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The Kyrgyzstan national football team (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), officially recognised by FIFA and AFC as Kyrgyz Republic, represents Kyrgyzstan in international football and is controlled by the Kyrgyz Football Union, a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Central Asian Football Association.

HistoryEdit

Early yearsEdit

Until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kyrgyz football players played for the USSR national football team. After Kyrgyzstan gained independence on August 31, 1991, the national team was created. Kyrgyzstan played its first match on August 23, 1992, in the Template:Interlanguage link against Uzbekistan in Tashkent. The match ended in a 3-0 victory for Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan eventually finished in fourth place. The team was scheduled to play against Turkmenistan on July 16, 1992, but the match was cancelled due to the absence of the Turkmenistan team. In 1993, Kyrgyzstan participated in the 1993 ECO Cup in Iran, but failed to advance past the group stage.

In 1994, the Football Federation of Kyrgyzstan was admitted as a full member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and FIFA. The team participated in the Uzbekistan Independence Cup, finishing in last place. The team did not play any matches in 1995, and in 1996, they participated in the 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification, finishing in second place in their group and failing to advance. In 1997, Kyrgyzstan participated in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, but was eliminated in the first round after finishing second in their group.

In 1999, Kyrgyzstan played in 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification, but finished in last place in their group. The team participated in the 2000 WAFF Championship, but again finished in last place. In 2001, Kyrgyzstan participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, but was eliminated in the first round after finishing third in their group.

In 2002, the team did not play any matches, and in 2003, they participated in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification, finishing in second place in their group and failing to advance. That same year, they also participated in the first round of the qualifying tournament for the 2006 World Cup, advancing to the next round after defeating Pakistan in both matches. In 2004, Kyrgyzstan participated in the second stage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, but finished in fourth place in their group.

AFC Asian Cup debutEdit

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Kyrgyzstan starting line-up against Philippines at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group C match, gaining their first ever win in their history in the tournament
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Valery Kichin captained Kyrgyzstan at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup

In the years since, Kyrgyzstan has seen some success, participating in the 2010, 2014, and 2018 editions of the AFC Challenge Cup, finishing in third place in 2010 and as runners-up in 2014 . During the third round of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Kyrgyzstan was grouped with India, Myanmar and Macau in which they got 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 lost seeing Kyrgyzstan qualified to their first-ever major tournament in the 2019 edition of the AFC Asian Cup.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Kyrgyzstan was drawn in Group C alongside China, Philippines and heavyweights South Korea. The team lost back to back to China and South Korea needing a desperate win against the Philippines in the last match to at least qualified to the knockout stage which Vitalij Lux scored a hat-trick gaining Kyrgyzstan their first ever win in their history of the tournament seeing them through to the Round of 16 facing United Arab Emirates. Throughout the match, UAE was leading at 2–1 where in the 90' minute stoppage time, Tursunali Rustamov scored a header from a corner kick to equalised the match at 2–2 sending it into extra time however their luck ran out as Ahmed Khalil scored a penalty seeing Kyrgyzstan out from the tournament. In the same year, Kyrgyzstan reached their highest-ever FIFA ranking of 75th.

In the 2023 Asian Cup qualification, Kyrgyzstan hosted all of the Group F matches being grouped with neighbours, Tajikistan and two Southeast Asia countries, Myanmar and Singapore. In the first match, the team bounced back from 1–0 down as Valery Kichin converted a penalty to level the score in the 77' minute in which Viktor Maier scored the winner in the 82' minute to secure the three points for Kyrgyzstan. In the next fixture, Viktor Maier scored a brace against Myanmar securing another three points for Kyrgyzstan before facing Tajikistan in a goalless draw in the final fixture seeing both team advancing to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.

In 2023, Kyrgyzstan alongside Uzbekistan hosted the inaugural 2023 CAFA Nations Cup.

StadiumEdit

Home matches are played at the Dolen Omurzakov Stadium in Bishkek, which has a capacity of 23,000.

Results and fixturesEdit

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2024Edit

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Coaching staffEdit

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Position Name
Head coach Template:Flagicon Maxim Lisitsyn
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Igor Kudrenko
Template:Flagicon Arslan Kozubaev
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Zakir Jalilov
Fitness coach Template:Flagicon Bektur Batyrkanov
Executive director Template:Flagicon Boltok Sagynbayev
Administrator Template:Flagicon Azamat Alykulov
Medical Template:Flagicon Nurbek Ismailov

Coaching historyEdit

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Manager From To Record
G W D L Win %
Template:Flagicon Meklis Koshaliyev August 1992 February 1996

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Template:Flagicon Yevgeniy Novikov June 1997 February 2001

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Template:Flagicon Nematjan Zakirov March 2003 March 2006

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Template:Flagicon Boris Podkorytov March 2006 December 2006

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Template:Flagicon Nematjan Zakirov January 2007 December 2008

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Template:Flagicon Anarbek Ormonbekov January 2009 May 2011

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Template:Flagicon Murat Jumakeev May 2011 September 2012

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Template:Flagicon Sergey Dvoryankov September 2012 May 2014

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Template:Flagicon Mirlan Eshenov (caretaker) May 2014 October 2014

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Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Krestinin October 2014 3 April 2023<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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12 June 2024

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Template:Flagicon Maxim Lisitsyn 13 June 2024 present

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PlayersEdit

Current squadEdit

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round matches against Template:Fb and Template:Fb on 20 and 25 March 2025, respectively.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2024, after the match against Template:Fb.

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Recent call-upsEdit

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Player recordsEdit

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Players in bold are still active with Kyrgyzstan.

Most appearancesEdit

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Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Kayrat Zhyrgalbek uulu 78 4 2013–present
2 Tamirlan Kozubayev 63 2 2015–present
3 Farhat Musabekov 61 2 2015–present
4 Mirlan Murzayev 60 16 2009–present
5 Vadim Kharchenko 53 3 2003–2015
6 Valery Kichin 52 5 2011–present
7 Odilzhon Abdurakhmanov 49 3 2016–present
8 Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov 48 3 2015–present
9 Pavel Matyash 46 0 2009–2021
10 Gulzhigit Alykulov 42 5 2019–present
Ruslan Sydykov 42 1 1997–2013

Top goalscorersEdit

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Rank Player Goals Caps Average Period
1 Mirlan Murzayev 16 60 {{#expr:16/60 round 2}} 2009–present
2 Anton Zemlianukhin 13 33 {{#expr:13/33 round 2}} 2007–2023
3 Joel Kojo 10 23 {{#expr:10/23 round 2}} 2023–present
4 Vitalij Lux 8 32 {{#expr:8/32 round 2}} 2015–2019
5 Tursunali Rustamov 6 32 {{#expr:6/32 round 2}} 2012–2023
Alimardon Shukurov 6 37 {{#expr:6/37 round 2}} 2017–present
7 Edgar Bernhardt 5 41 {{#expr:5/41 round 2}} 2014–2021
Gulzhigit Alykulov 5 42 {{#expr:5/42 round 2}} 2019–present
Valery Kichin 5 52 {{#expr:5/52 round 2}} 2011–present
10 Viktor Maier 4 24 {{#expr:4/24 round 2}} 2015–present
Akhlidin Israilov 4 34 {{#expr:4/34 round 2}} 2013–2022
Azamat Baymatov 4 36 {{#expr:4/36 round 2}} 2010–2019
Bekzhan Sagynbaev 4 41 {{#expr:4/41 round 2}} 2018–present
Kayrat Zhyrgalbek uulu 4 78 {{#expr:4/78 round 2}} 2013–present

Competitive recordEdit

FIFA World CupEdit

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1930 to Template:Flagicon 1990 Part of Template:Fb Part of Template:Fb
Template:Flagicon 1994 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Template:Flagicon 1998 Did not qualify 6 3 0 3 12 14
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 6 1 1 4 3 9
Template:Flagicon 2006 8 3 1 4 11 12
Template:Flagicon 2010 2 1 0 1 2 2
Template:Flagicon 2014 2 0 0 2 0 7
Template:Flagicon 2018 8 4 2 2 10 8
Template:Flagicon 2022 8 3 1 4 19 12
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 To be determined 14 5 2 7 22 22
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined
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Total – Template:Tooltip – – – – – – 54 20 7 27 79 85

AFC Asian CupEdit

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AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1956 to Template:Flagicon 1988 Part of Template:Fb Part of Template:Fb
Template:Flagicon 1992 Not an AFC member Not an AFC member
Template:Flagicon 1996 Did not qualify 4 1 0 3 3 7
Template:Flagicon 2000 3 0 0 3 3 11
Template:Flagicon 2004 2 1 0 1 3 2
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2007 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2011 Did not qualify Template:Small
Template:Flagicon 2015 Template:Small
Template:Flagicon 2019 Round of 16 15th 4 1 0 3 6 7 14 8 3 3 26 17
Template:Flagicon 2023 Group stage 20th 3 0 1 2 1 5 11 5 2 4 23 13
Template:Flagicon 2027 Qualified 6 3 2 1 13 7
Total 3/9 15th 7 1 1 5 7 12 40 18 7 15 71 57

AFC Challenge CupEdit

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AFC Challenge Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 2006 Third place 5 3 0 2 4 3 Invited
Template:Flagicon 2008 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 2
Template:Flagicon 2010 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 6 2 0 2 0 2 2
Template:Flagicon 2012 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 5 6
Template:Flagicon 2014 Group stage 3 1 0 2 1 3 3 3 0 0 3 0
Total 3/5 11 5 0 6 7 12 10 5 2 3 12 10

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CAFA Nations CupEdit

CAFA Nations Cup record
Year Result Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 2023 Fourth place 3 1 0 2 4 6
Total 3 1 0 2 4 6

West Asian ChampionshipEdit

West Asian Championship record
Year Result Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 2000 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 8
Total 3 0 0 3 0 8

ELF CupEdit

In 2006, Kyrgyzstan took part in the inaugural ELF Cup in Northern Cyprus. This competition was originally intended to be for teams that were not members of FIFA; however, the organisers extended invitations to both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, who were both represented by their national futsal teams.

Year Result Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
2006 Semi-finals Template:Bronze3 5 2 1 2 11 8

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Head-to-head recordEdit

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Opponents Played Won Drawn* Lost GF GA GD % Won
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Template:Fb 5 5 0 0 14 3 +11 {{#expr:5/5 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 {{#expr:0/1 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 2 2 0 0 8 6 +2 {{#expr:2/2 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 {{#expr:0/2 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 {{#expr:2/2 * 100 round 2}}
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Template:Fb 5 1 0 4 3 9 -6 {{#expr:1/5 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 2 1 0 1 1 4 -3 {{#expr:1/2 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 6 0 0 6 4 25 -21 {{#expr:0/5 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 2 0 0 2 1 9 -8 {{#expr:0/2 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 3 0 0 3 1 11 -10 {{#expr:0/3 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 6 3 1 2 4 4 0 {{#expr:3/6 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 5 0 1 4 3 15 -12 {{#expr:0/5 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 5 1 1 3 5 11 -6 {{#expr:1/5 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 {{#expr:0/3 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 4 4 0 0 8 3 +5 {{#expr:4/4 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 {{#expr:1/3 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 4 2 0 2 10 4 +6 {{#expr:2/4 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 {{#expr:0/1 * 100 round 2}}
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Template:Fb 7 5 2 0 26 5 +21 {{#expr:5/7 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 {{#expr:1/2 * 100 round 2}}
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Template:Fb 6 1 2 3 3 8 -5 {{#expr:1/6 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 {{#expr:3/4 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 {{#expr:2/6 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 4 1 0 3 4 5 -1 {{#expr:1/4 * 100 round 2}}
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Template:Fb 3 0 0 3 0 7 -7 {{#expr:0/3 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 {{#expr:3/4 * 100 round 2}}
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Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 {{#expr:1/1 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 7 3 2 2 8 10 -2 {{#expr:3/7 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 14 3 3 8 10 16 -6 {{#expr:3/14 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 {{#expr:0/1 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 {{#expr:1/3 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 {{#expr:0/3 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 11 0 0 11 7 39 -32 {{#expr:0/11 * 100 round 2}}
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 {{#expr:1/1 * 100 round 2}}
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Total 158 48 23 87 178 276 -98 {{#expr:48/158 * 100 round 2}}

HonoursEdit

Non-FIFA competitionsEdit

FriendlyEdit

ReferencesEdit

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