Al Ahli, Al Ittihad held to late draws in AFC opener
Al Burakain's stoppage-time strike rescued Al Ahli against Pakhtakor, while Wijnaldum's 90+4 equaliser saved Al Ittihad at Shamal in the Champions League Elite.
Volleyball team
Pakhtakor
Club · Uzbekistan · Super League
«The Cotton Growers»
262
Matches
143
wins
55
draws
64
losses
456–263
Goals
+193
Difference
1.7
Scored per game
Form
W
16 Aug · Away Nasaf · 2:1
D
21 Aug · Home Surkhon · 0:0
D
25 Aug · Away Dinamo Samarqand · 1:1
L
29 Aug · Away Neftchi · 0:1
W
4 Sep · Home Andijan · 3:0
W
9 Sep · Away Olmaliq · 3:1
When Tashkent's Spartak was wound up, the republic's cotton-growers' association took its place in Uzbek football and gave the new club a name that needs no translating from Uzbek: paxtakor, cotton grower.
The record that defines the club was built after 1992 — sixteen Uzbek championships, the latest in 2023, and fourteen domestic cups, the latest in 2025. The 2022 championship was won under Maksim Shatskikh, once the club's forward and the Uzbekistan national team's record scorer.
Gennadi Krasnitsky remains the leading scorer with more than 200 goals, ahead of Berador Abduraimov's 131 in 358 appearances; Gennadi Denisov holds the appearance record at 371. Server Djeparov, twice voted Asia's footballer of the year, and Dragan Ceran, who scored 109 goals in 158 games between 2018 and 2024, carried the club through the independence era. Games against Bunyodkor are Tashkent's own derby; against Neftchi, from Fergana, they are billed as Uzbekistan's El Clásico.
The Central Pakhtakor Stadium opened in 1956 with 60,000 seats; the 1996 reconstruction brought that down to 55,000, and further work in 2008 and 2012 left the current capacity at 35,000.
Latest results
All matches| 14 Sep | AFC Champions League |
Al-Ahli Saudi
A
|
||
| 9 Sep | Super League |
Olmaliq
A
|
3:1 | W |
| 4 Sep | Super League |
Andijan
H
|
3:0 | W |
| 29 Aug | Cup |
Neftchi
A
|
0:1 | L |
| 25 Aug | Super League |
Dinamo Samarqand
A
|
1:1 | D |
| 21 Aug | Super League |
Surkhon
H
|
0:0 | D |
Standing
Super League| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Neftchi
|
21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 49:17 | 48 |
| 2 |
Pakhtakor
|
21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 37:19 | 46 |
| 3 |
 Navbahor
|
21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 36:19 | 41 |
| 4 |
 Lokomotiv
|
21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36:27 | 35 |
| 5 |
 Buxoro
|
21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 31:27 | 34 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 262
262
Matches
143
wins
55
draws
64
losses
456–263
Goals
+193
Difference
1.7
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 262 | 127 | 135 |
| Scored | 456 | 242 | 214 |
| Conceded | 263 | 125 | 138 |
| Scored per game | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Conceded per game | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Difference | +193 | +117 | +76 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Pakhtakor
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 |  Dilshod Saitov |
Defender | 1 |
| 90 |  Stephen Chinedu |
Forward | 1 |
| 35 |  Sanjar Kuvvatov |
Goalkeeper | 1 |
| 21 |  B. Rezan |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 17 |  Dostonbek Khamdamov |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 77 |  Oybek Bozorov |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 29 |  Aymen Hussein Ghadhban |
Forward | 1 |
| 4 |  Zayed Tahseen |
Defender | 1 |
| 34 |  Sherzod Nasrullaev |
Defender | 1 |
| 10 |  Akmal Mozgovoy |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 7 |  Khojiakbar Alijonov |
Defender | 1 |
| 50 |  Flamarion Jovino Filho |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 55 |  Muhammadrasul Abdumajidov |
Defender | 1 |
| 23 |  Abdurauf Bo'riyev |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 12 |  Vladimir Nazarov |
Goalkeeper | 1 |
| 11 |  Hojimat Erkinov |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 9 |  Ibrokhim Ibragimov |
Midfielder | 1 |
Fixtures of Pakhtakor
-
14 Sep
Al-Ahli Saudi
A
-
9 Sep
Olmaliq
A
3:1
W
-
4 Sep
Andijan
H
3:0
W
-
29 Aug
Neftchi
A
0:1
L
-
25 Aug
Dinamo Samarqand
A
1:1
D
-
21 Aug
Surkhon
H
0:0
D
-
16 Aug
Nasaf
A
2:1
W
-
11 Aug
Al Hussein
H
3:0
W
Honours of Pakhtakor
- Uzbekistan Championship 1992, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 16
- Uzbekistan Cup 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2020, 2025 14
- Uzbekistan Super Cup 2021, 2022 2
- CIS Champions Cup 2007 1
- Soviet First League 1972 1
Transfers
TransfersArrivals
- Stephen Chinedu Surkhon 26/27 €36.00K
- Sandzhar Kuvvatov Qizilqum 25/26
- Zaid Tahseen Al-Quwa Al-Jaw. 25/26
- Brayan Riascos QD West Coast 24/25
- Ibrokhim Ibrokhimov FC Olympic 24/25
- Vladimir Nazarov Surkhon 24/25
Departures
- Stephen Chinedu Surkhon 26/27
- Brayan Riascos Al-Zawraa SC 25/26
- Mukhammadali Urinboev Royal Antwerp 25/26 €500.00K
- Jhonatan No Club 25/26
- I. Sergeyev Persepolis FC 25/26
- Vladimir Nazarov Surkhon 24/25