Uzbekistan Football Association

Uzbekistan Football Association
AFC
Founded	1946
Headquarters	Tashkent
FIFA affiliation	1994
AFC affiliation	1993 (Associate member) 1994
CAFA affiliation	2015
President	Abdulsalom AZIZOV
Website	http://www.ufa.uz/oz

The Uzbekistan Football Association (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston futbol assotsiatsiyasi) is the governing body of soccer in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbekistan national team.

History[]

Uzbekistan Football Federation was founded in 1946,^{[citation needed]} while Uzbekistan was still under Soviet rule, and has been a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation since 1994.

On 7 January 2013, at a ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, Uzbekistan football federation was awarded the prize FIFA Fair Play Award from FIFA. Uzbekistan Football Federation took also first place in points for the "Fair Play" among the AFC in 2012.

The federation organizes the Uzbek League, the second level Uzbekistan First League, Uzbekistan Second League, Uzbek Cup, UzPFL Cup and the Uzbek women's football championship.

The federation changed its nomenclature to Football Association in 2017.

Presidents[]

Period	President
1992–1994	Elmar Aminov
1995–2005	Zakir Almatov
2006–2017	Mirabror Usmanov
2017–2018	Umid Ahmadjonov
2018–present	Abdulsalom AZIZOV

Association staff[]

Name	Position	Source
	President	^[2]^[3]
Ravshan Irmatov	Senior Vice President	^[4]^[5]
	2nd Vice President	^[6]^[7]
	3rd Vice President	^[8]^[9]
	General Secretary	^[10]^[11]
	Treasurer	^[12]
n/a	Technical Director
Vadim Abramov	Team Coach (Men's)	^[13]^[14]
	Team Coach (Women's)	^[15]^[16]
	Media/Communications Manager	^[17]
	Futsal Coordinator	^[18]
n/a	Referee Coordinator

Competitions[]

Men's[]

Level	Division
1	Uzbekistan Super League
2	Uzbekistan Pro League
3	Uzbekistan Pro-B League
4	Uzbekistan Second League

Women's[]

Level	Division
1	Uzbek Women's Football Championship

Current title holders[]

Competition	Year	Next edition
Senior (Men's)
Uzbekistan Super League	2020	2021
Uzbekistan Pro League	2020
Uzbekistan Pro-B League	2020
Youth (Men's)

Senior (Women's)
Uzbek women's football championship

Youth (Women's)

Awards[]

The Uzbekistan Football Association Awards Gala is an award ceremony hosted by The Football Association. The inaugural ceremony take place in December, in February or March before 2018. The 2015 Award ceremony took place on 20 February 2013.^[19] The 2015 Award ceremony was held on 4 March 2016.

Player of the Year[]

Year	Place	Player	Club	Points
2017	1	Marat Bikmaev	Lokomotiv	^[20]^[21]
	2-3	Bakhrom Abdurakhimov	Nasaf
	2-3	Otabek Shukurov	Bunyodkor
2018	1	Odil Ahmedov	Shanghai SIPG
	2	Marat Bikmaev	Lokomotiv
	3	Otabek Shukurov	Sharjah
	3	Ikromjon Alibaev	Lokomotiv
2019	1	Eldor Shomurodov	Genoa	^[22]^[23]
	2	Odil Ahmedov	Shanghai SIPG
	3	Jaloliddin Masharipov	Pakhtakor

Young Player of the Year[]

Year	Player	Club
2010	Timur Khakimov	Pakhtakor
2011	Timur Khakimov	Pakhtakor
	Davlat Yarbekov	Pakhtakor
	Bobir Davlatov	Mash'al Mubarek
2012	Jamshid Boltaboev	RCOR Pakhtakor
2012	Otabek Shukurov	Mash'al Mubarek
2013	Izatilla Abdullaev	Pakhtakor
	Jamshid Boltaboev	Pakhtakor
	Akobir Turaev	FK Buxoro
2014	Islom Kenjaboev	Nasaf Qarshi
2015	Dostonbek Khamdamov	Bunyodkor
2017	Igor Chikrizov	Pakhtakor
2019	Jasur Jaloliddinov	Bukhoro

Coach of the Year[]

Year	Place	Coach	Club	Points
2017	1	Ruziqul Berdiev	Nasaf Qarshi	^[24]^[25]
	2-3	Mirjalol Kasymov	Bunyodkor
	2-3	Ulugbek Bakaev	Bukhoro
2018	1	Ravshan Khaydarov	Uzbekistan U-23
	2	Mirjalol Kasymov	Bunyodkor
	3	Andrei Fyodorov	Lokomotiv Tashkent
2019	1	Vadim Abramov	Uzbekistan

Youth Coach of the Year[]

Year	Name	Team
2010	Aleksey Evstafeev	Uzbekistan U-16
2011	Aleksey Evstafeev	Uzbekistan U-17
2012	Dilshod Nuraliev	Uzbekistan U-16
2013	Dilshod Nuraliev	Uzbekistan U-17
2014	Temur Alimkhodjaev	Uzbekistan U-16
2019	Ruziqul Berdiev	Nasaf Qarshi

Referee of the Year[]

Year	Referee	Notes
2006	Ravshan Irmatov
2007	Ravshan Irmatov
2008	Ravshan Irmatov
2009	Ravshan Irmatov
2010	Ravshan Irmatov
2011	Ravshan Irmatov
2012	Ravshan Irmatov	^[19]
2013	Ravshan Irmatov
2014	Ravshan Irmatov
2015	Ravshan Irmatov
2019	Valentin Kovalenko

Fair Play[]

Year	Club	Notes
2008	Bunyodkor
2009	Bunyodkor
2010	Bunyodkor
2011	Sogdiana Jizzakh	^[26]
2012	Olmaliq FK	^[19]
2013	Lokomotiv Tashkent
2014	Olmaliq FK
2017	Kokand 1912
2019	Nasaf Qarshi

References[]

^ "AFC membership reaches 44". 30 April 1993.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ФФУ наградила лауреатов 2012 года (in Russian). UFF. 2013-01-21.
^ "UFF announced the best of the year" (in Uzbek). Championat.asia. 2017-12-14.
^ "Марат Бикмаев — лучший футболист года в Узбекистане" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2017-12-15.
^ "Эльдор Шомуродов признан лучшим футболистом Узбекистана" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2019-12-25.
^ "Ўзбекистоннинг 2019 йилдаги энг яхши футболчиси аниқланди" (in Uzbek). Stadion.uz. 2019-12-24.
^ "UFF announced the best of the year" (in Uzbek). Championat.asia. 2017-12-14.
^ Марат Бикмаев — лучший футболист года в Узбекистане (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2017-12-15.
^ Объявлены лауреаты 2011 года the-uff.com, 23 Декабря 2011, (in Russian)

External links[]

Official website (in Uzbek and Russian)
Uzbekistan Football Federation at AFC.com (in Uzbek)
Uzbekistan profile at FIFA.com

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[1] "AFC membership reaches 44". 30 April 1993.

[2] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[3] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[4] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[5] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[6] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[7] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[8] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[9] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[10] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[11] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[12] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[13] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[14] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[15] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[16] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[17] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[18] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uzbekistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[award13-19] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ФФУ наградила лауреатов 2012 года (in Russian). UFF. 2013-01-21.

[20] "UFF announced the best of the year" (in Uzbek). Championat.asia. 2017-12-14.

[21] "Марат Бикмаев — лучший футболист года в Узбекистане" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2017-12-15.

[22] "Эльдор Шомуродов признан лучшим футболистом Узбекистана" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2019-12-25.

[23] "Ўзбекистоннинг 2019 йилдаги энг яхши футболчиси аниқланди" (in Uzbek). Stadion.uz. 2019-12-24.

[24] "UFF announced the best of the year" (in Uzbek). Championat.asia. 2017-12-14.

[25] Марат Бикмаев — лучший футболист года в Узбекистане (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2017-12-15.

[26] Объявлены лауреаты 2011 года the-uff.com, 23 Декабря 2011, (in Russian)

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