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AFC Challenge Cup 2012:Tajikistan

 Tajikistan

GROUP : B ( India, Philippines and DPR Korea)

ADMINISTRATIVE BODY: Tajikistan National Football Federation

FIFA RANKING: 140

NICKNAME: The Persian Lions, The Crown

Last Match Played: vs DPR Korea (February 29, 2012)





From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Tajikistan national football team represents Tajikistan in association football and is controlled by the Tajikistan National Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tajikistan. Tajikistan's home ground is Pamir Stadium in Dushanbe.
History

After the split of Soviet Union, they played their first match against Uzbekistan on June 17, 1992. It was not until 1994 that the Tajikistan National Football Federation was admitted to FIFA.

Tajikistan played its first official game on April 11, 1994 in Tashkent as part of a regional tournament. They lost that game against Kazakhstan 0:1. The first official competition the team entered was the Asian Nations Cup 1996 when it was seeded in the three-team Group 8 with Uzbekistan and Bahrain. Bahrain later withdrew leaving Tajikistan to play-off against their Middle Asian neighbors. Tajikistan won the first game 4:0, but were beaten in the away game 0:5 after extra time. They did not enter the World Cup qualifying competition until the France 1998 edition, recording four victories in their preliminary group stage including a 5–0 triumph over Turkmenistan, and losing only to China, which placed them second behind their eastern neighbors but out of the competition.

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