PFC Navbahor Namangan

PFC. Navbahor Namangan (Uzbek: Navbahor Namangan Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Namangan. The club's name means New Spring. They play in Uzbekistan Super League.

Navbahor Namangan

Full name	PFC. Navbahor Namangan
Founded	1978; 45 years ago (1978)
Ground	Markaziy Stadium Namangan
Capacity	22,000
Manager	Viktor Djalilov
League	Uzbekistan Super League
2022	Uzbekistan Super League, 2nd of 14
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Name

Navbahor origins from Persian word Now-Bahaar (New-Spring).

History

Navbahor Namangan was founded 1978 under the name Tekstilshchik and played in first league of Uzbekistan. Since 1978 club participated in one of regional zones of Soviet Second League. In 1990 season Navbahor finished runner-up in Soviet Second League, East conference and promoted to Soviet First League. 1991 Soviet First League season Navbahor Namangan finished at 9th place.

Since 1992 Navbahor plays in Uzbek League. The club is one of three clubs among Pakhtakor, Neftchi Farg'ona continuously participating in all seasons of Uzbek League. In 1996 Navbahor Namangan became champion of Uzbekistan, finishing league from 1993 to 1995 three times in a row at 3rd position. Navbahor is also winner of the Uzbekistan Supercup in 1999, a match between champion and Uzbek Cup winner.

2004 season Navbahor finished 3rd, the recent best achievement of club. The club was unsuccessful in 2008–13 years. In 2009 season club ranked 14th in the League, close to relegation to First League and it is actually the lowest ranking of the club in its history.

In January 2014 Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov was appointed as new head coach of the club.

Name change history

• 1978–80: Tekstilshchik
• 1980–83: Navbahor
• 1983–87: Avtomobilist
• 1988–: PFC. Navbahor

Domestic

Season	League									Uzbekistan Cup	Top goalscorer
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1992	1st	5th	32	18	8	6	54	21	44	Winner	Rustam Zabirov	15
1993	1st	3rd	30	18	7	5	64	32	43	Runner Up	Farid Khabibullin	13
1994	1st	3rd	30	17	6	7	58	26	40	Semifinal
1995	1st	3rd	30	23	3	4	69	23	72	Winner
1996	1st	1st	30	23	5	2	88	23	74	Quarterfinal	Oleg Shatskikh	23
1997	1st	3rd	34	21	5	8	84	37	68	Semifinal
1998	1st	3rd	30	18	5	7	60	33	59	Winner
1999	1st	3rd	30	18	7	5	55	34	61	N/A
2000	1st	5th	38	19	8	11	92	56	65	Quarterfinal
2001	1st	4th	34	20	1	13	79	52	61	Last 16	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev	23
2002	1st	6th	30	14	4	12	53	39	46	Last 32
2003	1st	3rd	30	19	6	5	66	28	63	Semifinal	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev	26
2004	1st	3rd	26	218	3	5	66	23	57	Last 32	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev	31
2005	1st	6th	26	12	3	11	31	31	39	Semifinal	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev	20
2006	1st	7th	30	13	5	12	46	35	44	Last 16	Arif Mirzoýew	18
2007	1st	8th	30	11	4	15	37	41	37	Last 16	Vladimir Baranov	12
2008	1st	13th	30	7	11	12	28	39	32	Last 16	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev	13
2009	1st	14th	30	7	7	16	21	48	28	Last 16
2010	1st	9th	26	9	4	13	32	32	31	Last 16	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev	11
2011	1st	6th	26	9	9	8	26	21	36	Last 16	Ruzimboy Ahmedov	5
2012	1st	12th	26	6	8	12	19	34	26	Last 16	Sobir Khamidov	5
2013	1st	11th	26	7	6	13	29	48	27	Last 16	Ruzimboy Ahmedov	11
2014	1st	7th	26	9	3	14	38	40	30	Quarterfinal	Shakhboz Erkinov	14
2015	1st	8th	30	11	4	15	40	51	37	Last 16	Shakhboz Erkinov	13
2016	1st	15th	30	6	5	19	37	66	23	Last 16	Akrom Bakhriddinov Dilshod Jabborov	7
2017	1st	5th	30	12	10	8	40	37	46	Last 16	Azizbek Turgunboev	8
2018	1st	3rd	20	9	4	7	20	18	31	Last 32	Azizbek Turgunboev	7
2019	1st	8th	26	7	11	8	26	23	32	Quartfinal	Azamat Alaniyazov	4
2020	1st	8th	26	8	11	7	24	21	35	Quartfinal	Azizbek Turgunboev	8
2021	1st	6th	26	10	9	7	23	19	39	Round of 16	Azimjon Akhmedov	3
2022	1st	2nd	26	15	8	3	33	15	53	Runner Up	Zoran Marušić	11

Continental history

As of match played 15 April 2000

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Asian Club Championship	7	2	2	3	14	9
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	10	4	1	5	18	23
Total	17	6	3	8	32	32

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996–97	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–4	5–2	6–6
		Second round	Esteghlal	1–4	3–0	4–4
1997–98	Asian Club Championship	First round	-	Bye
		Intermediate Round	Dynamo Dushanbe	3–0	1–2	4–2
		Second round	Nisa Aşgabat	6–1	2–2	8–3
		Quarterfinal - West Asia	Al Ansar	0–0		3rd
			Al Hilal	1–3
			Persepolis	1–1
1999–2000	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	-	Bye
		Second round	Kaisar-Hurricane	2–2	1–0	3–2
		Quarterfinal	Al-Ahli	1–6	2–0	3–6
		Semifinal	Al-Zawraa	1–2
		Third place match	Bangkok Bank	1–3

Stadium

Clubs home ground is Markaziy Stadium with original capacity of 35,000. The stadium which was built in 1989 was one of the biggest football stadiums by capacity in the country.^[1] In 2011, the club have announced their intention to renovate the stadium and it was closed for long time reconstruction. The rehabilitation works were finished in spring 2014. The festive opening of the renovated all-seater stadium was held on 29 May 2014 with Barkamol avlod 2014 annual sporting games opening ceremony.^[2][3] The capacity of the new venue is 22,000.^[4]

In 2012–14 seasons club played home matches in Kosonsoy Stadium. The first official match in renovated stadium was held on 14 June 2014 with League match Navbahor – Olmaliq FK with 3–1 victory of host team.^[5]

Current squad

As of 1 April 2021^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   UZB Utkir Yusupov 4 DF   UZB Farxod Miraxmatov 5 DF   UZB Xushnud Avilov 6 MF   UZB Sherzod G‘ulomjonov 7 MF   UZB Azimjon Akhmedov 8 MF   UZB Sardor Telyakov 9 MF   RUS Ivan Solovyov 10 MF   UZB Kuvondik Ruziev 11 MF   UZB Islom Isakzhanov 13 GK   UZB Islomzhon Abdullakhanov 17 MF   TJK Ehson Panjshanbe

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   UZB Bahrom Abdurahimov 19 DF   UZB Mirzokhid Gofurov 22 DF   UZB Igor Golban 23 GK   UZB Rahim Davronov 24 DF   UZB Davron Xoshimov 25 FW   UZB Shohrux Mahmudhojiev 28 DF   SRB Nikola Tasić 33 DF   UZB Mirzohid Mirzamahmudov 70 MF   UZB Abbos G‘ulomov 95 FW   UZB Zabikhillo Urinboev — MF   UZB Doniyor Abdumannopov

Honours

Domestic

• Uzbek League: 1
  • Winner: 1996
  • 2nd place: 2022
  • 3rd place: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004
• Uzbek Cup: 3
  • 1992, 1995, 1998
• Uzbekistan Super Cup: 1
  • 1999

International

• Asian Cup Winners Cup:

1999–00: 4th place

Managerial history

Name Period   Sergei Dotsenko 19??–84   Pavel Kim 1984–July 87   Petr Boldyrev July 1988–June 89   Valeri Gladilin July 1989–90   Igor Volchok 1990–91   Berador Abduraimov 1992   Boris Babaev 1993, 1st half   Usman Asqaraliev 1993, 2nd half   Sharif Nazarov 1994–95   Berador Abduraimov 1995   Igor Volchok 2003   Rahym Kurbanmämmedow 2005   Rustam Zabirov 2005–08   Eldor Sakaev 2008   Rahym Kurbanmämmedow 2009

Name Period   Viktor Djalilov 2010   Mustafo Bayramov 2011–12   Usmon Asqaraliev Feb 2013– Jan 14 2014   Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Jan 2014– 28 Dec 2015   Rashid Gafurov (interim) 28 Dec 2015– 27 April 2016   Aleksandr Volkov 27 April 2016– 22 June 2016   Ravshan Bozorov 2 July 2016 – 6 November 2016   Ilkhom Muminjonov 6 November 2016 – 9 October 2018   Andrei Kanchelskis 9 October 2018 – 20 June 2019   Dejan Đurđević 24 June 2019 – September 2019   Andrei Kanchelskis September 2019 – October 2020   Numon Khasanov October 2020 – March 2021   Viktor Djalilov March 2021 –

References

1. . allstadiums.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014-04-07.
2. . uz24.uz. 2014-03-24. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22.
3. "2014 Barkamol Avlod games officially started". gazeta.uz (in Russian). 2014-05-29. from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
4. . sports.uz (in Russian). 2014-01-07. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26.
5. "Navbahor vs. Olmaliq – 3:1, 2014-06-14". soccerway.com. 2014-06-14. from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
6. "Navbahor". pfl.uz. from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

External links

• Official website of the club
• Official website of the Fans
• PFC Navbahor Namangan on Facebook
• Navbahor Namangan at Soccerway