Kyrgyz Premier League

Kyrgyz Premier League
Кыргыз Премьер Лигасы
Kyrgyz Premier Ligasy
Organising bodyKyrgyz Professional Football League (KPFL)
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
CountryKyrgyzstan
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toKyrgyzstan League Second Level
Domestic cup(s)Kyrgyzstan Cup
Kyrgyzstan Super Cup
International cup(s)AFC Challenge League
Current championsAbdysh-Ata Kant 3rd title)
(2024)
Most championshipsDordoi Bishkek (13 titles)
Top goalscorerAlmazbek Mirzaliev
(142 goals)
TV partnersKyrgyz Sport TV
Websitekpfl.kg
Current: 2024 Kyrgyz Premier League

The Kyrgyz Premier League (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Премьер Лигасы, romanized: Kyrgyz Premier Ligasy) or OLIMPBET Premier League for sponsorship purposes is the top division of professional football in Kyrgyzstan. It was created in 1992 after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. The league is composed of eight teams. The most successful team is Dordoi Bishkek who have won the league thirteen times.

The winner of the league earns a spot in the AFC Cup preliminary qualifying round, Asia's second highest club continental competition. The team with the worst record at the end of each season is demoted to the Kyrgyzstan League Second Level.

Starting from the 2019 season, the league was rebranded as the Kyrgyz Premier League.[1]

Previous winners

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Soviet-era champions

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Champions were:[2]

Club Trophies Years won
Rotor Bishkek
16
 1958, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
Instrumentalshchik Bishkek
8
 1969, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Bishkek City Team
6
 1934, 1945, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956
Spartak Frunze
5
 1937s, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950
Dinamo MVD Bishkek
4
 1935, 1938s, 1938f, 1952
Kyrgyzaltyn
4
 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967
Burevestnik Frunze
3
 1936, 1937f, 1949
Osh Region Team
1
 1953
Bishkek Region Team
1
 1957
SKIF Frunze
1
 1960
Mayluu-Suu City Team
1
 1961
Elektrik Frunze
1
 1971
Tekstilshchik Osh
1
 1974
Dzhalal-Abad
1
 1976

Since independence

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Champions since the country's independence were:[2][3][4]

Year Champion Runner-up Third Place Top goalscorer Player of the Year
1992 Alga Bishkek (1) SKA Dostuk Sokuluk Alay Osh Kyrgyzstan Igor Sergeyev – SKA Dostuk Sokuluk (26)
1993 Alga-RIIF Bishkek (2) Spartak Tokmak Alay Osh Kyrgyzstan Davron Babayev – Dynamo Alay Osh (38)
1994 Kant-Oil Kant (1) Semetey Kyzyl-Kiya Ak-Maral Tokmak Kyrgyzstan Aleksandr Merzlikin – Kant-Oil Kant (25)
1995 Kant-Oil Kant (2) AiK Bishkek Semetey Kyzyl-Kiya Kyrgyzstan Aleksandr Merzlikin – Kant-Oil Kant (27)
1996 Metallurg Kadamjay (1) AiK Bishkek Dinamo Alay Osh Kyrgyzstan Aleksandr Merzlikin – AiK Bishkek (17)
1997 Dinamo Bishkek (1) Alga-PVO Bishkek AiK Bishkek Kyrgyzstan Farkhat Khaitbayev – KVT Dinamo Kara-Balta (17)
1998 CAG-Dinamo-MVD Bishkek (2) SKA-PVO Bishkek National Guard Bishkek Kyrgyzstan Sergey Gaizitdinov – Semetei Kyzyl-Kiya (23)
1999 Dinamo Bishkek (3) SKA-PVO Bishkek Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu Kyrgyzstan Ismail Malikov – Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (16)
2000 SKA-PVO Bishkek (3) Dinamo Bishkek Polyot Bishkek Kyrgyzstan Valeriy Berezovskiy – SKA-PVO Bishkek (32)
2001 SKA-PVO Bishkek (4) Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu Dordoy Naryn Kyrgyzstan Nurlan Rajabaliyev – Zhashtyk-Ak-Altyn Kara-Suu (28)
2002 SKA-PVO Bishkek (5) Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu Dordoi Naryn Kyrgyzstan Yevgeny Boldygin – Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (19)
2003 Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (1) SKA-PVO Bishkek Dordoy Naryn Kyrgyzstan Roman Kornilov – SKA-PVO Bishkek (39)
2004 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (1) SKA-Shoro Bishkek Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu Kyrgyzstan Zamirbek Jumagulov – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (28)
2005 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (2) Shoro SKA Bishkek Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu Kyrgyzstan Yevgeny Boldygin – Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (23)
2006 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (3) Abdish-Ata Kant Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu Kyrgyzstan Vyacheslav Pryanishnikov – Abdish-Ata Kant (24)
2007 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (4) Abdish-Ata Kant Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Mirzaliev – Abdish-Ata Kant (21)
2008 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (5) Abdish-Ata Kant Alay Osh Kyrgyzstan Khurshit Lutfullayev – Abdysh-Ata Kant
Ghana David Tetteh – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (13)
2009 Dordoi-Dynamo (6) Abdish-Ata Kant Alay Osh Russia Maxim Kretov – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (21) Ghana Daniel Tagoe – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
2010 Neftchi Kochkor-Ata (1) Dordoi-Dynamo Abdish-Ata Kant Kyrgyzstan Talaybek Djumatayev – Neftchi Kochkor-Ata (15) Kyrgyzstan Azamat Baimatov – Dordoi Bishkek
2011 Dordoi Bishkek (7) Neftchi Kochkor-Ata Abdish-Ata Kant Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Verevkin – Alga Bishkek (12)
2012 Dordoi Bishkek (8) Alga Bishkek Alay Osh Kyrgyzstan Kayumzhan Sharipov – Dordoi Bishkek (17)
2013 Alay Osh (1) Dordoi Bishkek Abdish-Ata Kant Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Mirzaliev (20) - Abdysh-Ata Kant
2014 Dordoi Bishkek (9) Abdish-Ata Kant Alga Bishkek Pakistan Kaleemullah Khan (18) - Dordoi Bishkek Pakistan Kaleemullah Khan – Dordoi Bishkek[5]
2015 Alay Osh (2) Dordoi Bishkek Abdish-Ata Kant Guinea Alia Sylla (17) - Alay
2016 Alay Osh (3) Dordoi Bishkek Alga Bishkek Guinea Alia Sylla (21) - Alay
2017 Alay Osh (4) Abdysh-Ata Kant Dordoi Bishkek Guinea Alia Sylla (12) - Alay[6]
2018 Dordoi Bishkek (10) Alay Osh Abdysh-Ata Kant Ghana Joel Kojo (26) - Alay[7]
2019 Dordoi Bishkek (11) Alay Osh Alga Bishkek Turkmenistan Wahyt Orazsähedow (20) — Dordoi Bishkek[8] Gulzhigit Alykulov[citation needed]
2020 Dordoi Bishkek (12) Alga Bishkek Neftchi Kochkor-Ata Kyrgyzstan Mirlan Murzaev (10) — Dordoi Bishkek
2021 Dordoi Bishkek (13) Abdysh-Ata Kant Alga Bishkek Kyrgyzstan Mirbek Akhmataliev (17) — Abdysh-Ata Kant
2022 Abdysh-Ata Kant (1) Alay Osh Alga Bishkek Ghana Emmanuel Yaghr[9] (14) — FC Alay Kyrgyzstan Magamed Uzdenov — FC Abdysh-Ata Kant
2023 Abdysh-Ata Kant (2) Alay Osh Dordoi Bishkek Montenegro Danin Talović (14) — Dordoi Bishkek
2024 Abdysh-Ata Kant (3) Dordoi Bishkek

2024 teams

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Team Location Venue Capacity
Abdysh-Ata Kant Kant Nitro Arena 1200
Alay Osh Osh Suyumbayev Stadion 11,200
Alga Bishkek Bishkek KGAFKiS 1000
Dordoi Bishkek Bishkek SC Dordoi 850
Ilbirs Bishkek Bishkek Football Center 200
Kyrgyzaltyn Kara-Balta Manas Stadium 4,000
Muras United Jalal-Abad Kurmanbek Stadium 4500
Neftchi Kochkor-Ata Stadion Neftyannik Kochkor-Ata 5,000
OshSU Aldier Osh Suyumbayev Stadion 4,000
Talant Besh-Künggöy Besh-Küngöy Stadium unknown

Performances

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Performance by club

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Club Winners Runners-up Third Place Winning years
Dordoi Bishkek 13 5 5 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Alga Bishkek 5 8 5 1992, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002
Alay Osh 4 4 5 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
Abdysh-Ata Kant 3 7 5 2022, 2023, 2024
Dinamo MVD Bishkek 3 1 – 1997, 1998, 1999
Kant-Oil 2 – – 1994, 1995
Zhashtyk-Ak-Altyn Kara-Suu 1 2 5 2003
Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 1 1 1 2010
Metallurg Kadamjay 1 – – 1996
RUOR-Guardia Bishkek – 2 2
Ak-Maral Tokmok – 1 1
Shakhtyor Kyzyl-Kiya – 1 1
Orto-Nur Sokuluk – 1 –
Dinamo-UVD Osh – – 1
Polyot Bishkek – – 1

League participation

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As of 2024, 64 clubs have participated. Note: The tallies below include up to the 2024 season. Teams denoted in bold are current participants.

References and notes

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  1. ^ "Кыргызская Премьер-лига: новый сезон – новый формат". Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Kyrgyzstan – List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Champions Kyrgyzstan" (in Russian). ffkr.kg. 2008. Archived from the original on February 16, 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Лучшие бомбардиры Чемпионатов Кыргызстана". flk.kg (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2015-08-03. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  5. ^ kalimulla-luchshij-igrok-topligi-po-versii-flk (in Russian). FC Dordoi Bishkek. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Алиа Силла повторил рекорд 21-летней давности". flk.kg (in Russian). FLK. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Жоел Кожо из Ганы — лучший бомбардир чемпионата Кыргызстана по футболу (список)". sport.akipress.org (in Russian). Aki Press. 7 November 2018. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Вахит Оразсахедов: «В целом "Дордой" провел довольно успешный сезон»" (in Russian). Turkmenportal. 6 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Эммануэль Ягр - Лучший Бомбардир БК ОЛИМП - Премьер Лиги 2022". 16 November 2022.
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