Ahal FK

Ahal Football Club (Turkmen: Ahal futbol kluby) is a Turkmen association football club based in the Änew, Ahal Province. Founded in 1989, club played its first-ever top flight season in 1992. Club plays its home matches at the 20,000-capacity Ashgabat Stadium.

Ahal FK
Full nameAhal Futbol Kluby
Founded1989 (1989)
GroundAshgabat Stadium
Capacity20,000
ChairmanGurbandurdy Öwekow
ManagerHojaahmet Arazow[1]
LeagueÝokary Liga
2019Ýokary Liga, 2nd of 8

History

In 1989–91 club played in Soviet Second League.

FC Ahal played in the top division of Turkmenistan in 1992, winning bronze medal, but the following year the team was disbanded. The returning season was 1998–99.

In 2013, the team won Cup title, led by Ali Gurbani. In 2013 Turkmenistan Cup final team beat Altyn Asyr and won the trophy for the second time.[2]

In 2014 season the team began by winning the 2014 Super Cup of Turkmenistan, beating HTTU (4–2).[3] In October 2014[4]the new coach was appointed, Guwançmuhammet Öwekow, which resulted in a victory in the 2014 Turkmenistan Cup,[5][6] having beaten Balkan (2–1).

In the 2015 season, Ahal debuted in AFC Cup, becoming the new dominant force of Turkmenistan football.

Domestic
Season League Turkmenistan Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
1992 1st 3 28 22 2 4 103 16 46
1998–99 1st 8 32 5 4 23 14 74 19
2000 1st 5 20 8 5 7 22 24 29
2001 1st 8 32 5 3 24 31 93 18
2002 1st 9 32 2 3 27 17 102 9
2003 1st 9 36 7 1 28 25 96 22
2004 1st 7 36 11 5 20 24 64 38
2005 1st 9 32 6 6 20 37 72 24 Armen Sogomonyan
Ali Gurbani
2008 1st 10 20 1 1 18 12 68 4 Durdy Redzhepov
2009 2nd First round
2010 1st 8 18 5 1 12 13 33 16 Quarter-final
2011 1st 8 36 9 4 23 40 83 31 Quarter-final Armen Sogomonyan
2012 1st 4 32 15 5 12 59 45 50 First round Didar Durdyýew 14 Baýram Durdyýew
Ahmet Agamyradow
2013 1st 6 36 16 8 12 62 41 56 Winners Ali Gurbani
2014 1st 2 36 28 3 5 85 24 87 Winners Ali Gurbani
Guwançmuhammet Öwekow
2015 1st 5 36 16 10 10 67 54 58 Quarter-final Guwançmuhammet Öwekow
Boris Grigorýants
2016 1st 4 36 18 8 10 63 42 62 Quarter-final
2017 1st 2 32 22 6 4 70 21 72 Winners
2018 1st 2 28 18 6 4 55 22 60 Semi-final
2019 1st 2 28 15 9 4 44 17 54 Final Didar Durdyýew 14 Röwşen Meredow
Amangylyç Koçumow
Baýramnyýaz Berdiýew

Continental
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2015 AFC Cup Preliminary round Dordoi Bishkek 3–0  – 3–0
Fanja  – 3–2 3–2
Group D Qadsia 0–1 0–2 4th
Istiklol 1–2 2–5
Erbil 2–1 3–2
2018 AFC Cup Group D Istiklol 0–1 0–1 3rd
Altyn Asyr 0–0 0–1
Alay 5–0 3–2
2019 AFC Cup Preliminary round Alay 1–0 2–1 3–1
Khujand 1–1 0–0 1–1(a)

Honours
Turkmenistan Cup (3)
2013, 2014, 2017.
Turkmenistan Super Cup (1)
2014.

Current squad
As of 2 February 2020[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  TKM Batyr Babaýew
2 DF  TKM Güýçmyrat Annagulyýew
3 DF  TKM Gurbanguly Aşyrow
4 DF  TKM Abdy Bäşimow
6 MF  TKM Amir Gurbani
7 MF  TKM Elman Tagaýew
8 MF  TKM Yhlas Saparmämmedow
10 MF  TKM Guwanç Abylow
11 FW  TKM Murat Ýakşiýew
12 DF  TKM Serdar Annaorazow
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  TKM Myrat Hamraýew
16 GK  TKM Öwezmyrat Öwezmyradow
17 DF  TKM Artur Geworkýan
19 DF  TKM Azadi Annadurdyýew
20 FW  TKM Pirmyrat Sultanow
21  TKM Serdar Tukyýew
22 MF  TKM Ilýa Tamurkin
23 DF  TKM Hoşgeldi Hojowow
27 MF  TKM Döwran Orazalyýew
28 DF  TKM Söhbet Allanurow

Current technical staff
Position Name
Chairman Gurbandurdy Öwekow
Chairman Sähetmyrat Alyýew
Chief Guwançmuhammet Öwekow
Head coach Hojaahmet Arazow
Doctor Parahat Bäşimow
GK coach Baýramnyýaz Berdiýew
Assistant coach Konstantin Grigorýans
Main administrator Çarymämmet Orazmämmedow
Masseur Maksatmyrat Ilýasow
Video operator Begli Annagulyýew

Managers
gollark: 37kRF/T.
gollark: At 85% efficiency my hydrogen/hydrogen reactor only makes 17kRF/t net. It's not even enough to run the electromagnets on another one.
gollark: As a battery for my coffee machine, obviously.
gollark: I plan to pack three or four into a compact machine eventually.
gollark: Well, I have a tiny minimum-size design.

References
  1. «Ahala» täze möwsümde Hojaahmet Arazow tälim berer
  2. Kubogyň eýesi — “Ahal”
  3. V@DIM. "Золотой век". turkmenistan.gov.tm. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. turkmenportal. ""Ахал" отправил в отставку главного тренера, притормозив в погоне за лидером - Спорт". turkmenportal.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. “Ahal” bassyr 2-nji gezek kubogyň eýesi Archived 2015-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Кубок АФК: "Дордой" начнет с "Ахала" из Туркменистана - Новости клуба - Официальный сайт футбольного клуба Дордой (Бишкек)". www.fc-dordoi.kg. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  7. "MAIN CAST". Data Sports Group. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  8. «Алтын асыр» и «Ахал» сделали шаг к финалу Кубка Туркменистана-2019 по футболу
  9. «Ahala» täze möwsümde Hojaahmet Arazow tälim berer
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