FC Shurtan

Association football club in Uzbekistan

Football club

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

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.

History

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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

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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 Promoted to the Uzbek League 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 Relegated to the First League R16 Pavel Solomin – 7

2014 1st 1 Promoted to the Uzbek League R32 Viktor Klishin – 40

2015 UzL 11th R16 Igor Taran – 11

2016 9th R32 Zafar Polvonov – 12

2017 14th Relegated to the First League R16

Personnel

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Current technical staff

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

Managerial history

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