Uzbekistan national football team
Nickname(s) |
Oq Boʻrilar/Oқ бўpилap (White Wolves) | ||
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Association | Uzbekistan Football Federation (UFF) | ||
Sub-confederation | CAFF (Central Asia) | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Head coach | Mirjalol Qosimov | ||
Captain | Server Djeparov | ||
Most caps | Timur Kapadze (119) | ||
Top scorer | Maksim Shatskikh (34) | ||
FIFA code | UZB | ||
FIFA ranking | 73 1 (9 April 2015) | ||
Highest FIFA ranking | 45 (November 2006) | ||
Lowest FIFA ranking | 119 (November 1996) | ||
Elo ranking | 54 (6 February 2015) | ||
Highest Elo ranking | 45 (12 December 2012) | ||
Lowest Elo ranking | 95 (February 2001) | ||
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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
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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
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
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.[1]
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup record
World Cup Finals | World Cup Qualifications | ||||||||||||||
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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
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Asian Games record
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Uzbekistan all-time record against other nations
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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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 PR | 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 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 27 | −19 |
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
2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 5 March 2014 | 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) | ||
Friendly 27 May 2014 | Uzbekistan | 0 – 1 | Oman | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
19:00 (UTC+5) | Report 1 |
Mubarak 20' | Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 6,644 Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan) | |||
Friendly 29 May 2014 | Uzbekistan | 0 – 1 | Oman | Olmaliq, Uzbekistan | ||
19:00 (UTC+5) | Report 1 |
Al-Farsi 30' | Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 1,415 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | |||
Friendly 20 August 2014 | Azerbaijan | 0 – 0 | Uzbekistan | Baku, Azerbaijan | ||
19:00 (UTC+5) | Report |
Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: George Vadachkoria (Georgia) | ||||
Friendly 4 September 2014 | Uzbekistan | 2 – 0 | Jordan | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
19:00 (UTC+5) | Sergeev 56' Juraev 90' |
Report | Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium | |||
Friendly 8 September 2014 | Uzbekistan | 3 – 1 | New Zealand | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
19:00 (UTC+5) | Ahmedov 41', 58' Djeparov 77' |
Report 1 |
Brockie 86' | Stadium: Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | ||
Friendly 6 October 2014 | Qatar | 3 – 0 | Uzbekistan | Doha, Qatar | ||
Soria 18' Al Haidos 43' Meshal 67' |
Report | |||||
Friendly 10 October 2014 | Uzbekistan | 0 – 0 | Bahrain | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ||
Report | Stadium: Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium | |||||
Friendly 14 October 2014 | 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 | ||||
Friendly 13 December 2014 | Uzbekistan | 1 – 0 | Palestine | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
Rashidov 86' | Report | |||||
Friendly 21 December 2014 | Uzbekistan | 2 – 1 | Jordan | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ||
Rashidov 31' (pen.) Olimov 87' |
Report | Al-Saify 16' | ||||
Friendly 25 December 2014 | Uzbekistan | 1 – 0 | Iraq | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ||
Iskanderov 13' (pen.) | Report | |||||
Friendly 28 December 2014 | Uzbekistan | 0 – 0 | Iraq | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ||
Report | ||||||
2015
2015 AFC Asian Cup 10 January 2015 | Uzbekistan | 1 – 0 | North Korea | Sydney, Australia | ||
18:00 (UTC+11) | Sergeev 62' | Report | Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 12,078 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) | |||
2015 AFC Asian Cup 14 January 2015 | China PR | 2 – 1 | Uzbekistan | Brisbane, Australia | ||
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) | Wu Xi 54' Sun Ke 68' |
Report | Ahmedov 23' | Stadium: Brisbane Stadium Attendance: 13,674 Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) | ||
2015 AFC Asian Cup 18 January 2015 | Uzbekistan | 3 – 1 | Saudi Arabia | Melbourne, Australia | ||
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11) | Rashidov 2', 78' Shodiev 71' |
Report | Al-Sahlawi 60' (pen.) | Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 10,871 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia) | ||
2015 AFC Asian Cup 22 January 2015 | South Korea | 2 – 0 (aet) | Uzbekistan | Melbourne, Australia | ||
18:30 AEDT (UTC+11) | Son Heung-min 104', 120' | Report | Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 23,381 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) | |||
Friendly 27 March 2015 | South Korea | 1 – 1 | Uzbekistan | Daejeon, South Korea | ||
Koo Ja-Cheol 15' | Report | Zokhir Kuziboyev 31' | Stadium: Daejeon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 38,680 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan) | |||
Friendly 31 March 2015 | Japan | 5 – 1 | Uzbekistan | Tokyo, Japan | ||
Aoyama 7' Okazaki 55' Shibasaki 79' Usami 83' Kawamata 90' |
Report | Tukhtakhodjaev 82' | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 46,007 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia) | |||
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for friendly match against Japan on 31 March 2015 [2]
Caps and goals as of 31 March 2015, after the game against Japan
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Recent call-ups
The following players have been called for the last 12 months.
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Coaches
Name | Nat | Period | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Win% |
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Rustam Akramov | June 1992– October 1994 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 72% | |
Alexander Ivankov | July 1995– November 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | |
Bakhodir Ibragimov | 1996 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 25% | |
Rustam Mirsodiqov | May 1997– October 1997 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 42% | |
Ubirajara Veiga da Silva | October 1997– December 1998 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 45% | |
Makhmud Rakhimov | July 1999– November 1999 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 86% | |
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 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17% | |
Vladimir Salkov | December 2000– October 2001 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 53% | |
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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0% | |
Bobby Houghton | July 2005– December 2005 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% | |
Valeri Nepomniachi | January 2006– December 2006 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | |
Rauf Inileev | January 2007– September 2008 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 46% | |
Mirjalol Qosimov | September 2008– April 2010 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 27% | |
Vadim Abramov | April 2010– June 2012 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 39% | |
Mirjalol Qosimov | June 2012– | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 50% | |
- Coach statistics. Last update: 31 March 2015
Individual all-time records
Most capped players
The list of the 11 players with the most caps for Uzbekistan.
- As of 31 March 2015
# | Player | Career | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Timur Kapadze | 2002–present | 119 | 10 |
2 | Server Djeparov | 2002–present | 107 | 23 |
3 | Ignatiy Nesterov | 2002–present | 90 | 0 |
4 | Alexander Geynrikh | 2002–2013 | 84 | 28 |
5 | Odil Ahmedov | 2007–present | 68 | 12 |
6 | Mirjalol Qosimov | 1992–2005 | 67 | 31 |
Azizbek Haydarov | 2007-present | 67 | 0 | |
8 | Anzur Ismailov | 2007-present | 66 | 1 |
9 | Andrey Fyodorov | 1994–2006 | 64 | 6 |
Nikolay Shirshov | 1996–2005 | 64 | 13 |
Top goalscorers
As of 31 March 2015, the twelve highest scorers are:
# | Player | Career | Goals | Caps |
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1 | Maksim Shatskikh | 1999–prseent | 34 | 61 |
2 | Mirjalol Qosimov | 1992–2005 | 31 | 67 |
3 | Alexander Geynrikh | 2002–present | 28 | 84 |
4 | Server Djeparov | 2002–present | 23 | 107 |
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 | 12 | 68 |
10 | 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
References
- ↑ "Uzbekistan 2–3 South Korea". Goal.com. 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ↑ "Mirjalol Kasymov names his squad for Korea and Japan". the-uff.com. 2015-03-24.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uzbekistan national football team. |
- Uzbekistan Football Federation
- FIFA profile: Uzbekistan / Results / Fixtures
- AFC profile: Uzbekistan
- Uzbekistan International matches
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