Uzbekistan national football team

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Uzbekistan

Nickname

Association

Uzbekistan Football Federation

Head coach

Valeriy Nepomnyashchiy

Most caps

Mirjalol Kasymov (65)

Top scorer

Mirjalol Kasymov (29)

FIFA code

UZB

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

46 (March 2005)

Lowest FIFA ranking

111 (October 2003)

Elo ranking





Home kit





Away kit

First international

Tajikistan 2 - 2 Uzbekistan

(Dushanbe, Tajikistan; 17 June 1992)

Largest win

Uzbekistan 15 - 0 Mongolia

(Chiang Mai, Thailand; 5 December 1998)

Worst defeat

Japan 8 - 1 Uzbekistan

(Saida, Lebanon; 17 October 2000)

AFC Asian Cup

Appearances

3 (First in 1996)

Best result

Quarterfinals, 2004

The Uzbekistan national football team represents Uzbekistan in international football competitions. It is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation. 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.