Uzbekistan at the AFC Asian Cup

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Uzbekistan is one of the most successful teams in Asia, and the most successful team in Central Asia, having qualified for every AFC Asian Cup since the fall of the Soviet Union. With a rich history of competing in the tournament, Uzbekistan is often regarded as a top team and a rising contender for the Asian Cup title. Their best performance was a fourth place finish in the 2011 tournament.

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Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
YearResultPositionPldWD*LGFGAPldWD*LGFGA
Flag of Hong Kong 1955.svg 1956 – Flag of Japan.svg 1992 Part of USSR
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1996 Group stage10th310236210154
Flag of Lebanon.svg 2000 Group stage12th30122144400162
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2004 Quarter-finals6th4310526411136
Flag of Indonesia.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Flag of Thailand.svg Flag of Vietnam.svg 2007 Quarter-finals7th42021046321144
Flag of Qatar.svg 2011 Fourth place4th63121013430173
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2015 Quarter-finals8th4202556321104
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2019 Round of 1610th4211738701207
Flag of Qatar.svg 2023 Quarter-finals7th52307311803279
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2027 To be determined211053
Total8/8Fourth place3315711495047335911239

1996 Asian Cup in the UAE

It was Uzbekistan's first ever appearance in the AFC Asian Cup, since the demise of USSR. In the tournament, although being regarded as the weakest team, Uzbekistan surprised all predictions by defeating China 2–0 right on their opening account. Uzbekistan, however, lost two remaining matches to Japan and Syria, thus had to end up in the group stage. Uzbekistan's maiden victory over China, however, remained as the biggest achievement for Uzbekistan before 2004.

Group C

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9330071+6
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 33102330
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 3310236−3
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 3310236−3
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report Shkvyrin Soccerball shade.svg78'
Shatskikh Soccerball shade.svg90'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
Japan  Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg4–0Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Nanami Soccerball shade.svg7'
Miura Soccerball shade.svg37'
Maezono Soccerball shade.svg86', 90'		 Report
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jalal Moradi (Iran)
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg1–2Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Lebedev Soccerball shade.svg53' (pen.) Report Jokhadar Soccerball shade.svg48'
Dib Soccerball shade.svg74'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

2000 Asian Cup in Lebanon

Uzbekistan made their second appearance by participating in the 2000 edition held in Lebanon. However, this would have become Uzbekistan's worst performance in their history, drew just one and lost two matches, both were humiliating 1–8 and 0–5 demolitions on the hand of Japan and Saudi Arabia.

Group C

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 73210133+10
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 4311164+2
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 33030220
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 13012214−12
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg1–1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Gholam Soccerball shade.svg61' Report Qosimov Soccerball shade.svg73'
Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg8–1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Morishima Soccerball shade.svg7'
Nishizawa Soccerball shade.svg14', 25', 49'
Takahara Soccerball shade.svg18', 20', 57'
Kitajima Soccerball shade.svg79'		 Report Lushan Soccerball shade.svg29'
Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg5–0Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Al-Otaibi Soccerball shade.svg18'
Al-Shalhoub Soccerball shade.svg35', 78', 86'
Al-Temyat Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Report
Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

2004 Asian Cup in China

Uzbekistan participated in the Asian Cup 2004 held in China, and it would have marked their historical milestones. The White Wolves was drawn with neighboring Turkic Turkmenistan, and two Arab teams Iraq and Saudi Arabia, the latter was the runners-up last edition. Uzbekistan, however, performed better than expected. Uzbekistan defeated all three teams with the result 1–0, to qualify for the knockout stage first time, and also the only time they topped group with full nine points. The White Wolves had to end their journey after losing to Bahrain in a penalty shootout.

Group C

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 9330030+3
Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq 6320154+1
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 1301246−2
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1301235−2
Iraq  Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg0–1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report Qosimov Soccerball shade.svg21'
Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 12,400
Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg1–0Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Geynrikh Soccerball shade.svg13' Report
Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Turkmenistan  Flag of Turkmenistan.svg0–1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report Qosimov Soccerball shade.svg58'
Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)

Quarter-finals

2007 Asian Cup in Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam

Uzbekistan would have continued their participation by placing themselves in Group C together with host Malaysia, latest runners-up China and giant Iran. Having been drawn into a tough group with only Malaysia as a point basket, very few people expected Uzbekistan to do something but three points. Uzbekistan eventually lost 1–2 in their opening account against Iran, before demolished Malaysia 5–0. However, in the last match against China, Uzbekistan successfully repeated their feat at 1996, this time, in an even more glorious way by crushing China 3–0. This surprising victory enabled Uzbekistan to the quarter-finals twice while eliminated China from the tournament. [1]

In the quarter-finals, Uzbekistan once again lost to another Arab team, this time, to Saudi Arabia, after 90 minutes with a 1–2 loss and had to go home.

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 321063+37
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 320192+76
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 311176+14
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3003112−110
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg 2–1 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Hosseini Soccerball shade.svg55'
Kazemian Soccerball shade.svg78'		 Report Rezaei Soccerball shade.svg16' (o.g.)
Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 1,863
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 5–0 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Shatskikh Soccerball shade.svg10', 89'
Kapadze Soccerball shade.svg30'
Bakayev Soccerball shade.svg45+2' (pen.)
Ibrahimov Soccerball shade.svg85'		 Report
Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 7,137
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 3–0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Shatskikh Soccerball shade.svg72'
Kapadze Soccerball shade.svg86'
Geynrikh Soccerball shade.svg90+4'		 Report
Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

Quarter-finals

2011 Asian Cup in Qatar

Uzbekistan's participation in the 2011 edition was considered as the most successful to date. Placing in group A with host Qatar, old rival China and Kuwait, the Uzbeks showed to be tough when they beat host Qatar 2–0 and Kuwait 2–1. Although could not repeat the feat of four years ago with China when they drew 2–2, Uzbekistan was still able to qualify into the quarter-finals. In there, Uzbekistan for the first time, to win a match in the knockout round, beating another fellow underdog Jordan 2–1. However, Uzbekistan's semi-final match would have turned to be a nightmare when they lost 0–6 to Australia, shattered their dream to go for their maiden final. [2] In the third place match, Uzbekistan continued losing 2–3 to South Korea, and got their best ever position in Asian Cup history: fourth place.

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 321063+37
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 320152+36
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 31114404
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 300317−60
7 January 2011
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg 0–2 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
12 January 2011
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 2–1 Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
16 January 2011
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2–2 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan

Quarter-finals

Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 2–1 Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Bakayev Soccerball shade.svg47', 49' Report B. Bani Yaseen Soccerball shade.svg58'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 16,073
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Semi-finals

Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 0–6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Report Kewell Soccerball shade.svg5'
Ognenovski Soccerball shade.svg35'
Carney Soccerball shade.svg65'
Emerton Soccerball shade.svg73'
Valeri Soccerball shade.svg82'
Kruse Soccerball shade.svg83'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 24,826
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

Third place play-off

Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 2–3 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Geynrikh Soccerball shade.svg45' (pen.), 53' Report Koo Ja-Cheol Soccerball shade.svg18'
Ji Dong-Won Soccerball shade.svg28', 39'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 8,199
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

2015 Asian Cup in Australia

Their participation in 2015 Asian Cup was not considered to be too successful. Uzbekistan, placed with North Korea, China and Saudi Arabia, was expected to make up into the semi-finals. Uzbekistan, said, needed to play all three matches to secure their ticket to the knockout stage. First, they beat North Korea 1–0 [3] but they lost to China, for the first time in the Asian Cup, 1–2, despite had taken the lead. Uzbekistan had to fight hard to win 3–1 over Saudi Arabia, eventually booked their ticket to the knockout stage facing South Korea. [4]

In the match against South Korea, a rematch of the previous edition's third place-playoff, the Uzbeks were more resilience, and goalkeeper Ignatiy Nesterov had played an astonishing match to hold off South Korea and bring the match to extra time. The Koreans proved to be stronger when they scored two goals, effectively eliminating an Uzbekistan side that had shown great strength from the tournament.

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 330052+39Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 320153+26
3Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 31025503
4Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 300327−50
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
10 January 2015
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 1–0 Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Stadium Australia, Sydney
14 January 2015
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2–1 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
18 January 2015
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 3–1 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia AAMI Park, Melbourne

Quarter-finals

South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg 2–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Son Heung-min Soccerball shade.svg104', 120' Report
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 23,381
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

2019 Asian Cup in the UAE

Uzbekistan joined group F with Japan, Oman and 2004 rival, neighboring Turkmenistan. For the Uzbeks, they were looking for their maiden final, and Uzbekistan's successful victory in 2018 AFC U-23 Championship was believed to be the boost for the White Wolves in such a tough group.

Under guidance of Héctor Cúper, who coached Egypt in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Uzbekistan won against Oman and Turkmenistan, their first two matches, before falling to Japan in the last match that saw Uzbekistan occupied second place in the group. Thus, the defeat to Japan forced Uzbekistan to face Australia, whom they lost disastrously 0–6 eight years ago and also the champions of previous edition. This time, Uzbekistan played better and more organized, thus forcing the match into penalty shootout, but Australia eventually overcame the White Wolves 4–2, thus ended Uzbekistan's campaign in sad note.

Group F

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 330063+39Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 320173+46
3Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 31024403
4Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 3003310−70
Source: AFC
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 2–1 Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
Report
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 9,424
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
Turkmenistan  Flag of Turkmenistan.svg 0–4 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 4,354
Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg 2–1 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 7,005
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Round of 16

2023 Asian Cup in Qatar

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 321041+37Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 312041+35
3Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 31111104
4Flag of India.svg  India 300306−60
Source: AFC
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 0–0 Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Report
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 10,198
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
India  Flag of India.svg 0–3 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 38,491
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1–1 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 15,290
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 2–1 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Report
Attendance: 18,691

Quarter-finals

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References

  1. ↑ "China ousted after losing 0-3 to Uzbekistan". www.chinadaily.com.cn.
  2. ↑ "Australia beats Uzbekistan 6-0 to reach first Asian Cup final". The Globe and Mail. 25 January 2011.
  3. ↑ Skene, Patrick (January 12, 2015). "Enigmatic Uzbekistan reveal Asian Cup threat | Patrick Skene". The Guardian– via www.theguardian.com.
  4. ↑ "Asian Cup: Uzbekistan 3-1 Saudi Arabia | Match report". The Guardian. January 18, 2015 – via www.theguardian.com.
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