Kyrgyzstan national football team
The Kyrgyzstan national football team ; Сборная Киргизии по футболу ) represents Kyrgyzstan in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic, a member of the Asian Football Confederation and Central Asian Football Association.
History
1992 to 2010: Rough unfolding
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.
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.
Since 2010s: The dawn
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.
2019 AFC Asian Cup
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'.Competitions
World Cup record
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Asian Cup record
AFC Challenge Cup record
West Asian Championship
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-finals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
Recent fixtures and results
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.2019
2020
Coaching staff
| Head coach |  Aleksandr Krestinin |
| Assistant coach | Nikolai Yuzhanin  Vladimir Salo Igor Kudrenko Talant Samsaliev |
| Goalkeeping coach | Zakir Jalilov |
| Fitness coach | Dmitry Gureev |
| Executive director | Yevgeniy Frolov |
| Administrator | Azamat Alykulov |
| Medical | Nurbek Ismailov |
Players
Current squad
9 November 2019 Friendly Match UzbekistanMatch 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.
Recent call ups
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury.PRE Preliminary squad.
Records
Most capped players
, the 10 players with the most caps:| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
| 1 | Vadim Kharchenko | 2003–2015 | 51 | 3 |
| 2 | Mirlan Murzaev | 2009– | 46 | 10 |
| 3 | Pavel Matiash | 2009– | 43 | 0 |
| 4 | Kairat Zhyrgalbek Uulu | 2014– | 41 | 2 |
| 5 | Vyacheslav Amin | 2000–2009 | 38 | 1 |
| 6 | Davron Askarov | 2006–2014 | 37 | 0 |
| 6 | Ildar Amirov | 2006–2016 | 37 | 2 |
| 8 | Edgar Bernhardt | 2014– | 36 | 7 |
| 9 | Talant Samsaliev | 2003–2015 | 35 | 1 |
| 9 | Farhat Musabekov | 2015– | 35 | 1 |
Bold names denote a player still playing or available for selection.
Top goalscorers
| # | Name | Career | Goals | Caps | Avg/game |
| 1 | Anton Zemlianukhin | 2007– | 12 | 25 | |
| 2 | Mirlan Murzaev | 2009– | 10 | 46 | |
| 3 | Vitalij Lux | 2015– | 8 | 31 | |
| 4 | Azamat Baymatov | 2010– | 4 | 32 | |
| 4 | Edgar Bernhardt | 2014– | 4 | 37 | |
| 4 | Tursunali Rustamov | 2012– | 4 | 15 | |
| 4 | Bekzhan Sagynbaev | 2018– | 4 | 19 | |
| 8 | Zamirbek Zhumagulov | 1992–2003 | 3 | 18 | |
| 8 | Farhat Haitbaev | 1994–2000 | 3 | 17 | |
| 8 | Sergey Kutsov | 1996–2001 | 3 | 16 | |
| 8 | Ruslan Jamshidov | 1999–2011 | 3 | 28 | |
| 8 | Sergey Chikishev | 2003–2010 | 3 | 12 | |
| 8 | Vadim Kharchenko | 2003–2015 | 3 | 51 | |
| 8 | Cholponbek Esenkul Uulu | 2007– | 3 | 9 | |
| 8 | David Tetteh | 2013– | 3 | 14 |
Bold names denote a player still playing or available for selection.