2016 Ýokary Liga

Ýokary Liga

Season	2016
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The 2016 Turkmenistan Higher League (Ýokary Liga) season is the 24rd season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. It runs between March and December 2016. Altyn Asyr are the defending champions from the 2015 campaign.

Teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 9 sides from the 2015 season and the champion of the Birinji liga, Köpetdag Aşgabat.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Coach
Ahal	Ahal Province	Ashgabat Stadium	20,000	Ali Gurbani
Altyn Asyr	Ashgabat	Ashgabat Stadium	20,000	Ýazguly Hojageldiýew
Aşgabat	Ashgabat	Ashgabat Stadium	20,000	Tofik Şukurow
Balkan	Balkanabat	Sport Toplumy Stadium	10,000	Aleksandr Klimenko
Turan	Dashoguz	Sport toplumy (Daşoguz) Stadium	10,000
Yedigen	Ashgabat	HTTU Stadium	1,000	Röwşen Meredow
Energetik	Mary	Baýramaly sport desgasy	3000	Rahym Gurbanmämmedow
Köpetdag Aşgabat	Ashgabat	Köpetdag Stadium	26,000	Said Seýidow
Merw	Mary	Sport Toplumy Stadium	10,000	Magtym Begenjow
Şagadam	Türkmenbaşy	Şagadam Stadium	5,000	Rejepmyrat Agabaýew

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Energetik Türkmenbaşy	6	4	0	2	11	8	+3	12	Qualifies for the 2017 AFC Cup Group Stage
2	FC Ahal	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12
3	Merw	6	4	0	2	7	5	+2	12
4	Balkan	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	10
5	Altyn Asyr	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
6	Ashgabat	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
7	Shagadam	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4
8	Yedigen	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4
9	Kopetdag	5	1	1	3	2	6	−4	4
10	Turan	6	0	0	6	4	16	−12	0	Relegation to the 2017 Birinji Ligasy

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Links

• ÝOKARY LIGA at Soccerway