Ashgabat or Asgabat (Turkmen: Aşgabat, [ɑʃʁɑˈbɑt]; Persian: عشقآباد, romanized: Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, near the Iran-Turkmenistan border.
Saparmyrat Nyýazow (1940–2006), known as Türkmenbaşy, lit. 'head of the Turkmen', was the dictator of Turkmenistan from 1985 to 2006. He coined the title for himself.
The Turkmenistan national football team represents Turkmenistan in men's international football and it is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan, the governing body for football in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan's home ground is the Kopetdag Stadium and their head coach is Mergen Orazow. The team represents FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Daşoguz, formerly known as Tashauz and Dashkhovuz, is a city in northern Turkmenistan and the capital of Daşoguz Province. The Uzbekistan border is about 10 km away.
Saparmurat Turkmenbashy Olympic Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, that stood on the site now occupied by the new Olympic Stadium, built between 2013 and 2017.
Ýedigen Football Team was a Turkmen professional football club based in Ashgabat. It was the football team of the International Turkmen-Turkish University. Their home stadium was the HTTU Stadium which can hold 1,000 people and is located on the university's grounds.
Physical culture and sports football club Merw Mary, also known as Merw Mary, is a Turkmen professional football club based in Mary. They play in the national top division; the Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Mary Stadium.
The XIV Turkmen President’s Cup took place in Ashgabat beginning February 21, 2008
The 15th edition of the Turkmenistan President's Cup was played from February 20 to 28 with the participation of eight clubs.
The 2009 Turkmenistan Higher League season was the seventeenth season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. It began on 25 April 2009 with the first round of games and ended on 7 November 2009 with the 18th round of matches. FC Aşgabat is the defending champions. The first half of the season finished on 27 June 2009. The kick-off of the second half was on 4 September 2009.
The Turkmenistan Cup 2009 is 17th since independence of the Turkmen national football cup. The competition will start on August 9, 2009 and finish with the Final played on a date to be announced.
Arslanmyrat Amanmyradowiç Amanow is a Turkmen professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ahal, and captains the Turkmenistan national football team. He represented the nation at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
The 2010 Turkmenistan Cup is 18th since independence of the Turkmen national football cup.
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The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which is also counted as the 5th Asian Indoor Games, was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in 2017. It became the third city in the former Soviet countries to win the right of hosting an Olympic Council of Asia-sanctioned event, following Astana and Almaty in Kazakhstan, which jointly-hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games. The host city was chosen in Kuwait on 19 December 2010. On 6 July 2013 the flag of the Olympic Council of Asia was officially handed over to the mayor of the city of Ashgabat.
The 2011 Turkmenistan Cup is 19th since independence of the Turkmen national football cup.
International Turkmen-Turkish University was a university located in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The University was established in 1994 and closed in 2016, superseded by the Oguzhan University of Engineering Technologies.
Ýazguly Berdimuhammedowiç Hojageldiýew is a Turkmen professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Altyn Asyr.
Süleýman Çariýarowiç Muhadow is a professional Turkmen football player who plays for CSKA Pamir Dushanbe. He is the son of former Turkmen international footballer Çaryýar Muhadow.
The 2015 Turkmenistan Higher League season is the 23rd season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. It began on 5 March 2015 with the first round of games and will end in November 2015.
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