FC Bunyodkor
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| Full name | Football Club Bunyodkor | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Swallows | ||
| Founded | 6 July 2005 | ||
| Ground | JAR Stadium (Capacity: 11,000) |
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| Chairman |  Isoq Akbarov |
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| Head Coach | Mirjalol Qosimov |
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| League | Uzbek League | ||
| 2009 | Uzbek League, 1st | ||
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FC Bunyodkor (Uzbek: Bunyodkor, Uzbek Cyrillic: Бунёдкор; Russian: Бунёдкор) is an Uzbek football club based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The club finished second in the 2007 Uzbek League season and made the semi-finals of the 2008 AFC Champions League. In August 2008, the club changed its name to Bunyodkor from PFC Kuruvchi to reflect the club's success on the pitch and its increasing professionalism off the pitch.[1]
The relatively unknown club made international headlines when it claimed to be close to signing world-famous Internazionale striker Samuel Eto'o,[2][3][4] although he did not sign with them.[5] On 25 August 2008, AEK Athens Brazilian superstar Rivaldo announced to the Greek press that he was joining Bunyodkor on a reported $14 million two-year contract.[6]
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History
Bunyodkor, which means “creator” in Uzbek, was created on 6 July 2005, with the name "Neftgazmontaj-Quruvchi," which was typically abbreviated "Kuruvchi” (the Uzbek word for "builder"). In 2005, the club played initially in the championship of Tashkent region and played its way into the playoff for promotion into the Uzbekistan 1-Division, the second level of Uzbek football. Kuruvchi gained promotion that year, its first, and under the management of Khikmat Ergashev, Kuruvchi won the second division in its first attempt, winning 27 of 38 matches with 5 draws and 6 defeats.
With its victory in the second level of Uzbek football, the 2007-2008 Season was Kuruvchi's debut in the Uzbek Oliy League. Never before had a club moved with such alacrity from the lower reaches of Uzbek competition into the top league.
Famous signings
On 14 July 2008, the club, then called Kuruvchi, announced through their official website that they had signed FC Barcelona star Samuel Eto'o on a six-month contract. The story was confirmed by Bahtier Babayev, the club's Sporting Director, stating that it was a performance-related contract. He also went on to say that the Cameroonian football star would sign on 17 July, and that the transfer had taken place due to the good relationship enjoyed between both clubs' presidents. Despite this, FC Barcelona official spokesperson denied any knowledge of such a transfer, stating 'I don't think it's very likely'.[7][8]
On 16 July 2008, the Uzbek radio Maxima reported that Davut Kivrak and Barcelona managers are expected to arrive to Tashkent to hold talks with the Uzbek Football Federation and to promote youth football (Barcelona and Bunyodkor have a yearly renewable deal to help in youth football). The following day, Eto'o confirmed that he was thinking of joining Kuruvchi - the team stated that they would have confirmation on whether Eto'o would join the team on July 23, 2008.[9]
Shortly thereafter, Bunyodkor and FC Barcelona managements announced that the two clubs had reached agreement to play a friendly in Tashkent and the Uzbek side will be able to train at Camp Nou.[10]
In 2008 Bunyodkor made it to the AFC Champions League where they made the semi-finals where they were beaten over two legs by Adelaide United 3-1 on aggregate.
As of 31 July 2008, Eto'o's status had become no clearer, as Bunyodkor was still in the running to obtain the services of the Cameroonian international, but he was also being sought by Milanese powerhouses A.C. Milan and Internazionale.[11]
Just a couple of days after Eto'o's visit to Tashkent, two other players from Barcelona visited the team - Andrés Iniesta and Carles Puyol, as well as Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fàbregas.[12]
Although unsuccessful in obtaining Eto'o's services by September 2008, Bunyodkor brought two famous Brazilians to Tashkent: Rivaldo as a midfielder and Zico as manager. Rivaldo signed a contract that he termed "very good for the end of my career" to play for Bunyodkor.[13] Three weeks later, his countryman Zico signed on to manage the club on a one-year deal.[14] Rivaldo recently extended his deal with a 4 year contract. On June 8, 2009 Luiz Felipe Scolari was announced as Bunyodkor's new head coach.[15] but resigned on June 6, 2010. Also Rivaldo unexpectedly terminated his multi-million contract and was released from the club in August 12 2010.[16]
Achievements
- Uzbek League: 2
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- 2008, 2009
- Uzbek Cup: 2
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- 2008, 2010
Performance in AFC competitions
- AFC Champions League: 2 appearances
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- 2008: Semi-Final
- 2009: Quarter-Final
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players transfers
In
Stevica Ristić from 
Pohang Steelers
Denilson from Pohang Steelers
Bojan Kalević from Metalourg Bekabad
Out
- Pavel Bugalo to FK Andijan
- Murod Zukhurov to Nasaf Qarshi
- Shavkat Salomov to Nasaf Qarshi
- Jasur Hasanov to
Lekhwiya - Server Djeparov to FC Seoul
- Edson Ramos to
RCD Mallorca - João Victor to RCD Mallorca
- Rivaldo (Released)
- Denilson (Released)
- Stevica Ristic to
FC Amkar Perm
Notable players
- Rivaldo
José Luis Villanueva- Stevica Ristić
Notable coaches
- Luiz Felipe Scolari
- Zico
- Mirjalol Qosimov
FC Bunyodkor in Asia
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | |
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| 2008 | AFC Champions League | Group |  |
Al-Ittihad | 2-0 | 0-1 |
| Group |  |
Sepahan F.C. | 2-0 | 1-1 | ||
| Group |  |
Al Ittihad | 1-0 | 2-0 | ||
| QF | |
Saipa | 5-1 | 2-2 | ||
| SF |  |
Adelaide United FC | 1-0 | 0-3 | ||
| 2009 | AFC Champions League | Group | |
Al-Ettifaq | 2-1 | 0-4 |
| Group |  |
Al Shabab | 0-0 | 0-2 | ||
| Group | |
Sepahan F.C. | 2-2 | 1-0 | ||
| Round of 16 | |
Persepolis F.C. | 1-0 | |||
| Quarterfinal | |
Pohang Steelers | 3-1 | 1-4(aet) |
Coaches
| Name | Nat | Period | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Win% |
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| Mirjalol Qosimov | |
2007 – 2008 | 70 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 76% |
| Zico | |
2009 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Amet Memet |  |
2009 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 67% |
| Hikmat Irgashev | |
2009 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 82% |
| Luiz Felipe Scolari | |
2009 – 2010 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 79% |
| Mirjalol Qosimov | |
2010 – | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
References
- ↑ Kuruvchi Renamed to Bunyodkor
- ↑ "Samuel Eto'o in Tashkent!". http://www.pfc-kuruvchi.com/eng/news_details.asp?newsID=605.
- ↑ "Eto'o arrives in Tashkent for talks with Kuruvchi". http://www.championat.ru/football/news-124771.html.(Russian)
- ↑ "La Liga: Eto'o to Uzbekistan?!". http://www.setantasports.com/en/Sport/News/Football/2008/07/14/La-Liga-Etoo-to-Uzbekistan/?facets/sport-space/great-britain-locale/football/.
- ↑ "Eto'o In Uzbekistan For Talks". 2008-07-18. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/80611,etoo-in-uzbekistan-for-talks.aspx. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
- ↑ "Rivaldo quits AEK Athens to head to Uzbekistan". Soccernet.espn.go.com. 2008-08-25. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=566291&sec=europe&&cc=5901. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ↑ "Once again about Eto'o". http://www.pfc-kuruvchi.com/eng/news_details.asp?newsID=602.
- ↑ "Uzbekistan side claim Eto'o coup". http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3817974,00.html.
- ↑ "Kuruvchi: Eto'o? We'll know on Wednesday". http://www.goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=786093.
- ↑ "Agreement with Kuruvchi FC". 2008-07-23. http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/club/temporada08-09/07/n080723102530.html. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ↑ "Barca deny Trezeguet interest". 2008-07-31. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=558850&sec=europe&&cc=3888. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ↑ "Master-class with Spain football stars was successful". http://www.pfc-kuruvchi.com/eng/news_details.asp?newsID=613.
- ↑ "Rivaldo leaves AEK, bound for Uzbekistan". 2008-08-27. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=566790&sec=europe&cc=5901. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
- ↑ "Brazil soccer great Zico to coach Uzbekistan's Bunyodkor for one year". 2008-09-22. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFM1-lfOQcm8_XZFgGil4xCLNHUA. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
- ↑ "Felipão deixa elite e assume time de Rivaldo no Uzbequistão". 2009-06-09. http://esportes.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI3814225-EI1863,00-Felipao+assume+time+de+Rivaldo+no+Uzbequistao.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ↑ Rivaldo terminated his contract with the Uzbek club FC Bunyodkor [1]
External links
- Official Website (Uzbek) (English) (Russian)
- Weltfussballarchiv (English)
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