Football Club Şagadam () is a Turkmen professional football club based in
Türkmenbaşy,
Balkan Region
Balkan Region () is the westernmost of the five regions of Turkmenistan. Clockwise from north it borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (north); two provinces of Turkmenistan (east), Iran (south), and the Caspian Sea (west). The capital city is Balkana ...
. The team compete in
Ýokary Liga
The Turkmenistan Higher League, also called Türkmenistan Ýokary Liga ( Turkmen: ''Ýokary liga futbol klublarynyň arasyndaky futbol boýunça Türkmenistanyň çempionaty''), is the top division of professional football in Turkmenistan, operat ...
, the top division in Turkmenistan football league system. The club was founded in 1949 and home matches are played at
Şagadam Stadium, their original home ground.
History
The football club was founded in 1949 by the Complex of Oil Refineries in
Krasnovodsk (
Turkmen SSR
The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Turkmenistan, the Turkmen SSR, TuSSR, Turkmenistan, or Turkmenia, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union located in Soviet Central Asia, ...
). Prior to 1991, they had the name of DOSA.
In 1992, until June, they were playing under the name Neftyanik and then – Hazar.
In August 1993 the club was renamed ''Şagadam''.
At the end of 2002 Şagadam FK was confirmed as champions of
2002 Ýokary Liga for the first time in its history. The team was led to its success under the guidance of head coach Kudrat Ismailov.
In the 2012 season, Şagadam took fifth place and had the league's best scorer with their player
Aleksandr Boliyan.
Domestic
Team name history
* 1949-1974: DOSA Krasnovodsk
* 1974: Neftyanik Krasnovodsk
* 1992: Hazar Krasnovodsk
* 1993: Hazar Türkmenbaşy
* August 1993–present: FC Şagadam Türkmenbaşy
Honours
*
Turkmenistan League
** Winners (1):
2002
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Turkmenistan Cup
The Turkmenistan Cup () is an annual knockout competition in men's domestic football in Turkmenistan. The Football Federation of Turkmenistan is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in 1993. T ...
** Winners (2): 2007, 2021
** Runners-up (3): 2002,
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
,
2017
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Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
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Turkmenistan Super Cup
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** Runner-up (3): 2007, 2016, 2022
*
Turkmenistan Federation Cup
** Winners (1): 2014
Squad
Club officials
Management
Current technical staff
Source:
Managers
*
Kudrat Ismailov (2001–03)
*
Armen Soghomonyan (2005)
*
Kudrat Ismailov (Oct 2005 – Dec 05)
*
Kurban Meredov (2006–08)
*
Kudrat Ismailov (2008–11)
*
Rejepmyrat Agabaýew
Rejepmyrat Agabaýew (born 1 August 1973) is a professional Turkmenistani football
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(2011–13)
*
Amanmyrat Meredow (2013–16)
*
Aleksandr Klimenko (2017–August 2021)
*
Rahmanguly Baýlýýew (August 2021
–)
References
External links
History
Football clubs in Turkmenistan
Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan
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