FC Bukhara

Uzbek football club
Football club
FK Buxoro
Full nameFutbol Klubi Buxoro
NicknameSteppe Warriors (Uzbek: Choʻl jangchilari)
Founded1989; 37 years ago (1989)
GroundBuxoro Arena
Capacity22,700[1]
ManagerUlugbek Bakayev
LeagueUzbekistan Pro League
2025Uzbekistan Super League, 15th of 16

FK Buxoro (Uzbek: Futbol Klubi Buxoro) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Bukhara. Founded in 1989, the club competes in the Uzbekistan Super League.

History

The old club logo in 2009–12

The club was founded in 1960 under the name Bukhoro. In 1989 the club was renamed to Nurafshon. During the 1990 season the club played in the Soviet Second League, zone "East", finishing in 4th position. Buxoro played its first Oliy League season in 1992. Their best performance in Oliy League is runners-up of the 1994 season to Neftchi Farg'ona.

FK Bukhoro played three times in semi-final of Uzbek Cup. In the 2005 Cup semi-final the club lost to Neftchi Farg'ona in two legs by 1–3 and in 2012 lost to Nasaf with a 3–5 score. After the 2013 season had finished, on 10 November 2013 Edgar Gess became new head coach of Bukhoro, replacing Tachmurad Agamuradov in this position.

Name changes

  • 1960–67: FC Bukhoro
  • 1967–80: Fakel Bukhoro
  • 1980–88: FC Bukhoro
  • 1989–97: Nurafshon Buxoro
  • 1997–2021: FK Buxoro
  • 2021 (since September): Nurafshon Buxoro[2]
  • 2022–: FK Buxoro[3]

Domestic history

Season League Uzbekistan Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
1991 SSL 4th 42 20 9 13 72 45 49 Russia Stanislav Kaminskiy
1992 1st 4th 32 20 7 5 59 23 47 R32 Uzbekistan Yuriy Ageev 15 Russia Stanislav Kaminskiy
1993 1st 5th 30 15 5 10 46 32 35 R32 Uzbekistan Mikhail Fomin 9 Russia Boris Lavrov
1994 1st 2nd 30 20 4 6 63 31 44 Quarter-final Uzbekistan Olim Tillyaev 19 Russia Alexander Ivankov
1995 1st 5th 30 13 1 16 39 26 40 Quarter-final Uzbekistan Mustafa Belyalov
1996 1st 5th 30 15 5 10 52 39 50 Quarter-final Uzbekistan Yuriy Ageev 12 Uzbekistan Islom Akhmedov
Uzbekistan Igor Plyugin
1997 1st 7th 34 16 5 13 57 55 53 Quarter-final Russia Stanislav Kaminskiy
1998 1st 6th 30 13 4 13 51 50 43 Quarter-final Russia Stanislav Kaminskiy
Tajikistan Khakim Fuzailov
1999 1st 9th 30 10 7 13 44 50 37 - Tajikistan Khakim Fuzailov
2000 1st 6th 38 20 5 13 73 60 65 R32 Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev
2001 1st 8th 34 15 3 16 57 58 48 Semi-final Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev
2002 1st 7th 30 12 5 13 37 53 41 R16 Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev
2003 1st 12th 30 10 2 18 48 56 32 Quarter-final Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev
2004 1st 7th 26 10 3 13 31 45 30[a] Quarter-final Uzbekistan Rahmat Inogamov 8 Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev
2005 1st 12th 26 9 2 15 37 59 29 Semi-final Uzbekistan Alisher Kholiqov 6 Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev
2006 1st 11th 30 9 7 14 35 34 34 Quarter-final Uzbekistan Alisher Kholiqov 9 Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev
2007 1st 9th 30 11 3 16 29 43 36 R16 Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev
2008 1st 15th 30 7 5 18 25 44 26 Quarter-final Uzbekistan Lochin Soliev 8 Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev
2009 1st 15th 30 6 6 18 40 59 24 Quarter-final Uzbekistan Rauf Inileev
2010 2nd 1st 30 24 2 4 71 21 74 R32 Uzbekistan Abdulatif Juraev 27 Uzbekistan Rauf Inileev
Uzbekistan Gennadiy Kochnev
2011 1st 9th 26 8 7 11 23 38 31 R32 Uzbekistan Sukhrob Nematov 7 Uzbekistan Gennadiy Kochnev
2012 1st 7th 26 10 5 11 24 31 35 Semi-final Uzbekistan Vokhid Shodiev 5 Uzbekistan Jamshid Saidov
Turkmenistan Täçmyrat Agamyradow
2013 1st 6th 26 10 3 13 33 44 33 R16 Uzbekistan Vokhid Shodiev 12 Turkmenistan Täçmyrat Agamyradow
2014 1st 12th 26 6 7 13 22 42 25 R32 Uzbekistan Sukhrob Nematov
Uzbekistan Ulugbek Bakayev
Serbia Predrag Vujović
3 Germany Edgar Gess
Turkmenistan Said Seýidow (interim)
Uzbekistan Alexander Mochinov
2015 1st 14th 30 7 5 18 31 53 26 R16 Uzbekistan Aziz Ibragimov 10 Uzbekistan Alexander Mochinov
Uzbekistan Shukhrat Fayziev (interim)
Uzbekistan Jamshid Saidov
2016 1st 4th 30 17 7 6 42 27 58 Semi-final Uzbekistan Aziz Ibragimov 10 Uzbekistan Jamshid Saidov
2017 1st 6th 30 13 7 10 42 20 46 Quarter-final Uzbekistan Ivan Nagaev 10 Uzbekistan Ulugbek Bakayev
2018 1st 6th 20 3 1 16 14 41 10 R32 Turkmenistan Arslanmyrat Amanow 5 Uzbekistan Ulugbek Bakayev
2019 1st 12th 26 5 9 12 18 37 24 R32 Uzbekistan Doston Ibragimov 3 Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
Tajikistan Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
2020 1st 15th 26 1 11 14 19 50 14 R16 Uzbekistan Izzatilla Abdullaev
Uzbekistan Jasurbek Khakimov
Uzbekistan Bekhruz Sadullaev
3 Tajikistan Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Mexico Julio Hernandeź
Uzbekistan Jamshid Saidov
  1. ^ 3point deducted for non-payment of participation fees

Current squad

As of 11 August 2025[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  UZB Shirinboy Abdullaev
2 DF  UZB Izzatillo Pulatov
4 DF  UZB Javokhir Utamurodov
5 DF  UZB Sardor Kulmatov
6 MF  UZB Ravshan Khayrullaev
7 MF  UZB Muhammadsafo Fazilov
8 MF  UZB Anvarjon Juraev
9 FW  UZB Khusayn Ergashboev
10 FW  UZB Azizbek Amonov
11 FW  UZB Ibrohim Numonov
14 MF  UZB Alisher Khayrullaev
17 MF  UZB Javohir Ruziev
19 MF  UZB Bilol Tupiev
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK  UZB Otabek Boymurodov
22 FW  GEO Toma Tabatadze
25 MF  CRO Frane Čirjak
27 MF  UZB Muhammad Yuldoshev
33 DF  CRO Josip Tomašević
71 FW  UZB Albert Nurullaev
77 MF  UZB Asilbek Qayumov
88 FW  BIH Dominik Begić
93 DF  SRB Marko Kolaković
94 DF  CRO Frane Ikić
97 DF  UZB Shahboz Jurabekov
99 MF  UZB Jasurbek Ubaydullaev
FW  UZB Amirbek Saidov

Honours

Managerial history

  • Soviet Union Oleg Bugaev (1990)
  • Russia Stanislav Kaminskiy (1991–92)
  • Russia Boris Lavrov (1993)
  • Russia Alexander Ivankov (1994)
  • Uzbekistan Mustafa Belyalov (1995)
  • Uzbekistan Islom Akhmedov (1996)
  • Uzbekistan Igor Plyugin (1996)
  • Russia Stanislav Kaminskiy (1997–98)
  • Tajikistan Khakim Fuzailov (1998–99)
  • Uzbekistan Usmon Toshev (2000–08)
  • Uzbekistan Rauf Inileev (2009–10)
  • Uzbekistan Gennadiy Kochnev (2010–11)
  • Uzbekistan Jamshid Saidov (2012)
  • Turkmenistan Tachmurad Agamuradov (2012–13)
  • Germany Edgar Gess (2014)
  • Turkmenistan Said Seýidow (interim) (2014)
  • Uzbekistan Alexander Mochinov (2014 – May 17, 2015)
  • Uzbekistan Shukhrat Fayziev (interim) (May 21, 2015 – July 5, 2015)
  • Uzbekistan Jamshid Saidov (July 5, 2015 – January 26, 2017)
  • Uzbekistan Ulugbek Bakayev (January 26, 2017– )

References

  1. ^ "Venues - Super League - Uzbekistan - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Nurafshon failed in its debut game under the new name" (in Uzbek). Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  3. ^ "Buxoro appeals to FIFA to lift transfer ban" (in Uzbek). Archived from the original on 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  4. ^ Buxoro Current squad (22 March 2024)
  • Official website (archived)
  • FC Bukhara at Weltfussballarchiv. Archived 2012-12-18 at the Wayback Machine (in English).
  • PFC Bukhoro- UzPFL Archived 2014-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
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