# 2022 Kyrgyz Premier League

The 2022 Kyrgyz Premier League is the 31st 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 |
| Kaganat | Osh | Suyumbayev Stadion | 11,200 |
| Kara-Balta | Kara-Balta | Manas Stadium | 4,000 |
| Neftchi | Kochkor-Ata | Stadion Neftyannik Kochkor-Ata | 5,000 |
| Nur-Batken | Batken | Zentralny 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 | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
| Abdysh-Ata Kant | Ceylan Arıkan | Ernist Batyrkanov | |
| Alay Osh | Mirlan Eshenov | Akram Umarov | |
| Alga Bishkek | Valeriy Berezovskiy | Pavel Matyash | |
| Dordoi Bishkek | Sergei Arslanov | Bekzhan Sagynbaev | Kelme |
| Ilbirs Bishkek | Maksim Lisitsyn | Arslan Bekberdinov | |
| Kaganat | Aybek Tatanov | Maksatbek Alimov | |
| Kara-Balta | Vladimir Khoroshunov | Stanislav Gerashchenko | |
| Neftchi | Nurbek Zholdoshov | Askarbek Saliev | |
| Nur-Batken | Bakytbek Mamatov | Murolimzhon Akhmedov | |
| Talant | Tariel Abdukaimov | Dzhazybay Abdukaimov | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Dordoi Bishkek | Murat Dzhumakeyev | Resigned | 26 May 2022 | | Sergey Arslanov | 28 May 2022 | |

## 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.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | AFC Players | Former Players |
| Abdysh-Ata Kant | Artem Istrashkin | Platon Shost | Mykhaylo Kaluhin | | | | | | |
| Alay Osh | Emmanuel Yaghr | Francis Yaghr | Dmitri Ostrovski | Andrei Zorin | Sherzodbek Abduraimov | Murodzhon Tuychibaev | | | |
| Alga Bishkek | Raul Jalilov | Oluwaseun Aleriwa | | | | | | | |
| Dordoi Bishkek | Joel Kojo | Takuya Matsunaga | Yury Nedashkovsky | Timur Talipov | | | | | Maxim Focșa |
| Ilbirs Bishkek | | | | | | | | | |
| Kaganat | Erik Petrosyan | Rennan Saldanha | David Ikpabi Candy | Vadim Logunov | Aleksandr Tuaev | Sayidzhamol Davlatjonov | Kemran Najafaliev | Khasan Yuldoshev Azamat Zhumabaev | |
| Kara-Balta | | | | | | | | | |
| Neftchi | Vladislav Fedosov | Luc Mendjana | Mihail Paius | Azamat Abdullaev | | | | | Jahongir Ergashev |
| Nur-Batken | Alan Koroyev | Sarvar Ablaev | Jamshid Kobulov | Mirzokhid Mamatkhonov | Dostonzhon Rashidov | Dilshodbek Umurzakov | | | Timur Talipov |
| Talant | Emmanuel Armah | Cobblah Prince | Abneet Bharti | Ulanbek Narkozuev | Anton Polev | | | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Abdysh-Ata Kant (C) | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 62 | 16 | +46 | 60 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Alay Osh | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 51 | Possible Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Alga Bishkek | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 45 | |
| 4 | Dordoi Bishkek | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 44 | |
| 5 | Neftchi Kochkorata | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 43 | |
| 6 | Kaganat | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 37 | |
| 7 | Nur-Batken | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 35 | |
| 8 | Ilbirs Bishkek | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Talant | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 21 | |
| 10 | Kara-Balta (R) | 27 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 83 | −69 | 5 | Relegation to Second League |

## Results
### Round 1–18

| Home \ Away | ABD | ALA | ALG | DOR | ILB | KAG | KAR | NEF | NUR | TAL |
| Abdysh-Ata Kant | — | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Alay Osh | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Alga Bishkek | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Dordoi Bishkek | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Ilbirs Bishkek | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Kaganat | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Kara-Balta | 1–8 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Neftchi Kochkorata | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Nur-Batken | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 |
| Talant | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |

### Round 19–27

| Home \ Away | ABD | ALA | ALG | DOR | ILB | KAG | KAR | NEF | NUR | TAL |
| Abdysh-Ata Kant | — | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | — | — | — |
| Alay Osh | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Alga Bishkek | 2–7 | — | — | — | — | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |
| Dordoi Bishkek | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Ilbirs Bishkek | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| Kaganat | — | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | — | — | — | 1–1 |
| Kara-Balta | — | — | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–4 | — | — | — | 0–2 |
| Neftchi Kochkorata | 0–0 | — | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | — | — |
| Nur-Batken | 0–3 | — | — | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | — | — |
| Talant | 3–5 | — | 0–4 | — | — | — | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |

### By match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Abdysh-Ata Kant | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | | | |
| Alay Osh | L | D | W | L | P | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | | | W |
| Alga Bishkek | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | | |
| Dordoi Bishkek | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | P | D | L | | | |
| Ilbirs Bishkek | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D |
| Kaganat | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | | | |
| Kara-Balta | L | L | L | L | P | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | | D | L |
| Neftchi Kochkorata | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | P | D | W | | L | |
| Nur-Batken | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | P | P | W | L | | | D |
| Talant | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | P | P | L | L | | D | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 10 November 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Emmanuel Yaghr | Alay | 14 |
| 2 | Eldar Moldozhunusov | Neftchi | 13 |
| 4 | Ernist Batyrkanov | Abdysh-Ata Kant | 12 |
| 4 | Atay Dzhumashev | Abdysh-Ata Kant | 12 |
| 5 | Suleyman Dzhumabekov | Talant | 10 |
| 6 | Joel Kojo | Dordoi Bishkek | 8 |
| 6 | Kadyrbek Shaarbekov | Alga Bishkek | 8 |
| 6 | Maksat Alygulov | Abdysh-Ata Kant | 8 |
| 9 | Dmitri Ostrovski | Alay | 7 |
| 9 | Raul Dzhalilov | Alga Bishkek | 7 |
| 11 | Saidzhamol Davlatzhonov | Kaganat | 6 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| Ryskeldi Artykbaev | Dordoi Bishkek | Kara-Balta | 7–0 (H) | 25 April 2022 | |
| Atay Dzhumashev $^4$ | Abdysh-Ata Kant | Kara-Balta | 8–1 (A) | 18 July 2022 | |
* $^4$ Player scored 4 goals