The Nasaf Courier
Squad31 Aug 2026
Behruz Haydarov damages knee ligaments — 14 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 14 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Too dear: Nasaf walk away from Sherzod G'ulomjonov
$27.0K was the most the club would pay and Navbahor were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Market31 Aug 2026
Eyes on Bahodir Halilov again
The phone has started ringing about Bahodir Halilov again, and this time the name on the line is Astana. Nasaf are listening politely and promising nothing.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Oybek Rustamov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Oybek Rustamov, and the manager let it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody on the pitch touched Stefan Čolović
7.81, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Nasaf had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Match29 Aug 2026
Stefan Čolović rescues a point for Nasaf
It needed Stefan Čolović to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Pakhtakor, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Nasaf
Miloš Savić 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 dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Akmal Suyunov was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Nasaf dressing room was either.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Player of the week: Bobur Abdiholiqov
Somebody watched every match in the division at the weekend and decided he was the best thing in any of them. A small honour, and most careers end without one.
In brief
- The dugout Akromjon Komilov dropped after a run of poor form
- The dugout Akromjon Komilov gets picked when it counts
- Market The Bobur Abdiholiqov question follows Nasaf around