The Uzbekistan Football Association (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Futbol Federatsiyasi) is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbekistan national team.
| AFC | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 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 |
History
editUzbekistan 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.
Presidents
edit| Period | President |
|---|---|
| 1992–1994 | Elmar Aminov |
| 1995–2005 | Zakir Almatov |
| 2006–2017 | Mirabror Usmanov |
| 2017–2018 | Umid Ahmadjonov |
| 2018–present | Abdusalom Azizov |
Association staff
edit| 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
editMen's
edit| Level | Division |
|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan Super League |
| 2 | Uzbekistan Pro League |
| 3 | Uzbekistan Pro-B League |
| 4 | Uzbekistan Second League |
Women's
edit| Level | Division |
|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan Women's League |
Current title holders
edit| 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
editThe 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 Yearedit
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Young Player of the Yearedit
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Coach of the Yearedit
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Youth Coach of the Yearedit
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Referee of the Yearedit
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Fair Playedit
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References
edit- ^ "UFA Headquarters location".
- ^ "AFC membership reaches 44". 30 April 1993.
- ^ "About UFA – UFA". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j FIFA.com. "Member Association – Uzbekistan – FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 20 Jan 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "The AFC.com – The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ a b "Management – UFA". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ uz, Kun. "Odil Akhmedov appointed to a managerial position". Kun.uz. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ a b c "The UFF – Portal Berita Bola Ter-update" ФФУ наградила лауреатов 2012 года (in Russian). UFF. 2013-01-21.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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
edit- Official website (in Uzbek and Russian)
- Uzbekistan profile at FIFA.com (archived 6 June 2007)
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