2016 Tajik League

The 2016 Tajik League is the 25th season of Tajik League, the Tajikistan Football Federation's top division of association football. FC Istiklol are the defending champions, having won the previous season.

Tajik League

Season	2016
Champions	Istiklol
AFC Cup	Istiklol Khosilot Farkhor
Matches played	90
Goals scored	301 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov (22)
Biggest home win	Istiklol 10-1 Khujand
Biggest away win	Ravshan Kulob 0-5 Barkchi
Highest scoring	Istiklol 10-1 Khujand
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Teams

Prior to the start of the 2016 season, Khosilot Farkhor were promoted, whilst on 25 March 2016, the Tajikistan Football Federation announced that Daleron-Uroteppa had withdrawn from the league due to financial problems.^[1]

Khosilot Farkhor

Khujand

Khayr

Parvoz

Ravshan

Regar-TadAZ

Vakhsh

Dushanbe

Dushanbe teams
CSKA
Barki Tajik
Istiklol

Locations of teams in the 2015 Tajik League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Barkchi	Hisor	Central Republican Stadium	24,000
CSKA Pomir Dushanbe	Dushanbe	CSKA Stadium	7,000
Istiklol	Dushanbe	Central Republican Stadium	24,000
Khayr Vahdat	Vahdat
Hosilot Farkhor	Farkhar	Central Stadium
Khujand	Khujand	20-Letie Nezavisimosti Stadium	20,000
Parvoz Bobojon Ghafurov	Ghafurov	Furudgoh Stadium	5,000
Ravshan	Kulob	Kulob Central Stadium	20,000
Regar-TadAZ	Tursunzoda	Stadium Metallurg 1st District	20,000
Vakhsh	Qurghonteppa	Tsentralnyi Stadium	10,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Istiklol (C)	18	14	3	1	67	20	+47	45	2017 AFC Cup
2	Khosilot Farkhor	18	11	4	3	40	16	+24	37
3	Regar-TadAZ	18	10	2	6	36	23	+13	32
4	Barki Tajik	18	9	2	7	32	25	+7	29
5	Khayr Vahdat	18	8	5	5	29	25	+4	29
6	CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	18	8	3	7	23	16	+7	27
7	Khujand	18	8	1	9	22	37	−15	25
8	Vakhsh	18	5	3	10	21	39	−18	18
9	Ravshan Kulob (R)	18	2	3	13	17	50	−33	9	Relegation
10	Parvoz (R)	18	1	2	15	14	50	−36	5

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2016. Source: Fifa
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BTD	CPD	KVA	KHO	KJD	IST	PBG	RAV	RZD	VAK
Barki Tajik		0–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	1–5	3–0	2–0	2–1	4–0
CSKA Pamir	2–0		1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	0–1	2–0
Khayr Vahdat	1–0	0–0		0–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	1–0
Khosilot Farkhor	2–2	2–1	6–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–2
Khujand	1–1	2–1	1–5	0–1		0–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–1
Istiklol	4–2	2–1	4–1	2–1	10–1		8–2	7–1	3–1	6–3
Parvoz Bobojon Ghafurov	1–2	0–2	2–3	1–5	0–4	0–4		1–3	1–0	0–0
Ravshan Kulob	0–5	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	2–1	3–3		1–1	1–2
Regar-TadAZ	1–0	2–1	5–1	2–2	3–0	2–3	3–2	5–0		5–1
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	2–0	3–2	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–5	2–1	1–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2016. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Siyovush Asrorov for Istiklol against Parvoz Bobojon Ghafurov (7 April 2016)^[2]

Top scorers

As of Match played 30 October 2016^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	Istiklol	22
2	Kamil Saidov	Barki Tajik/Khosilot Farkhor	12
3	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	Istiklol	10
	Romish Jalilov	Regar-TadAZ
5	Jones Agbley	Khayr Vahdat	8
	Komron Tursunov	Regar-TadAZ
	Dilshod Bozorov	Khujand
	Akhtam Khamrakulov	Vakhsh Qurghonteppa/Regar-TadAZ
9	Jahongir Aliev	Istiklol	7
	David Mawutor	Istiklol
	Nuriddin Khamrokul	Barki Tajik
	Navruz Rustamov	Khosilot Farkhor

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Jones Agbley	Khayr Vahdat	Ravshan Kulob	4-0	10 April 2016	[4]
Kamil Saidov5	Khosilot Farkhor	Khayr Vahdat	6-0	14 August 2016	[5]
David Mawutor	Istiklol	Khujand	10-1	18 September 2016	[6]
Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	Istiklol	Khujand	10-1	18 September 2016	[6]
Amirdzhon Safarov	Barki Tajik	Vakhsh	4-0	25 September 2016	[7]
Manuchekhr Dzhalilov5	Istiklol	Parvoz	8-2	10 October 2016	[8]

• ⁵ Player scored 5 goals