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Volleyball team
Talant
Club · Kyrgyzstan · Premier League
131
Matches
36
wins
36
draws
59
losses
138–181
Goals
−43
Difference
1.1
Scored per game
Form
L
7 Aug · Home Ilbirs · 0:2
L
16 Aug · Away Alay · 0:2
W
21 Aug · Home Ozgon · 1:0
W
25 Aug · Away Abdish-Ata · 3:0
W
31 Aug · Away Bars · 3:1
D
4 Sep · Away Toktogul · 1:1
They settled in the Premier League — since renamed the Higher League — from 2022, and neither the championship nor the cup has come their way. Twice they went out at the last-sixteen stage, in 2021 and again in 2022.
The club grew out of a youth sports school in Chuy Province. Two brothers, Azat and Damir Kasymbekov, built a senior side on top of it in 2020 and named it after Damir's father, Talantbek Kasymbekov. In that first season the team was still entered as the youth school's own outfit. Azat runs the club as president, Damir as sporting director.
Since May 2022 the matches have been played at Dostuk Arena, with room for 2,563.
The first goal Talant scored in the Premier League belongs to Suleyman Dzhumabekov.
Tariel Abdukaimov coached the youth school before the senior team existed, then took the side from its founding in 2020 through to December 2022, when his assistant Urmat Abdukaimov replaced him and kept playing in the first eleven. The captain, Zhazybay Abdukaimov, is Tariel's son.
Latest results
All matches| 4 Sep | Premier League |
Toktogul
A
|
1:1 | D |
| 31 Aug | Premier League |
Bars
A
|
3:1 | W |
| 25 Aug | Premier League |
Abdish-Ata
A
|
3:0 | W |
| 21 Aug | Premier League |
Ozgon
H
|
1:0 | W |
| 16 Aug | Premier League |
Alay
A
|
0:2 | L |
| 7 Aug | Premier League |
Ilbirs
H
|
0:2 | L |
Standing
Premier League| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 |
 Asia Talas
|
22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 48:36 | 40 |
| 6 |
Alay
|
23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 30:27 | 39 |
| 7 |
Talant
|
24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 29:25 | 30 |
| 8 |
 Dordoi Bishkek
|
23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 36:32 | 29 |
| 9 |
 Neftchi
|
23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 31:39 | 29 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 131
131
Matches
36
wins
36
draws
59
losses
138–181
Goals
−43
Difference
1.1
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 131 | 63 | 68 |
| Scored | 138 | 69 | 69 |
| Conceded | 181 | 91 | 90 |
| Scored per game | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Conceded per game | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Difference | −43 | −22 | −21 |
Fixtures of Talant
Transfers
TransfersArrivals
- A. Karvatskyi Panevėžys 25/26
- Ji-hun Park Khan Tengri 23/24
- Emir Ernisov VFC Plauen U19 23/24
Departures
- A. Karvatskyi Dordoi Bishkek 26/27
- Ji-hun Park No Club 24/25
- Emir Ernisov Alga Bishkek 24/25
- Emir Ernisov VFC Plauen U19 22/23
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