2012 Tajik League

In the 2012 season of the Tajik League, 13 teams participated. Khosilot, Istaravshan, and Zarafshon, were newly promoted, while Shodmon Ghissar withdrew from the competition. There was a limit of eight foreign players per team, with up to five on the field at a particular time. Only Parvoz Bobojon Ghafurov had the maximum of eight foreign footballers.

Tajik League

Season	2012
Champions	Ravshan Kulob
AFC Cup	Ravshan Kulob Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
Matches played	156
Goals scored	507 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dilshod Vasiev (24)
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The Tajikistan clubs' participation was upgraded from the AFC President's Cup to the AFC Cup starting in 2013 by the AFC,^[1] so two clubs (league champions and cup winners) went on to participate in the 2013 AFC Cup.

Teams

Club	Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2011
Energetik Dushanbe		Dushanbe	Stadion Aeroflot	3,000	4th
Guardia Dushanbe	Sergey Kapusta	Dushanbe	Stadion Politekhnikum	2,000	11th
Hosilot Farkhor		Farkhor	Stadion Farkhar	3,000	Promoted
FK Istaravshan		Istaravshan	Istaravshan Sports Complex	5,000	Promoted
Istiqlol Dushanbe	Nikola Kavazović	Dushanbe	Central Republican Stadium	21,400	1st Champions
Khayr Vahdat FK		Vahdat	Stadion im. Safarbeka Karimova	7,000	5th
FK Khujand		Khujand	20 Years of Independence Stadium	25,000	7th
Parvoz Bobojon Ghafurov	Muhammad Djuraev	Ghafurov	Stadion Furudgokh	5,000	9th
Ravshan Kulob		Kulob	Langari Langarieva Stadium	20,000	3rd
Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda		Tursunzoda	Stadium Metallurg 1st District	10,000	2nd
SKA-Pamir Dushanbe		Dushanbe	CSKA Stadium	7,000	6th
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	Salohiddin Ghafurov	Qurghonteppa	Tsentralnyi Stadium	10,000	8th
Zarafshon Pendjikent		Pendjikent	Stadion Zarafshon	2,000	Promoted

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ravshan Kulob (C)	24	20	2	2	51	10	+41	62	2013 AFC Cup Group stage
2	Regar-TadAZ	24	19	4	1	77	16	+61	61	2013 AFC Cup Qualifying play-off[a]
3	Istiqlol Dushanbe	24	16	5	3	76	13	+63	53
4	Khayr Vahdat FK	24	16	4	4	45	27	+18	52
5	Parvoz	24	10	4	10	47	36	+11	34
6	Vakhsh	24	9	4	11	31	24	+7	31
7	SKA-Pamir Dushanbe	24	8	6	10	26	25	+1	30
8	FK Khujand	24	8	6	10	29	44	−15	30
9	FK Istaravshan	24	8	4	12	33	44	−11	28
10	Energetik Dushanbe	24	7	6	11	35	34	+1	27
11	Hosilot Farkhor	24	4	2	18	18	64	−46	14
12	Guardia Dushanbe	24	4	0	20	18	72	−54	12
13	Zarafshon Pendjikent	24	1	3	20	21	98	−77	6

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2012. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Regar-TadAZ qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup by winning the 2012 Tajik Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ENE	GUA	HF	ID	IST	KV	KHU	PAR	RK	RTT	SPD	VAK	ZP
Energetik Dushanbe		2–0	4–0	0–5	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	8–0
Guardia Dushanbe	0–1		4–2	1–6	2–4	1–3	3–0[a]	0–3	0–4	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–3
Hosilot Farkhor	1–1	0–1		0–5	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–5	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1
Istiqlol Dushanbe	1–1	7–0	4–1		4–0	1–1	10–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	6–0
FK Istaravshan	0–0[b]	1–0	0–1	0–2		1–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–1
Khayr Vahdat FK	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–1		2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0
FK Khujand	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–2		1–1	0–1	3–3	0–0	1–0	5–2
Parvoz	2–1	1–0	6–1	0–3	2–2	5–2	2–3		2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	6–0
Ravshan Kulob	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	5–0	4–0	3–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0
Regar-TadAZ	3–1	11–0	9–1	0–0	5–1	5–2	2–0	4–1	1–0		2–0	1–0	12–0
SKA-Pamir Dushanbe	1–0	4–0	3–0[a]	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–2		0–3	5–0
Vakhsh	1–1	4–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–4	0–1	1–1	0–1		4–0
Zarafshon Pendjikent	2–2	1–3	1–2	1–10	1–3	1–3	1–2	2–6	0–3	1–4	1–1	2–3

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Matches Gvardia-Hujand and CSKA-Pamir-Hosilot awarded 3–0 wins to home teams.
2. Match Istaravshan-Energetik awarded 0–0 loss to both teams due to mass fight.

Top goal-scorers

The top scorers were:^[2]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Dilshod Vasiev	Istiqlol Dushanbe	24
2	Kamil Saidov	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	20
3	Akhtam Khamrakulov	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	18
4	Mirzobek Mirzoev	Khayr Vahdat FK	17
5	Numonjon Hakimov	Ravshan Kulob	12
6	Shodibek Gafforov	Energetik Dushanbe	11
6	Mansur Khakimov	Parvoz Bobojon Ghafurov	11

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Hindus Huseynzoda	Khujand	Guardia	4–1[3]	15 April 2012
Davronjon Tukhtasunov	Regar-TadAZ	Istaravshan	5–1[4]	3 June 2012
Jamshed Ismailov	Regar-TadAZ	Energetik	3–1[5]	30 June 2012
Nowruz Rustamov	Ravshan	Vakhsh	3–1[6]	3 October 2012
Kamil Saidov6	Regar-TadAZ	Zarafshon	12–0[7]	9 October 2012
Akhtam Khamrakulov4	Regar-TadAZ	Hosilot	12–0[8]	20 October 2012
Dilshod Vasiev4	Istiklol	Zarafshon	10–1[9]	24 October 2012
Mirzobek Mirzoev	Khayr	Energetik	4–1[10]	25 October 2012
Jahongir Ergashev	Istiklol	Guardia	7–0[11]	27 October 2012
Shudzhoat Nematov4	Energetik	Zarafshon	8–0[12]	12 November 2012
Kamil Saidov5	Regar-TadAZ	Guardia	12–0[13]	18 November 2012
Dilshod Vasiev4	Istiklol	Khujand	10–0[14]	22 November 2012
Farkhod Tokhirov	Istiklol	Khujand	10–0[15]	22 November 2012

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals
• ⁵ Player scored 5 goals
• ⁶ Player scored 6 goals