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).
Gurban Osman oghlu Gurbanov is an Azerbaijani football manager and former player who manages Qarabag. He played as a forward. Starting out with local club Kur in 1988, Gurbanov had a decorated 18-year career. He scored 178 goals in 399 league matches. With 14 goals in 68 matches, he is also the Azerbaijan national team's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches. From 2017 to 2018 he was the manager of the Azerbaijan national team.
Rasim Kara is a Turkish former football player and manager. A goalkeeper, he played for Bursaspor, Beşiktaş and the Turkey national team.
Football Club Köpetdag 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.
Rasim Başak, originally named Ruslan Avleev, was born on 17 February 1980. He is a retired professional basketball player of Azerbaijani-Turkish descent. As a power forward, he stands at 2.02 m tall and weighs 100 kg. Throughout his career, he wore the jersey number 8. Born to a Russian mother and an Azeri father, Başak holds Turkish citizenship and has represented the Turkish national team on multiple occasions. Following TBF's permit, he is set to play for the Azerbaijan national basketball team.
Ahal Änew Football Club, or simply Ahal FC, is a Turkmen professional association football club based in the Änew, Ahal Province. Founded in 1989, the club played its first-ever top flight season in 1992. The club plays its home matches at the 20,000 seater Ashgabat Stadium.
The Football Federation of Turkmenistan is the governing body of football in Turkmenistan.
Rasim Zagirbekovich Tagirbekov is a former Russian professional footballer of Lezgin origin.
Rasim Inalyevich Khutov is a Russian retired professional footballer who played as a forward or midfielder.
Rasim is a masculine given name of Arabic origin meaning "planner", "architect". People named Rasim
The 2011 Turkmenistan Higher League season was the nineteenth season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. It began on 2 April 2011 with the first round of games and will end in November.
Football is the most popular sport in Turkmenistan, a country that gained independence in 1991. The national association regularly takes part in competitions organised by FIFA and the AFC at senior and youth level. Valeri Nepomniachi is probably the most famous name in Turkmen football. He was the coach who led Cameroon to the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. The Africans surprised many with their 1–0 win over defending champions Argentina in the opening match and finally bowed out in the quarter-finals. There are 40 clubs, 820 players, and 30 referees in the country. The major stadiums are: Köpetdag Stadium, Nabitchi, and The Builder.
Rasim Ramaldanov is an Azerbaijani former professional footballer who played as a defender and is now a coach for Gabala
Bekir Rasim is a Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder for Pomorie.
Rasim Fərzi oğlu Abuşev is a retired Azerbaijani professional footballer. He made his professional debut in 1985 for Ganclik Baku.
Rasim Aliyev was a journalist and human rights activist in Azerbaijan. He was a member of the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS). After a football match between a Cypriot and an Azerbaijani football club, Aliyev criticized national player Javid Huseynov for being "ill-bred". Aliyev was later lured to a meeting with someone claiming to be a relative of Huseynov seeking reconciliation, where he was brutally beaten by several assailants. Aliyev died in hospital the following day, a week shy of his 31st birthday.
The CAFA Nations Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA), the governing body of football in Central Asia.
The 2019 Turkmenistan Cup is the 26th season of the Turkmenistan Cup knockout tournament. The cup winner qualifies for the 2020 AFC Cup.
The 2020 Turkmenistan Higher League season is the 28th season Turkmenistan's professional football league, the highest football league competition in Turkmenistan. Altyn Asyr are the defending champions from the 2019 campaign.
The Turkmenistan women's national football team is the representative women's association football team of Turkmenistan. Its governing body is the Football Federation of Turkmenistan (TFF) and it competes as a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
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