# 2017 Tajik League

The 2017 Tajik League is the 26th season of Tajik League, the Tajikistan Football Federation's top division of association football. FC Istiklol are the defending champions, having won the previous season.

## Teams

On 8 February 2017, the Tajikistan Football Federation announced that the season would involve eight teams, with Khayr Vahdat, Parvoz and Ravshan dropping out of the league, and Panjshir gaining promotion.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Barkchi | Hisor | Central Republican Stadium | 24,000 |
| CSKA Pomir Dushanbe | Dushanbe | CSKA Stadium | 7,000 |
| Istiklol | Dushanbe | Central Republican Stadium | 24,000 |
| Hosilot Farkhor | Farkhor | Central Stadium | 12,000 |
| Khujand | Khujand | 20-Letie Nezavisimosti Stadium | 20,000 |
| Panjshir | Balkh | Panjshir Uktam Mamatova | 8,500 |
| Regar-TadAZ | Tursunzoda | Stadium Metallurg 1st District | 20,000 |
| Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | Qurghonteppa | Tsentralnyi Stadium | 10,000 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Istiklol | Nikola Lazarević | End of Contract | 31 December 2016 | Pre-Season | Mukhsin Mukhamadiev | 1 January 2017 |
| Khujand | Numonjon Yusupov | | | Pre-Season | Rustam Khodzhaev | 3 February 2017 |
| Barkchi | Vitaliy Levchenko | Resigned | 3 June 2017 | 7th | Mubin Ergashev | 9 June 2017 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Istiklol (C) | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 14 | +50 | 55 | 2018 AFC Cup |
| 2 | Khujand | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 37 | 2018 AFC Cup |
| 3 | CSKA Pamir Dushanbe | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 34 | |
| 4 | Regar-TadAZ | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 24 | |
| 5 | Barki Tajik | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 24 | |
| 6 | Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 22 | |
| 7 | Panjshir | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 19 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 8 | Khosilot Farkhor (R) | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 55 | −38 | 15 | Relegation to Tajik First Division |

### Results 1–14

| Home \ Away | BTD | CPD | IST | KHO | KJD | PAN | RZD | VAK |
| Barki Tajik | | 0–0 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| CSKA Pamir | 1–0 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Istiklol | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 8–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Khosilot Farkhor | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Khujand | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 7–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Panjshir | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 0–5 | | 1–0 | 6–2 |
| Regar-TadAZ | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |

### Results 15–21

| Home \ Away | BTD | CPD | IST | KHO | KJD | PAN | RZD | VAK |
| Barki Tajik | | | 0–2 | 5–1 | | 3–3 | | |
| CSKA Pamir | 1–0 | | | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | |
| Istiklol | | 2–0 | | | 5–4 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Khosilot Farkhor | | 0–4 | 1–3 | | 0–4 | | | 0–2 |
| Khujand | 2–0 | | | | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Panjshir | | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | | | | |
| Regar-TadAZ | 1–0 | | | 3–0 | | 6–0 | | 0–2 |
| Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | 0–1 | 1–1 | | | | 2–1 | | |

### Relegation play-offs
## Season statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Hussein Umarov for Panjshir against Regar-TadAZ (5 March 2017)

### Top scorers

    As of match played 27 November 2017
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dilshod Vasiev | Istiklol | 16 |
| 2 | Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | Istiklol | 15 |
| 3 | Dilshod Bozorov | Khujand | 9 |
| 3 | Davrondzhon Tuhtasunov | Khujand | 9 |
| 5 | Manouchehr Ahmadov | Khujand | 8 |
| 5 | Komron Tursunov | Regar-TadAZ | 8 |
| 7 | Farkhod Tokhirov | Khujand | 7 |
| 7 | Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev | Istiklol | 7 |
| 9 | Dmitry Barkov | Istiklol | 5 |
| 9 | Abdukhalil Boron | Panjshir/CSKA Pamir Dushanbe | 5 |
| 9 | Sheriddin Boboev | Barki Tajik | 5 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | Istiklol | Barki Tajik | 6-0 | 8 March 2017 |
| Manuchekhr Dzhalilov$^4$ | Istiklol | Khosilot Farkhor | 8-2 | 11 April 2017 |
| Jomron Tursunov$^4$ | Regar-TadAZ | Panjshir | 6-0 | 23 September 2017 |