FC Shurtan

FC Shurtan Guzar (Uzbek: Sho'rtan G'uzor Futbol Klubi or Шўртан Ғузор футбол клуби) is a professional football club based in G‘uzor, Uzbekistan.

Sho'rtan G'uzor

Full name	FK Sho'rtan G'uzor Futbol Klubi
Founded	1994; 31 years ago (1994)
Ground	G'uzor Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Ilkhom Norchayev
Manager	Ikhtiyor Karimov
League	Uzbekistan Pro League
Home colours Away colours

History

During its first years, the club played in the lower divisions of Uzbekistan. In 2006 FC Shurtan made its debut in the Uzbek League. The 2010 season was the club's most successful, finishing 4th in the league and as runners-up in the Uzbek Cup. In the quarter-final of the Uzbek Cup, they beat Pakhtakor on aggregate and Lokomotiv Tashkent in the semi-final. Shurtan lost in the final, played in Tashkent, to Bunyodkor. The final score was 0–1.

In 2011 Shurtan made its international debut, playing in the AFC Cup. The club managed 2nd place in the group stage, but lost in their one legged round of 16 match against Al Wehdat 1–2.^[1]

On 22 November 2011, Shurtan management appointed Igor Kriushenko as new manager, replacing Tachmurad Agamuradov.^[2] Kriushenko was fired on 5 July 2012 and replaced by Edgar Gess. Gess was also fired after poor league results in 2013. The club was 14th and relegated. After one year, they were promoted back to the top division.

League history

Year Div. Pos. Cup Top scorer 1996 1st 20 FR 1997 14 FR Shavkat Ismailov – 29 1998 9 R32 1999 10 2000 14 R32 2001 6 PR 2002 13 R32 2003 7 PR 2004 1 PR Ravshan Durmonov – 27 2005 UzL 13 R16 Igor Taran – 9 2006 12 1/4 Igor Taran – 13

Year Div. Pos. Cup Top scorer (League) 2007 UzL 13 1/4 2008 12 1/4 Artur Gevorkyan – 6 2009 8 1/4 2010 4 Finalist 2011 7 1/2 Igor Taran – 10 2012 5 R16 Igor Taran – 14 2013 14 R16 Pavel Solomin – 7 2014 1st 1 R32 Viktor Klishin – 40 2015 UzL 11th R16 Igor Taran – 11 2016 9th R32 Zafar Polvonov – 12 2017 14th R16 2018 1st 6th 2019 4th 2020 4th 2021 7th 2022 6th 2023 5th 2024 4th 2025 UzL

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Ikhtiyor Karimov
Assistant manager	Jamshid Umarov, Botir Rasulov
Goalkeeping coach	Erkin Mirzaev

Managerial history

Period	Manager
2005	Sergei Dotsenko
2008	Bakhrom Khakimov
July 1, 2008 – Dec 30, 2008	Viktor Pasulko
2009	Usmon Toshev
2009–2011	Edgar Gess
2011	Tachmurad Agamuradov
Nov 24, 2011 – July 5, 2012	Igor Kriushenko
July 5, 2012 – May 15, 2013	Edgar Gess
May 15 – October 18, 2013	Zoir Turakulov
October 18, 2013 – January 6, 2014	Erkin Mirzayev
January 6, 2014 – January 5, 2016	Mukhtor Kurbonov
January 5, 2016 –	Ikhtiyor Karimov

Honours

Domestic

• Uzbek League 4th place:
  • 2010
• Uzbekistan First League (2):
  • 2004, 2014
• Uzbek Cup runners-up (1):
  • 2010
• UzPFL Cup (1):
  • 2015

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Cup: 1 appearance

2011: Round of 16