Uzbekistan national football team
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The Uzbekistan national football team represents Uzbekistan
in association football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation
, the governing body for football in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan's home ground is Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium
in Tashkent
and their current head coach is Vadim Abramov
.
, 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 football competition at the 1994 Asian Games
in Japan. Uzbekistan have never qualified to the final stages of the 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 1–0 win for Uzbekistan, was wiped out after FIFA
declared the result void after a mistake by Toshimitsu Yoshida, 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
5–1 and China
4–0. However, Uzbekistan was knocked out of the tournament in the quarterfinals stage by losing to Saudi Arabia
2–1.
Four years later, in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup
Uzbekistan ended in fourth place, their best result in the tournament so far. After getting past the group stage and quarterfinals, the Uzbek team lost what it might have been their first Asian Cup final when Australia thrashed the team 0–6 their semifinal game. Some days later they were defeated again by South Korea in the third place playoff.
Uzbekistan won the 1994 Asian Games tournament
as debutants, but failed to make further impact on the continental stage until they reached the last eight of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup
, where they were beaten by Bahrain after a penalty shoot-out.
That performance was followed by victory over Iraq in the second qualifying round for Germany 2006, with goals from Maksim Shatskikh and Alexander Geynrikh sending them through to the last eight. In the final qualifying round, they finished third, thus setting up a play-off against Bahrain, who once again advanced at their expense.
After having three foreign coaches (German Hans Jurgen Gede, Englishman Bob Houghton and Russian Vladimir Nepomniatchi) in three years, Uzbekistan turned to former Uzbekistan Olympic team coach Rauf Inileev. In the qualifying series for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Uzbekistan advanced to the fourth round of Asian qualifying after winning their first four matches, but in the final round of qualifying finished last in Group A behind favorites Australia, Japan,Bahrain and Qatar, with four points from eight matches.
Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
against North Korea and Tajikistan
on 11 and 15 November 2011. Caps and goals as of 15 November 2011.
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Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
in association football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation
Uzbekistan Football Federation
The Uzbekistan Football Federation is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbek national team. It 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.The federation organizes the...
, the governing body for football in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan's home ground is Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium
Central Stadium Pakhtakor or Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities. The stadium holds 35,000, which is all seated. It was built in Soviet time, in 1956, and renovated in...
in Tashkent
Tashkent
Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:...
and their current head coach is Vadim Abramov
Vadim Abramov
Vadim Abramov is a former Uzbekistan football player of Armenian descent and the current manager of Uzbekistan since 2010. Abramov was born in 1953 in Baku, Azerbaijan.-2011 Asian Cup:He was the coach of the Uzbekistan team at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup....
.
History
After the split from the Soviet UnionSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, they played their first match against Tajikistan
Tajikistan national football team
The Tajikistan national football team represents Tajikistan in association football and is controlled by the Tajikistan National Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tajikistan. Tajikistan's home ground is Pamir Stadium in Dushanbe....
on June 17, 1992. Uzbekistan have consistently been the strongest team out of the new Central Asian nations (Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan national football team
The Kazakhstan national football team represents Kazakhstan in international men's association football and is directed by Football Federation of Kazakhstan. They split from the Soviet Union national football team after independence in 1991 and joined the Asian Football Confederation's Central and...
, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan national football team
The Kyrgyzstan national football team is the national team of Kyrgyzstan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic.-History:...
, Tajikistan
Tajikistan national football team
The Tajikistan national football team represents Tajikistan in association football and is controlled by the Tajikistan National Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tajikistan. Tajikistan's home ground is Pamir Stadium in Dushanbe....
, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan national football team
The Turkmenistan national football team is the national team of Turkmenistan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan.-History:After the country gained independence, they played their first match against Kazakhstan on June 1, 1992...
). They won the football competition at the 1994 Asian Games
1994 Asian Games
The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16, 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations. It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack in...
in Japan. Uzbekistan have never qualified to the final stages of the World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
.
Overview
They were knocked out in the final stage of Asian qualification to the 2006 FIFA World Cup2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
after losing on the away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
to Bahrain
Bahrain national football team
The Bahrain national football team is the national team of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association; it was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. They have never reached the finals of the World Cup, but have twice come within one match of doing so...
. The result was subject to controversy as actually three games were played; the first, a 1–0 win for Uzbekistan, was wiped out after FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
declared the result void after a mistake by Toshimitsu Yoshida, a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese referee. The replay ended 1–1, and after the return finished 0–0, Uzbekistan were eliminated.
In the 2007 AFC Asian Cup
2007 AFC Asian Cup
The Asian Football Confederation's 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals were held from July 7 to July 29, 2007. For the first time in its history, the competition was co-hosted by four nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The tournament was won by first-time champions Iraq, who defeated Saudi...
, Uzbekistan was able to get past the group stage by beating Malaysia
Malaysia national football team
The Malaysian national football team nicknamed Harimau Malaya, as the Malayan Tiger, is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia...
5–1 and China
China national football team
The China PR national football team is the national association football team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association...
4–0. However, Uzbekistan was knocked out of the tournament in the quarterfinals stage by losing to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia national football team
Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...
2–1.
Four years later, in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup
2011 AFC Asian Cup
The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup...
Uzbekistan ended in fourth place, their best result in the tournament so far. After getting past the group stage and quarterfinals, the Uzbek team lost what it might have been their first Asian Cup final when Australia thrashed the team 0–6 their semifinal game. Some days later they were defeated again by South Korea in the third place playoff.
Asian Games
| 1994 Asian Games Final starting lineup on October 16, 1994, in Hiroshima Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... ). |
Uzbekistan won the 1994 Asian Games tournament
Football at the 1994 Asian Games
Football at the 1994 Asian Games was held in Hiroshima, Japan from October 1 to October 17, 1994.The women's tournament doubled the Asian qualification of 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, where China PR and Japan qualified.-Medal winners:-Medal table:...
as debutants, but failed to make further impact on the continental stage until they reached the last eight of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup
2004 AFC Asian Cup
The 2004 AFC Asian Cup football competition is the thirteenth staging of AFC Asian Cup. It was held from July 17 to August 7, 2004 in China. The defending champions Japan defeated China in the final in Beijing....
, where they were beaten by Bahrain after a penalty shoot-out.
That performance was followed by victory over Iraq in the second qualifying round for Germany 2006, with goals from Maksim Shatskikh and Alexander Geynrikh sending them through to the last eight. In the final qualifying round, they finished third, thus setting up a play-off against Bahrain, who once again advanced at their expense.
After having three foreign coaches (German Hans Jurgen Gede, Englishman Bob Houghton and Russian Vladimir Nepomniatchi) in three years, Uzbekistan turned to former Uzbekistan Olympic team coach Rauf Inileev. In the qualifying series for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Uzbekistan advanced to the fourth round of Asian qualifying after winning their first four matches, but in the final round of qualifying finished last in Group A behind favorites Australia, Japan,Bahrain and Qatar, with four points from eight matches.
- 1951Football at the 1951 Asian GamesFootball at the 1951 Asian Games was held in New Delhi, India from March 5 to March 11, 1951.In this tournament, 6 teams played in the men's competition. The games lasted only 60 minutes.-Medal table:-Medalists:- Results :-Quarterfinals:----...
to 1990Football at the 1990 Asian GamesFootball at the 1990 Asian Games was held in Beijing, China from September 23 to October 6, 1990.-Medal winners:-Medal table:-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Knockout stages:-Women:...
– Did not participate; was part of USSR - 1994Football at the 1994 Asian GamesFootball at the 1994 Asian Games was held in Hiroshima, Japan from October 1 to October 17, 1994.The women's tournament doubled the Asian qualification of 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, where China PR and Japan qualified.-Medal winners:-Medal table:...
- 1998Football at the 1998 Asian GamesFootball at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand from November 30 to December 19, 1998.-Medal winners:-Medal table:-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Group E: withdrew.-Group F:-Group G:...
– Quarter-finals
Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
World Cup record
- 19981998 FIFA World CupThe 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
to 20102010 FIFA World CupThe 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
– Did not qualify
Asian Cup
| AFC Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is an international association football tournament run by the Asian Football Confederation . It is the second oldest continental football championship in the world after Copa América. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and automatically qualifies for the FIFA... Record |
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| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | * | |||||
 19561956 AFC Asian Cup The 1956 AFC Asian Cup was the inaugural tournament of the AFC Asian Cup. The final tournament was held in Hong Kong from 1 September to 15 September 1956... to  19921992 AFC Asian Cup The Asian Football Confederation's 1992 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan between October 29 and November 8. The host nation, Japan, defeated the defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final in Hiroshima.-Stadiums:... |
Did not enter; was part of USSR | |||||||
 19961996 AFC Asian Cup The Asian Football Confederation's 1996 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between December 4 and December 21. Saudi Arabia defeated host nation U.A.E. in the final match in Abu Dhabi.-Qualification:... |
Round 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
 20002000 AFC Asian Cup The Asian Football Confederation's 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Lebanon between October 12 and October 29. Japan defeated defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final match in Beirut.-Qualification:... |
Round 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
 20042004 AFC Asian Cup The 2004 AFC Asian Cup football competition is the thirteenth staging of AFC Asian Cup. It was held from July 17 to August 7, 2004 in China. The defending champions Japan defeated China in the final in Beijing.... |
Quarterfinals | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
    20072007 AFC Asian Cup The Asian Football Confederation's 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals were held from July 7 to July 29, 2007. For the first time in its history, the competition was co-hosted by four nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The tournament was won by first-time champions Iraq, who defeated Saudi... |
Quarterfinals | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
 20112011 AFC Asian Cup The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup... |
4th Place | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
 20152015 AFC Asian Cup The 2015 AFC Asian Cup will be the 16th edition of the AFC Asian Cup. The finals will be hosted by Australia and held from the 4 to 26 January 2015.-Host selection:... |
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| Total | 5/15 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 39 |
Uzbekistan all time record against other nations
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | +29 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | |
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 22 | −16 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | +2 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | −7 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −1 | |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | |
Coaches
| Name | Nat | Period | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustam Akramov & Berador Abduraimov |  |
1994 – 1994 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Makhmud Rahimov | |
1999 – Feb 2000 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83% |
| Viktor Borisov Viktor Borisov Viktor Yuryevich Borisov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2006 for FC Tom Tomsk.-External links:... |
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Feb 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Pavel Sadyrin Pavel Sadyrin Pavel Sadyrin was a Soviet and Russian footballer and manager.Sadyrin played as a midfielder for Zvezda Perm and Zenit Leningrad.... |
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Apr 2000 – May 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Yuri Sarkisyan | |
July 2000 – February 2004 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 57% |
| Hans-Jürgen Gede Hans-Jürgen Gede Hans-Jürgen Gede is a German football coach and former player.-Playing career:He was born on 14 November 1956 in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany. He began playing football in FC Schalke 04 in 1975. In 1977, he joined to SC Preußen Münster and after playing 71 times for club, he left Preußen and joined... |
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February 2004 – April 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Ravshan Haydarov | |
April 2004 – June 2005 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 58% |
| Bobby Houghton Bobby Houghton Robert Douglas Houghton , commonly known as either Bob Houghton or Bobby Houghton, is an English football manager and former player, Houghton was most recently the head coach of India. His career has spanned over 30 years and 10 different countries... |
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June 2005 – Dec 2005 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20% |
| Valeri Nepomniachi | |
Jan 2006 –Dec 2006 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 60% |
| Rauf Inileyev | |
Jan 2007 –Sep 2008 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 46% |
| Mirjalol Qosimov | |
Sep 2008 – Apr 2010 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 27% |
| Vadim Abramov Vadim Abramov Vadim Abramov is a former Uzbekistan football player of Armenian descent and the current manager of Uzbekistan since 2010. Abramov was born in 1953 in Baku, Azerbaijan.-2011 Asian Cup:He was the coach of the Uzbekistan team at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.... |
|
Apr 2010 – | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 27% |
Current squad
The following players were named for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
The Asian Football Confederation section of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification sees teams competing for berths in the final tournament in Brazil...
against North Korea and Tajikistan
Tajikistan national football team
The Tajikistan national football team represents Tajikistan in association football and is controlled by the Tajikistan National Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tajikistan. Tajikistan's home ground is Pamir Stadium in Dushanbe....
on 11 and 15 November 2011. Caps and goals as of 15 November 2011.
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See also
- Uzbekistan national under-17 football teamUzbekistan national under-17 football teamThe Uzbekistan national U-17 football team represents Uzbekistan in international U-17 football competitions. It is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation.-AFC U-16 Championship:...
- Uzbekistan national under-20 football team
- Uzbekistan national under-23 football teamUzbekistan national under-23 football teamThe Uzbekistan national U-23 football team represents Uzbekistan in international U-23 football competitions. It is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation.-U-22:...
- Uzbekistan national futsal teamUzbekistan national futsal teamThe Uzbekistan national futsal team is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in Uzbekistan and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as World Cup and the Asian Futsal Championship....
- Sport in UzbekistanSport in UzbekistanOver the centuries, Uzbekistan has had a tradition of fostering equestrians and wrestlers . Some of the sports that originate in the country are the kurash, which is a type of upright wrestling, along with belbogli kurash, another type of upright wrestling, and turon, boyqurgan as the other two...