Vysshaya Liga is a men’s football league competition in Tajikistan, with recorded coverage from 2011 through 2025. Use this page to follow live scores, upcoming fixtures, completed results, league standings, and player and team statistics across the available competition data. Season-by-season coverage helps visitors review matches and compare performance over time across the recorded seasons.
Live now, Vysshaya Liga
Upcoming matches, Vysshaya Liga
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- Regular Season - 21
Ravshan
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- Regular Season - 21
Eskhata
Parvoz
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- Regular Season - 21
CSKA Pomir
Istiqlol
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- Regular Season - 21
Istaravshan
Regar-TadAZ
Regular Season - 22
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- Regular Season - 22
Istiqlol
Istaravshan
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- Regular Season - 22
Khosilot Farkhor
Eskhata
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- Regular Season - 22
Khujand
Barki Tajik
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- Regular Season - 22
Parvoz
CSKA Pomir
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- Regular Season - 22
Ravshan
Khatlon
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- Regular Season - 22
Regar-TadAZ
Latest played matches, Vysshaya Liga
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Vysshaya Liga Standings
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
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Regar-TadAZ | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 41 | DWWDL |
| 2 |
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Istiqlol | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 38 | DLWWW |
| 3 |
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Khosilot Farkhor | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 36 | DLDWL |
| 4 |
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Ravshan | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 29 | WWDWL |
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CSKA Pomir | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 28 | DWLWD |
| 6 |
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Khujand | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 27 | LWWDW |
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Barki Tajik | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 26 | DDLWW |
| 8 |
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Khatlon | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 26 | WWLDD |
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Eskhata | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 34 | -10 | 21 | DDWLD |
| 10 |
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Parvoz | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 36 | -20 | 16 | DLLLW |
| 11 | Sardor Tursunzoda | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 32 | -6 | 15 | WDLDD | |
| 12 |
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Istaravshan | 20 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 39 | -24 | 6 | LLLLL |
Vysshaya Liga Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Vysshaya Liga teams participation since 2011
History
| Team | Nb participations |
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| Istiqlol | 15 |
| Khujand | 15 |
| CSKA Pomir | 15 |
| Khatlon | 15 |
| Regar-TadAZ | 14 |
| Ravshan | 11 |
| Istaravshan | 10 |
| Barki Tajik | 10 |
| Khosilot Farkhor | 6 |
| Kuktosh | 6 |
| Panjsher | 6 |
| Parvoz | 6 |
| Xayr | 6 |
| Eskhata | 5 |
| Fayzkand | 4 |
| Dushanbe-83 | 2 |
| Guardia Dushanbe | 2 |
| Lokomotive Pamir | 1 |
| Zarafshon Panjakent | 1 |
| Shodmon Gissar | 1 |
| Ravshan Zafarobod | 1 |
| FK Hulbuk | 1 |
Vysshaya Liga top scorer teams
Vysshaya Liga About
Vysshaya Liga is Tajikistan’s top-tier men’s professional football league, also known as the Tajikistan Vysshaya Liga, Ligai Olii Tojikiston or Tajikistan Higher League. It determines the national champion and occupies the highest position in the country’s football pyramid, providing Tajik clubs with a route towards Asian club competition.
Identity and history
Established in 1992 after Tajikistan’s independence, the league became the central domestic competition for the country’s leading clubs. Its role extends beyond awarding the national title: the competition provides a professional environment for domestic players, supports the development of clubs and connects Tajik football with the wider Asian game through the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) framework.
The competition is a men’s league and is generally played by clubs representing cities and regions across Tajikistan. Xtra-Stats records seasons from 2011 through 2025, covering 15 editions in total. The supplied competition record also identifies 5 April 2020 as a first-event date. These records provide statistical coverage of the league across the modern period, while its historical foundation reaches back to 1992.
Governance and access
The league is organized within the structure of the Tajikistan Football League Organization and overseen by the Tajikistan Football Federation (TFF). The federation establishes the competition regulations and licensing framework, while clubs must satisfy the relevant sporting, financial, infrastructure and youth-development conditions to participate.
Entry is primarily determined by sporting merit. Clubs can reach the top division through promotion from the Tajikistan First League, but finishing in a promotion place does not by itself guarantee admission. A promoted club must also meet the applicable licensing requirements. This system is intended to ensure that participants have the facilities, financial stability and organizational standards needed for professional competition.
Squad regulations may also include limits on registered foreign players. The supplied regulations indicate that clubs have typically been permitted to register up to seven foreign players, with recent rules allowing all seven to be used on the pitch at the same time. Such provisions are designed to balance the recruitment of overseas talent with opportunities for Tajik players.
Competition format
The league’s structure has changed between seasons, but its traditional foundation is a round-robin championship. In the regular phase, clubs play one another home and away; historical editions have commonly involved between 10 and 12 teams. The schedule is drawn by the TFF before the season begins, with fixtures arranged around the competition’s spring-to-autumn calendar.
Some editions have used a hybrid multi-stage format. After the regular season, the table can be divided into a Championship group and a Relegation group. Teams then play further round-robin matches within their respective sections, with points from the first phase carried forward. The upper group decides the title and final positions, while the lower group determines which clubs remain in the division. Because the format has evolved, the precise number of teams, matches and stages should be assessed by season rather than assumed to be identical every year.
Points and ranking rules
Standard league scoring applies: a win earns three points, a draw one point and a defeat no points. League fixtures can finish level, unlike knockout matches or certain relegation play-offs, where extra time and a penalty shootout may be used if required.
When clubs finish level on points, the supplied hierarchy gives priority to results between the tied teams. The order is head-to-head points, head-to-head goal difference, head-to-head away goals scored and then overall goal difference. This means that a club’s position may depend first on its direct meetings with the other sides involved in the tie rather than on its full-season goal difference alone.
Calendar and sporting stakes
Vysshaya Liga normally follows a spring-to-autumn schedule, commonly beginning in March or April and concluding in October or November. This calendar reflects the regional climate and avoids the harshest winter conditions. The timing also allows the league to progress from its opening round-robin phase into any decisive later-stage groups during the latter part of the year.
The champion wins Tajikistan’s national title and gains a place in the Tajik Supercup. The league also provides the country’s principal route into AFC club competition: the champion is associated with qualification for the AFC Champions League Two, the competition formerly known as the AFC Cup, subject to the applicable continental access and licensing framework.
At the other end of the table, the bottom-placed club is directly relegated to the Tajikistan First League. The second-bottom side often enters a relegation play-off against a First League contender, creating an additional route for survival and promotion. Together, the title race, continental pathway and relegation contest give the league significance throughout the table rather than only at the top.