Uzbekistan national team will play against Locomotive on 3 September and Estonia national team on 7 September. Both are away matches.

Abramov called three players, playing abroad – Vagiz Galiullin, Vitaliy Denisov and Maksim Shatskikh. He also called three new players – Anvar Rakhimov, Farrukh Nurliboev and Salim Mustafoev.

Uzbekistan Football Federation said that only 20 players out of 23 will head to Russia and Estonia.

Uzbekistan squad

Goalkeeper
Ignatiy Nesterov (Bunyodkor), Murod Zuhurov (Nasaf)

Defenders
Maksud Karimov (Nasaf), Artem Filiposyan (Nasaf), Sahob Juraev (Bunyodkor), Yaroslav Krushelnetski (Shurtan), Shavkat Muladjonov (Olmalik), Vitaliy Denisov (Dnepro Ukraine), Anzur Ismoilov (Bunyodkor)

Midfielder
Viktor Karpenko (Bunyodkor), Timur Kapadze (Bunyodkor), Muzaffar Umrzokov (Locomotiv), Lutfulla Turaev (Nasaf), Vagiz Galiullin (Sibir Russia), Odil Akhmedov (Pakhtakor)

Forwards
Igor Taran (Shurtan), Shavkat Salomov (Nasaf), Olim Navkarov (Kyzylkum), Maksim Shatskikh (Arsenal Ukraine), Aleksander Geinrikh (Pakhtakor)