Created in 1970 based on FC Energetik Dushanbe, the new Pamir Dushanbe was the only Tajik club to be promoted to the former Soviet Top League, in which the club played for the last three seasons that the league existed just prior to the dissolution of the USSR: 1989, 1990, and 1991. They made the semi-finals of the last Soviet Cup, losing to CSKA Moscow.
Pamir Dushanbe, a Tajik football club, was established in 1970 as FC Energetik Dushanbe and became the sole Tajik team to be promoted to the former Soviet Top League for three seasons before its dissolution in 1989, 1990, and 1991. They reached the semi-finals of the final Soviet Cup, losing to CSKA Moscow.