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Indian National Football Team: Know Your Rivals - Kyrgyz Republic

Goal tells you everything you need to know about the Blue Tigers' opponents in Group A of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup third round qualifiers...

Country: Kyrgyz Republic

FIFA Ranking: 132

Nickname: The White Falcons

Last official match played: Kyrgyz Republic 1-0 Macau (28th March, 2017)

Coach: Aleksandr Krestinin

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A nation born out of the fall of the mighty erstwhile Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan is one of the sparsely populated craggy terrains in northern Central Asia. It has only been twenty five years since the existence of their national football team and it comes as no surprise that they have not qualified for any of the continental showpiece tournament finals, yet.