Kyrgyz Premier League


Kyrgyz Premier League is the top division of professional football in Kyrgyzstan. It was created in 1992 after the Breakup 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.
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.
Starting from the 2019 season, the league was rebranded as the Kyrgyz Premier League. Previously it was known as the Top League.

Previous winners

Soviet-era champions

Champions were:
Champions since the country's independence were:
YearChampionRunner-upTop goalscorerPlayer of the Year
1992Alga Bishkek SKA Dostuk Sokuluk Igor Sergeyev – SKA Dostuk Sokuluk
1993Alga-RIIF Bishkek Spartak Tokmak Davron BabayevDynamo Alay Osh
1994Kant-Oil Kant Semetey Kyzyl-Kiya Aleksandr Merzlikin – Kant-Oil Kant
1995Kant-Oil Kant Alga Bishkek Aleksandr Merzlikin – Kant-Oil Kant
1996Metallurg Kadamjay AiK Bishkek Aleksandr Merzlikin – AiK Bishkek
1997Dinamo Bishkek Alga-PVO Bishkek Farkhat KhaitbayevKVT Dinamo Kara-Balta
1998CAG-Dinamo-MVD Bishkek SKA-PVO Bishkek Sergey GaizitdinovSemetei Kyzyl-Kiya
1999CAG-Dinamo Bishkek SKA-PVO Bishkek Ismail MalikovZhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu
2000SKA-PVO Bishkek Dinamo Bishkek Valeriy Berezovskiy – SKA-PVO Bishkek
2001SKA-PVO Bishkek Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu Nurlan RajabaliyevZhashtyk-Ak-Altyn Kara-Suu
2002SKA-PVO Bishkek Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu Yevgeny Boldygin – Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu
2003Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu SKA-PVO Bishkek Roman Kornilov – SKA-PVO Bishkek
2004Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn SKA-Shoro Bishkek Zamirbek Jumagulov – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
2005Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn SKA-Shoro Bishkek Yevgeny Boldygin – Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu
2006Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn Abdysh-Ata Kant Vyacheslav PryanishnikovAbdish-Ata Kant
2007Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn Abdysh-Ata Kant Almazbek Mirzaliev – Abdish-Ata Kant
2008Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn Abdysh-Ata Kant Khurshit Lutfullayev – Abdysh-Ata Kant
David Tetteh – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
2009Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn Abdysh-Ata Kant Maxim Kretov – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn Daniel Tagoe – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
2010FC Neftchi Kochkor-Ata Dordoi Bishkek Talaybek DjumatayevFC Neftchi Kochkor-Ata Azamat Baimatov – Dordoi Bishkek
2011Dordoi Bishkek FC Neftchi Kochkor-Ata Vladimir Verevkin – Alga Bishkek
2012Dordoi Bishkek Alga Bishkek Kayumzhan Sharipov – Dordoi Bishkek
2013Alay Dordoi Bishkek Almazbek Mirzaliev - Abdysh-Ata Kant
2014Dordoi Bishkek Abdysh-Ata Kant Kaleemullah Khan - Dordoi Bishkek Kaleemullah Khan – Dordoi Bishkek
2015Alay Dordoi Bishkek Alia Sylla - Alay
2016Alay Dordoi Bishkek Alia Sylla - Alay
2017Alay Abdysh-Ata Kant Alia Sylla - Alay
2018Dordoi Bishkek Alay Joel Kojo - Alay
2019Dordoi Bishkek Alay Wahyt Orazsähedow — Dordoi BishkekGulzhigit Alykulov