Uzbekistan Football Association

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]

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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, Kurbanov 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

• Bakhodir Kurbanov — Chairman of Uzbekistan State Security Service, President of UFA.
• Ravshan Irmatov — First Vice President of UFA.
• Odil Akhmedov — Vice President of UFA.
• Avazjon Karimov — advisor to the Minister of Sports.
• Oybek Kasimov — Vice President of National Olympic Committee.
• Avaz Azizkhodjaev — advisor to the President of UFA.
• Edita Mirabidova — Deputy Chairman of the UFA Referees Committee.
• Kozimjon Kamilov — judge of Uzbekistan Constitutional Court.
• Bekzod Mamatkulov — president of Uzbekistan Futsal Federation.
• Diyor Imamkhodjaev — director general of Uzbekistan Professional Football League.
• Jakhongir Usmanov — member of AFC Futsal Committee.^[14]

Association staff

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Name	Position	Source
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]
Fabio Cannavaro	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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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.

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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.