Sports in Uzbekistan includes sports that are played worldwide, such as football, boxing, wrestling, futsal, and judo, as well as sports that originate in the country such as kurash, which is a type of upright wrestling, belbogli kurash, turon, and boyqurgan. Uzbekistan will host the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup and the 2025 Asian Youth Games.
The Australia national under-20 soccer team, known colloquially as the Young Socceroos, represents Australia in international under-20 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia (FA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is the Young Socceroos.
The Uzbekistan national under-20 football team represents Uzbekistan in international under-20 football competitions. It is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation.
Sanjar Kuvvatov is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Neftchi Fergana. He's played for Uzbekistan at several youth levels, including the under-20 and under-21 side.
Ivan Nagaev is an Uzbekistani professional footballer who currently plays for FC Sogdiana Jizzakh as a forward.
Sherzod Karimov is an Uzbekistani footballer currently playing for Surkhon Termez as a midfielder.
Football is the most popular sport in Uzbekistan, a country that gained independence in 1991. The national association takes part in all competitions organised by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation.
Islom Tukhtahujaev is an Uzbek footballer who plays as a defender for Al Gharafa.
Kenja Turaev is an Uzbekistani footballer who plays for home town club Nasaf Qarshi which is playing in Uzbek League as a striker.
Igor Vladimirovich Sergeev is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Thai League 1 club BG Pathum United and the Uzbekistan national team.
Fozil Musaev, also called Fozil Musayev, is an Uzbekistani footballer. He plays for Júbilo Iwata and the Uzbekistan national team as a midfielder.
Jamshid Mahmudovich Iskanderov is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays for Navbahor Namangan and Uzbekistan national football team. He played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification.
Diyorjon Turapov is an Uzbekistani football midfielder currently playing for Neftchi Fergana in the Uzbekistan Professional Football League.
Sardor Mirzaev is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship was the 17th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in India, as announced by the AFC on 3 June 2015, and was played between 15 September and 2 October 2016. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.
Justin Gulley is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Team Wellington.
Zabikhillo Urinboev is an Uzbekistani footballer who plays as a forward. He currently plays for PFC Navbahor Namangan.
Dostonbek Tursunov is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Esteghlal Khuzestan and the Uzbekistan national team.
The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup was the 41st edition of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams of Asia. This edition is the first to be played as an under-20 tournament, as the AFC proposed to switch the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023. Moreover, the tournament was also rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Asian Cup". On 25 January 2021, the AFC announced that Uzbekistan would retain hosting rights for the 2023 edition after the cancellation of the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sanat Shikhov is an Uzbekistani football midfielder and left back who currently plays for Sogdiana Jizzakh. He was a squad member for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
