Uzbekistan national football team
Appearance
Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
Nickname(s) | - | ||
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Association | Uzbekistan Football Federation | ||
Head coach | Ravshan Khaydarov | ||
Most caps | Nikolay Shirshov (61) | ||
Top scorer | Mirjalol Kasymov (29) | ||
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First international | |||
Tajikistan 2 - 2 Uzbekistan (Dushanbe, Tajikistan; 17 June, 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Uzbekistan 15 - 0 Mongolia (Chiang Mai, Thailand; 29 February, 2000) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Japan 8 - 1 Uzbekistan (Saida, Lebanon; 17 October, 2000) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | none (first in -) | ||
Best result | - | ||
AFC Asian Cup | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1996) | ||
Best result | Quarterfinals, 2004 |
The Uzbekistan national football team is the national team of Uzbekistan and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation. After the split of 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.