The Shortan Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Mirkomil Abdurazzoqov 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 Shortan can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sahob Rashidov is a medical away from Shortan
The deal with Sogdiana is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Match8 Aug 2026
Shortan come up short against Nasaf
Nasaf left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ulugbek Ismailov joins the Shortan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ulugbek Ismailov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Doniyor Nematov joins the Shortan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Doniyor Nematov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Sardor Ahmedov joins the Shortan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sardor Ahmedov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Shortan
Abbos Ergashboyev and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Rustam Tukhtasinov faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Rustam Tukhtasinov after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Shortan try to borrow Shoxmalik Komilov
Navbahor have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Player ratings Abbos Ergashboyev was unplayable
- The dugout The form table has caught Diyorbek Haliyev
- Looking ahead A reunion for Shohruh Eshbo'tayev