2017 FC Istiklol season

The FC Istiklol 2017 season was Istiklol's ninth Tajik League season. They went into the season as defending Champions in the Tajik League, Tajik Cup and Tajik Supercup having completed a Domestic Treble during the 2016 season. They finished the season Tajik League Champions, and runners up in the Tajik Cup, Tajik Supercup and the AFC Cup.

FC Istiklol

2017 season
President	Shohruh Saidov
Manager	Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Stadium	Republican Stadium
Tajik League	1st
Tajik Cup	Runners-up
Tajik Supercup	Runners-up
AFC Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Dilshod Vasiev (16) All: Manuchekhr Dzhalilov (25)

Squad

As of match played 2 December 2017

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Nikola Stošić		GK	(1994-03-15)15 March 1994 (aged 23)	Železničar Beograd	2013		91	0
35	Kurban Boboev		GK	(1987-08-03)3 August 1987 (aged 30)	Istaravshan	2015		20	0
Defenders
2	Siyovush Asrorov		DF	(1992-07-21)21 July 1992 (aged 25)	Khujand	2013		104	10
3	Tabrezi Davlatmir		DF	(1998-06-06)6 June 1998 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2016		22	0
5	Artem Baranovskyi		DF	(1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 27)	Olimpik Donetsk	2017		28	1
6	Oybek Abdugafforov		DF	(1995-03-30)30 March 1995 (aged 22)	Khosilot Farkhor	2017		7	1
19	Akhtam Nazarov		DF	(1992-09-29)29 September 1992 (aged 25)	Energetik Dushanbe	2013		125	12
27	Oleksandr Stetsenko		DF	(1990-03-02)2 March 1990 (aged 27)	Sumy	2017		17	0
Midfielders
4	David Mawutor		MF	(1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 25)		2016		66	13
7	Farhod Kosimov		MF	(2000-09-18)18 September 2000 (aged 17)	Trainee	2018		6	0
8	Nuriddin Davronov		MF	(1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 26)	Dunav Ruse	2017
11	Muhammadjon Rakhimov		MF	(1998-10-15)15 October 1998 (aged 19)	Khosilot Farkhor	2017		13	1
18	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev		MF	(1990-03-24)24 March 1990 (aged 27)	Dynamo Dushanbe	2008
20	Amirbek Juraboev		MF	(1996-04-13)13 April 1996 (aged 21)	Barki Tajik	2016		49	4
21	Romish Jalilov		MF	(1995-11-21)21 November 1995 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2012
23	Ehson Panjshanbe		MF	(1999-05-12)12 May 1999 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2016		28	3
70	Shakhrom Sulaimonov		MF	(1997-06-27)27 June 1997 (aged 20)	loan from Utenis Utena	2017		0	0
Forwards
9	Jahongir Aliev		FW	(1996-07-14)14 July 1996 (aged 21)	Khujand	2016		51	14
10	Dmitry Barkov		FW	(1992-06-19)19 June 1992 (aged 25)	Narva Trans	2017		32	9
14	Khomid Golami		FW		Youth Team	2017		6	1
17	Dilshod Vasiev		FW	(1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 29)	Energetik Dushanbe	2009
63	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov		FW	(1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 27)	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	2015		91	86
Out on loan
12	Amirdzhon Safarov		FW	(1995-02-18)18 February 1995 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2015		6	1
22	Sheriddin Boboev		FW	(1999-04-21)21 April 1999 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2015		9	4
24	Oyatullo Safarov		MF	(2000-12-19)19 December 2000 (aged 16)	Youth Team	2016		3	0
	Ziёvuddin Fuzaylov		DF	(2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 17)	Youth Team	2015		21	5
	Arthur Shabrin		MF		Youth Team	2017		0	0
Left during the season
7	Farkhod Vosiyev		DF	(1990-04-14)14 April 1990 (aged 27)	Orenburg	2017		8	1
14	Faridoon Sharipov		MF	(1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 23)	Regar-TadAZ	2016		36	2
16	Rustam Yatimov		GK	(1998-07-13)13 July 1998 (aged 19)		2017[1]	2021[1]	0	0
26	Sokhib Suvonkulov		DF	(1988-09-15)15 September 1988 (aged 29)	Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	2009
56	Alisher Safarov		DF	(1998-06-24)24 June 1998 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2014		9	0
62	Jahongir Ergashev		FW	(1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 23)	Dynamo Brest	2017		7	1

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW  TJK Amirdzhon Safarov (at Barki Tajik) 22 FW  TJK Sheriddin Boboev (at Barki Tajik) 24 MF  TJK Oyatullo Safarov (at Barki Tajik)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  TJK Ziёvuddin Fuzaylov (at Barki Tajik) — MF  TJK Arthur Shabrin (at Barki Tajik)

Transfers

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  UKR Artem Baranovskyi (from Olimpik Donetsk) [2] 7 DF  TJK Farkhod Vosiyev (loan from Orenburg) [3] 8 MF  TJK Nuriddin Davronov (loan from Dunav Ruse) [4][5] 10 FW  RUS Dmitry Barkov (from Narva Trans) [2] 16 GK  RUS Rustam Yatimov [1] 21 MF  TJK Romish Jalilov (loan return from Regar-TadAZ) [6] 26 DF  TJK Sokhib Suvonkulov (loan return from Barki Tajik) 62 FW  TJK Jahongir Ergashev (from Dinamo Brest) [7]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  TJK Nozim Babadjanov (to Bahrain SC) [8] 15 DF  UKR Petro Kovalchuk (to Club Green Streets) [9][10] 12 FW  TJK Amirdzhon Safarov (loan to Barki Tajik) [11] 22 FW  TJK Sheriddin Boboev (loan to Barki Tajik) [11] 24 MF  TJK Oyatullo Safarov (loan to Barki Tajik) [11] — MF  TJK Arthur Shabrin (loan to Barki Tajik) [11] — GK  TJK Emomali Soniev — DF  TJK Ziёvuddin Fuzaylov (loan to Barki Tajik) — FW  TJK Suhrob Jalilov

Trialists: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  EST Aleksandr Kulinitš [12] — DF  UKR Artem Baranovskyi [13] — MF  SRB Risto Ristović [13] — FW  RUS Dmitry Barkov [12] — FW  UKR Yuriy Vereshchak

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  TJK Oybek Abdugafforov (from Khosilot Farkhor) [14] 8 MF  TJK Nuriddin Davronov (from Dunav Ruse, previously on loan) [15] 11 MF  TJK Muhammadjon Rakhimov (from Khosilot Farkhor) [14] 27 DF  UKR Oleksandr Stetsenko (from Sumy) [14] 70 MF  TJK Shakhrom Sulaimonov (loan from Utenis Utena) [14]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 7 DF  TJK Farkhod Vosiyev (loan return to Orenburg) [15] 8 MF  TJK Nuriddin Davronov (loan return to Dunav Ruse) [15] 14 MF  TJK Faridoon Sharipov (to Barki Tajik) [15] 16 GK  RUS Rustam Yatimov [15][16] 26 DF  TJK Sokhib Suvonkulov (to Vakhsh Qurghonteppa) [15] 56 DF  TJK Alisher Safarov [15] 62 FW  TJK Jahongir Ergashev (to Khujand) [17][18]

Trialists: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  UKR Oleksandr Stetsenko [19]

Friendlies

Istiklol v CSKA Pamir Dushanbe

10 January 2017	Istiklol	4–1	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	Dushanbe
13:00 (UTC+5)	Barkov  14', 22' A.Kulinitš  73' Jalilov  85'	Report	N.Zokirov  83'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Erkin Madiboev

Istiklol v Regar-TadAZ

13 January 2017	Istiklol	5–1	Regar-TadAZ	Dushanbe
15:00 (UTC+5)	Fatkhuloev  18' Dzhalilov  45+1' Asrorov  68' Jalilov  78' Y.Vereshchak  89'	Report	D.Tuhtasunov  83'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Khusrawi Siddikzod

Istiklol v Khosilot Farkhor

15 January 2017	Istiklol	3–2	Khosilot Farkhor	Dushanbe
15:00 (UTC+5)	Dzhalilov  34' Barkov  50' Aliev  62'	Report	S.Gafforov  7' K.Azizov  83' S.Safarali	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov

Istiklol v Inter Baku

19 January 2017	Istiklol	1–2	Inter Baku	Antalya, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+5)	Fatkhuloev  54' D.Vasiev	Report	Seyidov  56' Fardjad-Azad  77' Scarlatache	Stadium: The Sense Deluxe Hotel Referee: Vladimir Akodis (Ukraine)

Istiklol v Kaisar

23 January 2017	Istiklol	1–3	Kaisar	Antalya, Turkey
18:00 (UTC+5)	Dzhalilov  21' Fatkhuloev  65' Suvonkulov Mawutor Jalilov	Report	Nikolić  24' (pen.) Baizhanov  32' A.Zhakhayev  64' E.Seytxanov	Stadium: The Sense Deluxe Hotel Referee: Ravan Hamzazade (Azerbaijan)

Istiklol v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

26 January 2017	Istiklol	0–1	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Antalya, Turkey
19:00 (UTC+5)		Report	Firțulescu  33'	Stadium: The Sense Deluxe Hotel Referee: Yasin Duran (Turkey)

Istiklol v Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

30 January 2017	Istiklol	0–2	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Antalya, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+5)	Ristović Nazarov Mawutor  84'	Report	Sarkisov  24' Kozlov  78' Komkov	Stadium: The Sense Deluxe Hotel Referee: Arthur Tavakalyan

Istiklol v CSKA Pamir Dushanbe

12 February 2017	Istiklol	4–0	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	Dushanbe
15:00 (UTC+5)	Suvonkulov  2' Fatkhuloev  29' Barkov  41' D.Vasiev  85'	Report		Stadium: Pamir Stadium Referee: Sayod Zayniddinov

Istiklol v Barki Tajik

28 March 2017	Istiklol	3–1	Barki Tajik	Dushanbe
15:00 (UTC+5)	Mawutor  36' Barkov  38' T.Dzhuraev  50'	Report	Boboev  43'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 80 Referee: Sayodzhon Zayniddinov

Istiklol v Khujand

22 July 2017	Istiklol	1–1	Khujand	Guliston
18:15 (UTC+5)	Dzhalilov  5' Nazarov	Report	K.Beknazarov  50' Ergashev	Stadium: National Bank of the Republic of Tatarstan Referee: Hurshed Dadaboev

Neftchi Fargʻona v Istiklol

25 July 2017	Neftchi Fargʻona	2–1	Istiklol	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(UTC+5)	Khakimov  53' M.Mamazulumov  63'	Report	Vasiev  73' (pen.) Barkov	Stadium: Dustlik Stadium Referee: Akobir Shukrullayev

Mash'al Mubarek v Istiklol

27 July 2017	Mash'al Mubarek	1–1	Istiklol	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 (UTC+5)	N.Pavlenko  57'	Report	Dzhalilov  9' Nazarov Fatkhuloev Suvonkulov	Stadium: Transport Institute Stadium Referee: Sherzod Kasymov

Metallurg Bekabad v Istiklol

29 July 2017	Metallurg Bekabad	1–1	Istiklol	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(UTC+5)	I.Iskhokjonov  15' S.Kadyrkulov A.Ziyavuddinov	Report	Vasiev  90' Fatkhuloev	Stadium: Dustlik Stadium Attendance: 80 Referee: Ahrol Riskullaev

Istiklol v Kuktosh

4 September 2017	Istiklol	v	Kuktosh	Hisor
17:00 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Central Stadium

TFF Cup

Main article: TFF Cup

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Khosilot Farkhor	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Advance to Group Stage
2	Khayr Vahdat	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Istiklol	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3
4	Barki Tajik	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2017. Source: Istiklol

Istiklol v Barki Tajik

26 January 2017 1	Istiklol	1–2	Barki Tajik	Dushanbe
15:00 (UTC+5)	S.Bobo  9' H.Safarali  61'	Summary	V.Khotamov  88'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Abdulrahim Boboev

Istiklol v Khosilot Farkhor

28 January 2017 2	Istiklol	0–7	Khosilot Farkhor	Dushanbe
12:30 (UTC+5)	M.Khodzhaev M.Abdakov	Summary	Sa.Gafforov  27' A.Jones  43' Abdugafforov  47' A.Khodzhibaev  53' Sh.Gafforov  62', 75' (pen.) I.Bahrom  86' Rabimov	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Sayëdzhon Zayniddinov

Istiklol v Khayr Vahdat

30 January 2017 3	Istiklol	1–3	Khayr Vahdat	Dushanbe
15:00 (UTC+5)	F.Qosimov  87' S.Djamolov Z.Muzaffarov	Summary	U.Azizov  41' M.Parpiev  47' M.Muzaffarov  73' D.Tugonshoev S.Hotham	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Akobir Fayzullozoda

Finals Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Istiklol	3	3	0	0	29	3	+26	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Regar-TadAZ	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7	6
3	Khulbuk	3	1	0	2	8	20	−12	3
4	Asht	3	0	0	3	7	28	−21	0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2017. Source: Istiklol

Istiklol v Khulbuk

14 February 2017 1	Istiklol	11–0	Khulbuk	Dushanbe
17:00 (UTC+5)	Fatkhuloev  22', 45+1' Ergashev  27', 44' Aliev  28' Barkov  34' Davronov  62' Jalilov  80' D.Vasiev  89', 90+2' Sharipov  90+1' M.Hassan	Summary	N.Sohibnazar D.Shomadov	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Referee: Abdurashid Murodov

Istiklol v Asht

16 February 2017 2	Istiklol	14–1	Asht	Dushanbe
17:00 (UTC+5)	Jalilov  1', 45+1' D.Vasiev  9', 13', 27', 41', 44', 49' Ergashev  45', 57', 90' Barkov  58', 87' Fatkhuloev  67' Davlatmir	Summary	Suvonkulov  25' (o.g.) D.Abdulloev	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Gulmurod Sadullo

Regar-TadAZ v Istiklol

18 February 2017 3	Regar-TadAZ	2–4	Istiklol	Dushanbe
17:00 (UTC+5)	Aliev  21', 30' Fatkhuloev  48' D.Vasiev  75' (pen.) Panjshanbe	Summary	E.Khotimsky  24' D.Bozorov  41' (pen.) D.Ergashev F.Garayev	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Khusrawi Siddikzod

Knockout phase

Istiklol v Ravshan Kulob

22 February 2017 Semi-final	Istiklol	3–0	Ravshan Kulob	Dushanbe
14:00 (UTC+5)		Summary		Stadium: Pamir Stadium

Istiklol v Regar-TadAZ

24 February 2017 Final	Istiklol	2–1	Regar-TadAZ	Dushanbe
17:00 (UTC+5)	Davronov  20' Asrorov  31' D.Vasiev  67', 89'	Summary	A.Toshev  62' A.Sharipov  64' 90+3' B.Choriyev  67'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Referee: Saivali Turdiev

Competitions

Tajik Supercup

Main article: 2017 Tajik Super Cup

Istiklol v Khosilot Farkhor

4 March 2017	Istiklol	1–2	Khosilot Farkhor	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	Barkov  87' Baranovskyi	Summary	K.Azizov  8' A.Jones  29' S.Muso A.Rakhmonov G.Akuffo Rabimov Abdugafforov Rustamov	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Hurshed Dadaboev

Tajik League

Main article: 2017 Tajik 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	17	4	0	64	10	+54	55	10	2	0	35	9	+26	7	2	0	29	1	+28

Last updated: 27 November 2017.
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	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	3	2	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

Istiklol v Barki Tajik

8 March 2017 1	Istiklol	6–0	Barki Tajik	Dushanbe
18:30 (UTC+5)	Dzhalilov  9', 29', 43' Barkov  20', 84' Aliev  44' Jalilov	Report		Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Khusrawi Siddikzod

Istiklol v Regar-TadAZ

18 March 2017 3[20]	Istiklol	0–0	Regar-TadAZ	Dushanbe
15:00 (UTC+5)	Fatkhuloev	Report	A.Toshev A.Sharipov B.Choriyev S.Amrohon	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov

Istiklol v Khosilot Farkhor

10 April 2017 5	Istiklol	8–2	Khosilot Farkhor	Dushanbe
18:30 (UTC+5)	Dzhalilov  11' (pen.), 34', 49', 52' Davronov  12' Nazarov  39' Aliev  53' D.Vasiev  56' Asrorov  78' Jalilov Mawutor Panjshanbe	Report	A.Jones  19' S.Gaforov  80' 20'  88' S.Karimov	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Behrouz Murtazoev

Istiklol v Panjshir

14 April 2017 6	Istiklol	2–1	Panjshir	Dushanbe
18:30 (UTC+5)	Dzhalilov  20' (pen.) Barkov  66' K.Boboev	Report	B.Niyozov  57' R.Azizov	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Sayvali Turdiyev

Istiklol v Vakhsh Qurghonteppa

23 April 2017 7[21]	Istiklol	2–0	Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	Dushanbe
18:30 (UTC+5)	Fatkhuloev  9' Ergashev  26' Davlatmir	Report	B.Kholikov	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Behrouz Murtazoev

Istiklol v CSKA Pamir Dushanbe

27 April 2017 2	Istiklol	3–0	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	Dushanbe
16:30 (UTC+5)	Dzhalilov  31', 60' (pen.) D.Vasiev  90+3' Davronov Amirbek	Report		Stadium: FFT Academy Attendance: 300 Referee: Khusrawi Siddikzod

Khujand v Istiklol

8 May 2017 4	Khujand	1–2	Istiklol	Khujand
16:30 (UTC+5)	Ahmadov  83' D.Bozorov	Report	Baranovskyi  13' F.Vosiyev  68' Mawutor	Stadium: 20 Years of Independence Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Saivali Turdiev

Khosilot Farkhor v Istiklol

12 May 2017 10	Khosilot Farkhor	0–0	Istiklol	Farkhar
16:30 (UTC+5)	Rakhimov S.Karimov J.Muminov	Report	Fatkhuloev Panjshanbe	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Behrouz Murtazoev

Istiklol v Khujand

25 May 2017 11	Istiklol	3–0	Khujand	Dushanbe
20:00 (UTC+5)	Jalilov  10' Barkov  49' S.Khakimov  59' (o.g.) Davlatmir Dzhalilov	Report	R.Domlodzhonov Tukhtasunov  76'	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Khusrawi Siddikzod

Regar-TadAZ v Istiklol

18 June 2017 12[20]	Regar-TadAZ	1–1	Istiklol	Tursunzoda
18:00 (UTC+5)	F.Rakhmatov  23' B.Choriyev A.Ravshanov	Report	Fatkhuloev  45'	Stadium: TALCO Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Behrouz Murtazoev

Panjshir v Istiklol

21 June 2017 9	Panjshir	1– 6	Istiklol	Kolkhozobod
(UTC+5)	A.Boron  75' (pen.) S.Nabotov A.Todzhiahmedov A.Salimov	Report	Fatkhuloev  15' D.Vasiev  18', 37' Mawutor  27' Aliev  38' Nazarov  52'	Stadium: Panjshir Uktam Mamatova Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Khusrawi Sidddikzod

CSKA Pamir Dushanbe v Istiklol

25 June 2017 13	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	0–4	Istiklol	Dushanbe
18:00 (UTC+5)	I.Habibulloev M.Inocente K.Mirzohon	Report	Vasiev  13' (pen.) Fatkhuloev  41' Dzhalilov  69', 90+2' Suvonkulov Mawutor	Stadium: CSKA Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Sayodzhon Zayniddinov

Vakhsh Qurghonteppa v Istiklol

29 June 2017[22] 8[21]	Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	1–5	Istiklol	Qurghonteppa
(UTC+5)	Davlatmir  77' (o.g.) A. Murodov	Report	H.Beknazarov  44' (o.g.) Juraboev  66' Panjshanbe  72' Dzhalilov  75' Vasiev  84'	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadium Referee: Abdurashid Murodov

Istiklol v Barki Tajik

30 July 2017 14	Istiklol	–	Barki Tajik	Dushanbe
(UTC+5)				Stadium: Central Republican Stadium

Istiklol v Vakhsh Qurghonteppa

3 August 2017 15	Istiklol	1–0	Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	Hisor
20:00 (UTC+5)	Barkov  52' Stetsenko	Report	H.Rustamov A.Barotov	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sayojon Zainiddinov

Istiklol v Regar-TadAZ

14 August 2017 16	Istiklol	2–0	Regar-TadAZ	Hisor
(UTC+5)	Vasiev  82' Dzhalilov  85' Mawutor	Report	A.Jones F.Karaev J.Tursunov	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Behrouz Murtazoev

Khosilot Farkhor v Istiklol

19 August 2017 17	Khosilot Farkhor	–	Istiklol	Farkhar
17:30 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Central Stadium

Istiklol v Khujand

23 August 2017 18	Istiklol	–	Khujand	Hisor
17:30 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Central Stadium

Istiklol v Panjshir

18 September 2017 19	Istiklol	5–0	Panjshir	Hisor
19:00 (UTC+5)	Fatkhuloev  37', 90' Davronov  45' (pen.) Vasiev  47' Aliev  85' Rakhimov Davlatmir	Report	S.Khudoinazarov R.Azizov	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Abdurashid Murodov

Istiklol v CSKA Pamir Dushanbe

23 September 2017 20	Istiklol	–	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	Hisor
16:00 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Central Stadium

Barki Tajik v Istiklol

21 October 2017 21	Barki Tajik	–	Istiklol	Dushanbe
15:30 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Central Republican Stadium

Istiklol v Khujand

25 October 2017 18	Istiklol	5–4	Khujand	Hisor
18:00 (UTC+5)	K.Beknazarov  19' (o.g.) K.Golami  21' Vasiev  34', 53' Dzhalilov  88' Davlatmir Panjshanbe	Report	Tukhtasunov  41', 77' Ahmadov  64' A.Khodjiboev  81' S.Rajamatov D.Dadaboev	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Abdurashid Murodov
Note: Match re-arranged from 23 August 2017.[23]

Istiklol v Barki Tajik

19 November 2017 14	Istiklol	2–2	Barki Tajik	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	Vasiev  12' (pen.) Fatkhuloev  37' Abdugafforov Rakhimov Mawutor	Report	Boboev  79' S.Samiev  88'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Gulmurody Sadullo

Barki Tajik v Istiklol

23 November 2017 21	Barki Tajik	0–2	Istiklol	Hisor
14:00 (UTC+5)	B.Khairiev  67' K.Maliev  67' S.Asimov M.Parpiev	Report	Vasiev  66', 74' Abdugafforov Panjshanbe Asrorov	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Abdurashid Murodov

Istiklol v CSKA Pamir Dushanbe

25 November 2017 20	Istiklol	2–0	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	Dushanbe
14:00 (UTC+5)	Asrorov  60' Nazarov  87' Stetsenko Panjshanbe	Report	S.Kosimov S.Bilolov Chakalov	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Khurshed Dadaboev

Khosilot Farkhor v Istiklol

27 November 2017 17	Khosilot Farkhor	1–3	Istiklol	Farkhar
14:00 (UTC+5)	Vasiev  36', 50', 69' Barkov	Report	K.Azizov 90+1'  90+1'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Sayvali Turdiev

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Istiklol (C)	21	17	4	0	64	14	+50	55	2018 AFC Cup
2	Khujand	21	11	4	6	44	22	+22	37
3	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	21	8	10	3	19	13	+6	34
4	Regar-TadAZ	21	6	6	9	22	23	−1	24
5	Barki Tajik	21	6	6	9	20	27	−7	24
6	Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	21	5	7	9	17	28	−11	22
7	Panjshir	21	5	4	12	25	48	−23	19	Qualification for relegation play-offs
8	Khosilot Farkhor (R)	21	4	3	14	17	55	−38	15	Relegation to Tajik First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2017. Source: Fifa
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Tajik Cup

Istiklol v Eshata

9 August 2017 Quarter Final 1st leg	Istiklol	6–0	Eshata	Hisor
20:00 (UTC+5)	Dzhalilov  7', 44' Asrorov  9' Jalilov  41' Fatkhuloev  80' Vasiev  90+1' Stetsenko	Report		Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Sayvali Turdiyev

Eshata v Istiklol

20 September 2017 Quarter Final 2nd leg	Eshata	2 – 6 (2 – 12 agg.)	Istiklol	Dushanbe
19:00 (UTC+5)	S.Mirzoev  6', 69'	Report	Juraboev  8', 48' Dzhalilov  18' (pen.) Abdugafforov  26' Rakhimov  35' 86' Panjshanbe  45' Stetsenko Davronov Jalilov	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Gulmurody Sadullo

Istiklol v CSKA Pamir Dushanbe

17 November 2017 Semi Final 1st leg	Istiklol	1 – 0	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	Hisor
15:00 (UTC+5)	Vasiev  15' (pen.) Stetsenko	Report	J.Mirzohon I.Khabibulloev	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Behrouz Murtazoev

CSKA Pamir Dushanbe v Istiklol

21 November 2017 Semi Final 2nd leg	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	3 – 2 (3 – 3 (a) agg.)	Istiklol	Dushanbe
15:00 (UTC+5)	K. Mirzonajot  41' S.Kosimov  44' Chakalov  68'	Report	Vasiev  6', 83' Baranovskyi   73' N.Stošić Stetsenko	Stadium: CSKA Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov

Final

Khujand v Istiklol

2 December 2017	Khujand	2 – 0	Istiklol	Dushanbe
14:00 (UTC+5)	Ahmadov  41' H.Rasulov  56' D.Karimov	Report	Panjshanbe  90+6' Jalilov	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sayojon Zainiddinov

AFC Cup

Main article: 2017 AFC Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2017 AFC Cup group stage § Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Istiklol	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11	16	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
2	Altyn Asyr	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13
3	Dordoi	6	1	0	5	6	16	−10	3[lower-alpha 1]
4	Alay Osh	6	1	0	5	9	18	−9	3[lower-alpha 1]

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Dordoi 1–0 Alay Osh, Alay Osh 5–4 Dordoi (Dordoi won on away goals).

Istiklol v Dordoi Bishkek

14 March 2017 1	Istiklol	2–0	Dordoi Bishkek	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
18:30 (UTC+5)	Mawutor  17' 32' Aliev  22'	Report	J.u.Kayrat  12' T.u.Baktay  50'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi (UAE)

Altyn Asyr v Istiklol

4 April 2017 2	Altyn Asyr	1–1	Istiklol	Balkanabat, Turkmenistan
17:00 (UTC+5)	Annadurdyýew  49' 80' Annaorazow  56'	Report	Jalilov  22'  90+2' Aliev  31' Juraboev  77'	Stadium: Sport toplumy[24] Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

Istiklol v Alay Osh

18 April 2017 3	Istiklol	3–1	Alay Osh	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
19:00 (UTC+5)	Barkov  39' Davronov  45+1' (pen.) Mawutor  68' Aliev  79' D.Vasiev  89'	Report	Mamatov  25' Mahkamov  44' A.Sylla  59' Sidibé  86'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Alay Osh v Istiklol

3 May 2017 4	Alay Osh	1–4	Istiklol	Osh, Kyrgyzstan
16:00 (UTC+5)	U.Tokhtasin  85' Abdurakhmanov  88'	Report	Dzhalilov  32', 39' D.Vasiev  78' (pen.), 82' Juraboev  90'	Stadium: Suyumbayev Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

Dordoi Bishkek v Istiklol

17 May 2017 5	Dordoi Bishkek	1–4	Istiklol	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
18:00 (UTC+5)	Z.Soulemana  50' A.Otkeev  59' Kozubaev  82'	Report	Dzhalilov  7', 46', 75' I.Potapov  90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)

Istiklol v Altyn Asyr

31 May 2017 6	Istiklol	1–0	Altyn Asyr	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
20:00 (UTC+5)	Nazarov  14' Fatkhuloev  82' Aliev  90+1' Vasiev  90+2'	Report	R.Hojaýew  13' Annaorazow  53'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2017 AFC Cup knockout stage

Istiklol v Ceres–Negros

22 August 2017 Inter-Zone Play-Off Semi-Final 1st leg	Istiklol	4–0	Ceres–Negros	Hisor, Tajikistan
19:00 (UTC+5)	Juraboev  13' Mawutor  21' Nazarov  25' (pen.) 60' Jalilov  45' Dzhalilov  67', 88'	Report	Schröck  72' Bienve  86'	Stadium: Hisor Central Stadium Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Ceres–Negros v Istiklol

12 September 2017 Inter-Zone Play-Off Semi-Final 2nd leg	Ceres–Negros	1–1 (1–5 agg.)	Istiklol	Bacolod, Philippines
16:30 (UTC+5)	Ingreso  4' Súper  34' Bienve  85'	Report	Juraboev  12' Mawutor  24' Fatkhuloev  25' Barkov  45+2' 85' Baranovskyi  69'	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 4,752 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Istiklol v Bengaluru

27 September 2017 Inter-zone play-off final 1st leg	Istiklol	1–0	Bengaluru	Hisor, Tajikistan
19:00 (UTC+5)	Barkov  27' Davronov  73'	Report		Stadium: Hisor Central Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Bengaluru v Istiklol

18 October 2017 Inter-zone play-off final 2nd leg	Bengaluru	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	Istiklol	Bangalore, India
18:30 (UTC+5)	Sandhu  3' Bheke  24' Khabra  25'  42' Juanan  57' Chhetri  65' (pen.)	Report	Davronov  4' (pen.) Aliev  41' Fatkhuloev  42' Jalilov  54' Barkov  56' Stetsenko  90+3'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 7,862 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

Final

Main article: 2017 AFC Cup Final

Istiklol v Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

4 November 2017	Istiklol	0–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Hisor, Tajikistan
18:00 (UTC+5)	Fatkhuloev  58' Asrorov  60' Jalilov  90+1'	Report	Midani  66' Mohsin  68' Ali Bari  87'	Stadium: Hisor Central Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Squad statistics

As of match played 2 December 2017

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tajik League		Tajik Cup		Super Cup		AFC Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Nikola Stošić	30	0	16	0	2	0	1	0	11	0
2	DF		Siyovush Asrorov	26	2	11+1	1	3	1	0	0	11	0
3	DF		Tabrezi Davlatmir	17	0	8+4	0	4	0	0	0	0+1	0
4	MF		David Mawutor	26	3	11	1	3+1	0	1	0	10	2
5	DF		Artem Baranovskyi	28	1	15+1	1	2	0	1	0	9	0
6	DF		Oybek Abdugafforov	7	1	3+1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Farhod Kosimov	6	0	2+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Nuriddin Davronov	20	4	7+3	2	1	0	1	0	8	2
9	FW		Jahongir Aliev	29	6	13+3	4	2	0	1	0	10	2
10	FW		Dmitry Barkov	32	9	16+1	5	3	0	1	1	11	3
11	MF		Muhammadjon Rakhimov	13	1	3+3	0	3	1	0	0	0+4	0
14	FW		Khomid Golami	6	1	1+3	1	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Dilshod Vasiev	37	24	12+8	16	5	4	1	0	0+11	4
18	MF		Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	35	8	17+2	7	3+1	1	1	0	11	0
19	DF		Akhtam Nazarov	31	4	15	3	2+2	0	1	0	11	1
20	MF		Amirbek Juraboev	34	3	16+3	1	4+1	2	1	0	5+4	0
21	MF		Romish Jalilov	31	3	14+2	1	4	1	1	0	7+3	1
23	MF		Ehson Panjshanbe	21	2	10+5	1	2+1	1	0	0	1+2	0
27	DF		Oleksandr Stetsenko	17	0	7+1	0	4	0	0	0	5	0
35	GK		Kurban Boboev	11	0	5+3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
56	DF		Alisher Safarov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
63	FW		Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	31	25	12+5	15	1+1	3	1	0	11	7
Players away from Istiklol on loan:
Players who left Istiklol during the season:
7	DF		Farkhod Vosiyev	8	1	3+2	1	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
14	MF		Faridoon Sharipov	8	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Sokhib Suvonkulov	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
62	FW		Jahongir Ergashev	7	1	3+1	1	0	0	1	0	0+2	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Tajik League	Tajik Cup	Super Cup	AFC Cup	Total
1	FW		63	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	15	3	0	7	25
2	FW		17	Dilshod Vasiev	16	4	0	4	24
3	FW		10	Dmitry Barkov	5	0	1	3	9
4	MF		18	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	7	1	0	0	8
5	FW		9	Jahongir Aliev	4	0	0	2	6
6	DF		19	Akhtam Nazarov	3	0	0	1	4
	MF		8	Nuriddin Davronov	2	0	0	2	4
				Own goal	3	0	0	1	4
9	DF		21	Romish Jalilov	1	1	0	1	3
	MF		4	David Mawutor	1	0	0	2	3
	MF		20	Amirbek Juraboev	1	2	0	0	3
12	MF		23	Ehson Panjshanbe	1	1	0	0	2
	DF		2	Siyovush Asrorov	1	1	0	0	2
14	FW		62	Jahongir Ergashev	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		5	Artem Baranovskyi	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		7	Farkhod Vosiyev	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		14	Khomid Golami	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		6	Oybek Abdugafforov	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		11	Muhammadjon Rakhimov	0	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	64	15	1	23	103

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Tajik League		Tajik Cup		Super Cup		AFC Cup		Total
1		GK	Nikola Stošić	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Siyovush Asrorov	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
3		DF	Tabrezi Davlatmir	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4		MF	David Mawutor	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
5		DF	Artem Baranovskyi	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	2
6		DF	Oybek Abdugafforov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Nuriddin Davronov	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
9		FW	Jahongir Aliev	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
10		FW	Dmitry Barkov	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
11		MF	Muhammadjon Rakhimov	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
18		MF	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	9	0
19		DF	Akhtam Nazarov	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
20		MF	Amirbek Juraboev	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
21		MF	Romish Jalilov	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	1	8	1
23		MF	Ehson Panjshanbe	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
26		DF	Sokhib Suvonkulov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		DF	Oleksandr Stetsenko	2	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
35		GK	Kurban Boboev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
63		FW	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	36	1	11	3	1	0	24	2	72	6

See also

• List of unbeaten football club seasons

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External links

• FC Istiklol Official Web Site