The Nasaf Courier
Market9 Nov 2026
Samandar Muratboyev has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nasaf they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad9 Nov 2026
G'olib G'aybullayev in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nasaf this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market9 Nov 2026
Nasaf promote Eldor Masharipov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eldor Masharipov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Nasaf
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Adenis Shala was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A quiet fortnight at Nasaf
With 4 players away on international duty the sessions are small and the manager can actually hear himself. It is the one break in the season, and it never quite feels like one.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Sherzod G'ulomjonov gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Sherzod G'ulomjonov is on it.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Oybek Rustamov knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Nasaf, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market9 Nov 2026
Bobur Abdiholiqov linked with a move away
The name of Bobur Abdiholiqov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nasaf say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad9 Nov 2026
International call for Bobur Abdiholiqov
Bobur Abdiholiqov joins up with his country. Nasaf lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
In brief
- The dugout Shahzodbek G'ofurbekov has been promised minutes
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Sharof Muhiddinov