In the first two matches, Uzbekistan will face Syria on 2 September and Japan on 6 September 2011.

Vadim Abramov invited 28 players to squad and half of them play abroad. It is worth to mention that Anzur Ismailov and Maksim Shatskikh were recalled to the national team.

Uzbekistan Football Federation said that the team will gather in Tashkent on 22 August. Only four players from foreign clubs – Anzur Ismoilov, Shavkat Mulladjanov, Server Djeperov and Azizbek Haydarov – will join the team. Other players will join team on 28 August.

The federation underlined that 23 players will be registered for the match.

Squad

Goalkeepers
Ignatiy Nesterov (Bunyodkor), Timur Juraev (Pakhtakor)

Defenders
Shavkat Mulladjanov (Al Ahli, Qatar), Victor Karpenko (Bunyodkor), Islom Tokhtakhodjaev (Neftchi Ferghana), Anzur Ismoilov (Chanchun Yatay, China), Akbar Ismatullaev (Pakhtakor), Salim Mustfaec (Dinamo Samarkand), Vitaliy Denisov (Dnipro, Ukraine)

Midfielders
Server Jeperov (Al Shabab, Saudi Arabia), Odil Ahmedov (Anzhi, Russia), Sanjar Tursunov (Volga, Russia), Temur Kapadze (Incheon, South Korea), Aziz Haydarov (Al Shabab, UAE), Vagiz Galiulin (Sibir, Russia), Stanislav Andreyev (Pakhtakor), Lutfulla Turaev (Nasaf Qarshi), Fazil Musaev (Nasaf), Jasur Khasanov (Bukhoro), Dilshod Rakhmatullaev (Almalyk), Javlon Ibragimov (Bunyodkor), Oleg Zoteev (Almalyk)

Forwards
Aleksander Geinrikh (Suwon, South Korea), Maksim Shatskikh (Arsenal, Ukraine), Ulugbek Bakaev (Jetisu, Kazakhstan), Marat Bikmaev (Alania, Russia), Bakhodir Nasimov (Neftchi, Azerbaidjan), Aleksander Shadrin (Navbakhor Namangan)