The represents
Uzbekistan in international
Football competitions. It is controlled by the
Uzbekistan Football Federation . After the split from the
Soviet Union , they played their first match against
Tajikistan on
June 17 ,
1992 . Uzbekistan have consistently been the strongest team out of the new Central Asian nations (
Kazakhstan ,
Kyrgyzstan ,
Tajikistan ,
Turkmenistan ). They won the Asian Games in
1994 .
They were knocked out in the final stage of Asian qualification to the
2006 FIFA World Cup after losing on the
Away Goals Rule to
Bahrain . The result was subject to controversy as actually three games were played; the first, a win for Uzbekistan, was wiped out after
FIFA declared the result void after a mistake by a
Japan ese referee. The replay ended '''1-1''', and after the return finished '''0-0''', Uzbekistan were eliminated.
In the
2007 AFC Asian Cup , Uzbekistan was able to get past the group stage by beating
Malaysia and
China '''3-0'''. However, Uzbekistan was knocked out of the tournament in the quarterfinals stage by losing to
Saudi Arabia '''2-1'''.
March 11 ,
2007 ,
Shymkent ,
Kazakhstan - Friendly
March 24 ,
2007 ,
Taipei ,
Taiwan - Friendly
March 27 ,
2007 ,
Macau ,
Macau - Friendly
July 2 ,
2007 ,
Paju ,
South Korea - Friendly
July 5 ,
2007 ,
Seoul ,
South Korea - Friendly
July 11 ,
2007 ,
Kuala Lumpur ,
Malaysia - AFC Asian Cup
July 14 ,
2007 ,
Kuala Lumpur ,
Malaysia - AFC Asian Cup
July 18 ,
2007 ,
Kuala Lumpur ,
Malaysia - AFC Asian Cup
July 22 ,
2007 ,
Jakarta ,
Indonesia - AFC Asian Cup
