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{{Short description|National association football team}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox national football team
|  Name               = {{flagicon|TJK}} Tajikistan U23
|  Badge              =
|  Badge_size         = 88px
|  FIFA Trigramme     = TJK
|  Nickname           = The Crown <br>({{langx|fa|تاج}}, {{langx|tg|Тоҷ}})<br> The Persian Lion ({{langx|fa|شیر پارسی}}<br>,{{langx|tg|шери порси}})
|  Association        = [[Tajikistan Football Federation]]
|  Confederation      = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] ([[Asia]])
|  Coach              = Khodadad Azizi
|  Captain            = [[Karomatullo Saidov]]
|  Most caps          = 
|  Top scorer         = 
|  Home Stadium       = 
|  Regional name      = [[AFC U-23 Asian Cup]]
|  Regional cup apps  = 2
|  Regional cup first = [[2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup|2022]]
|  Regional cup best  = Group stage ([[2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup|2022]], [[2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup|2024]])
|  2ndRegional name      = [[Asian Games]]
|  2ndRegional cup apps  = 2
|  2ndRegional cup first = [[Football at the 2006 Asian Games|2006]]
|  2ndRegional cup best  = Round of 16 ([[Football at the 2014 Asian Games|2014]])
|  FIFA Rank          = 
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The '''Tajikistan national U-23 football team''' represents [[Tajikistan]] in international U-23 [[football (soccer)|football]] competitions. It is controlled by the [[Tajikistan Football Federation]] and is a member of the [[Asian Football Confederation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=МАЪЛУМОТИ УМУМӢ|trans-title=General Information|url=https://fft.tj/tj/malumoti-umum/|publisher=Tajikistan Football Federation|access-date=12 September 2023|language=Tajik}}</ref>

==Competition history==
===Asian Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|[[Football at the Asian Games|Asian Games record]]
|-
!Host / Year
!Result
!Position
!{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Abbr|W|Won}}
!{{Abbr|T|Tied}}
!{{Abbr|L|Lost}}
!{{Abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Abbr|GA|Goals against}}
|-
|[[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|1951]] – [[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|1998]]
|colspan=8|''See [[Tajikistan national football team]]''
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Football at the 2002 Asian Games|Busan 2002]]||colspan=8|''Suspended by [[FIFA]]''
|-
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Football at the 2006 Asian Games|Doha 2006]]||Group stage||25th||3||1||2||0||7||3
|-
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Football at the 2010 Asian Games|Guangzhou 2010]]||colspan=8|''Did not participate''
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Football at the 2014 Asian Games|Incheon 2014]]||Round of 16||13th||4||2||0||2||5||6
|-
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Football at the 2018 Asian Games|Jakarta-Palembang 2018]]||colspan=8 rowspan=2|''Did not participate''
|-
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Football at the 2022 Asian Games|Hangzhou 2022]]
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Football at the 2026 Asian Games|Aichi-Nagoya 2026]]||colspan=8 rowspan=3|''To be determined''
|-
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Football at the 2030 Asian Games|Doha 2030]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Football at the 2034 Asian Games|Riyadh 2034]]
|-
!'''Total'''||Round of 16||2/9||7||3||2||2||12||9
|}

===AFC U-23 Asian Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|[[AFC U-23 Asian Cup|Asian Cup record]]
|-
! style="width:100px;"|Year
! style="width:100px;"|Result
! style="width:60px;"|Position
! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}}
! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|GF|Goals for}}
! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|GA|Goals against}}
|-
|[[2013 AFC U-22 Championship|2013]] – [[2020 AFC U-23 Championship|2020]]||colspan="8"|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup|2022]]||Group stage||16th||3||0||0||3||0||10
|-
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup|2024]]||Group stage||11th||3||1||0||2||5||8
|-
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup|2026]]||colspan="8"|''To be determined''
|-
!'''Total'''||'''Group stage'''||'''2/7'''||'''6'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''5'''||'''5'''||'''18'''
|}

==Recent fixtures==

===2024===
{{football box collapsible
| format     = 1
| date       = 16 April 2024
| time       = 21:00
| round      = [[2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup#Group C|2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS]]
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|23|KSA}}
| score      = 4–2
| team2      = {{fbu|23|TJK}}
| goals1     = 
*[[Rayane Hamidou|Hamidou]] {{goal|17}}
*[[Haitham Asiri|Asiri]] {{goal|45+8}}
*[[Ayman Yahya|Yahya]] {{goal|55||61}}
| goals2 = 
*[[Ruslan Khailoev|Khailoev]] {{goal|23}}
*[[Rustam Soirov|Soirov]] {{goal|64}}
| stadium    = [[Khalifa International Stadium]]
| location   = [[Al Rayyan]], Qatar
| attendance = 534
| referee    = [[Ko Hyung-jin]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
| report     = https://www.the-afc.com/en/matches/afc-u23-asian-cup/2024/2414104
| result     = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|format      = 1
|round       = [[2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup]]
|date        = 19 April 2024
|time        = 21:00
|team1       = {{fbu-rt|23|TJK}}
|score       = 2–4
|report     = https://www.the-afc.com/en/matches/afc-u23-asian-cup/2024/2414105
|team2       = {{fbu|23|IRQ}}
|goals1     = 
*[[Rustam Soirov|Soirov]] {{goal|45+9|pen.}}
*[[Mekhron Madaminov|Madaminov]] {{goal|90+5}}
|goals2     = 
*[[Muntadher Mohammed|Mohammed]] {{goal|14}}
*[[Ali Jasim|Jasim]] {{goal|22|pen.}}
*[[Hassan Khalid|Khalid]] {{goal|56}}
*[[Karrar Saad|Saad]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium     = [[Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium]]
|location    = [[Al Wakrah]], [[Qatar]]
|attendance = 4,273
|referee    = [[Shaun Evans (referee)|Shaun Evans]] ([[Football Australia|Australia]])
|result      = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
| format     = 1
| round      = [[2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup|2024 AFC U-23 AC GS]]
| date       = {{Start date|2024|4|22|df=y}}
| time       = {{UTZ|18:30|3}}
| team1      = {{fbu-rt|23|THA}}
| score      =  0–1
| report     = https://www.the-afc.com/en/matches/afc-u23-asian-cup/2024/2414107
| team2      = {{fbu|23|TJK}}
|goals1      =
|goals2      =
*[[Manuchekhr Safarov| Safarov]] {{goal|90+1}}
| stadium    = [[Al Janoub Stadium]]
| location   = [[Al Wakrah]], [[Qatar]]
|attendance = 1,498
| referee    = Yahya Al-Mulla ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
| result     =  W
}}

==Coaching staff==
{{updated|1 July 2021}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Position
!Name
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Head coach
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IRN}} Khodadad Azizi
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Assistant coach
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IRN}} Ali Hanteh
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Goalkeeper coach
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|IRN}} Mehdi Vaezi
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Physiotherapists
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|TJK}} Saidjon Ergashev<br>{{flagicon|TJK}} Davron Juraev<ref name="fft.tj"/>
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Team Doctor
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|TJK}} Dr. Farrukh Avezov<ref name="fft.tj"/>
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Match analyst
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|TJK}} Alifbek Beromov<ref name="fft.tj"/>
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Technical director
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|TJK}} Salokhidin Gafurov<ref name="fft.tj"/>
|-
|}

==Current squad==
The following players were called up for the [[2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |title=ОЛИМПИЙСКАЯ СБОРНАЯ ТАДЖИКИСТАНА (U-23) ПРИБЫЛА НА ТРЕНИРОВОЧНЫЙ СБОР В ДОХУ|url=https://fft.tj/olimpijskaya-sbornaya-tadzhikistana-u-23-pribyla-na-trenirovochnyj-sbor-v-dohu/|publisher=Tajikistan Football Federation |date=3 April 2024|language=ru}}</ref>

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{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Mukhriddin Khasanov]]|age={{birth date and age|2002|9|23|df=y}}|club=[[FC Istiklol|Istiklol]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Safarmad Gafforov]]|age={{birth date and age|2004|4|14|df=y}}|club=[[FC Khatlon|Khatlon]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Mukhammadrabi Rakhmatulloev]]|age=|club=[[Ravshan Kulob|Ravshan]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Manuchekhr Safarov]]|age={{birth date and age|2001|5|31|df=y}}|club=[[FC Neftchi Fergana|Neftchi Fergana]]|clubnat=UZB}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Jonibek Sharipov]]|age={{birth date and age|2002|1|15|df=y}}|club=[[CSKA Pamir Dushanbe|CSKA Pamir]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Sodikjon Kurbonov]]|age={{birth date and age|2003|1|19|df=y}}|club=[[FC Istiklol|Istiklol]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Khaydar Sattorov]]|age={{birth date and age|2003|2|18|df=y}}|club=[[FC Khatlon|Khatlon]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Bekmurod Khaytov]]|age={{birth date and age|2003|12|21|df=y}}|club=[[FC Khatlon|Khatlon]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Mekhrubon Karimov]]|age={{birth date and age|2004|1|9|df=y}}|club=[[FC Samgurali Tsqaltubo|Samgurali Tsqaltubo]]|clubnat=GEO}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Rakhmatsho Rakhmatzoda]]|age={{birth date and age|2004|4|6|df=y}}|club=[[Ravshan Kulob|Ravshan]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Fakhriddin Akhtamov]]|age={{birth date and age|2004|11|26|df=y}}|club=[[FK Khujand|Khujand]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Tokhirdzhon Tagoyzoda]]|age={{birth date and age|2001|10|9|df=y}}|club=[[Khosilot Farkhor|Khosilot]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Shukhrat Elmurodov]]|age={{birth date and age|2002|1|31|df=y}}|club=[[Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda|Regar-TadAZ]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Alisher Shukurov]]|age={{birth date and age|2002|3|30|df=y}}|club=[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]|clubnat=GEO}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Shokhrukh Sangov]]|age={{birth date and age|2002|10|31|df=y}}|club=[[Khosilot Farkhor|Khosilot]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Amadoni Kamolov]]|age={{birth date and age|2003|1|16|df=y}}|club=[[FC Istiklol|Istiklol]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Azizbek Khaitov]]|age={{birth date and age|2003|4|6|df=y}}|club=[[Ravshan Kulob|Ravshan]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Ruslan Khayloev]]|age={{Birth date and age|2003|10|29|df=y}}|club=[[FC Tyumen|Tyumen]]|clubnat=RUS}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Faridun Davlatov]]|age={{birth date and age|2004|2|12|df=y}}|club=[[Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda|Regar-TadAZ]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Jomi Nazarov]]|age=|club=[[CP Sarrià]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Shahrom Samiev]]|age={{birth date and age|2001|2|8|df=y}}|club=[[FK Andijon|Andijon]]|clubnat=UZB}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Mekhron Madaminov]]|age={{birth date and age|2002|5|1|df=y}}|club=[[FC Istiklol|Istiklol]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Rustam Soirov]]|age={{birth date and age|2002|9|12|df=y}}|club=[[FC Istiklol|Istiklol]]|clubnat=TJK}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Daler Sharipov (footballer)|Daler Sharipov]]|age={{birth date and age|2004|2|13|df=y}}|club=[[PFK Metallurg Bekabad|Metallurg]]|clubnat=UZB}}
{{nat fs end}}

==References==
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{{National sports teams of Tajikistan}}
{{International Football}}
{{AFC under-23 teams}}

[[Category:Asian national under-23 association football teams]]
[[Category:Tajikistan national football team|under-23]]


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