 The head coach Viktor Kumykov was fired after team faced defeats against league main opponents Bunyodkor and Pakhtakor.On 10 August 2010, Anatoliy Demyanenko, once the player of the year in the former USSR and former manager of Dynamo Kyiv, was introduced as the new head coach during the first round break of the 2009–2010 season.Nasaf appoints Anatoliy Demyanenko as head coach.