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.

Kyrgyz Premier League
Кыргыз Премьер Лигасы
Kyrgyz Premier Ligasy

Organising body	Kyrgyz Professional Football League (KPFL)
Founded	1992; 33 years ago (1992)
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Kyrgyzstan League Second Level
Domestic cup(s)	Kyrgyzstan Cup Kyrgyzstan Super Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Challenge League
Current champions	Abdysh-Ata Kant 3rd title) (2024)
Most championships	Dordoi Bishkek (13 titles)
Top goalscorer	Almazbek Mirzaliev (142 goals)
TV partners	Kyrgyz Sport TV
Website	kpfl.kg
Current: 2024 Kyrgyz Premier League

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

Soviet-era champions

Champions were:^[2]

• 1934: Frunze City Team
• 1935: Dinamo Frunze
• 1936: Burevestnik Frunze
• 1937s: Spartak Frunze
• 1937f: Burevestnik Frunze
• 1938s: Dinamo Frunze
• 1938f: Dinamo Frunze
• 1939–44: not played
• 1945: Frunze City Team
• 1946: Spartak Frunze
• 1947: Spartak Frunze
• 1948: Spartak Frunze
• 1949: Burevestnik Frunze
• 1950: Spartak Frunze
• 1951: Frunze City Team
• 1952: Dinamo Frunze
• 1953: Osh Region Team
• 1954: Frunze City Team
• 1955: Frunze City Team
• 1956: Frunze City Team
• 1957: Frunze Region Team
• 1958: Torpedo Frunze
• 1959: Torpedo Frunze
• 1960: SKIF Frunze
• 1961: Mayli-Say City Team
• 1962: Alga Kalininskoye
• 1963: Alga Kalininskoye
• 1964: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1965: Alga Kalininskoye
• 1966: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1967: Alga Kalininskoye
• 1968: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1969: Instrumentalshchik Frunze
• 1970: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1971: Elektrik Frunze
• 1972: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1973: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1974: Tekstilshchik Osh
• 1975: Instrumentalshchik Frunze
• 1976: Stroitel Jalal-Abad
• 1977: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1978: Instrumentalshchik Frunze
• 1979: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1980: Instrumentalshchik Frunze
• 1981: Instrumentalshchik Frunze
• 1982: Instrumentalshchik Frunze
• 1983: Instrumentalshchik Frunze
• 1984: Instrumentalshchik Frunze
• 1985: not played
• 1986: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1987: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1988: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1989: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1990: Selmashevets Frunze
• 1991: Selmashevets Frunze

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

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

2024 teams

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Abdysh-Ata Kant	Kant	Nitro Arena	1,200
Alay Osh	Osh	Suyumbayev Stadion	11,200
Alga Bishkek	Bishkek	KGAFKiS	1,000
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	4,500
Neftchi	Kochkor-Ata	Stadion Neftyannik Kochkor-Ata	5,000
OshSU Aldier	Osh	Suyumbayev Stadion	4,000
Talant	Besh-Künggöy	Besh-Küngöy Stadium	unknown

Performances

Performance by club

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

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

• 30 seasons: Alga Bishkek
• 26 seasons: Alay, Dordoi Bishkek
• 23 seasons: Kyrgyzaltyn
• 22 seasons: Abdysh-Ata Kant
• 20 seasons: Neftchi Kochkor-Ata
• 13 seasons: Zhashtyk-Ak-Altyn Kara-Suu
• 11 seasons: Dzhalal-Abad, Shakhtyor Kyzyl-Kiya
• 10 seasons: Dinamo MVD Bishkek
• 9 seasons: Dinamo-UVD Osh, RUOR-Guardia Bishkek
• 7 seasons: Ilbirs Bishkek
• 6 seasons: Ala-Too Naryn, Issyk-Kol Karakol, SKA-Alay Osh
• 5 seasons: Dinamo-Manas-SKIF Bishkek, Kaganat, Rotor Bishkek, Sher Bishkek
• 4 seasons: Ak-Maral Tokmok, Ak-Zhol, Kant-Oil, Orto-Nur Sokuluk
• 3 seasons: Aldiyer Kurshab, Kant, Kara-Shoro Uzgen, KG United, Polyot Bishkek, Talant, Talas
• 2 seasons: Abdysh-Ata-99, Ala-Buka, Dordoi-Plaza, Energetik Karaköl, Instrumentalshchik Bishkek, Muras United, OshSU-Aldier, Shakhtyor Tashkömür, Shoro Bishkek, Team Kyrgyzstan U-21, Uchkun Kara-Suu
• 1 season: Ak-Bura Osh, Alamudun, Alga-2 Bishkek, Ata-Spor Bishkek, Bakit Mailuu-Suu, Bazar-Korgon-Babur, Belovodskoye, Dinamo-Chuy UVD, Dinamo Kant, Ekolog Bishkek, Energetik Bishkek, Kelechek Osh, Kolos Nizhnechuyskoye, Lokomotiv Dzhalal-Abad, Metallurg Kadamjay, Muras-Sport Bishkek, Nookat, Nur-Batken, Olimpia-85 Bishkek, Team Kyrgyzstan U-17, Tsementnik Kant, Zhashtyk Osh

References and notes

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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.

External links

• League at fifa.com
• Kyrgyz Premier Liga, standings, results & fixtures