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Abdusalam Azizov has resigned as the President of the Uzbekistan Football Association.

Президент Федерации футбола Узбекистана Абдусалом Азизов ушел в отставку.

In its Telegram channel, the AFU announced that an extraordinary congress of the association will take place on February 22. Until then, Ravshan Irmatov will serve as the acting president of the organization. Elections for a new leader of the AFU are scheduled for next month.

Abdusalom Azizov has been at the helm of the association since July 2019, succeeding Achilbay Ramatov as the first deputy prime minister. He was re-elected to this position in September 2021.

In November 2024, Azizov was relieved of his duties as the chairman of the State Security Service (SSS), and at the beginning of December, he took on the role of deputy advisor to the president on youth issues.