Uzbekistan national football team

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Uzbekistan

Association

Uzbekistan Football Federation

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Rauf Inileev

Most caps

Mirjalol Kasymov (65)

Top scorer

Mirjalol Kasymov
Maksim Shatskikh (29)

Home stadium

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium

FIFA code

UZB

FIFA ranking

1st ranking date = October 1994

Highest FIFA ranking

32 (November 2006)

Lowest FIFA ranking

63 (October 2003)

Elo ranking





First kit





Second kit

First international

Tajikistan 2 - 2 Uzbekistan

(Dushanbe, Tajikistan; 17 June 1992)

Biggest win

Mongolia 0-15 Uzbekistan

(Chiangmai, Thailand; December 5, 1998)

Biggest defeat

Japan 8–1 Uzbekistan

(Saida,Lebanon; October 17, 2000)

AFC Asian Cup

Appearances

4 (First in 1996)

Best result

Quarterfinals, 2004, 2007

The Uzbekistan national football team represents Uzbekistan in international football competitions. It is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation.

After the split from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Tajikistan on June 17, 1992. Uzbekistan have consistently been the strongest team out of the new Central Asian nations (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan). They won the Asian Games in 1994.

They were knocked out in the final stage of Asian qualification to the 2006 FIFA World Cup after losing on the away goals rule to Bahrain. The result was subject to controversy as actually three games were played; the first, a 1-0 win for Uzbekistan, was wiped out after FIFA declared the result void after a mistake by a Japanese referee. The replay ended 1-1, and after the return finished 0-0, Uzbekistan were eliminated.

In the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, Uzbekistan was able to get past the group stage by beating Malaysia 5-0 and China 3-0. However, Uzbekistan was knocked out of the tournament in the quarterfinals stage by losing to Saudi Arabia 2-1.

1 Competition history
- 1.1 World Cup record
- 1.2 Asian Cup record
2 Forthcoming fixtures
- 2.1 Recent results
3 Uzbekistan squad
- 3.1 Recent Call Up
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Competition history

[edit] World Cup record

1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify
2010 - Qualifyings underway

[edit] Asian Cup record

1956 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
1996 - Round 1
2000 - Round 1
2004 - Quarterfinals
2007 - Quarterfinals

[edit] Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
14 June 2008	World Cup 2010	Tashkent	Lebanon
22 June 2008	World Cup 2010	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia

[edit] Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
7 June 2008	World Cup 2010	Tashkent	Singapore	Won 1:0	Geynrikh 80'
2 June 2008	World Cup 2010	Singapore	Singapore	Won 7:3	Duric 16'; Mustafic 31'PK; Wilkinson 73' - Kopadze 10'; Karpenko 21'; Djeparov 34', 44'; Denisov 42'; Ibragimov 62'; Shatskikh 88'
26 March 2008	World Cup 2010	Tashkent	Saudi Arabia	Won 3:0	Kopadze 46+; Shatskikh 66'; Djeparov 68' PK
22 March 2008	Friendly	Tashkent	Jordan	Won 4:1
6 February 2008	World Cup 2010	Beirut	Lebanon	Won 1:0	Ahmedov 44'
24 December 2007	Friendly	Bangkok	North Korea	Drew 2:2
22 December 2007	Friendly	Bangkok	Thailand	Lost 3:2
21 November 2007	Friendly	Tashkent	Estonia	Drew 0:0
28 October 2007		Taipei	Taiwan	Won 2:0
13 October 2007		Tashkent	Taiwan	Won 9:0
22 August 2007	Friendly	Kiev	Ukraine	Lost 1:2	Hladky 29', Rotan 66' - Geynrich 90'
22 July 2007		Jakarta	Saudi Arabia	Lost 1:2
18 July 2007		Kuala Lumpur	China	Won 3:0
14 July 2007		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Won 5:0
11 July 2007		Kuala Lumpur	Iran	Lost 2:1
5 July 2007		Seoul	Korea	Lost 2:1
2 July 2007		Paju	Iraq	Lost 0:2

[edit] Uzbekistan squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. (against Saudi Arabia on March 26, 2008)

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Temur Juraev	12 May 1984			Pakhtakor Tashkent
2	DF	Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov	25 March 1976			FK Quruvchi Tashkent
3	DF	Ilhomjon Suyunov	17 May 1983			Pakhtakor Tashkent
4	MF	Aziz Ibragimov	21 July 1986	7	2	Slovan Bratislava
5	DF	Asror Aliqulov	12 September 1978			Pakhtakor Tashkent
6	DF	Islom Inomov	30 May 1984			Pakhtakor Tashkent
7	MF	Azizbek Haydarоv	8 July 1985			Lokomotiv Tashkent
8	MF	Server Djeparov	3 October 1982			Pakhtakor Tashkent
9	MF	Odil Ahmedov	25 November 1987			Pakhtakor Tashkent
10	MF	Victor Karpenko	7 September 1977			FK Quruvchi Tashkent
11	FW	Farhod Tadjiyev	9 April 1986			Pakhtakor Tashkent
12	GK	Ignatiy Nesterov	20 June 1983			Pakhtakor Tashkent
13	DF	Anvar Gafurov	14 May 1982	5	0	FK Mash'al Mubarek
14	DF	Hayrulla Karimov	22 April 1978			FK Quruvchi Tashkent
15	FW	Aleksandr Geynrikh	6 October 1984	27	10	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent
16	FW	Maksim Shatskikh	30 August 1978	36	28	FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
17	DF	Aleksey Nikolaev	15 September 1979			FK Quruvchi Tashkent
18	MF	Timur Kapadze	5 September 1981			FC Pakhtakor Tashkent

[edit] Recent Call Up

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Pavel Bugalo	21 August 1974			FK Quruvchi Tashkent
9	MF	Ulugbek Bakaev	28 November 1978	23		FK Quruvchi Tashkent
11	FW	Marat Bikmoev	1 January 1986			Spartak Nalchik
13	FW	Pavel Solomin	15 June 1982			Traktor Tashkent
14	MF	Vitaliy Denisov	23 February 1987	6	0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
5	DF	Komoloddin Tadjiev	3 May 1983			Pakhtakor Tashkent
9	FW	Anvarjon Soliev	5 February 1978			FK Quruvchi Tashkent
11	FW	Victor Klishin	25 November 1982			FK Mash'al Mubarek
16	MF	Shavkat Salomov	13 November 1985			FK Quruvchi Tashkent
17	DF	Hamza Karimov	10 December 1980			FK Mash'al Mubarek
	MF	Ilyas Zeytulaev	13 August 1984			Hellas Verona
	DF	Anzur Ismailov	25 April 1985			FC Pakhtakor Tashkent
	MF	Hikmat Hashimov	12 November 1979			Nasaf Qarshi
	MF	Ildar Magdeev	11 April 1984			FC Pakhtakor Tashkent
	GK	Gayratjon Hasanov	12 January 1983			FK Neftchy Farg'ona
	MF	Ikboljon Akramov	10 October 1983			FK Neftchy Farg'ona
	DF	Bоtir Qоraev	8 April 1980			FK Mash'al Mubarek