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Uzbekistan Football Association

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Uzbekistan Football Association
AFC
Founded1946; 79 years ago (1946)
HeadquartersTashkent[1]
FIFA affiliation1994
AFC affiliation1993 (Associate member)[2] 1994
CAFA affiliation2015
PresidentBakhodir Kurbanov
Websitehttp://www.ufa.uz/oz

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

History

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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 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.[4]

Uzbekistan Football Federation logo before changing its nomenclature to Football Association

Presidents

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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.[5]

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.[6]

He was succeeded by senator Mirabror Usmanov. In 2017, Usmonov also left the position due to deteriorating health.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11] On February 22, 2025, Qurbonov was confirmed as president.[12]

The current acting and executive head of the association is the First Vice President, a position held by Ravshan Irmatov since June 2019.[13]

Current personnel of the Executive Committee

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Association staff

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Name Position Source
Uzbekistan Bakhodir Kurbanov President [15][16]
Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov First Vice President [15][16][17]
Uzbekistan Odil Ahmedov[18] Vice President [15][16][17]
Uzbekistan Avaz Maksumov [uz] General Secretary [15][16]
Uzbekistan Olimjon Salikhov Treasurer [15]
Uzbekistan Sergey Arslanov Technical Director [15]
Uzbekistan Timur Kapadze Team Coach (Men's) [15][16]
Uzbekistan Bakhrom Norsafarov Team Coach (Women's) [15][16]
Uzbekistan Davron Fayziev Media/Communications Manager [15]
Uzbekistan Erkin Bakhtiyorov Referee Coordinator [15]

Competitions

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Awards

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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.[19] The 2015 Award ceremony was held on March 4, 2016.

References

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  1. ^ "UFA Headquarters location".
  2. ^ "AFC membership reaches 44". April 30, 1993.
  3. ^ "About UFA – UFA". Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "O'FF o'rniga O'FA: Futbol federatsiyasi futbol assotsiatsiyasi deb qayta nomlanadi" (in Uzbek). Daryo. January 25, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  5. ^ Returning to the past... The foundation for the development of our football was laid, the next task is to elevate it
  6. ^ “My true friends in the century of football.” Presentation of Akhbor Imomkhodjaev’s new 800-page book about football (photo)
  7. ^ In memory of Mirabror Usmonov
  8. ^ Umid Ahmadjonov became the head of the Football Federation
  9. ^ Ochilboy Ramatov was elected president of the Uzbekistan Football Federation
  10. ^ "Abdusalom Azizov resigned from the leadership of UFA".
  11. ^ DXX chairman Bahodir Qurbonov nominated for UFA presidency
  12. ^ "DXX chairman Bahodir Qurbonov elected president of UFA".
  13. ^ Official: Ravshan Ermatov became the First Vice President of the Uzbekistan Football Association
  14. ^ New composition of UFA Executive Committee approved
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j FIFA.com. "Member Association – Uzbekistan – FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  16. ^ a b c d e f "The AFC.com – The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  17. ^ a b "Management – UFA". Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  18. ^ uz, Kun. "Odil Akhmedov appointed to a managerial position". Kun.uz. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  19. ^ a b c "The UFF – Portal Berita Bola Ter-update" ФФУ наградила лауреатов 2012 года (in Russian). UFF. January 21, 2013.
  20. ^ a b "UFF announced the best of the year" (in Uzbek). Championat.asia. December 14, 2017.
  21. ^ "Марат Бикмаев — лучший футболист года в Узбекистане" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. December 15, 2017.
  22. ^ "Эльдор Шомуродов признан лучшим футболистом Узбекистана" (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. December 25, 2019.
  23. ^ "Ўзбекистоннинг 2019 йилдаги энг яхши футболчиси аниқланди" (in Uzbek). Stadion.uz. December 24, 2019.
  24. ^ Марат Бикмаев — лучший футболист года в Узбекистане (in Russian). Gazeta.uz. December 15, 2017.
  25. ^ Объявлены лауреаты 2011 года, the-uff.com, 23 Декабря 2011, (in Russian)
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