2018 Kyrgyzstan League

The 2018 Kyrgyzstan League was the 27th season of the Kyrgyzstan League, Kyrgyzstan's top division of association football organized by the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. The season started on 7 April 2018, with eight teams participating.^[1]

Teams

Locations of teams in the 2018 Kyrgyzstan League

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity	Manager
Abdysh-Ata Kant	Kant	Stadion Sportkompleks Abdysh-Ata	3,000
Akademija Osh	Osh	Suyumbayev Stadion	11,200	Khurshit Lutfullayev
Alay Osh	Osh	Suyumbayev Stadion	11,200
Alga Bishkek	Bishkek	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium	23,000
Dordoi Bishkek	Bishkek	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium	23,000	Aleksandr Krestinin
Ilbirs Bishkek	Bishkek	Stadium FC FFKR	1,000
Kara-Balta	Kara-Balta	Manas Stadium	4,000
Neftchi	Kochkor-Ata	Stadion Neftyannik Kochkor-Ata	5,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dordoi Bishkek	28	21	5	2	94	31	+63	68	AFC Cup group stage
2	Alay Osh	28	18	6	4	79	35	+44	60^[a]	AFC Cup play-off round
3	Abdysh-Ata Kant	28	16	7	5	53	29	+24	55
4	Neftchi Kochkorata	28	14	5	9	47	40	+7	47
5	Alga Bishkek	28	13	7	8	51	35	+16	46
6	Ilbirs Bishkek	28	5	3	20	34	73	−39	18
7	Kara-Balta	28	4	1	23	38	91	−53	13
8	Akademija Osh	28	4	0	24	30	92	−62	12

Source: FIFA FLK
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ On May 18, Alay had their six matches played in rounds 1 to 7 all awarded 0–3 forfeit losses against them for falsely registering an Uzbek player (Rasulbek Tashlankulov) as Kyrgyz citizen. This decision was revoked on July 22.

Home \ Away	AAK	AKA	AOS	ABI	DBI	IBI	KAB	NEF
Abdysh-Ata		7–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	5–1	2–1
Akademija Osh	1–3		2–5	0–5	2–5	1–3	3–4	1–2
Alay Osh	1–1	2–0		3–0	2–3	3–1	6–2	0–0
Alga Bishkek	2–0	2–0	1–1		0–0	5–0	5–1	0–0
Dordoi Bishkek	1–1	4–1	1–2	4–2		7–1	2–0	2–2
Ilbirs	0–2	2–3	2–3	1–2	1–1		3–2	2–3
Kara-Balta	2–2	3–1	5–6	2–5	0–6	1–0		1–2
Neftchi	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2018. Source: https://int.soccerway.com/national/kyrgyzstan/league/2018/regular-season/r44298/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Home \ Away	AAK	AKA	AOS	ABI	DBI	IBI	KAB	NEF
Abdysh-Ata		1–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–2
Akademija Osh	0–1		1–6	0–2	0–8	1–0	3–1	0–2
Alay Osh	3–1	5–2		0–0	0–2	2–1	9–0	2–1
Alga Bishkek	0–0	4–2	0–3		0–7	1–1	4–0	5–1
Dordoi Bishkek	4–3	6–2	3–1	1–2		6–1	3–1	4–2
Ilbirs	0–3	2–1	1–5	1–0	2–6		4–2	0–1
Kara-Balta	1–2	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–3	3–2		0–1
Neftchi	0–3	3–0	1–5	3–1	1–2	4–1	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2018. Source: https://int.soccerway.com/national/kyrgyzstan/league/2018/regular-season/r44298/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

As of Match played 6 November 2018^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Joel Kojo	Alay	26
2	Amredin Sharifi	Alay	21
3	Ernist Batyrkanov	Dordoi	17
4	Bekzhan Sagynbaev	Dordoi	13
	Kairat Zhyrgalbek Uulu	Dordoi
	Aziz Keldiar	Akademija Osh
7	Serdaraly Ataýew	Alga	12
7	Murolimzhon Akhmedov	Dordoi	12
9	Ivan Filatov	Alga	9
	Tursunali Rustamov	Alga
	Otabek Khaidarov	Neftchi
	Umidullo Iminov	Neftchi
	Urmat Abdukaimov	Kara-Balta