Kasimov announced expanded squad

Mirdjalal Kasimov called 24 players for training camp in Tashkent which begins on November 10. Team head coach for the first time called strikers Vohid Shodiev from FC Bukhara and Shahzod Nurmatov from FC Metallurg.

National team is planning to fly to Hanoi on Novemer 12. If Kasimov‘s team wins both away matches we‘ll have a very good chance to qualify final stage of Asian Cup. Here is the list of players below.

Goalkeepers: Eldor Suyunov (Nasaf), Alexander Lobanov (Pakhtakor), Murod Zuhurov (Bunyodkor).

Defenders: Anzur Ismailov (Changchun Yatai, China) Islom Tukhtakhujaev (Lokomotiv), Islom Inomov (Lokomotiv), Vitaliy Denisov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Vladimir Kozak (Pakhtakor), Shavkat Mulladjanov (Liaoning, China), Davron Hashimov (Pakhtakor).

Midfielders: Aziz Haydarov (Al- Shabab, UAE), Fozil Musaev (Al Mu'aidar SC , Qatar), Sanjar Tursunov (Gazovik, Russia), Jasur Hasanov (Bunyodkor), Odil Ahmedov (Anji, Russia), Timur Kapadze (Aktobe, Kazakhstan), Jamshid Iskanderov (Pakhtakor), Sardor Rashidov (Bunyodkor), Server Djeparov (Seongnam Ilhwa, South Korea).

Forwards: Bahodir Nasimov (Neftchi, Azerbaijan), Igor Sergeev (Pakhtakor) Vohid Shodiev (Bukhara), Shahzod Nurmatov (Metallurg), Ivan Nagaev (Lokomotiv).