Turkmenistan national football team

Turkmenistan

Association	Football Federation of Turkmenistan
Sub-confederation	CAFA (Central Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Amangylyç Koçumow
Captain	Ahmet Ataýew[1]
Top scorer	Wladimir Baýramow (14)
Home stadium	Ashgabat Stadium
FIFA code	TKM
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	127 1 (5 May 2016)
Highest	86 (April 2004)
Lowest	174 (September 2007)
Elo ranking
Current	143
Highest	81 (31 March 2004)
Lowest	147 (June 2015)
First international
Kazakhstan 1–0 Turkmenistan (Almaty, Kazakhstan; 1 June 1992)[2]
Biggest win
Turkmenistan 11–0 Afghanistan  (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; 19 November 2003)
Biggest defeat
Tajikistan 5–0 Turkmenistan (Dushanbe; Tajikistan; 22 June 1997)  Kuwait 6–1 Turkmenistan (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 10 February 2000)  Qatar 5–0 Turkmenistan (Doha, Qatar; 31 May 2004)  Bahrain 5–0 Turkmenistan (Riffa, Bahrain; 3 August 2005)
Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2004)
Best result	Round 1

The Turkmenistan national football team (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň milli futbol ýygyndysy) represents Turkmenistan in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan, the governing body for football in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan's home ground is Ashgabat Stadium in Ashgabat. Turkmenistan have never qualified to the final stages of the World Cup.

History

After the country gained independence, they played their first match against Kazakhstan on 1 June 1992.

2000

Turkmenistan match against North Korea in June, 2008.

They qualified for the 2004 Asian Cup. The right to act in the final stage of the 2004 Asian Cup footballers achieved by winning the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification in the group «G», where the team were also the United Arab Emirates, Syria and Sri Lanka. In the autumn of 2003, the national team in the preliminary matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC), defeated in Ashgabat national team of Afghanistan team with a score of 11:0, a hat-trick were noted Begench Kuliyev and Rejepmyrat Agabaýew, two goals scored Guvanchmuhammet Ovekov, stir well Nazar Bayramov, Omar Berdiyev and Didarklych Urazov. In the second leg the team won Afghanistan (0:2), both goals in the scored Begench Kuliyev. In December 2003, the national team of Turkmenistan for the first time in its history, entered the hundred strongest football teams in the world in the FIFA rankings, reaching the 99th position, thanks to the success in the qualifying match of the 2004 Asian Cup and the qualifying round of the 2006 World Cup. In the 2004 Asian Cup that took place in China, the team got to the group «C», with neighbours Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Team could only get a solitary point against Saudi Arabia in group play.

2010

In February 2010, Turkmenistan's national football team was headed by Ýazguly Hojageldyýew, who was working for HTTU Aşgabat.^[3] Under his leadership the team went to Sri Lanka to participate in the final tournament of the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup. For the first time, they made it to the final of the AFC Challenge Cup, losing in the final match with the DPRK team in the penalty shootout. In the same year, the Football Association of Turkmenistan invited a native Turkmen, the head coach of FC Rubin Kazan, Kurban Berdyev to resume leadership.^[4][5]

In March 2011, the national team of Turkmenistan successfully entered the final round of the AFC Challenge Cup 2012, beating Pakistan, Taiwan, and played in a draw with India in the qualifying competition in Kuala Lumpur. In the summer of 2011 the first qualifying match against Indonesia in the race for getting into the final of the 2014 World Cup team beginning in Ashgabat draw (1:1), and the humiliating defeat in the party with a 4-3 team knocked out of the fight for the right to go to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

In winter 2012 the team gathered for a training camp in Turkey. In preparation for the AFC Challenge Cup 2012 team Ýazguly Hojageldyýew had a friendly match with Romania, as a result of devastating Turkmenistan team lost 4-0.

In March 2012, the team went to Kathmandu to participate in the final tournament of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup. Turkmenistan national team beat the tournament hosts Nepal (3:0) and the team of the Maldives (3:1) match with Palestine ended in a goalless draw. In the semifinals, Turkmenistan defeated the Philippines (2-1). However, in the final team of Turkmenistan for the second consecutive missed a chance to win the AFC Challenge Cup, conceding a goal from the DPRK team at the end of the match after losing the game by a score of 1:2.

In October 2012, Turkmenistan's team took second place at the 2012 VFF Cup, beating the teams of Vietnam, Laos and devastating losing a against University Selection South Korea(0:4).

March 23, 2013 Turkmenistan footballers defeated team Cambodia(7-0) in Manila, on the qualifying round of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup. In the second round, our team of Turkmenistan was to meet with the team of Brunei, Brunei but the team did not arrive at the tournament thus was awarded the technical victory 3-0.^[6] In the last round of Turkmenistan team lost to Philippines (1-0), but came out in the final of the AFC Challenge Cup with a second place for the best performance among all other groups.^[7]

In January 2014 again became head coach Rahym Kurbanmämmedow, the team held three training camps in May and went to the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup, where it was unable to leave the group, thereby losing the chance to qualify for the 2015 Asian Cup.^[8][9][10] In June 2014 for poor team play in the final tournament of the AFC Challenge Cup, was dismissed the entire coaching staff, including head coach.^[11]

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1990	Was part of USSR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998 to 2018	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	0/21	-	-	-	-	-	-

Asian Cup record

Asian Cup Finals
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1992	Did not enter		-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not qualify		-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not qualify		-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Round 1		3	0	1	2	4	6
2007	Did not qualify		-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did not qualify		-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did not qualify		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: Round 1		3	0	1	2	4	6

• 2010 AFC Challenge Cup was used to determine qualification for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Asian Games record

Host nation(s) / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
National Team
Hiroshima 1994	Quarter Finals	5	1	3	1	7	9
Bangkok 1998	Quarter Finals	6	3	2	1	10	9
Total	Best: Quarter Finals	11	4	5	2	17	18

Note: As of 2002 only U23 teams permitted to take part in Asian Games Football Tournament.

AFC Challenge Cup record

AFC Challenge Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2006	Did not enter
2008	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	6	2
2010	Runners-Up	5	3	2	0	6	2
2012	Runners-Up	5	3	1	1	9	4
2014	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	6
Total	Best: Runners-Up	14	8	4	4	25	13

RCD Cup/ECO Cup record

• 1965 to 1974: No international team

Year	Round
1993	Runners-Up

Records versus other nations

Results and Fixtures

Previous matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Turkmenistan scorers
2015
11 June 2015	Guam FA National Training Center, Dededo	Guam	2018 FIFA World Cup (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	0–1 L
16 June 2015	Sport Toplumy Stadium, Daşoguz	Iran	2018 FIFA World Cup (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	1–1 D	45+1' Mingazow
3 September 2015	Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb	Oman	2018 FIFA World Cup (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	1–3 L	82' Amanow
8 October 2015	Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat	India	2018 FIFA World Cup (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	2–1 W	8' Abylow, 60' Amanow
13 October 2015	Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat	Guam	2018 FIFA World Cup (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	1–0 W	16' Abylow
5 November 2015	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Friendly match	1–5 L	57' Muhadow
12 November 2015	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Iran	2018 FIFA World Cup (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	1–3 L	62' Saparow
17 November 2015	Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat	Oman	2018 FIFA World Cup (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	2–1 W	40' Geworkýan, 67' Muhadow
29 March 2016	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi	India	2018 FIFA World Cup (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	2–1 W	48' Amanow, 70' S. Ataýew

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2016

Honours

• 2010 AFC Challenge Cup & 2012 AFC Challenge Cup – Runners-Up
• ECO Cup 1993 – Runners-Up
• 1997 Turkmenistan President's Cup – Champions
• 2002 Turkmenistan President's Cup – Runners-Up
• HCM City Cup 2008 (Vietnam) – Champions

Coaches

Manager	From	To
Baýram Durdyýew	June 1992	1996
Elguja Gugushvili	1996	1997
Täçmyrat Agamyradow	1997	1998
Viktor Pozhechevskyi	1998	1999
Gurban Berdyýew	1999	1999
Röwşen Muhadow	1999	2000
Täçmyrat Agamyradow	2000	2001
Vladimir Bessonov	October 2002	2003
Rahym Gurbanmämmedow	2003	November 2004
Boris Grigorýanc	2005	2005
Amangylyç Goçumow	2005	2006
Rahym Gurbanmämmedow	2007	March 2009
Boris Grigorýanc	April 2009	Jan 2010
Ýazguly Hojageldyýew	Feb 2010	January 2014
Rahym Gurbanmämmedow	February 2014	June 2014
Amangylyç Koçumow	May 2015

• Viktor Pozhechevskyi^[12] led team in the Asian Games 1998 in Thailand. He recruited several Ukrainian players including the ones that had already played for the national team of Ukraine.

Players

Current squad

• Match Date: 29 March 2016
• Opposition: India
• Caps and goals correct as of: 29 March 2016 after match against India.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Mammet Orazmuhammedow	20 December 1986	6	0	Altyn asyr
16	GK	Sergeý Kuznesow	22 March 1985	0	0	Aşgabat
5	DF	Rahimberdi Baltaýew	16 May 1986	5	0	Aşgabat
2	DF	Ýagmyrmyrat Annamyradow	19 October 1982	11	0	Balkan
4	DF	Mekan Saparow	22 April 1994	9	0	Balkan
23	DF	Zafar Babajanow	9 February 1987	2	0	Ahal
19	DF	Parahat Jumanazarow	24 April 1989	0	0	Altyn asyr
21	DF	Boris Iwanow		0	0	Aşgabat
10	MF	Guwanç Abylow	30 March 1988	24	4	Aşgabat
14	MF	Umidjan Astanow	11 August 1990	15	2	Altyn asyr
17	MF	Artur Geworkýan	22 November 1984	14	3	Nasaf
11	MF	Didar Durdyýew	16 July 1993	8	2	Aşgabat
8	MF	Süleýman Orazow	2 January 1989	4	0	Ahal
15	MF	Serdar Geldiýew	1 October 1987	13	0	Altyn asyr
7	MF	Arslanmyrat Amanov (Captain)	28 March 1990	25	8	Olmaliq
13	MF	Nazar Baýramow	4 September 1982	28	4	Aşgabat
18	MF	Myrat Hamraýew	14 May 1983	7	0	Balkan
20	MF	Yhlas Magtymow	20 April 1992	0	0	Altyn Asyr
6	FW	Serdaraly Ataýew	14 December 1984	7	1	Energetik
9	FW	Aleksandr Boliýan	27 July 1988	3	0	Balkan

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Turkmenistan's squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Nikita Gorbunow	14 February 1984	7	0	Ahal	v.  Oman, 17 November 2015
DF	Şöhrat Söýünow	8 March 1992	20	0	Altyn asyr	v.  Oman, 17 November 2015
DF	Serdar Annaorazow	29 June 1990	18	0	Altyn asyr	v.  Oman, 17 November 2015
DF	Bahtiýar Hojaahmedow	14 February 1985	33	1	Altyn asyr	v.  Oman, 17 November 2015
DF	Akmyrat Jumanazarow	5 November 1987	10	0	Altyn asyr	v.  Oman, 17 November 2015
DF	Dawid Sarkisow	20 November 1982	16	0	Aşgabat	v.  Iran, 12 November 2015
MF	Ahmet Ataýew	19 September 1990	18	0	Altyn asyr	v.  Oman, 17 November 2015
MF	Ruslan Mingazow	23 November 1991	16	3	Baumit Jablonec	v.  Oman, 17 November 2015
MF	Amir Gurbani	24 October 1987	2	0	Altyn asyr	v.  Oman, 17 November 2015
MF	Ilýa Tamurkin	9 May 1989	1	0	Merw	v.  Iran, 12 November 2015
FW	Berdi Şamyradow	22 June 1982	24	10	Aşgabat	v.  Oman, 17 November 2015
FW	Süleýman Muhadow	24 December 1993	12	3	Altyn Asyr	v.  Oman, 17 November 2015
FW	Altymyrat Annadurdyýew	13 April 1993	3	0	Altyn asyr	v.  Iran, 12 November 2015

References

1. GUAMT-TURKMENISTAN
2. http://soccer-db.net/get_scores.php?page=2&status=%&notes=&id=tkm&game=
3. Главным тренером сборной Туркменистана по футболу назначен Язкули Ходжагельдыев
4. Курбан Бердыев проконсультирует туркменскую сборную
5. Бердыев проконсультирует сборную Туркменистана
6. Сборная Туркменистана – в шаге от финальной части Кубка вызова АФК-2014
7. AFC CHALLENGE CUP 2014
8. AFC CHALLENGE CUP: PHILIPPINES 2-0 TURKMENISTAN
9. AFC CHALLENGE CUP: AFGHANISTAN 3-1 TURKMENISTAN
10. AFC CHALLENGE CUP: TURKMENISTAN 5-1 LAOS
11. Не имеющая 8 месяцев главного тренера сборная Туркменистана скоро узнает соперников в квалификации ЧМ-2018
12. New Turkmenistani (Ukrainian)

External links

• Turkmenistan at FIFA.com
• Turkmenistan national football team on Facebook