FC Shurtan Guzar

FK Sho'rtan G'uzor
Full name	FK Sho'rtan G'uzor
Founded	1994; 30 years ago
Ground	G'uzor Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Ilkhom Norchayev
Head coach	Ikhtiyor Karimov
League	Uzbekistan Pro League
2021	7th
Home colours	Away colours

FC Shurtan Guzar (Uzbek: Sho'rtan G'uzor professional futbol klubi or Шўртан Ғузор футбол клуби) is an Uzbek football club based in G‘uzor, Uzbekistan.

History

During its first years, the club played in the lower divisions of Uzbekistan. In 2006 FC Shurtan made its debut in the Uzbek League. The 2010 season was the club's most successful season when they finished 4th in the league and were runners-up in the Uzbek Cup. In the quarter-final of the Uzbek Cup, they beat Pakhtakor on aggregate and Lokomotiv Tashkent in the semi-final. Shurtan lost in the final, played in Tashkent, to Bunyodkor. The final score was 0–1.

In 2011 Shurtan made its international debut, playing in the AFC Cup. The club managed 2nd place in the group stage, but lost in their one legged round of 16 match against Al Wehdat. The final score being 1–2.^[1]

On 22 November 2011 Shurtan management appointed Igor Kriushenko as new head coach, he replaced Tachmurad Agamuradov.^[2] Kriushenko was fired on 5 July 2012 and was replaced by Edgar Gess who worked as head coach until May 15, 2013. Gess was also fired after poor results in League matches. Shurtan changed head coaches twice in 2013. The club were ranked 14th in the League and were relegated to the First League. After one year, in 2014, the club won the First League and were promoted back to the top division.

League history

Year	Div.	Pos.	Cup	Top scorer (League)
1996	1st	20	FR
1997		14	FR	Shavkat Ismailov – 29
1998		9	R32
1999		10
2000		14	R32
2001		6	PR
2002		13	R32
2003		7	PR
2004		1	PR	Ravshan Durmonov – 27
2005	UzL	13	R16	Igor Taran – 9
2006	UzL	12	1/4	Igor Taran – 13

Year	Div.	Pos.	Cup	Top scorer (League)
2007	UzL	13	1/4
2008		12	1/4	Artur Gevorkyan – 6
2009		8	1/4
2010		4	Finalist
2011		7	1/2	Igor Taran – 10
2012		5	R16	Igor Taran – 14
2013		14	R16	Pavel Solomin – 7
2014	1st	1	R32	Viktor Klishin – 40
2015	UzL	11th	R16	Igor Taran – 11
2016		9th	R32	Zafar Polvonov – 12
2017		14th	R16

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Ikhtiyor Karimov
Assistant coach	Jamshid Umarov
Assistant coach	Botir Rasulov
Goalkeeping coach	Erkin Mirzaev

Managerial history

Period	Manager
2005	Sergei Dotsenko
2008	Bakhrom Khakimov
July 1, 2008 – Dec 30, 2008	Viktor Pasulko
2009	Usmon Toshev
2009–2011	Edgar Gess
2011	Tachmurad Agamuradov
Nov 24, 2011 – July 5, 2012	Igor Kriushenko
July 5, 2012 – May 15, 2013	Edgar Gess
May 15, 2013 – October 18, 2013	Zoir Turakulov
October 18, 2013 – January 6, 2014	Erkin Mirzayev
January 6, 2014– January 5, 2016	Mukhtor Kurbonov
January 5, 2016–	Ikhtiyor Karimov