Panjshanbe   4' A.Dzhalilov   54'	Report	Rakhimov   90+1' (o.g.) Choriyev   K.Mirzonajot   D. Bozorov   Rustamov	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Behruz Murtazoev

CSKA Pamir Dushanbe v Istiklol

4 November 2019 21	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	3–2	Istiklol	Dushanbe
14:30 (UTC+5)	S.Mabatshoev   5', 85' S.Gafforov   11' B.Sulaimonov	Report	M.Khakimzoda   73'   Boboev   90+1'	Stadium: CSKA Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Sayedzhon Zainiddinov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Istiklol (C)	21	16	3	2	60	20	+40	51	Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2^[a]
2	Khujand	21	11	3	7	37	21	+16	36	Qualification for AFC Cup play-off round^[b]
3	Regar-TadAZ	21	8	6	7	31	30	+1	30
4	CSKA Pamir	21	8	5	8	24	27	−3	29
5	Istaravshan	21	8	3	10	24	32	−8	27^[c]

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.
(C) Champion
Notes:

1. If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
2. Since league champions Istiklol were also Tajikistan Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Cup play-off round.
3. Head-to-head results: Istaravshan 0–0 Kuktosh, Kuktosh 3–1 Istaravshan, Istaravshan 3–0 Kuktosh.

Tajik Cup

Main article: 2019 Tajik Cup

Istiklol v Barkchi

2 August 2019 Last 16 1st leg	Istiklol	7–2	Barkchi	Hisor
19:00 (UTC+5)	Samiyev   33', 74' U.Ramazonov   45+2' (o.g.) A.Dzhalilov   58' (pen.) Sulaimonov   61'   61', 69' Boboev   90+1' Rakhimov	Report	T.Maladustov   71', 81' (pen.) Z.Fuzaylov	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov

Barkchi v Istiklol

5 August 2019 Last 16 2nd leg	Barkchi	1–7 (3–14 agg.)	Istiklol	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	T.Maladustov   17' R.Davlatov   F.Nazarov	Report	Panjshanbe   1', 41'   Samiyev   14', 26' Larin   52' Boboev   71' S.Ashurmamadov   85'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Abdullo Davlatov

Eskhata Khujand v Istiklol

21 August 2019 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Eskhata Khujand	1–2	Istiklol	Khujand
(UTC+5)	I.Eshonkhonov   74' U.Odinaev   B.Juraev	Report	I.Rakhmatov   5' (o.g.) Samiyev   47' Yatimov	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Gulmurodi Sadullo

Istiklol v Eskhata Khujand

27 August 2019 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Istiklol	6–0 (8–1 agg.)	Eskhata Khujand	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)	Nazarov   31' A.Dzhalilov   33' Boboev   50', 58' I.Dzhalilov   76' M.Khakimzoda   84'	Report		Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Sayedzhon Zayniddinov

Istiklol v Hulbuk

1 October 2019 Semifinal 1st leg	Istiklol	5–0	Hulbuk	Hisor
16:00 (UTC+5)	Rakhimov   25', 37', 70', 90+2' I.Dzhalilov   85'	Report	Z.Habibullo	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Abdurashid Murodov

Hulbuk v Istiklol

1 November 2019 Semifinal 2nd leg	Hulbuk	1–1 (1–6 agg.)	Istiklol	Vose
14:00 (UTC+5)	N.Makhmadkulov   39' S.Rakhmonov	Report	K.Dzhuraev   53' Tursunov   82'   Davlatmir   Samiyev	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Nekruz Umarov

Final

Istiklol v Regar-TadAZ

24 November 2019 Final	Istiklol	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Regar-TadAZ	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	Tursunov   12' Panjshanbe   66' I.Dzhalilov   Sulaimonov   Rakhimov	Report	Babadjanov   32' (pen.)	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov
	Penalties
	Z.Juraboev   I.Dzhalilov   Sulaimonov   Larin   Panjshanbe		A.Zabirov   Zardiev   S.Makhmadiev   A.Sharipov

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League

Qualifying stage

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs

AGMK   v   Istiklol

12 February 2019 Preliminary round 2	AGMK	4–2	Istiklol	Olmaliq, Uzbekistan
16:00 (UTC+5)	Juraev   25' S.Rakhmatov   47' S.Shikhov   73' J.Khakimov   78' Z.Polvonov   82'	Report	Rakhimov   2' Cakić   21' Larin   55' J.Kimsanov   62'	Stadium: AGMK Stadium Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

AFC Cup

Main article: 2019 AFC Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2019 AFC Cup group stage § Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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