Tajikistan has played in one edition of the AFC Asian Cup, in 2023 when they made their debut. The country failed to qualify prior to this edition.^[1][2]

AFC Asian Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956 to 1988	Part of the  Soviet Union									Part of the  Soviet Union
1992	Did not enter									Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	4	5
2000										3	2	0	1	6	5
2004										6	2	2	2	3	5
2007	Did not enter									Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify									2008 AFC Challenge Cup / 2010 AFC Challenge Cup
2015										2012 AFC Challenge Cup / 2014 AFC Challenge Cup
2019										16	5	3	8	25	29
2023	Quarter-finals	8th	5	1	2	2	3	4		11	6	2	3	19	12
2027	Qualification in progress									6	2	2	2	11	7
Total	Quarter-finals	1/7	5	1	2	2	3	4		44	18	9	17	68	63

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar (H)	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tajikistan	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	China	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
4	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

13 January 2024 (2024-01-13)

17:30

China	0–0	Tajikistan
	Report

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 4,001

Referee: Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

17 January 2024 (2024-01-17)

17:30

Tajikistan	0–1	Qatar
	Report	Afif 17'

Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor

Attendance: 57,460

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

22 January 2024 (2024-01-22)

18:00

Tajikistan	2–1	Lebanon
Umarbayev 80' Khamrokulov 90+2'	Report	Jradi 47'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 11,843

Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)

28 January 2024 (2024-01-28)

19:00

Tajikistan	1–1 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Emirates
Hanonov 30'	Report	Al Hammadi 90+5'
Penalties
Nazarov Hanonov Panjshanbe Soirov Shukurov	5–3	Idrees Caio Lima Saleh

Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 33,584

Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

2 February 2024 (2024-02-02)

14:30

Tajikistan	0–1	Jordan
	Report	Hanonov 66' (o.g.)

Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 35,530

Referee: Fu Ming (China)