Ahal Änew Football Club ( tk, Ahal Änew Futbol Kluby), or simply Ahal FC, is a Turkmen professional

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club based in the Änew,

Ahal Province Ahal Region ( tk, Ahal welaýaty; from fa, آخال, Axāl) is one of five provinces of Turkmenistan. It is in the south-center of the country, bordering Iran and Afghanistan along the Kopet Dag Range. Its area is and population 939,700 (2005 e ...

. Founded in 1989, the club played its first-ever top flight season in

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. The club plays its home matches at the 20,000 seater

Ashgabat Stadium The Ashgabat Stadium ( tk, Aşgabat stadiony) is a multi-purpose stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It is currently used mostly for celebrations and football matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people and was built in 2011. History In 2009, on ...

History

During 1989–91, the club participated in the

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. 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 The 2013 Turkmenistan Cup was the 22nd season of the Turkmenistan Cup knockout tournament. Performed by the system of leaving since the quarterfinals, except commands FC Daşoguz, FC Lebap and FC Ashgabat, they began the tournament with a prelimin ...

final team beat Altyn Asyr and won the trophy for the second time. In 2014 season the team began by winning the 2014 Super Cup of Turkmenistan, beating HTTU (4–2). In October 2014 the new coach was appointed, Guwançmuhammet Öwekow, which resulted in a victory in the

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, having beaten

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(2–1). In the 2015 season, FC Ahal debuted in

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, becoming the new dominant force of Turkmenistan football. In the 2021 Ýokary Liga, FC Ahal won silver medals in the championship for the 7th time and received the right to take part in the

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. Only Ahal were granted an AFC Champions League license, as the Ýokary Liga champions FC Altyn Asyr were only eligible for the

2022 AFC Cup The 2022 AFC Cup was the 19th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). This season was the last in an all-year-round (spring-to-autumn) schedule; from 2023 the competi ...

Domestic

Continental history

Honours

* Turkmenistan Cup :Champions (3):

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Turkmenistan Super Cup The Turkmenistan Super Cup (Turkmen: ''Türkmenistanyň Naýbaşy Kubogy'') is an annual one-match association football competition in Turkmenistan organized by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan. This competition serves as the season opener ...

:Champions (1): 2014

Current squad

Personnel

Team management

Corporate hierarchy

Managers

* Amangylyç Koçumow (2000) * Armen Sogomonyan (2005) * Ali Gurbani (2005) * Durdy Redzhepov (2008) * Armen Sogomonyan (2011) * Baýram Durdyýew (2012) * Ali Gurbani (2013–14) * Guwançmuhammet Öwekow (2014–20??) * Röwşen Meredow (September 2016 – September 2019) * Amangylyç Koçumow (September 2019 – October 2019) * Baýramnyýaz Berdiýew (November 2019 – January 2020) * Hojaahmet Arazow (January 2020 – August 2020) * Said Seýidow (August 2020 – December 2020) * Hojaahmet Arazow (January 2021 – December 2021) *

Mergen Orazov Mergen Orazov (russian: Мерген Оразов) is a Turkmenistani Association football, football manager who manages Turkmenistan national football team, Turkmenistan. Career Early years Orazov was born in Bekrewe, now part of Ashgabat. O ...

(January 2022 – until now)

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

The team is owned by the Türkmen Nebit Önümleri (Turkmen Petroleum Products) enterprise.

Players on international cups

References

External links

Ahal – FIFAAhal – GSA
{{Ýokary Liga Football clubs in Turkmenistan 1989 establishments in Turkmenistan Association football clubs established in 1989