Tajikistan national football team

The Tajik national football team represents the former Soviet Republic of Tajikistan in international football. The selection of the Central Asian state could still qualify for any World Cup or Asian Cup. The Tajik Football Federation was founded in 1936, but resigned in 1994 in the FIFA and the Asian dressing.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union the first international match took place on 17 June 1992 against Uzbekistan held and ended with a 2-2 draw between the two teams, who scored both goals Mukhsin Mukhamadiyev for Tajikistan and was the first scorer in the history of his country. After FIFA Ranking the official game, however, was held on 11 April 1994 against Kazakhstan and was lost with 0:1.

After joining the Asian Football Federation to Tajikistan would qualify for the Asia Cup 1996. Opponents in qualifying was the team of Uzbekistan, which was defeated in the first leg in Dushanbe 4-0. The return match in Uzbekistan lost the team but with 0:5 after extra time and retired. In qualifying for the 1998 World Cup Tajikistan different from just behind China. Also qualifying for the Asian Cup 2000 could not be achieved because you were only second behind Iraq in the qualifying group.

The highest ever achieved victory Tajikistan as part of qualifying for the 2002 World Cup, there was defeated Guam with 16:0. To progress, it was enough after the 0-2 defeat against Iran. In qualifying for the Asian Cup 2004, the team reached in the final eight points to third place behind Thailand with nine points and failed to qualify so.

In 2006, we began to first win a championship in the final of the AFC Challenge Cup Tajikistan could conquer the selection Sri Lanka 4-0 and celebrate winning the tournament. The qualification for the 2010 World Cup ended early again against Singapore in the second round. Success, however, the qualification runs for the 2014 World Cup, athletic separated the team again in the second round against Syria, but since Syria to play a non- licensed players' started, Tajikistan took its place and now plays for the first time in the association history in the 3 main round in a group with North Korea, Japan and Uzbekistan.

The team is in the official FIFA world rankings with the 112th rank currently her best placement, but the team was able to improve from the previous month to 40 seats (as of April 2013).

Participation of Tajikistan to football events

World Championships

2014 still in the qualification

Asia Championships

AFC Challenge Cup

  • 2006 - Winner
  • 2008 - Second
  • 2010 - Third
  • 2012 - Preliminary Round
  • 2014 - does not qualify
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