FC Qizilqum Zarafshon

FC Qizilqum old logo till 2014

Qizilqum was founded in 1967 under the name Progress. The club changed its name several times and was known as Qizilqum before becoming known as Progress. Since 1997 it has played as Qizilqum. The club made its debut in the Uzbek League in 2000. In its first season the club finished in 11th position. One year later, in the 2001 season, the club finished in 6th place in final League table. At the end of the 2002 season the club finished in 3rd position behind runners-up Neftchi Farg'ona which is their highest finishing position in the Uzbek League to date. Since 2000 the club has consequently play in the top league of Uzbek football.

Domestic history

Season	League									Uzbekistan Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1992	2nd	13th	30	7	3	20	29	76	17	Round of 32
1993	2nd	14th	30	9	5	16	31	41	23	Round of 32
1994	2nd	5th	34	16	10	8	54	36	42
1995	2nd	5th	22	11	4	7	42	27	37	Round of 16
1996	2nd	3rd	52	33	10	9	119	58	109	Playoff Round	Vitaly Avanesov	31
1997	2nd	4th	42	23	7	12	74	43	76	Playoff Round
1998	2nd	7th	38	20	4	14	74	48	64	Round of 16
1999	2nd	3rd	34	25	6	3	84	27	81	-
2000	1st	11th	38	13	12	13	46	55	51	R16
2001	1st	6th	34	16	5	43	48	35	53	Quarterfinal
2002	1st	3rd	30	18	5	7	67	34	59	Semifinal
2003	1st	5th	30	17	4	9	59	33	55	Round of 16
2004	1st	11th	26	6	7	13	28	48	25	Quarterfinal
2005	1st	7th	26	11	4	11	33	32	37	Round of 16
2006	1st	6th	30	14	6	10	51	37	48	Round of 16
2007	1st	7th	30	12	3	15	42	64	39	Round of 32	Timur Islomov	10
2008	1st	14th	30	9	5	16	27	44	32	Round of 32
2009	1st	14th	30	10	5	15	33	56	35	Quarterfinal			Rustam Zabirov
2010	1st	8th	30	9	7	10	25	28	34	Round of 16	Leonid Koshelev Volodymyr Postolatyev	5	Sergei Arslanov
2011	1st	13th	26	6	6	14	23	40	24	Round of 16	Bakhriddin Vakhobov	6	Marat Kabayev Sergei Arslanov
2012	1st	11th	26	6	9	11	22	41	27	Round of 16	Gulom Urunov Feruz Babakulov	5	Ravshan Khaydarov
2013	1st	12th	26	8	1	17	28	48	25	Quarterfinal	Zafar Turayev	5	Ravshan Khaydarov Rustam Zabirov Yuriy Lukin
2014	1st	11th	26	7	6	13	23	34	27	Round of 16	Vladimir Shishelov Giorgi Kvesieshvili Akmal Rustamov Sherali Djuraev	3	Yuriy Lukin
2015	1st	10th	30	10	4	16	38	49	34	Round of 32	Bakhriddin Vakhobov	21	Yuriy Lukin
2016	1st	6th	30	14	8	8	41	32	50	Third round	Nemanja Jovanović	8	Yuriy Lukin
2017	1st	11th	30	9	10	11	31	40	37	Third round	Ivan Nagaev	10	Yuriy Lukin
2018	1st	8th	20	9	4	7	26	26	31	Quarterfinal	Artur Geworkýan	9	Hamidjon Aktamov
2019	1st	13th	26	5	9	12	24	48	24	R16	Elgujja Grigalashvili	4	Hamidjon Aktamov
2020	1st	11th	26	5	10	11	19	37	25	Quarterfinal	Oybek Kilichev	5	Hamidjon Aktamov Täçmyrat Agamyradow Hamidjon Aktamov
2021	1st	9th	26	7	10	9	26	29	31	Quarterfinal	Elgujja Grigalashvili	9	Hamidjon Aktamov
2022	1st	5th	26	12	3	11	34	36	39	Quarterfinal	Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov	13	Nikola Lazarevic

The club's home ground is Progress Stadium with has a capacity of 5,000 and is located in Zarafshan. In August 2013 the Progress Stadium was closed for reconstruction. From August 2013 to May 2014 the club played its home matches in the 10,000-seater Sogdiana Stadium in Navoi. The Sogdiana Stadium is the home ground of the Navoi club, FC Yuzhanin Navoi. In May 2014 the club moved to another newly built stadium located in Navoi, the Yoshlar Stadium, to play its home matches.[1]

Yoshlar Stadium with the attached sporting complex was built for Umid nihollari 2012; the republican sports games among school students. The construction work of the 12,500-all seater stadium and sporting complex started in April 2011 and finished in 2012. The sporting complex includes two indoor courts for volleyball, handball, basketball and other facilities. The festive opening of the new Yoshlar Stadium was held in May 2012 with the opening of the Umid nihollari 2012 games. In November 2012 the AFC awarded the new stadium A category class. The first official football match was played on 3 May 2014. This was a League match between Qizilqum and Dinamo Samarkand.[2]

As of 27 June 2022[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UZB Ignatiy Nesterov 2 DF  UZB Azizbek Alikulov 3 DF  UZB Abduvosidkhon Abdurashidov 4 DF  UZB Boburbek Yuldashev 5 DF  UZB Timur Nabiev 6 MF  UZB Erkin Boydullayev 7 MF  UZB Sanjar Shoahmedov 8 MF  UZB Shahzod Turopov 9 MF  UZB Humoyun Abdualimov 9 FW  UZB Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov 11 FW  SRB Aleksandar Stanisavljević 12 GK  UZB Golibjon Bekmurodov 13 MF  UZB Nematjon Madaminov 14 DF  UZB Faizullo Kambarov 16 GK  UZB Mirzobek Rizoev 17 DF  UZB Salim Mustafoev 18 MF  UZB Jasur Azimov 20 DF  UZB Islom Tukhtakhujaev 21 FW  UZB Arifkhuja Abdukholiqov 23 DF  UZB Sherali Juraev 24 FW  UZB Bobomurod Bozorov 25 DF  UZB Azizbek Usmonov

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  UZB Otabek Karilov 26 MF  UZB Umijon Karilov 28 MF  UZB Shuhrat Muhammadiev 29 FW  ARG Gonzalo Ritacco 30 MF  UZB Mirfaiz Jumaev 31 FW  UZB Sultonbek Nosirov 32 MF  UZB Ilhomjon Kenjaev 34 MF  UZB Asror Grinbaev 33 MF  UZB Oleg Zoteyev 35 GK  UZB Javohir Ilyasov 36 DF  UZB Izatulla Yakubov 37 FW  UZB Akmal Muzafarov 38 DF  UZB Ogabek Tozhiev 39 DF  UZB Dias Galeev 40 DF  UZB Bobomurod Imomov 55 MF  UZB Khujamurod Tursunov 77 FW  UZB Azamat Maksumov 84 MF  UZB Azizbek Olimov 87 MF  UZB Alisher Sanoev 88 DF  EST Artjom Dmitrijev 99 MF  UZB Diyor Rakhmatilloev

As of February 2014

Position	Name
Manager	Yuriy Lukin
Assistant coach	Aleksey Evstafeev
Assistant coach	Vladimir Andreev

• Uzbek League
  • Third place: 2002

• Rustam Zabirov (2008–2010)
• Sergei Arslanov (2008–2010), caretaker
• Marat Kabaev (2011)
• Sergei Arslanov (2011), caretaker
• Ravshan Khaydarov (January 2012– April 2013)
• Rustam Zabirov (April 2013– July 2013)
• Yuriy Lukin (July 2013–)

• Official website (in Uzbek and Russian)
• Qizilqum Zarafshon – soccerway
• Weltfussballarchiv (Archived 2012-12-19 at the Wayback Machine)