The mini-football club «ARDUS» was founded in 1998. Initially, the club had amateur status, and its honor was defended by employees of the company «ARDUS.» The first amateur competition in which the «ARDUS» team took part was the «Bankir-1998» tournament. Despite the fact that this tournament was the debut for the «ARDUS» club, the team managed to reach the final and subsequently win the main trophy of the competition.
Following this success, the «ARDUS» team began participating in various amateur competitions, many of which it ultimately won. Remaining an amateur team, starting in 2003, «ARDUS» began recruiting former professional football players. That same year, the team won the Tashkent Championship, which earned it the right to participate in the Uzbekistan Cup.
The first participation in the national cup was quite successful. The team reached the semifinals of the tournament, where it lost 3:5 to the Andijan club «Turon-S» — one of the strongest clubs in Uzbekistan at the time.
In 2004, a decision was made to establish a professional futsal club «ARDUS.» Immediately after that, the team began participating in the Uzbekistan Championship. In its very first season in the top league, «ARDUS» won the gold medals. In that same 2004–2005 season, «ARDUS» reached the final of the Uzbekistan Cup but was unable to win it. The cup winner that year was the club «Stroitel-Zarafshan.»
The «ARDUS» club also participated in various international tournaments. The first of these was the experimental Asian Club Championship in Iran in 2006. «ARDUS» managed to reach the final of that tournament. However, victory was destined for the Iranian club «Shensa,» which was the champion of its country at the time. By then, the honor of «ARDUS» was defended by experienced players such as Bahadyr Akhmedov, Nikolay Odushev, Shavkat Abduraimov, Nikolay Kravchenko, Bekhzod Khasanov, and others. The team’s playing head coach was Honored Master of Sports Azamat Abduraimov. Notably, the club’s president, Jakhangir Usmanov, was also listed among the «ARDUS» players.
«THE CLUB’S ACHIEVEMENTS»:Six-time champion of Uzbekistan
Four-time winner of the Cup of Uzbekistan
Two-time silver medalist of the Champions League Asia
«ARDUS» repeated its success on the international stage in 2012. During the Asian Club Championship in Kuwait, «ARDUS» demonstrated spectacular play and reached the final. But unfortunately, the team was again unable to win the final match. Success was once again on the side of an Iranian team — this time, the club «Sanaye Giti Pasand.»
Renowned coaches who have worked at the «ARDUS» club include Pavel Sarkisyan, Azamat Abduraimov, Semyon Mogilevsky, Abay Gafarov, Alexander Petrov, and Nikolay Odushev.
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