Tajikistan national futsal team
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Nickname(s)The Persian Lions
(Persian: Шерҳои Порсӣ, Sherhoi Porsi, شیرهای پارسی)
(Persian: Шерҳои Порсӣ, Sherhoi Porsi, شیرهای پارسی)
AssociationTajikistan Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachPairav Vakhidov
| Nickname(s) | The Persian Lions (Persian: Шерҳои Порсӣ, Sherhoi Porsi, شیرهای پارسی) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Tajikistan Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Pairav Vakhidov | ||
| FIFA code | TJK | ||
| FIFA ranking | 47  1 (12 December 2025)[1] | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 34 (June 2024) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Tajikistan 3–10 Kazakhstan  (Tehran, Iran; 1 May 1996) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Tajikistan 22–1 Guam  (Macau, Macau; 29 October 2007) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Iran 19–2 Tajikistan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 23 May 2010) | |||
| FIFA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2024) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2024) | ||
| AFC Futsal Championship | |||
| Appearances | 11 (First in 2001) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2024) | ||
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2007) | ||
| Best result | Quarterfinals (2007) | ||
The Tajikistan national futsal team (Tajik: Тими Миллии футсоли Тоҷикистон, Timi Millii Futsoli Tojikiston}) represents Tajikistan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Tajikistan Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in Tajikistan.
Tournaments
FIFA Futsal World Cup
| FIFA World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | ||
 1989 | Part of Soviet Union | ||||||||
 1992 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1996 | |||||||||
 2000 | |||||||||
 2004 | |||||||||
 2008 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2012 | |||||||||
 2016 | |||||||||
 2021 | |||||||||
 2024 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Total | 1/10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | ||
Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | ||
| 2005 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 2007 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 22 | ||
 2009 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||
 2013 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 2017 | |||||||||
| Total | 2/5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 33 | ||
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
| AFC Futsal Asian Cup | Qualification | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Link | |
 1999 | Did not enter | No qualification | |||||||||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 26 | -10 | |||||||||
 2002 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Round 2 (Cup) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 27 | -2 | |||||||||
| 2006 | Group Stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 18 | -2 | |||||||||
 2007 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -4 | |||||||||
| 2008 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 27 | -21 | |||||||||
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 27 | -17 | ||||||||||
 2012 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -4 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | -16 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | -6 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | ||||||||||
 2022 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | |||||||||
| 2024 | Fourth Place | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 12 | +3 | |||||||||
| 2026 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | |||||||||
| Total:13/18 | Fourth Place | 48 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 148 | 227 | -79 | |||||||||
