Uzbekistan Football Association

Uzbekistan Football Association
AFC
Founded 1946
FIFA affiliation 1994
AFC affiliation 1993 (Associate member),[1] 1994
CAFA affiliation 2015
President Achilbay Ramatov
Website http://www.the-uff.com
Logo of the Uzbekistan Football Federation from the middle of the 2000s to 2017

The Uzbekistan Football Association (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston futbol assotsiatsiyasi, Russian: Футбольная ассоциация Узбекистана) is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbekistan national team.

History

Uzbekistan Football Federation was founded in 1946, while Uzbekistan was still under Soviet rule, and has been a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation since 1994.

On 7 January 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.

Presidents

PeriodPresident
1992–1994Elmar Aminov
1995–2005Zakir Almatov
2006–2017Mirabror Usmanov
2017–2018Umid Ahmadjonov
2018–presentAchilbay Ramatov

League System

Men

Level Division
1 Uzbek League
2 Uzbekistan First League
3 Uzbekistan Second League
4 Uzbekistan Third League

Women

Level Division
1 Uzbek Women's Football Championship

Awards

The Uzbekistan Football Federation Awards Gala is an award ceremony hosted by The Football Federation. The inaugural ceremony take place in February or March each year. The 2015 Award ceremony took place on 20 February 2013.[2] The 2015 Award ceremony was held on 4 March 2016.


References

  1. ↑ "AFC membership reaches 44". New Straits Times (Google News Archive). 30 April 1993.
  2. 1 2 3 ФФУ наградила лауреатов 2012 года (in Russian). UFF. 2013-01-21.
  3. ↑ "Odil Akhmedov named as best football player 2015 in Uzbekistan". Uzdaily. 2016-03-04.
  4. ↑ "Ахмедов в 4-й раз признан футболистом года в Узбекистане" (in Russian). sports.ru. 2016-03-04.
  5. ↑ "Одил Ахмедов признан лучшим футболистом Узбекистана по итогам 2016 года" (in Russian). Uzdaily. 2017-04-29.
  6. ↑ "UFF announced the best of the year" (in Uzbek). Championat.asia. 2017-12-14.
  7. ↑ "Состоялась церемония награждения лучших по футболу 2017 года" (in Russian). the-uff.com. 2017-12-15.
  8. ↑ Самвел Бабаян признан лучшим тренером 2015 года в Узбекистане (in Russian). the-uff.com. 2016-03-04.
  9. ↑ "Одил Ахмедов признан лучшим футболистом Узбекистана по итогам 2016 года" (in Russian). Uzdaily. 2017-04-29.
  10. ↑ Объявлены лауреаты 2011 года the-uff.com, 23 Декабря 2011, (in Russian)


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