Kyrgyzstan national football team

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.[3]

Kyrgyzstan continues to struggle, due to little interests of developing football in the Republic. In a span of 20 years, the national team had got no more than 38 matches, with a win rate 26,3%. Lack of basic developments when comparing to its Central Asian neighbors made Kyrgyzstan remained backward behind Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Despite this, Kyrgyzstan still managed to achieve some significant results, such as winning bronze in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup.

With the arrival of Sergey Dvoryankov, the team had witnessed a surge. Dvoryankov made change calling and naturalizing a number of foreign players into the national team of Kyrgyzstan such as Ghana's David Tetteh, Elijah Ari and Daniel Tagoe; Cameroon's Claude Maka Kum; Germany's Viktor Maier, Vitalij Lux, Viktor Kelm and Edgar Bernhardt; as well as calling more Kyrgyz-born Russian and German players to play for the team. As for the result, Kyrgyzstan's football dramatically improved. The White Falcons had made up significantly good result during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, when Kyrgyzstan managed to defeat its long time neighbor-rival, Tajikistan, or defeating Jordan, which team had also beaten Australia before, as well as managed to play well against Asian champions Australia despite losing both matches.

Under another Russian manager, Aleksandr Krestinin, Kyrgyzstan is heading to qualify for its first ever AFC Asian Cup since independence, when they placed themselves against India, Myanmar and Macau. On 22 March 2018, after thrashing Myanmar 5–1, Kyrgyzstan had finally qualified for their first ever AFC Asian Cup in the history.

Kyrgyzstan was grouped with South Korea, China and the Philippines, all have better head-to-head records against theirs. The underdog's performance: losing to China and South Korea both by just one goal margin, before cruising against the Philippines 3–1 to progress as one of the best third-place team in their maiden debut. In the knockout stage, despite facing the host UAE, Kyrgyzstan played with full fighting spirit only to lose 2–3 after 120'.

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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-finals		5	2	1	2	11	8

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

9 November 2019 Friendly Match Uzbekistan Match date: 14 & 19 November 2019 Opposition: Japan & Tajikistan
Competition: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
Caps and goals updated as of 19 November 2019.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Pavel Matyash	(1987-07-11) 11 July 1987	43	0	Alga Bishkek
13	1GK	Kutman Kadyrbekov	(1997-06-13) 13 June 1997	4	0	Dordoi Bishkek
16	1GK	Valery Kashuba	(1984-09-14) 14 September 1984	23	0	Dordoi Bishkek
2	2DF	Valery Kichin	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992	33	2	Torpedo Moscow
3	2DF	Tamirlan Kozubaev	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994	27	2	Persita Tangerang
4	2DF	Mustafa Iusupov	(1995-07-01) 1 July 1995	9	0	Dordoi Bishkek
5	2DF	Aizar Akmatov	(1998-08-24) 24 August 1998	4	0	Alga Bishkek
6	2DF	Viktor Maier	(1990-05-16) 16 May 1990	21	1	Wiedenbrück
7	2DF	Azamat Baimatov	(1989-12-03) 3 December 1989	32	4	Kuala Lumpur
14	2DF	Aleksandr Mishchenko	(1997-07-30) 30 July 1997	3	0	Dordoi Bishkek
17	2DF	Akram Umarov	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994	2	0	Neftchi Kochkor-Ata
8	3MF	Gulzhigit Alykulov	(2000-11-25) 25 November 2000	6	2	Kairat Almaty
9	3MF	Edgar Bernhardt	(1986-03-30) 30 March 1986	37	4	Dhaka Abahani
11	3MF	Bekzhan Sagynbaev	(1994-09-11) 11 September 1994	19	4	Dordoi Bishkek
12	3MF	Odiljon Abdurakhmanov	(1996-03-18) 18 March 1996	11	0	Alay
15	3MF	Murolimzhon Akhmedov	(1992-01-05) 5 January 1992	10	0	Saif SC
18	3MF	Kairat Zhyrgalbek Uulu	(1993-06-13) 13 June 1993	41	2	Dordoi Bishkek
20	3MF	Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov	(1995-06-03) 3 June 1995	28	1	Bashundhara Kings
21	3MF	Farhat Musabekov	(1994-01-03) 3 January 1994	35	1	Dordoi Bishkek
22	3MF	Alimardon Shukurov	(1999-09-28) 28 September 1999	8	2	Boluspor
23	3MF	Akhlidin Israilov	(1994-09-16) 16 September 1994	25	2	Samut Sakhon
10	4FW	Mirlan Murzaev	(1990-03-29) 29 March 1990	46	10	Dordoi Bishkek
19	4FW	Vitalij Lux	(1989-02-27) 27 February 1989	31	8	SSV Ulm 1846

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Avazbek Otkeev	(1993-12-04) 4 December 1993	5	0	Dordoi Bishkek	v.  Mongolia, 15 October 2019
DF	Daniel Tagoe	(1986-03-03) 3 March 1986	21	0	Shan United F.C.	v.  Mongolia, 15 October 2019
MF	Tursunali Rustamov	(1990-01-31) 31 January 1990	16	4	Alga Bishkek	v.  Mongolia, 15 October 2019
MF	Pavel Sidorenko	(1987-03-26) 26 March 1987	28	0	Dordoi Bishkek	v.  Mongolia, 15 October 2019
MF	Aziz Sydykov	(1992-06-23) 23 June 1992	27	1	Sanat Naft	v.  Mongolia, 15 October 2019
MF	Anton Zemlianukhin	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988	29	13	Ilbirs Bishkek	v.  Mongolia, 15 October 2019
FW	Ernist Batyrkanov	(1998-02-21) 21 February 1998	6	0	Dordoi Bishkek	v.  Mongolia, 15 October 2019

^INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
^PRE Preliminary squad.

As of match played 19 November 2019, the 10 players with the most caps:

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

As of match played 19 November 2019

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