Uzbekistan PFL 03/17 13:45 3 [14] Bunyodkor Tashkent v Navbahor Namangan [6] D 2-2
Uzbekistan PFL 03/10 10:00 2 [9] Andijon FK v Bunyodkor Tashkent [11] L 5-1
Uzbekistan PFL 03/02 12:00 1 [3] Bunyodkor Tashkent v Qizilqum Zarafshon [3] L 1-3
Europe Friendlies 02/07 13:00 - Rotor Volgograd v FC Bunyodkor L 2-1
Europe Friendlies 02/06 14:00 - Arsenal Tula v FC Bunyodkor L 2-0
America Friendlies 01/25 14:00 - FC Bunyodkor v PFC Dobrudzha Dobrich W 1-0
Uzbekistan PFL 12/01 12:15 26 Pakhtakor Tashkent v FC Bunyodkor W 2-3
Uzbekistan PFL 11/23 11:00 25 [8] Bunyodkor Tashkent v Metalourg Bekabad [10] W 1-0
Uzbekistan PFL 11/11 12:00 24 Navbahor Namangan v FC Bunyodkor L 3-0
Uzbekistan PFL 11/02 13:15 24 Navbahor Namangan v FC Bunyodkor - Postponed
Uzbekistan PFL 10/28 13:15 23 [8] Bunyodkor Tashkent v Neftchi Fargona [4] W 2-1
Uzbekistan PFL 10/21 11:00 22 [11] FK Olympic Tashkent v Bunyodkor Tashkent [8] D 1-1
Uzbekistan PFL 10/06 13:30 21 [8] Bunyodkor Tashkent v Qizilqum Zarafshon [12] D 2-2
Uzbekistan PFL 09/29 14:00 20 [8] Bunyodkor Tashkent v Termez Surkhon [7] L 0-1
Uzbekistan PFL 09/24 13:00 19 [4] Nasaf Qarshi v Bunyodkor Tashkent [8] W 0-1
Uzbekistan PFL 08/27 13:00 18 [8] Bunyodkor Tashkent v FK Buxoro [13] L 1-2
Uzbekistan PFL 08/20 14:00 17 [12] FK Turan v Bunyodkor Tashkent [8] W 1-2
Uzbekistan Cup 08/16 14:00 - Bunyodkor Tashkent v Termez Surkhon L 2-3
Uzbekistan PFL 08/12 15:00 16 [9] Bunyodkor Tashkent v Andijon FK [7] W 2-1
Uzbekistan PFL 08/06 15:00 15 [9] Bunyodkor Tashkent v AGMK [5] D 1-1
Uzbekistan PFL 07/30 15:00 14 [8] Bunyodkor Tashkent v Sogdiana Jizzakh [10] L 0-2
Uzbekistan PFL 06/30 15:00 8 [12] Qizilqum Zarafshon v Bunyodkor Tashkent [8] L 2-0
Uzbekistan PFL 06/25 15:00 13 [8] Bunyodkor Tashkent v Pakhtakor Tashkent [3] L 1-2
Uzbekistan PFL 05/27 15:00 12 [12] Metalourg Bekabad v Bunyodkor Tashkent [6] D 1-1
Uzbekistan PFL 05/22 14:30 11 [6] Bunyodkor Tashkent v Navbahor Namangan [3] L 1-5
Uzbekistan PFL 05/15 14:00 10 [3] Neftchi Fargona v Bunyodkor Tashkent [5] L 1-0
Uzbekistan Cup 05/10 14:00 - Bunyodkor Tashkent v Metalourg Bekabad W 1-0
Uzbekistan PFL 05/06 13:30 9 [4] Bunyodkor Tashkent v FK Olympic Tashkent [8] D 1-1
Uzbekistan PFL 05/01 14:00 8 Qizilqum Zarafshon v FC Bunyodkor - Postponed
Uzbekistan PFL 04/21 12:00 7 [8] Termez Surkhon v Bunyodkor Tashkent [2] L 1-0

Wikipedia - FC Bunyodkor

Football Club Bunyodkor (Uzbek: Bunyodkor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Tashkent that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League.

Bunyodkor, a relatively unknown club at the time, made international headlines when it claimed to be close to signing world-famous Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o, although he did not eventually sign with them. On 25 August 2008, AEK Athens Brazilian superstar Rivaldo announced to the Greek press that he was joining Bunyodkor on a reported $14 million two-year contract.

The club finished second in the 2007 Uzbek League season and made the semi-finals of the 2008 AFC Champions League. In the beginning of August 2008, the club changed its name to Bunyodkor from PFC Kuruvchi to reflect the club's success on the pitch and its increasing professionalism off the pitch.

Bunyodkor competed in the AFC Champions League for 10 consecutive tournaments from 2008 to 2017. Only Pakhtakor has participated in more tournaments from the Uzbekistan Super League.

History

The club's old logo as Kuruvchi
The club's logo in 2008–2013

Bunyodkor, which means "creator" in Uzbek (and originally from the Persian بنیادکار| bonyad-Kar), was created on 6 July 2005, with the name Neftgazmontaj-Quruvchi, which was typically abbreviated "Kuruvchi" (the Uzbek word for "builder"). In 2005, the club played initially in the championship of Tashkent region and played its way into the playoff for promotion into the First League, the second level of Uzbek football. Kuruvchi gained promotion that year, its first, and under the management of Khikmat Irgashev, Kuruvchi won the First League in its first attempt, winning 27 of 38 matches with 5 draws and 6 defeats.

With its victory in the second level of Uzbek football in 2006, the 2007 season was Kuruvchi's debut in the Uzbek League. Never before had a club moved with such alacrity from the lower reaches of Uzbek competition into the top league. In club's first season Bunyodkor finished runner-up after Pakhtakor Tashkent.

In December 2007 Mirjalol Kasymov was appointed as head coach of Bunyodkor, replacing Hikmat Irgashev.

2008 was debut year of Bunyodkor in AFC Champions League where they qualified to the semi-final of tournament. In semi-final they were beaten over two legs by Adelaide United 3–1 on aggregate.

Famous signings

The ticket for Uzbek league match on 18 October 2008 against Olmaliq FK

On 14 July 2008, the club, then called Kuruvchi, announced through their official website that they had signed Barcelona star Samuel Eto'o on a six-month contract. The story was confirmed by Bakhtiyor Babaev, the club's sporting director, stating that it was a performance-related contract. He also went on to say that the Cameroonian football star would sign on 17 July, and that the transfer had taken place due to the good relationship enjoyed between both clubs' presidents. Despite this, Barcelona official spokesperson denied any knowledge of the transfer, stating "I don't think it's very likely".

On 16 July 2008, the Uzbek radio Maxima reported that Davut Kivrak and Barcelona managers are expected to arrive in Tashkent to hold talks with the Uzbek Football Federation and to promote youth football (Barcelona and Bunyodkor have a yearly renewable deal to help in youth football). The following day, Eto'o confirmed that he was thinking of joining Kuruvchi – the team stated that they would have confirmation on whether Eto'o would join the team on 23 July 2008.

Shortly thereafter, Bunyodkor and Barcelona managements announced that the two clubs had reached an agreement to play a friendly in Tashkent and the Uzbek side will be able to train at Camp Nou.

As of 31 July 2008, Eto'o's status had become no clearer, as Bunyodkor was still in the running to obtain the services of the Cameroonian international, but he was also being sought by Milanese powerhouses A.C. Milan and Internazionale.

Just a couple of days after Eto'o's visit to Tashkent, two other players from Barcelona visited the team – Andrés Iniesta and Carles Puyol, as well as Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fàbregas.

Although unsuccessful in obtaining Eto'o's services by September 2008, Bunyodkor brought two famous Brazilians to Tashkent: Rivaldo as a midfielder and Zico as manager. Rivaldo signed a contract that he termed "very good for the end of my career" to play for Bunyodkor. Three weeks later, his countryman Zico signed on to manage the club on a one-year deal. Mirjalol Qosimov became adviser-coach to Brazilian Zico. On 17 November 2008 Rivaldo extended his contract with club until December 2011.

Zico left Bunyodkor in January 2009 after he was signed by PFC CSKA Moscow as head coach. On 8 June 2009 Luiz Felipe Scolari was announced as Bunyodkor's new head coach. In 2010 AFC Champions League, Bunyodkor failed to reach the quarter-final after losing on 12 May 2010 in Round of 16 to Al-Hilal FC 3–0. Scolari resigned from his post on 28 May 2010 and Mirjalol Qosimov was named as his successor. Qosimov became head coach of Bunyodkor again. Also Rivaldo unexpectedly terminated his multi-million contract and was released from the club on 12 August 2010.

2011–present

Rivaldo, played for Bunyodkor in 2008-2010

On 26 February 2011 Bunyodkor unveiled 11 new players for the 2011 season.

In the 2012 season, Bunyodkor was unable to defend its league title, despite winning its third Uzbek Cup; the club finished runner-up to Pakhtakor in the league. In the 2012 AFC Champions League, the club repeated its 2008 achievements, reaching the semi-final of the tournament. In the semi-final, Bunyodkor lost to Ulsan Hyundai over two legs.

Bunyodkor made play-off of AFC Champions League for the 6th successive season in 2013, winning the group stage of tournament. The club renewed its own previous record and record of AFC Champions League history. On 7 March 2014 Bunyodkor won Lokomotiv Tashkent with 2:1 in Uzbekistan Super Cup match, match between League champion and Uzbek Cup winner. The Super Cup was held for the second time since 1999.

On 6 June 2014, Sergey Lushan succeeded Mirjalol Kasymov to become the manager of Bunyodkor after Kasymov resigned his post at club in April 2014. During his time as head coach in club Lushan brought many talents from Bunyodkor academy to main squad. 2014 season club finished only 4th after Nasaf Qarshi. In 2015 AFC Champions League group stage Bunyodkor failed to qualify to play-off for the first time. After match Neftchi Farg'ona- Bunyodkor on 20 September 2015 he resigned his post on 23 September.

On 5 May 2017, Sergey Lushan was sacked, with Mirjalol Qosimov being appointed as the club's new manager the same day.

On 12 January 2019, Vadim Abramov was appointed as manager of Bunyodkor.

FC Bunyodkor is a professional soccer team based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The team was founded in 2005 and has quickly become one of the most successful clubs in Uzbekistan. The team's name, Bunyodkor, means "creator" in Uzbek and reflects the club's ambition to create a successful soccer team that can compete at the highest level.

The team plays its home matches at the Bunyodkor Stadium, which has a capacity of 34,000 spectators. The stadium is known for its modern facilities and state-of-the-art technology, making it one of the best soccer stadiums in Central Asia.

FC Bunyodkor has won the Uzbekistan Super League six times, the Uzbekistan Cup four times, and the AFC Champions League once. The team has also produced several talented players who have gone on to play for the Uzbekistan national team.

The team's playing style is characterized by quick passing, technical ability, and a strong defense. The team's colors are blue and white, and the club's logo features a lion, which symbolizes strength and courage.

Overall, FC Bunyodkor is a highly respected soccer team in Uzbekistan and has established itself as a force to be reckoned with in the region.