On 20 February, UFF President Mirabror Usmanov signed an appeal to decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on fining and disqualifying five players of Uzbekistan national team for deliberate yellow cards.

The FIFA rejected appeal of FIFA and five players of Uzbekistan – Server Jeperov, Vagiz Galiulin, Sanjar Tursunov, Shavkat Mulladjanov and Islom Tokhtakhodjaev – will miss two matches of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.