The Uzbekistan Football Association (uz| Oʻzbekiston Futbol Assotsiatsiyasi) is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbekistan national team.
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]
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, Kurbanov 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]
| Name | Position | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bakhodir Kurbanov | President | [12] [13] | |
| Ravshan Irmatov | First Vice President | [14] | |
| Odil Ahmedov[15] | Vice President | ||
| | General Secretary | ||
| Olimjon Salikhov | Treasurer | ||
| Sergey Arslanov | Technical Director | ||
| Fabio Cannavaro | Team Coach (Men's) | ||
| Bakhrom Norsafarov | Team Coach (Women's) | ||
| Davron Fayziev | Media/Communications Manager | ||
| Erkin Bakhtiyorov | Referee Coordinator |
Coordinates the activities of Uzbekistan national football team, Olympic team, youth teams (U-23 and U-20), junior team (U-17), amputee team, women's team, youth and junior women's national teams, and oversees the holding of competitions.
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.[16] The 2015 Award ceremony was held on March 4, 2016.
See main article: Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year.
| Year | Place | Player | Club | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | Marat Bikmaev | Lokomotiv | [17] [18] |
| 2–3 | Bakhrom Abdurakhimov | Nasaf | ||
| 2–3 | Otabek Shukurov | Bunyodkor | ||
| 2018 | 1 | Odil Ahmedov |  Shanghai SIPG | |
| 2 | Marat Bikmaev | Lokomotiv | ||
| 3 | Otabek Shukurov | Sharjah | ||
| 4 | Ikromjon Alibaev | Lokomotiv | ||
| 2019 | 1 | Eldor Shomurodov |  Genoa | [19] [20] |
| 2 | Odil Ahmedov | Shanghai SIPG | ||
| 3 | Jaloliddin Masharipov | Pakhtakor |
| Year | Player | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Timur Khakimov | Pakhtakor | |
| 2011 | Timur Khakimov | Pakhtakor | |
| Davlat Yarbekov | Pakhtakor | ||
| Bobir Davlatov | Mash'al Mubarek | ||
| 2012 | Jamshid Boltaboev | RCOR Pakhtakor | |
| Otabek Shukurov | Mash'al Mubarek | ||
| 2013 | Izatilla Abdullaev | Pakhtakor | |
| Jamshid Boltaboev | Pakhtakor | ||
| Akobir Turaev | FK Buxoro | ||
| 2014 | Islom Kenjaboev | Nasaf Qarshi | |
| 2015 | Dostonbek Khamdamov | Bunyodkor | |
| 2017 | Igor Chikrizov | Pakhtakor | |
| 2019 | Jasur Jaloliddinov | Bukhoro |
See main article: Uzbekistan Football Coach of the Year.
| Year | Place | Coach | Club | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | Ruziqul Berdiev | Nasaf Qarshi | [21] | |
| 2–3 | Mirjalol Kasymov | Bunyodkor | |||
| 2–3 | Ulugbek Bakaev | Bukhoro | |||
| 2018 | 1 | Ravshan Khaydarov | Uzbekistan U-23 | ||
| 2 | Mirjalol Kasymov | Bunyodkor | |||
| 3 | Andrei Fyodorov | Lokomotiv Tashkent | |||
| 2019 | 1 | Vadim Abramov | Uzbekistan |
| Year | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Aleksey Evstafeev | Uzbekistan U-16 | |
| 2011 | Aleksey Evstafeev | Uzbekistan U-17 | |
| 2012 | Dilshod Nuraliev | Uzbekistan U-16 | |
| 2013 | Dilshod Nuraliev | Uzbekistan U-17 | |
| 2014 | Temur Alimkhodjaev | Uzbekistan U-16 | |
| 2019 | Ruziqul Berdiev | Nasaf Qarshi |
| Year | Referee | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ravshan Irmatov | |
| 2007 | Ravshan Irmatov | |
| 2008 | Ravshan Irmatov | |
| 2009 | Ravshan Irmatov | |
| 2010 | Ravshan Irmatov | |
| 2011 | Ravshan Irmatov | |
| 2012 | Ravshan Irmatov | |
| 2013 | Ravshan Irmatov | |
| 2014 | Ravshan Irmatov | |
| 2015 | Ravshan Irmatov | |
| 2019 | Valentin Kovalenko |
| Year | Club | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Bunyodkor | ||
| 2009 | Bunyodkor | ||
| 2010 | Bunyodkor | ||
| 2011 | Sogdiana Jizzakh | [22] | |
| 2012 | Olmaliq FK | ||
| 2013 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | ||
| 2014 | Olmaliq FK | ||
| 2017 | Kokand 1912 | ||
| 2019 | Nasaf Qarshi |
