Kyrgyz Premier League facts for kids
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| Organising body | Kyrgyz Professional Football League (KPFL) |
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| Founded | 1992 |
| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Confederation | AFC |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| 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 |
The Kyrgyz Premier League is the top professional football league in Kyrgyzstan. It is also known as the OLIMPBET Premier League because of its sponsor. This league was started in 1992, after the Soviet Union broke apart.
The league has eight teams that compete each season. The team that wins the league gets a chance to play in the AFC Cup preliminary qualifying round. This is a big competition for football clubs in Asia. The team that finishes last in the league goes down to a lower division called the Kyrgyzstan League Second Level.
Since 2019, the league has been officially known as the Kyrgyz Premier League.
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Football Champions Through the Years
Champions from the Soviet Era
Before Kyrgyzstan became an independent country, football was still very popular. Here are some of the teams that won championships during the Soviet era:
| Club | Trophies | Years won |
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| Rotor Bishkek |
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1958, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 |
| Instrumentalshchik Bishkek |
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1969, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 |
| Bishkek City Team |
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1934, 1945, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956 |
| Spartak Frunze |
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1937s, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950 |
| Dinamo MVD Bishkek |
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1935, 1938s, 1938f, 1952 |
| Kyrgyzaltyn |
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1962, 1963, 1965, 1967 |
| Burevestnik Frunze |
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1936, 1937f, 1949 |
| Osh Region Team |
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1953 |
| Bishkek Region Team |
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1957 |
| SKIF Frunze |
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1960 |
| Mayluu-Suu City Team |
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1961 |
| Elektrik Frunze |
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1971 |
| Tekstilshchik Osh |
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1974 |
| Dzhalal-Abad |
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1976 |
Champions Since Kyrgyzstan Became Independent
After Kyrgyzstan gained independence in 1991, the Kyrgyz Premier League was formed. Here are the teams that have won the championship since then:
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Third Place | Top goalscorer | Player of the Year |
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| 1992 | Alga Bishkek (1) | SKA Dostuk Sokuluk | Alay Osh |  Igor Sergeyev – SKA Dostuk Sokuluk (26) |
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| 1993 | Alga-RIIF Bishkek (2) | Spartak Tokmak | Alay Osh | Davron Babayev – Dynamo Alay Osh (38) |
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| 1994 | Kant-Oil Kant (1) | Semetey Kyzyl-Kiya | Ak-Maral Tokmak | Aleksandr Merzlikin – Kant-Oil Kant (25) |
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| 1995 | Kant-Oil Kant (2) | AiK Bishkek | Semetey Kyzyl-Kiya | Aleksandr Merzlikin – Kant-Oil Kant (27) |
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| 1996 | Metallurg Kadamjay (1) | AiK Bishkek | Dinamo Alay Osh | Aleksandr Merzlikin – AiK Bishkek (17) |
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| 1997 | Dinamo Bishkek (1) | Alga-PVO Bishkek | AiK Bishkek | Farkhat Khaitbayev – KVT Dinamo Kara-Balta (17) |
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| 1998 | CAG-Dinamo-MVD Bishkek (2) | SKA-PVO Bishkek | National Guard Bishkek | Sergey Gaizitdinov – Semetei Kyzyl-Kiya (23) |
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| 1999 | Dinamo Bishkek (3) | SKA-PVO Bishkek | Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu | Ismail Malikov – Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (16) |
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| 2000 | SKA-PVO Bishkek (3) | Dinamo Bishkek | Polyot Bishkek | Valeriy Berezovskiy – SKA-PVO Bishkek (32) |
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| 2001 | SKA-PVO Bishkek (4) | Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu | Dordoy Naryn | Nurlan Rajabaliyev – Zhashtyk-Ak-Altyn Kara-Suu (28) |
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| 2002 | SKA-PVO Bishkek (5) | Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu | Dordoi Naryn | Yevgeny Boldygin – Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (19) |
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| 2003 | Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (1) | SKA-PVO Bishkek | Dordoy Naryn | Roman Kornilov – SKA-PVO Bishkek (39) |
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| 2004 | Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (1) | SKA-Shoro Bishkek | Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu | Zamirbek Jumagulov – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (28) |
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| 2005 | Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (2) | Shoro SKA Bishkek | Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu | Yevgeny Boldygin – Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (23) |
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| 2006 | Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (3) | Abdish-Ata Kant | Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu | Vyacheslav Pryanishnikov – Abdish-Ata Kant (24) |
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| 2007 | Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (4) | Abdish-Ata Kant | Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu | Almazbek Mirzaliev – Abdish-Ata Kant (21) |
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| 2008 | Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (5) | Abdish-Ata Kant | Alay Osh | Khurshit Lutfullayev – Abdysh-Ata Kant David Tetteh – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (13) |
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| 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) |
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| 2012 | Dordoi Bishkek (8) | Alga Bishkek | Alay Osh | Kayumzhan Sharipov – Dordoi Bishkek (17) |
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| 2013 | Alay Osh (1) | Dordoi Bishkek | Abdish-Ata Kant | Almazbek Mirzaliev (20) - Abdysh-Ata Kant |
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| 2014 | Dordoi Bishkek (9) | Abdish-Ata Kant | Alga Bishkek |  Kaleemullah Khan (18) - Dordoi Bishkek |
Kaleemullah Khan – Dordoi Bishkek |
| 2015 | Alay Osh (2) | Dordoi Bishkek | Abdish-Ata Kant |  Alia Sylla (17) - Alay |
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| 2016 | Alay Osh (3) | Dordoi Bishkek | Alga Bishkek | Alia Sylla (21) - Alay |
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| 2017 | Alay Osh (4) | Abdysh-Ata Kant | Dordoi Bishkek | Alia Sylla (12) - Alay |
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| 2018 | Dordoi Bishkek (10) | Alay Osh | Abdysh-Ata Kant | Joel Kojo (26) - Alay |
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| 2019 | Dordoi Bishkek (11) | Alay Osh | Alga Bishkek |  Wahyt Orazsähedow (20) — Dordoi Bishkek |
Gulzhigit Alykulov |
| 2020 | Dordoi Bishkek (12) | Alga Bishkek | Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | Mirlan Murzaev (10) — Dordoi Bishkek |
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| 2021 | Dordoi Bishkek (13) | Abdysh-Ata Kant | Alga Bishkek | Mirbek Akhmataliev (17) — Abdysh-Ata Kant |
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| 2022 | Abdysh-Ata Kant (1) | Alay Osh | Alga Bishkek | Emmanuel Yaghr (14) — FC Alay |
Magamed Uzdenov — FC Abdysh-Ata Kant |
| 2023 | Abdysh-Ata Kant (2) | Alay Osh | Dordoi Bishkek |  Danin Talović (14) — Dordoi Bishkek |
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| 2024 | Abdysh-Ata Kant (3) | Dordoi Bishkek | Muras United | Atay Dzhumashev (11) — Abdysh-Ata Kant |
Top Teams in the League
How Clubs Have Performed
This table shows which clubs have won the most championships, finished second, or third since Kyrgyzstan became independent.
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place | Winning years |
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| 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 | |
| Muras United | – | – | 1 | |
| Polyot Bishkek | – | – | 1 |
See also
In Spanish: Liga de fútbol de Kirguistán para niños
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