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Full name | Köpetdag Futbol Kluby | ||
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Nickname(s) | Arslanlar | ||
Founded | 1947; 77 years ago (1947) | ||
Ground | Köpetdag Stadium | ||
Capacity | 26,000 | ||
Manager | Begenç Garaýew | ||
League | Ýokary Liga | ||
2024 | Ýokary Liga, 8th of 9 | ||
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FK Köpetdag Aşgabat (Football Club Köpetdag, Turkmen: Köpetdag Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It currently plays in the top tier Ýokary Liga. Their home ground is Köpetdag Stadium which can hold 26,000 people. The Köpetdag traditional kit colours are blue and white. They are one of the country's most successful clubs having won 6 Turkmen championships and 6 cups.
History
USSR
The club participated in 44 of the USSR championships (1947–54, 1956–91). They appeared under the names of Locomotiv (1947–49), Spartak (1950–54), Kolhozchi (1956–59, 1976–87), Stroitel (1962–75) and Köpetdag (1960, 1961, 1988–91, present).
- Soviet League Second group (1947–49), the best place: 3rd in 1948
- Soviet League Class B (1950–54, 1956–63), the best place: 2nd in 1963
- Soviet League Class A, the second group (1964–69), the best place: 4th in 1967
- Soviet First League (1970–74, 1976–79), the best place: 9th in 1976
- Soviet Second League (1975, 1980–91), the best place: 2nd in 1975 and 1991.
In the Soviet era, one of the coaches of the team in the 1980s was Valery Nepomnyashchy.
Turkmenistan
After the collapse of the Soviet Union the team planned to participate in the open championship of the CIS, but because of many differences the championship did not take place. The team served as the defacto Turkmenistan national football team in the early years of Turkmenistan.
In 2008 they were disbanded due to financial conditions but have since returned.
New era
In 2015, on the basis of MIA of Turkmenistan direction the club FC Kopetdag was re-created. Club began to make appearances in the First League of Turkmenistan. The team qualified for 2015 Turkmenistan Cup. They achieved promotion in the 2016 season by winning the promotion play-off.
Domestic history
Season | League | Turkmenistan Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
2015 | 2nd | 1 | 28 | Round of 16 | Said Seýidow | ||||||||
2016 | 1st | 7 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 63 | 39 | Quarterfinal | Said Seýidow | ||
2017 | 1st | 7 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 55 | 33 | Quarterfinal | Said Seýidow | ||
2018 | 1st | 6 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 29 | Champions | Said Seýidow | ||
2019 | 1st | 4 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 39 | Semifinal | Said Seýidow Çary Annakow (Caretaker) Tofik Şükürow | ||
2020 | 1st | 4 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 41 | Runners Up | Tofik Şükürow | ||
2021 | 1st | 4 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 21 | Begenç Akmämmedow | 6 | Tofik Şükürow |
Continental history
- As of match played 27 June 2022
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Asian Club Championship | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 29 |
Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
AFC Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Total | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 57 | 45 |
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1994–95 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary round | Ansat Pavlodar | 2–0 | 2nd | |
Sitora Dushanbe | 7–1 | |||||
Alga Bishkek | 1–0 | |||||
Neftchi Fergana | 1–2 | |||||
1995 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Kant-Oil | 6–0 | 0–2 | 6–2 |
Second round | Al Ansar | 1–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 | ||
Quarterfinal | Saipa | 0–1 | 4th | |||
Al-Arabi | 2–2 | |||||
Al Nassr | 0–1 | |||||
1996–97 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Persepolis | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
1997–98 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Neftchi Fergana | 4–0 | 2–3 | 6–3 |
Second round | Kairat | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 (a) | ||
Quarterfinal | Al-Shorta | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | ||
Semifinal | Al Nassr | 1–2 | ||||
Third place match | Beijing Guoan | 1–4 | ||||
1998–99 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Irtysh Pavlodar | 4–1 | 0–3 | 4–4 |
Second round | Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||
Quarterfinal | Al Ain | 1–6 | 4th | |||
Al Hilal | 2–4 | |||||
Esteghlal | 1–0 | |||||
2001–02 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Nasaf Qarshi | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
2022 | AFC Cup | Group F | Dordoi Bishkek | 1–0 | 2nd | |
Khujand | 1–3 |
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
- 1993: Group stage
- 1994: Semi-final
- 1995: Group stage
- 1994: Group stage
- 1997: Semi-final
- 1998: Semi-final
- 1999: Group stage
- 2001: Semi-final
Honours
- Ýokary Liga
- Champions (6): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000
- Birinji liga
- Champions (1): 2015
- Turkmenistan Cup
- Winners (7): 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2018
- Runners-up (4): 1995, 2005, 2006, 2020
- SSR Turkmenistan Cup
- Winners (1): 1992
- Turkmenistan Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2019
Coaches
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References
- "Köpetdag FK - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics". Global Sports Archive. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- "Золотой век". turkmenistan.gov.tm. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- turkmenportal. "Состоялась жеребьевка Кубка Туркменистана по футболу - Спорт". Туркменистан, интернет портал о культурной, деловой и развлекательной жизни в Туркменистане. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- "Чары Аннаков: "Задача у "Копетдага" – быть в первой тройке чемпионата Туркменистана" | Спорт". Archived from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
- ""Ахал" вырвал победу у "Шагадама" на последних минутах и сократил отставание от лидера | Спорт". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
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