Kyrgyzstan national football team

Kyrgyzstan
FIFA ranking

Nickname(s)	"Ак барстар" (Snow Leopards)
Association	Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic
Sub-confederation	CAFF (Central Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Aleksandr Krestinin
Captain	Azamat Baymatov
Most caps	Vadim Kharchenko (54)
Top scorer	Anton Zemlianukhin (6)
Home stadium	Spartak Stadium
FIFA code	KGZ

Current	146 9 (1 October 2015)
Highest	119 (August 2006)
Lowest	201 (March 2013)
Elo ranking
Current	174
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)
AFC Challenge Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 2006)
Best result	03 ! 2006

The Kyrgyzstan national football team (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Республикасынын улуттук курама командасы, Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn uluttuk kurama komandasy) is the national team of Kyrgyzstan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. It is a member of the Central Asian Football Federation of the Asian Football Confederation. The current head coach is Aleksandr Krestinin.

History 1
World Cup record 2
Asian Cup record 3
AFC Challenge Cup record 4
West Asian Championship 5
ELF Cup 6
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 7
Recent fixtures and results 8
- 2014 8.1
- 2015 8.2
- 2016 8.3
Coaches 9
Players 10
- Current Squad 10.1
- Recent call-ups 10.2
- Previous squads 10.3
Records 11
References 12
External links 13

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
Total	-	0/20	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	8	2	13	28	41

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 1990	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 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)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan (X)	5	4	1	0	12	1	+11	13	Third round and Asian Cup
2	Australia	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	9	Third round and Asian Cup OR Asian Cup qualifying third round^[1]
3	Kyrgyzstan	5	2	2	1	8	5	+3	8	Asian Cup qualifying third round
4	Tajikistan	5	0	2	3	4	12	−8	2	Asian Cup qualifying third round OR play-off round^[2]
5	Bangladesh	5	0	1	4	2	15	−13	1	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round

Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2015. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(X) Assured of at least Asian Cup qualifying third round.
Notes:

^ The four best runners-up across all groups will advance to the third round and Asian Cup. The remaining four runners-up will advance to the Asian Cup qualifying third round
^ The four best fourth-placed teams across all groups will advance to the Asian Cup qualifying third round. The remaining four fourth-placed teams will advance to the Asian Cup qualifying play-off round.^[2]

Recent fixtures and results

2014

13 December 2014 Friendly	China PR	4 – 0	Kyrgyzstan	Shenzhen, China
17:35 KGT (UTC+6)	Zhi 20' Lei 34' Xu 54', 79'	Report		Stadium: Bao'an Stadium

17 December 2014 Friendly	China PR	2 – 0	Kyrgyzstan	Shenzhen, China
KGT (UTC+6)	Lin 75' Xu 81'	Report		Stadium: Bao'an Stadium

2015

11 June 2015 2018 WCQ	Bangladesh	1 – 3	Kyrgyzstan	Dhaka, Bangladesh
17:00 BST (UTC+6)	Bernhardt 32' (o.g.)	Report	Zemlianukhin 8', 41' Bernhardt 29' (pen.)	Stadium: Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Referee: Sukhbir Singh

16 June 2015 2018 WCQ	Kyrgyzstan	1 – 2	Australia	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00 KGT (UTC+6)	Mirzaliev 90'	Report	Jedinak 2' Oar 67'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri

3 September 2015 2018 WCQ	Jordan	0 – 0	Kyrgyzstan	Irbid, Jordan
19:00 UTC+3		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Al-Hassan Stadium Referee: Mohd bin Yaacob

8 October 2015 2018 WCQ	Kyrgyzstan	2 – 2	Tajikistan	Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
18:00 UTC+6	Duyshobekov 7' Zemlianukhin 90+4' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Jalilov 65' Vasiev 71' (pen.)	Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard

13 October 2015 2018 WCQ	Kyrgyzstan	2 – 0	Bangladesh	Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
18:00 UTC+6	Lux 27' Amirov 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

12 November 2015 2018 WCQ	Australia	v	Kyrgyzstan	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

17 November 2015 2018 WCQ	Kyrgyzstan	v	Jordan	Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
17:30 UTC+6		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

2016

29 March 2016 2018 WCQ	Tajikistan	v	Kyrgyzstan	Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe
18:00 UTC+5		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

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	7001230800000000000♠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	7000700000000000000♠7	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	7001285700000000000♠28.57
Total			7001940000000000000♠94	7001240000000000000♠24	7001120000000000000♠12	7001580000000000000♠58	7001255300000000000♠25.53
a) Accurate up to and including 13 October 2015.

Players

Current Squad

The following 30 players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers on 8 October against Tajikistan.
Caps and goals updated as of 8 October 2015.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Pavel Matiash	(1987-07-11) 11 July 1987	21	0	Maziya
16	1GK	Valery Kashuba	(1984-09-14) 14 September 1984	12	0	Khujand
12	1GK	Ruslan Amirov	(1990-10-14) 14 October 1990	3	0	Turanspor

3	2DF	Talant Samsaliev	(1980-04-27) 27 April 1980	38	1	Dordoi
7	2DF	Azamat Baymatov (Captain)	(1988-12-03) 3 December 1988	19	3	Sitra Club
2	2DF	Valerii Kichin	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992	15	0	Tyumen
5	2DF	Kursanbek Sheratov	(1989-03-10) 10 March 1989	12	0	Dordoi
15	2DF	Sherzod Shakirov	(1990-11-18) 18 November 1990	5	0	Dordoi
6	2DF	Viktor Maier	(1990-05-16) 16 May 1990	5	0	SV Meppen
4	2DF	Akram Umarov	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994	1	0	Abdish-Ata
13	2DF	Tamirlan Kozubaev	(1986-03-03) 3 March 1986	1	0	Granitas

18	3MF	Vadim Kharchenko	(1984-05-29) 29 May 1984	54	3	Dordoi
22	3MF	Anton Zemlianukhin	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988	17	6	Radnički Niš
14	3MF	Pavel Sidorenko	(1987-03-26) 26 March 1987	14	0	Alga
8	3MF	Aziz Sydykov	(1992-06-23) 23 June 1992	13	1	Dordoi
11	3MF	Kairat Zhyrgalbek Uulu	(1994-06-13) 13 June 1994	8	1	Dordoi
23	3MF	Edgar Bernhardt	(1986-03-30) 30 March 1986	5	1	Prachuap Khiri Khan
21	3MF	Farhat Musabekov	(1994-01-03) 3 January 1994	5	0	Abdish-Ata
9	3MF	Islam Shamshiev	(1991-03-01) 1 March 1991	2	0	Dordoi

17	4FW	Ildar Amirov	(1987-10-09) 9 October 1987	33	2	Turanspor
10	4FW	Mirlan Murzaev	(1990-03-29) 29 March 1990	21	4	Afjet Afyonspor
20	3MF	Tursunali Rustamov	(1990-01-31) 31 January 1990	6	1	Alga
19	4FW	Vitalij Lux	(1989-02-27) 27 February 1989	5	1	1. Nürnberg II

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called throughout 2014 and 2015 and are still available for selection.

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

GK	Maksim Agapov	(1988-03-20) 20 March 1988	10	0	Dordoi	v. Bangladesh, 11 June 2015 ^PRE
GK	Vladislav Volkov	(1980-08-15) 15 August 1980	15	0	Dordoi	2014 AFC Challenge Cup

DF	Daniel Tagoe	(1986-03-03) 3 March 1986	9	0	Dordoi	v. Tajikistan, 8 October 2015
DF	Marat Ajiniyazov	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993	6	0	Dordoi	v. Jordan, 3 September 2015
DF	Sherzod Shakirov	(1990-11-18) 18 November 1990	4	0	Alay	v. Bangladesh, 11 June 2015 ^PRE
DF	Mustafa Yusupov	(1995-07-01) 1 July 1995	0	0	Ala-Too	v. Bangladesh, 11 June 2015 ^PRE
DF	Davron Askarov	(1988-01-06) 6 January 1988	36	0	Dordoi	2014 AFC Challenge Cup
DF	Elijah Ari	(1987-11-06) 6 November 1987	8	0	Bowsher Club	2014 AFC Challenge Cup
DF	Artur Muladjanov	(1989-07-05) 5 July 1989	7	0	Alga	2014 AFC Challenge Cup
DF	Vladimir Kasyan	(1988-05-05) 5 May 1988	7	0	Abdish-Ata	2014 AFC Challenge Cup

MF	Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov	(1995-06-03) 3 June 1995	4	1	Abdish-Ata	v. Tajikistan, 8 October 2015
MF	Akhlidin Israilov	(1994-09-16) 16 September 1994	8	2	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	v. Bangladesh, 11 June 2015 ^PRE
MF	Sergej Evljuskin	(1988-01-04) 4 January 1988	0	0	Hessen Kassel	v. Bangladesh, 11 June 2015 ^PRE
MF	Anatoliy Vlasichev	(1988-06-14) 14 June 1988	13	0	Alay	2014 AFC Challenge Cup
MF	Claude Maka Kum	(1985-05-16) 16 May 1985	13	0	Unattached	2014 AFC Challenge Cup
MF	Abror Kydyraliev	(1988-05-05) 5 May 1988	7	0	Abdish-Ata	2014 AFC Challenge Cup
MF	Roman Levchenko	(1988-05-05) 5 May 1988	7	0	Abdish-Ata	2014 AFC Challenge Cup

FW	Almazbek Mirzaliev	(1987-06-10) 10 June 1987	16	1	Dordoi	v. Jordan, 3 September 2015
FW	David Tetteh	(1985-08-10) 10 August 1985	12	3	Dordoi	v. Bangladesh, 11 June 2015 ^PRE
FW	Hurshil Lutfullaev	(1983-01-08) 8 January 1983	12	2	Abdish-Ata	2014 AFC Challenge Cup
FW	Vladimir Veryovkin	(1987-05-08) 8 May 1987	9	2	Aldiyer Kurshab	2014 AFC Challenge Cup
FW	Ivan Filatov	(1988-03-11) 11 March 1988	2	0	Abdish-Ata	2014 AFC Challenge Cup

Previous squads

Records

As of 4 September 2015

Most Caps
#	Player	Caps	Goals	Career

1	Vadim Kharchenko	54	3	2003–
2	Ruslan Sydykov	43	1	1997–2013
3	Talant Samsaliev	38	1	2003–
=	Vyacheslav Amin	38	1	2000–2009
5	Davron Askarov	36	0	2006–
6	Ildar Amirov	33	2	2006-
=	Vladimir Salo	30	0	1994–2004
8	Zakir Jalilov	29	0	1992–2004
9	Ruslan Jamshidov	28	3	1999–2011
10	Valeriy Berezovskiy	27	1	1997–2008

Top Goalscorers
#	Player	Goals	Caps	Career

1	Anton Zemlianukhin	6	17	2007–
2	Mirlan Murzaev	4	21	2009-
3	Cholponbek Esenkul Uulu	3	8	2007–
=	Sergey Chikishev	3	12	2003–2010
=	David Tetteh	3	14	2013–
=	Sergey Kutsov	3	16	1996–2001
=	Farkhat Khaitbaev	3	17	1994–2000
=	Azamat Baymatov	3	19	2010-
=	Zamirbek Zhumagulov	3	18	1992–2003
=	Ruslan Jamshidov	3	28	1999–2011
=	Vadim Kharchenko	3	54	2003–

References

^ ^a ^b
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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	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 World Cup Confederations Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Debuts Competitions Federations Codes

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

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	All-Africa 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

See also Non-FIFA

Kyrgyzstan squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

1 Matiash 2 Kichin 3 Samsaliev 4 Umarov 5 Sheratov 6 Maier 7 Baymatov (c) 8 Sydykov 9 Shamshiev 10 Murzaev 11 Zhyrgalbek Uulu 12 R. Amirov 13 Kozubaev 14 Sidorenko 15 Shakirov 16 Kashuba 17 I. Amirov 18 Kharchenko 19 Lux 20 Rustamov 21 Musabekov 22 Zemlianukhin 23 Bernhardt Coach: Krestinin

Kyrgyzstan national football team