Group K
Uzbekistan
- Manager
- Fabio Cannavaro
- Squad
- 26 players
- Announced
- May 5
Tournament projection
- Advance
- 40.8%
- Round of 16
- 13.4%
- Quarter-final
- 3.5%
- Semi-final
- 0.9%
- Final
- 0.2%
- Champion
- 0.0%
Market champion price 0.1% · model edge -0.0%.
Scouting report
updated 2026-06-04Debutants under a new manager — likely a direct 3-4-3 with inside 10s and high wing-backs, defending in a block to avoid space behind.
Style · 3-4-3 (suspected under the new manager) — inside 10s & high wing-backs, crosses into the box, direct play; defend in a block to avoid space behind.
Counter-reliance ·mediumDirect play, defends a block to deny space behind
Strengths
- +Direct play with high wing-backs and inside 10s
- +Crossing supply to a proven goalscorer
- +Disciplined block to deny space behind
Key players
- Eldor Shomurodov · CF22 goals in Turkey, 9 international goal involvements in 16
- Tactics
- Get the wing-backs high and the 10s inside, play direct and cross for Shomurodov, defending in a block. Khusanov is vital in defence — but he can't do it alone.
Notes
- Hard to analyse precisely due to the new manager.
Sources: John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) — pre-tournament tactical scouting, May–Jun 2026
Group fixtures
Squad
Goalkeepers
- Utkir YusupovNavbahor
- Botirali ErgashevAGMK
- Abduvokhid NematovNasaf
Defenders
- Avazbek UlmasalievAGMK
- Jakhongir UrozovDinamo Samarqand
- Rustamjon AshurmatovEsteghlal
- Umarbek EshmurodovNasaf
- Abdukodir KhusanovManchester City
- Abdulla AbdullaevDibba Al Fujairah
- Farrukh SayfievNeftchi
- Khojiakbar AlijonovPakhtakor
- Sherzod NasrullaevNasaf
- Behruz KarimovSurkhon
Midfielders
- Sherzod EsanovBuxoro
- Umarali RakhmonalievSabah
- Akmal MozgovoyPakhtakor
- Otabek ShukurovBaniyas
- Jamshid IskanderovNeftchi
- Azizjon GanievAl Bataeh
- Abbosbek FayzullaevIstanbul Basaksehir
- Jaloliddin MasharipovEsteghlal
- Dostonbek KhamdamovPakhtakor
- Oston UrunovPersepolis
Forwards
- Azizbek AmonovBuxoro
- Igor SergeevPersepolis
- Eldor ShomurodovIstanbul Basaksehir