Tajikistan national football team

The Tajikistan national football team represents Tajikistan in international football and is controlled by the Tajikistan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tajikistan. Tajikistan's homeground is the Markazii Jumhuriyavii Stadium in Dushanbe.

History

Tajikistan played its first official game on 11 April 1994 in Tashkent as part of a regional tournament. It lost that game against Kazakhstan 0–1. The first official competition the team entered was the qualifiers for the 1996 AFC Asian Cup, when it was seeded in the 3-team Group 8 with Uzbekistan and Bahrain. Bahrain later withdrew, leaving Tajikistan to a play-off against their Middle Asian neighbors. Tajikistan won the first game 4–0, and were beaten in the away game 0–5 after extra time. It did not enter a World Cup qualifying tournament until the 1998 FIFA World Cup edition, recording 4 victories in its preliminary group stage including a 5–0 triumph over Turkmenistan, and losing only to China, which placed it second behind its eastern neighbors, and out of the tournament.

Tajikistan were drawn into a 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification group with the Philippines, Yemen and Nepal. Following defeat to the Philippines on 27 March 2018, confirming Tajikistan's failure to qualify for the Asian Cup, manager Khakim Fuzailov resigned.

After failing to have a direct spot for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, Tajikistan hired Croatian manager Petar Šegrt, and Tajikistan took part in the third round of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, joining with Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, and Singapore. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the third round was played in a single round-robin group format with a centralised host, which Tajikistan's group saw its neighbour Kyrgyzstan hosting it. Tajikistan defeated Myanmar (4–0) and Singapore (1–0), before holding neighbour Kyrgyzstan to a goalless draw, topping the group and, after failing in 5 previous attempts, Tajikistan was able to qualify to its first-ever AFC Asian Cup and a major tournament in 2023. Tajikistan was invited to the 2022 King's Cup in Thailand held in September 2022 where Tajikistan defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 and sees them advanced to the final defeating Malaysia in the penalty shootout winning their second international trophy.

In the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, Tajikistan reached the quarter-finals for the first time in their history after losing 1–0 to the eventual runner-up Jordan due to a 66th minute own goal from Vahdat Hanonov. Their coach, Petar Šegrt, left his post at the end of this epic campaign due to the expiry of his contract and was replaced by his assistant Gela Shekiladze.

In June 2025, it was announced that Tajikistan would co-host the second edition of the CAFA Nations Cup alongside Uzbekistan.

Kit

In September 2017, Tajikistan's kit was supplied by Chinese sporting apparel company Li-Ning.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2025

2026

2027

Coaching staff

thumb|200px|[[Petar Šegrt became the manager of Tajikistan in 2022]]

{| class="wikitable"

!style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#FF0000|Position

!style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#FF0000|Name

| style="text-align:left;"|Head coach

| style="text-align:left;"| Igor Angelovski

| style="text-align:left;"|Assistant coach

| style="text-align:left;"| Milan Pavlović

| style="text-align:left;"|Assistant coach

| style="text-align:left;"| Radmilo Azanjac

| style="text-align:left;"|Goalkeeping coach

| style="text-align:left;"| Alisher Tuychiev

| style="text-align:left;"|Fitness coach

| style="text-align:left;"| Vladimir Krunić

| style="text-align:left;"|Fitness coach

| style="text-align:left;"| Andrey Misyuk

| style="text-align:left;"|Chief analyst

| style="text-align:left;"| Alifbek Beromov

Coaching history

:Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

Sharif Nazarov (1992–1994)
Vladimir Ghulamhaydarov (1994–1995)
Abdulla Muradov (1996)
Zair Babayev (1997–1998)
Sharif Nazarov (1999)
Salahiddin Ghafurov (2000–2002)
Sharif Nazarov (2003)
Zair Babayev (2004)
Sharif Nazarov (2004–2006)
Mahmadjan Habibullayev (2007)
Pulad Qadirov (2008–2011)
Alimjan Rafiqov (2011–2012)
Kemal Alispahić (2012)
Nikola Kavazović (2012–2013)
Mubin Ergashev (2013)
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev (2013–2015)
Mubin Ergashev (2015–2016)
Hakim Fuzaylov (2016–2018)
Alisher Tuhtayev (2018)
Usmon Toshev (2018–2021)
Mubin Ergashev (2021)
Petar Šegrt (2022–2024)
Gela Shekiladze (2024–2025)
Goran Stevanović (2025–2026)
Igor Angelovski (2026–)

Players

Current squad

The following 31 players were called for Tajikistan's match against the India, on 5 & 9 June.

Caps and goals updated as of 31 March 2026, after the match against Philippines.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up during the past 12 months.

PRE

RET

PRE

INJ Withdrew due to injury

RET Retired

WTH Withdrawn

PRE Preliminary squad

Records

:Players in bold are still active with Tajikistan.

Most appearances

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; "

!width=30| Rank

!width=175| Player

!width=50| Caps

!width=50| Goals

!width=100| Career

|align="left"|Akhtam Nazarov

|98

|2011–present

|align="left"|Davron Erghashev

|72

|2008–2022

|align="left"|Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev

|71

|10

|2007–2019

|align="left"|Parvizdzhon Umarbayev

|70

|11

|2015–present

|rowspan="2"|5

|align="left"|Amirbek Juraboev

|68

|2014–present

|align="left"|Ehson Panjshanbe

|68

|2016–present

|rowspan="1"|7

|align="left"|Zoir Dzhuraboyev

|58

|2016–present

|align="left"|Manuchekhr Safarov

|57

|2019–present

|align="left"|Manuchekhr Dzhalilov

|54

|20

|2011–2025

|rowspan="2"|10

|align="left"|Dilshod Vasiev

|52

|2007–2017

|align="left"|Mukhammadzhon Rakhimov

|52

|2016–present

Top goalscorers

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

!width=30| Rank

!width=175| Player

!width=50| Goals

!width=50| Caps

!width=50| Ratio

!width=100| Career

|align="left"|Manuchekhr Dzhalilov

|20

|54

|2011–2025

|align="left"|Yusuf Rabiev

|15

|40

|2003–2015

|rowspan=3|3

|align="left"|Numonjon Hakimov

|13

|36

|2003–2011

|align="left"|Shervoni Mabatshoyev

|13

|40

|2018–present

|align="left"|Shahrom Samiev

|13

|47

|2015–present

|rowspan=2|6

|align="left"|Tokhirjon Muminov

|11

|27

|1993–2003

|align="left"|Parvizdzhon Umarbayev

|11

|70

|2015–present

|align="left"|Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev

|10

|71

|2007–2019

|rowspan=2|9

|align="left"|Nuriddin Davronov

|51

|2008–2021

|align="left"|Dilshod Vasiev

|52

|2006–2015

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!colspan=9|FIFA World Cup record

! style="width:1%;" rowspan=15|

!colspan=6|Qualification record

!Year

!Result

!Position

| 1930 to 1990

|colspan=8|Part of the

|colspan=6|Part of the

| 1994||colspan=8

|colspan=6

| 1998||colspan=8 rowspan=8

|6||4||1||1||15||2

| 2002

|2||1||0||1||16||2

| 2006

|8||4||1||3||9||9

| 2010

|4||1||2||1||7||4

| 2014

|8||2||1||5||7||18

| 2018

|8||1||2||5||9||20

| 2022

|8||4||1||3||14||12

| 2026

|6||2||2||2||11||7

| 2030||colspan=8 rowspan=2

|colspan=6 rowspan=2

| 2034

!Total||—||||||||||||||

!40||19||10||21||88||74

AFC Asian Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!colspan=9|AFC Asian Cup record

! style="width:1%;" rowspan=14|

!colspan=6|Qualification record

!Year

!Result

!Position

| 1956 to 1988||colspan=8|Part of the

|colspan=6|Part of the

| 1992 ||colspan=8

|colspan=6

| 1996 ||colspan=8 rowspan=3

|2||1||0||1||4||5

| 2000

|3||2||0||1||6||5

| 2004

|6||2||2||2||3||5

| ||colspan=8

|colspan=6

| 2011 ||colspan=8 rowspan=3 || colspan=7 | 2008 AFC Challenge Cup / 2010 AFC Challenge Cup

| 2015 || colspan=7 | 2012 AFC Challenge Cup / 2014 AFC Challenge Cup

| 2019

|16||5||3||8||25||29

| 2023

|Quarter-finals

|8th

|11||6||2||3||19||12

| 2027|| colspan="8"|Qualified

|6||2||2||2||11||7

!Total||Quarter-finals||1/7||5||1||2||2||3||4

!44 ||18 ||9 ||17 ||68 || 63

AFC Challenge Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!colspan=8|AFC Challenge Cup record

! style="width:1%;" rowspan=8|

!colspan=6|Qualification record

!Year

!Position

!Pld

!D*

!GF

!GA

!Pld

!D*

!GF

!GA

|- style="background:gold;"

|| 2006 ||Champions||6||5||0||1||18||2||colspan=6

|- style="background:silver;"

|| 2008|| Runners-up||5||2||2||1||7||5

|3||2||0||1||7||1

|-style="background:#c96;"

|| 2010|| Third place ||5||3||0 ||2||8||5||colspan=6|Automatic Qualifier

|| 2012|| Group stage ||3||1||0||2||3||4

|3||2||1||0||4||0

|| 2014||colspan=7

|3||2||0||1||4||1

!Total||1 Title|| 16|| 10||2 ||3|| 32||12

!9||6||1||2||15||2

Asian Games

:Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!colspan=8|Asian Games record

!Year

!Position

!Pld

!D*

!GF

!GA

|1951 to 1990

|colspan=7|Part of the

| 1994||colspan=7

| 1998||Second round||5||1||1||3||8||13

|2002 to present

|colspan=9|See Tajikistan national under-23 football team

!Total|| ||5||1||1||3||8||13

CAFA Nations Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!colspan=8|CAFA Nations Cup record

!Year

!Position

| 2023||rowspan=2|Group stage||3||0||2||1||3||7

|style="border:3px solid red;"| 2025||3||1||1||1||5||4

!Total||||6||1||3||2||8||11

Honours

Continental

AFC Challenge Cup
Champions (1): 2006
Runners-up (1): 2008
Third place (1): 2010

Friendly

King's Cup (1): 2022
Merdeka Tournament (1): 2023

Summary

Only official honours are included, according to FIFA statutes (competitions organized/recognized by FIFA or an affiliated confederation).

{| class="wikitable" width=30% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

!Competition !! !! !! !!Total

|align=left|AFC Challenge Cup

|1||1||1||3

!Total!!1!!1!!1!!3

Head-to-head record

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Opponents

! Played

! Won

! Drawn*

! Lost

! GF

! GA

! GD

! % Won

| style="text-align:left;"| || 8 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 17 || 2 || +15 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 10 || -10 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || -1 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 11 || -10 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 10 || 7 || 2 || 1 || 29 || 5 || +24 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 11 || -10 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || +2 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || +4 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1 || +4 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 6 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 9 || -8 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || -1 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || +1 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 16 || 0 || +16 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 6 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 12 || 9 || +3 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 15 || -12 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || -1 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 19 || -18 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 7 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 3 || 13 || -10 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 3 || 9 || -6 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 5 || -4 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 14 || 8 || 3 || 3 || 16 || 10 || +6 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || +7 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 2 || +4 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 10 || 0 || +10 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || +4 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 15 || 4 || +11 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 1 || +10 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 6 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 6 || -4 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 6 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 9 || 12 || -3 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 1 || +11 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 6 || -2 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 9 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 10 || 14 || -4 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 11 || -8 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 5 || -4 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 3 || +1 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4 || -3 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 11 || 3 || +8 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 9 || 3 || 1 || 5 || 11 || 8 || +3 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 0 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || +6 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || +1 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 7 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 11 || 6 || +5 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 4 || -1 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 9 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 21 || -13 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 0 || +8 ||

| style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || -1 ||

|- class="sortbottom"

! Total || 196 || 77 || 42 || 77 || 287 || 257 || +30 ||

Notes

References

External links

Tajikistan at AFC
Tajikistan at FIFA
Tajikistan profile at Ukrainian Football News
Official Website of Tajikistan Football
Tajikistan at Global Sports Archive