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 | 10 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Kyrgyzstan League Second Level |
| Domestic cup(s) | Kyrgyzstan Cup Kyrgyzstan Super Cup |
| International cup(s) | AFC Cup |
| Current champions | Abdysh-Ata Kant (2nd title) (2023) |
| Most championships | Dordoi Bishkek (13 titles) |
| Top goalscorer | Almazbek Mirzaliev (142 goals) |
| TV partners | Kyrgyz Sport TV |
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.
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Previous winners
Soviet-era champions
Champions were:
- 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:
| 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 |
2023 teams
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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| 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 |
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| 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 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: Kara-Balta
- 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
See also
In Spanish: Liga de fútbol de Kirguistán para niños
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