Kyrgyzstan national football team

Kyrgyzstan

Nickname(s)	Snow Leopards, The Eagles, The Blue Eagle
Association	Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Marat Djumakeev
Asst coach	Orgoluu Arbayev
Most caps	Vyacheslav Amin (36)
Top scorer	Mirlan Murzaev (4)
Home stadium	Spartak Stadium
FIFA code	KGZ
FIFA ranking	191
Highest FIFA ranking	119 (August 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	191 (December 2011)
Elo ranking	165
Home colours Away colours
First international
Uzbekistan 3–0 Kyrgyzstan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan; August 23, 1992)
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 is the national team of Kyrgyzstan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. It is a member of the Central and South Asian Football Federation of the Asian Football Confederation

History

After the split of Soviet Union, they played their first match away in Tashkent, against Uzbekistan on 23 August 1992 in the Central Asia Tournament. On 26 September they drew 1-1 at home in Bishkek against Kazakhstan, then on 3 October lost at home 6-2 to Uzbekistan. On 14 October they travelled to Ashgabad where they lost 4-0 to Turkmenistan. In the last game of the tournament they lost 2-0 to Kazakhstan on 25 October in Kzyl-Orda, Turkmenistan.

In June 1993 Kyrgyzstan trvalled to Tehran, Iran for a tournament against other Central Asian sides and Azerbaijan. 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.

Competition records

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1994 – Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1998 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1992 – Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1996 to 2004 – Did not qualify
• 2007 – Did not enter
• 2011 – Did not qualify

AFC Challenge Cup record

• 2006 – 3 !
• 2008 – Did not qualify
• 2010 – Group stage
• 2012 – Did not qualify

West Asian Football Federation 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	3 !	5	2	1	2	11	8

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Coaches

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Honours
Meklis Koshaliyev	Aug 1992 – Feb 1996	8	1	1	6
Yevgeniy Novikov	June 1997 – Feb 2001	19	4	14	1
Nematjan Zakirov	March 2003 – May 2008	30	11	2	17
Boris Podkorytov	July 2006 – Dec 2006
Anarbek Ormonbekov	Jan 2009 – Dec 2010	13	3	3	7
Marat Djumakeev	Jan 2011 – present	1	0	0	1

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers. Caps as of March 25, 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 2 DF Rustem Usanov 12 September 1985 (1985-09-12) 8 1 Abdish-Ata Kant 3 DF Davron Askarov 6 January 1988 (1988-01-06) 20 0 Dordoi Bishkek 4 MF Artem Muladjanov 4 February 1988 (1988-02-04) 6 0 Dordoi Bishkek 5 MF Anatoliy Vlasichev 14 June 1988 (1988-06-14) 0 0 Dordoi Bishkek 6 MF Vadim Harchenko 28 May 1984 (1984-05-28) 34 0 Dordoi Bishkek 7 FW Ildar Amirov 9 October 1987 (1987-10-09) 17 2 Dordoi Bishkek 8 DF Kursanbek Sheratov 1 October 1989 (1989-10-01) 4 0 Abdish-Ata Kant 12 MF Aziz Sydykov 23 June 1992 (1992-06-23) 0 0 Alga Bishkek 15 DF Azamat Baimatov 3 December 1989 (1989-12-03) 2 0 Dordoi Bishkek 16 FW Mirlan Murzaev 29 March 1990 (1990-03-29) 6 4 Hapoel Petah Tikva 17 MF Cholponbek Esenkul Uulu 15 January 1986 (1986-01-15) 5 3 Abdish-Ata Kant 19 DF Faruh Abitov 4 December 1988 (1988-12-04) 7 0 Dordoi Bishkek 20 GK Vladislav Volkov 15 August 1980 (1980-08-15) 10 0 Dordoi Bishkek 11 GK Pavel Matiash 11 July 1987 (1987-07-11) 5 0 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn 22 GK Valery Kashuba 14 September 1984 (1984-09-14) 7 0 Ak Bulak Talgar 23 MF Evgeniy Malinin 8 September 1986 (1986-09-08) 0 0 Abdish-Ata Kant 24 FW Almazbek Mirzaliev 10 June 1987 (1987-06-10) 11 0 Abdish-Ata Kant 25 DF Talant Samsaliev 27 April 1980 (1980-04-27) 26 0 Dordoi Bishkek 35 MF Roman Ablakimov 28 August 1986 (1986-08-28) 14 0 SKA-Shoro Bishkek 21 FW Hurshil Lutfullaev 8 January 1983 (1983-01-08) 7 3 FC Issyk Kul 31 MF Ruslan Djamshidov 27 April 1980 (1980-04-27) 11 0 FC Zhetysu 29 DF Vladimir Verevkin 5 August 1987 (1987-08-05) 9 3 Alga Bishkek 39 FW Andrey Krasnov 6 July 1980 (1980-07-06) 12 4 Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn 33 DF Vyacheslav Amin 10 December 1979 (1979-12-10) 23 1 FC Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 26 DF Ruslan Sydykov (C) 4 January 1975 (1975-01-04) 35 1 Dordoi Bishkek

External links

• Kyrgyzstan at FIFA.com