2019 Tajikistan Higher League


The 2019 Tajikistan Higher League was the 28th season of Tajikistan Higher League, Tajikistan's top division of association football. The season will begin on 6 April 2019. and finished on 4 November 2019.

Teams

On 19 February 2019, the Tajikistan Football Federation announced that the season would involve eight teams, consisting of Istiklol, Khujand, Kuktosh, Regar-TadAZ, Khatlon, CSKA Pamir, Panjshir and newly promoted Istaravshan.


TeamLocationVenueCapacity
CSKA PamirDushanbeCSKA Stadium7,000
IstaravshanIstaravshanIstaravshan-Arena20,000
IstiklolDushanbeCentral Republican Stadium24,000
KhatlonBokhtarCentral Stadium
KhujandKhujand20-Letie Nezavisimosti Stadium20,000
KuktoshKuktoshRudaki Stadium
PanjshirKolkhozobodPanjshir Uktam Mamatova8,500
Regar-TadAZTursunzodaStadium Metallurg 1st District20,000

Foreign players

Each Tajikistan Higher League club is permitted to register six foreign players, with four allowed on the pitch at the same time.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Former
CSKA Pamir Dushanbe Eiya Edward Yegor Khokhlov Mikhail Zaitsev
Istaravshan Jamshed Khasanov Tulkinjon Umarov
Istiklol Oleksiy Larin Ruslan Koryan
Mihajlo Cakić
Jalil Kimsanov
Khatlon
Khujand Tornike Dzhimsheleishvili Davit Kupatadze Tursunali Rustamov Asiljon Begimkulov
Kuktosh Rudaki Prince Arthur Misiam Inocent Ishmael Klotey Nodirbek Ibragimov Muhiddin Odilov Bunyod Shodiev
Panjshir Quaye Godson
Regar-TadAZ Akbari Sheldari Arash

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Results 1–14

Results 15–21

Results by round

Position by round

Matches

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

Week 19

Week 20

Week 21

Relegation play-offs

The 2019 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 7th-placed Tajikistan Higher League team, and the runners-up of the Tajik First Division, on a two-legged confrontation.

Season statistics

Scoring

  • First goal of the season:

    Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Sheriddin BoboevIstiklol16
2 Alisher DzhalilovIstiklol11
3 Sherzod MakhamadievRegar-TadAZ9
4 Tursunali RustamovKhujand8
5 Muhammadjon RakhimovIstiklol7
5 Nozim BabadjanovRegar-TadAZ7
5 Bakhtovar ZokirovIstaravshan7
5 Ehson PanjshanbeIstiklol7
5 Shodibek GafforovCSKA Pamir Dushanbe7
10 Shervoni MabatshoevCSKA Pamir Dushanbe6
10 Dilshod VasievKhujand6
10 Muhiddin OdilovKuktosh6

Hat-tricks

  • 5 Player scored 5 goals