Uzbekistan national football team
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The Uzbekistan national football team (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston milliy futbol terma jamoasi / Ўзбекистон миллий футбол терма жамоаси) represents Uzbekistan in international football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uzbekistan.
Nickname(s) | White Wolves Turanians | ||
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Association | Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA) | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | CAFA (Central Asia) | ||
Head coach | Srečko Katanec | ||
Captain | Jaloliddin Masharipov | ||
Most caps | Server Djeparov (128) | ||
Top scorer | Eldor Shomurodov (40) | ||
Home stadium | Milliy Stadium Pakhtakor Stadium | ||
FIFA code | UZB | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 64 2 (4 April 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 45 (November 2006 – January 2007) | ||
Lowest | 119 (November 1996) | ||
First international | |||
Tajikistan 2–2 Uzbekistan (Dushanbe, Tajikistan; 17 June 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Uzbekistan 15–0 Mongolia (Chiang Mai, Thailand; 5 December 1998) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Japan 8–1 Uzbekistan (Sidon, Lebanon; 17 October 2000) | |||
Asian Cup | |||
Appearances | 8 (first in 1996) | ||
Best result | Fourth place (2011) | ||
CAFA Nations Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2023) |
Uzbekistan holds the highest competitive results among teams from Central Asia. Although they have never qualified to the World Cup, the team has qualified for every AFC Asian Cup since post-independence formation. At the 2011 Asian Cup, Uzbekistan reached the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time. At other competitions such as the Asian Games, Uzbekistan won the gold medal in 1994 in Japan, while finishing as the runners-up at the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations in 1995.