Boxing team
Kyrgyz Republic U23
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«Olympic team»
Bishkek's football calendar runs mostly through the senior team, but the city also fields an under-23 side that carries the same red-and-white colours under the label Olympic team. It plays out of the Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, a 23,000-capacity ground in the capital, and trains at Sports City, the National Football Academy.
The side has spent most of its life outside the tournaments that would have made it visible. It went to the Asian Games four times running, in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, and got no further than the Round of 16, reached in 2014. A named international fixture only came in March 2021, at the Three Nations Cup in Nepal, where Kyrgyz Republic U23 lost 0–1 to Bangladesh.
The breakthrough came this year. 2026 marked the team's first qualification for the AFC U23 Asian Cup finals, a tournament it had never reached before. It made the group stage and finished 15th.
Regional matches carry most of the edge for this group, with Uzbekistan U23 the opponent most often mentioned. Thailand, Indonesia and Tajikistan fill out the list of sides Kyrgyz Republic U23 measures itself against in the same qualifying pool.
No title, no medal, sits in the team's history. What it has instead is a single line worth returning to: 15th at an Asian Cup it took until 2026 to qualify for.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 23 Sep | Asian Games |
Hong Kong U23
H
|
4:0 | W |
| 20 Sep | Asian Games |
Japan U23
H
|
0:7 | L |
| 16 Sep | Asian Games |
Thailand U23
A
|
2:3 | L |
| 6 Jun | Friendlies |
UAE U23
H
|
1:1 | D |
| 30 Mar | Friendlies |
Serbia U21
H
|
0:2 | L |
| 27 Mar | Friendlies |
Jordan U23
H
|
1:2 | L |
Standing
Asian GamesGroup stage · Group A
| # | Team | M | W | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Japan U23
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 12:0 | 9 |
| 2 |
Thailand U23
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 8:6 | 6 |
| 3 |
 Kyrgyz Republic U23
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 6:10 | 3 |
| 4 |
Hong Kong U23
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 1:11 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 29| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 29 | 18 | 11 |
| Scored | 33 | 25 | 8 |
| Conceded | 49 | 33 | 16 |
| Scored per game | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| Conceded per game | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Difference | −16 | −8 | −8 |
Fixtures of Kyrgyz Republic U23
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23 Sep
Hong Kong U23
H
4:0
W
-
20 Sep
Japan U23
H
0:7
L
-
16 Sep
Thailand U23
A
2:3
L
-
6 Jun
UAE U23
H
1:1
D
-
30 Mar
Serbia U21
H
0:2
L
-
27 Mar
Jordan U23
H
1:2
L
-
26 Mar
Serbia U21
H
2:2
D
-
12 Jan
Jordan U23
A
0:1
L
Honours of Kyrgyz Republic U23
- AFC U23 Asian Cup 2026 1
- Asian Games 2014 1