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Kyrgyzstan

AFC. Played 193 since 3 Aug 1956: won 59, drawn 33, lost 101. Elo 1465, ranked 121 in the world; peak 1490 in 1956.

Latest results

Results and fixtures

Squad

The following 21 players were called up for the friendly matches against Palestine on 6 and 9 June 2026.

Players
26
Average age
26.4
Caps between them
575
Most from one club
Alga Bishkek (6)

Where they play

18 at home · 8 abroad in 6 other countries

  • Kyrgyzstan 18
  • Belarus 3
  • Croatia 1
  • Indonesia 1
  • Russia 1
  • Ukraine 1
  • Vietnam 1

Average club rating 1391 (ClubElo; 3 of 26 players' clubs rated, mainly European). Highest-rated club: Dinamo Minsk, ranked 1028 by ClubElo.

No.PlayerAgeCapsGoals
Goalkeepers
Erzhan TokotayevAlga Bishkek26410
Kurmanbek NurlanbekovDordoi Bishkek2220
Artem PryadkinBishkek City2500
Defenders
Tamirlan KozubaevPersita Tangerang(Indonesia)32693
Ermek KenzhebayevAlga Bishkek23170
Said DatsievBars Issyk-Kul2360
Arslan BekberdinovAlga Bishkek2750
Ulanbek SulaymanovOzgon2440
Valeriy MurzakovTalant2320
Midfielders
Kayrat Zhyrgalbek uuluBars Issyk-Kul33854
Odilzhon AbdurakhmanovDong A Thanh Hoa(Vietnam)30553
Gulzhigit AlykulovDinamo Minsk(Belarus)25506
Alimardon ShukurovMuras United27366
Murolimzhon AkhmedovAlga Bishkek34260
Erbol AtabayevLokomotiva Zagreb(Croatia)25240
Beknaz AlmazbekovRukh Lviv(Ukraine)21200
Eldiyar ZarypbekovChernomorets Novorossiysk(Russia)25191
Kimi MerkAlga Bishkek22181
Magomed UzdenovBars Issyk-Kul32100
Adil KadyrzhanovDordoi Bishkek2670
Nurdoolot StalbekovIsloch Minsk Raion(Belarus)2560
Amir ZhaparovMuras United3250
Bektur KochkonbaevOzgon2320
Forwards
Ernist BatyrkanovDordoi Bishkek28363
Kai MerkAlga Bishkek28293
Gulzhigit BorubaevNeman Grodno(Belarus)2610

Squad, caps and goals from Wikipedia: Kyrgyzstan national football team (CC BY-SA), caps correct as of 6 June 2026; page last edited 3 Nov 2026. Read daily.

Tournament history

Asian Cup: 2 appearances

Furthest round reached, finals tournaments and Nations League only (qualifiers are not shown).

Rating over time

120014001500195619912026Peak 1489 (1956)
Rating at the end of each year it played.

Head to head

Against

Kyrgyzstan v Tajikistan: played 16, won 3, drawn 4, lost 9; goals 12–21. First met 8 Jun 1993, last 14 Jun 2022.

Latest 15 of 16 meetings.

Record by competition

Kyrgyzstan by competition
Friendly68141638
FIFA World Cup qualification5520926
AFC Asian Cup qualification18828
AFC Challenge Cup10406
AFC Challenge Cup qualification10523
Nehru Cup8314
AFC Asian Cup7115
ELF Cup5212
WAFF Championship3003
CAFA Nations Cup2002
Navruz Cup2002
Three Nations Cup2200
Tri-Nation Series2011
Kirin Challenge Cup1001

Top scorers

  1. Joel Kojo 7
  2. Mirlan Murzaev 6
  3. Vitalij Lux 5
  4. Alimardon Shukurov 5
  5. Gulzhigit Alykulov 5
  6. Anton Zemlianukhin 4
  7. Edgar Bernhardt 4
  8. Sergey Kutsov 3
  9. Sergey Chikishev 3
  10. Valery Kichin 3

Goals in games whose scorers are recorded in the source (most competitive games, not every friendly), so totals can be lower than official records.

Shoot-outs count as draws in records and ratings. Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.