The FK Bukhara is a football club in the Uzbek city of Bukhara . The club currently plays in the top division of Uzbekistan, the Birinchi League . The club plays its home games in the Buxoro Arena, which was built in 2002 . The association was founded in 1960 as Nurafshon Buxoro. In 1992, Buxoro was a "founding member" of the new Uzbek League. The club got off to a good start in the new league and finished fourth and fifth in the first two years. In 1994 this could be increased and was at least runner-up. After that you played mostly in the midfield of the league. In 2003, for the first time, there was an acute risk of relegation. In the end, the club separated a point from the relegation ranks. In the following years it was possible to recover from this, but in 2008 at least the sporting decline was a reality. Only financial difficulties with one of the promoted players ensured that the club could remain in the league. In the following season, the club was relegated to the second division, but returned to the top tier in 2011. In 2017, the season ended in sixth place.
