Istiqlol Dushanbe

Early years (2007–2009)

Istiklol Dushanbe was established in November 2007, under the Presidency of Shohruh Saidov. In 2008, Istiklol competed in the Dushanbe Group of the Second Division under head coach Kanoat Latifov, winning all 30 league games with a +154 goal difference and winning promotion to the Tajik League. In 2009, in their debut in the Tajik League, led by new head coach Salohiddin Gafurov, the team finished fourth. The team had some experienced players and some young players mostly from Tajikistan national under-17 football team that won bronze in AFC U-17 Championship 2006 and reached round 16 at 2007 FIFA U-17 World Championship, winning two trophies – the traditional winter-spring tournament Rustam Doltabaev and the Tajik Cup. Dilshod Vasiev scored the club's first Tajik League goal in their 2–0 victory over Ravshan Kulob on 4 April 2009.

2010s

In 2010, under coach Alimzhon Rafikov the team won the Super Cup, the national cup and league. In the first Tajik Super Cup, defeating three-time national champion Vakhsh Qurghonteppa 2–0, following two goals from Dilshod Vasiev in extra time. In the final of the 2010 Tajik Cup, which traditionally takes place on 5 October – the birthday of the country's President Emomali Rahmon, Istiqlol with large score 5–0 defeated FK Khujand. Following victory in the 2010 Tajik League, FC Istiqlol qualified for the first time for both the CIS Cup and the 2011 AFC President's Cup. On 20 March 2012, Istiklol's…

Domestic

Tajik League Winners (14): 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Tajikistan Cup Winners (10): 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 Tajik Supercup Winners (13): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 2024, 2025 TFF Cup Winners (7): 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2025

Continental

AFC Challenge League Winners (1): 2012 AFC Champions League Two Runners-up (2): 2015, 2017

Individual

Tajikistan's Most Valuable Player of year 2010: Yusuf Rabiev Tajikistan Best defender award for year 2010: Eraj Rajabov Tajikistan's Coach of year 2010: Alimzhon Rafikov