Turkmenistan Football Thread

ASHGABAT – Iran’s youth team defeated Mika 1-0 on Thursday as the AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers finished third in the ten-team Turkmenistan President’s Cup.

Ahmad Amirkamdar’s long-range effort in the 27th minute was enough to give the Iranians the victory over the five-time Armenian Cup champions as Nenad Nikolic’s side made a fine start to their preparations for October’s Asian youth meet in Saudi Arabia.

Turkmenistan Cup holders MTTU will take on Ashgabat FC in the final on Friday in a repeat last year’s final, in which the two-time Turkmen league champions twice came from behind to win 3-2.

 

ASHGABAT – MTTU kept hold of the Turkmenistan President’s Cup after coming from a goal down to defeat Turkmen league champions 2-1 in the final of the ten-team tournament.

AFC President’s Cup qualifiers Ashgabat took the lead in the 13th minute through Arif Mirzoev but for the second successive final MTTU would come from behind to take the trophy.

The Students, who twice fought back to defeat Ashgabat 3-2 and win the 2007 Turkmenistan President’s Cup, got on level terms when Perkhat Podarov equalised before Berdy Shamuradov scored three minutes into the second-half with the goal that gave MTTU the trophy and the US$20,000 winners’ cheque.

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Turkmenistan in HCM City Cup in Vietnam :

Today : Turkmenistan - Myanmar 2-1

Turkmenistan also beat Korean Students NT 3-1 in first match , last match against Vietnam on Sunday.

 

ASHGABAT: The 15th edition of the Turkmenistan President’s Cup will be played from February 20 to 28 with the participation of eight clubs.

Defending champions Turkmenistan’s MTTU have been pooled with Kyrgyzstan runners-up Abdysh-Ata, Latvian giants Skonto and Iranian outfit Hemmat Golestan.

Tajikistan runner-ups Parvoz, Gandzasar from Armenia, Bahrain youth team and Turkmenistan champions Ashgabat are in Group B.

The winning team will be richer by US$20,000 while the runners-up team will be given US$10,000.

MTTU beat Ashgabat 2-1 in the final last year which was known as Turkmenbashi Cup.

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ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan’s MTTU and AFC President’s Cup side Ashgabat have stormed into the semi-finals of the 15th Turkmenistan President’s Cup on Monday.

The defending champions beat Kyrgyzstan runners-up Abdysh-Ata 2-1 while the Turkmenistan League champions downed Tajikistan’s Parvoz 1-0.

Pirmyrat Gazakov opened the scoring for MTTU in the fifth minute and Berdy Shamuradov made it 2-0 from the spot in the 33rd minute. Pavel Sidorenko reduced the deficit for Abdysh-Ata three minutes later.

Latvian giants Skonto thrashed Iranian outfit Hemmat Golestan 6-0 in another Group A fixture.

MTTU is leading now with six points following by Skonto (4) and Abdysh-Ata (1).

Ashgabat’s only goal was scored by Ruslan Mingazov four minutes from the hour mark. In another Group B game, Armenia’s Gandzasar were held 1-1 by Bahrain’s under-19 team.

Dragan Galic’s 60th minute opener for the Armenian outfit was cancelled out by Abdullah Naser Mohamed seven minutes from time.

The winning team of this competition will be richer by US$20,000 while the runners-up team will be given US$10,000.

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ASHGABAT: Merv overcame defending champions Ashgabat 3-2 to win the Turkmenistan Super Cup recently.

Vitaliy Alikperov opened the scoring for the last year’s Turkmenistan Cup winners in the eighth minute and David Ayrumyan doubled the advantage 12 minutes later.

Parakhat Annaberdyev (43) and Arif Mirzoev (71) restored the parity for the 2008 Turkmenistan League winners but Alikperov’s strike five minutes from time gave Merv the victory.

Ashgabat have been placed in Group B of the AFC President’s Cup along with Sri Lanka Army and hosts Bangladesh’s Abahani. Ashgabat will begin their campaign against Sri Lanka Army on May 14 and will face the Bangladesh champions a day later.

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Turkmenistan team arrived today

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Turkmenistan players celebrate a goal against Philippines in the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers in Male on Saturday. Photo from maldivesoccer.com
MALE: Turkmenistan brushed aside Philippines 5-0 to qualify for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup while hosts Maldives crushed 10-man Bhutan by the same scoreline in their final qualifying game on Saturday.

Four goals in the space of 11 minutes ensured qualification for the Central Asians after an own goal by Philippines defender Del Rosario Quimson opened their account in the 26th minute.

Striker Berdy Shamuradov doubled the advantage in the 54th minute while Mekan Nasyrov made it 3-0 four minutes later. Shamuradov completed his brace in the 63rd minute while substitute Didarklych Urazov netted their fifth two minutes later.

Turkmenistan coach Boris Grigoryants was happy with his team’s perfect record in the qualifying campaign.

“We are happy that we won all the games and the players achieved the target. Our players missed a lot of chances otherwise the difference could have been much higher.”

“We will be one of the toughest team in the AFC Challenge Cup next year and will try to qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.”

Two goals each from captain Ali Ashfaq and Ibrahim Fazeel saw Maldives finish second in the group with six points. Mohamed Umair scored their fifth goal ten minutes from time, a minute after Bhutan defender Pema was given his marching orders.

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Turkmenistan champions Ashgabat FC.
DHAKA: Turkmenistan champions Ashgabat held hosts Dhaka Abahani goalless and booked a semi-final berth in the AFC President’s Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday.

Both Ashgabat and Abahani finished with four points each but better goal difference saw Ashgabat through.

Ashgabat thrashed Sri Lanka Army 5-1 and Dhaka Abahani beat the Sri Lankan outfit, the other team of the three team group, 2-1. Abahani still have a chance to reach the last four as the best runners-up among the three groups.

Ashgabat adopted a defencive approach while Abahani, enjoying the support of about 10,000 home crowd, squandered a couple of chances that fell in their way.

Emily and Zahed Parvez wasted easy opportunities while Hangeldiyev Guvanch let down his team in the first half.

Ashgabat coach Boris Grigoryantis said: “We adopted a defencive approach because winning the group was our main target.”

Abahani coach Amalesh Sen was happy with his team’s performance. “The players played according to the plan and our only weakness was not scoring a goal.”

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ASHGABAT: AFC President’s Cup 2009 semi-finalists Ashgabat lost to Merv 2-4 on aggregate in the Turkmenistan Cup quarter-finals recently.

Ashgabat couldn't overcome the fist leg deficit (2-3) after losing the second leg by a solitary goal at home recently.

The only goal for Turkmenistan Cup current holders Merv was scored by Kurbanmuhamed Kurbanmuhamedov (66).

Merv will face Nebitchi while MTTU clash with Altyn Asyr in the semi-finals.

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ASHGABAT: Club football in Turkmenistan received a boost when a relatively unknown club - Altyn Asyr – clinched the Turkmenistan Cup crown recently.

Altyn Asyr, which was founded only last year, clinched their maiden title beating Merv 3-0 in the final.

Ali Gurbani’s charges, who finished fifth in the nine-team league recently, were in control right from the start when Abdulla Gurbannepesov put them ahead in the fifth minute and an own goal by Vitaliy Alikperov doubled their advantage two minutes later.

Murad Bayliyev’s 17th-minute strike sealed the fate of Merv.

An elated Gurbani said: “Our target was to qualify for the final but I am delighted that the boys did not stop there and won their first trophy.”

“We played defensive and relied on fast counter attacks which proved effective.”

Earlier, Merv beat Nebitchi 3-0 on aggregate (2-0 and 1-0) while Altyn Asyr knocked out league champions MTTU on away goals after the aggregate score was levelled at 3-3. Their first leg ended goalless and Altyn Asyr snatched a 3-3 draw away.

Merv beat MTTU 2-1 in last year’s final.

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MTTU beat Levadia Tallinn 3-1

 

I believe it is MTTU.

 

MTTU - Russian Clubs XI 2-4

 

The Turkmenistan club, who will play in the AFC President’s Cup this year, lost to Russian Club Select 4-2. They had made it to the last eight after winning their opener as the Russian side has only an academic interest in the tournament.

Anton Kucherenkov and Berdy Shamuradov (pictured) were on target for MTTU, who will face Ukraine giants Dynamo Kiev in the third round on Tuesday.

Bunyodkor will meet Lithuanian side Ekranas, Tajikistan’s Vakhsh will face HJK (Finland) and former AFC President’s Cup champions Dordoi-Dynamo will lock horns against Latvia’s Metallurg also on Tuesday.