Kyrgyzstan Top League

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Kyrgyzstan Top League
Founded1992;27 years ago (1992)
CountryKyrgyzstan
Confederation AFC
Number of teams7
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to 2nd Division
Domestic cup(s) Kyrgyzstan Cup
Kyrgyzstan Super Cup
International cup(s) AFC Cup
Current champions Dordoi Bishkek
(2018)
Most championships Dordoi Bishkek (10)
Website flk.kg
Soccerball current event.svg 2019 Kyrgyzstan League

Top League is the top division of the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. It was created in 1992 after the Break-up of the Soviet Union. The league is composed of eight teams. The most successful team is Dordoi Bishkek who have won the league nine times.

FC Dordoi Bishkek association football club

FC Dordoi is a Kyrgyz football club based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The club was founded in 1997.

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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.

AFC Cup

The AFC Cup is an annual International association football competition between domestic clubs run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Qualification to the competition is available to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries that fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their 'Vision Asia' document. Countries which are 'emerging' nations are eligible to participate in the AFC Cup, whereas countries which have better infrastructure and football prowess are entered into the AFC Champions League.

The Kyrgyzstan League Second Level is the second highest division of Kyrgyzstan Football, below the Kyrgyzstan League.

Starting from the 2019 season, the league was rebranded as the Kyrgyz Premier League. [1]

Previous winners

Soviet-era champions

Champions were: [2]

Since independence

Champions since the country's independence were: [2] [3] [4]

YearChampionRunner-upTop goalscorerPlayer of the Year
1992 Alga Bishkek (1) SKA Dostuk Sokuluk Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Igor SergeyevSKA Dostuk Sokuluk (26)
1993 Alga-RIIF Bishkek (2) Spartak Tokmak Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Davron BabayevDynamo Alay Osh (38)
1994 Kant-Oil Kant (1) Semetey Kyzyl-Kiya Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Aleksandr MerzlikinKant-Oil Kant (25)
1995 Kant-Oil Kant (2) Alga Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Aleksandr MerzlikinKant-Oil Kant (27)
1996 Metallurg Kadamjay (1) AiK Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Aleksandr MerzlikinAiK Bishkek (17)
1997 Dinamo Bishkek (1) Alga-PVO Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Farkhat KhaitbayevKVT Dinamo Kara-Balta (17)
1998 CAG-Dinamo-MVD Bishkek (2) SKA-PVO Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Sergey GaizitdinovSemetei Kyzyl-Kiya (23)
1999 CAG-Dinamo Bishkek (3) SKA-PVO Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Ismail MalikovZhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (16)
2000 SKA-PVO Bishkek (3) Dinamo Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Valeriy BerezovskiySKA-PVO Bishkek (32)
2001 SKA-PVO Bishkek (4) Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Nurlan RajabaliyevZhashtyk-Ak-Altyn Kara-Suu (28)
2002 SKA-PVO Bishkek (5) Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Yevgeny BoldyginZhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (19)
2003 Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (1) SKA-PVO Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Roman KornilovSKA-PVO Bishkek (39)
2004 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (1) SKA-Shoro Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Zamirbek JumagulovDordoi-Dynamo Naryn (28)
2005 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (2) SKA-Shoro Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Yevgeny BoldyginZhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu (23)
2006 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (3) Abdysh-Ata Kant Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Vyacheslav PryanishnikovAbdish-Ata Kant (24)
2007 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (4) Abdysh-Ata Kant Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Almazbek MirzalievAbdish-Ata Kant (21)
2008 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (5) Abdysh-Ata Kant Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Khurshit LutfullayevAbdysh-Ata Kant
Flag of Ghana.svg David TettehDordoi-Dynamo Naryn (13)
2009 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn (6) Abdysh-Ata Kant Flag of Russia.svg Maxim KretovDordoi-Dynamo Naryn (21) Flag of Ghana.svg Daniel TagoeDordoi-Dynamo Naryn
2010 FC Neftchi Kochkor-Ata (1) Dordoi Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Talaybek DjumatayevFC Neftchi Kochkor-Ata (15) Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Azamat Baimatov – Dordoi Bishkek
2011 Dordoi Bishkek (7) FC Neftchi Kochkor-Ata Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Vladimir VerevkinAlga Bishkek (12)
2012 Dordoi Bishkek (8) Alga Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kayumzhan SharipovDordoi Bishkek (17)
2013 Alay (1) Dordoi Bishkek Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Almazbek Mirzaliev (20) - Abdysh-Ata Kant
2014 Dordoi Bishkek (9) Abdysh-Ata Kant Flag of Pakistan.svg Kaleemullah Khan (18) - Dordoi Bishkek Flag of Pakistan.svg Kaleemullah KhanDordoi Bishkek [5]
2015 Alay (2) Dordoi Bishkek Flag of Guinea.svg Alia Sylla (17) - Alay
2016 Alay (3) Dordoi Bishkek Flag of Guinea.svg Alia Sylla (21) - Alay
2017 Alay (4) Abdysh-Ata Kant Flag of Guinea.svg Alia Sylla (12) - Alay [6]
2018 Dordoi Bishkek (10) Alay Flag of Ghana.svg Joel Kojo (26) - Alay [7]

References and notes

  1. "Кыргызская Премьер-лига: новый сезон – новый формат". Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. 5 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Kyrgyzstan – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. "Champions Kyrgyzstan" (in Russian). ffkr.kg. 2008. Archived from the original on February 16, 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  4. "Лучшие бомбардиры Чемпионатов Кыргызстана". flk.kg (in Russian). flk.kg. Archived from the original on 2015-08-03. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  5. kalimulla-luchshij-igrok-topligi-po-versii-flk (in Russian). FC Dordoi Bishkek. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. "Алиа Силла повторил рекорд 21-летней давности". flk.kg (in Russian). FLK. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. "Жоел Кожо из Ганы — лучший бомбардир чемпионата Кыргызстана по футболу (список)". sport.akipress.org/ (in Russian). Aki Press. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

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