# 2023 Kyrgyz Premier League

The 2023 Kyrgyz Premier League was the 32nd season of the Kyrgyzstan League, Kyrgyzstan's top division of association football organized by the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic.

## Teams
### Team overview

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Abdysh-Ata Kant | Kant | Stadion Sportkompleks Abdysh-Ata | 3,000 |
| Alay Osh | Osh | Suyumbayev Stadion | 11,200 |
| Alga Bishkek | Bishkek | Dolen Omurzakov Stadium | 23,000 |
| Dordoi Bishkek | Bishkek | Dolen Omurzakov Stadium | 23,000 |
| Ilbirs Bishkek | Bishkek | Stadium FC FFKR | 1,000 |
| Kara-Balta | Kara-Balta | Manas Stadium | 4,000 |
| Muras United | Jalal-Abad | Kurmanbek Stadium | 4,500 |
| Neftchi | Kochkor-Ata | Stadion Neftyannik Kochkor-Ata | 5,000 |
| OshSU Aldier | Osh | Suyumbayev Stadion | 4,000 |
| Talant | Kant | Sport City Stadion | 1,500 |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
* Team
* Abdysh-Ata Kant
* Alay Osh
* Alga Bishkek
* Dordoi Bishkek
* Ilbirs Bishkek
* Kara-Balta
* Muras United
* Neftchi
* OshSU Aldier
* Talant

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Dordoi Bishkek | | | | | | | |

## Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per Kyrgyz Premier League team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Abdysh-Ata Kant (C) | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 57 | Qualification for AFC Challenge League play-off round |
| 2 | Alay Osh | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 51 | |
| 3 | Dordoi Bishkek | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 24 | +30 | 50 | |
| 4 | Alga Bishkek | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 44 | |
| 5 | Muras United | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 42 | |
| 6 | Talant | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 34 | |
| 7 | Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 32 | |
| 8 | Ilbirs Bishkek | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 26 | |
| 9 | OshSU Aldier | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 23 | |
| 10 | Kara-Balta (R) | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 63 | −43 | 13 | Relegation to Second League |

## Results
### Round 1–18

| Home \ Away | ABD | ALA | ALG | DOR | ILB | KAR | MUR | NEF | OSH | TAL |
| Abdysh-Ata Kant | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Alay Osh | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Alga Bishkek | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Dordoi Bishkek | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 6–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Ilbirs Bishkek | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Kara-Balta | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–6 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Muras United | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Neftchi Kochkorata | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| OshSU Aldier | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 |
| Talant | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | — |

### Round 19–27

| Home \ Away | ABD | ALA | ALG | DOR | ILB | KAR | MUR | NEF | OSH | TAL |
| Abdysh-Ata Kant | — | 1–2 | — | — | — | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — |
| Alay Osh | | — | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | — | — | 1–1 |
| Alga Bishkek | 1–2 | — | — | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
| Dordoi Bishkek | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | — |
| Ilbirs Bishkek | 0–3 | — | 1–5 | 0–1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| Kara-Balta | — | — | — | — | 0–2 | — | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Muras United | — | 0–1 | 3–3 | — | 4–1 | 1–5 | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| Neftchi Kochkorata | — | 1–1 | — | — | 1–3 | — | 1–3 | — | — | 0–3 |
| OshSU Aldier | — | 2–3 | — | — | 2–2 | — | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | — |
| Talant | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | 2–0 | — |

### By match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Abdysh-Ata Kant | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Alay Osh | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W |
| Alga Bishkek | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W |
| Dordoi Bishkek | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D |
| Ilbirs Bishkek | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L |
| Kara-Balta | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L |
| Muras United | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W |
| Neftchi Kochkorata | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| OshSU Aldier | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L |
| Talant | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | D |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 5 November 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Danin Talović | Dordoi Bishkek | 14 |
| 2 | Emmanuel Yaghr | Abdysh-Ata Kant | 11 |
| 2 | Anton Zemlyanukhin | Alga Bishkek | 11 |
| 4 | Mirbek Akhmataliyev | Abdysh-Ata Kant | 10 |
| 5 | Maksat Alygulov | Alga Bishkek | 8 |
| 5 | Eldar Moldozhunusov | Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | 8 |
| 5 | Murolimzhon Akhmedov | Dordoi Bishkek | 7 |
| 5 | Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov | Muras United | 7 |
| 5 | Toktonaliev Nursultan | Talant | 7 |
| 5 | Arlen Sharshenbekov | Abdysh-Ata Kant | 7 |
| 5 | Dastanbek Toktosunov | Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | 7 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Oleksiy Lobov $^4$ | Dordoi Bishkek | Talant | 5–0 (H) | 30 May 2023 |
| Emmanuel Yaghr | Abdysh-Ata Kant | Ilbirs Bishkek | 3–0 (H) | 31 May 2023 |
| Marlen Murzakhmatov | Alga Bishkek | Ilbirs Bishkek | 1–5 (A) | 17 September 2023 |
* $^4$ Player scored 4 goals

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Average attendance |
| 1 | FC Alay | 1,244 |
| 2 | Muras United | 849 |
| 3 | FC Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | 785 |
| 4 | FC Dordoi Bishkek | 644 |
| 5 | OshSU Aldier | 562 |
| 6 | FC Abdysh-Ata Kant | 343 |
| 7 | FC Kara-Balta | 235 |
| 8 | Ilbirs Bishkek FC | 212 |
| 9 | FC Alga Bishkek | 163 |
| 10 | FC Talant | 120 |