Football Club Altyn Asyr (), also known as Altyn Asyr Ashgabat or simply Altyn Asyr, which translates to ''Golden Century'', is a
Turkmen professional
football
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club based in
Ashgabat
Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...
. Founded in 2008, the club competes in the
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 tier of
Turkmen football. It has remained there ever since, winning the
Turkmenistan Higher League
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ashgab ...
championship eight times in a row (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021). The club also won the
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 ...
for 5 times in
2009
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, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020 and has been regular in
AFC Cup
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recently. The team plays in the
Ashgabat Stadium
The Ashgabat Stadium () 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. Ýokary Liga football clubs of Turkmenistan h ...
.
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. Since mid-2013 the head of the club became Gurbanmurat Hojageldiev. Since the beginning of 2014, the team was led by
Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
Ýazguly Berdimuhammedowiç Hojageldiýew (; born 16 February 1977) is a Turkmen professional Association football, football coach and former player who is the current Manager (association football), manager of Altyn Asyr FK, Altyn Asyr.
Care ...
, helped by famous Turkmen footballers
Goçguly Goçgulyýew and
Gurbangeldi Durdyýew. At the end of the
2014 Ýokary Liga
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The Football Federation of Turkmenistan (; TFF) is th ...
, for the first time they became the champions of Turkmenistan.
In the 2015 season, Altyn Asyr debuted in
AFC Cup
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with loss to
Al-Saqr
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Achievements
* Yemeni League
**Champions (3): 2006, 2010, 2014
* Yemeni Unity Cup
**Winners (2 ...
(0:1) in
Ashgabat Stadium
The Ashgabat Stadium () 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. Ýokary Liga football clubs of Turkmenistan h ...
. Team won the
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 ...
2015, and defended the championship in 6 rounds before the end of
2015 Ýokary Liga
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. In December, the team defeated
Şagadam FK
Football Club Şagadam () is a Turkmen professional football club based in Türkmenbaşy, Balkan Region. The team compete in Ýokary Liga, the top division in Turkmenistan football league system. The club was founded in 1949 and home matches ar ...
and won the
2015 Turkmenistan Cup
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.
In 2018, Altyn Asyr reached the
AFC Cup Final, where they lost in the decisive match to
Air Force Club
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Its football team is one of the ...
from
Iraq
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. 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
Qarshi ( ; ) is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Region. Administratively, Qarshi is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Qashqadaryo. It has a population of 278,300 (2021 estimate). It ...
from
Uzbekistan
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, national_anthem = "State Anthem of Uzbekistan, State Anthem of the Republ ...
in 2011.
In June 2019, Altyn Asyr, tied the final round of the group stage with
FC Istiklol
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- 1:1, and for the second year in a row went to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals of the
2019 AFC Cup
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Al-Ahed from Lebanon won the title for the first time, defeating April 25 from North Korea in ...
as the winner of the Central Asian group D. In August 2019, Kenyan
Peter Opiyo
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and Niger
Uche Kalu
Uche Kalu (born 16 May 1986) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Altyn Asyr FK in the Turkmenistan Higher League.
He is not related to former Enyimba teammate Henry Uche nor fellow Nigeria international and India-based midfielder Kalu ...
signed a contract with FC Altyn Asyr. This is the first foreign footballer in the history of the club and the first legionnaire in the
2019 Ýokary Liga
2019 Ýokary Liga season was the 27th edition of the top tier professional Yokary Liga football annual competition in Turkmenistan administered by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan.
Altyn Asyr defended their championship, winning their si ...
. However, they lost to
Hanoi FC
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4:5 on aggregate.
Domestic
Continental
Squad
Club officials
Management
* Gurbanmyrat Hojageldyýew: Club director
* Annamuhammet Yarow: Manager
Technical staff
*
Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
Ýazguly Berdimuhammedowiç Hojageldiýew (; born 16 February 1977) is a Turkmen professional Association football, football coach and former player who is the current Manager (association football), manager of Altyn Asyr FK, Altyn Asyr.
Care ...
: Head Coach
* Ýakup Ekezow and Begench Garaýew: Assistant coach
*
Gurbangeldi Durdyýew and Hojaahmet Arazow: Fitness coach
* Dovlet Gylýjov: Doctor
Managerial history
Stadium
Until 2021, Altyn Asyr had never had its own stadium, with the team historically playing in various Ashgabat. The main home ground for
AFC Cup
The AFC Champions League Two (abbreviated as the ACL Two or ACL2) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It is the second-tier competition of Asian club football, ranked below the AFC C ...
games was
Kopetdag Stadium, which has a capacity of 26,000. The stadium is situated in
Ashgabat
Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...
.
The team played
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 ...
home games at various Ashgabat stadiums:
Kopetdag Stadium,
Nusaý Stadium and
Ashgabat Stadium
The Ashgabat Stadium () 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. Ýokary Liga football clubs of Turkmenistan h ...
.
Starting in autumn 2021, Altyn Asyr began to receive teams at the
Büzmeýin Sport Topulmy (10,000 capacity).
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
The team is owned by the Türkmenaragatnaşyk Agency of the
Ministry of Industry and Communication of Turkmenistan.
Honours
Continental
*
AFC Cup
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**Runners-up (1):
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
Domestic
*
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 ...
**Champions (8) (record):
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
,
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 ...
,
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
,
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
,
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
,
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
*
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 (5):
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
,
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 ...
,
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
,
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
*
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 ...
**Winners (8) (record):
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 ...
,
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
,
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
,
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
,
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
,
2022
*
Turkmenistan President's Cup
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**Winners (2):
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
,
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Ýokary Liga
2008 establishments in Turkmenistan
Association football clubs established in 2008
Football clubs in Ashgabat
Football clubs in Turkmenistan