2023 FC Istiklol season

The FC Istiklol 2023 season was Istiklol's fifteenth Tajik League season, of which they are defending Tajik League Champions, whilst they also participated in the Tajik Cup, Tajik Supercup and AFC Champions League.

Season events
On 18 January, Istiklol announced the appointment of Igor Cherevchenko their new Head Coach, on a one-year contract.

On 9 February, Istiklol announced the return of Alisher Dzhalilov and Ehson Panjshanbe, both on two-year contracts.

On 18 February, Istiklol announced the loan signing of Alidzhoni Ayni from Krasnodar-2 until the end of the season, and the signing of Amadoni Kamolov from Paracuellos Antamira to a two-year contract.

The following day, Salokhiddin Irgashev signed for Istiklol on a two-year contract from Metallurg Bekabad, with Sodikjon Kurbonov signing from Dynamo Dushanbe to a two-year contract on 20 February.

On 11 July, Istiklol announced that Idriss Aminu had left the club after his contract was terminated.

On 13 July, Istiklol announced the signing of Dženis Beganović who'd previously played for Željezničar Sarajevo, Artur Kartashyan from Van and the return of Akhtam Nazarov from Andijon.

On 14 July, Istiklol announced that they had mutually agreed to terminate the contracts of Siyovush Asrorov, Daler Imomnazarov and Sayedi Kovussho.

The following day, 15 July, Istiklol announced the singings of Croatian defender Ivan Novoselec and Ivorian forward Senin Sebai to one-year contracts.

On 18 July, Istiklol announced the singing of Iranian defender Mojtaba Moghtadaei to a one-year contract.

On 21 December, Istiklol announced that their contracts with Cédric Gogoua, Mojtaba Moghtadaei, Joseph Okoro and Senin Sebai had expired.

Appearances and goals

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 * colspan="16"|Players away from Istiklol on loan:
 * colspan="16"|Players who left Istiklol during the season:
 * colspan="16"|Players who left Istiklol during the season:


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