Uzbekistan Football Association
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:National football association The Uzbekistan Football Association (Template:Langx) is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbekistan national team.
History
Uzbekistan Football Federation was founded in 1946,[1] while Uzbekistan was still under Soviet rule, and has been a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation since 1994.
On January 7, 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 on January 25, 2018.[2]
Presidents
The head of the Uzbekistan Football Association holds the position of president. As in other sports federations, since 1992, individuals who have held important roles in Uzbekistan's political elite have been elected to the presidency of the football federation. From 1992 to 1995, Abdulhashim Mutalov, who served as the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, was simultaneously the head of the football association.[3]
For the next 10 years, Zokir Almatov, a colonel general who had served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan since 1991, led the association. In 2005, he resigned from this position due to health problems.[4]
He was succeeded by senator Mirabror Usmanov. In 2017, Usmonov also left the position due to deteriorating health.[5]
From 2017 to 2018, Umid Ahmadjonov, who was the chairman of the National Paralympic Committee of Uzbekistan, also became the president of the football association.[6]
At the extraordinary report-and-election conference of the federation held on January 25, 2018, a decision was made to transform the Uzbekistan Football Federation (UFF) into the Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA). Achilbay Ramatov, chairman of the Uzbekistan Railways state company, First Deputy Prime Minister, president of the Uzbekistan Boxing Federation, Hero of Uzbekistan, and senator, was elected president of the Uzbekistan Football Association.[7]
On July 15, 2019, Abdusalom Azizov, chairman of the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan and a lieutenant general, was elected president of the UFA.[8]
On February 13, 2025, the candidacy of Bakhodir Kurbanov, chairman of the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan and a colonel general, was nominated for the presidency of the football association.[9] On February 22, 2025, Qurbonov was confirmed as president.[10]
The current acting and executive head of the association is the First Vice President, a position held by Ravshan Irmatov since June 2019.[11]
Current personnel of the Executive Committee
- Bakhodir Kurbanov — Chairman of the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan, President of UFA.
- Ravshan Irmatov — First Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan, First Vice President of UFA.
- Odil Akhmedov — Vice President of UFA.
- Guy Kiala — Technical Director of UFA.
- Odil Abdurakhmanov — Advisor to the President of Uzbekistan.
- Adkham Ikramov — Minister of Sports.
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- Baxtiyor Hakimov – Director General of the national airline "Uzbekistan Airways".
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- Jahongir Usmonov – Member of the AFC Futsal Committee.[12]
Association staff
| Name | Position | Source |
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| Template:Flagicon Bakhodir Kurbanov | President | [13][14] |
| Template:Flagicon Ravshan Irmatov | First Vice President | [13][14][15] |
| Template:Flagicon Odil Ahmedov[16] | Vice President | [13][14][15] |
| Template:Flagicon Template:Ill | General Secretary | [13][14] |
| Template:Flagicon Olimjon Salikhov | Treasurer | [13] |
| Template:Flagicon Sergey Arslanov | Technical Director | [13] |
| Template:Flagicon Timur Kapadze | Team Coach (Men's) | [13][14] |
| Template:Flagicon Bakhrom Norsafarov | Team Coach (Women's) | [13][14] |
| Template:Flagicon Davron Fayziev | Media/Communications Manager | [13] |
| Template:Flagicon Erkin Bakhtiyorov | Referee Coordinator | [13] |
Competitions
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 February 20, 2013.[17] The 2015 Award ceremony was held on March 4, 2016.
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References
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External links
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- Uzbekistan profile at FIFA.com (archived June 6, 2007)
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