Kyrgyzstan national football team

Kyrgyzstan

Nickname(s)

Ак шумкарлар, Ak şumkarlar
(The White Falcons)

Association

Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Sub-confederation

CAFA (Central Asia)

Head coach

Aleksandr Krestinin

Captain

Azamat Baymatov

Most caps

Vadim Kharchenko (54)

Top scorer

Anton Zemlianukhin (7)

Home stadium

Dolen Omurzakov Stadium

FIFA code

KGZ

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

124

25 (24 November 2016)

Highest

99 (October 2016)

Lowest

201 (March 2013)

Elo ranking

Current

154 (October 2016)

Highest

149 (9 April 2006)

Lowest

175 (February 2013)

First international

Uzbekistan 3–0 Kyrgyzstan

(Tashkent, Uzbekistan; August 23, 1992)^[1]

Biggest win

Kyrgyzstan 6–0 Maldives

(Tehran, Iran; June 13, 1997)

Biggest defeat

Iran 7–0 Kyrgyzstan

(Damascus, Syria; June 4, 1997)

The Kyrgyzstan national football team (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Республикасынын улуттук курама командасы, Kırgız Respublikasının uluttuk kurama komandası) is the national team of Kyrgyzstan and is controlled by the Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic. It is a member of the Central Asian Football Association, which is a member of the Asian Football Confederation.

History

After the breakup of the Soviet Union and declaration of its independence, Kyrgyzstan became a fully recognized FIFA and AFC member. They played their first match away in Tashkent, against Uzbekistan on 23 August 1992 in the Central Asia Tournament, losing 3–0.

In June 1993, Kyrgyzstan travelled to Tehran, Iran for the 1993 ECO Cup. They lost 3–2 on 6 June to Azerbaijan and then drew 1–1 two days later against Tajikistan.

In April 1994, Kyrgyzstan played other Central Asian teams in a tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On 13 April they lost 5–1 to Turkmenistan, then on 15 April 1–0 to Tajikistan. On 17 April they drew 0–0 against Kazakhstan before losing 3–0 to the hosts two days later.^[1]

World Cup record

World Cup Finals									World Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1990	Was part of USSR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

1994	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	0	2	12	11
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	1	4	3	9
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	1	4	11	12
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	0	1	2	2
2014	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0	0	2	0	7
2018	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	2	2	10	8
Total	-	0/21	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	12	5	15	38	49

Asian Cup record

1956 to 1992 – Did not enter, was part of USSR

Asian Cup Finals									Asian Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1956 to 1992	Was part of USSR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

1996	Did not qualify		-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	0	3	3	7
2000	Did not qualify		-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	0	3	3	11
2004	Did not qualify		-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	0	1	3	2
2007	Did not enter		-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did not qualify		-	-	-	-	-	-	2010 AFC Challenge Cup was used to determine qualification for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2015	Did not qualify		-	-	-	-	-	-	2012 & 2014 AFC Challenge Cup are used to determine qualification for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Total	Best:		-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	0	7	9	20

AFC Challenge Cup record

AFC Challenge Cup Finals								AFC Challenge Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2006	Third	5	3	0	2	4	3
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	–	-	–	–	2	1	0	1	2	2
2010	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	6	2	0	2	0	2	2
2012	Did not qualify	-	-	–	-	–	–	3	1	0	2	5	6
2014	Group stage	3	1	0	2	1	3	3	3	0	0	3	0
Total	Best: Third	11	5	0	6	7	12	10	5	2	3	12	10

West Asian Championship

2000 – Group Stage
2002 to 2007– Did not enter

ELF Cup

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	Round	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws*	Losses	Goals Scored	Goals Against
2006	Semi-Final	03 !	5	2	1	2	11	8

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round

{{2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round Group B table |show_matches=no}}

Recent fixtures and results

Main article: Kyrgyzstan national football team results

2016

29 March 2016 2018 WCQ	Tajikistan	0–1	Kyrgyzstan	Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe
18:00 UTC+5		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lux 18'	Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

7 June 2016 Friendly	Iran	6–0	Kyrgyzstan	Tehran, Iran
	Shojaei 6' (pen.) Taremi 25' Torabi 29' Ansarifard 68', 90+1' Azmoun 87'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)

30 August 2016 Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	2–0	Kazakhstan	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
	Kichin 43' Murzaev 84'			Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

6 September 2016 Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	1–2	Philippines	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:30 (UTC+6)	Lux 60'		Ingreso 43' Bahadoran 52'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium

6 October 2016 Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	0–0	Lebanon	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:30 (UTC+6)				Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer (Kazakhstan)

11 October 2016 Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	1–0	Turkmenistan	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:30 (UTC+6)	Kozubaev 77'			Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer (Kazakhstan)

9 November 2016 Friendly	Philippines	1–0	Kyrgyzstan	Manila, Philippines
20:00 (UTC+8)	Bahadoran 65'			Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium

Coaching staff

As of June 22, 2016^[2]

Manager	Aleksandr Krestinin
Goalkeeping coach	Zakir Jalilov
Fitness coach	Igor Kudrenko
Executive director	Yevgeniy Frolov
Administrator	Arstanbek Konokbaev
Kit manager	Mirlan Eshenov

Players

Current Squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match on 6 and 11 October against Lebanon and Turkmenistan.^[3]

Caps and goals updated as of 11 October 2016 after the game against Turkmenistan.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Pavel Matiash	(1987-07-11) 11 July 1987	26	0	Alga
16	1GK	Valery Kashuba	(1984-09-14) 14 September 1984	16	0	Dordoi
	1GK	Kalysbek Akimaliev	(1992-11-16) 16 November 1992	0	0	Abdysh-Ata

5	2DF	Viktor Maier	(1990-05-16) 16 May 1990	11	0	FC Emmen
	2DF	Tamirlan Kozubaev	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994	6	1	Dordoi
3	2DF	Ilyaz Alimov	(1990-08-24) 24 August 1990	8	0	Alay
	2DF	Akram Umarov	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994	2	0	Alay
	2DF	Vladimir Kazakbaev	(1991-11-19) 19 November 1991	3	0	Abdysh-Ata
	2DF	Amanbek Manybekov	(1995-08-05) 5 August 1995	1	0	Abdysh-Ata
	2DF	Mustafa Yusupov	(1995-07-01) 1 July 1995	0	0	Dordoi
	2DF	Danila Sokirchenko	(1995-10-15) 15 October 1995	0	0	Abdysh-Ata

14	3MF	Pavel Sidorenko	(1987-03-26) 26 March 1987	18	0	Alga
8	3MF	Aziz Sydykov	(1992-06-23) 23 June 1992	13	1	Dordoi
23	3MF	Edgar Bernhardt (Captain)	(1986-03-30) 30 March 1986	12	1	Rödinghausen
20	3MF	Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov	(1995-06-03) 3 June 1995	12	1	Krumkachy
18	3MF	Kairat Zhyrgalbek Uulu	(1994-06-13) 13 June 1994	12	1	Dordoi
21	3MF	Farhat Musabekov	(1994-01-03) 3 January 1994	11	0	FC TSK Simferopol
9	3MF	Islam Shamshiev	(1991-03-01) 1 March 1991	6	0	Dordoi
	3MF	Abror Kydyraliyev	(1992-04-05) 5 April 1992	3	0	Alay
	3MF	Odil Abdurakhmanov	(1996-03-18) 18 March 1996	2	0	Alay
	3MF	Mirbek Akhamataliev	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994	0	0	Dordoi

10	4FW	Mirlan Murzaev	(1990-03-29) 29 March 1990	25	5	Uşakspor
19	4FW	Vitalij Lux	(1989-02-27) 27 February 1989	13	3	Unterhaching
	4FW	Viktor Kelm	(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997	1	0	Bežanija

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the Kyrgyzstan national football team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

GK	Ruslan Zhanybekov		0	0	Alga	v. Kazakhstan, 30 August 2016
GK	Ruslan Amirov	(1990-10-14) 14 October 1990	4	0	Alga	v. Iran, 7 June 2016 ^PRE
GK	Maksim Zinchenko	(1990-10-14) 14 October 1990	3	0	Dordoi	v. Tajikistan, 29 March 2016 ^PRE

DF	Azamat Baymatov	(1988-12-03) 3 December 1988	24	3	Riffa	v. Philippines, 6 September 2016 ^PRE
DF	Valerii Kichin	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992	20	1	Yenisey	v. Philippines, 6 September 2016
DF	Daniel Tagoe	(1986-03-03) 3 March 1986	13	0	Al-Hala	v. Philippines, 6 September 2016
DF	Kursanbek Sheratov	(1989-03-10) 10 March 1989	13	0	Dordoi	v. Iran, 7 June 2016 ^PRE
DF	Sherzod Shakirov	(1990-11-18) 18 November 1990	6	0	Al-Hala	v. Iran, 7 June 2016 ^PRE
DF	Talant Samsaliev	(1980-04-27) 27 April 1980	39	1	Dordoi	v. Tajikistan, 29 March 2016 ^PRE

MF	Anton Zemlianukhin	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988	20	7	Sukhothai	v. Philippines, 6 September 2016
MF	Akhlidin Israilov	(1994-09-16) 16 September 1994	12	2	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	v. Philippines, 6 September 2016
MF	Tursunali Rustamov	(1990-01-31) 31 January 1990	7	1	Alay	v. Iran, 7 June 2016 ^PRE
MF	Vadim Kharchenko	(1984-05-29) 29 May 1984	54	3	Alga	v. Tajikistan, 29 March 2016 ^PRE
MF	Avazbek Otkeev	(1994-06-13) 13 June 1994	0	0	Dordoi	v. Tajikistan, 29 March 2016 ^PRE
MF	Bekzhan Sagynbaev	(1994-09-11) 11 September 1994	0	0	Dordoi	v. Tajikistan, 29 March 2016 ^PRE

FW	Abay Bokoleev	(1996-01-03) 3 January 1996	0	0	Milasspor	v. Iran, 7 June 2016 ^PRE
FW	Ildar Amirov	(1987-10-09) 9 October 1987	34	2	Alga	v. Tajikistan, 29 March 2016 ^PRE
FW	Ivan Filatov	(1988-03-11) 11 March 1988	3	0	Alga	v. Tajikistan, 29 March 2016 ^PRE
FW	David Tetteh	(1985-08-10) 10 August 1985	14	3	FC Al-Ittihad FC	v. Tajikistan, 29 March 2016
FW	Roman Levchenko	(1996-07-24) 24 July 1996	0	0	Dordoi	v. Tajikistan, 29 March 2016 ^PRE

Previous squads

Records

Most capped players

Vadim Kharchenko is the most capped player in the history of Kyrgyzstan with 54 caps.

As of 23 June 2016, the 10 players with the most caps:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Vadim Kharchenko	2003–	65	3
2	Ruslan Sydykov	1997-213	43	1
3	Talant Samsaliev	2003–	39	1
4	Vyacheslav Amin	2000–2009	38	1
5	Davron Askarov	2006–	36	0
6	Ildar Amirov	2006–	34	2
7	Vladimir Salo	1994–2004	30	0
8	Zakir Jalilov	1992–2004	29	0
9	Ruslan Jamshidov	1990–2000	28	3
10	Valeriy Berezovskiy	1997–2008	27	1

Bold names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Anton Zemlianukhin is the top scorer in the history of Kyrgyzstan with 7 goals

Top goalscorers

As of 7 June 2016, the 10 players with the most goals:

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Avg/game
1	Anton Zemlianukhin	2007–	7	20	0.35
2	Mirlan Murzaev	2009–	5	23	0.22
3	Cholponbek Esenkul Uulu	2007–	3	9	0.33
	Sergey Chikishev	1998–2012	3	12	0.25
	Vitalij Lux	2015-	3	13	0.23
	David Tetteh	2013–	3	14	0.21
	Sergey Kutsov	1996–2001	3	16	0.19
	Farkhat Khaitbaev	1994–2000	3	17	0.18
	Zamirbek Zhumagulov	1992–2003	3	18	0.17
	Azamat Baymatov	2010–	3	24	0.13
	Ruslan Jamshidov	1999–2011	3	28	0.10
	Vadim Kharchenko	2003–	3	54	0.06

Bold names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Coaches

Manager	From	To	Record
Manager	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Meklis Koshaliyev	August 1992	February 1996	7001150000000000000♠15	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7001110000000000000♠11	07000667000000000000♠6.67
Yevgeniy Novikov	June 1997	February 2001	7001190000000000000♠19	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	7001140000000000000♠14	7001210500000000000♠21.05
Nematjan Zakirov	March 2003	March 2006	7001120000000000000♠12	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000600000000000000♠6	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Boris Podkorytov	March 2006	December 2006	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Nematjan Zakirov	January 2007	December 2008	7001120000000000000♠12	7000400000000000000♠4	5000000000000000000♠0	7000800000000000000♠8	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Anarbek Ormonbekov	January 2009	May 2011	7001130000000000000♠13	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	7000700000000000000♠7	7001230800000099999♠23.08
Murat Jumakeev	May 2011	September 2012	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Sergey Dvoryankov	September 2012	May 2014	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Mirlan Eshenov (Caretaker)	May 2014	October 2014	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Aleksandr Krestinin	October 2014	Present^a	7001150000000000000♠15	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	7000600000000000000♠6	7001400000000000000♠40.00
Total			7002102000000000000♠102	7001270000000000000♠27	7001130000000000000♠13	7001620000000000000♠62	7001264700000000000♠26.47
^a Accurate up to and including 30 August 2016.

References

1 2 Hyung-Jin, Yoon (30 Apr 2006). "Kyrgyzstan International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
↑ "Национальная сборная". http://ffkr.kg/ (in Russian). Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Футбол: на подготовку к матчу с Ливаном не вызваны в сборную пятеро игроков". vb.kg (in Russian). 6 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

External links

Kyrgyzstan at FIFA.com
Kyrgyz FA (Kyrgyz) (Russian)

Football in Kyrgyzstan

Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic

National teams	Men's Women's Futsal (Men's) U-23 U-21 U-17

League competitions	Kyrgyzstan League Kyrgyzstan League Second Level Kyrgyzstan Futsal League Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship

Domestic Cups	Kyrgyzstan Cup Kyrgyzstan Super Cup

Kyrgyzstan football records

National football teams of Asia (AFC)

Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam

Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands¹

South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen

Defunct	Malaya North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen

Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)

¹ Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

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