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 the Uzbekistan Super League.
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| Full name | PFC. Navbahor Namangan | |||
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| Founded | 1978 | |||
| Ground | Markaziy Stadium Namangan | |||
| Capacity | 22,000 | |||
| Manager | Sergey Lushan | |||
| League | Uzbekistan Super League | |||
| 2023 | Uzbekistan Super League, 3rd of 14 | |||
| Website | https://www.pfcnavbahor.uz/index.php/uz/ | |||
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Name
editRAHIMOV origins from Persian word Now-Bahaar (New-Spring).
History
editNavbahor 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.
AFC Champions League debut
editNavbahor finished the 2022 Uzbekistan Super League as runners-up which see them qualified to the 2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs facing Al-Wakrah of Qatar. The game was levelled a 0–0 at full time thus seeing the game continue in extra time which in the 90' minute, Abdumannopov scored the goal which would see Navbahor qualified to their first ever AFC Champions League group stage appearance. On 18 September 2023, the club recorded their first ever point in a 1–1 draw against fourth time AFC Champions League winners, Al-Hilal at the King Fahd International Stadium. On 2 October 2023, Navbahor recorded their first ever win in a 3–0 home win against Mumbai City of India. The club finished the group stage with 13 points with 3 points behind group leaders, Al-Hilal thus seeing them qualified to the Round of 16 in their debut season.
Name change history
edit- 1978–80: Tekstilshchik
- 1980–83: Navbahor
- 1983–87: Avtomobilist
- 1988–: PFC. Navbahor
Players
edit- As of 25 July 2024[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Seasons
editDomestic
edit| Season | League | Uzbekistan Cup | Top goalscorer | |||||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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
edit- As of match played 6 November 2023
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| Asian Club Championship | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 |
| Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 23 |
| AFC Champions League | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| Total | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 37 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1996–97 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | First round |  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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1–4 | 5–2 | 6–6 |
| Second round |  Esteghlal
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1–4 | 3–0 | 4–4 | ||
| 1997–98 | Asian Club Championship | First round | - | Bye | ||
| Intermediate Round |  Dynamo Dushanbe
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3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | ||
| Second round |  Nisa Aşgabat
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6–1 | 2–2 | 8–3 | ||
| Quarterfinal - West Asia |  Al Ansar
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0–0 | 3rd | |||
 Al Hilal
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1–3 | |||||
| Persepolis
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1–1 | |||||
| 1999–2000 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | First round | - | Bye | ||
| Second round |  Kaisar-Hurricane
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2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | ||
| Quarterfinal | Al-Ahli
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1–6 | 2–0 | 3–6 | ||
| Semifinal | Al-Zawraa
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1–2 | ||||
| Third place match |  Bangkok Bank
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1–3 | ||||
| 2023–24 | AFC Champions League | Play-off round |  Al-Wakrah
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1–0 (a.e.t.) | ||
| Group D | Al Hilal
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0–2 | 1–1 | |||
 Mumbai City
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3–0 | |||||
| Nassaji Mazandaran
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2–1 | 3–1 | ||||
Stadium
editClubs 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.[2] 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.[3][4] The capacity of the new venue is 22,000.[5]
In 2012 until 2014, the club temporary played their home matches at the Kosonsoy Stadium as their home ground is under renovation during the point of time. 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.[6]
Honours
editDomestic
edit- Uzbek League
- Champions (1): 1996
- Second place (1): 2022
- Third place (8): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2023
- Uzbek Cup
- Winners (3): 1992, 1995, 1998
- Runners-up (1): 2022
- Uzbekistan Super Cup
- Winners (1): 1999
Continental
edit- Asian Cup Winners Cup:
- Fourth-place (1): 1999–00
Managerial history
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References
edit- ^ "Navbahor" (PDF). pfl.uz. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Navbahor Stadium". allstadiums.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014-04-07.
- ^ "Construction of the new stadium in Namangan is almost done". uz24.uz. 2014-03-24. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22.
- ^ "2014 Barkamol Avlod games officially started". gazeta.uz (in Russian). 2014-05-29. Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ Стадион "Навбахор" преображается. sports.uz (in Russian). 2014-01-07. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26.
- ^ "Navbahor vs. Olmaliq – 3:1, 2014-06-14". soccerway.com. 2014-06-14. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
External links
edit- Official website of the club
- Official website of the Fans
- FC Navbahor on Facebook
- Navbahor Namangan at Soccerway