Uzbekistani Football Clubs - FC Bunyodkor (Paperback)

Chapters: Fc Bunyodkor. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 57. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: FC Bunyodkor (Uzbek: , Uzbek Cyrillic: Russian: ) is an Uzbek football club based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The club finished second in the 2007 Uzbek League season and made the semi-finals of the 2008 AFC Champions League. In 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. The relatively unknown club made international headlines when it claimed to be close to signing world-famous Internazionale striker Samuel Eto'o, although he did not 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. Bunyodkor, which means creator in Uzbek, 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 Uzbekistan 1-Division, the second level of Uzbek football. Kuruvchi gained promotion that year, its first, and under the management of Khikmat Ergashev, Kuruvchi won the second division 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, the 2007-2008 Season was Kuruvchi's debut in the Uzbek Oliy League. Never before had a club moved with such alacrity from the lower reaches of Uzbek competition into the top league. On 14 July 2008, the club, then called Kuruvchi, announced through their official website that they had signed FC Barcelona star Samuel Eto'o on a six-month contract....More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=18714684