FK Köpetdag Aşgabat

Football Club Köpetdag (Turkmen: Köpetdag Futbol Kluby)[1] is a Turkmen professional football club based in Ashgabat, currently playing in the Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Köpetdag Stadium which can hold 26,000 people. Köpetdag traditional kit colours are blue and white. Having won 6 Turkmen championships and 6 Cup of Turkmenistan, they are one of the country's most successful clubs.

FK Köpetdag
Full nameKöpetdag Futbol Kluby
Founded1947 (1947)
GroundKöpetdag Stadium
Capacity26,000
ManagerTofik Şükürow
LeagueÝokary Liga
2021Ýokary Liga, 4th of 8

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 Soviet times, one of the coaches of the team in the 1980s was Valery Nepomnyashchy.

Turkmenistan

After the collapse of the Soviet Union team planned to participate in the open championship of the CIS, but because of the many differences the championship did not take place. The first few years team has been the basic club of Turkmenistan national football team.

In 2008 they were disbanded due to financial crisis, returning few years later.

New era

In 2015, on the basis of MIA of Turkmenistan the club FC Kopetdag was re-created.[2] Club began to make appearances in the First League of Turkmenistan. The team qualified for 2015 Turkmenistan Cup. They managed promotion to the 2016 season by winning the promotion play-off. [3]

Domestic history
Season League Turkmenistan Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2015 2nd 1 28 Round of 16 Turkmenistan Said Seýidow
2016 1st 7 36 11 6 18 37 63 39 Quarterfinal Turkmenistan Said Seýidow
2017 1st 7 32 9 6 17 35 55 33 Quarterfinal Turkmenistan Said Seýidow
2018 1st 6 28 8 5 15 27 39 29 Champions Turkmenistan Said Seýidow
2019 1st 4 28 11 6 11 33 37 39 Semifinal Turkmenistan Said Seýidow
Turkmenistan Çary Annakow (Caretaker)
Turkmenistan Tofik Şükürow
2020 1st 4 28 11 8 9 33 27 41 Runners Up Turkmenistan Tofik Şükürow
2021 1st 4 14 5 6 3 22 18 21 TurkmenistanBegenç Akmämmedow 6 Turkmenistan Tofik Şükürow

Continental history
As of match played 27 June 2022
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
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
1994–95 Asian Club Championship Preliminary round Kazakhstan Ansat Pavlodar 2–0 2nd
Tajikistan Sitora Dushanbe 7–1
Kyrgyzstan Alga Bishkek 1–0
Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana 1–2
1995 Asian Club Championship First round Kyrgyzstan Kant-Oil 6–0 0–2 6–2
Second round Lebanon Al Ansar 1–1 5–0 6–1
Quarterfinal Iran Saipa 0–1 4th
Qatar Al-Arabi 2–2
Saudi Arabia Al Nassr 0–1
1996–97 Asian Club Championship First round Iran Persepolis 0–0 0–1 0–1
1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana 4–0 2–3 6–3
Second round Kazakhstan Kairat 2–0 1–3 3–3 (a)
Quarterfinal Iraq Al-Shorta 4–0 1–1 5–1
Semifinal Saudi Arabia Al Nassr 1–2
Third place match China Beijing Guoan 1–4
1998–99 Asian Club Championship First round Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar 4–1 0–3 4–4
Second round Tajikistan Vakhsh Qurghonteppa 5–0 1–0 6–0
Quarterfinal United Arab Emirates Al Ain 1–6 4th
Saudi Arabia Al Hilal 2–4
Iran Esteghlal 1–0
2001–02 Asian Club Championship First round Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 0–1 0–3 0–4
2022 AFC Cup Group F Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek 1–0 2nd
Tajikistan 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

Coaches

References
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  2. "Золотой век". turkmenistan.gov.tm. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. "Чары Аннаков: «Задача у «Копетдага» – быть в первой тройке чемпионата Туркменистана» | Спорт". Archived from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  5. "«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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