Uzbekistan national football team

Uzbekistan

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Nickname(s)	Oq Boʻrilar/Oқ бўpилap (White Wolves)
Association	Uzbekistan Football Federation (UFF)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	CAFF (Central Asia)
Head coach	Mirjalol Qosimov
Captain	Server Djeparov
Most caps	Timur Kapadze (117)
Top scorer	Maksim Shatskikh (34)
Home stadium	Markaziy Stadium
FIFA code	UZB
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	74 3 (8 January 2015)
Highest	45 (November 2006)
Lowest	119 (November 1996)
First international
Tajikistan 2–2 Uzbekistan (Dushanbe, Tajikistan; 17 June 1992)
Biggest win
Uzbekistan 15–0 Mongolia (Chiang Mai, Thailand; December 5, 1998)
Biggest defeat
Japan 8–1 Uzbekistan (Saida, Lebanon; October 17, 2000)
Asian Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1996)
Best result	Fourth place; 2011

The Uzbekistan national football team represents Uzbekistan in association football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan's home ground is Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium in Tashkent and their current head coach is Mirjalol Qosimov. Uzbekistan have never qualified to the final stages of the World Cup, but they had been in AFC Asian Cup since the independence.

History

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). Some medias, especially from Russia, Croatia and the Balkans, referred to them as "Croatia of Asia" due to their skills and tactics with so many talent players and managers same like Croatia.

1994 Asian Games

Sheykin Tikhonov Davletov Magametov Fyodorov Ruzimov Qosimov Durmonov Shkvyrin Abduraimov Lebedev

1994 Asian Games Final starting lineup on October 16, 1994, in Hiroshima, Japan).

Uzbekistan won the 1994 Asian Games tournament as debutants.

2004 AFC Asian Cup

Uzbekistan failed to make further impact on the continental stage until they reached the last eight of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup, where they were beaten by Bahrain after a penalty shoot-out.

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

That performance was followed by victory over Iraq in the second qualifying round for World Cup 2006 in Germany, with goals from Maksim Shatskikh and Alexander Geynrikh sending them through to the last eight.

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 Toshimitsu Yoshida, a Japanese referee. The replay ended 1–1, and after the return finished 0–0, Uzbekistan were eliminated.

2007 AFC Asian Cup

In the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, Uzbekistan was able to get past the group stage by beating Malaysia 5–1 and China PR 4–0. However, Uzbekistan was knocked out of the tournament in the quarterfinals stage by losing to Saudi Arabia 2–1.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Supporters of national team during qualification match for the 2010 FIFA World Cup against Japan, at Pakhtakor Stadium, in Tashkent

After having three foreign coaches (German Hans-Jürgen Gede, Englishman Bob Houghton and Russian Valeri Nepomniachi) in three years, Uzbekistan turned to former Uzbekistan Olympic team coach Rauf Inileev. In the qualifying series for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Uzbekistan advanced to the fourth round of Asian qualifying after winning their first four matches, but in the final round of qualifying finished last in Group A behind favorites Australia, Japan, Bahrain and Qatar, with four points from eight matches.

2011 AFC Asian Cup

Uzbekistan national football team in 2011.

Four years later, in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup Uzbekistan ended in fourth place, their best result in the tournament so far. After getting past the group stage and quarterfinals, the Uzbek team lost what it might have been their first Asian Cup final when Australia thrashed the team 0–6 their semifinal game. Some days later they were defeated again by South Korea in the third place playoff.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

World Cup Finals										World Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1990	Was part of USSR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	0/20	-	-	-	-	-	-

AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1996	Group Stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	6
2000	Group Stage	12th	3	0	1	2	2	14
2004	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	3	0	1	5	2
2007	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	2	0	2	10	4
2011	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	1	2	10	13
2015	Qualified	–	1	1	0	0	1	0
Total	6/6	4	21	10	2	9	31	39

Asian Games record

Year	Result
1951	was part of USSR
1994	Champions
1998	Quarter-final

Uzbekistan all-time record against other nations

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Albania	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Armenia	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Australia	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9
Azerbaijan	9	2	3	4	10	11	−1
Bahrain	8	2	4	2	10	8	+2
Bangladesh	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15
Belarus	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Cambodia	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9
China	7	4	1	2	12	9	+3
Chinese Taipei	7	7	0	0	30	1	+29
Hong Kong	5	3	2	0	8	3	+5
India	5	4	1	0	11	3	+8
Indonesia	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Iran	6	1	1	4	2	8	−6
Iraq	5	4	1	0	8	2	+6
Israel	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Japan	8	1	2	5	7	22	−15
Jordan	10	4	5	1	16	11	+5
Kazakhstan	4	2	2	0	7	2	+5
North Korea	5	3	2	0	8	2	+6
South Korea	11	1	2	8	12	25	−13
Kuwait	4	2	1	1	9	8	+1
Kyrgyzstan	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9
Latvia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Lebanon	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5
Malaysia	5	5	0	0	19	2	+17
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	23	1	+22
Montenegro	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Nigeria	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
Oman	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1
Palestine	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Qatar	10	6	2	2	20	10	+10
Saudi Arabia	8	2	1	5	13	20	−7
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Syria	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Tajikistan	5	2	2	1	10	6	+4
Thailand	7	2	0	5	13	18	−5
Turkmenistan	7	7	0	0	18	2	+16
Ukraine	2	0	0	2	1	4	−1
United Arab Emirates	12	2	4	7	13	21	−8
Vietnam	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Yemen	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5

Recent results

2014

Uzbekistan v United Arab Emirates

5 March 2014 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Uzbekistan	1 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 (UTC+5)	Sergeev 85'	Report	Al Hammadi 67'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (South Korea)

Uzbekistan v Oman

27 May 2014 Friendly	Uzbekistan	0 – 1	Oman	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 (UTC+5)		Report 1 Report 2 Report 3	Mubarak 20'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 6,644 Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)

Uzbekistan v Oman

29 May 2014 Friendly	Uzbekistan	0 – 1	Oman	Olmaliq, Uzbekistan
19:00 (UTC+5)		Report 1 Report 2 Report 3	Al-Farsi 30'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 1,415 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Azerbaijan v Uzbekistan

20 August 2014 Friendly	Azerbaijan	0 – 0	Uzbekistan	Baku, Azerbaijan
19:00 (UTC+5)		Report Report 2		Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: George Vadachkoria (Georgia)

Uzbekistan v Jordan

4 September 2014 Friendly	Uzbekistan	2 – 0	Jordan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 (UTC+5)	Sergeev 56' Juraev 90'	Report		Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium

Uzbekistan v New Zealand

7 September 2014 Friendly	Uzbekistan	3 – 1	New Zealand	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 (UTC+5)	Ahmedov 41', 58' Djeparov 77'	Report 1 Report 2	Brockie 86'	Stadium: Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Qatar v Uzbekistan

6 October 2014 Friendly	Qatar	3 – 0	Uzbekistan	Doha, Qatar
	Soria 18' Al Haidos 43' Meshal 67'	Report

Uzbekistan v Bahrain

United Arab Emirates v Uzbekistan

14 October 2014 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	0 – 4	Uzbekistan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
		Report	Kapadze 30' Salem 45+1' (o.g.) Djeparov 68' Olimov 90+5'	Stadium: Dubai Club Stadium

Uzbekistan v Palestine

13 December 2014 Friendly	Uzbekistan	1 – 0	Palestine	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Rashidov 86'	Report

Uzbekistan v Jordan

21 December 2014 Friendly	Uzbekistan	2 – 1	Jordan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Rashidov 31' (pen.) Olimov 87'	Report	Al-Saify 16'

Uzbekistan v Iraq

25 December 2014 Friendly	Uzbekistan	1 – 0	Iraq	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Iskanderov 13' (pen.)	Report

Uzbekistan v Iraq

28 December 2014 Friendly	Uzbekistan	0 – 0	Iraq	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
		Report

2015

Uzbekistan v North Korea

10 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Uzbekistan

1 – 0

North Korea

Sydney, Australia

China v Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan v Saudi Arabia

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for 2015 AFC Asian Cup which will be held from 9 to 31 January 2015.
Caps and goals as of 10 January 2015 after the game against North Korea.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Eldorbek Suyunov	(1991-04-12) 12 April 1991	10	0	Nasaf Qarshi
12	1GK	Ignatiy Nesterov	(1983-06-20) 20 June 1983	87	0	Lokomotiv Tashkent
21	1GK	Akbar Turaev	(1989-08-27) 27 August 1989	1	0	Bunyodkor
2	2DF	Egor Krimets	(1992-01-27) 27 January 1992	9	0	Pakhtakor Tashkent
3	2DF	Shavkat Mullajanov	(1986-01-19) 19 January 1986	32	0	Olmaliq
5	2DF	Anzur Ismailov	(1985-04-21) 21 April 1985	61	1	Changchun Yatai
19	2DF	Vitaliy Denisov	(1987-02-24) 24 February 1987	52	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
20	2DF	Islom Tukhtakhodjaev	(1989-10-30) 30 October 1989	39	0	Lokomotiv Tashkent
23	2DF	Akmal Shorakhmedov	(1986-05-10) 10 May 1986	19	0	Bunyodkor
7	3MF	Azizbek Haydarov	(1985-07-08) 8 July 1985	62	0	Al-Shabab
8	3MF	Server Djeparov (Captain)	(1982-10-03) 3 October 1982	105	23	Seongnam
9	3MF	Odil Ahmedov	(1987-11-25) 25 November 1987	64	11	Krasnodar
10	3MF	Jamshid Iskanderov	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993	14	1	Pakhtakor Tashkent
13	3MF	Lutfulla Turaev	(1988-03-30) 30 March 1988	14	0	Lokomotiv Tashkent
14	3MF	Shukhrat Mukhammadiev	(1989-06-29) 29 June 1989	7	0	Nasaf Qarshi
15	3MF	Jasur Hasanov	(1983-08-02) 2 August 1983	40	2	Lokomotiv Tashkent
16	3MF	Vokhid Shodiev	(1986-11-09) 9 November 1986	11	2	Bunyodkor
17	3MF	Sanzhar Tursunov	(1986-12-29) 29 December 1986	40	5	Vorskla Poltava
18	3MF	Timur Kapadze	(1981-09-05) 5 September 1981	117	10	Lokomotiv Tashkent
22	3MF	Farrukh Sayfiev	(1991-01-17) 17 January 1991	9	0	Nasaf Qarshi
4	4FW	Sardor Rashidov	(1991-06-14) 14 June 1991	17	4	Bunyodkor
6	4FW	Bahodir Nasimov	(1987-05-02) 2 May 1987	15	5	Padideh
11	4FW	Igor Sergeev	(1993-04-30) 30 April 1993	9	5	Pakhtakor Tashkent

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called for the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Nikita Ribkin	(1992-01-20) 20 January 1992	0	0	Pakhtakor Tashkent	v. Jordan, 4 September 2014
GK	Aleksandr Lobanov	(1986-01-04) 4 January 1986	0	0	Pakhtakor Tashkent	v. United Arab Emirates, 14 October 2014
GK	Abdumavlon Abdujalilov	(1994-12-22) 22 December 1994	0	0	Neftchi Farg'ona	Training camp, 16–18 August 2014
GK	Murod Zukhurov	(1983-02-23) 23 February 1983	4	0	Bunyodkor	v. Oman, 29 May 2014
DF	Boburbek Yuldashov	(1993-04-08) 8 April 1993	6	0	Lokomotiv Tashkent	v. Iraq, 28 December 2014
DF	Salim Mustafoev	(1991-03-07) 7 March 1991	7	0	Lokomotiv Tashkent	v. United Arab Emirates, 14 October 2014
DF	Dilshod Juraev	(1992-04-21) 21 April 1992	2	1	Bunyodkor	v. United Arab Emirates, 14 October 2014
DF	Sherzod Fayziev	(1992-02-06) 6 February 1992	0	0	Mash'al Mubarek	v. United Arab Emirates, 14 October 2014
DF	Akbar Ismatullaev	(1991-01-10) 10 January 1991	5	0	Pakhtakor Tashkent	v. Jordan, 4 September 2014
DF	Davron Khashimov	(1992-11-24) 24 November 1992	5	0	Pakhtakor Tashkent	v. Jordan, 4 September 2014
DF	Vladimir Kozak	(1993-06-12) 12 June 1993	3	0	Pakhtakor Tashkent	v. Jordan, 4 September 2014
DF	Azamat Isroilov	(1991-10-29) 29 October 1991	1	0	Olmaliq	v. Jordan, 4 September 2014
DF	Nikolay Markov	(1985-04-20) 20 April 1985	0	0	Krasnodar	Training camp, July 2014
DF	Dilshod Juraev	(1992-04-21) 21 April 1992	0	0	Bunyodkor	v. United Arab Emirates, 5 March 2014
MF	Jovlon Ibrokhimov	(1990-12-10) 10 December 1990	8	0	Bunyodkor	v. Iraq, 28 December 2014
MF	Fozil Musaev	(1989-01-02) 2 January 1989	19	0	Sepahan	v. Jordan, 4 September 2014
MF	Azimjon Akhmedov	(1992-01-04) 4 January 1992	2	0	Navbahor Namangan	v. Jordan, 4 September 2014
MF	Pavel Smolyachenko	(1991-02-01) 1 February 1991	1	0	Neftchi Farg'ona	v. Azerbaijan, 20 August 2014
MF	Diyorjon Turapov	(1994-07-09) 9 July 1994	1	0	Olmaliq	Training camp, 16–18 August 2014
MF	Victor Karpenko	(1977-09-07) 7 September 1977	61	4	Lokomotiv Tashkent	v. Oman, 29 May 2014
MF	Oleg Zoteev	(1989-07-05) 5 July 1989	12	1	Bunyodkor	v. Oman, 29 May 2014
MF	Sardor Sabirkhodjaev	(1994-11-06) 6 November 1994	1	0	Bunyodkor	v. Oman, 29 May 2014
MF	Sanzhar Shaakhmedov	(1990-09-23) 23 September 1990	1	0	Olmaliq	v. Oman, 29 May 2014
FW	Navruzbek Olimov	(1992-03-21) 21 March 1992	11	2	Qizilqum Zarafshon	v. Iraq, 28 December 2014
FW	Farhod Tadjiyev	(1986-04-09) 9 April 1986	20	7	T–Team	v. United Arab Emirates, 14 October 2014
FW	Shahzodbek Nurmatov	(1991-09-18) 18 September 1991	1	0	Metallurg Bekabad	v. United Arab Emirates, 14 October 2014
FW	Ivan Nagaev	(1990-07-03) 3 July 1990	7	0	Lokomotiv Tashkent	v. Azerbaijan, 20 August 2014
FW	Maksim Shatskikh	(1978-08-30) 30 August 1978	61	34	Hoverla Uzhhorod	v. Oman, 29 May 2014
FW	Ulugbek Bakayev	(1978-11-28) 28 November 1978	53	14	Irtysh Pavlodar	v. Oman, 29 May 2014
FW	Husniddin Gafurov	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994	1	0	Javor Ivanjica	v. Oman, 29 May 2014

Coaches

Name	Nat	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win%
Rustam Akramov & Berador Abduraimov		June 1992– October 1994	18	13	3	2	72%
Alexander Ivankov		July 1995– November 1995	4	0	1	3	0%
Yuriy Sarkisyan		September 1996– December 1996	3	1	0	2	33%
Bakhodir Ibragimov		1996	2	1	0	1	50%
Rustam Mirsodiqov		May 1996– October 1997	12	5	3	4	41%
Ubirajara Veiga da Silva		October 1997– December 1998	11	5	4	2	45%
Makhmud Rakhimov		July 1999– November 1999	6	5	0	1	83%
Viktor Borisov		February 2000	1	1	0	0	100%
Pavel Sadyrin		April 2000– May 2000	1	0	0	1	0%
Yuriy Sarkisyan		July 2000– October 2000	9	1	1	7	11%
Vladimir Salkov		December 2000– October 2001	21	12	3	6	57%
Leonid Ostorushko		October 2001	1	1	0	1	100%
Ravshan Khaydarov		January 2002– November 2004 June–July 2005	25	13	6	6	52%
Hans-Jürgen Gede		February 2005– April 2005	2	1	1	0	50%
Bobby Houghton		July 2005– December 2005	4	2	2	0	50%
Valeri Nepomniachi		January 2006– December 2006	10	6	2	2	60%
Rauf Inileev		January 2007– September 2008	27	13	4	10	46%
Mirjalol Qosimov		September 2008– April 2010	15	4	2	9	27%
Vadim Abramov		April 2010– June 2012	28	11	5	12	39%
Mirjalol Qosimov		June 2012–	31	17	8	6	54%

• Coach statistics. Last update: 28 December 2014

Individual all-time records

Most capped players

The list of the 11 players with the most caps for Uzbekistan.

Alexander Geynrikh

As of 10 January 2015

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Timur Kapadze	2002–present	117	10
2	Server Djeparov	2002–present	105	23
3	Ignatiy Nesterov	2002–present	87	0
4	Alexander Geynrikh	2002–present	84	28
5	Mirjalol Qosimov	1992–2005	67	31
6	Andrey Fyodorov	1994–2006	64	6
	Nikolay Shirshov	1996–2005	64	13
	Odil Ahmedov	2007–present	64	11
9	Asror Aliqulov	1999–2008	63	0
10	Maksim Shatskikh	1999–2014	61	34
	Viktor Karpenko	2003–2014	61	4

Top goalscorers

Maksim Shatskikh

As of 10 January 2015, the twelve highest scorers are:

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Maksim Shatskikh	1999–2014	34	61
2	Mirjalol Qosimov	1992–2005	31	67
3	Alexander Geynrikh	2002–present	28	84
4	Server Djeparov	2002–present	23	104
5	Igor Shkvyrin	1992–2000	20	31
6	Jafar Irismetov	1997–2007	15	36
7	Ulugbek Bakayev	2001–2014	14	53
8	Nikolay Shirshov	1996–2005	13	64
9	Odil Ahmedov	2007–present	11	63
	Shukhrat Maqsudov	1992–1997	11	21
	Azamat Abduraimov	1992–1997	11	22
	Vladimir Shishelov	2000–2012	11	28

See also

• Uzbekistan national under-17 football team
• Uzbekistan national under-20 football team
• Uzbekistan national under-23 football team
• Uzbekistan national futsal team
• Football in Uzbekistan
• Sport in Uzbekistan

External links

• Uzbekistan Football Federation
• FIFA profile: Uzbekistan / Results / Fixtures
• AFC profile: Uzbekistan
• Uzbekistan International matches