Altyn Asyr FK

Football Club Altyn Asyr (Turkmen: Altyn Asyr futbol kluby), also known as Altyn Asyr Ashgabat or simply Altyn Asyr is a Turkmen football club based in Ashgabat.[1] Founded in 2008, they play in the top division in Turkmenistan football, the Ýokary Liga. It has remained there ever since, winning the Turkmenistan Higher League championship six times in a row (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019).[2] The club also won the 2009, 2015 and 2016 Turkmenistan Cup and has been regular in AFC Cup recently. The team plays in the Ashgabat Stadium.

Altyn Asyr FK
Full nameAltyn Asyr futbol kluby
Nickname(s)Signalmen
Founded2008 (2008)
GroundAshgabat Stadium
Capacity20,000
ChairmanGurbanmyrat Hojageldiýew
ManagerÝazguly Hojageldyýew
LeagueÝokary Liga
2019Ýokary Liga, 1st of 8 (champions)

History

From the first days of participation in official competitions team was headed by Umarguly Nurmamedov. From 2008 until mid-2012, team was led by Ali Gurbani, and from mid-2012 coach was Bayram Durdyýew.[3] Since mid-2013 the head of the club became Gurbanmurat Hojageldiev. With 65 points, Altyn Asyr won the bronze medal in 2013 Championship of Turkmenistan. Since the beginning of 2014 team was led by Ýazguly Hojageldyýew, helped him famous Turkmen footballers Goçguly Goçgulyýew and Gurbangeldi Durdyýew. At the end of the 2014 Ýokary Liga, for the first time they became the champions of Turkmenistan.[4]

In the 2015 season, Altyn Asyr debuted in AFC Cup with loss to Al-Saqr (0:1) in Ashgabat Stadium.[5] Team won the Turkmenistan Super Cup 2015, and defended the championship in 6 rounds before the end of 2015 Ýokary Liga.[6] In December, the team won Şagadam FK and won the 2015 Turkmenistan Cup.[7]

In 2018, Altyn Asyr reached the AFC Cup Final, where lost in the decisive match to Air Force Club from Iraq. Altyn Asyr were the first team from Turkmenistan to reach the AFC Cup final. If they were to win the final, they would become the second team from Central Asia to win the AFC Cup, after Nasaf from Uzbekistan in 2011.

In June 2019, Altyn Asyr, tied the final round of the group stage with FC Istiklol - 1:1, and for the second year in a row went to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals of the 2019 AFC Cup as the winner of the Central Asian group D.[8] In August 2019, Kenyan Peter Opiyo and Niger Uche Kalu signed a contract with FC Altyn Asyr.[9] This is the first foreign footballer in the history of the club and the first legionnaire in the 2019 Ýokary Liga. However, they lost to Hanoi FC 4:5 on aggregate.

Domestic
Season League Turkmenistan Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2008 1st 8 20 7 2 11 21 20 23 Ali Gurbani
2009 1st 5 16 6 2 8 20 23 20 Winners Didargylyç Urazow 10 Ali Gurbani
2010 1st 2 18 10 5 3 34 20 35 Runners-up Amir Gurbani
Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew		 10 Ali Gurbani
2011 1st 6 36 12 9 15 46 42 44 Quarter-final Ali Gurbani
2012 1st 6 32 13 7 12 46 39 46 Quarter-final Ali Gurbani
Baýram Durdyýew
2013 1st 3 36 20 5 11 73 37 65 Runners-up Baýram Durdyýew
2014 1st 1 36 29 5 2 91 25 92 Quarter-final Didar Durdyýew 26 Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
2015 1st 1 36 29 5 2 81 21 92 Winners Süleýman Muhadow 29 Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
2016 1st 1 36 30 5 1 108 19 95 Winners Süleýman Muhadow 30 Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
2017 1st 1 32 25 4 3 83 24 79 Semi-Final Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
2018 1st 1 28 21 3 4 65 16 66 Semi-Final Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
2019 1st 1 28 19 6 3 67 25 63 Winners Altymyrat Annadurdyýew 12 Ýazguly Hojageldyýew

Continental
As of match played 20 August, 2019
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
AFC Cup 34 13 14 7 57 38 +19
Total 34 13 14 7 57 38 +19
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2015 AFC Cup Preliminary round Shabab Al-Dhahiriya 0–1 – 0–1
2016 AFC Cup Group A Al-Wehdat 0–0 1–1 4th
Al Ahed 2–0 0–3
Hidd 1–2 1–1
2017 AFC Cup Group D Istiklol 1–1 0–1 2nd
Alay 4–1 2–1
Dordoi Bishkek 3–0 2–0
2018 AFC Cup Group D Istiklol 2–2 3–2 1st
Alay Osh 5–0 6–3
Ahal 1–0 0–0
Inter-zone play-off semi-final Bengaluru 2–0 3–2 5–2
Inter-zone play-off final April 25 1–1 2–2 3–3
Final Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya – 0–2 0–2
2019 AFC Cup Group D Istiklol 1–1 1–1 1st
Dordoi 3–1 1–1
Khujand 1–0 0–0
Inter-zone play-off semi-final Hanoi FC 2–2 2–3 4-5

Squad
As of 15 August 2019[10]

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 Mammet Orazmuhammedow
2 DF  TKM Zafar Babajanow
4 DF  TKM Mekan Saparow
5 DF  TKM Merdan Amangeldiýew
6 DF  TKM Seýitmyrat Çaryýew
9 FW  TKM Gurbangeldi Sahedov
11 FW  TKM Myrat Ýagşyýew
13 GK  TKM Ahmed Gurbanow
14 MF  TKM Umidjan Astanov
16 GK  TKM Nurgeldy Astanov
18 FW  TKM Furkat Tursunow
19 DF  TKM Selim Atayev
20 MF  TKM Begmyrat Bayov
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  TKM Resul Hojaýew
22 MF  TKM Mekan Aşyrow
24 DF  TKM Gurbangeldi Batyrow
25 MF  TKM Bagtyyar Gurgenov
27 MF  TKM Velmyrat Ballakov
29 MF  TKM Serdar Geldiyev
30 FW  TKM Mihail Titow
33 MF  TKM Annasahet Annasahedov
— GK  TKM Dovletyar Berdiyev
— DF  TKM Begench Saidmamedov
— FW  TKM Dovletgeldi Mirsultanov
— FW  NGA Uche Kalu
— FW  TKM Altymyrat Annadurdyýew

Club officials

Management
  • Gurbanmyrat Hojageldiyev: club director
  • Annamuhammet Yarov: managing

Technical staff
Manager of the Altyn Asyr Yazguly Berdymuhammedovich Hojageldiyev
  • Yazguly Hodjageldiev:[11] Head Coach
  • Ýakup Ekezow:[12] Assistant coach
  • Gurbangeldi Durdyýew: Fitness coach
  • Hojaahmet Arazov: Physical Coach
  • Begench Garayev: coach
  • Dovlet Gylyjov: doctor

Managerial history
Name Nationality Years
Ali Gurbani 2008—2012
Baýram Durdyýew 2012—2013
Ýazguly Hojageldyýew 2014–

Stadium

The main home ground for AFC Cup games is Kopetdag Stadium,[13] which has a capacity of 26,00. The stadium is situated in Ashgabat. The home ground for domestic Ýokary Liga is Ashgabat Stadium[14] (capacity 20,000), which is situated on the south of the city.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

The team is owned by the Türkmenaragatnaşyk Agency of the Ministry of Industry and Communication of Turkmenistan.

Period Kit supplier Shirt sponsor
2014–2016 Adidas Turkmentelecom
2017–present Puma Turkmentelecom

Honours
Ýokary Liga (6)
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.[15]
Turkmenistan Cup (4)
2009, 2015, 2016, 2019.
Turkmenistan Super Cup (5)
[16] 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
Turkmenistan President's Cup (2)
2010, 2011.

Continental
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References
  1. "The country's football championship has started". ashgabat2017.gov.tm. 18 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-05-03. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. “Altyn asyr” — 7-nji çempion topar
  3. "Туркменистан: золотой век".
  4. "Туркменистан: золотой век".
  5. "AFC CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND (WEST): ALTYN ASYR 0–1 AL SAQR". the-afc.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. “Altyn asyryň” bassyr 2-nji çempionlygy
  7. "Bir ýylda üçünji Kubok: "Altyn asyr" – Türkmenistanyň Kubogynyň eýesi".
  10. "Altyn Asyr FC (TKM)". globalsportsarchive.com. Data Sports Group. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  15. Ашхабадский «Алтын асыр» стал шестикратным чемпионом Туркменистана по футболу
  16. «Алтын асыр» в пятый раз завоевал Суперкубок Туркменистана
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