Marked for Nodir Mirzaev
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Uneasy
Match19 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for Obod
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Obod
Akmal Shomurodov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Akmal Shomurodov, and the manager let it.
Match19 Sep 2026
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Andijon defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
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Crisis
The terraces14 Sep 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 8 of the 29 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Match12 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for Obod
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market14 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Obod, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match12 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
“I did not go to Metallurg to sit and watch. I want to come back to Obod and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A mark of 5.35 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
5.41. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
5.46. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.
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Crisis
Market31 Aug 2026
Nodir Mirzaev hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Obod can pretend not to have heard.
Match29 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Obod
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Obod are no longer polite ones.
Market31 Aug 2026
Obod get their man
The chase for Asadbek Samariddinov ended with $80.0K changing hands and Mashal out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Asadbek Samariddinov from Mashal for $80.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Squad31 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Obod this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Amir Fayzullaev and Obod agree another 3 years.
Market31 Aug 2026
Obod have made Eldor Akhmedov available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.14, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market24 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Obod
Jasur Suyunov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Islom Ganiev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match22 Aug 2026
Obod share the spoils with AGMK
A 2‑2 draw with AGMK leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Farhod Ganiev and Obod agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Eldor Akhmedov dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Market24 Aug 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Jasur Suyunov may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market24 Aug 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Obod has been clear about where Sherzod Akhmedov stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Triumph
Market10 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Obod can pretend not to have heard.
Market10 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Bunyodkor have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Akmal Shomurodov. The answer from Obod has not changed — yet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nodir Nematov and Obod agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Akmal Shomurodov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad10 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Obod this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nodir Nematov, and the manager let it.
Match8 Aug 2026
It finished 1‑0, and it was Odil Urunov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Obod.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Odil Urunov at his very best
Marked 8.01. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Obod.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A defender's afternoon for Bobur Suyunov
Defensive actions: 15. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
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Triumph
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Obod
Akmal Shomurodov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Eldor Akhmedov commits to Obod for another 2 years.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Obod supporters have found a favourite in Odil Urunov
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Odil Urunov has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match1 Aug 2026
It finished 1‑0, and it was Odil Urunov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Obod.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Odil Urunov at his very best
Marked 8.19. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Obod.