The Bunyodkor Post
Match3 Mar 2029
Nowhere to hide for Bunyodkor
0‑3 against Pakhtakor, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market5 Mar 2029
Sadriddin Hasanov asks to leave Bunyodkor
“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.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Muhammadyusuf Sobirov stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Match3 Mar 2029
Pakhtakor end the Bunyodkor run at 12
Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 12 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.
Market5 Mar 2029
Only the photograph left for Mirkomil Murodov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Mirkomil Murodov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bunyodkor the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Dmitry Pletnev signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dmitry Pletnev and Bunyodkor agree another 3 years.
Squad5 Mar 2029
A falling-out at Bunyodkor
Shohboz Umarov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Bunyodkor
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Sardor Rahmonov 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.
In brief
- Market Bunyodkor promote Nodir Nematov from within
- Market Bunyodkor promote Ulugbek Komilov from within
- Match The run at home goes on for Bunyodkor