Kyrgyz Premier League
Кыргыз Премьер Лигасы
Keurgeuz Premier Ligaseu
Organising bodyKyrgyz Professional Football League (KPFL)
Founded1992 (1992)
CountryKyrgyzstan
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams10 (since 2022)
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)Kyrgyzstan Cup
Kyrgyzstan Super Cup
International cup(s)AFC Cup
Current championsAbdysh-Ata Kant (2nd title)
(2023)
Most championshipsDordoi Bishkek (13 titles)
TV partnersKyrgyz Sport TV
Websitekpfl.kg
Current: 2023 Kyrgyz Premier League

Kyrgyz Premier League (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Премьер Лигасы, Keurgeuz Premier Ligaseu) or OLIMPBET Premier League for sponsorship purposes is the 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

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

Since independence

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

Year Champion Runner-up Third Place Top goalscorer Player of the Year
1992Alga Bishkek (1)SKA Dostuk SokulukAlay OshKyrgyzstan Igor Sergeyev – SKA Dostuk Sokuluk (26)
1993Alga-RIIF Bishkek (2)Spartak TokmakAlay OshKyrgyzstan Davron Babayev – Dynamo Alay Osh (38)
1994Kant-Oil Kant (1)Semetey Kyzyl-KiyaAk-Maral TokmakKyrgyzstan Aleksandr Merzlikin – Kant-Oil Kant (25)
1995Kant-Oil Kant (2)AiK BishkekSemetey Kyzyl-KiyaKyrgyzstan Aleksandr Merzlikin – Kant-Oil Kant (27)
1996Metallurg Kadamjay (1)AiK BishkekDinamo Alay OshKyrgyzstan Aleksandr Merzlikin – AiK Bishkek (17)
1997Dinamo Bishkek (1)Alga-PVO BishkekAiK BishkekKyrgyzstan Farkhat Khaitbayev – KVT Dinamo Kara-Balta (17)
1998CAG-Dinamo-MVD Bishkek (2)SKA-PVO BishkekNational Guard BishkekKyrgyzstan Sergey Gaizitdinov – Semetei Kyzyl-Kiya (23)
1999Dinamo Bishkek (3)SKA-PVO BishkekZhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-SuuKyrgyzstan Ismail Malikov – Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (16)
2000SKA-PVO Bishkek (3)Dinamo BishkekPolyot BishkekKyrgyzstan Valeriy Berezovskiy – SKA-PVO Bishkek (32)
2001SKA-PVO Bishkek (4)Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-SuuDordoy NarynKyrgyzstan Nurlan Rajabaliyev – Zhashtyk-Ak-Altyn Kara-Suu (28)
2002SKA-PVO Bishkek (5)Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-SuuDordoi NarynKyrgyzstan Yevgeny Boldygin – Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (19)
2003Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (1)SKA-PVO BishkekDordoy NarynKyrgyzstan Roman Kornilov – SKA-PVO Bishkek (39)
2004Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (1)SKA-Shoro BishkekZhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-SuuKyrgyzstan Zamirbek Jumagulov – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (28)
2005Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (2)Shoro SKA BishkekZhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-SuuKyrgyzstan Yevgeny Boldygin – Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (23)
2006Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (3)Abdish-Ata KantZhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-SuuKyrgyzstan Vyacheslav Pryanishnikov – Abdish-Ata Kant (24)
2007Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (4)Abdish-Ata KantZhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-SuuKyrgyzstan Almazbek Mirzaliev – Abdish-Ata Kant (21)
2008Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (5)Abdish-Ata KantAlay OshKyrgyzstan Khurshit Lutfullayev – Abdysh-Ata Kant
Ghana David Tetteh – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (13)
2009Dordoi-Dynamo (6)Abdish-Ata KantAlay OshRussia Maxim Kretov – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (21)Ghana Daniel Tagoe – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
2010Neftchi Kochkor-Ata (1)Dordoi-DynamoAbdish-Ata KantKyrgyzstan Talaybek Djumatayev – Neftchi Kochkor-Ata (15)Kyrgyzstan Azamat Baimatov – Dordoi Bishkek
2011Dordoi Bishkek (7)Neftchi Kochkor-AtaAbdish-Ata KantKyrgyzstan Vladimir Verevkin – Alga Bishkek (12)
2012Dordoi Bishkek (8)Alga BishkekAlay OshKyrgyzstan Kayumzhan Sharipov – Dordoi Bishkek (17)
2013Alay Osh (1)Dordoi BishkekAbdish-Ata KantKyrgyzstan Almazbek Mirzaliev (20) - Abdysh-Ata Kant
2014Dordoi Bishkek (9)Abdish-Ata KantAlga BishkekPakistan Kaleemullah Khan (18) - Dordoi BishkekPakistan Kaleemullah Khan – Dordoi Bishkek[5]
2015Alay Osh (2)Dordoi BishkekAbdish-Ata KantGuinea Alia Sylla (17) - Alay
2016Alay Osh (3)Dordoi BishkekAlga BishkekGuinea Alia Sylla (21) - Alay
2017Alay Osh (4)Abdysh-Ata KantDordoi BishkekGuinea Alia Sylla (12) - Alay[6]
2018Dordoi Bishkek (10)Alay OshAbdysh-Ata KantGhana Joel Kojo (26) - Alay[7]
2019Dordoi Bishkek (11)Alay OshAlga BishkekTurkmenistan Wahyt Orazsähedow (20) — Dordoi Bishkek[8]Gulzhigit Alykulov
2020Dordoi Bishkek (12)Alga BishkekNeftchi Kochkor-AtaKyrgyzstan Mirlan Murzaev (10) — Dordoi Bishkek
2021Dordoi Bishkek (13)Abdysh-Ata KantAlga BishkekKyrgyzstan Mirbek Akhmataliev (17) — Abdysh-Ata Kant
2022Abdysh-Ata Kant (1)Alay OshAlga BishkekGhana Emmanuel Yaghr[9] (14) — FC AlayKyrgyzstan Magamed Uzdenov — FC Abdysh-Ata Kant
2023Abdysh-Ata Kant (2)Alay OshDordoi BishkekMontenegro Danin Talović (14) — Dordoi Bishkek

2023 teams

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
Kara-Balta 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

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Third Place Winning years
Dordoi Bishkek 13 4 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
Dinamo MVD Bishkek 3 1 – 1997, 1998, 1999
Abdysh-Ata Kant 2 7 5 2022, 2023
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 2023, 64 clubs have participated. Note: The tallies below include up to the 2023 season. Teams denoted in bold are current participants.

References and notes

  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. 1 2 "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). flk.kg. 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.
  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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