Uzbekistan Football Association

Uzbekistan Football Association

AFC
Founded	1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Headquarters	Tashkent[1]
FIFA affiliation	1994
AFC affiliation	1993 (Associate member)[2] 1994
CAFA affiliation	2015
President	Abdusalom Azizov
Website	http://www.ufa.uz/oz

The Uzbekistan Football Association (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Futbol Federatsiyasi) is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbekistan national team.

History

Uzbekistan Football Federation was founded in 1946,^[3] 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.

Uzbekistan Football Federation logo before changing its nomenclature to Football Association

Presidents

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

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Abdulsalom Azizov	President	[4][5]
Ravshan Irmatov	First Vice President	[4][5][6]
Odil Akhmedov[7]	Vice President	[4][5][6]
Avaz Maksumov	General Secretary	[4][5]
Olimjon Salikhov	Treasurer	[4]
Sergey Arslanov	Technical Director	[4]
Srecko Katanec	Team Coach (Men's)	[4][5]
Bakhrom Norsafarov	Team Coach (Women's)	[4][5]
Davron Fayziev	Media/Communications Manager	[4]
Erkin Bakhtiyorov	Referee Coordinator	[4]

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	Uzbekistan Women's League

Current title holders

Competition	Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition
Senior (Men's)
Uzbekistan Super League	2020				2021
Uzbekistan Pro League	2020				2021
Uzbekistan Pro-B League	2020				2021
Youth (Men's)
Senior (Women's)
Uzbekistan Women's League	2020				2021
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.^[8] The 2015 Award ceremony was held on 4 March 2016.

Player of the Year Main article: Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year Year Place Player Club Points 2017 1 Marat Bikmaev Lokomotiv [9][10] 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 [11][12] 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 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 Main article: Uzbekistan Football Coach of the Year Year Place Coach Club Points 2017 1 Ruziqul Berdiev Nasaf Qarshi [9][13] 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 [8] 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 [14] 2012 Olmaliq FK [8] 2013 Lokomotiv Tashkent 2014 Olmaliq FK 2017 Kokand 1912 2019 Nasaf Qarshi

References

1. "UFA Headquarters location".
2. "AFC membership reaches 44". 30 April 1993.
3. "About UFA – UFA". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
4. FIFA.com. "Member Association – Uzbekistan – FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 20 Jan 2022.
5. "The AFC.com – The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
6. "Management – UFA". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
7. uz, Kun. "Odil Akhmedov appointed to a managerial position". Kun.uz. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
8. "The UFF – Portal Berita Bola Ter-update" ФФУ наградила лауреатов 2012 года (in Russian). UFF. 2013-01-21.
9. "UFF announced the best of the year" (in Uzbek). Championat.asia. 2017-12-14.
10. "Марат Бикмаев — лучший футболист года в Узбекистане" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2017-12-15.
11. "Эльдор Шомуродов признан лучшим футболистом Узбекистана" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2019-12-25.
12. "Ўзбекистоннинг 2019 йилдаги энг яхши футболчиси аниқланди" (in Uzbek). Stadion.uz. 2019-12-24.
13. Марат Бикмаев — лучший футболист года в Узбекистане (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. 2017-12-15.
14. Объявлены лауреаты 2011 года, the-uff.com, 23 Декабря 2011, (in Russian)

External links

• Official website (in Uzbek and Russian)
• Uzbekistan profile at FIFA.com (archived 6 June 2007)