Uzbekistan national under-23 football team

Uzbekistan
Nickname(s)	White Wolves
Association	Uzbekistan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Timur Kapadze
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	UZB
First colours	Second colours
Asian Games
Appearances	5 (first in 2002)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2006, 2010, 2018)
U-23 Asian Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2013)
Best result	Champions (2018)

The Uzbekistan national under-23 football team represents Uzbekistan in international U-23 football competitions. The team is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation.

Competitive record[]

Olympic Games[]

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024	To be determined
	To be determined
Total	-	0/8	-	-	-	-	-	-

AFC U-23 Asian Cup[]

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2013	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	3	4
2016	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	6	6
2018	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	12	3
2020	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	9	5
2022	Qualified
Total	1 Title	5/5	18	9	1	8	30	18

Asian Games[]

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002¹	Group stage	16th	3	1	0	2	2	4
2006	Quarter-finals	6th	4	3	0	1	7	4
2010	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	0	3	5	7
2014	Round of 16	9th	4	2	1	1	11	4
2018	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	16	4
Total	Quarter-finals	5/5	21	12	1	8	41	23

^ Since the 2002 Asian Games the age limit for men's teams is under-23, plus up to three over aged players for each squad.^[1]

Results and fixtures[]

Win Draw Loss

2018[]

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 2018 AG GS	Uzbekistan	3–0	Bangladesh	Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong
16:00	Urinboev 23' Khamdamov 57' Alibaev 66'	Report		Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

16 August 2018 (2018-08-16) 2018 AG GS	Qatar	0–6	Uzbekistan	Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong
19:00		Report	Urinboev 37' Alibaev 43' Khamdamov 47' Sidikov 49' Masharipov 54' Abdixolikov 74'	Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 2018 AG GS	Thailand	0–1	Uzbekistan	Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong
19:00		Report	Urinboev 17'	Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)

23 August 2018 (2018-08-23) 2018 AG R16	Uzbekistan	3–0	Hong Kong	Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang
16:00	Alibaev 27' Sidikov 60' Urinboev 65'	Report		Referee: Sultan Al-Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates)

27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) 2018 AG QF	Uzbekistan	3–4 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi
16:00	Masharipov 17' Alibaev 53' Hwang Hyun-soo 55' (o.g.)	Report	Hwang Ui-jo 4', 34', 75' Hwang Hee-chan 118' (pen.)	Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

2019[]

22 March 2019 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification	Uzbekistan	3–0	India	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00	Kobilov 45' (pen.) Abduxoliqov 78', 85'	Report		Stadium: Pakhtakor stadium Attendance: 2,452 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

26 March 2019 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification	Uzbekistan	0–0	Tajikistan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00		Report		Stadium: Pakhtakor stadium Attendance: 4,287 Referee: (Japan)

9 June 2019 (2019-06-09) Friendly	Uzbekistan	2–0	Egypt	Soghlom Avlod Stadium, Andijan
18:00	Abdikholikov 32' Ganiyev 90+2'	Report		Referee: Temur Tukhtasinov (Uzbekistan)

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11) Friendly	Uzbekistan	3–2	Egypt	Markaziy Stadium, Namangan
19:00	Kobilov 17' (pen.) Ganiyev 58' Abdikholikov 66'	Report	Yasser 82' 90+4'	Referee: Jasur Mukhtorov (Uzbekistan)

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06) Friendly	Uzbekistan	1–0	Iran	AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq
19:00	Yakhshiboev 57'	Report		Referee: Akhrol Risqullaev (Uzbekistan)

9 September 2019 (2019-09-09) Friendly	Uzbekistan	4–1	Iran	Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
19:00	Abdikholikov 17', 36', 68' Yakhshiboev 52'		Ghayedi 48'	Referee: Akhrol Risqullaev (Uzbekistan)

6 October 2019 Control match	Uzbekistan (national)	3–1	Uzbekistan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00	Khamdamov 11' Igor Sergeev 44', 66'		Abdikholikov 34'	Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Referee: (Uzbekistan)

11 October 2019 Friendly	South Korea	3–1	Uzbekistan	Hwaseong, South Korea
16:35	Kim_Jae-woo 37' Oh Se Hun 72' Kim Jin Kyu 75'		Yakhshiboev 20'	Stadium: Hwaseong Sports Complex Referee: Shen Yinhao(China)

14 October 2019 Friendly	South Korea	1–2	Uzbekistan	Cheonan, South Korea
16:00	Jeong Woo-yeong 29'		Abdikholikov 48' Yakhshiboev 81'	Stadium: Cheonan Stadium Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

13 November 2019 Dubai Cup	Iraq	3–3	Uzbekistan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:45	4' Jabbar 62' 85'		Ibragimov 21', 64' 28'

15 November 2019 Dubai Cup	Uzbekistan	1–1	Jordan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:45	Yakhshiboev 40' (pen.)		53'

17 November 2019 Dubai Cup	United Arab Emirates	2–1	Uzbekistan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:15	Ameri 6' (pen.) Ghassani 59'	Report	Bozorov 90+1'

19 November 2019 Dubai Cup	Uzbekistan	2–2	Saudi Arabia	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:15	Kobilov 48' 90+2'		Al Selouli 5' Al Najei 17'

18 December 2019 Friendly	Al-Arabi	0–4	Uzbekistan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00			Abduxoliqov 7' Kodirkulov 31' 79' Allijonov 83'

22 December 2019 Friendly	Uzbekistan	4–2	Iraq	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Abduxoliqov 25', 32', 50' Yakhshiboev 43'		Ridha 15' Dawood 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Hamriya Stadium

25 December 2019 Friendly	Iraq	1–3	Uzbekistan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	45+1'		41' 44' Allijonov 87'	Stadium: Al Hamriya Stadium

29 December 2019 Friendly	Al Hamriyah SC	0–3	Uzbekistan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00			Ganiyev 23' Yakhshiboev 81' Ibragimov 90'	Stadium: Al Hamriya Stadium

2020[]

3 January 2019 Friendly	Qatar	1–3	Uzbekistan	Bangkok, Thailand
	78'		Abduxoliqov 40', 70' 44'	Stadium: SCG Stadium

9 January 2020 2020 AFC U-23 Championship	Uzbekistan	1–1	Iran	Songkhla, Thailand
17:15	Kobilov 40' (pen.)	Report	Dehghani 58'	Stadium: Tinsulanon Stadium Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

12 January 2020 2020 AFC U-23 Championship	China PR	0–2	Uzbekistan	Songkhla, Thailand
20:15		Report	Kobilov 45+3' (pen.) 80'	Stadium: Tinsulanon Stadium Attendance: 6,683 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

15 January 2020 2020 AFC U-23 Championship	Uzbekistan	1–2	South Korea	Rangsit, Thailand
17:15	Abdixolikov 21'	Report	Oh Se-hun 5', 71'	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19) 2020 AFC U-23 QF	United Arab Emirates	1–5	Uzbekistan	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
20:15	Z. Al-Ameri 13'	Report	16' Kobilov 26' (pen.) Bozorov 41' Yakhshiboev 84' 90+3'	Referee: Fu Ming (China)

22 January 2020 (2020-01-22) 2020 AFC U-23 SF	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Uzbekistan	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
17:15	Al-Hamdan 87'	Report

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 2020 AFC U-23 Third place	Australia	1–0	Uzbekistan	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
19:30	D'Agostino 47'

2021[]

25 March 2021 2021 Antalya Cup	Uzbekistan	0–2	Slovakia	Lara, Turkey
15:00			Trusa 56' Goljan 80'

8 July 2021 Friendly	Ivory Coast	v	Uzbekistan	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
				Stadium: Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara

Managers[]

Mirzohim Ghulomov and
Aleksander Ivankov, U22 (1995)
Viktor Borisov, U22 (1999)
Viktor Borisov, U22 (2003)
Rauf Inileev, U23 (2006)
Vadim Abramov, U22 (2007)
Akhmad Ubaydullaev, U23 (2010)
Vadim Abramov, U22- U23 (2011–2012)
Viktor Djalilov, U22 (2015)
Samvel Babayan, U22–U23 (2015–2016)
Aleksey Evstafeev, U21–U22 (2012–2013)
Shukhrat Maqsudov, U22 (2014–2015)
Mirjalol Qosimov, U23 (2014)
Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov, U22 (2015)
Jasur Abduraimov, U21–U22 (2016–2017)
Ravshan Khaydarov, U22–U23 (2017–2018)
Ljubinko Drulović, U22–U23 (2019–2020)

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament.^[2]
Match dates: 27 and 28 May 2021
Opposition: Azerbaijan and Ukraine
Caps and goals correct as of: 27 May 2021, after the match against Azerbaijan.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK		Unknown	0	0	Olimpik
1GK		(2002-04-21) 21 April 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Olimpik

2DF		(2001-01-29) 29 January 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Olimpik
2DF		(2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Andijon
2DF		(2000-07-19) 19 July 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Olimpik
2DF		(2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Olimpik
2DF		(2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Olimpik
2DF		(2001-02-04) 4 February 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Nasaf
2DF		(2001-01-03) 3 January 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Olimpik

3MF		(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Olimpik
3MF		(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Olimpik
3MF		(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Bunyodkor
3MF	Jasurbek Jaloliddinov	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 19)	1	1	Andijon
3MF		(2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Pakhtakor Tashkenk
3MF		(2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Andijon

4FW		(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Olimpik
4FW		(2001-01-03) 3 January 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Neftchi Fergana
4FW		(2002-08-30) 30 August 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Olimpik
4FW		(2002-02-06) 6 February 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Nasaf
4FW		(2001-07-15) 15 July 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Olimpik
4FW		(2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Neftchi Fergana

Previous squads[]

Asian Games

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

2013 AFC U-22 Championship squads – Uzbekistan
2016 AFC U-23 Championship squads – Uzbekistan
2018 AFC U-23 Championship squads – Uzbekistan
2020 AFC U-23 Championship squads – Uzbekistan

References[]

^ "PFF chief names Akhtar as head coach of Asian Games team". The Nation. 29 August 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011. Faisal Saleh Hayat have confirmed that since 2002, football at the Asian Games changed to age-limit and now it is a "U-23 + 3 overage" tournament.
^ "O'zbekiston U21 terma jamoasi Ukrainadagi xalqaro turnirga tayyorgarlikni boshladi" (in Uzbek). Oʻzbekiston futbol assotsiatsiyasi. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

External links[]

Uzbekistan Football Federation

[1] "PFF chief names Akhtar as head coach of Asian Games team". The Nation. 29 August 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011. Faisal Saleh Hayat have confirmed that since 2002, football at the Asian Games changed to age-limit and now it is a "U-23 + 3 overage" tournament.

[2] "O'zbekiston U21 terma jamoasi Ukrainadagi xalqaro turnirga tayyorgarlikni boshladi" (in Uzbek). Oʻzbekiston futbol assotsiatsiyasi. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

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