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| Founded | 1946; 79 years ago (1946) |
| Headquarters | Tashkent[1] |
| FIFA affiliation | 1994 |
| AFC affiliation | 1993 (Associate member)[2] 1994 |
| CAFA affiliation | 2015 |
| President | Bakhodir Kurbanov |
| Website | http://www.ufa.uz/oz |
TheUzbekistan Football Association (Uzbek:Oʻzbekiston Futbol Assotsiatsiyasi) is the governing body offootball in Uzbekistan, controlling theUzbekistan national team.
Uzbekistan Football Federation was founded in 1946,[3] while Uzbekistan was still under Soviet rule, and has been a member ofFIFA and theAsian Football Confederation since 1994.
On January 7, 2013, at a ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland,Uzbekistan football federation was awarded the prizeFIFA Fair Play Award fromFIFA. Uzbekistan Football Federation took also first place in points for the "Fair Play" among theAFC in 2012.
The federation organizes theUzbek League, the second levelUzbekistan First League,Uzbekistan Second League,Uzbek Cup,UzPFL Cup and theUzbek women's football championship.
The federation changed its nomenclature to FootballAssociation on January 25, 2018.[4]
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 thePrime Minister of Uzbekistan, was simultaneously the head of the football association.[5]
For the next 10 years,Zokir Almatov, acolonel general who had served as theMinister 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 bysenatorMirabror Usmanov. In 2017, Usmonov also left the position due to deteriorating health.[7]
From 2017 to 2018, Umid Ahmadjonov, who was the chairman of theNational 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 theUzbekistan Railways state company, First Deputy Prime Minister, president of theUzbekistan Boxing Federation,Hero of Uzbekistan, and senator, was elected president of the Uzbekistan Football Association.[9]
On July 15, 2019,Abdusalom Azizov, chairman of theState Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan and alieutenant general, was elected president of the UFA.[10]
On February 13, 2025, the candidacy of Bakhodir Kurbanov, chairman of theState Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan and acolonel 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 byRavshan Irmatov since June 2019.[13]
| Name | Position | Source |
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 Bakhodir Kurbanov | President | [15][16] |
| Ravshan Irmatov | First Vice President | [15][16][17] |
| Odil Ahmedov[18] | Vice President | [15][16][17] |
| Avaz Maksumov [uz] | General Secretary | [15][16] |
| Olimjon Salikhov | Treasurer | [15] |
| Sergey Arslanov | Technical Director | [15] |
| Timur Kapadze | Team Coach (Men's) | [15][16] |
| Bakhrom Norsafarov | Team Coach (Women's) | [15][16] |
| Davron Fayziev | Media/Communications Manager | [15] |
| Erkin Bakhtiyorov | Referee Coordinator | [15] |
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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. The2015 Award ceremony took place on February 20, 2013.[19]The2015 Award ceremony was held on March 4, 2016.
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