100 countries: Uzbekistan (59)

THIS SERIES introduces some of the football nations which are ranked above Austria.
The Uzbek national team has been the strongest over years from the Central Asian region, dwarfing neighboring countries like Kazakhstan (122) or Turkmenistan (159). Most high profile is Maksim Shatskikh who fastens his boots for Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine.
The Oliy liga is spiced [...]