The Nasaf Courier
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Bahodir Halilov at 19 — 7.83
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Bahodir Halilov did not need any: 7.83, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Bobur Abdiholiqov signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bobur Abdiholiqov commits to Nasaf for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Nasaf
G'olib G'aybullayev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ivan Zenkov
Nasaf asked and Dinamo Brest said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Home is on Stefan Čolović's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Nasaf are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Nasaf training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Umarbek Eshmurodov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Nasaf supporters have found a favourite in Bahodir Halilov
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Bahodir Halilov 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Nasaf find a way past Obod
Obod made Nasaf work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Kingsley Sokari was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.04. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Nasaf and Abduvohid Ne'matov
- Market 49 months and counting on Bobur Abdiholiqov
- The dugout A satisfied Aziz Tukhtasinov