Football in Uzbekistan

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Football in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan Football Federation
National team(s)men's national team
National competitions
Uzbek League
International competitions

independence in 1991. The national association takes part in all competitions organised by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation.[1]

History of football in Uzbekistan

Soviet Period

Football in Uzbekistan started to develop in the 1920s. In 1926, the first championship

Uzbekistan Football Federation
was founded in 1946.

Soviet Union
.

Between 1961 and 1992, several

USSR national football team
:

Name Position Team Caps(Goals) Years
Gennadi Krasnitsky
Striker
USSR
 3(1) 1961
Berador Abduraimov
Striker
USSR
 ?(?) 1967[6]
Yuri Pshenichnikov Goalkeeper
USSR
 21(0) 1966-1970
Vladimir Fyodorov
Striker
USSR
 18(0) 1974-1978
Vassilis Hatzipanagis
 Midfield
USSR
 4(1) 1975
Mikhail An Midfield
USSR
 2(0) 1978
Andrei Piatnitski
 Midfield
USSR
Commonwealth of Independent States CIS
 6(2) 1990-1992

Since independence

In 1994,

Uzbekistan Football Federation was reestablished and became a member of FIFA and Asian Football Confederation
. In the same year, the
UAE. Uzbekistan U-19 reached the semi-finals of AFC U-19 Championships twice in 2012 and 2014 and once qualified to the final in 2008 but defeated by UAE U-19. After the achievement in 2003, Uzbekistan U-20 has participated in FIFA U-20 World Cup three more times so far. In 2009 mundial the team finished its appearance in group stage.[8] In 2013 World Cup in Turkey, U-20 team made play-off and in Round of 16 won Greece U-20 with 3:1, but lost in quarterfinal to France U-20 0:4.[9] The team made an appearance in 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and qualified to quarterfinal, and defeated by Senegal U-20 with 0–1.[10]

Uzbekistan U-16 won AFC U-16 Championship in 2012 and it was the second final which the team qualified. In 2010 AFC U-16 Championship U-16 lost to North Korea U-16 in the final match. Uzbekistan U-16 has qualified to FIFA U-17 World Cup twice in 2011 and 2013. In the debut year in the tournament the team finished its appearance in quarterfinal,[11] defeated by Uruguay U-17. Uzbekistan U-16 was stopped by Honduras U-17 in round of 16 in 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[12]

In 2018 Uzbekistan U-23 became the champions in AFC U-23 Championship hosted by China. The team defeated Vietnem U-23 in the final match with 2–1. The senior team's best achievement at the Asian Cup was a fourth-place finish at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

The most successful football clubs in

FC Pakhtakor and FC Nasaf
.

In 2007 Pakhtakor won

2003 and 2004
. Pakhtakor currently holds record in number of consecutive participation in AFC Champions League, participating from 2002 to 2013

FC Nasaf won AFC Cup in 2011, defeating Kuwait SC with 2–1 in the final of the tournament and became Uzbekistan's first club to win AFC Cup.

FC Bunyodkor's best achievement is the semi-finals of AFC Champions League: 2008, a debut year of the team in the competition, and the second time in 2012.[13]

Ravshan Irmatov was named The Best Referee in Asia in four consecutive years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014). He was Best Referee of The Year in the 2015 Globe Soccer Awards.[14][15]

Notable Uzbekistani footballers since independence from the Soviet Union include Server Djeparov (2008 Asian Footballer of the year), Igor Shkvyrin (top goal scorer of the 1994 Asian Games), Mirjalol Qosimov and Maksim Shatskikh.

In 2014, Uzbekistan was one of the eight nations to take part in the first Unity World Cup.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Uzbekistan: FIFA Goal Programme". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  2. ^ "Uzbekistan – List of Champions". RSSSF. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  3. ^ "Former Soviet Union – Regional Analysis". RSSSF. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  4. ^ "Berador Abduraimov :: Berador Abduraimov :: :: Statistics :: Titles :: Titles :: Career :: Goals :: Matches :: News :: Videos :: Photos". footballzz.co.uk. 1943-05-14. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  5. ^ "аЕПЮДНП юАДСПЮХЛНБ (Berador Abduraimov) – Footballplayers.ru – тСРАНКХЯРШ ЛХПЮ". Footballplayers.ru. 2003-09-01. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  6. ^ ""Expo 67" International Tournament, Montréal 1967". RSSSF. 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  7. ^ "Asian Games 1994". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  8. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 – Groups – FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  9. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 – Matches – France-Uzbekistan – FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  10. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 – Matches – Uzbekistan-Senegal – FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  11. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 – Matches – Uruguay-Uzbekistan – FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  12. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013 – Matches – Honduras-Uzbekistan – FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  13. ^ the-afc.com
  14. ^ "Messi batte Ronaldo e Buffon" (in Italian). Rai Sport. 2015-12-27.
  15. ^ "Ravshan Irmatov named as best referee of 2015". UzDaily. 2015-12-28.
  16. ^ "Expo 2014 Unity World Cup". timeout.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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